Police and Emergencies

  • Fire shuts Princes Highway

    A MECHANICAL fault in a trailer or caravan sparked a grassfire next to the Princes Highway near Colac.

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  • Inquest into Port Campbell drowning

    POLICE will prepare a report for the coroner after a South Australian man drowned when a wave swept him off a boat off Port Campbell.

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  • Moneybox and fairy money stolen

    A THIEF stole a child’s moneybox and his tooth fairy money in a brazen daylight burglary yesterday.

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  • 150 kilometres in wrong direction

    A CONFUSED elderly Melbourne driver has driven more than 150 kilometres in the wrong direction, ending up at Winchelsea.

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  • Driver prevents pub burning down

    AN OBSERVANT delivery driver has helped stop Birregurra’s pub from burning down.

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  • No justice for alleged rape victim

    A FORMER Colac woman fears she will never get justice against the man she says raped her in an Elliminyt orphanage four decades ago.

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  • Policeman saves child in dramatic rescue, father drowns

    A LORNE policeman swam through heavy seas to rescue a 12-year-old boy, but paramedics were unable to save the boy’s father.

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  • Grass fire threatens three properties

    POLICE are yet to determine the cause of a grass fire which threatened three properties east of Colac.

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