Police and Emergencies

  • New fire rules threaten Otways residents

    CONTROVERSIAL planning rules could leave Otways and coastal residents homeless and stop them rebuilding if bushfire destroys their homes.

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  • Man jailed for Winchelsea killing

    A WINCHELSEA man will spend at least six years in jail after the Supreme Court found him guilty of killing another Winchelsea man.

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  • Woman cut from car

    EMERGENCY services workers cut a Colac district woman out of her car after a crash at Camperdown yesterday.

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  • Crash landing at Apollo Bay

    A MELBOURNE pilot has escaped uninjured after landing his plane at Apollo Bay without using landing gear.

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  • Newlywed killed on honeymoon

    FAMILY and friends of former Colac woman Katie Hirth, who died on her honeymoon in Vietnam, say they will honour her by “living life to the fullest”.

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  • Arson attack on car caps off tragic week

    CRESSY cancer fundraiser Leanne Rodgers thought life “couldn’t get much worse” after her mother died, until she watched flames engulf her car.

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  • Two hurt in Colac mill fire

    POLICE and the Country Fire Authority are investigating the cause of a blaze which injured two people at AKD’s Irrewarra sawmill.

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  • Vandals damage firefighter’s house

    VANDALS have damaged a Colac firefighter’s house while he was away fighting blazes across the state.

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