Surf Coast Shire Council has adopted a new code of conduct in the nick of time, despite scathing criticism of the document from a minority of councillors.
Facebook has taken the extraordinary step of blocking Australian news sites from posting to its platform in retaliation to a planned national bargaining code.
Detectives and fire authorities are investigating a series of suspicious fires at Wool Wool, north of Colac, after the two most recent fires hit the same property this week.