Articles by Alex White

  • Hospital board had ‘no better option’

    COLAC Area Health board chairman Tony Baldwin says the hospital had no better option than to close its overnight emergency service.

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  • Public outrage over hospital plans

    OUTRAGED Colac and district residents have called for a public meeting to address the pending closure of Colac Area Health’s overnight emergency service.

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  • Hospital will cut emergency care

    FEDERAL Government funding cuts have forced Colac Area Health to permanently close the hospital’s overnight urgent care service.

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  • Fire at Colac timber mill

    MORE than 20 firefighters and a specialist Geelong fire unit took two hours to control a blaze at a Colac timber mill.

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  • Police find drugs, money

    POLICE have arrested a Colac man after finding drugs and cash in his car in central Colac.

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  • Lucky escapes in four-car crash

    POLICE say two drivers involved in a four-car crash near Colac were “extremely lucky” to walk away from the Princes Highway smash.

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  • Missing teenage boy sparks bush search

    LORNE emergency services had a busy Pier to Pub weekend dealing with a missing boy and a heart attack victim, but have praised revellers.

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  • Woman facing charges over cat deaths

    A COLAC woman is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities found two dead kittens at a Colac property.

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