Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Petition presented for new Winch school

    Hundreds of Winchelsea residents have called out for a new primary school, with the State Government set to respond by the end of the month.

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  • Community request for road fix

    Hundreds of petitioners are calling for urgent action to fix a notorious south-west road “to prevent injury or death”.

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  • Locals could benefit from policy

    Being a local business will hold more weight under Colac Otway Shire’s new purchasing process.

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  • Huge highway holes raised in parliament

    Huge holes on the Princes Highway east of Colac are taking out cars and transport trucks alike, a regional MP has told the Victorian Parliament.

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  • Call for report on library model change

    Library advocate and councillor Stephen Hart has told his colleagues that if supporting public libraries “is woke-ism, then there’s no-one woker in this room.”

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  • New governance rules endorsed by Colac Otway

    Community members will have to flag the topics of their queries ahead of public question time, under Colac Otway Shire Council’s new governance rules.

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  • Council agrees to seek grants

    An ageing community pavilion at Elliminyt will get a kick at securing more than $6 million in Federal Government funding.

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  • Council’s cleaning contract could get messy

    Colac Otway Shire councillors have asked questions about cost and local content over a proposed new $857,000 cleaning contract.

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