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  • Eleven active COVID-19 cases in Colac Otway Shire

    Colac Otway has recorded one new COVID-19 case in the past 24 hours, the latest DHHS figures show.

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  • Positive case at Clearwater

    Colac’s Clearwater Transport and Logging has closed its office after an employee returned a positive test to COVID-19.

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  • Not all workers must quarantine, despite tests

    Colac’s Australian Lamb Company says that only a fraction of employees who received COVID-19 tests last week must quarantine under state health regulations.

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  • Online marathon inspires runners

    A local resident has swapped her volunteer’s uniform for a competitor’s bib in a popular Apollo Bay running festival and has notched her first half-marathon at the age of 50.

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  • Escaped burn is reminder to watch winds

    An escaped burnoff in Colac has fire authorities reminding residents about windspeeds.

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  • Bank hours slashed

    Cobden’s National Australia Bank has cut back its opening hours, but the change will cause no job losses.

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  • Massive storm rattles region

    A freak storm that lashed Colac and district on Thursday is the worst to hit the region this year, emergency services say.

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  • Moving surprise for Colac family

    To say the Cooks have had a rollercoaster month would be an understatement.

    The Colac family – parents Peter and Chloe and their children Ava, 4, Chaz, 2, and Reed, 11 months – face uncertain times following Peter’s worrying medical diagnosis at the end of July.

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