Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Police ramping up patrols

    Colac Highway Patrol will crack down on impaired and speeding drivers in two traffic operations over the Christmas-New Year period.

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  • Offenders steal Winchelsea bus

    “Do yourself a favour and stop before you get too deep” – that’s the message from a Winchelsea resident fed up after offenders stole a school bus, smashed school building windows and trashed the town’s Christmas decorations.

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  • Crime data reveals drug bust spike

    Family violence reports in Colac Otway decreased at the height of the coronavirus crisis, latest crime data shows, but drug crime has more than doubled in a year.

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  • Colac Otway tops neighbours in COVID fines

    Police have handed out hundreds of COVID-19-related fines across the south-west region, including 146 in Colac Otway.

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  • Colac’s Glad turns 106

    Colac’s oldest resident is all smiles ahead of her 106th birthday.

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  • Council chooses smaller projects

    Colac Otway Shire Council has said no to using Federal Government grant money to build childcare facilities at Apollo Bay.  

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  • Bat removal plan comes under fire

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor says the council has spent $190,000 across two years trying to get rid of bats from the Colac Botanic Gardens.  

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  • Bridge contract awarded

    Colac Otway Shire Council is a step closer to building a pedestrian and bike path across Barongarook Creek.  

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