Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Chicken farm permit submitters to speak

    Opponents to a proposed chicken meat farm at Birregurra have invoked cultural heritage, river pollution and the growling grass frog in a bid to stop the project going ahead. The farm plan has been embroiled in planning opposition since last year, with nine objections proceeding to a verbal-submissions hearing on Wednesday. The application is for […]

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  • Submitters to speak on Colac visitor services

    More than twenty community submissions are calling for Colac’s Visitor Information to stay open – with seven people ready to lobby Colac Otway Shire Council further this week.

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  • Report highlights Bay housing crisis

    Apollo Bay has more than twice as many holiday stays than long-term rentals, a new report says, and is one of the hardest-hit towns in the country by Airbnbs.

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  • Colac pokies players spend $31K a day

    There might be a cost-of-living crisis, but Colac pokie players are on track to lose more money in a year than ever before – with more than $31,000 disappearing into local machines every day.

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  • Proposed G21 funding cut lacks support

    “We don’t have anything, yet here we are spending money that officers did not recommend, G21 did not ask for and will be an extra $20,000 year after year after year.”

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  • Crime statistics show increase in reporting

    The number of reported sexual offences in Colac Otway has almost doubled in 12 months, new crime data shows.

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  • Budget change funds wishlist

    Colac Otway Shire councillors have scrapped paying for carbon credits in 2024-25 and delivered 11th-hour funding for community wishlist projects.

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  • Costly changes to elderly services

    Changes to older persons services are set to cost Colac Otway Shire Council more than half a million dollars under the next budget.

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