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  • colac otway shire council

    Council plan would see shire remain in electorate

    Colac Otway Shire Council has proposed an alternative to the Australian Electoral Commission’s draft electoral boundary changes that would balance voter numbers and keep the entire shire in the same federal electorate.

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  • Make sure objections are valid

    Objections to moving Colac into a different federal electorate might be invalid if they focus on wanting to stay in a marginal seat, a business leader says.

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  • Man appeals jail sentence for threatening ex-partner

    A man has appealed a five-month jail sentence after he failed to comply with intervention orders and made a threat to kill a former partner.

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  • Falls an ideal wedding venue

    An Apollo Bay couple who married at Marriner’s Falls say reopening Paradise’s picturesque waterfalls would draw more people to the coastal town and its surrounds.

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  • Electoral divisions to change

    Colac and Beeac will move into a federal electorate that’s six times the size of their current electorate.

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  • Proposed electoral changes draw objections

    Colac Otway Shire mayor Joe McCracken and Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson say they will object to the Australian Electoral Commission’s proposal to split the shire across two federal electorates.

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  • Colac business acquires Gippsland sawmill

    Associated Kiln Driers Softwoods has officially taken ownership of the Yarram Sawmill in Gippsland after finalising the purchase with Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts.

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  • Friends dig deep to surprise south-west fire victims

    Friends have raised $20,000 for an Elingamite man’s 21st birthday party after the south-west fires destroyed his home.

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