Colac Otway Shire Council

  • Warehouse proposal reviewed by tribunal

    Developers of a warehouse project at Colac East will have to redraw parts of their proposal after an objector called on the state’s planning umpire.

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  • Colac Otway Shire Election Reflections

    The 2024 Colac Otway Shire Council election period is now underway, with candidate nominations officially opened on Monday. Nominees have until 12pm on Tuesday to submit their nomination before the Victorian Electoral Commission draws the candidate ballot order on Wednesday. The election will occur by a postal vote next month, with ballot packs to be posted from October 6. The Colac Herald looks back on almost 30 years of election history, uncovering a pattern to the number of people likely to put their hand up for Colac Otway Shire’s council election.

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  • More space for events at city’s ‘crown jewel’

    A proposed car park has been scrapped so there can be more space for events at the Colac Botanic Gardens.

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  • Colac West plan decision

    Colac Otway Shire Council officers are recommending that councillors approve the Colac West development plan, despite not yet hearing formal verbal submissions from objectors.

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  • Edible plants on strips ‘not recommended’

    Edible plants are back on the menu in Colac Otway Shire streets – although it’s not recommended.

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  • Council says gravel or nothing

    Colac Otway Shire Council has given Ruby Court residents 28 days to decide whether to accept an unwanted $83,000 gravel footpath in their street or have no footpath altogether.

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  • Plans to reinvigorate old Cororooke bakery

    An old bakery building in Cororooke could get a new lease on life, with plans for a bakery to once again fill the building about 60 years since it last operated.

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  • Colac youth photo exhibit

    Colac Otway youth have expressed their creative young minds in photos currently exhibiting in COPACC.

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