Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • RISING COSTS: Extra funding approved for kinder playspace contract

    Colac Otway Shire Council has approved $350,000 for a Colac kindergarten playspace, despite two councillors raising concerns about increasing construction costs for the project.

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  • AKD team check to protect

    AKD has raised more than $350,000 with their annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month fundraising in the past five years of supporting the cause, with this year’s focus on raising awareness with the message ‘Check Yourself to Protect Yourself’.

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  • Lake park lease to be decided

    Colac Otway Shire Council will consider a lease for the Lake Colac Holiday Park which will return ratepayers between $4000 and $4637 a year over the next six years.

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  • MAYORAL INTEREST: Colac Otway Shire councillors to consider election

    One of Colac Otway Shire Council’s newest councillors says they will put their hand up to be deputy mayor of the shire and consider being mayor.

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  • Winchelsea news in brief

    What’s happening this month in Winchelsea?

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  • Call for community to share thoughts

    The latest plans for Winchelsea’s Adventure Play Space are promising fun times with elements to stimulate and delight for kids of all ages, and the Surf Coast Shire Council wants your opinion.

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  • Law change concerns ex-cop

    Being drunk in a public place will no longer be a criminal offence from Melbourne Cup Day but a local retired police sergeant says this leaves police with their hands tied.

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  • Application proposes wash expansion

    Colac Otway Shire Council has received plans for an extension to the car wash at 44 to 48 Murray Street East, Colac, known as Neptune’s Car Wash.

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