News

  • Camperdown training pays off

    Twenty months of preparations were immediately put to use when news came through that Corangamite Shire had recorded a positive COVID-19 case.

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  • Colac employer happy with vaccine incentive

    Colac’s Bulla Dairy Foods says it is pleased with the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations among its employees, after the company offered a cash incentive to vaccinated workers.

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  • Winchelsea assault arrest, Apollo Bay burglary appeal

    A man has allegedly attacked a person at Winchelsea before hiding from authorities, police say. 

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  • Point Grey vote delayed

    Surf Coast Shire Council has narrowly voted to delay a land transfer allowing Lorne’s Point Grey project to proceed, as a battle to save the town’s former Fishermen’s Co-op surges on.

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  • Otways deluge leads to floods

    More than 100mm of rain in 24 hours has caused minor flooding on a Lorne river and felled trees across Colac and district.

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  • Australia Day event gone

    Surf Coast Shire Council will scrap celebratory events on January 26 from next year and acknowledge it as a day of mourning for First Nations peoples.

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  • Disability advocate earns state honour

    Noel Bates has spent five decades as an advocate for people with disabilities and their families, in particular residents of Colac’s former Colanda Centre.

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  • Police seek missing chain

    Colac police are after the public’s help locating a missing gold chain.

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