Articles by Scott Barnes

  • Buyer for troubled truck company

    A BUYER has snapped up part of trucking company Wettenhalls, but the company’s Colac business remains under a cloud.

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  • Hospital chief wants care overhaul

    COLAC Hospital chief Geoff Iles says a shake-up of Colac’s healthcare system could solve Colac’s urgent care crisis.

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  • Hospital board returns fire at MP

    COLAC Hospital’s board chairman has turned up the heat on Corangamite MP Darren Cheeseman after Mr Cheeseman publicly called on the board to resign.

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  • Colac community bands together to fight hospital cuts

    MORE than 800 angry Colac and district people turned up to a public meeting last night to call for action to reverse cuts to Colac hospital services.

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  • Best view of Australian Open

    A COLAC district tennis fan had the best view of the Australian Open men’s tennis final this week.

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  • MP calls for hospital board heads

    CORANGAMITE MP Darren Cheeseman has explosively called for the volunteer board of Colac’s hospital to resign after it cut Colac’s overnight emergency care service.

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  • Council demands hospital cure

    COLAC Otway Shire Council has “demanded” state and federal governments find a solution to Colac’s hospital crisis.

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  • No need to fear great white shark

    A SURF COAST surf lifesaving captain says a shark sighting is nothing for swimmers to fear.

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