News

  • Relief fund to help fire-hit businesses

    Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce has launched a fire relief fund to assist people affected by the town’s restaurant fires.

    By

  • Locals rally: community reaches out after fire guts family home

    The Colac and district community has rallied around a Warrion family after a housefire razed their home to the ground.

    By

  • Pain relief reminder for mulesing

    Agriculture Victoria is reminding sheep farmers that pain relief for sheep mulesing is mandatory, ahead of autumn lambing.

    By

  • Vealers draw strong demand

    Good stock and quality vealers attracted strong demand at Colac’s weekly cattle market.

    By

  • Proposal to share rural school buses

    Giving the wider public access to school buses could help more people in Colac Otway get from A to B.
    But authorities would need to take a close look at the details, with the community able to have a say.

    By

  • Campsite still closed

    The new Jaimeson Creek Campground near Lorne is set to remain closed until at least next month as state authorities work through regulation requirements.

    By

  • Free help for job hunts

    A free service at Colac’s South West TAFE campus helping unemployed people fill job vacancies has resumed face-to-face meetings after stopping during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By

  • Letters to the Editor

    Politicians write in about roads funding and a war anniversary.

    By