News

  • Power bills down following report

    Colac and district residents and businesses will likely see reduced electricity bills from July under a new five-year distribution plan.

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  • Funding for aged-care psychological therapy

    Residents of Winchelsea aged-care facility Hesse Lodge will benefit from funding that will aim to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

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  • Club revamps hospital area

    Community members have transformed Colac Area Health’s outdoor meal area, showing appreciation for the efforts of the health service’s staff during the pandemic.

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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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