Violence

  • Banners raise awareness of critical issue

    Orange banners, shirts, bags and coffee cups across Colac and district are part of a campaign against family violence.

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  • BRUTAL ATTACK: Offender banned from pubs after attack

    A MAGISTRATE has called a Colac man a coward after he punched another man from behind at a Colac venue.

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  • KNIFE ATTACK: Man arrested over stabbing attack

    A 43-YEAR-OLD Port Campbell man will face court in April after allegedly stabbing another man who had to receive emergency surgery.

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  • Police hunt cyclist over Colac assault

    POLICE are appealing for information after a cyclist assaulted a pedestrian on Murray Street in Colac.

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  • Husband whips wife in front of child

    A COLAC man has avoided a jail sentence despite whipping his wife with an electrical cord in front of their 3-year-old daughter.

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  • Worker sees impact of violence

    COLAC AREA HEALTH is wrapping up its month of action on family violence today, but a children’s resource worker says conversations to prevent violence should continue

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  • Program aiming to stop violence

    COLAC Area Health’s chief executive officer Geoff Iles is calling on men to sign up as a White Ribbon Ambassador and help prevent violence against women.

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  • Worker to help tackle violence

    COLAC Area Health has a new worker to help tackle increasing reports of family violence in the region.

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