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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.
Ballarat debut for Colac film
HUNDREDS of people are set to pack out Ballarat’s cinema tonight to watch the city’s first screening of Colac film Reverse Runner.
Drug bust on return from holidays
A COLAC detective busted a woman with drugs and stolen goods on his way to work on his first day back from holidays.