Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • $133k penalty for horror fire

    An electricity distributor has copped a $130,000 fine over a 2018 bushfire that ravaged the Cobden district, and a regulator has ordered the company to “quadruple” its fire prevention efforts.  

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  • Man dies in farm incident

    A farm worker has died after becoming trapped in a hay baler at Swan Marsh.

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  • Odds on for an epic race day

    Tomorrow’s Colac Herald Christmas Races is shaping up to be the biggest ever, with perfect conditions lending themselves to the city’s first major gathering since the pandemic.

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  • Boost for homelessness centre

    The Colac community has dug deep to donate a host of new appliances that will fit out the city’s coming homelessness crisis centre.

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  • Major items up for debate

    A Colac land sale change-of-tack, Colac Otway community awards, a list of high-priority project funding and a big plan to rezone land at Elliminyt are all up for discussion at tonight’s council meeting.  

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  • 500 lots: massive Elliminyt housing rezone planned

    A proposed Elliminyt land development would deliver more than 500 lots of desperately-needed residential land to Colac’s market, a Colac Otway Shire Council report says.

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  • Awards at Kana festival

    Colac Otway Shire’s community award winners could receive their honours at Colac Kana Festival.

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  • Learners receive honours

    Colac’s award-winning homework club has celebrated the end of another successful year.

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