Police and Emergencies

  • Tree lopper hurt in fall

    A TREE lopper working in the Otways has suffered suspected spinal injuries after falling up to seven metres onto a log yesterday.

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  • Crime down but police still worried

    COLAC and district crime rates have fallen in the past 12 months but assaults, family violence and drug offences remain a concern for authorities.

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  • Heartless theft from disabled woman

    HEARTLESS thieves have trashed the home of a physically disabled Colac woman and her husband and stolen belongings and medication in a daylight burglary.

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  • Thieves ransack clubrooms

    WESTERN Eagles’ president Andrew Mallon says he’s angry and disappointed thieves have ransacked the sports club’s social rooms.

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  • Action team against violence

    AN “action team” of Colac community leaders could make a stand against domestic violence.

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  • Truck rolls on highway

    A TRUCK driver escaped with minor injuries after his vehicle rolled on the Princes Highway near the Colac-Ballarat Road intersection, east of Colac.

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  • Thieves escape with 10 firearms worth $15,000

    THIEVES have stolen 10 guns from a Colac district property in a daring daylight burglary.

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  • Footballers sniff out house fire

    LORNE football players used their sense of smell to detect a house fire.

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