Articles by Scott Barnes

  • Rate rise closer after fierce debate

    COLAC and district ratepayers are a step closer to their biggest rate rise in three years after a tense Colac Otway Shire Council meeting.

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  • Call to sack shire council

    PROTESTORS have picketed Colac’s arts centre to voice anger over Colac Otway Shire Council decisions, with one protestor demanding the council’s dismissal.

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  • Crossings plan for main street

    TRAFFIC jams in central Colac could become common under a Colac Otway Shire Council plan for six Murray Street pedestrian crossings and 40kmh speed limits.

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  • Ratepayers prepare for rates rise

    COLAC Otway Shire ratepayers face a 7.87-per-cent rates hike this year.

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  • Young performer is in his element

    COLAC’S Thomas McGuane says he is in his element when he is performing on stage.

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  • Leading Liberal will visit Colac

    LIBERAL communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull will visit Colac next week to explain how the Coalition’s broadband policy will affect Colac and district.

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  • Minister has high hopes for Colac education

    SCHOOLS Education Minister Peter Garrett has high hopes for Colac school funding.

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  • Second-year motorcycle mechanic Raymond Cole, right, shows Corangamite MP Darren Cheeseman, left, and School Education Minister Peter Garrett Colac Secondary Colleges trade training centre.

    Peter Garrett sings praises of trade centre

    FORMER Midnight Oil singer Peter Garrett praised Colac’s “world-class facilities” during a visit to the city’s new trade training centres yesterday.

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