News

  • Big welcome for new Aussies

    Nineteen citizens and 13 countries – Colac Otway Shire has officially welcomed new community members at its citizenship ceremony.

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  • Landslip closes Great Ocean Road

    The Department of Transport has re-opened the Great Ocean Road near Separation Creek after a landslip caused delays.

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  • Kinder crisis: Apollo Bay centre cuts sessions due to staff shortage

    Apollo Bay’s chronic housing crunch has led to snap kinder closures.

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  • Council posts $5-million surplus

    More than $5 million in surplus, nearly $13 million in capital works, but a “continuing downward trend” in sustainability.
    That’s how a new report sums up Colac Otway Shire Council’s finances for 2021-22.

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  • Bulla eyeing staffing scheme, minister talks with big business

    Another of Colac’s biggest businesses could look to welcome workers from overseas, as major employers join roundtable talks about the city’s staffing crisis.

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  • Bay boat ramp upgrade starts

    Work is powering ahead at the Apollo Bay boat ramp, with the State Government building two new floating pontoons to boost boating capacity at the iconic coastal location.

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  • Coragulac’s botanic wonderland

    Tony and Kathy Mahoney’s garden boasts 27 years of development and more than a thousand different plant species – but for the Mahoneys, it’s not about the numbers.

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  • Women often unaware of breast care service

    Charlotte Henry says she feels privileged to have her role in the community. But she says it’s a role that many people don’t know exists.

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