News

  • Premier steps down today

    Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will officially step down today, after serving for nine years in the role.

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  • Ready to walk for wellness

    Lynne and Bobby Barker are gearing up for a fundraising walk, in memory of Olivia Newton-John.

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  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    A new science program, free secondary school teaching degrees and more in today’s news in brief.

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  • Hotel plan for Colac

    A proposed three-storey, 20-room residential hotel, with function room, café and medical centre in central Colac would aim to provide modern visitor accommodation, short-term worker accommodation and business opportunities, if it gains planning approval.

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  • Finances, petitions on agenda

    Colac Otway Shire Council will consider financial statements and proposals for a BMX track and to rescind its previous decision to sell Apollo Bay’s old kindergarten site at tonight’s council meeting.

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  • Planned burns set to continue

    Planned burns will continue across the Otways and the Great Ocean Road in preparation for the upcoming bushfire season.

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  • Spanner thief caught with knife and baton

    A soon-to-be-dad must pay a $1000 fine for stealing spanners and carrying a knife and a baton.

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  • Five times over, four-year lesson

    A Colac man who crashed while riding an e-scooter at more than five times the legal alcohol limit has learnt his lesson about e-scooter rules, losing his driver’s licence for four years.

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