Wind Farms

  • olac police stopped 900 vehicles on the Princes Highway, Colac West, on Wednesday as part of a state-wide crackdown.

    Police nab 100 drivers

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    COLAC and district police have nabbed up to 100 motorists for safety and traffic offences in a bid to make the region’s roads safer.

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  • Colac District Football League interleague coach Tim Pekin addresses his team at training ahead of tomorrow’s clash against the Warrnambool district league.

    Players ready for interleague clash

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    SIX months of work will come to fruition this weekend when Colac district footballers play interleague for the first time in more than a decade.

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  • Colac wind farm gets final approval

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    Hassles are in the wind for Colac Otway Shire Council when it takes over wind farm applications.

    THE State Government has offered its final stamp of approval for a wind farm near Colac, making way for construction to start in March.

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  • Political hot air about wind farms

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    Greens MP Greg Barber, left, and Liberal MP Simon Ramsay are clashing over wind farms.

    A POLITICAL tit-for-tat between two state politicians over wind farms is continuing.

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  • No change in wind for wind farms

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    Hassles are in the wind for Colac Otway Shire Council when it takes over wind farm applications.

    A WIND FARM developer has confirmed changes to State Government regulations will not affect the company’s wind farm projects in the Colac district.

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  • Turbine restrictions affect Colac district

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    Corangamite MP Darren Cheeseman says wind turbines .

    A Port Campbell wind farm could go ahead despite a new State Government ban on turbines in the Great Ocean Road region.

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  • Plans for 80 wind turbines in Colac district

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    Hassles are in the wind for Colac Otway Shire Council when it takes over wind farm applications.

    WIND farm developer NewEn Services wants to build about 80 turbines across three properties north-east of Colac

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  • Wind farm will create work for 200

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    Acciona Mount Gellibrand project manager Paul Treasure, Acciona senior manager David Clarke, Ombersley landowner Tim Gore and Acciona community relations manager Louise Kingma are looking forward to Mount Gellibrand wind farm construction to start.

    A $350-MILLION Mount Gellibrand wind farm will create 200 jobs during construction and 25 permanent positions when comple

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  • CEO has vision for shire’s economy

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    Colac Otway Shire Council chief Rob Small hopes to create what he calls a “green-collar economy”.

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  • Councillor slams State Government

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    Colac Otway Shire councillor Lyn Russell.

    Colac Otway Shire councillor Lyn Russell has slammed the State Government for “blatant cost shifting” onto councils.

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