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  • Colac furniture store closes after 50 years

    COLAC furniture retailer Budget will close its doors next month after almost 50 years in business, with seven employees to lose their jobs.

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  • Dumped carcasses disgust volunteers

    A COMMUNITY working bee to clean up the edge of Lake Corangamite has uncovered an illegal dumping ground for decaying animal carcasses.

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  • Teens return from Nepal quake

    COLAC DISTRICT teenagers Camille Thomas and Grace Graham have returned home after surviving an earthquake which devastated Nepal.

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  • Man’s epic cycling journey for African children’s fund

    COLAC’S Daniel Madden is within sight of Darwin after 12 intense days on his bicycle.

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  • Leaders mark start of road work

    FEDERAL MP Sarah Henderson says the Princes Highway duplication between Winchelsea and Colac will be an “enormous asset for the people of Colac Otway and south-west Victoria”.

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  • Hopes for State Budget funds

    COLAC OTWAY Shire Council’s chief says she hopes tomorrow’s State Budget will include funding for Central Reserve, fire refuges in the Otways and improved train services for the region.

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  • Increase in welfare demand

    A COLAC Welfare organisation has had a “noticeable increase” in demand for its services over the past six months.

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  • Group takes action against drug threat

    A COLAC district community is rallying against the drug “ice” to make its town “cleaner and healthier”.

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