COVID-19

  • New-look cattle market to reduce virus risks

    Colac Otway Shire Council has trialled seating buyers in the dairy ring at the Colac Regional Saleyards to allow more people to attend its weekly fat cattle sale.

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  • Extension for hunting licences after virus lockdowns

    Recreational hunters will receive a one-year extension to their game licences after the State Government banned recreational hunting during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Industry guides state work on coronavirus

    A panel of farming industry representatives is helping the State Government ensure supply chains stay open during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • More than 200 tested for virus

    More than 360 people have been screened for COVID-19 at Colac Area Health, with more than 200 people being swabbed for coronavirus.

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  • Performing arts will return in Colac, bigger and better

    The temporary closure of all social and leisure facilities across Australia has left an enormous emptiness in our communal sense of wellbeing.

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  • Colac Otway rejigs budget for 2020-21

    Colac Otway Shire Council is reworking its annual budget to take the impacts of coronavirus into account.

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  • Italian paradise faces devastation

    “Until you are living it, it is difficult to comprehend.”
    A former Colac district man and his family are living in lockdown in Italy, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to grip the country with devastating effects.

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  • More COVID-19 testing in city

    Coronavirus testing criteria have relaxed nation-wide, with Colac’s dedicated COVID-19 centre now testing more people who present to the clinic feeling unwell.

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