News

  • REOPENING RELIEF: Joy as Colac district emerges from COVID

    Artists, tourists and musicians are celebrating the latest round of eased restrictions across Victoria this week and are preparing to resume their indoor activities after months of frustrating lockdown.

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  • Ambulance times meet Victoria’s benchmark for district

    Ambulances are arriving quicker to code one incidents in Colac Otway, the latest figures say, with surrounding local government areas also improving on their response times.

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  • Fire destroys Winch op shop

    A suspicious fire has destroyed a Winchelsea op shop that raises money for the town’s hospital, causing $400,000 worth of damage.

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  • Dance fever takes a hold of avid kids

    There was no stopping two Colac and district schools from performing in the famous State Schools Spectacular, albeit in a very different looking show.

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  • Free kinder funding for state’s families

    Colac and district families will have the chance to save about $2000 for each of their kindergarten-enrolled children, when the State Government delivers free kinder next year.

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  • Birregurra crash driver faces sentencing

    The driver responsible for a crash at a notorious Birregurra intersection will face sentencing next month.

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  • Patrols target illegal campfires

    The Conservation Regulator is stepping up patrols across the Otway Ranges targeting illegal and unsafe campfires.

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  • Colac Otway to decide mayor on Monday

    Colac Otway Shire residents will hear from their new mayor on Monday.

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