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No conviction for drunk p-plater
A court magistrate says she faced one of her hardest sentencing exercises when deciding the fate of a 22-year-old man who recklessly got behind the wheel of a car after hours of drinking and drug taking, driving four friends around the south-west before crashing.
Annual Otways Trail run raises $25K for hospital
A $25,000 donation from the Colac Rotary Club to the Colac Area Health Foundation will be spent on vital equipment for Colac Area Health’s maternity care services.
Salvos plan safe space for teens
Transforming Colac’s Salvos into a safe space for young people to “drop in” could be a reality from next month.
Safety survey to help police
How safe do you feel in Colac and district? That’s the question police want people to answer in a new survey that’s online this month.
Police hunt driver amid multiple district crashes
Police were tracking down the driver who T-boned a woman’s vehicle and fled the scene in Colac yesterday morning.
Long-lost father and son unite in Colac
For the first time in his life, Edwin Ellis has met his 63-year-old son.
Traffic fine stitch up
A Colac pizza delivery man is the victim of an infringement stitch up, with a coterie of dodgy drivers fudging his name on more than 40 fines.
Colac district roads among projects to miss out
It’s slim pickings for Colac and district in the State Government’s latest budget.