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  • Council denies Corunnun farmhouse permit

    Colac Otway Shire Council has refused to grant a permit for an Alvie teacher who wanted to build a house on a Corunnun farm, despite two councillors showing support for the development.

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  • Consider pets in bushfire plan

    Summer has officially started and the Country Fire Authority, together with RSPCA Victoria, is reminding farmers and pet owners to consider their pets and livestock in their bushfire survival plan.

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  • MP calls to reinstate voice for road safety

    Polwarth MP Richard Riordan says the reinstatement of the Victorian Road Safety Committee could be a way of ensuring desperately needed road upgrades.

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  • Fatal shed fire at Lorne

    The death of a man in a shed fire at Lorne has rocked the small coastal community.

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  • Lake school starts to take shape

    Construction of the first stage of the new state-of-the-art Lake Colac School is nearing completion, as the Colac Specialist School community prepares to move into its new home.

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  • Positive signs at store cattle sale

    Nutrien livestock agent Phil Douglas says the recent rain has lifted cattle prices and spirits, after the December store sale which yarded about 2000 cattle.

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  • Numbers and prices lift at Colac

    Cattle numbers and prices received a lift at Colac Regional Saleyards’ weekly fat sale, after 373 head of cattle went under the hammer.

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  • Time to eradicate footrot

    Does your flock have virulent footrot? Do you have the time, energy, resources and will to try to eradicate it from your flock?

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