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Visitation rules for Victorian health centres altered
The Department of Health and Human Services says hospitals are balancing the need to protect healthcare workers and vulnerable patients and the need for families to visit loved ones in hospital.
Letters to the editor
Debate in the community continues to rage on the direction of the Colac Otway Shire Council election and preference cards.
All Warrnambool line cash is for west of Geelong
Wannon MP Dan Tehan says all $260 million of the Warrnambool line rail upgrade funding will go to improving services west of Geelong, with separate cash allocated to city railworks.
Blue Church on the waiting list for two-billion-dollar fund
The Federal Government will announce within days how it will allocate $2 billion in road infrastructure investment set aside in its budget, with the Princes Highway West among potential recipients.
Measures in place to protect Bay walkers
There’s gravel down to help protect pedestrians at Apollo Bay, with bigger bollards on the way.
Small sports grants approved
Netballers, life savers, cricketers, fishers and scouts across the Otways will receive survival package grants.
Colac store rescues desperate mission for hospitalised friend
You can’t beat Colac’s good old-fashioned customer service – that’s according to a Simpson woman after her ordeal last week trying to find clothes for a long-time family friend hospitalised in Melbourne.
Online testing plan for learner drivers
The State Government will begin online testing for learner drivers and provide cheaper testing for Victorians who have been impacted by the suspension of testing during the coronavirus pandemic.