Disability

  • 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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  • Nursery benefitting from new business model

    A Colac disability employment provider is feeling the benefits of a shift in its business model.

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  • Bowler earns Australian disability team selection

    A COLAC man born without a left arm is on track to represent Australia at the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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  • PLEASE EXPLAIN: Colanda staff angry about closure plans

    EMPLOYEES at Colac’s Colanda centre have told union officials they are angry at the lack of consultation from the State Government on the centre’s closure.

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  • JOBS UNCERTAIN: Colanda closure in state budget

    THE STATE BUDGET has committed funding for the closure of Colac’s Colanda Residential Services centre, but it is still unclear when the centre will close.

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  • BELLE OF THE BALL: Dream comes true at debutante ball

    COLAC’S Courtney Stoddart says being able to attend a debutante ball makes her feel “sparkly”.

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  • Minister at Colanda but still no certainty

    THE FUTURE of Colac’s Colanda Centre remains uncertain after a visit from the State Government’s Disability and Ageing Minister to the centre yesterday.

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  • State could privatise Colanda centre jobs

    THE DISABILITY workers union says it’s disgusted with a State Government decision which could see almost 200 jobs at Colac’s Colanda Centre privatised.

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