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  • Honouring our firefighters

    The Colac and district community has honoured its firefighters as part of International Firefighters Day.

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  • Colac truck finds home in Ireland

    This is the story of an Irishman, a Colac district truck and a dream 35 years in the making.  

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  • Prize pets welcomed at Warrion

    GOOD GIRL: Freshwater Creek’s Julieanne Lalor and Haylee the beagle. Haylee won three best exhibit in group awards on the weekend and was overall runner-up in show on Sunday.

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  • Gellibrand River welcome wall still evolving

    Hundreds of blues fans and marketgoers have flocked to Gellibrand for the ninth Blues and Blueberry Festival.

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  • Childcare placement shortage hurting city, MP says

    A Colac childcare placement shortage could see local families miss out on major Federal Government investment in the sector.

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  • Students prepare for NAPLAN

    A former Colac high school principal says upcoming NAPLAN testing provides important tools for schools to support their students – if results are used correctly.

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  • Club’s cash for housing crisis work

    The Rotary Club of Colac has raised $6000 to address Colac’s housing crisis and will now plan how to best use the cash.

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  • Autumn break fails to arrive in April

    The Colac district saw a drier-than-average April, with the region’s farmers eyeing an autumn break this month.

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