Police and Emergencies

  • Man threatened with broken bottle

    POLICE are hunting a man who wielded a broken bottle in an attempted armed robbery before chasing and assaulting his victim in central Colac.

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  • Fallen trees keep SES busy

    COLAC and district emergency services had a busy weekend with wind and rain lashing the region.

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  • Former tip leaks poisonous gas

    AUTHORITIES have sent warning letters to people living near Colac’s former tip after detecting high levels of the poisonous gas methane.

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  • Pregnant woman injured in crash

    A PREGNANT Colac district woman suffered neck and hand injuries when a log truck hit her car near Barongarook, south of Colac.

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  • Chinese tourists hurt, hospitalised

    POLICE are investigating a bus crash at Jancourt East, south-west of Colac, which left four Chinese tourists in Colac Hospital and one in a Melbourne hospital.

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  • Colac crime down but burglaries up

    COLAC and district’s crime rate has fallen 11.3 per cent, despite a rise in burglaries.

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  • MP wants learner driver mentors

    POLWARTH MP Terry Mulder wants to start a driving mentor program in Colac.

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  • Missing man found in Otways

    AN Otways bushwalker has found a Point Lonsdale man who was missing for almost a week.

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