Here is what is making news for July 23, 2026.=================================Today Member for Wannon Dan Tehan will be in the Corangamite Shire visiting small businesses during the parliamentary recess

Mr Tehan says he will visit  his listening posts in Timboon, Cobden, Camperdown and finishing in Terang 
==================================================================The first stage of the Apollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club's redevelopment is complete.

Community members are invited to view the new facilities during a public barbecue.

The local event commences at eleven a-m on Saturday, August twenty-ninth.
==================================================================Little Galaxias, also known as Dwarf Galaxias, have been discovered in the West Barwon River for the first time in recorded history.
==================================================================The National Disability Insurance Scheme is facing criticism over its local service provisions in Colac.

Advocates are calling for an increase in social and disability support housing across the region.

The ongoing concerns follow recent reports of a local retiree unable to continue providing adequate care for a family member with a severe disability.

The N-D-I-S recently denied a care facility placement for a man whose ongoing assistance requirements had been clearly documented.
==================================================================The Upper Barwon River's animals and biodiversity is a key priority for the Corangamite Catchment in the most recent Victorian Enviromental Water Holder Seasonal Watering Plan for 2026-27.

Recommendations include improving the breeding and recruitment of various fish, platypus and waterbug species.

Focuses will also be on optimising water flow, floodplain vegetation, and the condition of the South West's resilience in dry conditions.
==================================================================The Environment Protection Authority is reminding dairy farmers in Colac Otway and Corangamite regions to check effluent systems after heavy rainfall across the winter months.

EPA Southwest Regional Manager Martha-Rose Loughnane says winter conditions could put extra pressure on effluent systems and increase the risk of pollution if local farms are not prepared.
==================================================================Emerging musicians aged twelve to twenty-five are being encouraged to perform at upcoming regional events by the Corangamite Shire Council. 
==================================================================AND IN SPORTApollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club members Calden and Evelyn Lyons have been named finalists in the 2026 Life Saving Victoria Awards of Excellence.

The Awards night will be held in Albert Park in Melbourne next month.
==================================================================In this weekends Colac Braves Baseball fixtures, the Division 1 side will host the Werribee Giants at Eastern Reserve.

The Division 3 side has the bye this weekend.
==================================================================In this weekends soccer fixtures the Colac Otway Rovers Senior fixtures see the women's side face the Bellarine Sharks on Saturday.

The Rovers senior men's side lines up against Corio SC, and the reserves plays Surf Coast FC.

In the Corangamite Lions weekend matches the Lions will travel to Daylesford and Hepburn United.
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