Councillor Melanie Dagg says the $400,000 Branxton Town Centre upgrades are nearing completion. The work includes the construction of more pathways and street tree planting on John Rose Avenue at the Branxton Oval entrance and on the northern side of Maitland Street, between John Rose...
Police have arrested and charged a 39 year old male following a short pursuit and crash in Hamilton South on Monday. About 10:15am Monday 18 May 2020, officers from Newcastle City Target Action Group were undertaking proactive patrols as part of a “Week of Action”...
An investigation is underway following an armed robbery at a service station near Newcastle overnight. About 1.45am (Friday 22 May 2020), emergency services were called to a service station on Maitland Road, Sandgate, after reports of an armed robbery. Police have been told two unknown...
A man has died after a single-vehicle crash in the state’s Hunter region today. About 10.35am (Friday 22 May 2020), emergency services were called to John Renshaw Drive, Buchanan, after an Isuzu utility left the roadway and crashed into a tree. The driver and sole...
UPDATE: All westbound lanes have reopened on John Renshaw Drive. All eastbound lanes remain closed. Eastbound motorists can continue to use the Hunter Expressway & M1 Pacific Motorway instead.
BUCHANAN: John Renshaw Drive is closed in both directions between the Hunter Expressway and the M1 Pacific Motorway due to a single car crash just east of Hunter Expressway. You can divert using expressway and the motorway in both directions. Allow extra travel time.
A man wanted on five outstanding warrants has been arrested by police following a vehicle stop near Muswellbrook. An extensive police operation was conducted in the Nundle area yesterday (Wednesday 20 May 2020), involving officers from Hunter Valley Police District, Oxley Police District, and other...
A man appeared in court yesterday after allegedly biting a police officer near Maitland yesterday. About 3.45pm (Tuesday 19 May 2020), officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District stopped a man on Thursby Street, Tenambit, and observed him holding something in the front of his...
UPDATE: Information obtained from Clayton Barr is incorrect as it shows data from outside the Cessnock electorate. We apologize for the miss information. Dr Dobler has confirmed a pop up clinic will open in Cessnock next Wednesday in the driveway of Cessnock Hospital. Booking is...
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a baby in the state’s Hunter region. Just after 3pm yesterday (Sunday 17 May 2020), a seven-month-old boy was taken to Muswellbrook Hospital in an unresponsive state. Despite the efforts of hospital staff, the baby was unable to...
A man will appear in court today after allegedly choking a child in a domestic-related incident in the state’s Hunter region. About 2pm yesterday (Saturday 16 May 2020), a 27-year-old man was at a house in Rutherford, about 7km north-west of Maitland, when he allegedly...
A man has died in a light plane crash at Windella near maitland around 10am this morning when his plane crash into a backyard at a property in Windella. A man has died following a light plane crash in the state’s Hunter region today. About...
The Newcastle leg of the V8 Supercars has officially been axed from the calendar this year, along with the Gold Coast leg. V8 super cars spokesman said “We’ve worked with our partners in state and local governments, and over the past two weeks, and the...
The member for Swansea Yasmine Catley is calling on the Berejiklian Government to invest in the construction of social housing dwellings as a way to boost the economy, create jobs and reduce the number of people without stable accommodation across the state. She says a...
A woman has been charged after drugs and several weapons were seized from a property in the Hunter yesterday. About 6am (Thursday 14 May 2020), officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police Target Action Group – with the assistance of Operation Utah officers – executed a...
Australian reasearcher Jim Mussared has compiled what he says is a dossier of weaknesses and he believes could make the COVIDSafe app vulnerable to a range of different attacks. The researcher says the app gives the government full access to the iPhone device name which...
NSW GOVERNMENT lead by Gladys Berejiklian has been forced to come clean over a major data breach that happened back in April that was exposed by the media today. We understand a Service NSW employee opened a phishing email which gave access to Service NSW...
A man will face court charged over the alleged online procurement of a child following an investigation by Strike Force Trawler detectives in the Lower Hunter Valley. In March this year, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU)...
A 23 year old wanted man has been arrested following a stealing offence at a shopping centre in Kotara. About 4:15pm last Wednesday (6 May 2020) a male was witnessed to enter a retail store at a shopping centre in Kotara. While in the store...
Port Stephens Council has just passed a motion endorsing the creation of a fenced off-leash dog exercise area in Boomerang Park! Councillor Giacomo Arnott announced the news on his Facebook page this evening. I’ve been pushing for this for 9 months, and I’m excited that...