News

  • Low rainfall depletes local water stocks

    Below-average rainfall this year has caused a drop in Colac’s water storages.

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  • Bouncing back: Colac could ride building boom to COVID recovery

    Another big-ticket Colac building project has council approval and there’s hope a building boom could kickstart the city’s road to COVID-19 recovery.

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  • Push to fast-track coast work

    G21 Geelong Region Alliance has called for the fast-tracking of the City Deal and its projects amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Colac businessman eager to take back control

    Colac man Doug Zappelli is once again buying discount retail chain Dimmeys as it undergoes liquidation to pay back more than $2.5 million to hundreds of staff and unsecured creditors.

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  • Drugs, cash and ammo found in Colac raid

    Police seized drugs, cash and ammunition and arrested three people during raids of two Colac homes this week.

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  • Winchelsea hall approval weeks away

    Winchelsea Shire Hall’s proposed new tenant and Surf Coast Shire Council are negotiating bureaucratic hurdles before the facility can reopen to the public.

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  • Water bills set to change

    Barwon Water has tweaked its water prices, cutting its service prices while increasing the amount it charges for each litre of water.

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  • Jobseeker finds the perfect role

    Finding the right job when you have to work around the needs of young children is not easy, and for Colac mother Tiffany, it proved challenging.

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