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Grants available for community uses
Telstra and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal are partnering to deliver $600,000 in grants for community groups.
Artists carve out a ‘visual feast’
Colac Otway Shire and the surrounding towns will transform into a “visual feast” this April for the Colac Otway Arts Trail.
Guilty plea after serious injury
A Barongarook man must complete 200 hours of unpaid community work, after he hit a man causing him to lose a tooth, in an attempt to get back a $30 debt.
Cafe burglary earns $4000 fine
A 19-year-old woman who racked up a long list of offending has avoided a conviction but must be on good behaviour for the next 18 months and pay almost $4000 to the café she broke into.
Big plans for council millions
Colac Otway Shire councillors will decide today whether to spend half a million dollars on Lake Colac Holiday Park improvements, using money from its $2.6-million Bruce Street land sale.
Flu infections surge in 2022
Colac Otway flu cases surged in 2022 after COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions kept cases low in the preceding two years.
Cooriemungle egg farm plan
Colac and district egg producers could expect a new competitor soon, after Corangamite Shire Council received a permit application for a three-hectare chicken farm at a former Cooriemungle dairy.
Thousands raised for foundation
Colac women have united to hear personal breast cancer stories, while raising money for the McGrath Foundation.
