Business

  • Couple fighting to stay in Australia

    A COLAC couple is fighting to stay in Australia after officials ruled one of them was too old and had insufficient English skills to earn permanent residency.

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  • $1m upgrade to create timber jobs

    ONE of Colac’s biggest employers has announced a $1-million project which will create more than a dozen full-time jobs.

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  • Banker predicts dairy relief

    A COLAC agribusiness banker says the financial squeeze on district dairy farmers could start to ease by Christmas.

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  • Council response causes concern

    COMMUNITY leaders have criticised a Colac Otway Shire Council response to a heated public meeting in Colac.

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  • Councillors favour lower rate rise

    MOST Colac Otway Shire councillors want a lower rate rise than the 7.87 per cent increase proposed in a draft budget.

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  • Green agenda cuts land values

    A COLAC real estate agent says an “idealist green agenda” is reducing Colac district land values.

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  • Clear message to council

    ORGANISERS say a packed protest meeting in Colac has sent a clear message to Colac Otway Shire Council about its management of the municipality.

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  • State Government backs away

    THE State Government has distanced itself from controversial planning restrictions Council Otway Shire Council wants to implement.

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