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Calls for school system changes
A concerned father is calling for a reform of the Education Department’s disciplinary systems after an alleged assault at a Colac district government school.
Family nearing $50,000 cancer fundraising target
A Colac district family has channelled their heartache into raising almost $50,000 towards finding a cure for brain cancer.
Authorities investigate slaughter
Firearm offences and an alleged slaughter of pigs at a community group’s shed in Forrest are under investigation.
Council finds $500,000 savings
Colac Otway Shire Council will have an extra half-a-million dollars to spend in next financial year’s budget, providing funding hopes for projects like new toilets at Cororooke.
Council’s job gets harder
Colac Otway Shire mayor Joe McCracken says council’s job will be “more difficult” following the Australian Electoral Commission’s final decision to move part of the shire into Wannon.
Minister wants hospital to reimburse $60 payments
Victoria’s Health Minister Jill Hennessy says she expects Colac Area Health to reimburse patients charged a $60 fee to attend the hospital’s urgent-care centre.
EXCLUSIVE: $60 urgent care fee scrapped
Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy has ordered Colac Area Health to stop charging a $60 fee at its urgent care department, in the wake of a Colac Herald article published on Monday.
Urgent care patients face new $60 charge
PATIENTS visiting Colac Area Health’s urgent care must cough up $60 for their visit while people using emergency rooms in bigger hospitals pay nothing.