News
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Police nab 100 drivers
COLAC and district police have nabbed up to 100 motorists for safety and traffic offences in a bid to make the region’s roads safer.
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Protest on Great Ocean Road
COLAC district farmers interrupted traffic on the Great Ocean Road to continue their fight for government support.
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Carjackers terrorise driver
POLICE are hunting two men who stole a Colac district man’s car after one of the offenders held a knife to the victim’s throat.
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Birds wreak havoc on historic town
THOUSANDS of birds are wreaking havoc on Birregurra’s historic trees, church and golf course.
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Footballer airlifted with fractured vertebrae
A 17-YEAR-OLD Colac district footballer has two fractured vertebrae and suffered temporary paralysis down his left side after an on-field incident during a weekend game at Birregurra.
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Driver escapes fiery crash, walks for help
A COBDEN man walked more than two kilometres for help after he was lucky to survive a car crash which incinerated his vehicle.
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Business group launches business awards
THE countdown has begun ahead of Colac Otway Shire’s top business awards ceremony.
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Search for missing paraglider
PORT Campbell surf lifesavers assisted in a police search for a paraglider missing off the south-west coast yesterday.
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Residents campaign against rates and red tape
ANGER over rising rates and increasing red tape has pushed 30 Colac Otway Shire residents to rally for change.
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Man waited 100 minutes for ambulance
A COLAC district man waited more than an hour for an ambulance after falling from a horse at Bambra, north of Lorne.