Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Agents plea for travel industry support

    Colac’s travel agents have called for an extension of support payments for their industry with the impacts of COVID-19 set to last well into 2021.

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  • Annual council survey begins

    Surf Coast Shire residents can have their annual say on how their council is doing from this week.

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  • Adaptive business grants

    Corangamite Shire Council is offering small businesses with big ideas a leg-up through the latest round of a grants program.

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  • Fire chief visits

    Winchelsea and Cobden’s fire brigades have welcomed esteemed company, receiving a visit from the volunteer brigade’s state commander.

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  • Driver was four times legal limit

    A woman has blown four times the legal alcohol limit while driving through Colac.

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  • Falling lake level hits sail club

    Colac Yacht Club will finish its season at Lake Purrumbete after a water level dip post-Christmas forced it off Lake Colac.

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  • Lobster woes continue

    Apollo Bay Fisherman’s Co-Op’s Nick Polgeest says local lobster fishers could go out of business unless Australia resolves a trade dispute with China.

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  • Trash an eyesore on coast

    The Great Ocean Road authority says an increase in litter and rubbish dumping is a major problem on the Otways Coast and the public shares responsibility for keeping the region tidy. An influx of visitors to popular tourist destinations like Lorne and Apollo Bay during the summer holidays led to piles of rubbish appearing in […]

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