Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Councillors whack council over contracts

    Colac Otway Shire councillors have used a performance report to grill officers over a horror year of contracts.

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  • Council axes permit service – sort of

    Colac Otway Shire Council will do away with its building permit service – or at least, make it so costly as to discourage customers.

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  • Community say on hard waste service

    Colac Otway Shire Council will see what the community says about a potential hard waste collection service.

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  • Wheels on the Bus flags tired drivers

    At least one truck driver faces a nervous wait for results after returning a positive preliminary drug test at a Birregurra road operation.

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  • Groynes are a go

    The Apollo Bay community’s calls have been part-answered, with $3 million in State Government funding to shore up the town’s crumbling coastline.

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  • 82-year-old hospitalised in roundabout crash

    A hazardous Colac East roundabout has claimed another injury, this time an 82-year old motorist.

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  • School to trial blended learning

    Remote learning has worked so well for an Otways school, it could become a permanent fixture.

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  • Bluewater mediation cost 100k+

    A quarterly report shows Colac Otway Shire Council spent more than $100,000 on Bluewater mediation this financial year.

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