Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Boost for local shire

    A former City of Greater Geelong chief has temporarily joined the Colac Otway Shire Council’s finance department.

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  • Future to have say on roadmap

    Colac Otway Shire Council is calling on the community and its young people to provide feedback on an environmental sustainability roadmap that will guide the council for the next decade.

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  • No cash for BMX study in budget

    A former Colac mountain bike rider says it’s a shame that Colac still doesn’t have a BMX bike park, with Colac Otway Shire Council underestimating the cost of a feasibility study and not allocating any further money to the project.

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  • Liam turns dream drive into reality

    Liam Hill dreamt of building his own car for years and now he’s living out that dream cruising in his 1976 Holden Kingswood one-tonner.

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  • Treatment win for eye disease

    Colac optometrist Dr Leigh Plowman says a new treatment for the nation’s most common eye disease now listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will help give relief to dry eye sufferers.

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  • Local artists display work at Winchelsea

    A group of talented Winchelsea artists will display a collection of artworks at the Winchelsea Shire Hall this weekend.

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  • Fine for KFC machete incident

    A 19-year-old man has avoided jail after wielding a machete in Colac’s KFC.

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  • Side-swipe driver enters guilty plea

    A South Australian man must be on his best behaviour for the next year after failing to stop after side-swiping a car on the Princes Highway.

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