Police and Emergencies

  • MP joins phone tower fight

    BIRREGURRA and Gellibrand residents are demanding temporary mobile phone towers remain in their towns during fire season, with the support of their federal MP.

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  • ‘Toolies’ keep Lorne police busy

    AN assault and drunken “toolies” have kept police busy during Schoolies Week celebrations at Lorne.

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  • Ice driving Colac district crime

    DRUG crime has increased almost 50-per-cent in the Colac Otway and Surf Coast shires during the past year.

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  • Close call for Otways tourists

    A DISTRACTED tourist and his passengers avoided serious injuries when their rental car hit a tree which fell onto the vehicle in the Otways.

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  • Woman’s family loses everything

    A COLAC district woman’s family has lost all its possessions in the super typhoon which devastated the Philippines.

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  • Unlicensed driver fell asleep

    AN unlicensed driver who fell asleep at the wheel of a borrowed car has escaped a crash in the Colac district with minor injuries.

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  • Temporary phone tower an insult

    OTWAYS residents say Telstra has dealt them a “slap in the face” by boosting mobile phone coverage for a tourism event, then taking the service away.

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  • Teen recovering from spinal injuries

    FORMER Lorne teenager Lochie Donne has described his thoughts after a surfing accident left him with no feeling in his limbs.

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