Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Roads, housing and state support

    Colac Otway Shire is desperate for State Government support to boost business, the region’s MP says.

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  • Public housing fire guilty plea

    A woman who deliberately set fire to her public housing in Colac has avoided jail time.

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  • Country Court rules on renter’s injury

    A Colac man who tried to sue a local real estate for more than $700,000 over a twisted ankle more than four years ago has lost his case.

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  • Coroner calls for better information sharing

    A high-risk family violence offender was released from prison to a Colac home across the road from his victim and child.

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  • Proposed rules for nature-strip planting

    Residents and ratepayers could soon have a say on new proposed nature strip rules in Colac Otway.

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  • Fines waived ‘overnight’

    An infringements authority has waived more than $12,000 in fraudulent fines for a Colac man “overnight”. 

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  • Charity helps reduce pressure

    Removing the stigma, reducing the strain. That’s what Colac’s Salvation Army is doing amid unprecedented cost-of-living pressures.

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  • Community frustrated with path repair delay

    Despite repeated commitments to repair the Lake Colac path by last summer, and State Government funding to complete the work confirmed almost a year ago, Colac Otway Shire Council says it’s only reached “design” stage.

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