A Victorian court has been told the victim continues to suffer flashbacks of the attack, while a lawyer for the former AFL great says his client is being investigated for the concussion-related brain injury, CTE.

Maintenance crews are patching up potholes on the Calder Freeway between Gisborne and Sunbury after at least seven cars were damaged this morning.

The most dysfunctional emergency departments in Victoria are in regional areas, according to data, with doctors describing overcrowded corridors, lapses in patient safety and burnt-out staff.

The ABC understands some of the leaked data includes highly-sensitive details, such as the names of parties in family violence intervention order hearings and children's court cases.

Prisoners in central Victoria are teaching each other to read as part of a phonics-based program adopted from the United Kingdom.

Farmers say the BOM has lost the trust of those who need weather information for critical and expensive business decisions such as spraying, fertilising, planting and harvesting crops.

Charges laid by a private resident against five central Victorian councillors and a CEO have been dropped after the Director of Public Prosecutions intervened in court.