Police and Emergencies

  • Motorcyclist foils scammers

    AN ATTEMPT to sell a motorbike has almost cost Colac man Rod Menzies nearly $2000 in an email scam.

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  • Truckers ignoring new laws

    TRUCK drivers and transport companies are ignoring new national laws, Colac’s top traffic policeman says.

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  • Two charged following burglary

    POLICE arrested two Colac men yesterday in relation to a burglary at Gellibrand.

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  • 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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