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  • Community rallies for courts

    Desperate upgrades to the only public recreation space between Lorne and Apollo Bay are almost shovel-ready following a spirited community effort to secure funding.

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  • Shrub Club creates positivity

    Joining Apollo Bay’s Shrub Club has put a concerning issue like climate change into perspective for Chris Prewer.

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  • Colac Otway mayor issues statement

    Colac Otway Shire mayor Marg White has spoken out to address recent commentary about the council and the appointment of a municipal monitor.

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  • Letter to the Editor

    Bring back volunteers On reading of the proposed closure of the Colac Information Centre, a wonderful purpose-built building constructed by Apex and local people, I could only think what a waste of a great resource. So I made it my business to revisit the centre and noticed a few things. Firstly, I could not see […]

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  • Magistrate warns man not to ride motorised bike

    A Colac man who has been without a licence for about seven years has lost it for an additional six months after police caught him riding an unregistered motorised bicycle.

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  • Council’s cleaning contract could get messy

    Colac Otway Shire councillors have asked questions about cost and local content over a proposed new $857,000 cleaning contract.

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  • Locals help explain aquifers in new book

    Local aquifer activist and Kawarren resident Malcolm Gardiner has shared his thoughts on aquifers through the voice of a platypus in a new book.

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  • Preparing for council elections

    Victorians have less than two weeks to ensure they are enrolled to vote in the upcoming 2024 local council elections.

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