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Let’s talk about Covid impact
A Colac group aiming to reduce the stigma of mental illness has highlighted the damaging impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on people’s mental health, and encouraged people to reach out for help.
Holiday house owners should rethink visits
Colac Otways’s mayor and community leaders are urging visitors to temporarily avoid coastal and hinterland communities during the COVID-19 crisis.
Speeding drug-driver caught hiding in back yard
A road worker had to jump out of the path of an unlicensed teenage driver on a drug-fuelled joy ride this week.
Arts can thrive despite crisis
Coronavirus shutdowns could help foster the next generation of artists, a Colac district arts leader says.
Two Corangamite cases among COVID-19 figure
The number of coronavirus cases in Victoria surpassed 1000 yesterday, as the death toll rose to five.
Colac man’s coronavirus bail plea ignored
A Colac man accused of guns, drugs, family violence and driving offences will remain in custody after using the coronavirus outbreak to renew a bail attempt.
Shelters continue with rescues
Colac district animal shelters say they are continuing their work with few interruptions from the coronavirus pandemic.
MP sprays state’s solo fishing ban
Colac’s state MP has demanded an explanation from the State Government after it banned solo recreational fishing under stage three of its coronavirus lockdown.
