Police and Emergencies

  • Campaign enlists businesses to oppose family violence

    A SOUTH-WEST Victorian women’s health organisation hopes to sign up a Colac business to a new initiative preventing family violence.

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  • Call for barriers after another crash at notorious intersection

    A COLAC man wants road authorities to take action on a notorious crash site after a crash put an elderly woman in hospital.

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  • Officers seize weapons in raid

    MORE than 20 Special Operations Group and Colac police officers raided a Colac home yesterday, seizing weapons and suspected stolen goods.

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  • Family violence rate increases for region

    REPORTS of family violence rose 31 per cent across Colac and district in the past year, with theft rates also rising but drug crime rates falling.

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  • Tennis court proposal as bushfire last resort

    A TENNIS court and community parks could become last-resort options for Colac district people caught in a bushfire.

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  • Fire destroys family’s property

    APOLLO BAY residents have rallied around a family after fire destroyed their home at Marengo this week.

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  • Speeder hits 209kmh, with weapons and “powder” in car

    COLAC police have caught a man speeding at more than 200 kilometres an hour near Winchelsea, and allegedly found weapons and drugs in his vehicle.

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  • Car flips on district road

    POLICE attended two crashes on Colac district roads at the weekend including a car which flipped near Skenes Creek yesterday.

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