News

  • A show like no other

    Lovers of 80s music and a good time have a rare opportunity to hit the stage at COPACC and feature in the production All Fired Up.

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  • “Fake patients” investigation complete

    A Health Department investigation has confirmed Colac Area Health staff presented as “fake patients” during a ministerial visit in August last year.

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  • ANZAC Day 2024

    From Cressy to Colac, through to Apollo Bay, the Colac Herald team has captured the ANZAC Day services and commemorations of this year. 

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  • Offsets won’t meet target

    Colac Otway Shire Council will spend up to $25,000 to buy carbon offsets for the past two financial years — but it won’t be enough to tick off its net-zero emissions target.

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  • Challenging month for OCR crew

    From knitting to karaoke, OCR FM’s crew members have set themselves a range of diverse challenges to raise money for the community radio station this month.

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  • News in brief

    Call for witnesses to fire Colac Police and Colac Fire Brigade were called to a fire at about 7pm on Thursday night which damaged seating at Colac’s Eastern Reserve. The fire which destroyed a chair and burnt a timber bench in the spectators’ hut was another disappointment for the resident baseball and cricket clubs. The […]

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  • ANZAC Day driver blows 0.126

    A motorist caught by a next-day breath test in Colac has lost his driving privileges for 12 months.

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  • EDITORIAL: Perspective on carbon offset vote

    A canny carbon compromise, or a lose-lose for council and the community?

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