Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Senseless attack on award-winning Christmas lights display

    Someone has deliberately sabotaged Colac’s most popular Christmas lights display, with the community condemning the “despicable” act.  

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  • Dispute frustrates home owner

    A Larpent woman is worried she will no longer be allowed to live in her home legally following a planning dispute with Colac Otway Shire Council.  

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  • Caravanners heading to Colac

    Colac’s caravan parks say they are rebounding after a horror year, with healthy-looking Lake Colac attracting plenty of boaters, fishers and holidaymakers to the city.

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  • Bike stolen in Colac

    Police are appealing for information about a bike that was stolen in broad daylight in Colac.

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  • Cleanfill plan misses out in permit appeal

    A tribunal has refused to green-light the conversion of a former railway cutting at Deans Marsh into a clean fill site.

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  • No big changes for rates

    The State Government will reform minor parts of the local government rates systems but will avoid making sweeping changes recommended to boost fairness because of COVID-19.  

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  • Speeders disappoint road officers

    A host of Christmas speeders will lose their licenses after reaching hoon speeds at Warncoort.

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  • Police praise Otways rescue

    A young boy airlifted from Wye River has been released from hospital in time for Christmas, and police have located a missing motorcyclist who crashed in the Otways.

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