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  • Council selects its new leader

    Acting Surf Coast chief Anne Howard will become Colac Otway Shire Council’s new council boss.

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  • Family issues plea to locate missing woman

    A Timboon 84-year-old who has been missing for six days is diabetic, hasn’t spent any money and could have been thinking she was going to far-north Western Australia.

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  • Victoria eagerly waits for restrictions to ease

    Victoria recorded two locally-acquired COVID-19 cases yesterday as it prepares further easing of restrictions later this week.

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  • Bin day change rubbished

    Colac Otway Shire Council will seek public opinion about collecting garbage fortnightly and weekly food and organic waste pickups.

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  • Gong for local COVID expert

    The leader of the region’s response to the pandemic has earned national recognition for a decorated career that started long before COVID-19 hit.

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  • Shortened duck season ends

    Good bird numbers but a lack of opportunity to hunt them is how Colac Field and Game vice-president Terry McCrickard wrapped up this year’s duck hunting season.

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  • Water boost a dam good idea

    The Colac Turf Club no longer needs to tap into the city’s water supply after doubling the size of its dam.

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  • Presumptuous polly takes flight with slice

    A brazen Lorne cockatoo has gone viral for its cheeky actions but has provided a reminder about the dangers when wildlife consume human food.

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