News

  • WorkSafe charges company

    WorkSafe Victoria has charged a water tank manufacturer after a tank fatally struck a man at Barwon Downs in one of two separate incidents.

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  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    Trout stocking, a local history group grant, the introduction of a new holiday levy and more in this week’s news in brief.

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  • Understanding life’s ladder

    Pansy ‘Pam’ Trigg is 97 and lives in Mercy Place, Colac. Her family began to notice signs of dementia when she was 85 – unsurprising changes at first which soon became more worrying.

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  • Call for views on gardens precinct

    In less than two weeks, almost 120 residents, visitors and local interest groups have shared their ideas on what they would like to see introduced, improved and retained in Colac’s heritage-listed botanic gardens.

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  • Empowering anyone who is struggling

    A Colac mental health advocacy group has set a goal to walk around the world next month to break mental health stigma.

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  • Bureau officially declares El Niño

    Colac and district residents can expect a hot, dry summer this season, after the Bureau of Meteorology declared an El Nino weather pattern is underway.

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  • Cash for recycling ready to hit Colac

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

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  • Police seek help after hit and run

    Police are seeking the public’s help to locate the driver of a white Ford Ranger with a red pinstripe allegedly involved in a hit and run at Forrest last Saturday.

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