Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Lavers Hill roundabout targets mid-year finish

    A new Great Ocean Road roundabout at Lavers Hill remains on track to finish mid-year, after authorities finished the project’s first stage last month.

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  • BUDGET BOOST: Feds back regional funds, now councils wait on projects

    Colac and district councils will likely have to wait a few more weeks to find out if priority infrastructure projects will receive federal funding.

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  • Birregurra price jump among state’s biggest

    Birregurra property is among the hottest in Victoria in the past decade, new real estate data has revealed.

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  • Victoria on virus alert following positive test

    Victoria has recorded its first community case of COVID-19 since February after a returned traveller tested positive for the virus after leaving interstate hotel quarantine.

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  • Fishers playing the long game with trout bites

    Lake Colac fishers have so far managed few nibbles from recently released rainbow trout but expect the fish to become more active as temperatures drop.

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  • Lifestyle farming skews data

    Rural property industry experts say there’s strong interest and confidence in Colac district farming land, despite a median price drop last year.

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  • Rural rezoning plan released

    Farming land would be rezoned for housing developments at the outskirts of towns including Camperdown under a proposed town planning change.

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  • More cash for dairy roads

    The Federal Government has matched a cash commitment to key Colac district dairy supply routes, in a further boost for the region’s rural roads.

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