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  • Bulla’s seamless reopening

    Bulla Dairy Foods made a smooth transition back to work for its Connor Street employees during the past week.

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  • $7-million payout approved in Falls action

    Seventy-seven people caught in a crowd crush at a Lorne music festival will share in an almost $7-million payout, almost four years after the incident.

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  • Women needed in leadership

    “We can’t leave it to a few women to carry the load, we have to have this conversation.” Women’s Health and Wellbeing Barwon South West is promoting the need for more women in leadership positions, including local councils. But the women’s organisation, whose priority is to advance gender equality, says the issue goes far beyond […]

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  • Heritage plans stalled to seek owners’ view

    Colac and district residents will get their say on a heritage overlay while their council will look for new heritage advisors as soon as possible.  

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  • HaloGo leaves the Bay, as servo opening nears

    Apollo Bay’s pop-up petrol station has left town, ahead of a new service centre opening from next week.

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  • Tourism’s back for the holidays

    Colac Otway tourism operators have reopened their doors with just 48 hours’ notice this week, just in time for the school holidays.

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  • Colac cafes back in action

    Central Colac looked more like its usual self yesterday as customers returned to the dining tables of the city’s hospitality venues.

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  • Footy league saves Colac RSL

    Colac’s RSL and footy-netball league have signed a new partnership deal, with the league stepping in to save the club from liquidation.

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