News

  • Hoon blues: dangerous drivers chewing up district roads

    Residents and motorists can help police nab hoons who are tearing up the road at Swan Marsh.  

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  • Hundreds of tardy voters must give their excuses

    Almost 400 Colac Otway residents and ratepayers can expect a letter in the mail asking why they failed to vote in last year’s council election.

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  • Family violence help survey

    Colac and district people can help inform Colac Area Health’s response and support to family violence in the community through a survey.

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  • ‘Marjorie’ here for Colac women

    Almost 500 Colac and district people have booked into BreastScreen’s mobile van during its visit to Colac.

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  • Council seeking cute dog’s owner

    Do you recognise this chihuahua? Colac Otway Shire Council is searching for the owner of the dog, which wandered onto a property at Barongarook more than 10 days ago. 

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  • Quieter New Year for families

    Family gatherings, international FaceTimes and trips to the city are among the festivities planned for Colac’s Chinese community when it celebrates Lunar New Year this week.

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  • Offender turning his world around

    A Colac 20-year-old has pleaded guilty to a string of driving offences and breaching an intervention order, but reports indicate he has “turned a corner” since spending time in jail.

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  • Letters to the Editor

    Readers share views on splitting Lake Colac into smaller lakes, and grants for music events.

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