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  • Councillors to debate Skenes trail cancellation

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor wants the council to express its disappointment to state and federal governments for withdrawing funding for a trail between Apollo Bay and Skenes Creek.

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  • Beeac’s finally connected

    Beeac community members finally have improved mobile phone coverage after the town’s mobile tower went live.

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  • Crowd backs asylum seekers

    A sell-out cultural event at Forrest has raised more than $2000 for the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre.

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  • Housing to dominate meeting

    Affordable housing is big on Colac Otway Shire Council’s agenda today, with votes about potential future housing at Colac and Apollo Bay.

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  • Working dogs impress

    Farmers and their dogs travelled from far and wide to compete in a farm dog trial at Mount Hesse, near Beeac.

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  • Firefighters exceed their expectations

    Colac Fire Brigade has competed in the state senior urban firefighting championships for the first time in 15 years, “exceeding their expectations”.

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  • Donation delights refugee group

    A Colac volunteer group is looking forward to helping refugee families settle into their new homes in town, after an anonymous benefactor provided a much-needed financial kickstart for the support group.

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  • Arrests after ute located

    A ute stolen from the Gellibrand Recreation Reserve has turned up more than 170 kilometres away in the Melbourne CBD.

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