News

  • SPLIT-SECOND FROM HORROR: Public plea after car clips pram

    After an alarming close call when a car clipped his daughter’s pram and kept driving, Noah Schmidt is warning people of the dangers of crossing Colac roads, even when you have the right of way.

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  • MP wants answers on centre funding

    Polwarth MP Richard Riordan has demanded answers from the State Government on who will pay for land at Port Campbell’s proposed Visitor Information Centre.

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  • Activists call for state government to follow NSW gas ban

    An Apollo Bay climate activist says while the New South Wales government’s move to ban offshore gas drilling in the state is fantastic news, the Victorian government needs to follow suit.

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  • Meat processors go full boar

    From a simple hobby with just two pigs, to a full-time gig processing 20 pigs a week and distributing meat to 30 restaurants across Victoria – a lot has changed in 10 years for Xavier and Laura Meade.

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  • Run-of-the-mill first meeting

    Getting enough workers and affordable housing for Colac and beyond are the big priorities for the region’s chief lobby group.

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  • Standing out in the sun and rain

    Birregurra residents say their new bus stop, which has no seating or shelter from weather, is a “disgrace”

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  • Country churches continue to close

    After more than 110 years, Warrion’s Uniting Church has closed.

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  • Council to consider plans for church development

    Birregurra’s former uniting church could become a two-storey home, under plans lodged with the Colac Otway Shire Council.

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