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  • Household bubble explained

    Step three recovery restrictions in regional Victoria means that households can form a “bubble” with one other household.

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  • CFA to boost brigade after dangerous coincidence

    Colac district fire chiefs will consider onsite refuelling options for rural brigades after Beeac’s tankers were out of action when a building caught fire on the weekend.

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  • New 7-Eleven taking shape

    Construction on central Colac’s new 7-Eleven service station is surging ahead towards an opening date in late November.

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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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