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  • Council acts to make trees safer

    COLAC Otway Shire Council has started maintenance on Colac’s Memorial Square elm trees after two branches fell on the square.

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  • Fracking fears for Otways

    COLAC district residents are bracing for what they fear is the inevitable end of a State Government ban on mining in the Otways.

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  • Koalas decimating gum trees

    A KOALA population explosion is decimating gum trees at Cape Otway.

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  • Council scraps salinity mapping

    FARMERS say a decision by Colac’s civic leaders to abandon controversial salinity restrictions is a “win for common sense”.

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  • Call to sack shire council

    PROTESTORS have picketed Colac’s arts centre to voice anger over Colac Otway Shire Council decisions, with one protestor demanding the council’s dismissal.

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  • National park builders face backlash

    CONSERVATION and tourism leaders have warned developers they would face a “fierce” community backlash if they planned “inappropriate” buildings in district national parks.

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  • Peak group disturbed by fish deaths

    VICTORIA’S peak recreational fishing group and landholders have called for more community input after a decision to open an estuary killed thousands of fish.

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  • Stay of execution for kangaroos

    KANGAROOS in Colac Otway Shire have a reprieve from a death sentence hanging over their heads for the past 12 months.

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