Colac Otway Shire Council

  • Council fights for asylum seekers

    COLAC Otway Shire Council will demand permanent Australian residency for the shire’s asylum seekers if they gain refugee status.

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  • Parking meter bid expires

    AN OVERWHELMING outcry from Apollo Bay residents has convinced civic leaders to abandon investigations into installing parking meters at the coastal hub.

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  • New fire rules threaten Otways residents

    CONTROVERSIAL planning rules could leave Otways and coastal residents homeless and stop them rebuilding if bushfire destroys their homes.

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  • Push for state election cash

    LOBBYISTS will use this year’s state election to push for cash for Colac’s Central Reserve, more train services, and Apollo Bay’s harbour redevelopment.

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  • Opposition to fire overlay

    OTWAYS landowners say Colac Otway Shire Council must use its draft bushfire planning project to make high-fire-risk towns safe rather than stopping development.

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  • No Jamie Oliver but work goes on

    COLAC’S campaign to bring Jamie Oliver’s pop-up kitchen to the city is over but the community’s enthusiasm has inspired a new foodie initiative.

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  • Bushfire regulations ‘destroy’ landowners

    AN OTWAYS resident says bushfire planning rules aimed at saving lives are “destroying landowners, mentally and financially”.

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  • Botanic entrances to Colac

    COLAC’S entrances, including the former high school site to the west, have new planning rules to ensure development helps create a “botanic garden city” vision.

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