Articles by Billy Higgins

  • CFA to boost brigade after dangerous coincidence

    Colac district fire chiefs will consider onsite refuelling options for rural brigades after Beeac’s tankers were out of action when a building caught fire on the weekend.

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  • Bulla’s seamless reopening

    Bulla Dairy Foods made a smooth transition back to work for its Connor Street employees during the past week.

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  • HaloGo leaves the Bay, as servo opening nears

    Apollo Bay’s pop-up petrol station has left town, ahead of a new service centre opening from next week.

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  • Colac cafes back in action

    Central Colac looked more like its usual self yesterday as customers returned to the dining tables of the city’s hospitality venues.

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  • Council to sell 1.47-hectare Winchelsea block

    Surf Coast Shire Council will sell a significant Winchelsea land parcel to private developers, but local councillors worry that any community benefit at the site will take years to eventuate.

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  • Apollo Bay calls off Nippers program

    Apollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club has scrapped its Nippers program for the upcoming summer amid coronavirus concerns.

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  • Camperdown compost expansion backed

    Corangamite Shire councillors are satisfied that a suite of conditions for a proposed expansion of a Camperdown compost facility will address community concerns about the site.

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  • Boost for kindergarten providers

    Colac district parents can access free kindergarten hours during term four under a $26.7-million State Government package announced yesterday.

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