Dan Cox
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Baby bat deaths due to loss of habitat: expert
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A renowned flying fox expert says the discovery of dead baby bats along the east coast of Australia is the result of dwindling habitat and an acute food shortage.
Topics: animals, ecology, community-and-society, animal-science, animal-behaviour, newcastle-2300, bega-2550, melbourne-3000, bundaberg-4670
Estranged husband charged with murder after woman shot dead in Hunter Valley
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A man is charged with murder after allegedly shooting dead his estranged wife in the NSW Hunter Valley.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, maitland-2320, nsw
Newcastle home to V8 Supercars for next five years
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Newcastle will host the V8 Supercars 500 championships for the next five years, with the event expected to attract more than 80,000 visitors.
Topics: motor-sports, tourism, newcastle-2300
Newcastle Jets sack coach Scott Miller
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The Newcastle Jets sacks their head coach Scott Miller after just one season, ending his tenure three months after a wealthy Chinese businessman took control of the club.
Topics: sport, a-league, newcastle-2300
Greyhound trainers vow to keep fighting racing ban
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Greyhound trainers, whose lives have revolved around racing for decades, vow to keep fighting against legislation passed last night to ban the industry.
Topics: racing, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sport, abermain-2326, lismore-2480
Archbishop would not report abuse claims if victim's name not known, inquiry hears
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One of Australia's most senior Anglicans, the Archbishop of Perth Roger Herft, tells a royal commission he would not report child sexual abuse allegations if he did not know the name of the alleged victim.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Man hired to clean up Anglican diocese harassed, had home attacked, inquiry told
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A former police officer brought in to clean up the Anglican church in Newcastle, which had faced years of child sexual abuse allegations, says he has "no doubt" harassing phone calls and attacks on his home were related to his work.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Removalist found child pornography at priest's home, inquiry hears
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A former removalist tells the child sexual abuse royal commission he felt "horrified" and "sick" when he found child pornography while packing the belongings of a Hunter Valley priest.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Defrocked Dean of Newcastle abused me as a child, inquiry hears
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A man tells a royal commission's public hearings he was 15 years old when he was first sexually abused by the defrocked former Dean of Newcastle, Graeme Lawrence.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Lawyer did nothing about allegations of abuse against priests, royal commission told
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A Newcastle lawyer and Anglican Church official says he did not go to police with allegations of abuse against priests because he was trying to protect the church.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Abuse survivor says Newcastle Diocese fought to avoid responsibility
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A clergy abuse survivor says Newcastle's Anglican church tried very hard to deny its duty of care while he fought for charges against a paedophile priest.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Abuse survivor describes 'sheer frustration' at church's response
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A man who was sexually abused when he was an altar boy in Newcastle says the experience continues to prey on his mind 40 years later, but the process of dealing with the Anglican Church has been "as abusive as the sexual abuse itself".
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
'He was a competent priest': Ex-bishop tells inquiry he never knew of Rushton allegations
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A former bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle denies ever being told allegations that one of his priests, Peter Rushton, had sexually abused children.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Royal commission hears horrifying evidence of abuse in Newcastle Anglican Diocese (photos)
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In harrowing testimony to a royal commission hearing in Newcastle, an abuse survivor describes how Father Peter Rushton (pictured) cut his back with a knife to symbolise Christ's blood while he raped him.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Church abuse survivors urged to get help ahead of royal commission hearings
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A sexual abuse survivor and victims advocate urges fellow victims to seek professional help before royal commission hearings in Newcastle.
Topics: anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, royal-commissions, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
Hunter Valley mosque plans approved
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A Hunter Valley council says a development application for a controversial mosque complies with relevant planning provisions.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, local-government, islam, cessnock-2325, kurri-kurri-2327, maitland-2320
Resident thinks class action is 'only option' over Williamtown contamination
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A Williamtown resident says he has no choice but to sign up for a class action against the Federal Government after chemical contamination rendered his property almost worthless.
Topics: defence-forces, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, courts-and-trials, federal-parliament, judges-and-legal-profession, williamtown-2318, salt-ash-2318, fern-bay-2295, newcastle-2300
Man in critical condition after hospital fall
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Police say a man is in a critical condition after jumping over a railing and falling onto concrete at a Newcastle hospital overnight.
Topics: police, healthcare-facilities, waratah-2298, rankin-park-2287
Smart phone app aims to simplify mealtimes for people with type 1 diabetes
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A smart phone app to help people with type 1 diabetes at mealtimes has the potential to go global.
Topics: diabetes, medical-research, computers-and-technology, information-technology, newcastle-2300
Fears council merger means Newcastle will not get say on rail corridor
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There are fears the community will not get the final say on what happens to Newcastle's heavy rail corridor, if an administrator is appointed ahead of a proposed council merger.
Topics: local-government, urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, newcastle-2300, raymond-terrace-2324
Koala calls the couch home
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A woman from the NSW region of Port Stephens comes home to find a koala has made itself very comfortable on her lounge.
Topics: marsupials, soldiers-point-2317
Opposition scathing govt does not know refuge bed numbers
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The NSW Opposition says the Government cannot adequately fund refuges for domestic violence victims if it has no idea how many beds are currently available.
Topics: domestic-violence, womens-health, family-and-children, non-governmental-organisations, state-parliament, newcastle-2300
Former Newcastle Council manager avoids jail time for fraud
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A former council manager is sentenced after fraudulently approving invoices and receiving kickbacks such as an oven, refrigerator and coffee machine.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, courts-and-trials, newcastle-2300
Truck driver sentenced to jail after cyclist killed in Wallsend
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A truck driver, who hit and killed a cyclist in Wallsend nearly three years ago, has been sentenced to a minimum one year and 10 months in jail.
Topics: traffic-offences, death, courts-and-trials, cycling, wallsend-2287, minmi-2287, newcastle-2300
Family describes grief after son is killed by a truck while cycling on NSW road
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The mother of a cyclist hit and killed by a truck in NSW tells the District Court her family is shattered by her son's death and she will never get over it.
Topics: courts-and-trials, traffic-offences, death, cycling, wallsend-2287, maryland-2287, newcastle-2300
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