Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Rain slows blazing fuel reduction progress

    April rainfall has dampened the state’s fire authority’s fuel management activities across the Otway district.

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  • Birre build continues

    Regional Roads Victoria is still targeting a mid-year for its finish date to build a roundabout at a dangerous Birregurra intersection.

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  • Falls will forge ahead

    Falls Festival is bucking the trend of cancellations and postponements across the Otways events industry and appears set to go ahead this year.

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  • Colac MP on state coronavirus inquiry

    Colac’s state MP will be deputy chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the Victorian Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Slow but steady recovery for fishers

    A surge in interest both domestically and abroad is helping Apollo Bay’s rock lobster industry rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Bay suffers tourism blow from virtual festival

    Apollo Bay’s tourism industry has suffered another blow and will miss out on thousands of visitors this month, with a major running festival shifting online.

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  • Silver lining to virus pandemic

    A Colac doctor says the lessons learnt during the corona-virus pandemic could result in a lower incidence of respiratory infections across the district.

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  • Safety-first approach works for Colac schools

    Colac school councils say they support the Victorian Government’s safety-first approach to re-opening schools, as state and federal authorities remain at loggerheads over their approaches to education during the coronavirus crisis.

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