Colac Otway Shire Council

  • New ideas and ready to listen

    Irrewarra farmer Charlie Buchanan says there are so many missed opportunities in the Colac Otway Shire; something he hopes to change if he gets elected as a councillor in October.

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  • Barham house planning application lodged

    Plans for a four-bedroom house along Apollo Bay’s Barham River have reached Colac Otway Shire planning officers’ desks.

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  • Colac residents voice objections to childcare centre

    Colac residents have expressed their strong objection to a proposed childcare centre that they say would negatively impact a “narrow residential street”.

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  • Councillor calls for CEO meeting

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor says they are “bitterly disappointed” that a meeting reviewing the performance of the organisation’s chief was cancelled last week following the appointment of a municipal monitor to the council.

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  • Businesses supporting 40-km zone extension

    Community member Joy Middleton has called for the Colac Otway Shire’s new speed limit introductions in Colac’s CBD to be extended an extra block.

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  • Council keen to host events at revamped gardens

    Colac Otway Shire Council has provided clarification around an events space included in the Colac Botanic Gardens draft masterplan.

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  • EDITORIAL

    Why does Colac Otway Shire Council have a monitor and what is good governance?

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  • Permit approved in farm zone

    “I don’t see how construction of a house on this particular block of land is going to compromise our plan.”

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