Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Council supports action plan

    Colac Otway Shire Council chief executive Peter Brown has praised the State Government’s plan to manage the Great Ocean Road, saying it responds to the council’s advocacy.

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  • Consultant to assess Princes Highway’s needs

    Four western Victorian regional councils have appointed a planning and engineering consultancy to assess works needed on the Princes Highway West between Colac and the South Australian border.

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  • Local talent to cover outs

    Colac basketball officials are confident the association’s depth will cover a mass exodus of players from last season’s Country Basketball League men’s championship side.

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  • Opposition pledge for high-speed rail

    Train travel times from Colac to Melbourne could take 65 minutes if the Liberal Nationals coalition wins next month’s state election.

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  • Highway upgrade is on track

    Contractors are completing work on the Princes Highway’s Conns Lane bridge, with the highway duplication due for completion by mid-2019.

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  • Port needs $14M to stay open

    The Port of Apollo Bay needs more than $14 million spent on repairs and maintenance within two years or risks becoming “unusable, unsafe or both”.

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  • Man sought over house fire

    Colac detectives are appealing for public information to help identify an offender who deliberately lit a house fire while the occupant was home.

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  • Tourist traffic increase causes more concerns

    “Obviously in Australia it takes a fatality to bring the reality of such a situation to realisation, sadly.”

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