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Festival puts a pause on headline event after funding shortfall

Despite a huge 2025 event, it has been difficult to secure sponsorship.

Newcastle Herald

'Priority remediation': Mater set for big funding injection to fix mould disaster

'Community outrage has forced them to finally undertake remediation.'

Newcastle Herald

'No one has been held to account': Coalition attacks Labor over Mater failures

Minister accused of 'ducking accountability and responsibility'.

Newcastle Herald

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Mould, cover-ups and corruption: inquiry calls for Mater PPP to end

'All of this could have been prevented,' inquiry chair says.

Newcastle Herald

'Swept under the rug': hate speech reforms knocked back

A report recommending hate speech reforms that sat with a state government for months has been snubbed, with sexual minorities arguing it's an insult.

AAP

'In a fire, you wouldn't get out': Hunter hospital non-fire compliant for years

'These are simple but critical faults that have been left for years and years.'

Newcastle Herald

New mental health emergency teams for the state, but will the Hunter get one?

'It's possible that the Hunter could miss out entirely.'

Newcastle Herald

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'It's a joke': Hunter hospital workers' comp claims surge 300 per cent

'This is a trend that is set to continue and worsen.'

Newcastle Herald

Taxpayers fork out millions to pay lawyers in Hunter hospital's rolling legal drama

Documents have revealed details of a SafeWork NSW probe.

Newcastle Herald

'Insult to injury': back pay delayed for Mater nurses as anger mounts

'We need the public to know and stand up for us workers.'

Newcastle Herald

'Staff have endured enough': Mater workers wait for money to flow to stop mould

'We do need to step in as quickly as we can,' NSW Health says.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle primary school to be monitored after 'concerning' air quality results

A report found elevated levels of carbon dioxide in some schools.

Newcastle Herald

'No place for corporate greed in public health': Mater PPP on the brink

NSW Treasurer able to use legal loophole to avoid Mater hearing.

Newcastle Herald

'Unacceptable risk': Mater report should have prompted action two years ago

'What was the point of commissioning an engineering review?'

Newcastle Herald

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Newcastle Herald

Why did NSW Health drop $170m in hospital fines?

'This new information raises even more questions.'

AAP

Anti-abortion fight evolves into 'noxious brew'

The pro-life movement is incorporating anti-immigrant sentiment in its latest fight against abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Newcastle Herald

Vote on same-sex termination labelled a 'thinly-veiled attempt' to 're-criminalise abortion'

Debate expected on push to ban same-sex abortion.

Newcastle Herald

Multiple failures caused mould contamination in cancer wards at the Mater for years

Documents reveal the extent of the 'systemic problem'.

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AAP

Long-delayed release of hate speech review thwarted

The results of a probe into hate speech protections for vulnerable communities due to be released by parliamentary order are being kept on the back burner.

AAP

'Practical' plans to prevent suicide pass parliament

Government debt collectors and other staff will have to put suicide prevention front of mind under laws to prompt practical change and save lives.

AAP

'Regardless of postcode': abortion access laws debated

A bill to improve access to abortions in regional areas has triggered passionate reactions from conservative politicians and is expected to split major parties.

The Guardian - AU

What is the new abortion bill in NSW – and why is Tony Abbott trying to stop it?

A proposal to improve access to abortion services could soon become law. So what’s in the bill – and why has it caused heated debate?

AAP

Bid ensure abortion access reopens political rifts

Plans to ensure access to abortion and expand access to medical terminations have caused splits within major parties and a "insensitive" comparison to Nazis.

The Guardian - AU

NSW’s sole women’s-only clinic dedicated to trauma ends ‘gamechanging’ focus

Specialists at Ramsay Clinic Thirroul have reportedly resigned against backdrop of larger shortage of psychiatrists across state

AAP

Resignations puts private mental health care in play

Dozens of public health specialist resignations remain in play as data outlines how few have rescinded their threat to quit the system.

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