News

  • Lack of investing impacts victims

    Underinvestment in social housing is provoking a shortage of emergency accommodation for victims of violence, an advocate says.

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  • Faulty heater causes blaze

    A faulty electric heater has sparked a fire that “fully involved” a shed in Colac.

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  • Another childcare centre planned – but is there staff to fill it?

    A planned 100-place childcare development in Colac’s Wood Street will be the fifth centre proposed in Colac in the past year.

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  • Rain boosts storage levels, restrictions lifting

    A welcome rise in storage levels will see water restrictions lifted at Apollo Bay, Marengo and Skenes Creek.

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  • Sentencing sparks debate

    A magistrate’s message to a young victim of family violence has sparked community discussion about the need for court sentencing to fit the crime.

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  • Project continues to unearth history

    Dedicated volunteer researchers have pieced together the century-old stories of more than 1000 burials at the Colac cemetery.

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  • Tribunal reprimands former city pharmacist

    A former Colac pharmacist who was caught with a drug of dependence and drug manufacturing equipment has had her registration cancelled.

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  • Don’t hide like Wally, get help

    If you thought you found Wally riding a postie bike in Colac earlier this month, you weren’t alone.

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