Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Monitor’s report slams previous council

    An independent municipal monitor appointed to watch Colac Otway Shire Council has released a scathing 31-page report that includes 20 recommendations.

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  • Hope for carp-free Lake Colac

    The key to winning the war with carp lies with action during drought years, interagency co-operation and a trial virus, a regional fishing manager says.

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  • Final day to have housing say

    A proposed social housing at Colac’s Pound Road should be spread out across the community, or reduced with room for a local hub, a welfare leader says.

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  • Indigenous plant plan for Cororooke’s open space

    A new planting project at Cororooke’s celebrated open space would help complete a history trail’s 100,000-year story.

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  • Local MP questions Dyson’s donations

    A candidate for Colac and district’s federal seat has received more than $750,000 from Sydney-based families and traders, the region’s state MP says.

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  • Letters to the editor

    Letters to the editor, April 16

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  • G21 in talks over tight budget

    One of Colac Otway Shire’s chief advocacy partners will meet next month to discuss its future, officials say.

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  • More opposition to concentrated housing

    A community petition opposing a high-density social housing development in Colac has amassed more than 1500 signatures.

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