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  • Families keep kids at home after outbreak

    Two Colac schools have encouraged parents and carers to decide whether their children attend school this week, while a Colac kindergarten has closed after Colac’s COVID-19 outbreak.

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  • Community responds as Colac COVID cases reach 27

    Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Colac Otway Shire have risen to 27 as Colac goes into a self-imposed lockdown, with businesses, schools and public facilities shutting down amid community transmission fears.

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  • Sand work for beach

    Sand renourishment will start at Apollo Bay’s foreshore this week, in a bid to provide a temporary fix for coastal erosion. The temporary dune system will help stabilise the foreshore, with contractors using sand deposits from recent dredging of the Apollo Bay harbour. A Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning spokesperson said the work […]

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  • Plan to derail virus spread

    Colac figures are calling on the State Government to segregate metropolitan and regional Victorian train passengers, as the state battles with an upturn in COVID-19 cases.

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  • Gas investment to boost local jobs

    Port Campbell’s Minerva Gas Plant will receive a $55-million cash injection including support for local jobs after it changed hands this week.

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  • Petition decision tonight

    Colac Otway’s Climate Action Team will tune in to debate over its community petition today.

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  • Council increases support after outbreak

    Keep working to reduce the spread of COVID and remember – help is available, Colac Otway Shire Council says.

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  • Fourth bins arrive for Surf Coast

    Surf Coast Shire Council is warehousing its new purple-lid bins, ahead of a rollout of an extra household bin to improve recycling processes.

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