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  • Seat switch proves illegal

    Boozy musical chairs, a silly switcheroo, or the mad hatter’s tea party on wheels – either way, changing places will likely cost an allegedly sloshed P-plater more than just his driver’s licence.

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  • A chance to help others

    Cressy’s Max Clark is putting his hand up for Colac Otway Shire Council.

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  • Virus to hit dental wait times

    An Australian Dental Association professor expects public dental wait times to “blow out” in six months’ time when the true impacts of the coronavirus pandemic are truly seen in the statistics.

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  • Mayor bids farewell to position

    Cr Jason Schram shares his final mayoral column as Colac Otway Shire Council heads into caretaker period.

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  • Good news for L-platers as testing resumes

    Colac and district learner drivers are set to get back behind the wheel this week, with licence testing resuming in regional Victoria after a halt for COVID-19.

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  • Teacher praises students’ work

    Today we hear from South West TAFE Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning teacher Satu Saarikallio.

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  • Timely visit from firefighter

    A quick-thinking, off-duty Cobden firefighter has likely saved a Bostocks Creek home from burning to the ground by taking decisive action.

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  • Gas opposition growing

    Apollo Bay rock lobster fishers have used cray pots to spell out their opposition to seismic testing.

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