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  • MPs back in action after virus hiatus

    Colac’s State MP Richard Riordan is due to return to parliament next month as the State Government cautiously lifts restrictions. The Victorian Parliament announced this week it would sit from June 2-4 and 16 to 18, after last sitting on April 23 to pass emergency legislation in response of the coronavirus pandemic. MPs would then […]

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  • Residents want flood solution

    Aire Valley residents have a problem. The waters of the valley have soared in the past week, rising to cut off up to 20 residents and threatening the security of the Great Ocean Road.

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  • Artist may be a ‘dreamer’, but are they the only one?

    Los Angeles, Vienna, Mumbai… and Colac?

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  • COVID-19 causes dental delay

    Colac and Camperdown’s public dental service wait time improved from June to December last year, but more than 1000 people have missed out on necessary public dental treatment in the past two months due to coronavirus restrictions.

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  • Corangamarah eases restrictions

    Colac’s Corangamarah aged care residents will be reunited with family members, after Colac Area Health eased some aged care coronavirus visiting restrictions.

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  • Buses help school beat black spots

    For the past few weeks during the COVID-19 crisis, the Simpson Primary School bus drivers set out and do the rounds like clockwork. But when they arrive at each stop, the school bags get on. The children don’t.

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  • State’s cash ignores major local projects

    Key Colac and district road and tourism projects are likely to miss out on funding from the Victorian Government’s $2.7-billion building blitz announced this week.

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  • Funding available for Driver Reviver

    Owners of Driver Reviver locations can now apply for a share of $3 million in Federal Government funding to upgrade their lifesaving rest sites.

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