News

  • Get ready to light up for Christmas

    It’s time for the Colac and surrounding district to get into the Christmas spirit and join in the annual Colac and District Christmas Lights competition.

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  • Help others to be fire ready

    The Country Fire Authority is urging people who care for someone in the Otways or other high-risk bushfire areas to prepare for the fire season by using CFA’s online bushfire planning module.

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  • Get ready to cash in

    Colac and district people will be able to recycle their cans, bottles and cartons for money at the reverse vending machine at Colac Plaza from Wednesday.

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  • Council debates impact of reputational damage

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor says the council’s risk management needs a “sanity check” if it thinks it can withstand up to 20 negative media articles before it feels its reputation is damaged.

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  • Campaigner welcomes Barwon Downs borefield closure

    After 45 years of campaigning, Kawarren’s Malcolm Gardiner says he believes that without persistent lobbying from concerned community members, the Barwon Downs borefield would still be operating today.

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  • Warrion Flower Show

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  • Farmer and sales rep join the dairy board

    A South-west Victorian dairy farmer and a sales representative who grew up on a local farm have joined the WestVic Dairy board.

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  • Time to focus on hay safety

    Farmers are preparing for a dry summer, and hay is in hot demand, being loaded, carted, unloaded and stacked in sheds and paddocks across the country.

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