News

  • COVID blow to online concerts

    Colac and district performing artists have suffered another blow, with their live-streamed events banned in the current COVID restrictions. Live performers like musicians are not allowed to visit venues to perform COVID-safe shows for at-home audiences as they have during previous lockdowns, after a quiet rule change that came to light last week. State Government […]

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  • Larpent tractor fire not suspicious

    Fire authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed a Larpent farm owner’s tractor.

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  • Big effort to find platypus

    Citizen scientists will descend on Corangamite region waterways searching for evidence of platypus populations, as part of a state-wide study.

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  • Pressure on the state to fix stadium’s floor

    Winchelsea Leisure Time Centre still has no reopening timeline while advocates wait on engineering reports, and Surf Coast Shire Council is set to reconsider its role in managing the facility.

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  • New town plan for Winchelsea

    A new Winchelsea town centre strategy, electric vehicle charging points and a social housing policy all received green lights at Surf Coast Shire Council’s August meeting.

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  • Letters to the editor

    Readers call for Afghan refugees to be allowed to stay in Australia.

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  • Rural news in brief

    Fears for farm workers’ lung health, a canola disease spreads, and grants for rural women.

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  • Cattle prices hitting new highs

    Record-breaking cattle prices continue to impress at Colac Regional Saleyards, with one agent saying the most recent sale was the best he’d ever seen.

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