First term Cr Don Ferris has been dumped as a Labor candidate for the upcoming council elections in November. Labor has voted in Blake Mooney to replace current councillor Don Ferris at their pre selection vote. Cr Don Ferris said ” I’m very disappointed, ”...
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Woman’s death likely linked to Astrazeneca Vaccine. Blood clots are a rare side effect. Three reported cases in Australia and 1 death from blood clots Astrazeneca Vaccine recommended for people over 50 years old. TGA SAYS WOMANS DEATH LIKLEY LINKED TO ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. The Therapeutic...
A police officer has been injured when he was struck by a trail bike during a pursuit in the Hunter this evening. Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District had initiated a pursuit of the trail bike rider shortly before 7pm (Wednesday 14 April 2021), on...
A teenage girl has been arrested following an alleged assault of another girl which was filmed and uploaded on a social media platform. About 10pm on Friday 9 April 2021, several people attended a party in Aroona Street at Edgeworth when a 17-year-old girl left....
Jeff Drayton selected as Labor Party candidate Sue Gilroy selected as Shooter and Fishers candidate Mark Latham yet to confirm if he will run as Pauline Hanson’s One Nation candidate Stuart Bonds dumped by One Nation, spectates running as an independent
A body, believed to be that of a woman missing from the state’s mid north coast, has been located on a rural property yesterday. The 78-year-old woman was last seen leaving her home in Port Macquarie on Tuesday 16 March 2021 to travel to Gloucester....
Man critical after being stabbed. A man has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after he was found with stab wounds at a caravan park on the state’s Central Coast. About 7.30am today (Sunday 11 April 2021), a resident of a caravan park...
Stuart Bonds Dumped After Bitter Feud. One Nation dumps Stuart Bonds after One Nation supported the government’s industrial reform laws, which Stuart Bonds strongly opposed. Stuart Bonds, who came so close to taking Labor’s safe seat in Hunter in 2019 has been dumped along with...
A man will face court tomorrow charged with attempted murder after a domestic-related stabbing in Newcastle yesterday. About 6.30pm (Friday 9 April 2021), emergency services responded to a unit on William Street, Jesmond, after reports a 34-year-old woman had been stabbed by a man known...
A man has been arrested following an alleged domestic-related stabbing in Newcastle yesterday. About 6.30pm (Friday 9 April 2021), emergency services responded to reports of a stabbing at a unit on William Street, Jesmond. Upon arrival, officers attached to Newcastle City Police District located a...
TEEN DIES IN CAR CRASH AT CESSNOCK Inquiries are underway into a single-vehicle crash near Cessnock overnight. About 11.15pm (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...
Police are appealing for public assistance after an elderly man was injured in an incident in the Hunter region yesterday. About 4.40pm (Thursday 8 April 2021), officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were called to Lawson Avenue, Woodberry, following reports of a man with...
A woman has been charged following an alleged hit and run crash at Newcastle last week. About 5.45am (Thursday 1 April 2021), emergency services were called to Douglas Street, Wallsend, after reports a motorcyclist had been knocked from his bike by a black SUV. The...
A man has been arrested following an alleged armed robbery and pursuit near Maitland. About 1.30pm (Tuesday 6 April 2021), police were called to a takeaway shop on Lawson Avenue, Beresfield, following reports a man – armed with a firearm – entered the store and...
Turnbull dumped: just days after being appointed as head of a state government advisory body on climate change by Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean. Minister Matt Kean made the announcement this morning that Malcom Turnbull has been dumped, buckling to pressure from the far...
Two surfers have died after being retrieved unconscious from the ocean in separate incidents in Northern NSW yesterday. Just after 4pm (Sunday 4 April 2021), emergency services were called to Killick Beach at Hat Head on the Mid North Coast, after reports a surfer had...
Emergency Services were called to a remote location at Catherine Hill Bay, Lake Maquarie, earlier today to assist an elderly bush walker stuck at the bottom of a cliff. Ground crews were able to locate the woman, but they required the assistance of the Westpac...
Cessnock Anzac Day Dawn Service and Parade to go ahead in 2021 with some minor Covid restrictions in place says a spokesperson from the Cessnock RSL Sub Branch. The Dawn service and march will go ahead as normal except the march will only be for...
Emergency Services were called around 8:15am this morning after reports of persons trapped after two vehicles collided on Wollombi Rd. The vehicle was severely impacted on the driver’s side trapping an elderly man in the vehicle. Cessnock District Rescue Squad, Cessnock Fire and Rescue along...
Police are investigating following a serious assault in Maitland overnight. About 10.40pm (Wednesday 31 March 2021), officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were called to Anne Street, East Maitland, after reports a man had been found lying in the middle of the road. Upon...