News
Sanitary items needed for women in crisis
Colac’s Lynda McCarthy is encouraging the community to share the dignity and donate sanity items to help women in need.
Surge in drug users seeking counselling
The number of ice users looking for help from a Colac counselling service has almost doubled in the past year.
Young singer Broadway bound
Swan Marsh’s Tessa Williams will sing and dance her way around America as part of a Young Australian Broadway Chorus tour.
Park on the path to recovery
Community members are enjoying newly completed paths at Colac’s Joseph Paatsch Reserve, after more than a decade of Colac West Rotary Club working to develop the area.
Brian Crook wins council election count-back
Colac’s Brian Crook will re-join Colac Otway Shire Council after being the successful candidate in a vote count-back.
Leadership change will impact on marginal electorate
A change in Australia’s Prime Minister could fuel a swing against the Liberal Party in marginal seats including Corangamite, a Cororooke-based politics professor says.
Bus company’s owner fined after fatal crash
Bus Safety Victoria has fined a bus operator $10,000 after one of his vehicles was involved in a fatal crash on the Great Ocean Road near Glenaire last year.
Tanker driver calls for intersection action
A tanker driver involved in a near-miss at a notorious intersection says the intersection is among the most dangerous in the state and authorities need to “do something” before there’s a fatality.