News

  • Surf Coast flags discussions on role of Australia Day

    Surf Coast Shire Council will consult with the shire’s Aboriginal communities about how to appropriately acknowledge January 26 in future years.

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  • Early end to fire danger season

    Fire restrictions will end in the Colac Otway and Corangamite shires in less than two weeks.

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  • Two-hour seige leads to arrest

    Colac police called on specialist negotiators during a two-hour siege this week after a man barricaded himself inside a property on Fireman Street.

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  • Forrest kinder funding boost

    Forrest families will soon have an improved early learning centre for the town’s growing pre-school cohort.

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  • Bluwater to boost user capacity

    Bluewater leisure centre will increase its capacity tonight, as state COVID-19 restrictions ease.

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  • Go-ahead for new playground

    Colac’s Memorial Square will have a new $670,000 playground by the end of the year, after Colac Otway Shire Councillors voted to increase the budget and appoint a builder.

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  • Resort backed despite opposition

    Corangamite Shire Council has approved a controversial group accommodation plan at Peterborough, which drew more than 100 complaints and a dozen objecting deputations.

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  • Warning on makeshift bike parks

    Colac Otway Shire Council is urging parents and bike riders to understand the safety risks of building bike jumps on public land and its obligation to remove unauthorised jumps from council land.

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