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DOUBLING DOWN: Candidates prepared for federal election
CORANGAMITE voters are set to go to the polls on July 2, with the Federal Government using its inability to set up a building commission as the trigger for an early election.
MIRACLE WORKERS: Heart drug helped save Cobden man’s life
A COBDEN man has thanked paramedics who treated him with a life-saving drug while he was having a heart attack.
LAW BOOST: $11 million for new Colac Police Station
THE COLAC community is celebrating the State Government’s commitment to spend $11.47 million on a new police station, replacing buildings dating back to the 1930s.
BRUTAL ATTACK: Offender banned from pubs after attack
A MAGISTRATE has called a Colac man a coward after he punched another man from behind at a Colac venue.
CENTRE OPENS: Cancer facility’s names honour donors
COLAC’S new cancer treatment facility, the Frank Minchinton Centre, takes its name from the late potato farmer who donated $150,000 to the centre’s development.
DRYING UP: Reservoir drops to 7.9 per cent
COLAC and district water storages have continued to drop, with the water system’s largest reservoir, the West Gellibrand, at just 7.9-per-cent capacity.
TOWN MOURNS: Apollo Bay mourning dad and footy coach
THE APOLLO BAY community has rallied together to support the family of well-known resident Bryan Noseda who died in a truck accident this week.
TRIBUNAL APPEAL: Bakery rejection shocks owners
IRREWARRA Sourdough’s John and Bronwynne Calvert say they are shocked and disappointed that councillors rejected their application to expand their business at Irrewarra.