Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Sunshine after a dry month

    Colac and district bathed in sunshine and warmer temperatures this week to mark the start of spring, following a drier-than-average August.

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  • Business uncertainty grows with restriction extension

    Colac and district businesses are reeling after the State Government’s restrictions roadmap failed to offer clarity about their short-term futures.

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  • Corangamite seeks views on future services

    Corangamite Shire residents can help shape their council’s key service strategies.

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  • Restrictions remain until next week

    Premier Daniel Andrews says he expects Colac and district’s lockdown to end next week, timeframes and specific rules of new restrictions remain unclear.

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  • Call to free Colac from lockdown

    Colac’s state MP Richard Riordan has demanded Colac and district be freed from lockdown, as the State Government prepares a roadmap out of COVID restrictions.

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  • Rental firm urges caution

    A holiday rental provider has rebuked a community suggestion to offer discounted rates for landlords who offer their homes up as long-term rentals, as Colac Otway Shire Council considers long-term fixes to a key worker housing crisis.

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  • Wirr-away she goes: Success for plane salvagers

    Professional salvage diver Rod Knights and a dedicated team of volunteer aviation buffs lifted the fuselage of a CAC Wirraway aircraft to shore on the weekend, after the plane had laid in Lake Corangamite since crashing there in 1950.

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  • Progress on coastal upgrades

    A host of key Great Ocean Road infrastructure projects remain in planning with major construction still months away.

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