2023-2024 draft budget

  • BUDGET PLEAS: Calls for council to add projects to 2023 plans

    Apollo Bay artists have pleaded for a new makers space and Alvie residents have pushed for netball court upgrades in submissions to Colac Otway Shire Council’s draft budget.

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  • Corangamite focuses budget spend on roads

    Corangamite Shire Council will spend almost $10 million on roads in the coming year, with a $3.79-milion budget surplus and 3.5-per-cent rate rise.

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  • Rate rises hit rural residents

    Colac Otway Shire farmers and rural property owners are set to feel the pinch of rate rises after the release of the council 2023-2024 draft budget.

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  • Birre boost: Win for families after fight for playground replacement

    Birregurra children can celebrate a $275,000 win, with Colac Otway Shire Council’s draft budget including a redevelopment of the town’s degraded playground.

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  • 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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