Colac Otway Shire Council
Star of country music sings at celebration
COLAC Otway Shire mayor Frank Buchanan hopes the shire’s Australia Day celebrations will give community members an opportunity to enjoy themselves after a summer marred by bushfires.
Push to poison carp in Colac waterways
A COLAC fisherman is calling on the community to help pressure the State Government to clean up Lake Colac as water levels drop.
Street sign glorifies paedophile’s name
A COLAC district resident is “insulted” her grandfather and father’s legacy now bears the name of a paedophile convicted in 1893.
Lake Colac fish kill likely next month
THE ENVIRONMENT Protection Authority has forecast a mass “fish-death event” in Lake Colac next month as the shoreline continues to recede.
Library’s annexe will close in July
COLAC’S library annexe will close in July next year, despite two councillors fighting for a compromise to keep the service open during a two-hour debate
Council will continue to fight for school site
COLAC’S civic leaders have continued to defend the community’s right to regain a portion of the former Colac High School site, and they hope a land rezoning will seal the deal.
MAYORAL MATTERS: Colac misses out on federal grant for CBD plan
WE ARE disappointed to advise the community that our second application to the Federal Government’s National Stronger Regions Fund was unsuccessful.
Asylum seeker pleas to remain in Colac
COMMUNITY leaders are rallying to support an Iranian asylum seeker who has lived and worked in Colac for three years as he fights to stay in Australia.