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  • Bypass decision delayed again

    COLAC and district will have to wait at least another month for a decision on Colac’s bypass route after the issue divided civic leaders.

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  • Art helps addict’s recovery

    COLAC’S Darren Matheson says he was smoking “up to 150 bongs a day” at the height of his cannabis addiction.

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  • Trail rider crashes into wire boobytrap

    COLAC police are investigating after a cyclist suffered concussion when he crashed into a near-invisible wire strung tightly across a Forrest bike trail.

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  • Asbestos concerns date back 11 years

    ASBESTOS concerns have forced Timboon’s school to close more than a decade after a report recommended asbestos removal.

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  • Police impound 153kmh car

    POLICE have impounded a Colac teenager’s car for 30 days after he drove at more than 150 kilometres an hour on a Colac district road.

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  • Councillors bypassed on bypass options

    THE number of Colac bypass options for Colac Otway Shire councillors to consider has halved but the councillors are unaware why council officers have taken two bypass options off the table.

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  • Ratepayers fail to comment on rise

    RATEPAYERS can only blame themselves if civic leaders hit them with a 7.87 per cent rate rise.

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  • Councillor fuels fear for urgent care

    A COLAC civic leader says a solution to the threatened closure of Colac Hospital’s overnight urgent care service could be only a “stay of execution”.

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