State Government
SPENDING SPREE
The State Government is showering the Colac district with $6.8 million for environmental tourism, fire recovery and landslip prevention.
State to review urgent-care centre
The State Government will review Victoria’s regional urgent-care centres after ruling that a Colac Area Health fee was inconsistent with national health funding rules.
Push for more security upgrades to courthouse
Colac’s courthouse needs more safety upgrades and the State Government needs a long-term plan for a new facility, a court activist says.
Colac’s police receive tasers
Colac police will now be wearing tasers as they patrol the region, becoming the state’s 37th station to receive the devices.
Campaign to dob in ‘sub-standard’ roads
Colac Otway Shire councillor Joe McCracken says the State Government must fix the district’s “sub-standard” roads and is urging road users to join a community roads campaign.
No update on school site sale
The State Government is still unable to confirm a date of sale for the former Colac High School site or when it will handover part of the land.
Court security boost overdue
Colac court users will have to wait until the end of year for increased security after a delay to deploying security officers at the outdated court.
Colac public transport boost
Colac will have a new early-morning bus service to Geelong, allowing commuters to connect to Melbourne-bound trains and arrive in the city before business hours.