Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Bush campus’ expand plans

    A new school bush campus in the Otways wants more accommodation for staff, a bigger bushfire safety area, more people on site and a caretaker over the holidays.

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  • Employer awaiting sentence

    One of Colac’s largest employers has pleaded guilty to workplace safety charges, with fears that a sentence could impact its future workforce. Australian Lamb Company admitted two charges at Colac Magistrates’ Court on Monday, stemming from an incident in the abattoir’s skin shed in September 2019. The court heard a forklift was carrying a basket […]

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  • Colac teems with regional visitors

    Colac’s annual junior basketball tournament has once again proved a boon for local businesses, with a commerce expert encouraging traders to prepare for another bustling weekend.

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  • Filling a need: state gets to work on social housing properties

    Construction has begun on more desperately needed social housing in Colac.

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  • Subsidence works start

    Works to fix a sinkhole that appeared in Colac will start today, with the extent of the problem still unknown.

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  • COVID hits capital works

    COVID-related impacts are to blame for significant delays to Colac Otway Shire Council’s capital works program, an infrastructure boss says.  

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  • Workers keen for life in Colac

    Community leaders have given a warm Colac welcome to a host of overseas workers.

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  • Helping hands clean up Colac

    Colac families have rolled up their sleeves for Clean Up Australia Day, with a host of helpers setting out to tidy up the city’s lakeside.

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