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Blown tyre and bird start fires
A BLOWN tyre and a bird started grass fires in the Colac district.
Hospital would comply with Senate inquiry
COLAC Area Health chief Geoff Iles says the health service would provide information to a Senate inquiry into hospital funding cuts if required.
Colac Otway updates wish list
COLAC’S civic leaders will push for funding for the Great Ocean Road, rail services and a Central Reserve upgrade in the lead up to the federal election.
Colac gamblers lose $7.5m in year
COLAC gamblers lost almost $175,000 more on the city’s pokie machines in the second half of 2012 compared with the first six months.
Twelve Apostles luxury hotel plan
A LUXURY hotel company and a shire council say a planned $20 million resort on the Great Ocean Road would create jobs in the region.
Man trapped after ute crash
COLAC district emergency service personnel took more than an hour to free a man from a smashed ute after a single-vehicle accident.
Senate inquiry into Colac Hospital
AUSTRALIAN senators will have a formal inquiry into hospital funding cuts after Senator Richard Di Natale spoke in the Senate about Colac’s hospital crisis.
Uncertainty remains for truckers
A TEAM from within truck company Wettenhalls has saved the company from collapse but uncertainty could continue for Colac and district Wettenhalls workers.