Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Costly 4am bike ride

    A late-night bike ride proved costly for a Colac man after he copped nearly $2000 in fines for breaches of COVID-19 restrictions.

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  • Coker to miss Parliament due to family concerns

    Corangamite MP Libby Coker will not sit at the upcoming Parliament session later this month and is urging the Federal Government to implement a remote sitting option to help Victorian MPs shut out because of the state’s rising COVID tally.

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  • Liberal MPs slam Labor over COVID failures

    A minority report of Victoria’s parliamentary inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic has labelled the State Government’s handling of the pandemic as “disastrous”, and points the finger at the bungled hotel quarantine program.

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  • Boost for Otways-set TV show

    Colac comedy export Luke Goodall’s newest project has a distinct local flavour and could showcase the Colac district’s landscape to a vast silver screen audience.

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  • RIGHT TRACK: Active case numbers drop as local crackdown continues

    Colac’s COVID-19 case numbers were headed in the right direction yesterday, with active cases on the way down.

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  • Commander urges continued community care

    Colac authorities say they will adopt a “zero-tolerance” policy to future COVID-19 breaches.

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  • Council hampers helps isolators

    Colac Otway Shire Council has delivered more than 280 food and supplies hampers in the past fortnight, but it wants to see that number rise further.

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  • Active cases number down in latest figures

    Colac Otway’s active COVID-19 cases decreased by three today, reflecting a steady period of low infection rates in recent days.

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