Police and Emergencies

  • Police cracking down on boozers

    Police say they will fine people immediately for alcohol-related offences as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Colac.

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  • Footballers take to the road

    Six members of the Alvie under-17s football team spent a day navigating their way around witches hats and water at a defensive driving course.

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  • Man dies in quad bike accident

    Authorities have warned quad bike riders to take care after a 50-year-old man died on Saturday.

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  • Crime down but crashes an issue

    COLAC and district’s top police officer has welcomed a decline in the region’s crime rate.

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  • Carpark death probe finds barriers unsafe

    A Melbourne City Council review has found barriers are unsafe at an inner-city car park where a Colac teen died.

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  • Tornadoes hit Alvie and highway floods

    Isolated storms have lashed areas of the Colac district, causing flash flooding and miniature tornadoes.

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  • Low crime means no more police

    A State Government push to boost police numbers has failed to deliver new officers to Colac and district.

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  • Three months to fix Great Ocean Road

    Roads authorities say it could take three months to repair landslips on the Great Ocean Road.

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