News

  • Highway speeders lose licences

    Speeders, road safety offences and a surge in traffic have kept Colac police busy over the Christmas break.

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  • Worker opportunity

    Colac and district health, aged care and childcare could benefit from a migration workforce boost.

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  • Testing demand surging

    COVID-19 testing at Apollo Bay and Lorne has been frantic and challenging, Great Ocean Road Health’s chief says, as coastal towns and Colac’s testing sites experience a sharp surge in demand.

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  • Bumper crowds at landmarks

    Visitors to the Twelve Apostles over the new year, Australia Day and Easter periods should plan ahead, as the popular destination gets set to see increased traffic.

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  • Speed limit reductions around coastal landslips

    Colac Otway Shire Council has installed traffic management signs along coastal roads as part of ongoing clean-up work after severe weather caused landslips in September and October.

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  • Appeal over meth lab case

    A woman convicted over a Colac drug lab is appealing her sentence to a higher court.

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  • Report bolsters surf centre push

    A proposed ocean safety centre at Apollo Bay would deliver almost $33 million to the local economy and create scores more jobs, new projections show.

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  • Colac postie’s historic day

    Wayne Ladhams has seen it all in 50 years as a Colac postie, but he says it’s the people who have made the job worthwhile.

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