Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Voters encouraged to prioritise roads

    A Colac MP has urged local council voters to prioritise roads at this month’s elections.

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  • Landslip damages Barham River Road

    Traffic restrictions are in place following a landslip at Apollo Bay.

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  • Probe into years of theft

    Police are investigating the alleged years-long theft of money from an advocacy group that includes Colac Otway and Surf Coast shires.

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  • Council approves 2023-24 finances

    Colac Otway Shire Council’s bottom line looks worse because of late-arriving millions from the Federal Government, a councillor says.

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  • Warehouse proposal reviewed by tribunal

    Developers of a warehouse project at Colac East will have to redraw parts of their proposal after an objector called on the state’s planning umpire.

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  • Colac Otway Shire Election Reflections

    The 2024 Colac Otway Shire Council election period is now underway, with candidate nominations officially opened on Monday. Nominees have until 12pm on Tuesday to submit their nomination before the Victorian Electoral Commission draws the candidate ballot order on Wednesday. The election will occur by a postal vote next month, with ballot packs to be posted from October 6. The Colac Herald looks back on almost 30 years of election history, uncovering a pattern to the number of people likely to put their hand up for Colac Otway Shire’s council election.

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  • Mix of housing for Colac’s Pound Road

    Fifty public housing dwellings promised for Colac’s Pound Road will now be a mix of social and affordable homes.

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  • More space for events at city’s ‘crown jewel’

    A proposed car park has been scrapped so there can be more space for events at the Colac Botanic Gardens.

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