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  • Polwarth MP rejects coal-seam gas ban

    POLWARTH MP Terry Mulder has backed the State Government’s rejection of calls to ban coal-seam gas exploration.

    By Jennifer ChiuMay 11, 2012

  • Schools desperate for budget cash

    APOLLO Bay community would be “devastated” if the State Government failed to fund a school rebuild in Tuesday’s budget, the town’s leading educator says.

    By Kate DeppelerApril 27, 2012
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    Colac Kana Festival is set for a big return this w Colac Kana Festival is set for a big return this weekend, with the community anticipating the 65th iteration of the event. Sporting a new venue of the Colac Showgrounds, this Saturday’s festival theme is ‘A Country Fair’, and will see all family favourites previously enjoyed at Memorial Square from 10am.
    Colac Visitor Information Centre campaigners are o Colac Visitor Information Centre campaigners are overjoyed that the centre will be revitalised under a new vision, with volunteers also returning to the centre. Colac Otway Shire Council approved a new two-year lease for the Visitor Information Centre at a recent council meeting.
    Local Driver Reviver volunteers braved sweltering Local Driver Reviver volunteers braved sweltering conditions across the long weekend to help motorists recharge with biscuits, tea and laughter at Colac’s rest site. Co-ordinator Glenn Rippon said the beginning of the weekend was relatively quiet with 35 drivers passing through on Friday, 11 on Saturday and 12 on Sunday.
    District emergency services have been kept busy du District emergency services have been kept busy during the long weekend with three car crashes in the space of four hours. The first crash occurred at the intersection of the Hamilton Highway and the Colac-Ballarat Road at Cressy about 3.30pm on Sunday. Lismore SES responded to the single vehicle rollover but on arrival found most of the patients were in the care of paramedics.
    Bookaar’s women’s cricket team won their fourt Bookaar’s women’s cricket team won their fourth title in five years in a nine-wicket victory against Apollo Bay on Sunday. Taking place at Lake Oval, the Pelicans encountered the Sharks in only their second match-up of the season, with the first coming in round one of the finals.
    Wizards, wyrms, warriors and wildlings have joined Wizards, wyrms, warriors and wildlings have joined forces at Colac’s headspace. Nine young people have embarked on a thrilling quest during a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, which kicked off in February. Nadene Brown has been playing DnD for about two years and is the dungeon master for the Headspace-facilitated program.
    A community campaign for a concrete footpath in El A community campaign for a concrete footpath in Elliminyt has paid off, with Colac Otway Shire Council overturning its decision for a gravel path. Since its development, Elliminyt’s Ruby Court has only had a bitumen footpath on one side of the court.
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