Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Birre fund fears: fingers pointing over funding cut

    Birregurra community members have been left with more questions than answers after being told $350,000 in funding had been cut from their local health centre.

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  • Police speak to produce pincher

    Apollo Bay’s community and school gardens have been the victim of thievery causing the community garden to be locked for the first time in more than 15 years.

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  • Renewed calls to release virus

    A fisheries authority is renewing calls for the government to release a carp virus following an increase in the pest in Lake Colac.

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  • Council could talk Jan 26

    Colac Otway Shire’s mayor Jason Schram says there’ll be no changes to Australia Day events in 2025, despite a nearby council changing its tune on the date.

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  • Clearwater employees could hear on backpay

    A former Clearwater Logging and Transport worker says everything has turned out alright one year on from the business going into administration and 73 workers losing their jobs just before Christmas.

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  • Keep clear during old pine removal

    An ageing pine tree is being removed from the Colac Botanic Gardens this week.

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  • Cape Otway station open

    Locals and tourists will once again be able to climb the Cape Otway lighthouse, with the station reopening this week and essential works continuing across the site.

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  • Council wants trail details

    Colac Otway Shire’s new councillors want to know more about the long-term impacts of a now-scrapped Skenes Creek to Apollo Bay trail.

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