Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Some ALC workers must stay at home, despite testing negative

    Some Australian Lamb Company Colac employees who tested negative to COVID-19 last week must remain in self-isolation because they are close contacts of confirmed cases.

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  • Police identify Tanybryn crash victim

    Police have identified the passenger who died in a truck crash at Tanybryn last week was a 35-year-old Ocean Grove man.

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  • Colac Otway cases reach 95

    Colac Otway has now had 95 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

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  • FAQs answered on new COVID-19 restrictions

    Colac Otway is among six local government areas in regional Victoria with home visit bans, while face coverings are essential when outside your family home from today.

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  • Schools wait on opening advice

    Three Colac schools that are closed due to COVID-19 scares were yesterday awaiting further DHHS advice about reopening their classrooms.

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  • Chief Scientist goes back to school to boost pathology services

    Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel could enlist the help of university students to boost regional pathology responses and slash wait times for COVID-19 test results.

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  • AKD contacts reclassified as tests come back negative

    AKD Softwoods has reopened a closed section of its Colac site and workers from self-isolation are returning to work following DHHS investigations.

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  • Delays test patience amid virus outbreak

    Premier Daniel Andrews and Barwon Health insist the average wait time for Colac COVID-19 test results is two to three days, despite numerous reports of community members waiting longer.

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