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Voters say yes
Corangamite Shire is in the top-11 electorates with the highest percentage of “yes” votes for the same-sex marriage postal survey in Australia.
Heartless thieves take wood splitter
Heartless thieves have stolen a wood splitter from an elderly Elliminyt couple who rely on wood heating during cold weather to heat their home.
SES volunteers back Movember
Colac residents may see a suave looking emergency vehicle making its way around the area after State Emergency Services volunteers added a moustache to their vehicle.
Lower limits
Colac road-safety campaigners have backed a call for reduced speed limits on gravel roads, with 41 more deaths on country roads than on Melbourne roads this year.
Teenage passenger dies in Otways crash
Police have thanked the people who stopped and helped at the scene of a fatal crash where a 16-year-old Barwon Heads girl died at Gellibrand on Saturday.
Mates’ motivation behind Movember
“Don’t think that it can’t happen to you, that was the thing, I knew that I had all the symptoms but I had a real problem, I had that feeling that I was letting everyone down.”
New Colac Otway leaders in close vote
Colac Otway Shire’s new mayor says “a lot of people have underestimated me”, including when he decided to become a teacher and again when he was nominating for council.
Sheep theft shocks Colac district family
A Colac district sheep farming family is reeling after thieves stole 150 sheep and are warning other farmers to watch their stock.