Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Lobster catchers hoping for increased local sales

    Apollo Bay lobster fishers hope an expected boost in local lobster consumption can boost the industry that remains without its key export market.

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  • Community say on local fire breaks

    Consultation is underway for planned new fuel breaks around bushfire-prone Otways communities.

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  • Teacher country’s top tipper

    A keen eye, a good slice of luck and blind faith in the Dees earned Elizabeth Grayland the title of Australia’s top footy tipster, winning a competition of 28,000 entrants.

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  • Freedom here as restrictions end for state

    Density limits are gone, masks are off almost everywhere and isolation rules ease from today as Victoria locks in its post-COVID normal.

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  • Composting centre planned for district

    A leading organic material recycler has received more than $1 million to set up a new facility in Colac Otway.

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  • Surf Coast retains mayor

    Surf Coast Shire Council will keep its mayor Libby Stapleton and her deputy Liz Pattison for another year.

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  • Students hone skills in varied workplaces

    Colac Specialist School senior students are honing their workplace skills and plotting their first career steps through work experience programs.

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  • BUILDING BOOM: Colac Otway records $124-million construction boost

    Colac Otway has ridden a wave of surging building approvals to post huge growth in new construction projects during the past financial year.

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