News
Indigenous vax rate high in south-west
The Warrnambool and south-west region’s Indigenous Australian COVID-19 vaccination rate is among the best in Victoria, bucking a nation-wide trend that has seen low vaccination rates in Indigenous Australians.
Comment now on toilet plans
Colac Otway residents have until October 11 to comment on designs for new public toilets at Colac’s Memorial Square.
Arts and performance news in brief
Funding to keep a cinema open, a play postponed, and news on a sculpture exhibition.
Letters to the editor
Refugees, fruit netting and climate change are leading issues in today’s letters.
Victoria awaits decision on regional lockdown
Premier Daniel Andrews has reaffirmed his commitment to easing restrictions in regional Victoria possibly this week, as COVID-19 case numbers ease outside metropolitan Melbourne.
Citizen award nominations
Corangamite Shire Council has opened up nominations for its annual Australia Day awards.
Stranded overseas: Pandemic divides Apollo Bay couple
Apollo Bay woman Priscilla Fadier is pleading with the Federal Government to bring her partner back to Australia, after strict border controls have separated the couple for 18 months.
Two firefighters injured in tanker crash
An air ambulance has transported one firefighter to hospital in Melbourne while another is in hospital at Geelong after their fire truck rolled over east of Colac this afternoon.