Articles by Ruby Manson

  • Rural property a hot commodity

    Colac and district rural land prices have followed the state trend to record a fourth year of consecutive growth.

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  • Designer makes shortlist

    A prize pack of art supplies couldnโ€™t have arrived at a better time for budding Colac designer Angus Wade.

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  • Scholarships for training

    Young Colac district farmers can expand their skills, knowledge and agricultural expertise through the Upskill and Invest Young Farmers Scholarships.

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  • Stage set for virtual concert

    Colac musician Lewis Oborne admits that performing to an empty COPACC theatre will feel strange.

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  • Erosion concerns continue at Apollo Bay foeshore

    The Otway Coast Committee says it needs significant state and federal funding before it can provide long-term solutions to erosion issues at Apollo Bay.

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  • Colac show decision this month

    Colac and District Pastoral and Agricultural Society will decide this month whether the Colac Show will go ahead in 2020.

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  • Ag business booming

    A boom in Australiaโ€™s agriculture sector has been favourable for a Colac-based business, but has brought with it new challenges to negotiate. Greg Allan Farm Machinery and Colac Agโ€™s Jon Allan said rain in drought-affected northern Australia and better milk prices for Colac district farmers meant business was unusually good for this time of year. […]

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  • Family’s passion for health inspires Telstra award finalist

    A former Colac woman says her familyโ€™s history and passion for rural health has been driven her successful career and a recent award nomination.

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