Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • No conviction after assault

    A bed and breakfast owner who assaulted a neighbour with a metal broom near Apollo Bay has escaped receiving a criminal conviction – while a magistrate has castigated the victim.

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  • State could decide on festival

    State planning authorities could theoretically make the final call on Falls Festival’s potential relocation to Birregurra, if it looks like plans are being delayed.

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  • Welfare agencies to share site

    Colac’s Centrelink office is moving house, with plans to share digs at the city’s NDIA headquarters.

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  • Public homes boost for at-risk residents

    More struggling Colac district residents will have a place to call home, with construction wrapping on new public housing in Colac.

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  • Future is cloudy for Lavers pool

    Lavers Hill pool users are drumming up support for increased funding, while a Colac Otway Shire Council report recommends attaching safety conditions to any extra cash.

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  • FARMS FALLOUT: Objectors line up against iconic festival’s new home

    Cow concerns, roaming revellers and the endangered growling grass frog are all reasons Falls Festival should not go ahead, a score of objectors say.

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  • Training boost for Colac

    Colac hospitality and tourism businesses could get a much-welcomed worker boost under a new State Government program.

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  • Another Nalangil crash

    Rescuers have worked to free a trapped driver following a truck rollover at a high-profile intersection at Nalangil.

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