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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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  • Ute driver hurt in smash

    A man had to be extricated from his ute after a crash between the utility and a dairy tanker west of Colac yesterday afternoon.

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  • Lake levels down after dry month

    Mild temperatures continued across the Colac district to end summer, and rain totals dropped as a La Nina weather pattern subsided.

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  • Pandemic and hack create a tough year

    Colac Area Health has hosted its annual general meeting, reflecting on 18 months of a global pandemic, cyber-attack, pathology closure and financial and infrastructure challenges.

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  • P-plater speeds past police

    A p-plater who sped past police at 172km and refused to do a drug test has had his mate’s vehicle impounded at Warncoort.

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  • Police targeting speeders

    “If you speed in Colac and surrounds this long weekend, I promise you’ll receive a fine.”

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