Articles by Colac Herald Contributor

  • Opposition to fire overlay

    OTWAYS landowners say Colac Otway Shire Council must use its draft bushfire planning project to make high-fire-risk towns safe rather than stopping development.

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  • No Jamie Oliver but work goes on

    COLAC’S campaign to bring Jamie Oliver’s pop-up kitchen to the city is over but the community’s enthusiasm has inspired a new foodie initiative.

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  • Bushfire regulations ‘destroy’ landowners

    AN OTWAYS resident says bushfire planning rules aimed at saving lives are “destroying landowners, mentally and financially”.

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  • Newlywed killed on honeymoon

    FAMILY and friends of former Colac woman Katie Hirth, who died on her honeymoon in Vietnam, say they will honour her by “living life to the fullest”.

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  • Arson attack on car caps off tragic week

    CRESSY cancer fundraiser Leanne Rodgers thought life “couldn’t get much worse” after her mother died, until she watched flames engulf her car.

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  • Baker offers kitchen for Jamie Oliver

    A COLAC district bakery could become the home of Jamie Oliver’s pop-up kitchen if Colac is successful in its Ministry of Food competition bid.

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  • Ratepayers should get off backsides

    A COLAC Otway Shire councillor says ratepayers could save the council spending on health strategies by getting off their “backsides” and going for a walk.

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  • Wrong estimates cause $2m-blowout

    AN investigation into a $2-million Bluewater Fitness Centre budget blowout shows a quantity surveyor underestimated the cost, but ratepayers will foot the bill.

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