Politics

  • 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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  • Apollo Bay resident standing for federal Senate

    APOLLO BAY’S Naomi Halpern says the Nick Xenophon Team’s focus on “finding solutions and the best outcome for people” was part of the inspiration behind her new political passion.

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  • Police escort councillor from Colac Otway meeting

    APOLLO BAY police escorted councillor Chris Smith out of a Colac Otway Shire Council meeting this week after he refused to sit in his allocated seat.

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