Police and Emergencies

  • Appeal for death-fall witnesses

    Police are looking for witnesses to help their investigation into the death of Colac teenager Ryan Robbins.

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  • Landlords’ drug warning

    Colac police have urged landlords to choose their tenants carefully in an effort to curb the number of drug laboratories in rental houses.

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  • Truck leaks acid

    Authorities have praised the actions of a truck driver after his vehicle leaked about 200 litres of dangerous acid near Cobden.

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  • 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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