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  • Wind farm company investigates alleged COVID breach

    A report of windfarm workers at Princetown flouting COVID-19 restrictions has led the company leading the project to investigate the alleged incident.

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  • Big discussion for monster Colac Otway meeting

    Buying part of the former Colac High School site, suspending bat dispersal, cutting heritage red tape and changes to community committees are all on the table at tonight’s monster Colac Otway Shire Council meeting.

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  • Giant task to create 500 masks

    The Gellibrand community is busy making hundreds of reusable masks for volunteers and staff at the Royal Women’s Hospital.  

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  • Lane repairs next month

    A lane along Deans Marsh-Lorne Road remains closed, with construction to fix roadside erosion at the site set to start next month.

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  • Star-studded message of hope

    Famous faces and local health heroes have delivered messages of hope and support to more than 10,000 people across the region

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  • ANOTHER CASE: ALC staff tested after new confirmed COVID case

    Colac’s Australian Lamb Company has closed part of its production operations and more than 100 workers are in quarantine after an employee returned a positive test for COVID-19.

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  • Big change for contact tracer

    Barwon Health doctor Alex Umbers was 30 weeks pregnant and completing a work rotation in Colac Area Health’s acute ward as Colac’s COVID-19 outbreak first gripped the city.

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  • Carbon neutral discussion

    A Colac Otway Shire Councillor wants the council to crack a carbon neutrality target in the next 10 months.  

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