WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW A man will appear in court today charged after allegedly assaulting a police officer on the Central Coast this morning. About 5am (Tuesday 14 July 2020), officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District attended Walu Avenue, Halekulani, after reports an unknown...
A body believed to be that of a missing man has been found on the Central Coast. The 34-year-old was reported missing to officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District on Sunday 5 July 2020, who commenced inquiries. About 3.45pm yesterday (Monday 13 July 2020), the...
The Premier has announced that restrictions for Pubs in NSW will be tightened as of 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘. ➡️ Pubs will be limited to a maximum of 300 people or 1 person per 4 square metre, whichever is the lesser. ➡️ Bookings and tables at venues will...
28 cases are now linked to the Crossroads Hotel as the cluster continues grow. NSW has reported 13 new cases of covid-19 in the past 24 hours. We will bring the breakdown of numbers as soon as they are released. New pub restrictions will come...
Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW to 3,303. Of today’s new cases, four are returned travellers in hotel quarantine. Two NSW residents acquired their infection in Victoria, and...
There are reports this morning that the Wagga Wagga RAAF base has been place into lockdown with fears of Covid-19 outbreak on the base. It’s understood that defense force personnel have attended a function at the Casula Hotel in Sydneys Southwest between the 3rd and...
Police are appealing for assistance after the armed robbery of a service station at Lake Macquarie early this morning. About 5am (Sunday 12 July 2020), three people – two men and a woman – entered a service station on Wyee Road, Wyee, before the woman...
A worker at the Crossroads Hotel in Casula tested positive to Covid-19 late last night bringing the total Cases linked to the hotel to 6 cases. Dr Kerry Chant has said everyone who attended the Crossroads hotel on the 3rd and 10th July must self...
Eight workers from the Melbourne Alfred Hospital test positive to covid-19 potentially exposing hundreds of people to the Virus. Five of the eight infections are believed to be from community transmission. All the workers will be placed into quarantine and contact traces are in the...
A man will appear in court charged following a domestic-related assault in the upper Hunter yesterday. About 5.30pm (Thursday 9 July 2020), emergency services were called to a home on Macqueen Street, Aberdeen, after reports of a domestic-related assault. It’s alleged a man attended the...
An East Coast low developing near the coast may cause severe weather across Eastern NSW as early as Sunday and continue early in the week. The worst of the weather is predicted on Monday and Tuesday, including the potential of heavy rain, road + river...
An investigation is underway following a suspicious house fire in the state’s Hunter region this morning. About 3.30am (Thursday 9 July 2020), emergency services were called to a house on Hart Road, Loxford, following reports of a fire. Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished...
APPLY FOR COMMUNITY GRANTS IN THE HUNTER Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Catherine Cusack is encouraging organisations across the Hunter region to apply for the Community Partnership Action (COMPACT) grants program, which will support community partnerships to build social cohesion and community resilience. Ms Cusack...
The Daily Telegraph is reporting a 30-year-old man from Lovedale has been arrested over the death of a man at Cessnock tip who died in suspicious circumstances late Sunday afternoon. More to come.
A man has been charged after allegedly attempting to cross the NSW/Victoria border at Corowa earlier today. Shortly after 11am, a car bearing Victorian number plates attempted to drive into NSW on Carlyle Road, Corowa. Officers from Murray River Police District spoke with the driver,...
Maitland Liberal Councillor Mitchell Griffin has provided a notice of motion for next Tuesday’s meeting of Maitland City Council to look in to the viability of a trial of mobile CCTV for Maitland. CCTV has been on the agenda for the council for a number...
A man from Newcastle has tested positive to Covid-19 after being released from hotel quarantine, it’s understood the man tested negative on day 10 of quarantine and was released on day 14. He then traveled from Sydney to Newcastle on Sunday where he developed symptoms...
Deputy Lord Mayor Declan Clausen has officially launched the first-ever fully-autonomous (Level 4) driverless vehicle to mix with traffic, which starts a three-month trial on Newcastle’s roads today. The project is a joint initiative of City of Newcastle and Keolis Downer. Novocastrians and visitors to...
An investigation is underway following the death of a man at Cessnock. Just after 5pm yesterday (Sunday 5 July 2020), police were called to a rubbish tip on Old Maitland Road, where they found a man injured. The 54-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the...
A man has been charged over an alleged sexual act on a bus in the Hunter region last month. About 1.45pm on Wednesday 24 June 2020, a 16-year-old schoolgirl boarded a bus at Rotary Park, Kurri Kurri, travelling towards Heddon Greta. A man also boarded...