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  • EDITORIAL: Look past the pre-amble and provide your views

    Tell us what you want, but don’t expect that much.

    That’s the gist of Colac Otway Shire Council’s invitation to have a say in its upcoming budget.

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  • Massive day of motors at Birregurra

    Hundreds of rev-heads and motoring enthusiasts flocked to Birregurra on Saturday for the town’s first-ever Show N Shine.

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  • Prominent Colac property hits market after 30 years

    One of Colac’s most prominent commercial properties in Murray Street is being offered for sale for the first time in almost 30 years.

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  • Chance to say what matters

    Honest, but a little too late; tokenistic, but a great chance for the community to remind council what’s important.

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  • Risky business that fills a void

    Crawling through roofs trying to track down venomous snakes might not sound like most people’s dream job, but it is for Colac’s snake catcher Benny McNamara.

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  • Boundaries for Surf Coast set to change

    Surf Coast Shire Council will become a multi-member ward commencing from the 2024 local government general elections in October.

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  • Shire restructured with seven wards

    When Corangamite Shire residents vote in the October council election, they will elect one councillor for each of the seven wards.

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  • Shipwreck’s area heritage listing

    Shipwreck historian Alan McLean has welcomed the decision to heritage list the landscape near Moonlight Head, where the Fiji vessel shipwrecked more than 130 years ago.

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