Colac Magistrate’s Court

  • News in Brief

    Groups welcome withdrawal of seismic blasting proposal Environmental, political and community groups have welcomed a decision by oil and gas exploration companies to withdraw seismic blasting plans for the Otway basin. TGS’s latest seismic blasting proposal covered 31,500 square kilometres, about half the size of Tasmania, which opponents argued would threaten biologically important areas for […]

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  • Concerns with court system

    Colac Police Senior Constable Steph Ward joined discussions this week when the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence Vicki Ward visited Colac’s Orange Door.

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  • One last chance to change

    A Colac man has been given one last chance to change his behaviour and stop breaching intervention orders or he’ll be facing time in prison.

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  • Mother avoids conviction for assault

    A 23-year-old mother has avoided a criminal record for a “cowardly” one punch attack at a Colac venue.

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  • News in Brief

    League changes rules Members from Colac Tenpin Bowl’s Ramblers League have voted for a historic rule change in the competition. Colac Tenpin’s top-grade competition will move from a men-only league to a mixed competition, enabling women to enter for the first time in the league’s 60-year history. Until last week, the Ramblers, which is the […]

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  • Drug screening or jail for teen

    A Colac teenager could be looking at a jail sentence for breaching an intervention order if he fails to complete drug screens that are his last chance to get him into a rehabilitation program.

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  • Driver’s claims waste court’s time

    A Colac district man who wasted “busy magistrate court time” by attempting to “rebut the 12 presumptions of law” has been fined.

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  • No conviction for driver returning positive drug test

    A 26-year-old man has lost his licence for the next year for driving under the influence of cannabis.

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