Police and Emergencies

  • Scout training helps kids rescue mum

    TWO Colac district children say Scout training helped them stay calm after their mother’s car crashed into a tree.

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  • Shop fire causes $250,000 damage

    FIRE has caused at least $250,000 worth of damage to a Camperdown video shop.

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  • More towns at risk from bushfire

    THE State Government could add more Colac district towns to its list of high-risk bushfire areas.

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  • Tractor thefts threaten road repairs

    THE THEFT of two tractors worth $120,000 from a Colac depot could delay emergency road repairs across the district.

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  • Car theft teens narrowly avoid crashing into train

    TWO COLAC teenagers had a near miss after a car they allegedly stole almost crashed into a train yesterday.

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  • If you must plank, then plank safely

    PLANK safe – that’s the advice from a Colac police officer in the wake of a peculiar internet craze that has taken the world by storm.

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  • Fire destroys Winchelsea district house

    FIRE has destroyed a home at Ombersly, north-west of Winchelsea.

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  • Inquiry into district drug use and crime

    A STATE Government inquiry will examine ways to curb drug use and crime in Colac and district.

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