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Paramedics fear wait will worsen
VICTORIA’S paramedics union fears ambulance wait times will only worsen in the Colac district as the city’s hospital funding row continues.
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.