News

  • Severe risk

    Colac district is facing severe fire danger tomorrow and “unprecedented” dry conditions with authorities calling in extra firefighting aircraft.

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  • No timeframe yet for high school transfer

    Authorities are yet to confirm when they will sell Colac’s former high school, as remediation continues a year after the discovery of asbestos at the site.

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  • Business closures hit Colac

    Colac business leader Ernie Andres says he believes people don’t realise the “damage” shopping outside the district has done to the region’s retail sector.

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  • Principal pleading for a new school crossing

    A Colac primary school principal is calling on local authorities to establish a school crossing to make navigating a busy intersection easier.

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  • Colac company buys Queensland sawmill

    Colac’s Associated Kiln Driers Softwoods has finalised a deal with timber processor Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts and taken over ownership of a Queensland sawmill.

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  • Cash machine fault causes anguish

    A Colac woman who lost hundreds of dollars in a faulty automatic teller machine this week has been reunited with her money thanks to local bank staff.

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  • Donation saves disability program after theft

    The generosity of a Colac business owner has helped a Colac disability activity group get one step closer to cycling around the region again.

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  • Charges to follow illegal fire

    A Dreeite South man could be facing fines of up to $19,000 or six months’ imprisonment after an alleged illegal burn at Dreeite South this week.

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