Here is what is making news for September 29, 2026.====================================Regional alliance G-Twenty-One has welcomed the Victorian Government's Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan, but is calling for stronger protections for strategic employment land.

Chair and Colac Otway Shire Mayor Jason Schram says the plan addresses key concerns regarding renewable energy, water use, and traffic management. 
========================================================================Lake Bullen Merri’s South Beach will host a free, all-abilities fishing experience on Tuesday, October twenty.

The Corangamite Shire Council is encouraging residents aged fifty-five and over, and those living with a disability, to register for one of the ten available places. 
========================================================================October will be a busy month for the Colac Area Health team with a range of services and information sessions provided.

Colac Area Health CEO Fiona Brew says the local health provider will provide its own sessions and events for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and National Carers Week from October 11 to 17.
========================================================================The Colac Show and Shine is set to return this November. The popular event will again take place at Memorial Square on Murray Street.

Organiser and Colac Otway Shire Councillor Chris Potter says funds raised from previous events have helped purchase a community defibrillator.
========================================================================Warrnambool detectives investigating a suspicious house fire in Cobden earlier this year have released an image of a vehicle of interest.

Emergency services were called to a Mitchell Street property at around six-fifteen A-M on February five, where a man and two children luckily escaped the burning home uninjured.

Police are now seeking information regarding a silver Mazda Three spotted on the Camperdown-Cobden Road shortly after the blaze. 
========================================================================A Boorcan man has accepted a sentence indication in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court over a string of rural burglaries across the south-west.

The thirty-eight-year-old admitted to stealing hot water systems, copper piping, cable, and wool bales from properties in areas including Bookaar, Boorcan, and Glenormiston North.

Prosecutors reduced the original twenty-plus charges. The court heard police linked the man to the crimes through phone records and items left at crime scenes. 
========================================================================AND IN SPORTThe Cobden Football Netball Club has announced its twenty twenty-six senior best and fairest winners.

Matty Kemp secured the Andrews Cup for senior football, finishing ahead of runner-up Archie Taylor.

In the open netball, Grace Taylor took top honours, with Emily Finch named runner-up and M-V-P.
========================================================================Golfers from seventeen clubs descended on the Colac Golf Club for the twenty twenty-six Spence Plumbing four-person Ambrose on Friday.

Division One honours went to the team of Ryan Dowie, Peter Hunter, Murray Williamson, and Scott Bowen.

The undisputed highlight of the day was a spectacular hole-in-one by Craig Spence on the seventh.
========================================================================Colac golfer Hunter Togni has represented the S-W-G-A Men's team during a challenging Division One contest at the Buninyong Golf Club.

Competing across thirty-six holes daily in freezing conditions, the squad secured two wins and a draw in round one, but struggled against the state's best, losing both day-two matchups.
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