Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Colac sawmill plans $6-million upgrade

    A Colac sawmill is proposing a $6-million upgrade, including an expansion that would help keep jobs going during the revamp.

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  • Man claiming no involvement in alleged stabbing incident

    A Colac man accused of assaulting a man with a bladed weapon outside a Colac bank is fighting the allegations, despite a magistrate’s cautioning.

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  • MP criticises government on “glacial pace” housing

    A Colac MP has flagged new figures about the region’s urgent public housing waitlist in Parliament, saying the state’s public housing sock is worse-off than it was eight years ago.

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  • Magistrate castigates Stoney speed demon

    A speedster who police caught driving at nearly 150kmh at Stonyford has lost his licence and must learn more about road trauma

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  • Lock in offsets

    Colac Otway Shire Council will buy more than 1500 tonnes of carbon offsets worth up to $26,000 from overseas to reach a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target.

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  • Colac Otway letter flags permit change concerns

    Colac Otway Shire Council has written to a state MP with concerns about the impact of a proposed building law change.

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  • High-angle approach to sawmill response

    Colac and district firefighters have sprung into action, battling an early-morning blaze at a Colac sawmill.

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  • Aus licence is short-lived

    It didn’t take long for an international arrival to lose their driving privileges after police caught them hurtling along the Princes Highway in Colac district.

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