Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Riordan grills Andrews on hotel scheme

    Colac’s state MP Richard Riordan has used the Victorian Parliament’s COVID-19 inquiry to grill Premier Daniel Andrews on the state’s failed hotel quarantine program.

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  • ALC re-opens, with changes

    Australian Lamb Company Colac’s workforce is back in business under strict new guidelines, but the processor has stopped short of revealing how many staff are impacted.

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  • WORK TOGETHER: Community effort aims to get Colac back to zero

    The Colac community has begun to see the effects of its united approach to the city’s coronavirus outbreak as active case numbers start trickling down.

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  • Colac market remains steady

    A slight drop in Colac house sale prices is not indicative of a struggling market, a local real estate agent says.

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  • Man hospitalised after horse encounter

    Otways emergency personnel proved they are a match for all manner of occasions once again on the weekend when they assisted a man who was injured by a horse.

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  • JobKeeper backflip to help business

    Colac businesses battling with the reintroduction of a stage three lockdown could receive a reprieve with the extension of the JobKeeper scheme.

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  • Apollo Bay servo on track

    The Apollo Bay community has adjusted to its temporary petrol service, with RACV callouts for stranded drivers well down on last month.

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  • Colac RON generating power by November

    Colac’s Renewable Organics Network should be online by the end of this year to take a major water treatment
    facility off the grid.

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