News

  • CRIME RATES RISE: Victims face harassment and stalking

    STALKING, harassment and threatening behaviour offences in Colac district have increased by more than 82 per cent and justice procedure offences have more than doubled.

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  • IMPRESSIVE TEEN: Dancer, 16, steps closer to her dream

    COLAC teen Courtney Barrow has won a role in a professional dance show with a leading company.

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  • PARCHED: Dry times force Colac onto water restrictions

    BARWON WATER will place Colac and district residents on stage two water restrictions for the first time in almost three years, as water storages dry out.

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  • DOG DAYS: Adopted greyhound now a therapy dog

    HOW DID this rejected racing dog become a caring companion and therapy dog?

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  • MAYORAL MATTERS: Second attempt at federal grant

    A transformation of Colac’s central business district will start this year, as civic leaders apply for federal funding for the project.

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  • CRIMSON TIDE: Salt lake turns orange

    DRY conditions and a salt-loving alga are likely the causes behind Lake Corangamite’s pinkish-orange water, with a salt crust around the foreshore.

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  • BAGS BAGGED: Apollo Bay residents ditching plastic bags

    APOLLO BAY residents are throwing their support behind a campaign to reduce the number of plastic bags shoppers use at in the coastal town.

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  • TRAILER MAYHEM: Four vehicles in highway smash

    FOUR VEHICLES, a caravan and a trailer have been involved in a multi-vehicle collision on the busy Princes Highway near Colac, but all passengers avoided major injuries.

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