Youth
Band battle hopes are high
COLAC band Our Hope’s High will play its first gig at an annual Battle of the Bands this week.
Threats spoil youth launch
A COLAC mob has hurled homophobic abuse and threatened violence against a visiting comedian as he left an anti-discrimination event.
Community initiative puts focus on youths
A NEW Colac community group is aiming to engage with Colac and district’s youth.
Students show green thumbs
COLAC students are planting the seeds of friendship with residents of a Colac disability centre.
Snitch rears nasty head
POLICE want Colac and district teens to abandon defamatory social network pages.
Police want teens to re-think behaviour
COLAC police want young people to re-think risky behaviour, after dozens of youths gatecrashed a party before risking their lives by blocking a road.
Mum wants new approach to bullying
A COLAC district mother wants a new approach to bullying after an alleged playground incident left a seven-year-old boy concussed and in hospital.
Facebook comments lead to legal trouble
A COLAC youth who used Facebook to boast about threats they made against their teachers has prompted a warning from Colac police.