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Pay rise for council staff
Colac Otway Shire Council employees will receive a pay rise this year and next year, the council’s chief executive says.
Dumping catalogued
A litter bug has traded mailboxes for drains, with a walker coming across stacks of catalogues on a Colac roadside.
No end date for netball court upgrade
Colac district football officials have bright ideas for night fixtures under Central Reserve’s new light towers, but netballers are still in the dark about when the facility’s courts will be ready for action.
Farmers and retailers slam quad bike rules
Colac and district farmers and agriculture retailers are protesting new legislation that’s pushed major quad bike manufacturers out of the Australian market.
Test reveals lead in soil at kinder
Cobden Kindergarten will open as usual today, despite a test revealing elevated lead levels in small sections of soil at the site.
Dry June favours lambing season
A Yeo sheep farmer is at the tail end of a successful lambing season after benefiting from early rain in autumn and a dry June.
Train fault delays traffic
A broken-down train caused traffic delays for almost three hours in central Colac last week.
Coker slams childcare funding cut
Corangamite MP Libby Coker has accused the Federal Government of unfairly disadvantaging women and families ahead of its move away from coronavirus support measures for the childcare sector.