Police and Emergencies

  • Thieves steal charity cash

    POLICE are hunting two heartless thieves who stole a charity tin from a Colac lawn bowls club.

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  • Police hunt Otways arsonist

    POLICE are hunting an arsonist after a deliberately lit fire burnt bush near Lorne this week.

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  • Police investigate business fire

    POLICE are investigating an explosive fire which destroyed a Colac automotive business at the weekend.

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  • Lifesavers rescue nine swimmers

    LIFESAVERS have rescued nine people on Otway coast beaches in the past fortnight.

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  • Police reveal attackers’ car

    POLICE investigating the assault of two German tourists on the Great Ocean Road have released an image of a vehicle similar to the attackers’ car.

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  • One in 10 drivers used drugs

    ONE in 10 drivers had drugs in their system when police tested them at a Colac district road block.

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  • Couple back home after crash

    OTWAYS couple John and Jennifer Swain made it to their family Christmas lunch “by sheer willpower” after a car crash and seven weeks in hospital.

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  • Record low road toll across Colac Otway

    COLAC Otway Shire has had a fatality-free year on its roads for the first time on record.

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