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  • Testing clinic open this weekend

    Colac Area Health will open its COVID testing clinic this weekend but is urging residents wanting a test to ring ahead.

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  • Trinity to close on Monday after student tests positive to COVID-19

    Trinity College Colac should open as normal on Monday morning, but will undergo deep cleaning after a student’s family member tested positive for coronavirus.

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  • Busy year for firefighters

    Colac’s firies say it takes a community-wide, team effort to keep firefighters on the front line of the district’s emergency incidents.

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  • Trio lucky to escape injuries

    Three motorists have avoided serious injuries after two crashes at Elliminyt and Winchelsea.

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  • Park funding hits a snag

    Cororooke’s playspace proposal has received a bumper $250,000 grant, but Colac Otway Shire Council will need to strike a post-COVID deal to accept it.

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  • Colac reliant on support

    Colac district welfare recipients have almost quadrupled in number since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than 1000 organisations have signed up for the JobKeeper plan.

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  • A bridge for the future

    Work is set to start on the replacement of a bridge in Colac’s Forest Street, which a major Colac employer says is a huge boost for community safety.

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  • Tower action tested skills

    Experienced Colac emergency responder Mark Gunning says managing the COVID-lockdown of nine Melbourne housing towers is unlike anything he’s ever done.

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