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  • Holiday house owners should rethink visits

    Colac Otways’s mayor and community leaders are urging visitors to temporarily avoid coastal and hinterland communities during the COVID-19 crisis.

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  • Speeding drug-driver caught hiding in back yard

    A road worker had to jump out of the path of an unlicensed teenage driver on a drug-fuelled joy ride this week.

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  • Arts can thrive despite crisis

    Coronavirus shutdowns could help foster the next generation of artists, a Colac district arts leader says.

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  • Two Corangamite cases among COVID-19 figure

    The number of coronavirus cases in Victoria surpassed 1000 yesterday, as the death toll rose to five.

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  • Colac man’s coronavirus bail plea ignored

    A Colac man accused of guns, drugs, family violence and driving offences will remain in custody after using the coronavirus outbreak to renew a bail attempt.

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  • Shelters continue with rescues

    Colac district animal shelters say they are continuing their work with few interruptions from the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • MP sprays state’s solo fishing ban

    Colac’s state MP has demanded an explanation from the State Government after it banned solo recreational fishing under stage three of its coronavirus lockdown.

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  • The power of play prevails

    A Colac district paediatric occupational therapist has encouraged parents and carers to support play-based learning in their children, at a time when many families are spending more time at home.

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