Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Councillor wants movement on hard waste

    Colac Otway Shire councillor Joe McCracken wants the council to take another look at a hard waste collection service for the shire, with a notice of motion at Wednesday’s ordinary council meeting calling for a community survey and a report into its potential.

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  • Rule ease reopens door to tourism

    Colac and Otway tourist operators are getting ready to roll out the welcome mat, with overnight accommodation returning from midnight Sunday.

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  • Colac’s Target gets the chop

    Colac’s Target will shut up shop next year, in a blow to the city’s embattled retail sector.

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  • Rosy support for genetic disease

    Colac facilities have turned up the red light to help raise awareness of cystic fibrosis.

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  • Roads naming policy near top of agenda

    A Colac Otway Shire Council policy for the naming of roads, places and features could go the way of the shredder this week.

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  • Machete attack

    A Colac man is in hospital after youths armed with machetes attacked him at his home.

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  • Grand plans to drain flood

    Estuary authorities will this weekend attempt to artificially open a blocked river mouth that has flooded bridges, trapped residents and threatened the Great Ocean Road at Hordern Vale.

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  • Council calls on State Government for erosion solution

    Millions in State Government cash is urgently needed to save the coast from erosion, Colac Otway Shire Council says.

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