Here is what is making news for July 2, 2026.==================================Australian entertainer and advocate Ernie Dingo will be in Camperdown on July eight, twenty-twenty-six, to headline a free NAIDOC Week event hosted by South West Healthcare.
====================================================================Victoria’s fire services are urging Colac Otway and Corangamite residents to ensure they have working smoke alarms and a Home Fire Escape Plan as new figures show an increase in the number of preventable fire fatalities last year across Victoria.
====================================================================The twenty-twenty-six Community Satisfaction Survey shows an increase in resident approval for the Corangamite Shire Council following declines last year.

Council’s overall performance index rose five points to sixty-three, remaining above the state average of fifty-eight. 
====================================================================The Colac Salvation Army is piloting a physical literacy program for children aged three to seven.

Delivered in partnership with Leisure Networks, the Mini Movers program operates during school holidays for groups of fifteen. 
====================================================================After an official opening from state officials last weekend the Colac Otway Shire will host a community celebration day at the Elliminyt Wetlands on Friday July 10.

Shire CEO Andrew Tenni says the day will be an open event for all the public to attend and check out the newly opened area.
====================================================================Simpson Recreation Reserve Lake and Cobden Lake have each received 300 trout for families to fish over these school holidays.

Vic Fisheries Acting CEO Luke O'Sullivan says they are among the 50 locations across Victoria to receive the funding.
====================================================================AND IN SPORTCamperdown netballer Aidan Conheady has been selected for the Australian twenty-and-under men’s team ahead of the Trans-Tasman Series in New Zealand from July eighth to eleventh.

Conheady was selected for the final twelve-player squad following a three-night training camp in Sydney. 
====================================================================Several of the regions talented juniors played in the Barwon Region Showcase yesterday which was at Central Reserve in Colac.

Coach of Team Ablett Simon Dewar says it was a fantastic day and an awesome opportunity to be involved.
====================================================================Player tryout registrations are now open for the Colac Kookas twenty-twenty-six to twenty-twenty-seven Junior Representative Program.

Junior basketballers wishing to trial for the upcoming seasonal squad must complete their registration before the deadline at five p-m on Friday, July ten, twenty-twenty-six.
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