News

  • Driver deliberately struck pedestrian

    POLICE say a machete-wielding woman in a four-wheel drive allegedly ran down a Colac woman during a pursuit through Colac.

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  • Homes on Colac’s fringe face 20% rate rise

    COLAC Otway Shire Council has warned Elliminyt and Colac landowners could be in for a 20-per-cent rates hike when their next rates bill arrives.

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  • Age fib helped enlistment in war

    COLAC war veteran Ben Sell lied about his age to enlist for the Second World War.

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  • Highway land grab could swallow man’s garden

    A COLAC district man wants authorities to rethink plans for the Princes Highway duplication to Colac because of unfair demands for land acquisition.

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  • Fire engulfs Birregurra home

    A BIRREGURRA woman was away in Melbourne when fire gutted her home during the Easter break.

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  • Police out in force for Easter

    POLICE will saturate Colac district roads during the Easter long weekend aiming to reduce bad driver behaviour.

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  • Truck crash spills grain

    A TRUCK driver escaped injury after his truck crashed and spilled 40 tonnes of grain at Carlisle River, south of Colac, this week.

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  • No leader for business group

    COLAC’S peak business lobby group is without a leader after failing to find a new president.

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