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Petition calls for road fix
Simpson locals and community leaders are calling for sweeping changes to a dangerous stretch of the Lavers Hill-Cobden Road following six recent crashes. State Member for Polwarth Richard Riordan, Corangamite Mayor Kate Makin, Simpson Community House’s Deb Smith and Timboon business man David Costin gathered where 40-kilometre-per-hour signs have been introduced in response to the […]
Strong sales at Colac continue
Buyer interest was focused on heavier stock at Colac Regional Saleyards’ July Store Sale, as farmers prepare for the potential that dry conditions continue.
Chicken farm permit submitters to speak
Opponents to a proposed chicken meat farm at Birregurra have invoked cultural heritage, river pollution and the growling grass frog in a bid to stop the project going ahead. The farm plan has been embroiled in planning opposition since last year, with nine objections proceeding to a verbal-submissions hearing on Wednesday. The application is for […]
Top dogs win at Cressy
Victoria’s top working sheep dogs have put their best paw forward at Cressy Recreation Reserve in the Bill Paton Memorial Trans-Tasman Trial Run.
Drug screening or jail for teen
A Colac teenager could be looking at a jail sentence for breaching an intervention order if he fails to complete drug screens that are his last chance to get him into a rehabilitation program.
Thought-provoking works claim exhibition awards
Textile artist Catherine O’Leary has earned two awards for her inventive, thought-provoking works.
Letter to the editor
Embarrassed by hospital’s ‘fake patients’ As a former employee of CAH., and long-term resident of this community, I feel disappointed, embarrassed and ashamed to hear the recent events associated with our health service. The so-called “fake patients” incident has posed, in my opinion, some questions to be asked. What if it had all gone wrong, […]
Thursday sales to continue at Colac
Colac Regional Saleyards will continue to host weekly fat sales on a Thursday, despite calls to change days in the wake of the Camperdown Saleyards closure. Regional Livestock Exchanges and Corangamite Shire announced the Camperdown Saleyards closure last month, prompting discussion about how Colac could attract buyers and sellers to travel east. Colac Otway Shire […]