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  • Phone ban benefits learning

    Students at Colac Secondary College are already benefitting from a ban on mobile phones in the classroom and schoolyard, the college’s principal says.

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  • High school report due soon

    Colac Otway Shire Council will likely receive an assessment of a proposal to buy the former Colac High School site next month, with councillors likely to read the verdict soon after.

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  • Strong winds tear through Cressy leaving major damage

    [caption id="attachment_75807" align="alignright" width="300"] A tree ripped through an aluminium fence after strong winds tore through Cressy on Friday afternoon, causing serious damage.[/caption]
    Wild winds ripped through Cressy on Friday, leaving a path of destruction that tore roofs off a house and shed, decimated trees and knocked down high voltage power towers, leaving thousands without power.

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  • Coronavirus outbreak hits fishing industry

    The effects of China’s coronavirus outbreak have spread to the Otway Coast’s fishing industry, with an Apollo Bay rock lobster fisherman saying trade has come “grinding to a halt”.

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  • Upgrades go on despite snub

    The Federal Government’s controversial sports fund has snubbed a Colac facility for a half-million-dollar grant, despite it being one of the country’s most deserving projects.

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  • Colac’s Dimmeys outlet saved from closure

    One of Colac’s major main street stores will remain open after an investor saved its retail chain from the brink of extinction.

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  • Passion earns national honour

    Cape Otway’s Lizzie Corke has always had a passion for the environment; now that passion has earned her a national honour.

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  • Big turnout at beautiful Beeac

    Dedicated volunteer Jennie Scott is Colac Otway Shire’s 2020 Citizen of the Year.

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