News

  • Housing shortage on agenda for MP

    A south-west Victorian crossbench MP has dropped into Colac to talk to residents and community leaders, with housing high on the agenda.

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  • Booking figures pleasing

    Colac and Apollo Bay accommodation providers are pleased with their bookings over the peak summer period but say the return of interstate travel has caused cancellations.

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  • Woman trapped in crash

    Emergency crews have worked to free a woman following a single-vehicle smash at Cressy.

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  • Land value worry over flood maps

    Birregurra landholders say a proposed flood overlay change modelled on a freak event could wipe the value off their properties and impact their security in retirement.

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  • ‘I didn’t want to play bowls’

    The idea of playing lawn bowls was ridiculous to Camperdown’s Maria Van Someren a decade ago.

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  • Police priced out

    Apollo Bay’s worsening accommodation crisis has hampered efforts to fill police vacancies in the town ahead of summer.

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  • Calls to alter coastal trail

    Thousands of people have had a say on a $23-million coastal trail, with calls for major changes to proposed sections near Lorne and Skenes Creek.

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  • Landslip closes Otways waterfall road

    The Triplet Falls and Little Aire Falls are closed to the public for the next week as crews do immediate landslip repairs to the access road.

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