Category: Newcastle News
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Port Stephens Marine Rescue celebrates 40 years on the sea
For decades, the Port Stephens Marine Rescue unit has witnessed the best and worst of the ocean. Today it marked 40 years of life-saving service – now one of the busiest patrols in the state.
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Firefighters warn of bushfire threat as blaze continues to burn at Port Stephens
Strong winds have hampered efforts to extinguish a large bushfire at Port Stephens. Crews have spent more than 30 hours battling the blaze at Fullerton Cove – as it pushes further north.
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Five star hotel development opens for public consultation
It’s a booming Lake Macquarie suburb and now locals can have their say on a luxury hotel, earmarked for Morriset Park. The five-star project would be 8 storeys high… meaning council will need to make changes to its height restrictions.
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Out and about for Morpeth’s bicentenary
It’s a historic town with plenty of charm – and this weekend locals celebrated everything they love about Morpeth. The bicentenary, marking 200 years of community… in a town known for the iconic ‘Arnotts’ biscuit.
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Matt Hall puts on impressive show at Lake Macquarie following cancellation of Air Race World Championship
This weekend, Lake Macquarie was meant to play host to the Air Race World Championships. Despite the cancellation, the reigning world champion made sure no one missed out – putting on a show of his own, under challenging conditions.
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Man faces sentence hearing for teen’s murder
An ice user who strangled a teenager to death at Lake Macquarie, today apologised to the boy’s family… in a letter read in court. Chadley Sheridan was told by the victim’s brother, he could have tried to save the 16-year-old.
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Tugboat staff lockout blocked for six months
The Port of Newcastle is tonight back up and running, after a national stoush between unions and a tugboat operator was put on ice by the industrial relations watchdog. An 11th hour order stopped Svitzer workers from being locked out… bringing business groups and consumers across the country certainty for months.
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Huntlee set for controversial boom, with smaller residential lots approved
A developer has been given the green light to sell residential lots as small as 217 square metres. Huntlee’s Stephen Thompson says it will allow the new town – near Branxton – to welcome more families… but the move is creating controversy.
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Hunter and Central Coast covid cases spike as health risk rating rises
Masks have been made mandatory in all parts of the state’s hospitals, as New South Wales Health ups its covid risk rating. The changes also coincide with a rise in cases in New South Wales – including the Hunter. Reporter Sarah Iuliano has the latest.
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Hunter students put their creativity to paper in new writing program
A new writing program is underway in the Hunter – designed to improve the literacy of primary school students. It comes as the state records some of its lowest NAPLAN results, in the exams’ 10-year history.