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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.
Area’s pokies spending down
Colac and district residents fed about seven per cent less money through pokies in January compared with the previous month, bucking a statewide trend of increased losses.
A desparate need for drug support
Colac “desperately” needs funding for a drug and alcohol specialist at its hospital, an MP says.
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.
Litter warriors in action
Colac district residents will slip on their gloves and high-vis vests this weekend for Clean Up Australia Day.
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.
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.
