Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Motion calls for visa discussion

    Colac Otway Shire Councillor Brian Crook hopes fellow councillors will vote in favour of a motion to support a Colac refugee’s fight for permanency and family reunion rights.

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  • Construction on temporary bridge progresses

    Work crews are laying the concrete deck of a temporary bridge at Barongarook Creek, with Major Road Projects Victoria expecting the structure to be completed by the end of March.

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  • Visit to Canberra raises confidence

    Colac Otway Shire mayor Jason Schram is confident three City Deal projects along the Great Ocean Road will receive funding, regardless of the outcome of the Federal Election.

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  • Bay’s surf club is ‘crumbling’

    Apollo Bay surf lifesavers say their club facilities are “crumbling” and close to breaking point.

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  • Community to clean up trail

    Colac district resident Philippa Bailey is calling on community members to help tidy a Colac tourist trail on Clean Up Australia Day.

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  • Motorists call for higher limit

    Two young professionals working in Colac have launched a campaign to raise the speed limit of the Princes Highway between Colac and Werribee.

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  • Crash victim’s partner calls for district-wide safety push

    Colac woman Belinda Thomas wants road authorities to look at the district’s “forgotten” intersections, two-and-a-half years on from losing her partner in a collision at Irrewarra.

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  • Petition pressures government to change tourists’ licence laws

    Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson has launched a petition calling on the State Government to increase regulations for foreign nationals driving in Victoria.

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