Rates

  • Council overhauls rating system

    FARM land will continue to attract the lowest rate in the dollar under Colac Otway Shire Council’s latest rates overhaul.

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  • Probe into $2-million blowout

    COLAC Otway Shire Council will launch an internal inquiry into the Bluewater Fitness Centre’s $2-million budget blowout, which a councillor has described as “financially irresponsible”.

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  • Council will limit rate rises

    COLAC’S civic leaders have moved to ensure future rate rises are lower than this year’s rate hike.

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  • Businessman criticises council

    A PROMINENT Colac businessman says property owners are paying the price for Colac Otway Shire Council failing to encourage economic growth.

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  • Grants might reduce rate rise

    GOVERNMENT grants could enable Colac Otway Shire Council to deliver a lower rate rise than a proposed 7.87-per-cent increase.

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  • Rate rise horrifies past manager

    A FORMER Shire of Colac finance manager says Colac’s civic leaders can deliver a lower rate rise than a proposed 7.87 per cent hike.

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  • Council spends as rates rise

    COLAC Otway Shire Council has spent more than half a million dollars on an office renovation and could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more to finish the job.

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