Coronavirus

  • Blockbuster films delay opening

    Colac Cinemas says it will carry on as normal despite a drop in ticket sales and filmmakers delaying the release of blockbuster movies because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • League to make call ahead of opener

    Colac District Football Netball League chairman Peter Hickey says league officials could know by the end of the week if the start of the 2020 season will be postponed due to coronavirus fears.

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  • Events cancelled as community braces for COVID-19

    Colac is yet to have a confirmed case of coronavirus but is still feeling the impacts of the pandemic in the community.

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  • Panic-purchased paper rolls out of shop doors

    Colac shoppers have wiped out toilet paper supplies at various supermarkets, with people stockpiling the product amid fears of a coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Lobster fishers lose thousands

    Apollo Bay rock lobster fishers are staring down the barrel of tens of thousands of dollars in losses as China’s coronavirus outbreak decimates the industry’s export market.

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  • Coronavirus outbreak hits fishing industry

    The effects of China’s coronavirus outbreak have spread to the Otway Coast’s fishing industry, with an Apollo Bay rock lobster fisherman saying trade has come “grinding to a halt”.

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