Articles by Colac Herald Contributor

  • Council finds $500,000 savings

    Colac Otway Shire Council will have an extra half-a-million dollars to spend in next financial year’s budget, providing funding hopes for projects like new toilets at Cororooke.

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  • Farmer wants transparency over wind farm plans

    A Cooriemungle landowner is concerned that a new windfarm developer is trying to increase the height of its turbines to 200 metres without having to “be transparent” and notifying neighbours.

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  • Order of Australia Medal for Lorne arts pioneer

    Graeme Wilke OAM has witnessed a slow movement towards recognition of the arts and the enrichment it offers a community, and hopes one day it receives the funding it deserves.

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  • Flood mapping makes waves

    Colac Otway Shire councillors have unanimously agreed to defer a decision on a proposed flood amendment, amid concerns about its accuracy.

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  • Objector blockades street

    Initial work on $1.4-million landslip stabilisation project at Separation Creek is at a standstill, with a resident placing a gate across a section of a road to block access to contractors.

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  • Groups to have free access to former library space

    Community groups will be able to book the former Colac library annexe at no charge with a possibility that the space could eventually become part of Colac’s arts precinct.

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  • Deadline looming for response to changes

    Colac and district residents have until Friday to make comments on objections to proposed electoral changes which include moving Colac into the federal seat of Wannon.

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  • Colac Otway proposes two-per-cent rate rise

    Colac Otway Shire rates look set to rise an average two per cent after councillors decided against delivering a recommended 1.5-per-cent increase next financial year.

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