News

  • Gun thefts trigger police alarm

    GUNS are continuing to fall into the hands of criminals across the Colac district after a second firearm burglary from a rural property this week.

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  • Homicide detective’s ice warning

    A LEADING homicide investigator says Colac and district people can’t ignore the prominence of the drug “ice” in the community.

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  • Thieves steal more guns

    THIEVES have stolen a gun safe, two firearms and two boxes of ammunition in a burglary on a Gellibrand farm.

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  • Farmers launch new milk brand

    COLAC district farmers have taken a brave step of launching their own brand of milk into more than 400 supermarkets.

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  • Councillor missing in action

    COLAC Otway Shire councillor Chris Smith has defended his decision to miss two thirds of the council’s briefings and workshops.

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  • Tree disease changing landscape

    COLAC district’s landscape is facing drastic change as a disease continues to kill off the region’s iconic cypress wind breaks.

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  • Tracking Otways predators

    RESEARCHERS are using motion-sensing cameras, tracking collars and fox droppings to learn how predators respond to fire in the Otways.

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  • Law-breakers on camera

    STATE MP Terry Mulder says law-breakers in Colac will be in for a shock when they discover the city’s new surveillance system can catch them in the act.

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