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  • Grants cover COVID

    Colac Area Health chief Fiona Brew says the health service continues to monitor its needs and whether it requires government support for COVID-19 costs.

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  • A desparate need for drug support

    Colac “desperately” needs funding for a drug and alcohol specialist at its hospital, an MP says.

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  • Police hunt stabbing suspects

    An unprovoked assault in Colac’s Gellibrand Street has left a man stabbed and in hospital, with police urging witnesses or people with footage to come
    forward.

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  • Litter warriors in action

    Colac district residents will slip on their gloves and high-vis vests this weekend for Clean Up Australia Day.

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  • Emergency measures and travel ban extended

    The Victorian Government has successfully extended its state of emergency until December, with a Western Victoria crossbench MP providing a key deadlock-breaking vote.

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  • No cash for Otway panther DNA hunt

    State authorities have declined to use eDNA testing technology to help the search for black panthers in regions like the Otways.

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  • First COVID-19 vaccines rolled out in Colac

    Barbara Howard has made Colac history.

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  • Crews plan more burns for Otways

    Crews will ignite hundreds of hectares of burnoffs in the Otways in coming days as Forest Fire Management Victoria continues its planned burns program.

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