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Thursday, May 13, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 12, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MBA man is in custody and a woman has been taken to hospital after a stabbing in suburban Newcastle yesterday afternoon. The State Government has delayed debate on a Private Members Bill to extinguish so-called zombie petroleum licences until after the Upper Hunter byelection. A Hunter homelessness provider says the federal government missed a "crucial" opportunity to seriously invest in social housing. Jets midfielder Ali Abbas might be approaching 35 but he says he feels as strong as ever. O...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 11, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MB$66.1 million for the Newcastle Airport runway extension announced on May 7 by Prime Minister Scott Morrison has proved to be the major capital works program applying specifically to the Hunter Region. Hunter doctors are calling for a COVID-19 vaccination mega hub to be located within the region and have pointed to McDonald Jones Stadium as a suitable venue. The man who allegedly spat towards Jarryd Hayne’s victim as she left court after the disgraced NRL star was jailed last week has been f...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 10, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3 MBThe State Government announced $57million worth of funding in the Upper Hunter electorate yesterday despite promising not to pork barrel its way to victory in the crucial byelection. NSW Labor has demanded the State Government make good on its promise to upgrade Muswellbrook South Public School. Around a million people in NSW aged between 40 and 49 could get a Pfizer COVID-19 jab at a new purpose-built vaccination hub at Sydney Olympic Park within weeks. Ryan Callinan climbed three spots to ...
Monday, May 10, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 09, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MBDeputy Premier John Barilaro has labelled former Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull a "disgrace" following his endorsement of Upper Hunter independent candidate Kirsty O'Connell. With rental vacancy rates dropping in some parts of the Hunter, more people are finding themselves homeless. The much loved Lambton Pool waterslide is set to fall. Newcastle council has tendered for the ageing piece of infrastructure to be replaced. Western Suburbs coach Todd Lowrie says Maitland are clearly the "team t...
Saturday, May 8, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 07, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.16 MBThe federal government will invest $66 million into upgrading Newcastle Airport's runway to international standard in next Tuesday's budget. A NEWCASTLE man who was a former leading Australian table tennis player placed more than 1100 bets on fixed international table tennis tournament matches, winning $438,000, court documents claim. NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole has sidestepped questions about ways to make safe a death trap in the Hunter Economic Zone. KNIGHTS co...
Friday, May 7, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 06, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.13 MBDisgraced former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has been jailed for a total of five years and nine months for attacking a young woman in her bedroom on the night of the 2018 NRL grand final. NEWCASTLE workforce software company Pegasus has been acquired for what industry sources say is "northwards of $100 million" by US-based firm Avetta. Greater Sydney residents will be required to wear face masks in indoor settings and have no more than 20 visitors to their home as part of COVID-restrictions enforc...
Thursday, May 6, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 05, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 2.94 MBHopes are high next week's federal budget will support Newcastle Airport's push to establish itself as an international destination. A Hunter MP has called on the NSW government to extend a housing support measure, but a leading community housing provider says its the federal government that must do more to address the housing crisis. Independent candidates for the upcoming Upper Hunter by-election Aberdeen's Kirsty O'Connell and Dungog's Tracy Norman have agreed to preference each other fir...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 04, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBCessnock City Council has declined to answer a question about whether it will take action under the NSW Roads Act to make a death trap in the Hunter Economic Zone safe. A jam-packed program of events in April has helped Newcastle's accommodation sector surpass pre-COVID occupancy levels, according to industry data. Newcastle property prices continue to break new ground with experts predicting the trend to continue through 2021. Former Matilda Rhali Dobson made an emotional farewell to her W-...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 03, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.15 MBA new gas-fired power station at Kurri Kurri won't get the tick of approval until the impact its emissions and pollutants have on air quality are assessed. LABOR has pledged $32 million to redevelop Muswellbrook Hospital if it forms the next state government. HUNTERNET's new chief executive officer Ivan Waterfield believes the Hunter has the "smarts, skills and technology" to continue to reinvent itself and grow in the pandemic setting. CO-captain Daniel Saifiti insists the Newcastle Knights...
Monday, May 3, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
May 02, 2021 19:00 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MBPUBLIC Hospitals in the Hunter New England region are the most complained about in the state, recording the highest number and percentage of grievances. MORE than three years after the disappearance of Jayden Penno-Tompsett, the man travelling to Cairns with him will publicly break his silence when he gives evidence at a coronial inquest this week. AN estimated 500 people took part in a protest paddle-out at Nobbys Beach on Saturday in the latest in a series of such events that aim to pressu...
Saturday, May 1, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 30, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.33 MBST PIUS X High School at Adamstown has suspended five male year 10 students, following police and school investigations into their online group conversation that mentioned around 20 female classmates. LAKE Macquarie City Council has begun reviewing its bulk waste collection service, as some suburban streets have been turned into illegal dumping grounds. Newcastle councillor Andrea Rufo has confirmed he will not contest the local government election in September and will retire after nine yea...
Friday, April 30, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 29, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBREPEAT sewage samples taken at the Burwood Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant have not detected COVID-19, but health authorities say they "won't breathe easy" until further samples test negative for the virus. Mining companies would be required to directly employ at least 80 per cent of workers on their sites and mining bosses would face jail time if they breached a new industrial manslaughter offence put forward by Labor as part of a plan to make the mining industry more secure and safe. Fire...
Thursday, April 29, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 28, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MBThe Port of Newcastle has labelled claims that the Chinese Government has dangerous level of influence over its operations as "xenophobic". HUNTER cancer patients will no longer be required to travel to Newcastle for radiation therapy when a new "state-of-the-art" cancer centre opens in Maitland in August. A HUNTER mine has been slapped with a $15,000 fine for excessive noise at night two days after it raised the alarm with the watchdog. Former Socceroos forward Scott McDonald has joined his...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 27, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.35 MBONE Nation and its adviser James Ashby say that his application to the federal government to cover a $4.5 million legal bill left over from his court case against former speaker Peter Slipper played no role in the party's decision to vote with the Coalition on the industrial relations Bill passed through the Senate last month. Emerging technologies hold the key to NSW achieving net zero emissions by 2050, NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro believes. Lake Macquarie City Council has flagged oppo...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 26, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBHEALTH officials are holding their breath as they wait to find out whether COVID-19 fragments found in a Hunter sewage catchment indicate undetected community spread of the virus. Orica's Kooragang Island plant snapped up almost half of the carbon credits that were on offer at the federal government's latest Emissions Reduction Fund auction. The affairs of the troubled Central Coast Council will be laid bare in a public inquiry focusing on its financial management, the state government has a...
Monday, April 26, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 25, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 2.84 MBTHE crowd at Newcastle's Anzac Day Dawn Service was smaller than usual due to difficulties in staging the event during COVID-19, but this didn't take away from the sense of solemnity in honouring those who served and those who made the ultimate sacrifice in war. About 250 people were invited to attend the intimate 5am service at Fort Scratchley. Nursing staff say they are sick of being told they are heroes BUT then not being adequately paid or resourced. THE city's current housing stress has...
Saturday, April 24, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 23, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.46 MBThe South Korean government is under pressure to follow up its commitment to ban overseas coal financing by scrapping controversial coal projects in the Hunter and Central Coast. Publican Andrew Lazarus has defended his proposed $3.1 million renovation of The Beach Hotel and dispelled "rumours" the iconic Merewether venue is for sale. THE Greens will introduce a bill into state Parliament that seeks to prevent new open cut mines or the expansion of existing mines in the Upper Hunter as part ...
Friday, April 23, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 22, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.16 MBMORE than 50 "at risk' kids are being reported every day across the Hunter New England region, an increase of more than 42 per cent since 2014. Newcastle-based steel maker Molycop has purchased JLW Services, a waste management company specialising in hard-to-recycle materials such as mattresses and tyres, with the aim of creating a circular economy. THE Upper Hunter byelection fight has turned to education, with the state government pledging to deliver a $3 million TAFE upgrade for Scone wee...
Thursday, April 22, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 21, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.51 MBNEWCASTLE Airport will announce direct flights from Williamtown to Cairns today, opening the path for Hunter holidaymakers into the tropical north just in time for winter. Australia's peak body for electricity generators and retailers has welcomed the Federal Government's commitment to invest more than five hundred million dollars into hydrogen technology and carbon capture and storage. John Dickerson, the head of NewWest Community Group', which opposed King Street Hotel's expansion, has sla...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 20, 2021 19:00 - 4 minutes - 4.3 MBThe Federal Government says an expected hike in gas prices for east coast manufacturers will not impact on plans to build a proposed gas-fired power plant at Kurri Kurri - a key plank of its gas-led recovery strategy. DESPITE making a profit of $5.8 million last year, the University of Newcastle is facing an operating deficit of $18.7 million, the Vice Chancellor says. A HUNTER virologist says that with COVID-19 mutating at an "extraordinary rate", it is vital Australia starts to make its ow...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 19, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MBA $2 MILLION land rates battle between mining giant Glencore Coal and Muswellbrook Shire Council is going all the way to the High Court. A spike in incidents causing psychological and physical injury to prison staff across NSW has meant the state's corrections authority paid more than double the amount for its workers' compensation premium contribution last financial year as it did in 2017-18. Resources Minister Keith Pitt says he will not rush a decision on a controversial proposal to explo...
Monday, April 19, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 18, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 2.79 MBTHE family of a woman who died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination have expressed profound shock and sorrow over the 48-year-old's death. CENTRAL Coast Council administrator Dick Persson has recommended suspended councillors should be sacked and not return prior to September's local government elections. SIXTY wind turbines capable of producing 336 megawatts of power have been earmarked for land outside of Muswellbrook. In sport and NEWCASTLE Knights fullback Kalyn Ponga has inspired a gr...
Saturday, April 17, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 16, 2021 19:00 - 4 minutes - 3.72 MBPaedophile former Lake Macquarie councillor and Swansea MP Milton Orkopoulos will remain behind bars until his full sentence expires later this year. One Australia's oldest open-cut pits could be transformed into a 250 megawatt pumped hydro project by 2027 as part of an ambitious $450 million Upper Hunter renewable energy project. The Coalition has matched Labor's promise to build a full interchange at Putty Road on the new Singleton bypass. Maitland will welcome the return of senior player ...
Friday, April 16, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 15, 2021 19:00 - 4 minutes - 3.69 MBThe state government and the NSW Wine Association have joined forces in a history-making Memorandum of Understanding that will help open new multi-million dollar export markets for the Hunter's wine makers. A man remained in hospital under guard yesterday after he allegedly hit a police officer with a trail bike on a busy stretch of road at Maitland on Wednesday night. Newcastle council wants to build a second access road into the Summerhill Waste Management Centre which it says could save i...
Thursday, April 15, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 14, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBLAKE Macquarie police are investigating a sickening assault of a teenage girl that was caught on video and has gone viral on social media. Newcastle's two main Anzac Day ceremonies will go ahead as invite only events without a march due to difficulties organisers face with COVID-19 regulations. HUNTER principals are concerned about the number of students bringing e-cigarettes to school, saying teenagers are easily obtaining disposable devices that look like textas and vaping without understa...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 13, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MBPOLICE are investigating an allegation that a non-verbal 78-year-old woman was punched in the "upper belly" by her carer in a group home at Corlette. A plan to progress a paper subdivision in Lake Macquarie towards development will go on exhibition despite councillor queries about a perceived negative impact on nearby landowners. The head of Newcastle City Council is calling on the NSW Government to delay a nightly cap on short term rentals in the city, which he says will make it harder for ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 12, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 2.84 MBCoal miner and union official Jeff Drayton will contest next month's Upper Hunter byelection for Labor. Gas will not have a bigger role in Australia's energy system going forward, according to modelling by a major think-tank. New short term rental rules set to be introduced in Newcastle have been criticised by accommodation providers as "rushed" and potentially harmful to the local economy. After more than a year on the sidelines, Socceroos winger Chris Ikonomidis is poised to make his A-Lea...
Monday, April 12, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 11, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3 MBPauline Hanson's One Nation has dumped its rising political star Stuart Bonds following a bitter falling out over the party's support for controversial industrial relations reforms. Paramedics at Newcastle's largest ambulance station have again raised the alarm over chronic understaffing after Hamilton station was left with a single crew overnight last week, a development the union labelled "dangerously inadequate". Former veteran Vatican diplomat and one of Australia's highest-ever ranking ...
Saturday, April 10, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 09, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.48 MBAn ambitious plan to restore Newcastle's historic post office has taken a step forward with the approval of a $3.7 million development application for the project. COMMODITIES trader Nobel Resources International has taken legal action against Yancoal's Gloucester Coal claiming it is owed more than $165 million in unpaid coal marketing fees and damages. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will head to the Upper Hunter next week to campaign alongside a newly chosen by-election candidate she says i...
Friday, April 8, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 08, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MBNSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet says the coal industry will "always" be a crucial part of the state's economy and it is "not the time" for Upper Hunter voters to send the government into minority. A five-year audit of air pollution emissions from Australian coal-fired power stations shows efforts to reduce pollution have largely been ineffective, despite an estimated 4000 premature deaths occurring from exposure in the same period. A WOMAN who suffered a serious knee injury on a yacht at Tor...
Thursday, April 7, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 07, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.11 MBFORMER Chinese billionaire and Newcastle Jets owner Martin Lee "lost interest" in the club and refused to transfer any money for more than a year as the COVID-19 pandemic provided the final nail in the coffin for the struggling A-League team. The Nationals have chosen Singleton mayor Sue Moore to run in the Upper Hunter by-election after the departure of Michael Johnsen. The $6 million upgrade of Stockton Bridge is on track to be completed by mid-year, Transport for NSW says. Western Sydney ...
Wednesday, April 7, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 06, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 2.99 MBThe battle for Upper Hunter claimed its first victim yesterday when Malcolm Turnbull was dumped as chair of a new state government board advising on climate change. Newcastle Airport hopes to revive direct flights to New Zealand this summer after Kiwi leader Jacinda Ardern announced a travel bubble with Australia from April 19. Lake Macquarie environment groups are targeting pollution from the region's two power stations as part of a campaign calling for stronger action to improve air qualit...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 05, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.31 MBThe company behind a proposed floating gas terminal in Newcastle says the Victorian government's rejection last week of a similar gas dock on the Mornington Peninsula will not affect its plans. Nationals pre-selection hopeful James Burns says that his party should not be judged by Michael Johnsen's alleged misconduct when voters in the Upper Hunter go to the polls on May 22. Hunter youth attending a free three-day boot camp will learn entrepreneurial and life skills to help them succeed in t...
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Saturday, April 3, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 02, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.55 MBMore than 10,000 speeding offences have been snapped by a single camera in the Hunter this financial year as drivers are increasingly nabbed across the region. Masses of oxygen-starved fish are expected to float down the Hunter River in coming days as a 'blackwater event' takes hold in the estuary. Voters across the state seat of Upper Hunter are set to head to the polls in May for a byelection after a sex scandal led to the resignation of the former member for that seat, Michael Johnsen. Th...
Friday, April 2, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
April 01, 2021 18:00 - 4 minutes - 4.06 MBNewcastle Labor MP Tim Crakanthorp says the city can be both safe and vibrant at night as the NSW government embarks on dismantling lockouts for local pubs and clubs. Former Newcastle Knights Captain Jarrod Mullen reveals the true depths of his years-long battle with addiction which ended in a harrowing near-fatal drug overdose in 2018. Newcastle is one of the hottest property markets in Australia after a staggering 3.9 per cent price jump in March, the city's biggest rise in 32 years. Insat...
Thursday, April 1, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 31, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3 MBLockouts in Newcastle’s inner city pubs and clubs end under a 12-month trial to start in the middle of the year. AGL enters final stages of planning waste-to-energy and solar thermal pilot projects on the site of Liddell power station. The Premier and Nationals leader John Barilaro welcome Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen's decision to quit Parliament over sexting and rape allegations. Maddy Green seals a rare trans-Tasman victory for New Zealand to level their Twenty20 women's cricket series...
Wednesday March 31 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 30, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.79 MBUnder-siege Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen has not responded to calls to "immediately" resign from Parliament over new allegations he offered a woman $1000 to have sex with him in his Parliament House office. A NSW parliamentary committee has backed up complaints that Newcastle misses out on millions in state funding because the government does not regard it as metropolitan or regional. AGL will split its business into two so it can better deal with the accelerating clean energy transition....
Tuesday March 30 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 29, 2021 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.65 MBHundreds of University of Newcastle staff will find out today how they will be affected by a proposed organisational restructure. Banning drugs and alcohol from Parliament House would be pointless unless underlying attitudes to women changed, the Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie says. A veteran Maitland accountant has pleaded guilty to using an elderly client to secure a $1.16 million bank loan and diverting funds to himself. TIM Tszyu hopes a packed out Newcastle Entertainment Centr...
Monday March 29 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 28, 2021 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.51 MBHUNTER Valley winery figures have slammed the Chinese government for imposing harsh tariffs on Australian wines. A MAN spent the night injured and alone on a creek bed after suffering a fall at Glenrock State Conservation Area on the weekend. Hazmat crews closed Newcastle Beach on Sunday after a 1000-litre tank of "dangerous materials" washed ashore. In sport and the Newcastle Jets are in free fall. The Jets slumped to a fifth straight loss, going down 2-1 to a 10-man Perth Glory at HBF Stad...
Saturday March 27 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 26, 2021 18:00 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBHunter coalminer Stuart Bonds, One Nation's golden boy at the last federal election, has told guests at a campaign fundraiser that he is weighing up whether to quit the party over its support for controversial new industrial laws. The former couple accused of murdering young mother Danielle Easey before transporting her body around in a "makeshift coffin" and dumping it in Cockle Creek have pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in the NSW Supreme Court. Port Stephens oyster growers are ho...
Thursday March 26 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 25, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.96 MBFormer Nationals state director Ross Cadell says Michael Johnsen removed a cloud over fellow male government MPs by outing himself quickly as the subject of a rape allegation. CSIRO's Newcastle energy centre has played a pivotal role in the development of next-generation energy storage technology that will be unveiled by the US Department of Energy on Friday. The former Boolaroo Police Station at Speers Point will be transferred to the Biraban Local Aboriginal Land Council following a succes...
Friday March 26 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 25, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.96 MBFormer Nationals state director Ross Cadell says Michael Johnsen removed a cloud over fellow male government MPs by outing himself quickly as the subject of a rape allegation. CSIRO's Newcastle energy centre has played a pivotal role in the development of next-generation energy storage technology that will be unveiled by the US Department of Energy on Friday. The former Boolaroo Police Station at Speers Point will be transferred to the Biraban Local Aboriginal Land Council following a succes...
Thursday March 25 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 24, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.13 MBCity of Newcastle will pay former employee Jill Gaynor more than $145,000 after the two parties settled her unfair dismissal case. Hunter-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer Energy Renaissance will develop an Australian-first defence-grade battery management system for use in extreme conditions. Newcastle council has endorsed a proposal to list Newcastle Recreation Reserve excluding the old Newcastle Bowling Club site on the State Heritage Register. Newcastle council will "finalise" talks...
Wednesday March 24 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 23, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MBThousands of NSW residents have been evacuated from their homes due to widespread flooding. A State Emergency Service boss has expressed frustration with those who continue to take risks in flood water with more than 800 rescues made across the Northern Zone during this rain event. Geoscience Australia recorded an earthquake shortly before 1am yesterday after a shudder ran through an area just south of Muswellbrook. FORMER Knights captain Jarrod Mullen hopes to avoid surgery after dislocatin...
Tuesday March 23 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 22, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.41 MBAccording to the judge in Jarryd Hayne’s rape trial, the Two-time NRL player-of-the-year will "inevitably" be jailed after a jury found he raped a woman in her Newcastle home in 2018. The Hunter looks to be in for one more day of intense rain and strong winds before conditions are expected to ease. FEW Hunter GPs were in a position to begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday despite expectations Phase 1b of the rollout would begin in general practices on March 22. KNIGHTS playmaker...
Monday March 22 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 21, 2021 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.71 MBTHERE were parks completely underwater, the tops of children's playgrounds poking out atop newly formed lakes, river banks bursting and drivers rescued from rising floodwaters. The Hunter has been lashed with rain over the last few days, with coastal areas hit particularly hard during the sustained deluge. HUNTER councillors have welcomed legislation that would enable them to super, but want the payments to be compulsory rather than having to vote to make it happen. In sport and former Knigh...
Saturday March 20 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.92 MBNon-domestic assaults in inner-city Newcastle were down 17 per cent in COVID-affected 2020 to the lowest level on record but remained more than three times the state average. Daracon is finalising its application to expand its Martins Creek quarry, which was the subject of a Land and Environment Court decision that found the business was unlawfully operating the site. Newcastle council is forecasting a $1.2 million surplus in its draft 2021/22 budget, which CEO Jeremy Bath says will be a $23...
Friday March 19 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 18, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.26 MBHUNTER GPs are getting "slammed" by phone calls from people trying to book in for COVID-19 vaccines while grappling with system glitches, low supplies, and a lack of information. The NSW Environmental Defenders Office has confirmed it will again represent the Bylong Valley community as it fights another attempt to mine the area's rich agricultural land. THE University of Newcastle has told staff it will save $10.8 million each year from proposed changes to its five divisions, the latest step...
Thursday March 18 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
March 17, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.46 MBTwo days after thousands of women around the country rallied for justice, new crime statistics show a record number of reported sexual assaults in the Hunter last year. Wait times for non-urgent surgery at John Hunter Hospital have blown out by four months, and the typical patient is waiting almost a year to go under the knife. A warning has been issued for possible flash flooding in the Hunter with heavy rainfall predicted to lash the region across the next few days. A beefed up Hunter Wild...