Police and Emergencies

  • Arrest after police station brawl

    POLICE arrested a man after a fight between two men in Colac Police Station’s foyer.

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  • Intersection claims more victims

    A DRIVER has failed to give way at a notorious Colac intersection, resulting in two people going to hospital.

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  • Falling branches won’t stop carols

    COLAC’S Carols by Candlelight will remain at Memorial Square despite two elm tree branches falling at the square in the past month.

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  • 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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