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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.

The Shepparton event was called off following an anti-LGBTIQA+ protest last week, but a group known as the Rainbow Community Angels saw that the show went on.

The owners of the ice creamery pleaded guilty to 16 criminal charges involving breaches of the Child Employment Act, with the magistrate warning the legislation was easy to read and employers needed to educate themselves.

Named after the Wiradjuri word for "change" or "refreshment", the ground-breaking mobile app Gurray translates English words into seven different Aboriginal languages.

The food processor launches a capital raising venture available to Goulburn Valley residents only, to fund new products and help the company compete internationally.

The crash adds to a horror year on the roads in the Goulburn Valley, with the region recording the most road deaths in the state outside metropolitan Melbourne.

Rhianon Norton from the Shepparton Cycling Club spoke at a Victorian parliamentary hearing in Shepparton and warned of the dangers bike users face each time they go riding.

Police allege a group was trafficking methylamphetamine throughout Shepparton and into Melbourne after arresting 15 people in coordinated raids throughout last week, also snaring imitation firearms and more than $50,000 in cash.

Some of the biggest names in Australian music have thrown high-decibel support behind the Yes campaign – with a support act in the form of Anthony Albanese – as the Voice referendum looms.

With all eyes on Harley Reid ahead of the AFL draft, the country Victorian opens up about life in a regional town and the prospect of being picked by West Coast.

In north-east Victoria lies a gem of country football. But if you want the best seat in the house to watch the action on grand final day at Sandy Creek Recreation Reserve, you'll have to get in early and bring the best seat you can find.

A state parliamentary inquiry is warned of the dangers faced by vulnerable road users at a hearing in country Victoria, as the state's devastating road toll continues to climb.

The Goulburn Valley Highway is closed in both directions after the incident this afternoon. The 30-year-old male driver of one of the vehicles is in hospital in a stable condition.

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.

A truck collision has claimed the lives of two NSW couples aged in their 70s, continuing a horror year for road crashes in Victoria's north.

Duck hunters say they're disappointed after a Labor-led parliamentary inquiry — which received more than 10,500 submissions — urged Victoria to follow the lead of other states and ban the pursuit next year. 

The rising number of people opting not to click safely into seatbelts frightens Victoria's Transport Accident Commission chief. And the reasons they give just don't stack up, she says.

Bella Ainsworth and Mitch Barrett had just welcomed their first son, Saf, into the world before a heartbreaking terminal cancer diagnosis turned their lives upside down, with the community rallying to help support them.

Away from family and friends and battling an uncertain future, Iranian asylum seekers share their stories as they fight for a secure life in Australia, and lend support to a Tamil making the long walk to the prime minister's electorate office.

John Burke, 73, died of a secondary brain bleed two months after he was struck in the head by a bottle while at a service station in Strathmerton.

Police allege Troy Maskell threw a one-litre bottle of sports drink that fatally struck postmaster John Burke in the head at a Victorian petrol station in 2021.

Police say the man was found by a motorist in northern Victoria and had been hit by at least one vehicle.

While mascots help the public remember moments, they also indicate the pulse of a city or country at the time. But not all Commonwealth Games mascots have found their place in the sun.

Alkina Edwards knew she was watching something special when Indigenous player Donnell Wallam made her debut with the Australian Diamonds last year. What she didn't know was the game would change her life too.