Here is what is making news for July 06, 2026.================================Local sporting clubs and volunteer emergency workers have been targeted in two separate break-ins across Colac.

The Colac Imperials Football Netball Club is pleading for the return of its twenty twenty-five A Grade Premiership Flag, which was stolen alongside several other items. 

Meanwhile, the Colac Fire Brigade is seeking public assistance after its Lake Colac foreshore storage shed was broken into. 
================================================================A twenty-seven-year-old Colac man accused of a fatal stabbing in Geelong's nightlife precinct is set to face a Supreme Court trial this month.

The man is charged with murder following the death of a twenty-year-old on Little Malop Street in the early hours of October twenty-seven, twenty-twenty-four. 
================================================================The Corangamite Shire Council is reassuring Terang residents they haven't been forgotten, despite the town not featuring in the council's top three election priorities.

Mayor Kate Makin says the council is targeting small, achievable funding commitments ahead of the state election. ================================================================Racing identity Peter Moody will headline this year's Colac Riding for the Disabled annual luncheon on August thirteenth.

Colac member Susanne McCall says  the fully catered fundraiser will feature live music by local jazz group Juke Joint Jive.
================================================================Colac Highway Patrol has launched Operation Safe Roads to remind motorists to practice safe driving behaviours.

Colac Police spokesperson Stephen Bull says the past twelve months on local roads have been terrible for the community.
================================================================The Colac Showgrounds will host the Colac Area Health Foundation's Winter Fest this Sunday.

Foundation representative Ami Hillage says the community event is a crucial fundraiser, with all proceeds going toward the brand-new Colac Area Health Wellbeing Centre.
================================================================AND IN SPORTIn this weekends Soccer fixtures the Colac Otway Rovers women face Barwon Heads.
The seniors face off against Armstrong Creek,

while the reserves play FC Leopold.

The Corangamite Lions have the Bye.
================================================================In this weekends local Baseball action the Colac Braves host the Bellarine Bears at Eastern Reserves in Division 1.

In Division 3 action the Braves are also at home against Deakin Gold.
================================================================Registrations are now open for the Colac Basketball Association's twenty-twenty-six, twenty-twenty-seven summer domestic season.

The fifteen-week season tips off on October sixth, taking a Christmas break before resuming on February second.

Teams will be announced by September eighteenth.

Registrations close on August twenty-eighth via Play-H-Q.
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