News
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.
Working dogs impress
Farmers and their dogs travelled from far and wide to compete in a farm dog trial at Mount Hesse, near Beeac.
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”.
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.
Arrests after ute located
A ute stolen from the Gellibrand Recreation Reserve has turned up more than 170 kilometres away in the Melbourne CBD.
Family day care proves costly
Surf Coast Shire Council will no longer manage family day care from next year.
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.
Letters to the editor
Concerns over cancelled tennis finals, carbon emissions targets and Australia’s nuclear submarine deal.