Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Call for report on library model change

    Library advocate and councillor Stephen Hart has told his colleagues that if supporting public libraries “is woke-ism, then there’s no-one woker in this room.”

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  • New governance rules endorsed by Colac Otway

    Community members will have to flag the topics of their queries ahead of public question time, under Colac Otway Shire Council’s new governance rules.

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  • Council agrees to seek grants

    An ageing community pavilion at Elliminyt will get a kick at securing more than $6 million in Federal Government funding.

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  • Council’s cleaning contract could get messy

    Colac Otway Shire councillors have asked questions about cost and local content over a proposed new $857,000 cleaning contract.

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  • Extra documents delay decision

    Colac Otway Shire councillors will have an extra week to go through a hundreds-of-pages report before voting on a proposed million-bird chicken farm at Birregurra.

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  • Policy changes to be considered

    Colac Otway Shire Council is set to update its purchasing rules, as well as guidelines for handling complaints.

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  • Multi-sport facility considered

    Council should take a second shot to score funding for a basketball-soccer area in Colac West’s only community space, a report says.

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  • Council investigates changes to question time

    People asking questions at Colac Otway Shire Council meetings would have a chance to make a short statement for context, under proposed new rules.

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