Coronavirus

  • Mayor wants restriction relief

    Colac’s mayor says he hopes an easing of lockdown restrictions can bring families back together and begin the shire’s economic revival.

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  • Building companies face dip in demand

    Colac’s construction companies say government investment in the sector will be critical to avoid a multi-billion-dollar pitfall in new projects in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • COVID-19 cans Eurotrip plans

    A Cobden teacher and his partner were ready for the trip of a lifetime before the coronavirus pandemic forced them to cancel their plans and left them without a steady income.

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  • Colac MP on state coronavirus inquiry

    Colac’s state MP will be deputy chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the Victorian Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Testing blitz

    Colac Area Health has tested more than 250 people for COVID-19 in the past 10 days, as part of a state-wide blitz to test 100,000 Victorians by Monday.

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  • Bay suffers tourism blow from virtual festival

    Apollo Bay’s tourism industry has suffered another blow and will miss out on thousands of visitors this month, with a major running festival shifting online.

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  • Silver lining to virus pandemic

    A Colac doctor says the lessons learnt during the corona-virus pandemic could result in a lower incidence of respiratory infections across the district.

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  • Safety-first approach works for Colac schools

    Colac school councils say they support the Victorian Government’s safety-first approach to re-opening schools, as state and federal authorities remain at loggerheads over their approaches to education during the coronavirus crisis.

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