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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.
Bid for state funding for theatre upgrade
ARTS advocate Andrew Beale hopes the demand for an intimate artistic space in the district will secure state funding for Cororooke’s Carolyn Theatre.
Athletes join forces to help cure disease
Rival sports clubs South Colac and Colac Imperials will put their differences aside tomorrow to support a Colac woman’s fight for a cure for motor neurone disease.
School funds drained
A Winchelsea Primary School parent is calling on the State Government to pay for the school’s asbestos removal instead of taking money from funding allocated to repair the school’s roof and modernise the school library.
Veteran Colac doctor closes book on career
Colac’s longest-serving doctor Michael Connor will retire this month after almost half a century of continuous service to patients.
Farmer wants transparency over wind farm plans
A Cooriemungle landowner is concerned that a new windfarm developer is trying to increase the height of its turbines to 200 metres without having to “be transparent” and notifying neighbours.
Order of Australia Medal for Lorne arts pioneer
Graeme Wilke OAM has witnessed a slow movement towards recognition of the arts and the enrichment it offers a community, and hopes one day it receives the funding it deserves.
Flood mapping makes waves
Colac Otway Shire councillors have unanimously agreed to defer a decision on a proposed flood amendment, amid concerns about its accuracy.