Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Faulty equipment starts blaze

    Faulty farm machinery is to blame for more than a hectare of paddock going up in flames at Bambra.

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  • Dry conditions impact market

    A dry year has forced Colac and district farmers to bring their cattle to market early, with one farmer describing the year as the “worst conditions” he’s seen in 70 years of farming.

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  • Colac Otway Shire sign

    Meeting change proposal

    Could monthly meetings at Tuesday lunchtime be on the cards for Colac Otway Shire Council?

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  • Police investigate motorbike fatality

    Police are investigating a motorbike accident that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Whittington man south-east of Winchelsea.

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  • Bushfire outlook sparks warnings

    CFA volunteers, green-shirt firefighters and other emergency service workers are gearing up for a nerve-wracking fire season, with an increased risk of bushfires expected for the south-west.

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  • Local woman’s highway horror

    Colac district’s Amy Gleeson has shared details about a terrifying ordeal with a tiger snake that made national and international headlines.

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  • Bustling week for SES crews

    Vehicle crashes including a van flip and “huge” fallen trees have kept Colac’s SES unit busy this week.

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  • Appeal for BWS damage

    Colac Criminal Investigations Unit detectives are calling on the community for information following damage to a Colac liquor store door.

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