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Huge piles of tumbleweeds are surrounding houses, frustrating farmers and heightening fire risk in rural areas. But academics say very little can be done to wipe them out.

A burst of hot northerly winds will bring the highest temperatures in years to parts of south-east Australia, while ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily carves a trail of torrential rain and flooding.

A lack of workers and apprentices, long waits for parts and an increasingly complex market are driving waiting times for car repairs through the roof, leaving mechanics under siege.

Residents in flood-affected Victorian towns face an anxious wait to see the extent of the damage after waters peaked Tuesday.  Look back at our coverage.

The Wangaratta council has refused to endorse the event at Eldorado after police and fire authorities raised concerns about emergency management plans.

Harley Reid is officially heading to West Coast after selecting the Tongala young gun with the first pick of the 2023 AFL Draft, with some surprising draft picks creating some memorable scenes later on.

Some of the countryside's best young Aussie rules footballers will be hoping their dreams can become reality when the 2023 AFL Draft gets underway tonight in Melbourne.

Three people accused of murdering Wangaratta teenager Charlie Gander, whose body was found in a burnt car on Christmas Eve, have today pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Police are investigating a fatal collision between a truck and a pedestrian in Wangaratta South, in north-east Victoria.

There are hopes the cinema release of Foe, starring Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, will achieve something beyond critical and commercial success by increasing the profile of Victoria's Winton Wetlands.

When the waters rise in Wangaratta, this beloved cartoon landmark has served as an unofficial flood gauge for more than four decades.

There is excitement among a group of ecologists in north-east Victoria who have been working for nearly eight years to reintroduce an endangered frog species.

From the Falls Festival and even Dark Mofo, music festivals across Australia are either shutting up shop or taking a break.

Temporary supply shortages of vegetables and fruit are on the cards as individual farmers see many millions of dollars of produce and infrastructure wash away in Victoria's east.

The regional Victorian city of Bendigo is facing redundancies at one of its major employers. But defence manufacturers and business experts say it's not all bad news.

Premier Daniel Andrews's new inquiry has been tasked with untangling a web of horrors relating to just 18 Victorian government schools. The single case of serial paedophile headmaster William Landman shows why a broader examination is needed, writes investigative reporter Russell Jackson.

Residents of a small Victorian country town say the intersection where two couples lost their lives is dangerous at the best of times and can be even more so for people not familiar with the area.

Four people have been killed in a crash between a car and a truck on the Hume Freeway in north-east Victoria.

Police say a B-double truck travelling north on the Hume collided with a car that was turning onto the freeway, killing all four people inside. The truck driver, 30, was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

For decades, Victoria's education department shuffled paedophile teachers to new schools where they abused more schoolchildren. As the historical scale of the scourge in the Victorian public system becomes clearer, there are calls for the state to confront the issue with a broader inquiry. 

Victim-survivors in north-east Victoria are using paint, fibre and sculpture to reclaim their stories of escaping domestic and family violence.

A driver, the only occupant, has been killed after three cars collided at Killawarra on the Wangaratta-Yarrawonga Road this afternoon.

When a sports club in north-east Victoria noticed its younger players were being overwhelmed by digital peer pressure and rapidly evolving technology, it decided to do something about it.  

Leading Senior Constable Bradley John Beecroft says he is "relieved with a just outcome". Charges were brought against him after he responded to an incident involving another police officer in 2021.

Conspiracy theorists and far-right groups are using threats of violence and intimidation to force councils to cancel Pride events.