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  • Apostles road restrictions for Christmas holidays

    Parks Victoria is encouraging motorists to plan ahead, drive to conditions and follow COVIDSafe rules during Christmas and New Year, as it implements traffic management at the Twelve Apostles.

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  • Christmas lights safety warning

    Colac’s CFA brigade captain has joined the call for people to celebrate Christmas safely this year with safe light use.

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  • Police ramping up patrols

    Colac Highway Patrol will crack down on impaired and speeding drivers in two traffic operations over the Christmas-New Year period.

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  • Opening hours cut at Colac testing site

    Colac’s COVID-19 testing clinic will have reduced opening hours during the Christmas and New Year period.

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  • Offenders steal Winchelsea bus

    “Do yourself a favour and stop before you get too deep” – that’s the message from a Winchelsea resident fed up after offenders stole a school bus, smashed school building windows and trashed the town’s Christmas decorations.

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  • Crime data reveals drug bust spike

    Family violence reports in Colac Otway decreased at the height of the coronavirus crisis, latest crime data shows, but drug crime has more than doubled in a year.

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  • Man charged with firearm, drug possession

    Police have charged a man with possession of a firearm, ammunition, drugs and a controlled weapon, after he tried to escape from Fisheries officers at Apollo Bay on Saturday.

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  • V-Line’s revenue increases

    Regional train operator V-Line saw its revenue increase in 2019-20 despite a 20-per-cent dip in patronage.

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