Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Fourth bins arrive for Surf Coast

    Surf Coast Shire Council is warehousing its new purple-lid bins, ahead of a rollout of an extra household bin to improve recycling processes.

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  • COVID CLUSTER: Colac school closes and workplaces on alert after six positive tests

    At least six people have contracted COVID-19 as part of a Colac cluster.

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  • Testing clinic open this weekend

    Colac Area Health will open its COVID testing clinic this weekend but is urging residents wanting a test to ring ahead.

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  • Busy year for firefighters

    Colac’s firies say it takes a community-wide, team effort to keep firefighters on the front line of the district’s emergency incidents.

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  • Colac reliant on support

    Colac district welfare recipients have almost quadrupled in number since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than 1000 organisations have signed up for the JobKeeper plan.

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  • Vandals take saw to new house

    A Camperdown homeowner’s move into their new digs is delayed after vandals broke into their newly-built house and caused thousands of dollars’ worth of damage.

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  • Accountant expects tax time rush

    A Colac accountant expects local residents to soon follow the national trend of completing their tax returns early to take advantage of additional hip pocket relief this financial year.

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  • Bay left without a taxi

    Apollo Bay’s taxi operator says he will contest a decision from the industry regulator to cancel his accreditation, which leaves Bay residents unable to call a cab.

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