News
Drug driving offender earns 12-month ban
A Colac woman who was caught drug driving twice and refused to “dog” an associate to police will lose her licence for at least ayear.
Supporting sick children
“Children’s cancers and sicknesses didn’t take a holiday during COVID.”
Online plan for reporting sex assaults
The State Government will commit to creating an alternative option for reporting sexual assault online, following a push from a Colac district state upper-house MP.
Long weekend beckons for Driver Reviver site
Colac Driver Reviver co-ordinator Glenn Rippon hopes visitor numbers to the site return to pre-pandemic levels, as he and other volunteers prepare for the Easter long weekend.
Cobden’s waste dump point reopens
The Cobden community dump point has reopened after an offender dumping industrial levels of waste forced the facility to close.
Fire study for Otways heath
A local conservation agency has started research on saving native plants and reducing bushfires in the Carlisle heath, through the use of planned burns in winter.
Exploring future options
A university and TAFE pathways event has given Trinity College and Colac Secondary College Year 12 students an insight into life after high school.
The Rural Scene
The dairy levy, free trade with India, lumpy skin disease and more feature in today’s Rural Scene.