State Government

  • Courthouse attack highlights building’s failings

    A MAN will face court early next year after allegedly smashing a window at the Colac Magistrate’s Court this week, in an incident highlighting a need for better security facilities at the court.

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  • New MP outlines hopes for electorate

    POLWARTH’S new MP Richard Riordan described his electorate as a place of “opportunity and hope” during his maiden speech to parliament.

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  • By-election vote count completed

    THE VICTORIAN Electoral Commission declared Richard Riordan as the winner of the Polwarth by-election after officials finished counting votes yesterday.

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  • Candidates reflect on election

    POLWARTH voters are still waiting for the official results of the by-election, but Richard Riordan is still the clear winner.

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  • Minister refuses exclusion zone

    COLAC DISTRICT wildlife carers have welcomed a government commitment to review culling permit procedures to ensure they are consulted before neighbours receive licences to kill native wildlife.

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  • Colac businessman wins Polwarth seat

    RICHARD RIORDAN has had political aspirations for decades and Saturday’s Polwarth by-election delivered the result the Liberal candidate needed to catapult him into State Government.

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  • MP renews bypass calls

    WESTERN Victoria MP Simon Ramsay has repeated calls for a heavy vehicle bypass for Colac, after recording more than 300 trucks travelling through the city in eight hours.

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  • School gains cash to fix gutters

    WINCHELSEA Primary School has won a three-year-battle for State Government funding to replace its deteriorating gutters and downpipes.

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