Articles by Scott Barnes

  • Poor review for council managers

    COLAC Otway Shire Council’s highest-paid managers have received bad reviews in a confidential survey of council staff.

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  • MP racks up $200,000 bill

    CORANGAMITE MP Darren Cheeseman toured two African countries as he racked up $200,696 of expenses in a six-month period.

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  • Rudd return boosts funding hope

    COLAC and district could be in line for election funding promises after Kevin Rudd’s return as Prime Minister.

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  • Council spends as rates rise

    COLAC Otway Shire Council has spent more than half a million dollars on an office renovation and could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more to finish the job.

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  • Trail rider crashes into wire boobytrap

    COLAC police are investigating after a cyclist suffered concussion when he crashed into a near-invisible wire strung tightly across a Forrest bike trail.

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  • Colac upbeat despite loss

    COLAC Tigers netball coach Rachael Randall says her team’s second close game in two weeks proves it is capable of matching the league’s best teams.

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  • Ratepayers fail to comment on rise

    RATEPAYERS can only blame themselves if civic leaders hit them with a 7.87 per cent rate rise.

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  • Salinity mapping leaves bitter taste

    A COLAC district landowner says Colac Otway Shire Council has failed farmers by proposing new salinity restrictions without carrying out on-farm inspections.

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