COVID-19 lockdown

  • Businesses relieved with early exit, but want consideration in lockdown decisions

    Colac businesses were “over the moon” to receive an early restrictions reprieve and resume trading yesterday after the state’s sixth lockdown. But calls have intensified for a more nuanced approach to state-wide restrictions after the Colac district went into lockdown despite zero cases escaping Melbourne.

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  • Lockdown to end for regional Victoria

    Regional Victorians won’t need a reason to leave home from midnight, with the lockdown to end.

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  • Events endure woolly period

    Irrewillipe sheep farmers Chris and Paula Riches are disappointed at the cancellation of two major events in the sheep calendar due to coronavirus.

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  • EDITORIAL: Working together to evade coronavirus

    Patience, vigilance and understanding are the key for our community as we come out of another COVID-19 lockdown.

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  • Principals praising resilient students

    A Colac school principal says the past year has proven the value of teaching in a supportive community like Colac.

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  • Nice day for a White wedding

    A former Colac district man and his now-wife married just before a snap lockdown could cancel their plans, after a stressful scramble to bring their wedding forward by 24 hours.

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