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Designer makes shortlist
A prize pack of art supplies couldn’t have arrived at a better time for budding Colac designer Angus Wade.
Scholarships for training
Young Colac district farmers can expand their skills, knowledge and agricultural expertise through the Upskill and Invest Young Farmers Scholarships.
Uni researching water supply
Colac Otway residents can share their attitudes to regional water supplies in a Deakin University research survey.
Council proposes rate rise to combat crisis
Colac Otway Shire Council is proposing a 1.5-per-cent rate increase to help fund nearly $1 million in COVID-19 relief through its next budget.
Pest weed plan growing on Bay
An underwater pest rampant at Apollo Bay could become part of a national harvesting scheme aimed at diversifying Australia’s aquaculture industry.
Oil battle spills into court
Two companies that had teamed up to drill for oil off the Otways coast are embroiled in a legal dispute over a bungled exploration contract.
Rain slows blazing fuel reduction progress
April rainfall has dampened the state’s fire authority’s fuel management activities across the Otway district.
Birre build continues
Regional Roads Victoria is still targeting a mid-year for its finish date to build a roundabout at a dangerous Birregurra intersection.