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  • Rally to support Colac’s retailers

    A mob of people will converge on a Colac retail shop next week to encourage people to spend money in the region.

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  • Farmers demand government help

    Angry farmers have demanded government support amid devastating milk-price cuts, and they want milk companies to abandon controversial “claw back” clauses in milk contracts.

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  • Real estate demand reaches 15-year high

    Colac real estate agents say buyer demand for residential properties in Colac has reached a level they haven’t seen since the early 2000s.

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  • Positive focus on dairying life

    A South Purrumbete dairy farmer has set up a Facebook page to give dairy farmers a positive outlet while tackling the milk price-cut crisis.

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  • Baby’s health battle inspires marathoner

    Former Colac man Kaden Newton’s 8-month-old nephew is inspiring him to complete in Sunday’s Great Ocean Road ultra marathon.

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  • Politicians learn about dairy industry crisis

    Colac district farmers have taken time to speak with state and federal politicians about the impacts and concerns stemming from milk price cuts.

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  • CRISIS TALKS: Mayor calls urgent meeting to help dairy sector

    COLAC OTWAY Shire’s mayor has called an urgent meeting of councillors today to start planning how a united approach can lessen the impact of the south-west dairy crisis.

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  • OVERPOPULATION: More koala welfare checks at Cape Otway

    WILDLIFE officers and vets have started a two-week fertility-control program and health checks on the koala population at Cape Otway.

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