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New roles for staff as service calls time
Barwon Child, Youth and Family says it is committed to redeploying its employees whose jobs will be impacted by the closure of Colac’s Wydinia Early Learning Centre later this year.
Kids eager to see their classmates
A cohort of primary and secondary school students and staff will head back through the school gates today, but some will have to persist with remote learning for a little while longer.
Waste companies worried at monopoly plan
Smaller regional waste companies are asking the State Government to let them be a part of Victoria’s new container deposit scheme.
Small groups return to church
Worshippers will return to Colac and district churches as lockdown lifts this weekend, but only in small numbers.
Tourists eager to return to coastal hotspots
An Apollo Bay tourism business said its phones have been ringing off the hook since an announcement regional Victoria would exit lockdown this week.
Cash flows for green schemes
An Apollo Bay landcare group is working to improve biodiversity in the Otways with more than $175,000 from a Federal Government initiative.
Coast crown land changing hands
A new Great Ocean Road authority could soon become the dedicated parks manager for coastal Crown land across the Otways and beyond.