News

  • Country kids pay the price

    High relocation costs are forcing Colac and district youths to defer their university placements and work to save money.

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  • Concern over deferred study

    A youth employment expert says south-west Victoria has a “serious problem” with young people deferring their university studies.

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  • Crash and petrol spill keep authorities busy

    A rolled car and a petrol spill kept coastal emergency services busy at the weekend.

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  • Carpark death probe finds barriers unsafe

    A Melbourne City Council review has found barriers are unsafe at an inner-city car park where a Colac teen died.

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  • Music and truck show continues despite rain

    Rain put a dampener on an annual Colac country music, truck and ute show yesterday.

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  • Crisp day for apple fest

    There were no prizes for guessing the core ingredient at yesterday’s Gellibrand apple festival.

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  • Tornadoes hit Alvie and highway floods

    Isolated storms have lashed areas of the Colac district, causing flash flooding and miniature tornadoes.

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  • Roadshow scrutinises keepsakes

    Colac’s Yana Athans says the Shakespeare book she’s carrying in a plastic bag has been in her family for “over a hundred years”.

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