Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Corangamite Shire Council meeting wrap-up

    Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of upgrades at key Camperdown and Cobden community facilities, and a plan to improve housing availability at Simpson and Timboon all got the thumbs-up from Corangamite Shire councillors at Tuesday’s general meeting.

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  • Colac Secondary College closed Friday

    Colac Secondary College will extend its school closure to tomorrow as DHHS investigations remain ongoing.

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  • Colac Secondary College closed tomorrow

    Colac Secondary School will shut its doors tomorrow after a member of the school community tested positive to COVID-19.

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  • Truck crash kills passenger

    Police are investigating the circumstances of a fatal one-vehicle collision at Forrest-Apollo Bay Road, Tanybryn on Monday.

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  • Colac tracing lag disappoints

    Colac Motor Group dealer principal Simon Little says the State Government’s contact tracing methods have failed to offer adequate support to Colac businesses with staff COVID-19 cases.

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  • More renos than builds following COVID

    Colac homeowners have favoured renovations over new builds in the past 12 months and are keeping local tradies busy on the back of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Mask helped protect customers, coworker

    Another Colac business has recorded a positive case of COVID-19, but the state health department says it’s not cause for alarm.

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  • St Mary’s waits for advice

    Colac’s St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is awaiting further State Government advice before deciding when to reopen the school, after two students contracted COVID-19.

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