News

  • Colac Otway Shire Council Building

    Move to oppose housing

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor wants to meet directly with planning, housing and building ministers to express a position of opposition to the proposed social and affordable housing development at Colac’s Pound Road.

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  • Relief a start, more is needed

    Corangamite Shire farmers say a new drought relief package is welcome, but not ideal.

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  • Tax is forcing farmer’s hand

    A controversial new levy has prompted Barunah Plains farmer and long-serving CFA volunteer Steve Peel to re-evaluate his decades-long commitment to the fire service.

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  • Volunteers rally against levy

    “People don’t really understand yet; this is going to affect everyone.”

    A controversial new levy will see charges for homes and businesses double, Colac district firefighting volunteers say.

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  • Irunga family celebrates one year

    One year after arriving in their new home, Colac’s Irunga family is thriving.

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  • Colac astrophotographer shines

    Colac photographer Brent Martin is thrilled to be named one of the world’s best Milky Way photographers.

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  • Drought pressures impacting Colac district 50 years apart

    A former Colac district farmer has reflected on dry conditions almost 50 years ago and the role he played with weak stock.

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  • Colac Otway Shire Council Building

    Contract could deliver basin, boardwalks and more

    Colac Otway Shire Council will consider appointing a builder for its biggest infrastructure project in years. 

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