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  • Arson attack on car caps off tragic week

    CRESSY cancer fundraiser Leanne Rodgers thought life “couldn’t get much worse” after her mother died, until she watched flames engulf her car.

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  • Man ‘super positive’ to be in remission

    CAM Libbis is close to 12 months into remission from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but the 32-year-old never questioned why he got sick.

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  • Baker offers kitchen for Jamie Oliver

    A COLAC district bakery could become the home of Jamie Oliver’s pop-up kitchen if Colac is successful in its Ministry of Food competition bid.

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  • District schools above average

    COLAC district rural primary schools have beaten national averages in numeracy and literacy.

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  • Two hurt in Colac mill fire

    POLICE and the Country Fire Authority are investigating the cause of a blaze which injured two people at AKD’s Irrewarra sawmill.

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  • Ratepayers should get off backsides

    A COLAC Otway Shire councillor says ratepayers could save the council spending on health strategies by getting off their “backsides” and going for a walk.

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  • Wrong estimates cause $2m-blowout

    AN investigation into a $2-million Bluewater Fitness Centre budget blowout shows a quantity surveyor underestimated the cost, but ratepayers will foot the bill.

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  • Colac launches Jamie Oliver bid

    COLAC will formally launch its bid today to put the city on the nation’s foodie map and host celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Pop-up Kitchen.

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