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Demand for food service
The Colac and District Community Foodshare service is expecting an increase in demand for food, with people in the region facing long-term unemployment.
Leo calls time on 60-year stay
“We’ve laughed together, cried together and celebrated together as a community.”
Leo Embrey clocked on for work at his parents’ convenience store in 1963.
National honour for campaigner
It’s difficult to imagine a time when parents of children with a disability were given little option by professionals other than to institutionalise their child.
Demand stays firm for cattle
Firm demand in Colac and district cattle continued last week, with animals commanding bumper prices.
Progressive renewable energy plan to hit Colac in Australia first
Colac will host an Australia-first renewable energy project that will make its major employers more sustainable, send less waste to landfill, create ongoing jobs and could lower household power bills.
Brumby protest in Colac
A Colac woman is hoping to spread awareness of brumby culling in Victoria, after she led a protest in Colac on the weekend.
Local clubs cash in on sporting grants
A host of Colac district sports clubs have earned State Government cash grants to help their return following the coronavirus crisis.
Bay residents slam temporary petrol plan as council negotiates last-minute changes
Colac Otway Shire Council is in talks with fuel company Ampol to ensure Apollo Bay residents have adequate access to fuel while the town’s petrol station closes to undergo a redevelopment.