News

  • Quiz master returns to his district roots

    A nationally-recognised quiz master has dropped into Cobden.

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  • Pumped to grow

    Multiflora Nursery is set to welcome a heap of huge pumpkins for its second annual giant pumpkin competition.

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  • Upcycled fashion art on display

    An upcycled clothing art installation at a property in Barwon Downs has displayed creative pieces on three Hills Hoist clothes lines.

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  • Call for more zoning powers

    The number of affordable rental properties in Colac Otway Shire has dropped by half in five years, a homelessness service says. Meanwhile, applicants on income support say they don’t even get a look-in, and the council wants greater powers to require social housing in new developments.

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  • BUCKLE UP: Worrying rise in kids without seatbelts

    Colac police say the growing number of unrestrained children in cars is cause for concern.

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  • Australia Day event returns

    A celebratory event will return to Colac Otway Shire on Australia Day from 2026, following a tightly split vote by councillors.

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  • Members lose motion to stay

    A Lorne history group has voted to follow a vacate order of the coastal hamlet’s fishing co-op building.

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  • Flags replaced at hospital

    Colac Area Health has replaced its old and tattered flags at the hospital and Colac’s headspace.

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