Here is what is making news for July 21, 2026.===================================Two people have escaped uninjured after an incident at Apollo Bay Airport on Sunday.

Emergency Services responded to a call of an Aircraft that had left the runway after landing just before 4PM.

Advanced Life Support paramedics attended, the scene alongside police but no emergency treatment or transport was required.
======================================================================The State Government has announced additional support for communities affected by the January bushfires.

Residents in Gellibrand and Carlisle River can now access further community assistance programs.
======================================================================A nineteen-year-old Camperdown man has been sentenced to prison following multiple traffic and property offences committed across Camperdown and Colac while on bail.

The court handed down an additional eight-month jail term, adding to the two-hundred-and-fifty-one days already served in custody.  (THANK AUSTYN).
======================================================================An elderly Colac man will face trial in the Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to murdering the brother of a St Kilda premiership legend.

The case has been committed directly to the higher court, where the accused was granted fourteen days to produce his intended alibi.
 
Court documents state police allege the offence occurred between April eleventh and thirteenth, twenty-twelve. (THANK AUSTYN).
======================================================================The Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority has provided an update on the point grey redevelopment in Lorne

The steel is up for the new Co-Op and Angling Club, and the timber work is now starting to reveal the Co-Op’s familiar roofline, which is part of the design’s nod to the original 1949 building.  (THANK AUSTYN).
======================================================================Colac Otway and Corangamite farmers are being urged to exercise caution by the Victorian Farmers Federation as National Farm Safety Week begins.
======================================================================AND IN SPORTThe Colac Otway Rovers seniors had a big 3-2 win over Surf Coast FC in the weekends Soccer results.

The reserves went down 1-nil to Corio Bay SC.

The Womens side suffered a 4-1 defeat to Surf Coast FC.
======================================================================It was a good weekend for the Corangamite Lions with the women's team recording a 10-nil win over Victoria Park.

The Men's seniors also had a big win 4-1.
======================================================================The Colac Braves Division 1 side suffered a heavy 16 run defeat to the Lara Wildcats.

The Division 3 side also went down 17-1 to the Deakin Blues.
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