News

  • Shearer’s close shave with cancer

    A COLAC district shearer is about to return to full-time work nearly 12 months after recovering from a brain tumour.

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  • Councillor might have broken law

    COLAC’S mayor Lyn Russell says Cr Chris Smith might have broken a state law that carries a five-year jail term by leaking council documents.

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  • Firebugs burn $100,000 excavator

    FIREBUGS have targeted an excavator worth about $100,000 and a car at Winchelsea in two separate incidents in the past week.

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  • Dad’s death spurs crusade

    A COLAC woman who lost her dad to suicide this year wants to help people avoid the pain her family is enduring.

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  • Children hurt in crash

    A TWO-CAR crash south of Colac has hospitalised four people, including a six-year-old boy and a 12-month-old baby.

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  • Head and chest injuries in crash

    AN Apollo Bay man went to Royal Melbourne Hospital with head and chest injuries after a car crash near Forrest.

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  • Police seize gun, sword, drugs

    POLICE have seized a shotgun, samurai sword and drugs at a Port Campbell property.

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  • Shire CEO defends pay packets

    COLAC Otway Shire Council’s chief has defended his executives’ pay packets, saying they have increased in line with the council’s other staff.

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