News

  • Inflation impacts council

    Colac Otway Shire councillors have endorsed an easier-to-read draft budget that features a 3.5 per cent rate rise and a $2.19-million deficit.

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  • State Government backs stance on GORCAPA

    The State Government is backing GORCAPA’s current structure to meet the demands of communities like Apollo Bay along the coast.

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  • Brain injury leads to dismissal of case

    A 47-year-old man who breached an intervention order in 2019 has avoided sentencing due to his challenging personal circumstances.

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  • Opposition leader to meet with Bay locals

    Polwarth MP Richard Riordan says key Apollo Bay stakeholders will meet with the Victorian opposition leader next week to discuss concerns about GORCAPA’s management of community assets along the coast.

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  • Firefighter shortage hits crew

    Yeodene’s Rural Fire Brigade needs volunteers to help it continue serving and protecting the Yeodene community.  

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  • CFA captain praises crew after Bay house fire

    Apollo Bay fire captain Dave Howell has praised his volunteer crew for working through the night to monitor a blaze which destroyed a family’s home deep along the Barham River Road.

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  • Country music couple return for Colac show

    The Hoffmans will return to Colac this weekend to share their captivating country music.

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  • Kooka caught in barbed wire

    Getting rescued was no laughing matter for an unlucky kookaburra who found himself stuck in a barbed wire fence at Forrest.

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