News

  • Long process to approve aged care expansion

    Colac’s Barongarook Gardens aged-care facility is now in the bureaucratic process of approving a $5-million expansion into one of the city’s oldest buildings.

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  • Flood funds for cleanup across shire

    Colac and district properties destroyed or damaged in floods can be cleared of hazards and made safe at no cost.

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  • Frustration for nurses: shortages and low morale hit health workers

    Colac nurses are overworked, understaffed and feel unsupported by hospital executives, with low morale and more senior staff ready to walk away.

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  • BDH in familiar area for aged-care revamp

    Sixteen years after BDH Constructions built Colac Corangamarah aged-care home, the local builders are returning to the site to renovate the facility, bringing benefits to residents and staff.

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  • Applause for long tenure

    2002 – the nation reeled from a deadly bomb attack in Bali, Britney and Justin broke up, and Colac Otway Shire Council looked at building housing at the Colac Showgrounds to help with a housing crisis.

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  • COVID protocols stay in place

    With Victoria’s pandemic declaration and isolation requirements ending, Great Ocean Road Health is still working to protect its consumers, aged-care residents and staff members.

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  • End of an era for Year 12s

    It was the perfect day to celebrate the end of schooling life for Colac Secondary College Year 12s.

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  • Cash for new Changing Place toilet in Colac

    Colac’s Memorial Square public toilets have received state funding to improve disability accessibility.

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