Police and Emergencies

  • Missing hiker finds himself

    POLICE have warned bushwalkers against venturing into the Otways in wet and windy conditions after a walker spent two nights in the bush.

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  • Volcanic ash strands travellers

    A SOUTH AMERICAN volcano has stranded a Colac district couple in Tasmania.

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  • Colac poised to host firefighting titles

    COLAC district firefighting officials have applied to host a state firefighting championship.

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  • Warning follows Colac gas leak

    FIREFIGHTERS have reminded people to check their gas systems after a potentially dangerous leak at a Colac home.

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  • Truck driver hurt in highway crash

    THE driver of a seafood truck had a lucky escape when his vehicle went off the Princes Highway west of Colac.

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  • Drug arrests up but crime rate down

    COLAC and district’s overall crime rate has fallen despite an increase in drug arrests.

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  • College security system alerts police

    A COLAC boy, 17, missed out on a speedy getaway when he allegedly attempted to steal a motorbike from a Colac college at the weekend.

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  • Hurt Colac rider trapped in US

    A COLAC man is trying to make the best of a bad and unique situation that resembles a Hollywood movie script.

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