Newcastle & Hunter News
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Newcastle News
ORICA FINED $15,000 FOR HEAVY-METAL DISCHARGE
The Orica plant on Newcastle’s Kooragang Island plant has been fined by the EPA for releasing heavy metals. The incident…
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Newcastle News
WARATAH UNIT SEVERELY DAMAGED BY FIRE
It’s believed a curtain catching alight from a candle caused a unit fire in a Newcastle suburb overnight. The fire…
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NEW HEIGHTS: NEWCASTLE LANDMARK REOPENS TO THE PUBLIC
There was another milestone today, for one of Newcastle’s original landmarks. Christchurch Cathedral’s tower was officially re-opened… with many hoping…
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EVERYONE’S A WINNER AT PORT TO PORT
It’s the endurance mountain bike event that pumps plenty of cash into Hunter tourism. Nearly a thousand riders and their…
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Newcastle News
LAKE MACQUAIRE MAN HELD UP AT GUNPOINT
A man has been robbed at gunpoint near Lake Macquarie. Around 5:30am, the 21-year-old was walking along Violet Town Road…
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Newcastle & Hunter Sport
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Newcastle Sport
HUNTER SAILOR JUMPS SHIP FOR SYDNEY TO HOBART
He won the handicap race in the Sydney to Hobart last year aboard Rosebud, but the Hunter’s Wade Morgan has…
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Newcastle Sport
HISTORY ON THE JETS SIDE
The Newcastle Jets will be hoping history repeats itself this Sunday when they travel to Brisbane to face the Roar.…
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Newcastle Sport
NITTIES STILL ON A HIGH AFTER TOUCHING DOWN
The Hunter’s James Nitties will soon rub shoulders with Tiger Woods on a weekly basis, but this weekend he’ll have…
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Newcastle Sport
HAGGERSTON WANTS A PAIGE IN SURFING HISTORY
Lake Macquarie surfer Paige Haggerston is back in the Hunter following her win at the national titles in Western Australia,…
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Newcastle Sport
TAREK ON LONG TERM TRACK
Newcastle Jets striker Jason Naidovksi has been ruled out for at least 6 weeks with a knee injury. Meanwhile, it’s…
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Latest NBN News
Honeysuckle restaurant badly damaged in break-in
A Honeysuckle business owner has been left frustrated, after his restaurant suffered thousands of dollars in damage in an early…
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Hunter Innovation Festival gets underway
From clean energy, to electric boats…and even a time machine. Well, close enough. The Hunter Innovation Festival began today in…
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Band’s milestone as they celebrate 100 years of continuous membership
Modern music groups come and go, but with a history that dates back centuries… the pipe band endures. And the…
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Man charged with 76 historical child sex crimes in NSW
A man has been charged with 76 offences related to historical child sex crimes that allegedly took place over decades…
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