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  • A ‘gut-wrenching’ experience

    Ray Place stood in a lookout tower on Mount Porndon on Black Saturday and watched his own farm burn.

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  • Campaigners pushing to prevent pumping

    Campaigners are heightening their opposition to Barwon Water’s groundwater pumping at Barwon Downs, as the water authority pushes to renew a licence to extract water from the site.

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  • Dairy shortage hits factory

    Falling milk production in Australia has forced Fonterra’s Cobden factory to extend its annual dryer shutdown.

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  • Call for foreign driver testing

    A crash at a notorious Birregurra intersection that left a man with spinal injuries has renewed calls for testing and better education for international drivers.

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  • RSL backs memorial move

    Apollo Bay RSL has backed plans to move the town’s war memorial to make way for a new roundabout, but a civic leader is calling for further community consultation.

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  • Clean-up for Lake Colac

    Second Colac Sea Scouts leader Jonathan Graham is asking the community to join them on Clean Up Australia Day.

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  • Polished Porsches pop in to visit Cororooke

    More than 300 Porsches cruised down the usually quiet streets of Cororooke for a gathering at the town’s former Fonterra factory buildings.

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  • Group wants bats protected

    Bat advocates will meet at the Colac Botanic Gardens on Monday after coming closer to securing a win for their winged friends.

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