Police have issued almost 100 fines for breaching the health orders over night across the Hunter. Police said one man who was aggressive and abusive towards police has been issued a $3000 infringement notice yesterday. The man was one of five people issued the fines on
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The Hunter was already on edge because Gladys redirected vaccines from the Hunter to Sydney. I guess that was our reward for being Covid Free for almost 1 year. Many vaccine bookings were cancelled just as two girls decided they would breach the health orders and
A teenager has been charged following an investigation into a single-vehicle crash near Cessnock earlier this year. About 11.15pm on Thursday 8 April 2021, emergency services were called to a private road at Pelaw Main and found a Subaru Forrester had hit a barrier. A 17-year-old
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man with murder following an investigation into the fatal shooting of another man at Newcastle last month. About 12.45pm on Thursday 22 July 2021, emergency services were called to a unit at Darby St, Cooks Hill, following reports of shots
A man will face court today after an alleged armed robbery attempt in the state’s Hunter Region. About 4pm yesterday (Tuesday 3 August 2021), police responded to a report of an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store in Anderson Drive, Tarro. Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter
The Delta outbreak has meant we need to change the way we manage the virus, and other states have learnt a big lesson from the way NSW mismanaged the Delta Variant. Lockdown hard and fast and smother the virus before it can take hold. NSW did
A man has been charged after a senior constable was allegedly injured during an attempted arrest and police pursuits in Lake Macquarie. About 2.45pm on Tuesday (27 July 2021), officers attached to Northern High Visibility Policing Team attended a carpark on the Pacific Highway at Bennetts
Nine people, including eight teenagers, have been arrested following a police pursuit in the Hunter region today. About 11.15am (Wednesday 28 July 2021), officers attached to Newcastle-Hunter Traffic and Highway Patrol observed a Honda Civic allegedly travelling at speed southbound on the Hunter Expressway. A pursuit
An investigation is underway after a body was found following a unit fire at Newcastle this morning. Just after 5am (Monday 26 July 2021), emergency services were called to Fullerton Street, Stockton, following reports of a unit fire. The fire was extinguished by crews from Fire
A woman will face court after allegedly being caught driving more than six times over the legal limit in the state’s Hunter region yesterday. About 8.30pm (Saturday 24 July 2021) police were patrolling Nelson Bay Road at Williamtown after receiving information from the public about the
Politicians love to block anyone on Facebook whose ideas and values are not the same as their own. They want to surround themselves in a bubble of confirmation bias. The leader of the labor opposition, Chris Minns, has been running a positive campaign with the message
Gladys Berejiklian and her Cabinet ministers, health officials that stand before the cameras every day at 11am dribbling the same nonsense every day, with the same message every day, infringing on your birth rights, your freedoms, turning Australians against Australians, LGAs against LGAs, neighbours against neighbours,
A man has died following a fatal shooting at Newcastle today. About 12.45pm (Thursday 22 July 2021), emergency services were called to a unit on Darby St, Cooks Hill, following reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, police located a man inside the unit with a gunshot
It seems like, every few minutes, there’s a new piece of Covid-19 information we must know about: new exposure sites, new cases, borders closing and opening, people breaching draconian laws risking fines and jail time for exercising their birth rights of freedom of speech and freedom
Macquarie College in Wallsend had a Covid scare today after a student was deemed a close contact of a covid positive case. Its believed the student visited a petrol station in Goulburn at the same time as a confirmed case did back on July 16th. The
A man has died following a motorcycle crash in the Upper Hunter overnight. About 10.15pm (Tuesday 20 July 2021), emergency services were called to Old Scone Road and Macartney Street, Merriwa, after reports a Triumph motorcycle with a rider and a pillion passenger had left the
Almost one in five drivers returned positive results during a proactive drink and drug driving operation in Lake Macquarie yesterday. Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District undertook Operation Amrap between 7am and 5pm (Monday 19 July 2021) targeting drink and drug driving offences, along with compliance
Anyone who attended the following venue at the times listed is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result, and call 1800 943 553 unless they have already been contacted by NSW Health: Wallsend – Coles Express, 14
A Turramurra man has been issued a hefty fine for breaching health orders, after seeking some peace and quiet in Hawks Nest. At 12.40am today (Saturday 17 July 2021), police spoke to a man who was asleep in the rear of a white Volkswagen Tiguan on
NSW recorded 111 new cases with 42 cases in the community for part or all of their infectious period. Unfortunately NSW also recorded 1 death. No new restrictions have been placed on Regional NSW. 3 LGA in southwest Sydney are now under strict stay at home,