Colac and district residents have continued to review their insurance cover in the wake of Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires. Insurance brokers say the district was better insured this fire season compared with the previous year. People have continued to voluntarily increase their cover despite increases in a fire services [...]

Colac and Otway health executives are cautiously optimistic about a Federal Government reform of Australia’s health system. Executives hope the reform will benefit the district but say questions remain about the proposed scheme. Colac Area Health chief executive officer Geoff Iles said it was necessary to regularly review Australia’s public [...]

by Georgina Howden-Chitty Member for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman has launched a four-point strategy which he says will improve health services in Colac and district. Mr Cheeseman said the strategy would complement a Federal Government health and hospital reform. “My plan for our local region, and the Rudd [...]

Organisers say this weekend’s 53rd annual Colac Kana Festival is set to be a success, with a variety of parade entrants, performers and stallholders ready to go. Schools, community groups and businesses will show off their floats in the festival’s parade along Murray Street from 1pm Saturday. The line-up [...]

Organisers of a successful mechanical swap meet in Colac plan to make it an annual event. Chris Quinn, who organised the inaugural Just Auto Swap Meet with Andrew Searle, said the event attracted between 350 and 400 people to Colac Showgrounds. “We had a [...]

Member for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman says he will fight to ease Colac’s doctor shortage. Mr Cheeseman met Colac’s medical executives to discuss the Federal Government’s classification of Colac’s medical workforce. Colac Area Health executives and Colac’s practice managers asked Mr Cheeseman to lobby for Colac to gain status [...]

A Birregurra family’s eight-year dream is coming to fruition. Klay McCormack came up with the idea to build a skate park for Birregurra when he was 12. Klay, now 20, will witness his dream become a reality when the park opens next month. [...]

A move from Colac to Birregurra has boosted the status of an environmental partnership program. The Upper Barwon Landcare Network’s office is now at 87 Main Street, Birregurra. Network co-ordinator Neil McInnes said the move was “one of the better things” the network had [...]

Organisers of a successful mechanical swap meet in Colac plan to make it an annual event. Chris Quinn, who organised the inaugural Just Auto Swap Meet with Andrew Searle, said the event attracted between 350 and 400 people to Colac Showgrounds. “We had a really good day. It met nearly [...]

Member for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman says he will fight to ease Colac’s doctor shortage. Mr Cheeseman met Colac’s medical executives to discuss the Federal Government’s classification of Colac’s medical workforce. Colac Area Health executives and Colac’s practice managers asked Mr Cheeseman to lobby for Colac to gain status [...]