Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Jail time for defrauding club

    A Colac man will spend the next three months in prison for creating false documents and pocketing money belonging to a community group.

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  • Councillors to debate Skenes trail cancellation

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor wants the council to express its disappointment to state and federal governments for withdrawing funding for a trail between Apollo Bay and Skenes Creek.

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  • Crowd backs asylum seekers

    A sell-out cultural event at Forrest has raised more than $2000 for the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre.

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  • Housing to dominate meeting

    Affordable housing is big on Colac Otway Shire Council’s agenda today, with votes about potential future housing at Colac and Apollo Bay.

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  • Working dogs impress

    Farmers and their dogs travelled from far and wide to compete in a farm dog trial at Mount Hesse, near Beeac.

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  • Arrests after ute located

    A ute stolen from the Gellibrand Recreation Reserve has turned up more than 170 kilometres away in the Melbourne CBD.

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  • A world full of art for Sylvia

    Camperdown’s Sylvia Kuyper grew up in the world of art and has chosen to challenge her imagination every day to create unique pieces of art.

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  • Ward boundaries shake-up for the Surf Coast

    Surf Coast Shire Council will lose at least one of its wards in an electoral system shake-up.

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