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CAREERS: Feeling at home with great crew
Pat Johnstone says being a mechanic can be a tough job if you’re in the wrong workshop.
PHOTO FEATURE: Alvie versus Lorne junior football and netball
The Colac Herald’s photographer Joel King stopped by the junior netball and football between Alvie and Lorne at the weekend.
Toilet change sparks debate and petition against new gender rule
Objections have flooded in to Colac Otway Shire Council over a plan to remove a penalty for people entering toilets of changerooms set aside for another gender.
Low vacancy rates continue for Colac rentals
Colac’s rental market remains tight, with a vacancy rate of just 1.4 per cent in July, as vacancy rates drop significantly across the country.
CAREERS: Return to work pays off for Emma
A new journey at AKD Softwoods as a single mother didn’t stop Emma Methven from climbing the leadership ladder with the Colac company. The Simpson product is now a supervisor at AKD’s dry mill after starting as a production worker in the same department when she joined in 2017 juggling a busy life with her […]
CAREERS: A learning journey for aspiring chef
Apprentice chef Danielle Spry hopes to one day explore kitchens around Australia after learning her craft behind the scenes at Colac Hospital.
Crackdown on concrete stormwater pollution
Environment inspectors are in south-west Victoria this week inspecting concrete businesses to ensure they are preventing hazards to waterways.
Letters to the editor
The draining of Lake Colac through the Lough Calvert scheme, and the referendum on the Aboriginal Voice to Parliament feature as hot topics in today’s letters.