By-election looms as ex-minister leaves safe state seat An upcoming vote in the NSW Northern Tablelands electorate will determine if the Nationals retain their stranglehold on the safest seat in the state. AAP · Apr 4, 2024
Wedge issue: the fight against a 350ha freight hub in Melbourne’s green fringe Plans by freight rail operator Pacific National to build a container terminal on ‘green wedge’ grasslands at Little River threaten wildlife and the town itself, critics say The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2024
MP fears Treasury, NSW Ports trying to 'strong-arm' IPART The independent body is reviewing the Newcastle port lease price. Newcastle Herald · Nov 2, 2023
Violence, fires and vandalism: how the merger of two Armidale high schools went wrong The amalgamated ‘super-school’ Armidale Secondary College has made headlines for all the wrong reasons The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2023
Artistically defaced election signs of MP Adam Marshall to hang in rural NSW art gallery After a Sharpie-toting graffiti artist defaced a series of Adam Marshall's election posters, the MP's "enhanced" portraits are now being framed and hung for public exhibition. ABC News · May 17, 2023
How the wind blows in Walcha: a community divided over renewable energy Farmers in New England are facing off against an unlikely alliance of the National party and conservationists The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2023
DeSantis has executive privilege, a judge ruled, setting up legal battle over secrecy TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has been eyeing a run for president, but he’s not waiting until 2024 to assert one of the most contested legal rights associated with that office. Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023
A 'packet of poo tickets': Joyce weighs in on wind farm Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has told a group of Walcha locals that the Winterbourne Windfarm EIS is a "packet of poo tickets". Newcastle Herald · Jan 23, 2023
NSW minister COVID status 'inconclusive' A NSW parliamentary report examining Health Minister Brad Hazzard's status as a COVID-19 virus contact has proved to be inconclusive. AAP · Dec 22, 2022
Report delay on NSW minister COVID status A parliamentary report due into the COVID-19 status of NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has been delayed after he accused the inquiry of suppressing evidence. AAP · Dec 14, 2022
Hazzard COVID call 'very thorough': Chant NSW Chief Health officer Kerry Chant has stood by investigations into a possible exposure of the health minister to COVID-19 at parliament house in 2021. AAP · Nov 24, 2022
Man's dream comes true as he opens new toy and collectibles shop in Leeds The shop opened in Leeds city centre on Saturday (October 22) Leeds Live · Oct 24, 2022
Labor looks for 'guarantee' on container terminal The Opposition wants to ensure Port of Newcastle does not look for a "windfall gain" if the government removes an impediment to it developing a container terminal. Newcastle Herald · Oct 18, 2022
Piper tables port bill, slams 'straitjacket' on Hunter economy Mr Piper has tabled legislation seeking to scrap controversial penalties on Newcastle developing a large-scale container terminal. Newcastle Herald · Oct 13, 2022
Newcastle Herald · Sep 23, 2022 Heat on Nationals to support Newcastle port bill Greg Piper is not one to throw hand grenades at the government on the floor of Parliament, so it is a measure of the importance of Newcastle's proposed container terminal that he chose to do so this week.
Newcastle Herald · Sep 22, 2022 Port legislation will test Coalition friendship Nationals Upper Hunter MP Dave Layzell is hopeful the Coalition will support a bill designed to dismantle port commitment deeds that are constraining the development of container terminal at the Port of Newcastle.
Newcastle Herald · Sep 20, 2022 Petition calls to break up 'Newcastle-centric' Hunter New England Health Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall previously told parliament the New England community was "sick to the back teeth" of the "neglect" of the local health district's Newcastle-based senior management.
Newcastle Herald · Sep 20, 2022 Mums and bubs' lives at risk as another weekend goes by with no doctor In a regional area of the Hunter New England Health district no obstetricians nor gynaecologists were available all weekend, forcing expectant mothers to drive the 1.5 hours for medical care.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2022 University of New England vice-chancellor resigns after assault charge Brigid Heywood has stood down but denies wiping saliva on a schoolgirl’s face and commenting on her skin colour
Newcastle Herald · Jul 26, 2022 Splitting headache: Why dividing Hunter New England Health 'doesn't add up' The numbers behind the de-centralisation of Hunter New England health services don't add up, says health economist
Newcastle Herald · May 27, 2022 "Still wondering what happened": the Newcastle container terminal media release that was never sent out Coalition Campaign Headquarters media release about Newcastle container terminal that was never issued
ABC News · May 4, 2022 NSW MP Adam Marshall says Inverell Hospital on 'bypass' with no doctor for up to 10 days Inverell in northern NSW has a $60 million new hospital, but a NSW government MP says local district health needs to 'front up' about the emergency department being 'out of action'.
ABC News · Mar 24, 2022 MP Adam Marshall accuses Hunter New England Health chief of 'cannibalising' region's hospitals Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall says he wants the district's chief executive to be sacked if the region's hospitals are not properly staffed, and suggests hospitals in New England are being "cannibalised" to support Newcastle facilities.
ABC News · Feb 16, 2022 NSW Nationals MP Adam Marshall backs striking nurses amid ongoing rural doctor shortage Nationals MP Adam Marshall says doctor shortages in regional areas mean the health system is "on the brink of collapse" amid renewed calls for the creation of a separate rural health department.
Chronicle Live · Jan 26, 2022 New York driver had six pints with pals on Christmas Eve before crashing into lamppost Adam Marshall was more than three times the limit when he got behind the wheel of his Seat Ibiza