NBN Television is a television station based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The station was inaugurated on 4 March 1962 as the first regional commercial television station in New South Wales, and has since expanded to 39 transmitters throughout the northern half of New South Wales and parts of South East Queensland, including Tamworth, Tweed Heads, Lismore, Coffs Harbour, Hunter Valley and the Gold Coast. It is an affiliate of the Nine Network.

The station's name, NBN, stands for Newcastle Broadcasting New South Wales. NBN is the only regional station in Australia to produce a one-hour news bulletin seven days a week. Since 2007, it has been owned by Nine's parent company Nine Entertainment Co. (formerly PBL Media). However, it is operated as a regional Nine affiliate, and not part of the main network.

NBN's original owner, the Newcastle Broadcasting and Television Corporation (NBTC) was founded in May 1958 to begin preparations for the upcoming television licence allocations. The main shareholders in NBTC were United Broadcasting Company (owned by the Lamb family, owners of radio station 2KO), Airsales Broadcasting Company (owners of local radio station 2HD), and the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate (to be bought out by John Fairfax and Sons Ltd.). In accordance with the Australian Broadcasting Control Board regulations, at least 50% of the company had to be locally owned. 750,000 shares were made available by the NBTC (at 10 shillings, equivalent to A$1 each). Approximately 2000 people bought shares.

Nathan Tinkler (born 1976) is a mining magnate and businessman from the Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia.

Tinkler was an electrician in a coal mine before starting his own business. His big break came in 2006 when he borrowed $500,000 to buy a mine. He sold his company to Macarthur Coal for $275 million. In 2008 he was on BRW's Young Rich list, worth about $441 million. He is the richest man in Australia under 40 years old. Tinkler lives in a $13.3 million house at Merewether Beach. Tinkler's Ferrari California was stolen along with other items from his home. The $500,000 car was later found burnt out in bushland north of Newcastle.

In July 2010, Tinkler floated his company Aston Resources with $400 million worth of shares offered, leaving Tinkler with $600 million worth of the company. In early October 2010, it was announced that Tinkler was set to purchase a 50% share in the Ford V8 Supercar team, Dick Johnson Racing, taking over from Charlie Schwerkolt as Dick Johnson's partner within the team.

Barry Robert O'Farrell MP, (born 24 May 1959) is an Australian politician and is the 43rd Premier of New South Wales, Minister for Western Sydney, Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Ku-ring-gai for the Liberal Party since 1999.

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1959, O'Farrell moved with his family to Darwin in the Northern Territory, where he finished his education at St John’s College. In 1975 O'Farrell moved to Canberra to study at the Australian National University, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts. After serving as a party staffer and electorate officer for the Liberal Party of Australia, O'Farrell was elected as the State Director of the New South Wales Liberal Party from 1992 to 1995.

At the March 1995 New South Wales state election, O'Farrell stood for and was elected to the seat of Northcott in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Since 1999, he currently serves as the member for the electoral district of Ku-ring-gai. After serving several years in various Shadow Ministries and as Deputy Leader from 1999 to 2002 and from 2003, in April 2007, following the resignation of party Leader Peter Debnam, O'Farrell was elected as the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party and consequently as Leader of the Opposition, before becoming Premier in a landslide at the 2011 election.