Police and Emergencies

  • Woman dies on Otways hike in extreme weather

    A GERMAN tourist has died at Cape Otway after hiking through the bush in sweltering heat.

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  • Facebook posts lead to Colac bashing

    COLAC police have charged two men after a Facebook argument led to a physical confrontation.

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  • Authorities prepare for extreme fire risk

    COLAC and district emergency services are preparing for “possibly the worst” fire danger since Black Saturday in 2009.

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  • Teenager in hospital after Lorne stabbing

    AN 18-year-old man spent the first day of 2013 in a Melbourne hospital after a stabbing at Lorne.

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  • Motorist leaves Colac crash scene

    POLICE are investigating how a car ended up in a transport yard on Colac-Apollo Bay Road.

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  • Drunks facing 72-hour eviction from central Colac

    POLICE have new powers to ban thugs and drunks from Colac’s central business district for up to 72 hours.

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  • Men in balaclavas might have used baseball bat in Colac home invasion

    POLICE believe attackers might have used a baseball bat to bash a man in his Colac home.

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  • Bad egg steals chooks from boy

    WARRION’S Troy Missen was devastated on Christmas morning after discovering his chickens were gone, and he wants the “Grinch” responsible to return them.

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