Police and Emergencies

  • CRIME RATES RISE: Victims face harassment and stalking

    STALKING, harassment and threatening behaviour offences in Colac district have increased by more than 82 per cent and justice procedure offences have more than doubled.

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  • TRAILER MAYHEM: Four vehicles in highway smash

    FOUR VEHICLES, a caravan and a trailer have been involved in a multi-vehicle collision on the busy Princes Highway near Colac, but all passengers avoided major injuries.

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  • ARSON: Stolen car torched at Lake Colac

    COLAC police are investigating the torching of a stolen car at Lake Colac yesterday morning.

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  • BRUTAL ROBBERY: Masked robbers terrorise German tourists

    POLICE are appealing for information after two masked offenders terrorised and robbed three German backpackers at Lorne.

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  • ROAD TRAGEDY: Footy champion dies on coastal road

    THE FOOTBALL community has paid tribute to AFL legend Paul Couch who died after he suffered a heart attack while cycling near Apollo Bay at the weekend.

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  • Jail time for disgraced travel agent

    FORMER Colac businessman Jordan Dittloff will spend a minimum of 20 months in jail after pleading guilty to 47 theft charges and stealing more than $277,000.

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  • OPEN COURT: Victims encouraged to attend sentencing

    A FORMER employee of disgraced Colac businessman Jordan Dittloff says it’s important the fraudster “faces the music” when he receives his sentence for theft charges on Wednesday.

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  • ACTION NEEDED: MP takes aim at fire clean up

    CORANGAMITE MP Sarah Henderson has hit out at the State Government after Wye River and Separation Creek residents expressed concerns about the bushfire recovery process.

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