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  • Fatalities spark safety warning

    “Three fatals is still three too many.”

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  • Police hunt brazen thief after jewellery store theft

    Colac family business Woods Jewellers has suffered an unwelcome start to the new year and is $25,000 out of pocket after a brazen smash-and-grab at the Murray Street store.

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  • Falls fans find grander plans

    A group of New Year’s partygoers didn’t let the cancellation of Lorne’s Falls Festival scupper their plans to cheer in 2020.

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  • P-plater red-faced at Lorne

    A probationary driver was lucky to escape with just a ticket when he rolled into a police vehicle outside of Lorne on the Great Ocean Road.

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  • Visitor drowns fishing

    Police are appealing for witnesses after a fisher was found dead at the bottom of a cliff at Separation Creek.

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  • Crews continue to battle blazes

    Colac and district’s firefighting chief says reckless and irresponsible fire behaviour on Friday could have cost lives and homes.

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  • Happy 105th birthday to Glad!

    Colac’s Glad Evans has 105 reasons to be glad today.

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  • Flying foxes return to botanic gardens

    Flying foxes have returned to the Colac Botanic Gardens, with Colac Otway Shire Council waiting on the environment authority’s permission to begin a dispersal program.

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