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Wet behind the piers: Run-off pools under Lake Macquarie house
A ‘‘SWIMMING pool’’ that forms under a Lake Macquarie house when stormwater allegedly flows from ...
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Sell Newcastle's art to someone who"wants and deserves it": former gallery director
NEWCASTLE should sell its art collection to a region that ‘‘wants and deserves it’’, said ...
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Expressway hits the home stretch: poll
FINISHING touches are being made to the Hunter Expressway a week before its scheduled opening.
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VIDEO: Close shave with shark at Port Macquarie
A SURFER has escaped with minor cuts and stitches after fighting off a shark clamped ...
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Knights rookie Matt Minto in line for fullback role
ROCKHAMPTON rookie Matt Minto is poised to make his NRL debut for the Knights against ...
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Radio problems dog Hunter trains

COMMUTERS on Hunter line trains have been urged to use alternative transport or allow plenty of extra travel ...

Downer cuts 190 rail jobs

THE Hunter’s manufacturing industry took another hit yesterday, after rail manufacturer Downer EDI said it was cutting almost ...

Newcastle's Hunter Street sinkhole mystery solved: VIDEO

THE MYSTERY of a sinkhole that was discovered on Wednesday afternoon in Newcastle’s CBD has been solved.

Father, grandfather charged with sexual abuse of girl

POLICE are investigating allegations that a seven-year-old Hunter girl has been sexually and indecently assaulted repeatedly by her ...

Hunter winemakers gush over corker vintage

THE Hunter Valley has the wine industry abuzz with calls that this year’s crop is producing the “best ...

John Hunter Hospital staff shave for a cure: photos

THEY see courage from their patients every day – and yesterday doctors from John Hunter Hospital’s operating theatres ...

Business chamber on the move to TAFE campus

AFTER a decade based in the cavernous and antiquated main administration building at BHP's Mayfield East site, the ...

CMC Rocks the Hunter 2014 this weekend

FOR the next three days, the Hunter Valley will become the unofficial capital of country music in Australia.

Diving disaster could wipe out sport in Newcastle: coach

IT’S a sad reality, Eric Brooker says, but the possible privatisation of Newcastle’s public pools could spell the ...

Swansea street overhaul delivers "wow factor"

THE ‘‘new-look’’ Swansea has propelled the seaside town into the 21st century.

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VIDEO: Man's close shave with shark at Port Macquarie

A surfer has escaped with minor cuts and stitches after fighting off a shark clamped on to his ...

Blazing row over NSW Firefighters Calendar

It's the long-standing rule that's left some firefighters feeling hot under the collar

Toddler traumatised: Boy burned in bath in his own home

An innocent little boy at Dubbo has suffered horrific burns because of a danger that lurked in the ...

Detectives execute drug bust at Launceston airport

Detectives have hailed the seizure of a quantity of methamphetamine at Launceston Airport as a major success

Local Sport

Knights approach Bulldogs enforcer Sam Kasiano

NEWCASTLE are among a posse of clubs chasing Canterbury's Sam Kasiano amid speculation the Bulldogs will release him ...

Griffiths expected to return for F3 derby

JETS striker Joel Griffiths faces a final fitness test today but is set to play in his first ...

Knights rookie Matt Minto in line for fullback role

ROCKHAMPTON rookie Matt Minto is poised to make his NRL debut for the Knights against Canberra at Hunter ...

VIDEO: Rails Run

A preview of Saturday's racing at Royal Randwick with Tom Reilly.

Michael Dobson has a point to prove

THE chance to prove himself in the NRL before it was too late was the catalyst for former ...

Red & Blue HQ - Round 2

On this week's episode of Red & Blue HQ the team look back on the Knights horror start ...

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National

Government will introduce amendments to financial advice laws, Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos signals

The Coalition government is pushing to have the law changed so that bank tellers can sell an unlimited ...

Economists back carbon pricing as effective tool against climate change

Three of Australia's senior economists have backed carbon pricing as the most effective way to reduce carbon emissions.

Dutton opens role to pharmacists

Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton has signalled the possibility of paying pharmacists to deliver a greater range of health services ...

Tony Abbott delivers large drone project to South Australia as polls approach

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has inserted a new fleet of large surveillance drones worth up to $3 billion into the ...

Buoys for the jobs as the ABS pulls its figure out

An extra 80,500 full-time jobs? Don't believe it for an instant. The Bureau of Statistics doesn't, and it produced the ...

Will Hodgman taking his post-election plan straight from Campbell Newman

Tasmania's front-running Liberals are said to have copied their first post-election priority in government directly from the playbook of Queensland ...