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On-site supermarket for school
Students at Lake Colac School will soon have their own supermarket to enable them to develop key numeracy, literacy and communication skills and support their future career paths.
Lorne hiker rescued
Lorne police are reminding bush walkers to take extra precautions during wet weather after emergency services worked for several hours to rescue an injured hiker from a track near the Cumberland River.
Councillor questions value of tourism membership
Colac Otway Shire Council looks set to consider whether there is value in continuing to pay more than $100,000 to be a member of Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism.
Project aims to set benchmark
Just over $2million in Federal Government funding has been secured for a project to establish two affordable housing precincts for about 150 people in Colac and Apollo Bay.
Fines waived ‘overnight’
An infringements authority has waived more than $12,000 in fraudulent fines for a Colac man “overnight”.
Charity helps reduce pressure
Removing the stigma, reducing the strain. That’s what Colac’s Salvation Army is doing amid unprecedented cost-of-living pressures.
Stay safe and report suspicious behaviour
Colac district residents are being encouraged to utilise police resources and report suspicious behaviour after multiple members of the public posted CCTV footage online capturing trespassers on properties over the weekend.
Bringing lamb to forks worldwide
It is the work of hundreds of staff from Colac’s Minerva Foods Australian Lamb Company that brings premium meat products to shelves, menus and forks worldwide.