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  • Councillors cut pay

    COLAC Otway Shire councillors have cut their own pay after a heated debate in which a councillor labelled the cut “tokenistic”.

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  • $10-million win for fire victims

    VICTIMS of a Colac district Black Saturday bushfire will share in about $10 million of compensation.

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  • Firefighter flies in for duty

    A COLAC-BASED firefighting helicopter can dump at least 3000 litres of water on a fire in one drop.

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  • Ice epidemic stretching services

    COLAC and district drug users are increasingly getting hooked on the drug ice, paying up to $300 a hit and stretching support services.

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  • Crowd tipped for Christmas races

    ORGANISERS of Colac’s Christmas horse races on Saturday expect a bigger crowd for this year’s event.

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  • Roof will give saleyards advantage

    COLAC stock agents say building a roof over the city’s saleyards will give it an advantage over neighbouring saleyards.

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  • Deluge dumps half month’s rain

    AN overnight deluge has dumped almost half the average December rainfall on areas of Colac district.

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  • Training for retrenched workers

    JOB-READINESS training will help workers at Colac district’s Fonterra factory find new jobs when the factory closes in 2013.

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