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  • TV mystery clouded car idea

    Barongarook West’s Roger Ivens’ work might have saved thousands of lives, if only car companies listened to him five decades ago.

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  • Expat’s anxious wait during Indian outbreak

    “I am always concerned about COVID around the world, because I’m always concerned about my mum.”

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  • Blues and Blueberry Festival returns to Gelli

    The Gellibrand River Blues and Blueberry Festival is back.

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  • Council pans solar plant

    Corangamite Shire Council will again object to a proposed 558-hectare, $280-million solar farm at Bookaar ahead of a State Government decision on the project.

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  • Councillors appraise draft budget

    Colac Otway’s official draft budget proposes to spend $13.6 million on capital works and deliver an average annual rate increase of 1.5 per cent.

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  • Council reverses vote on church sale

    Golden Plains Shire Council has backtracked on a decision to intervene in a sale of Rokewood’s 156-year-old church but says it is committed to supporting the local community in its rescue battle.

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  • Colac’s big build

    Builders say there is a construction boom across Colac and district, while property data shows there are hundreds of houses going under the hammer.  

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  • Sailing stalwarts’ river journey

    Colac’s Pam and Bryan Cuthbertson have ticked an item off their bucket list by sailing a sometimes treacherous 400-kilometre stretch of the Murray River.

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