Politics

  • Eurack-born MP makes history

    The weekend’s federal election was labelled an election of shocks, which was no exception for former Eurack woman Helen Haines.

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  • Hire companies will act on tourists, if law makes them

    Hire car companies will “happily” introduce changes if the State Government makes them compulsory, Colac’s MP says.

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  • Embattled MP to retire from politics

    State upper house MP Simon Ramsay has announced he will not stand for re-election in November’s state poll, amid drink-driving charges.

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  • Ballot placing set for election

    AN INDEPENDENT candidate has claimed the first spot on the 2016 federal election ballot paper while sitting MP Sarah Henderson drew the bottom position.

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  • HOUSING TALKS: MP clarifies ‘housing crisis’

    COLAC’S state MP has clarified that the issue he described as a “chronic housing crisis” in Colac is actually a potential shortage of higher-quality housing.

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  • DOUBLING DOWN: Candidates prepared for federal election

    CORANGAMITE voters are set to go to the polls on July 2, with the Federal Government using its inability to set up a building commission as the trigger for an early election.

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  • ROAD TO SOMEWHERE: Politicians take aim over ‘biased’ highway report

    CORANGAMITE MP Sarah Henderson has slammed a “city-centric” study which failed to consider the Princes Highway’s vital role in Australia’s agriculture and tourism industries.

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  • TRAVEL PLEA: Extra trains would help jobless

    A COLAC employment service manager says Colac’s inadequate train service is a “massive disadvantage” for the district’s job seekers.

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