News
COVID action: Testing blitz after positive case
Colac’s first COVID-19 case in more than a year, a hospitalisation, close contacts in isolation, a ramp up in testing and mystery surrounding local exposure sites. It’s been a hectic couple of days.
Red tape cuts across shire
Proposed red tape cuts will help remove planning burdens for hundreds of property owners in Colac Otway Shire.
Seminars tackle erosion scourge
Local advocates and leading experts will present a series of webinars about Great Ocean Road coastal erosion.
New service for youths’ mental health
Barwon Health will lead Colac’s new Headspace centre, working in collaboration with Colac Area Health to support the mental health of young people living in Colac and district.
Letters to the editor
Christmas tree funding, climate change, dementia and federal politics feature in today’s letters.
Laptop taken in break in
Police are investigating a break-in at a Colac business over the weekend.
Spring forward to change time
Daylight saving will begin at 2am this Sunday, when we turn our clocks forward one hour.
Shorter wait for dose two
The Victorian Government will halve the dose interval for Pfizer vaccines to three weeks, to fast-track the state’s surge to 80-per-cent vaccination coverage.
