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Thursday, January 14, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 13, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MBKenneth Wayne Grant - the father of former NSW police minister Troy Grant - has been accused of causing a fatal hit-and-run at Bolwarra while twice the legal limit and leading police on a pursuit will plead not guilty and face a trial in Newcastle District Court. A gas-powered bulk carrier launched last month in Korea has left Newcastle on its maiden voyage laden with coal from Port Waratah Coal Services bound for Korean customers. Animal Justice Party MP Emma Hurst will headline a protest t...
Wednesday, January 13, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 12, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.5 MBOrigin Energy has announced plans to develop Australia's largest battery at Eraring power station in an effort to take pressure off the energy network and provide back-up for renewable energy generation. Port Stephens Koalas has called on the state government to implement a "top-level working party" involving representatives from both development and environmental groups to look at how habitat can be saved for the sake of the marsupial's survival. Beaches from Nelson Bay marina to Fly Point ...
Tuesday, January 12, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 11, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MBNelson Bay beaches are expected to remain closed today after a burst water main flooded sewage into the marina yesterday, creating an "awful smell" in the popular holiday area. Nobbys and Newcastle beaches were closed after three sharks were sighted in the beach area yesterday morning. Housing prices in parts of the Hunter have outperformed those in Greater Sydney over the past 12 months due in part to workers opting to relocate due to increasing working flexibility caused by the COVID pande...
Monday, January 11, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 10, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.8 MBA 13-year-old girl suffered a wrist injury after falling about 10 metres down a steep embankment in the Glenrock State Conservation Area Sunday afternoon. A man was injured after a leak in a gas bottle at a caravan park at Jimmys Beach caused an explosion at the weekend. Newcastle Basketball has had to tweak its plans for the proposed 10-court complex in Lake Macquarie because Hillsborough Road can’t handle more cars during afternoon peak hour. Olympic athlete Jenny Blundell recorded a perso...
Friday, January 8, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 07, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.41 MBNewcastle is likely to be among the locations put forward to host millions of extra litres of diesel when the federal government opens applications to its Boosting Australia's Diesel Storage program on Monday. A Newcastle company that poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a sophisticated facial recognition and temperature scan device is calling on the NSW Government to reconsider its mandatory QR code system for COVID-19 tracing. Police are appealing for information and searching for ...
Thursday, January 7, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 06, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.29 MBA Queensland man allegedly found with a kilogram of cocaine - which police said had a potential street value of $450,000 - at a Heatherbrae caravan park on Tuesday has been refused bail in Newcastle Local Court. Work is being done in the Barrington Tops World Heritage Area to protect unburnt areas and control weeds and pests to support the recovery of threatened plant and animal species. Residents of Sydney suburbs banned from attending the Sydney Cricket Ground for the third Test have not b...
Wednesday, January 6, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 05, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.03 MBNorthern NSW recorded more serious crashes, injuries, drink-driving charges and speeding infringements than the state's western and southern regions during the latest annual Christmas-New Year police crackdown. OPTUS wants to install a 37-metre high telecommunications facility in Charlestown to improve mobile phone service in the area. The first cat rescued and hospitalised after the botched cull on Stockton Breakwall has found her forever home, as carers and campaigners plan a protest again...
Tuesday, January 5, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 04, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.23 MBNSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes' idea to convert the former Kurri Kurri Aluminum Smelter into a gas-fired power station has angered farming group Lock the Gate. Clare Collins has become only the second female at the University of Newcastle to be awarded the title of Laureate Professor, and the first for the Faculty of Health and Medicine. Newcastle and Lake Macquarie property prices continue to rise, climbing 1.4 per cent in December and 9.0 per cent in a year. Martin Lee has effectively be...
Monday, January 4, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
January 03, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.89 MBThe NSW government backflip on mandating masks in some parts of the state has been applauded by peak bodies who have called for the change since the first COVID-19 outbreak. The State Emergency Service is urging those returning home from holidays to take extra care when driving in the wet weather wreaking havoc in parts of New South Wales. In a year like no other, the Newcastle property market had some of its biggest sales on record, recovering from a downturn in 2019. While "disappointed" n...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 30, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.17 MBPremier Gladys Berejiklian has restricted the number of people allowed in a home, in some parts of the state, to just five people. The University of Newcastle plans to change the way it operates in Singapore, driven by a long term vision of increasing its number of international students and ensuring they can continue studying at the institution "offshore" in the event of another pandemic. The number of lives lost on Hunter roads this year is lower than the previous three years, but police s...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 29, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.11 MBThe wild dashcam recording taken from inside an Audi R8 stolen from Newcastle has gone viral on social media, following an arrest. Close to 2500 development applications - worth more than $1.5 billion combined - were approved in Lake Macquarie in 2020, a 7.5 per cent increase on last year. Keolis Downer says the "overly cautious" behaviour of a driverless bus during its Newcastle trial will become less of a problem as the technology improves. Boss Moanaroa may still be recovering from a reat...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 28, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.88 MBPolice will be conducting a more mobile operation across the Hunter for New Year's Eve due to the lack of large events and potential increase of house parties. Coal exports from Newcastle’s three terminals should be within a few percentage points of last year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Newcastle's official unemployment rate remains 2 per cent higher than the NSW jobless figure, nine months after COVID-19 tipped the labour market on its head. Ben Kantarovski is the Jets' most capped playe...
Monday, December 28, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 27, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.28 MBTHE Australian Energy Market Operator has warned of potential volatility and 'short falls' across the electricity grid in coming years. NEWCASTLE Knights star Mitchell Pearce has postponed his wedding to Kristin Scott. POLICE have charged a woman with high-range drink driving after her car veered into oncoming traffic at Thornton. Newcastle’s first game of the A-League season against the Central Coast is on Thursday. HUNTER residents were quick to hit the shops on Saturday in search of a Box...
Friday, December 25, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 24, 2020 18:00 - 1 minute - 1.14 MBA Christmas message from the Newcastle Herald Today.
Thursday, December 24, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 23, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.08 MBA gas-fired power station proposed for the former Kurri Kurri aluminum smelter site has been declared as Critical State Significant Infrastructure. The state government has announced it will repair the former Wickham School of Arts building, saying that would give it the best opportunity to be re-purposed as part of a future development. City of Newcastle has engaged the consultants who came up with concept designs for the Newcastle Oceans Baths pavilion to start planning the $9.5 million re...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 22, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.48 MBTHE $500-million Maxwell underground coal mine project has been granted approval consent by the Independent Planning Commission, saying the risk of adverse environmental impacts are "low". Newcastle home owners have rushed to renovate and extend since the government announced its HomeBuilder grants in June. A proposal to pay farmers to preserve koala habitat did not address long-term issues regarding the species' survival, according to Port Stephens koalas. Steve Ugarkovic's agent accused Je...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 21, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MBBOTTLES and verbal abuse were hurled at police while officers were shutting down an illegal backyard party in Lake Macquarie over the weekend. Former Tourism Hunter chairman Will Creedon plans to float his Alloggio short-term accommodation business on the Australian Stock Exchange late next year in a share offer which could value the company at more than $50 million. Consultants have recommended Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation explore an "adaptive reuse" of the heritage-list...
Monday, December 21, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 20, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.6 MBFriday, December 11, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter. A CULL of stray cats at Stockton has prompted calls for an independent inquiry. MORE than 300 cannabis plants have been seized from a "sophisticated hydroponic setup" at a Hunter home. In sport and a player with no A-League experience has emerged as a potential replacement for Bernie Ibini. And Parkrun is back with a bang.
Friday, December 18, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 17, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.11 MBThe state government has confirmed none of its new intercity trains will enter service this year, drawing criticism from the opposition. A MAN will face court in January after allegedly driving intoxicated in the early hours of yesterday morning and rolling his car onto its roof. HUNTER students have been recognised on the NSW stage for their extraordinary academic achievement, outperforming tens of thousands of their peers across the state to come first in five Higher School Certificate sub...
Thursday, December 17, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 16, 2020 18:00 - 4 minutes - 3.71 MBFormer NRL star Jarryd Hayne, who's accused of attacking a woman in her bedroom, will face a retrial in Sydney on rape charges. AGL Macquarie will spend nearly $1.1 million on community and environmental rehabilitation projects in the Upper Hunter after a local creek was polluted with fly ash. POLICE have arrested and charged a Hunter man following an investigation into an alleged gambling syndicate placing corrupt bets on international table tennis tournaments. Northern NSW NPL clubs have ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 15, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MBAn Argenton woman charged by counter terrorism police on Monday will remain behind bars until the new year. Adults caught using or possessing cannabis are much more likely to be charged in the Hunter than affluent areas of Sydney. STOCKTON'S fragile coastline is expected to receive a further battering in coming days as high tides and heavy swells worsen erosion along the fragile strip. FRIDAY night football will be a feature of the 2021 Northern NSW NPL under a draft season draw issued to cl...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 14, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MBEnvironment Minister Matt Kean has been asked to consider adding a controversial parcel of land at Fletcher initially earmarked for housing to the state's national parks register. Aged care residents in NSW will be able to have as many Christmas visitors as they want as regulations imposed to stop the spread of COVID-19 into the facilities are eased. HUNTER-born boating app Deckee is now the official boating app of Western Australia, after being endorsed by Maritime Western Australia. EWAN P...
Monday, December 14, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 13, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.32 MBTHE Shortland community is mourning the death of well-known man Bobby Palmer, who was fatally stabbed while out walking his dog on Saturday evening. PLANS to rezone the former Hydro Aluminium site at Kurri Kurri will go on public exhibition this week. MANY star-gazers woke early on Monday morning to try and get a glimpse of the Geminid meteor shower. Valentino You-el has earned a second-shot at the a-League, signing a two-year deal with the Newcastle Jets. Southlake Marketplace foodbank, wit...
Friday, December 11, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 10, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.9 MBLake Macquarie MP Greg Piper and west ward councilors have welcomed the NSW government's plans for a 650-lot subdivision in Fennell Bay but expressed concerns about how already congested roads will cope with increased traffic. Kurri Kurri will be the home of an Australian first shared community battery project that aims to transform how neighbourhoods use and share rooftop solar energy. Hunter businesses are urging people to beware of online scammers after their social media accounts were re...
Thursday, December 10, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 09, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.29 MBTwenty-five aviation technicians, including apprentices, who lost their jobs due to the impact of COVID-19 on the commercial aviation industry, have been employed by BAE Systems Australia to work on military aircraft. Rates of a range of theft and break-in-related offences have dropped across the Hunter in the past two years, according to the latest quarterly crime data. Newcastle council has authorised chief executive Jeremy Bath to talk to a developer about demolishing the Mall Car Park an...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 08, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MBDeputy Premier John Barilaro officially launched Newcastle Airport’s globally significant aerospace precinct- Astra Aerolab - alongside the Lord Mayor of Newcastle and Mayor of Port Stephens yesterday. More than a third of people on JobSeeker prior to the pandemic were left to live on less than $7 a day after they had paid for accommodation, a new welfare report has found. Petrol prices that - on average - have been slowly dropping in Newcastle in recent days are expected to continue into th...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 07, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBThe jury in NRL star Jarryd Hayne's rape trial have been discharged after failing to reach a unanimous, or majority verdict. Lake Macquarie councillor Kevin Baker says he has "no regrets" about criticising the council's controversial $44 million internal loan scheme despite the comments resulting in multiple code of conduct breaches. Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart is standing by hooker Tom Starling, saying that "no one in their right mind" would reach for an officer's gun as police clai...
Monday, December 7, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 06, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MBThe University of Newcastle has agreed to uphold a decision made by the Fair Work Commission to re-credit staff with leave they were forced take over Easter, but will simultaneously appeal against the ruling. The property industry fears a state government program credited with helping drive Newcastle's inner-city development boom will be allowed to expire in two years. Newcastle council will stage a series of picnics and pool parties across the city on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day rathe...
Friday, December 4, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 03, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.22 MBAFTER years of speculation, City of Newcastle has finally revealed that it has spent $17.6 million on its new leased administration premises at Stewart Avenue, Newcastle West. UNIVERSITY of Newcastle students who have designed a respirator for healthcare workers that costs one tenth the price of commercial versions will have their creation tested by doctors next week. The conservation outlook of the Gondwana rainforests of Australia's east coast - including the Barrington Tops world heritage...
Thursday, December 3, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 02, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MBNew South Wales is easing a raft of restrictions from Monday, removing caps on weddings and funerals and allowing full capacity at stadiums and outdoor theatres. The woman who accuses Jarryd Hayne of rape says she told her mother there was “no way” she would be having sex with the former NRL star. Planning Minister Rob Stokes says he’s "keen to entertain" the idea of demanding more than apartments on the last, huge parcel of Honeysuckle waterfront land. Son of former world champion boxer Kos...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
December 01, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBJarryd Hayne has told a court he "never said her mind changed" when referring to a woman who has accused him of raping her in the Hunter two years ago. The Hunter's largest drinking water supply source, Grahamstown Dam, has received an "amber alert" due to potentially toxic blue-green algae. Newcastle property prices have crashed through the $600,000 barrier for the first time after another surge in November. To Sport now where Merewether surfer Philippa Anderson started strongly to set up v...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 30, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.88 MBA woman who accused former NRL player Jarryd Hayne of raping her at Fletcher rejected his invitations for her to visit him while he was in Newcastle at a bucks' party the weekend of the alleged assaults, a court has heard. A car crashed into traffic lights at the intersection of Hunter Street and Stewart Avenue in Newcastle West causing closures and long delays. Central Coast Council administrator, Dick Persson, has terminated the employment of the council's chief executive Gary Murphy. To s...
Monday, November 30, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 29, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.36 MBTHE Hunter has sweltered through a record-breaking weekend as temperatures hit 40 degrees, ONE man has died and another was injured in a head-on crash in Ryhope on Sunday morning, NATIONAL Party state MP Michael Johnsen would have his margin of 2.6 per cent cut to about 0.5 per cent if a draft set of electorate boundaries for the 2023 NSW election are adopted, All Blacks rebounded from back-to-back Test defeats for the first time in almost a decade with a 38-nil demolition of Argentina And a...
Friday, November 27, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 26, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.92 MBTHE mother of a woman who claims Jarryd Hayne twice raped her in her bedroom at Fletcher has given evidence at the former NRL star's trial in Newcastle. The Hunter will receive $15.7 million in funding for 35 projects from the latest Resources for Regions funding round. Newcastle council will collect almost $1 million after voting to enter into a planning agreement which will allow a developer to build a 45-metre high mixed-use building in Wickham. Reigning Newcastle District Cricket Associa...
Thursday, November 26, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 25, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.32 MBNewcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes has been accused of reneging on a preference deal with her political allies, The Greens, designed to help her secure the top job six years ago in exchange for more transparency. The woman who claims Jarryd Hayne twice raped her in her bedroom at Fletcher has broken down on the stand during his trial yesterday, her second day of giving evidence. The Fair Work Commission has suggested the University of Newcastle recredit all staff with five days annual leave...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 24, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBDeputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has brushed aside the state government's efforts to promote renewable energy in the Hunter while talking up the coal industry's long term viability. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has brushed aside the state government's efforts to promote renewable energy in the Hunter while talking up the coal industry's long term viability. Hunter-founded Greater Bank's after-tax profit has taken a hit, falling from $31.45 million in 2019 to $23.11m this fi...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 23, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MBHundreds of Victorians are expected to fly into Newcastle Airport over coming days after flights from the southern state resumed. A group of teenagers allegedly used a dog door to gain entry to a luxury Merewether home while on a robbery spree over the weekend. Newcastle council has listed investigating a waterfront convention centre among a host of initiatives in a four-year blueprint to make the city one of the country's premier tourist destinations. Newcastle Knights chief executive offic...
Monday, November 23, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 22, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.71 MBCity of Newcastle will transition to a fleet of electric vehicles, increase renewable energy generation and battery storage and switch all lighting to LED over the next five years under a proposed new climate action plan. Long-held plans to redevelop a waterfront site in Belmont look set to become a reality after the regional planning panel approved a development application for a 120-unit complex. A key piece of Newcastle's coal loading infrastructure could remain out of action for weeks, p...
Friday, November 20, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 19, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MBA new Hunter dam could take years to fill, rendering it potentially useless in the midst of a severe drought, the minutes of a workshop to discuss new surface water storages show. More than 450 Department of Planning, Industry and Environment staff will move into the soon-to-be-completed Stewart Avenue office block in Newcastle West from next year. Promoter Andrew Milos said the eyes of the stand-up comedy industry will be on Newcastle this weekend as the city showcases that festivals can o...
Thursday, November 19, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 18, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.93 MBState Emergency Service crews from the Mid North Coast spent yesterday helping with the third day of cleanup from Monday night's ferocious storm. Following on from that story, residents of a Stockton aged care home which was evacuated after the storm could be in temporary accommodation until the new year. A waste storage facility in the Hunter is one of three sites that have resulted in a fine of more than $30,000 for Cleanaway, following Environmental Protection Authority inspections. To sp...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 17, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.33 MBMore than $60 million has been allocated to Hunter road projects in the 2020-21 state budget, but most of the funding will be used to plan - rather than construct - major upgrades. The new Maitland hospital is the Hunter's big winner from this year's state budget with $220million to be spent on the project over the next financial year. Bernie Ibini is expected to resume training with the Newcastle Jets on Wednesday but the want-away striker's contract saga is far from settled. Associate Prof...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 16, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.73 MBNSW will stick to its open border policy despite every other state and the Northern Territory moving to impose restrictions on South Australia after a COVID-19 cluster in Adelaide. More than 12,000 NSW prisoners will be able to have visitors for the first time in eight months after being locked down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eraring residents have called for the NSW government to abandon plans for a new sport and recreation centre in their suburb, saying the $30 million-plus fac...
Monday, November 16, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 15, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.57 MBA woman has been charged after a police pursuit ended with her crashing into traffic lights at New Lambton. A 21-year-old woman who took her eyes off the road to try to stop a receipt from blowing out her car window causing a head-on crash that killed a 58-year-old UK national in Raymond Terrace last year, will not serve any time behind bars. Former Bulldogs captain Andrew Ryan joins the Knights in a fulltime coaching and player well-being role. In hockey, Oxfords had kept composure against ...
Friday, November 13, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 12, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.47 MBCharlestown MP Jodie Harrison has launched a scathing attack on a Newcastle builder accusing him of leaving five Hunter families out of pocket and with unfinished or "defect-riddled" homes. Criminals have targeted Newcastle Grammar School in a ransomware cyberattack, encrypting and destroying parts of the school's network and trying to extort money to unlock it. Joel Fitzgibbon says Labor will struggle to win the next election unless it starts following his advice. In cricket, Wests captain ...
Thursday, November 12, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 11, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MBThe former lead singer of a well-known Newcastle band used his status as a musician to groom and sexually assault 14 girls and women over a nine-year period. Newcastle council has launched an appeal in the Supreme Court after a judge ruled it had unfairly sacked a staffer over her handling of the city's business levy scheme. The National Competition Council has rejected a NSW Minerals Council application to remove the Port of Newcastle's right to set prices for customers who use its infrastr...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 10, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MBThe mother of a 20-month-old toddler and her then partner claimed she had fallen out of bed before she died, a murder trial has heard. Federal Member for Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon has resigned from the Opposition front bench over Labor energy policy. School students in NSW will receive free tutoring next year after the state government committed more than three hundred million dollars to support those who may have fallen behind due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To sport now where KNIGHTS battering ...
Tuesday November 10, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald Today, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 09, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.39 MBA 20-month-old toddler died after suffering a number of blows or kicks to the body when in her bedroom, a NSW court has heard. Justin Fuller has been jailed, for a minimum of six years and three months, over the stabbing death of Guy McCulloch in 2018. Lake Macquarie City Council recorded an $11.5 million deficit and is racking up more than $30 million in red ink over a three-year stretch from 2019 to 2021. To sport now where in the Rugby League veteren playmaker Blake Green will return to t...
Monday November 9, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 08, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MBJoe Biden has captured the US presidency as voters narrowly rebuffed Donald Trump's tumultuous leadership and embraced Biden's promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation. A DRIVER has been charged over a fatal crash which caused his passenger to be ejected from the vehicle in the Hunter. NSW has reported three new cases of COVID-19 but all have been identified in overseas travellers in hotel quarantine. NSW will put an emphasis on completion rates in th...
Friday November 6, 2020: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter
November 05, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 2.19 MBFormer NSW Police assistant commissioner Peter Parsons has been appointed by NSW Cricket to investigate the Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association. A senior Newcastle police officer has been demoted for sexually harassing two junior female staff members. The Supercars championship wants to return to Newcastle as the opening round of the 2022 season after bypassing the city next year. In the NPL, Maitland captain Carl Thornton says momentum and eased pressure can help the Magpies eve...