Colac Otway Shire Council
Aged-care review’s wide scope
A review of Colac Otway Shire Council’s aged and disability services will focus on the quality of care and service, not just the financial cost to the council.
Inflation impacts council
Colac Otway Shire councillors have endorsed an easier-to-read draft budget that features a 3.5 per cent rate rise and a $2.19-million deficit.
Council ceases offset purchase
Colac Otway Shire Council has stopped paying for emissions offsets until the community can have its say on the shire’s Environment Strategy and Climate Action Plan.
Colac Otway Shire staff protest to save jobs
A lower standard of care and potential job losses is the motivation behind a Colac Otway Shire Council staff petition aiming to keep the council delivering in-home aged care services.
RATES GOING UP: Colac Otway draft budget predicts $2-million deficit
Colac Otway Shire ratepayers are facing a 3.5-per-cent rate rise under the council’s draft 2023-24 budget.
Council to review aged-care service
Colac and district at-home aged care and disability services could be in for a shake-up, with Colac Otway Shire Council weighing up whether its service will remain viable.
Council stands firm on coastal policies
Colac Otway Shire councillors have made a strong statement they will fight to protect Apollo Bay’s skate park and won’t let the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority dictate coastal policy.
Desperate call to fix crumbling Birregurra road
Birregurra’s Bob Gambino has been campaigning for Colac Otway Shire Council to fix Strachan Street for more than seven years, but still the road remains in a deteriorated and dangerous state.