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Candidates commit to industry
Three state election candidates have committed to “ongoing consultation” with the Colac district agriculture industry if elected at next month’s state election.
Family overcoming obstacles after premature birth
Twenty weeks into Colac’s Marie Turner’s fourth pregnancy doctors told her and her partner Ben of their unborn child’s shocking diagnosis.
Program helps feed 130 a week
Colac and District Community Foodshare helped almost 9000 people struggling with food insecurity last financial year.
Central Reserve to get court and lighting upgrades
Central Reserve’s title as Colac’s “showpiece sporting facility” has been bolstered by a State Government funding boost to modernise the venue’s facilities.
Everything is good in Colac; we feel a lot of support
Colac and district could see its population grow if a Federal Government plan for new migrants to move to regional areas goes ahead.
Man calls for vigilance after snake bites dog
A Colac resident is warning the community to be wary of snakes coming out of hibernation, after a snake bit his dog near Lake Colac’s foreshore.
Family eager to give back to Leukaemia Foundation
On the surface Pippa Zappelli looked like a normal healthy four-year-old, but the discovery of a golf ball-sized lump on her neck proved otherwise.
Council attending to community’s needs
An Apollo Bay business leader says Colac Otway Shire Council is responding to the town’s needs, despite a community survey that highlighted resident’s dissatisfaction.