Colac Otway Shire Council

  • Stage acts perform for Australia Day

    COLAC’S Australia Day festival will include stage performances, arts workshops and botanical celebrations.

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  • Welfare worry as Colac’s jobless rate hits 9.1 per cent

    COLAC’S unemployment rate has hit 9.1 per cent, four points higher than in 2010 and more than three percentage points higher than the national rate.

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  • ‘Last-resort’ options to escape bushfires

    BIRREGURRA, Gellibrand and Beeac have new “last-resort” options for bushfire shelter, after five years of planning and lobbying.

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  • Residents celebrate honour of top street

    FORBES STREET residents are celebrating their efforts to maintain and improve their gardens and homes after claiming the honour of living in Colac’s Street of the Year.

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  • Objectors pleased with quarry’s permit rejection

    COLAC OTWAY Shire councillors have voted to deny a planning permit for a proposed quarry at Birregurra, to the delight of Birregurra landowners.

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  • Planning process worries objectors

    BIRREGURRA residents are concerned about plans for a quarry near the town.

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  • Market sizes booming with $1.5-million roof

    Cattle sale numbers have jumped 70 per cent at Colac’s saleyards.

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  • Anger at Birregurra path snub

    BIRREGURRA’S Sarah Handscombe wants civic leaders to explain why they consider a gravel footpath in Colac acceptable but unacceptable for Birregurra.

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