Colac Otway Shire

  • Call to turn recycling crisis into council opportunity

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor says Australia’s recycling crisis could provide the Colac district with employment and industry opportunities.

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  • Council adds new toilet and path into budget

    Cororooke community members have had a win with Colac Otway Shire Council voting to build a new toilet block for the town.

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  • Authorities investigate slaughter

    Firearm offences and an alleged slaughter of pigs at a community group’s shed in Forrest are under investigation.

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  • Council finds $500,000 savings

    Colac Otway Shire Council will have an extra half-a-million dollars to spend in next financial year’s budget, providing funding hopes for projects like new toilets at Cororooke.

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  • Council appoints new chief officer

    Colac Otway Shire Council’s newly appointed chief says he’s really keen to start work on July 2, bringing more than three decades of local government experience to the top job.

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  • Groups to have free access to former library space

    Community groups will be able to book the former Colac library annexe at no charge with a possibility that the space could eventually become part of Colac’s arts precinct.

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  • Colac Otway proposes two-per-cent rate rise

    Colac Otway Shire rates look set to rise an average two per cent after councillors decided against delivering a recommended 1.5-per-cent increase next financial year.

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  • Proposed electoral changes draw objections

    Colac Otway Shire mayor Joe McCracken and Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson say they will object to the Australian Electoral Commission’s proposal to split the shire across two federal electorates.

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