Great news for Shortland! If you live, work or play in Shortland, the City of Newcastle is calling for community feedback on a proposal to improve safety for pedestrians and amenity of the local centre in Shortland. Community consultation undertaken in April 2019 and June 2020
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In 1953, the City’s Labor Councillors fought a long and bitter campaign against their conservative opponents to make Newcastle Ocean Baths free for all. This evening, Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelms and her Labor colleagues took the opportunity to reaffirm that commitment to ensure that Newcastle and
Koppers Carbon Materials and Chemicals Pty Ltd has been convicted and ordered to pay a total of $82,500, following prosecution by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for a spill of coal tar pitch and unlicensed fume emissions at its Mayfield plant. Koppers was convicted of
Police are investigating after fire destroyed a former clubhouse in Lake Macquarie overnight. About 10.45pm (Sunday 21 February 2021), emergency services were called to a building on Maude Street, Belmont, following reports the former sports club was well alight. Fire and Rescue New South Wales crews
A man has been charged with high-range drink driving after allegedly being caught almost six times the legal limit in the Hunter yesterday. Just before 5.30pm (Thursday 18 February 2021), officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Highway Patrol stopped an unregistered Subaru Outback on Nelson Bay Road,
A woman will face court after she was charged with fraudulently receiving benefits from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). In November 2020, detectives from Quakers Hill Police Area Command commenced an investigation into fraudulent activities allegedly committed by a woman aged in her 60s. Following
On Tuesday afternoon a stolen Toyota Hilux was sighted in the Borragul area by Highway patrol officers. The vehicle was seen to stop and the driver run off and over a fence. PD Yule attended and commenced a track which resulted in the suspect being located
Emergency services were called to a person trapped inside the vehicle after the vehicle collidied with tree near Cessnock around 9pm last night. Emergency services extracted the man from the vehicle on a spine board and he was airlifted to John Hunter with serious injuries.
A fourth man has been charged as investigations continue into an alleged break and enter and shooting in Newcastle last month. About 8.10pm on Thursday 14 January 2021, two 19-year-old men attended an apartment on Newcastle Road, Jesmond, where they spoke with a 36-year-old man. Police
Two men will face court today after allegedly damaging a police vehicle during a brawl in the Hunter Valley overnight. About 1am (Thursday 18 February 2021), officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District were called to Clarence Way, Muswellbrook, following reports of a brawl. Upon arrival,
A man has been charged over the alleged attempted murder of a baby in the state’s Hunter region last year. On Saturday 12 December 2020, police received reports that a then aged five-month-old girl had been taken to a local hospital suffering critical injuries. She was
Many people argue why should we care about the coal industry when it does not employ as many people as other sectors. Whilst it’s true the coal industry does not employ as many people as the hospitality and retail industries in the Hunter Region, but the
A man has been charged after a police officer was assaulted during an arrest in Lake Macquarie overnight. About 8pm (Monday 15 February 2021), a man entered the backyard of a home on King Street, Hillsborough, where it’s alleged he damaged sporting equipment. The homeowners confronted
Two men were arrested after a high speed pursuit through the streets of Raymond Terrace in the early hours of Saturday the 6th of February. Police observed a blue Toyota Kluger travelling along Tathra St Raymond Terrace. Police attempted to stop the vehicle for the purpose
Joel Fitzgibbion is continuing to tow the party line and promoting Labors climate change agenda, including the net zero emissions by 2050. Joel Fitzgibbion told 2CC Stephen Cenatiempo that net zero emissions by 2050 will become universal policy by governments across the world. Look, I think
A man from Maitland will face court next month after suspected stolen property was found at a Hunter property yesterday. In December 2020, officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District commenced an investigation into three break and enter offences which occurred between Sunday 20 December and
The seat for the Hunter is heating up like we have never seen before with climate policy the number one issue. Labor has commitment to Net Zero Emissions by 2050 which is the greatest threat the coal mining industry in the Hunter region has ever seen.
The NSW Government has recently stepped up its crack down on speeding drivers by removing the warning signs and vehicle markings. These new rules have made it much harder to detect upcoming mobile speed cameras, but can these cameras detect speeding drivers on both sides of
Muswellbrook has been rocked by 3.6 Magnitude Earthquake around 8.40pm (7/2/2021) with many residents asking was that mine blast or earthquake? This Earthquake was a shallow earthquake with only a depth of 1km, this is the reason the quake was felt by many people with reports
Three men have been charged over an alleged aggravated break and enter and shooting in Newcastle last month. About 8.10pm on Thursday 14 January 2021, two 19-year-old men attended an apartment at Newcastle Road, Jesmond, where they spoke with a 36-year-old man. Police will allege in