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  • Extension for hunting licences after virus lockdowns

    Recreational hunters will receive a one-year extension to their game licences after the State Government banned recreational hunting during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Industry guides state work on coronavirus

    A panel of farming industry representatives is helping the State Government ensure supply chains stay open during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Panic grasses are posing a risk for livestock

    State authorities have warmed farmers that recent rain could have increased growth in toxic plant species, posing a threat to livestock.

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  • New bin system delayed to 2021

    Surf Coast Shire residents won’t have to worry about the introduction of a new four-bin system until next year.

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  • Diamond jubilee for Colac couple

    “You’re not marrying that girl to live with her, you’re marrying her to live for her.”

    That’s the advice Ian McMillan received the week of his wedding to his partner Lyn, and it has stuck with the Colac man through six decades of happy marriage.

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  • Colac veteran pauses to reflect

    Colac Vietnam War veteran Keith Weir will reflect on mates he lost and battles he saw as he quietly marks Anzac Day tomorrow.

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  • Youngster honours great-grandfather’s medals

    Colac’s Lucas Rodger is proof the digger legend lives on in our youngsters.

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  • MP wants school to resume

    Polwarth MP Richard Riordan has called for the State Government to open Victorian schools as soon as possible to minimise disadvantage to students.

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