Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Woman busted during “pee stop”

    An Elliminyt woman’s strange pit stop excuse has failed to save her car from impound after police busted her flouting road rules twice in one day.

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  • State Government rejects ward system

    Colac Otway Shire will remain unsubdivided in this year’s council elections, after the State Government knocked back a push to change to a ward system.

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  • Jobseekers urged to join State Government’s work scheme

    Colac Otway Shire Council is urging jobseekers to sign up for a State Government-backed work scheme.

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  • Proposed Memorial Playground

    A proposed playground at Memorial Square would feature a poppy-themed fort and play on the theme of remembrance.

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  • Lake campaigner’s top up proposal

    “I think we need to push for every inch we can get,” says long-time Lake Colac advocate Pam Cuthbertson.

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  • COVID-19 causes hundreds of Colac job losses

    More than 900 people across Colac and Otway have lost their jobs because of COVID-19, while the Otway region is the fourth-worst hit area for job losses in the country, new data shows.

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  • Truck rollover “only matter of time”

    It’s the accident they said was waiting to happen. Emergency services rushed to the scene of a truck rollover at the Colac-Ballarat Road roundabout at Colac East just after 8am Wednesday, after the heavy vehicle tipped trying to negotiate the intersection in heavy fog.

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  • Council adopts draft budget

    Colac Otway residents and ratepayers will have six weeks to have their say on a draft budget that proposes to raise rates by an average of 1.5 per cent and commit almost $1 million in COVID-19 relief.

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