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FAMILY’S HEARTBREAK: Family thankful for support
COLAC community members will gather tomorrow for the funeral of “beautiful baby” Hamish Hayes who died at 10-months-old from an inoperable brain tumour.
HIGH HOPES: Crowd expected for lake community meeting
A Lake Colac Community Forum organiser wants the meeting room packed out with concerned residents.
RESIDENT CONCERN: Funding allocation stalls fire recovery
WYE RIVER’s Carolyn Tatchell says she wants to see the community be able to move on after the Otways Christmas day fires.
YIELD CONCERNS: Growers anticipating low yield this season
DEANS MARSH olive farmers are expecting a 50-per-cent drop in their yield compared to last year.
FUNDING LOSS: Colac health service faces $200,000 cut
COLAC AREA HEALTH’s chief says he has received confirmation it will face almost $200,000 in Federal Government funding cuts to the service.
GUILTY PLEA: Two-week wait for sentencing
FORMER Colac travel agent Jordan Dittloff has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $280,000 from 47 clients including his future mother-in-law over a 12 month period.
PLANS SCRAPPED: Real estate farm deal collapses
A real estate agent says the collapse of a major farming property deal, rumoured to have been worth $750 million, would have an impact on farmers.
PROPERTY BOOM: House prices jump almost 40 per cent
THE Colac district has the “best performing” property market in regional Victoria with median house prices jumping 38 per cent over the past five years.