Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Repeat Colac driving offender fined

    A Colac mother who was caught driving while suspended just 16 days before her suspension was due to lift has received another mark on her criminal record.

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  • Driver’s claims waste court’s time

    A Colac district man who wasted “busy magistrate court time” by attempting to “rebut the 12 presumptions of law” has been fined.

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  • Wall collapse risk at Bay beach

    Safety concerns at an Apollo Bay beach have forced the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority to block public access to changerooms until a retaining wall can be rebuilt.

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  • News in brief

    Fine for escaped cow A Corangamite district stock agent has been fined $400 for letting his cow wander along the train line at Camperdown. The 40-year-old man pleaded guilty in Colac Magistrates’ Court to a charge of failing to keep his livestock secure. Corangamite Shire prosecutor Benjamin Scott said one of the man’s cows was […]

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  • Violent dad in custody

    A Colac father in custody will learn exactly how much longer he will spend in prison next week after pleading guilty to a long list of charges including family violence matters.

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  • News from the Colac Magistrates’ Court

    The latest news from the Colac Magistrates’ Court.

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  • Camperdown bomb scare

    A suspicious item believed to have been a bomb was found near Lake Bullen Merri over the weekend.

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  • Court hears door slam followed drug argument

    A Stawell man has avoided a criminal record but must pay a $375 fine for assaulting a woman with a door in Colac.

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