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  • RESPOND NOW: Call for changes at Colac’s saleyards to ensure viability

    “Colac saleyards, in my opinion, is living on borrowed time. With the numbers they’re putting through nowadays, unless something is improved at Colac, they will go the same way as Camperdown.”

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  • Resilient Rog’s message after health battles

    Those who have grown to know and love Roger Browne around Apollo Bay over the past 20 years have become familiar with a certain phrase.

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  • Uni documentary to tell story of the Blue Church pirates

    The famous Nalangil Blue Church and its owners Colin and Angela Carter will feature in a documentary created by Melbourne university students.

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  • Birregurra-Colac pipeline complete

    A 19-kilometre underground pipeline connecting Birregurra to Colac’s water supply is complete. 

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  • Drink driver off the roads

    A driver who hit two cars and blew almost three times the legal alcohol limit must find another way to get to work for the next 14 months.

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  • No conviction for Chapple Vale camp crash

    A 23-year-old man has avoided a criminal conviction for a drink-driving crash that threw his best friend from a vehicle, trapping him under it on New Years Eve.

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  • Man caught with drugs must undergo treatment

    A 32-year-old man must pay a $300 donation to the court fund and continue drug treatment, after being caught with drugs.

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  • Satisfaction levels in Colac Otway at a seven-year low

    Colac Otway Shire’s overall performance has dropped to its lowest level since 2017.

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