Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Multi-lingual safety message

    A locally made video will aim to break down the language barriers with Colac’s ethnically diverse communities to share information related to COVID-19.

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  • Isolation haircut with a difference

    Colac ovarian cancer survivor Mary-Anne Ryan will attempt to cut death rates of her little-known illness this weekend when she takes a pair of scissors to her daughter’s hair in a fundraiser.

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  • Welcome relief for Year 12s

    A Colac school principal says changes to the State Government’s Year 12 assessment model are welcome relief to the under-pressure class of 2020.

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  • V-Line traveller numbers nosedive

    Regional rail passenger numbers are down by as much as 95 per cent as lockdown restrictions take effect across the state.

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  • Active case total now 61

    Colac Otway’s active COVID-19 case total fell again today and is now at 61.

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  • Sharp decrease in active cases

    Colac Otway’s active COVID-19 case total has plummetted by 11 today, with DHHS recording 74 active cases in its latest data.

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  • Beeac house fire investigated

    Police detectives will investigate the circumstances of a fatal house fire at Beeac this morning that killed one man and hospitalised an elderly woman.

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  • 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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