Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • 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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  • Wheelie Waste wins big council contract

    Colac Otway’s kerbside collector has just picked up the council’s biggest contract and will be responsible for all waste issues across the shire.

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  • A Mother’s Day to remember

    Mother’s Day presents don’t get much better than Roy Cuolahan.

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  • Tech will nab more offenders

    Dodgy drivers can no longer fly under the radar thanks to a special technology that is now a permanent fixture with Colac’s road police.

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