Articles by Alison Martin
Doctors trial treatments for girl’s rare kidney disease
A KIDNEY disease and resistance to medication have forced a 10-year-old Gellibrand girl to spend time at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital while doctors trial new treatments.
Police union backs call for new station
VICTORIA’S police union says Colac’s ageing police station is among the worst in the state, backing calls for the State Government to fund a new building.
New rail trail section officially opens
COLAC OTWAY Shire Council, district landowners and community members will celebrate an official opening of the latest Old Beechy Rail Trail extension and improvements today.
Lavers Hill is priority for next fire refuge
EMERGENCY Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley says the next community fire refuge the State Government builds will be at Lavers Hill.
Lavers Hill residents want cash for refuge
LAVERS HILL residents “urgently” need the State Government to fund a community fire refuge which could save hundreds of lives when the Otways face a firestorm.
Labor picks Surf Coast councillor as Corangamite candidate
LIBBY COKER could become the Labor Party’s first female Member for Corangamite after she takes on MP Sarah Henderson at the next federal election.
Colac’s Kana Festival celebrates gardening
THOUSANDS of people lined Colac’s main street to celebrate the 58th Kana Festival and the community’s love of gardens.
One more car crash at notorious corner
A 70-YEAR-OLD man and his female passenger had a lucky escape when their vehicle spun out of control, and rolled down an embankment at a notorious Otways intersection.