Articles by David McKenzie

  • Another suspicious blaze at Wool Wool

    Firefighters have attended the third suspicious fire in a week at a property at Wool Wool, north of Colac.

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  • EDITORIAL: Don’t worry. Our commitment to local news continues

    Recent decisions by multinational billionaire-owned companies like Google and Facebook to block Australian news content have shown they don’t care about Australia.

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  • Welcome return for fire team

    Colac’s fire Incident Control Centre was a hive of activity during Otways burnoffs this week, after being almost empty during planned burns last year.

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  • Heat and wind will push up risks of a fire

    The Colac district could face its highest bushfire danger of the summer today, with warm weather and northerly winds.

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  • FIRE PROBE: Detectives investigate two suspicious blazes

    Detectives and fire authorities are investigating a series of suspicious fires at Wool Wool, north of Colac, after the two most recent fires hit the same property this week.

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  • Cororooke house fire under investigation

    Firefighters don’t believe a fire that destroyed a Cororooke home was suspicious.

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  • Otways burnoffs start today

    State firefighters will begin burnoffs in the Otways in coming days, after a mild summer allowed them to start autumn planned burns early.

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  • Tree hazards targeted on Great Ocean Road

    Authorities are ramping up work this week to remove hazardous trees along sections of the Great Ocean Road.

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