News

  • Health service recruiting for COVID services

    Colac Area Health will build its current workforce in its COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics, in response to the demands of ongoing staffing issues due to the pandemic.

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  • Airfield revival takes flight

    Big things are starting to take off at a Colac district airfield, with plans that could boost local tourism and showcase the region’s aviation history.  

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  • Children’s vaccination work continues on coast

    Colac Otway recorded 74 new COVID-19 cases during the past two days.

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  • Holiday fun in the park

    Children were out and about this week, enjoying school and kinder holidays.

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  • Crews contain Otway blaze

    A two to three-day-old lightning strike has caused a fire in inaccessible bushland at Lower Gellibrand, with CFA and Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning crews working quickly to contain it.

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  • Historic low for 2021 flu cases

    A Colac doctor expects this year’s flu season in Colac Otway to have a similar trend to last year, with the 2021 season recording “historically low” cases across Victoria.

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  • Pirron Yallock motorbike death

    A motorcyclist has died in a crash at Pirron Yallock, with authorities appealing for more information about the incident.

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  • Letters to the editor

    Political leadership, rubbish at Apollo Bay, and heart disease feature as topics in today’s letters.

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