Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Fire refuge welcomed

    Camperdown citizens have welcomed a new main street community facility – but they hope they never have to use it

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  • Bulla targets late-2021 for Murray Street expansion

    Colac will have to wait until late next year for a proposed Murray Street tourism project to become a reality.

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  • Tourism authority’s recovery plan

    A domestic travel campaign and accelerating key City Deal projects headline Great Ocean Road Tourism’s plan to rebound from the impacts of coronavirus.

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  • Mayor wants restriction relief

    Colac’s mayor says he hopes an easing of lockdown restrictions can bring families back together and begin the shire’s economic revival.

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  • Banned driver caught

    A Colac motorist who lost his driver’s licence has now lost his car too, after police caught him going for a spin just two days after copping a driving ban.

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  • Building companies face dip in demand

    Colac’s construction companies say government investment in the sector will be critical to avoid a multi-billion-dollar pitfall in new projects in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Pest weed plan growing on Bay

    An underwater pest rampant at Apollo Bay could become part of a national harvesting scheme aimed at diversifying Australia’s aquaculture industry.

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  • Oil battle spills into court

    Two companies that had teamed up to drill for oil off the Otways coast are embroiled in a legal dispute over a bungled exploration contract.

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