Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Not all workers must quarantine, despite tests

    Colac’s Australian Lamb Company says that only a fraction of employees who received COVID-19 tests last week must quarantine under state health regulations.

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  • Online marathon inspires runners

    A local resident has swapped her volunteer’s uniform for a competitor’s bib in a popular Apollo Bay running festival and has notched her first half-marathon at the age of 50.

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  • Moving surprise for Colac family

    To say the Cooks have had a rollercoaster month would be an understatement.

    The Colac family – parents Peter and Chloe and their children Ava, 4, Chaz, 2, and Reed, 11 months – face uncertain times following Peter’s worrying medical diagnosis at the end of July.

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  • Lights on for good

    State road authorities have flicked the switch on new lights at a busy Princes Highway roundabout eight months after they were installed.

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  • Ex-Colac man run for RACV board

    A former Colac man has put his hand up for election to the RACV’s board.

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  • Bulla confirms positive case

    An employee from Colac’s Bulla Dairy Foods has tested positive to COVID-19.

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  • Relief for ALC as results return

    Colac has likely dodged a second wave of COVID-19, with more than 400 tests of Australian Lamb Company employees this week all returning negative results.

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  • Council waits on new policy

    Surf Coast Shire Council has deferred its adoption of an unadapted transparency policy, despite the delay causing it to breach new State Government regulations.

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