Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Cafe closes doors amid public gathering limits

    A Colac café enduring an enforced shutdown is confident it can return to normal service once the coronavirus pandemic comes to an end.

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  • Houses knocked down to make way for Bunnings

    Demolition is underway at vacant Queen Street properties to make way for an expansion of Colac’s Bunnings store.

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  • Hasty end to Europe trip

    A Colac district woman is in self-isolation thousands of kilometres from her family after she cut short an international holiday to avoid being locked out of the country.

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  • Faulty supply pipeline causes gas leak near road

    Fire brigades and gas technicians have fixed a faulty Colac supply pipe after a resident whiffed a gas leak.

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  • Driver left uninjured after Otways crash

    A 62-year-old woman had a lucky escape from an Otways car rollover yesterday, emerging from the crash unscathed.

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  • Closures hit sour note for working musicians

    A Colac district musician faces the prospect of months without collecting money for performances as entertainment venues across Victoria shut their doors.

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  • Delay for Central Reserve redevelopment

    Colac Tigers’ netball season will begin away from Central Reserve due to a delay to the venue’s netball court redevelopment.

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  • Hackers strike Colac Area Health’s system

    Colac and district’s health services have launched emergency protocols after south-west Victorian hospitals suffered a cyber security scare.

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