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  • 26 active COVID-19 cases in Colac Otway

    There are now 26 active COVID-19 cases in Colac Otway.

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  • Final budget goes before councillors

    Colac Otway Shire Council will decide on a proposed rate rise and coronavirus care package this evening.

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  • Colac’s ALC shuts for 14 days

    Colac’s Australian Lamb Company has ceased operations for at least 14 days, after at least nine ALC workers tested positive to COVID-19.

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  • Federal Government extends JobKeeper, but slashes payments

    The Federal Government will extend its JobKeeper and JobSeeker schemes beyond September but reduce payments, as Colac businesses face economic uncertainty amid a local COVID-19 outbreak.

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  • MAYORAL MATTERS: Call to band together

    Unfortunately what we all hoped would never happen has occurred and we have active cases of this horrible virus in our community.

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  • Riders fall foul of authorities

    Authorities have fined more than 80 people for illegal trailbike riding in the Great Otway National Park and Otway Forest Park during recent months.

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  • Mayor blasts state inaction

    Authorities should have imposed a local lockdown on Colac soon after learning of its active COVID cases, mayor Jason Schram says.

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  • Few worries over shark

    An Apollo Bay fisherman says there is no serious cause for concern about Australian school shark numbers, despite its new international listing as critically endangered.

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