News

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Family day care proves costly

    Surf Coast Shire Council will no longer manage family day care from next year.

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  • Call to list species as vulnerable

    Conservationists are calling for the State Government to list the fat-tailed dunnart as vulnerable, with the last surviving small marsupial of the Colac district’s volcanic plains under serious threat of extinction.

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  • Letters to the editor

    Concerns over cancelled tennis finals, carbon emissions targets and Australia’s nuclear submarine deal.

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  • Beach safety alarms Apollo Bay rescuers

    Two young surfers and a regular Apollo Bay ocean swimmer have reunited after saving a tourist from drowning, saying beach safety is a major concern along the coast.

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