Articles by Scott Barnes

  • Top council officers live outside shire

    COMMUNITY leaders say too many Colac Otway Shire Council officers live outside the shire, taking money away from Colac Otway businesses and reducing accountability.

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  • Demand for welfare increasing

    A COLD winter and the rising cost of living have increased demand for welfare services in Colac.

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  • Minister says outlook positive

    STATE Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh has described the dairy industry’s outlook as positive after visiting Colac district dairy farms yesterday.

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  • Council ignores call for lower rates hike

    COLAC’S civic leaders have ignored ratepayers’ pleas for a three-per-cent rate rise, despite admitting future rate rises need to be lower.

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  • Party seeking candidate

    MAVERICK MP Bob Katter’s political party is searching for a Corangamite candidate and is recruiting members as the 2013 federal election approaches.

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  • Life-changing work in Africa

    COLAC’S Eloise Marriott says volunteering in an African orphanage changed her life in a positive way, despite contracting a life-threatening combination of diseases.

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  • Grants might reduce rate rise

    GOVERNMENT grants could enable Colac Otway Shire Council to deliver a lower rate rise than a proposed 7.87-per-cent increase.

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  • Rate rise horrifies past manager

    A FORMER Shire of Colac finance manager says Colac’s civic leaders can deliver a lower rate rise than a proposed 7.87 per cent hike.

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