News
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Election candidates finalised
Eight candidates will contest the ultra-marginal Corangamite seat at next month’s federal election, with a draw putting Labor’s Libby Coker above incumbent Liberal Sarah Henderson.
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RISE REJECTED
Colac Otway Shire Councillors have rejected a proposal for a two-per-cent rate rise, instead calling for a rise of just half a per cent.
Royal Children’s saved young Colac siblings
A Colac mother whose children needed the Royal Children’s Hospital’s care early in their lives says Victorians are “incredibly lucky to have such an amazing hospital”.
End of an era for historic oak
Woodcrafters hope to retain a piece of Colac district history when a mighty old oak tree falls to make way for the Princes Highway duplication.
Foreshore’s destruction continuing
High tides are again impacting the Apollo Bay foreshore and an action group wants a State Government commitment to safeguard the coast in its upcoming budget.
Boy bounces back from heart surgery
Colac’s Goonan family has plenty to be thankful for this Good Friday.
Federal funding for Colac bike race facility
Colac’s run-down old velodrome will receive a much-needed makeover thanks to the Federal Government.
Hair-raising plan getting attention
The Apollo Bay community has thrown its support, and its dollars, behind the cause of one of its favourite sons.
Vandals decimate rare trees
Vandals have deliberately damaged more than a dozen trees in the Colac Botanic Gardens.
Livestock truck crash kills sheep
Emergency services yesterday responded to a sheep transport rollover on the Colac-Ballarat Road, killing dozens of sheep.
