News

  • Friday morning drug bust

    Police have located cannabis and methylamphetamines and arrested three people during a drug bust in Colac.

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  • Work underway on new facility

    Work at Camperdown’s new $39.6 million aged-care facility is underway, targeting a 2025 completion date.

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  • LONG COVID: Health service still impacted by pandemic

    Colac Area Health is still feeling the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, the health service’s annual report says.

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  • Urban forester to assist residents

    One of Australia’s leading urban foresters will assist Colac and other communities across Colac Otway Shire to be greener and support a long-term project to address climate change.

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  • Lake Colac anchor’s future awaits

    Swan Marsh farmer and former Colac Otway Shire councillor Chris Smith says an anchor discovered in the dry bed of Lake Colac in 2016 is in storage until an appropriate place to display the impressive piece of history is identified.

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  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    Mayoral elections, regional fare savings, fee-free TAFE and more in today’s news in brief.

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  • Wool growers support show

    Fairview Polwarths’ Greg Potter says he was pleased to see the number of entries for the Colac Show’s fleece competition increase in support of the show’s return.

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  • The key to kindness in Colac

    Today is World Kindness Day – a day to focus on the good deeds in the community and promoting the importance of being kind to each other, yourself, and the world.

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