Category: National News
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COUNCIL MAKES ULTIMATUM OVER MARITIME COLLECTION
Newcastle City Council has made an ultimatum… telling the Maritime Museum Society to hand over its entire collection, or take it elsewhere. It’s the latest episode in a long-running stoush, the society board has seven days to make a decision.
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20,000 NSW HOSPITAL STAFF WALK OFF THE JOB
More than 20 thousand hospital staff have walked off the job today. Health workers across New South Wales have taken the action, after an 11th hour bid to stop it fell through late yesterday. Staff are demanding better security at the state’s hospitals.
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CALLS FOR NEWSTART TO BE INCREASED
As the government waits to see whether tax cuts do the trick, there are calls to help kick-start the economy even more by increasing unemployment benefits. A crossbench senator says if the government needs his vote, he’ll want an increase to Newstart as a trade-off.
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GOING GLOBAL: DOLLS FOSTERING DIVERSITY AND ACCEPTANCE
Newcastle might be known for exporting coal to the world, but an emerging new business next door is also starting to make global waves. A small, family-run business in Lake Macquarie is offering a new take on a classic childrens toy… and is now exporting to 26 countries.
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INQUEST HEARS OF HOW ONLY TWO DOCTORS WERE ON HAND AT FESTIVAL
The inquest into six deaths at music festivals on Tuesday heard from a young doctor who suddenly found himself battling to save a young life and losing. He was one of only two doctors at an event that attracted a crowd of 30,000 people.
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NATIONALS CALL FOR PORT OF NEWCASTLE RESTRICTIONS TO BE REMOVED
There’s been a boost for the long-standing plan to establish a container terminal in Newcastle. The National Party has now called for the state government to remove ‘all obstacles’ facing the plan… as farmers struggle to get produce from A to B efficiently.
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AUSSIE SKYDIVERS SMASH NATIONAL RECORD
Flying through the air, kilometres above the ground, Australian skydivers have smashed a national record for the most people linked in freefall. 130 of them traveled all the way to the clear blue skies of California, to make it happen. Newcastle’s Daniel Gray was just one of the skydivers, hear what he had to…
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AUSTRALIA DECIDES | MORRISON TRIUMPHANT AS SHORTEN CONCEDES DEFEAT
Against all the odds, Scott Morrison has pulled off one of the most astounding victories in the history of Australian politics – winning over millions of voters, and humiliating Bill Shorten’s Labor Party in an upset nobody saw coming. —Northern New South Wales Electorates— New England Currently held by the Nationals’ Barnaby Joyce, the…
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LONG DELAYS AT HORNSBY FOLLOWING FATAL M1 CRASH
Motorists making their way into Sydney can expect delays, as investigations continue into a fatal crash at Wahroonga. Emergency services were called to the scene, around 2 kilometres north of the Hornsby exit, at around 10:30 on Monday night, after reports two trucks had collided. The driver of a B-Double died at the scene, while…
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MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ADAMSTOWN HEIGHTS ASSAULT ON GIRL
The man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a girl at Adamstown Heights last June today pleaded GUILTY to two charges. Brett David Hill will stand trial in October over the horrific attack on an 11-year-old girl. Appearing in Newcastle District Court today, he admitted to one charge of sexual intercourse without consent, and to…