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  • Ratepayers cop $35,000 bill for dumping

    ILLEGAL rubbish dumpers are costing Colac Otway Shire ratepayers almost $35,000 a year.

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  • $6-million upgrade for AKD Softwoods

    ONE of Colac’s largest employers is set to increase timber production, announcing a $6-million project at its Irrewarra mill.

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  • Group unveils astronomical creation

    A COLAC-based all-abilities drama group unveiled its latest play at a national disability conference.

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  • Chinese movie crew films in Colac and district

    COLAC and the Great Ocean Road will feature in a Chinese-made movie, after a film crew spent days filming in the region.

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  • Lightning cuts electricity and causes Otways fires

    THOUSANDS of Colac and district residents were without power for up to two days after a lightning storm swept the region and damaged powerlines and transformers.

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  • Patients, staff benefit from chairs donation

    COLAC and district dialysis patients are benefiting from the donation of three new dialysis chairs to Colac Area Health’s haemodialysis unit.

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  • Investments in Colac valued at $60 million

    COLAC and district businesses are planning investments and expansions worth a collective $60 million.

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  • 100-million-year-old fossil found at Cape Otway could re-write history

    THE DISCOVERY of a 100-million-year-old fossil at Cape Otway this week could hold the key to the history of Australian prehistoric mammals.

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