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Bursting bubble or new dawn? What One Nation's rise means for Hunter politics

'If the tide is big enough, people will be washed out with it.'

Newcastle Herald

A new coal-fired power station and the 'cult of net zero': inside Hunter mining conference

There was unanimous support for Hunter Valley Operations' extension bid.

Newcastle Herald

Motorists back $5.8m solution to fix Newcastle Link Road bottleneck

Cameron Park motorists have overwhelmingly supported the design.

Newcastle Herald

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7000 jobs, new industries: bold plan for Hunter's post-coal future revealed

Two Hunter coal sites set for major industrial transformation.

Newcastle Herald

Nationals endorse 'best value rail project in Australia'

The Train to Cessnock campaign makes its case for returning train services to the Coalfields to Engineers Australia.

Newcastle Herald

School reopens after large trees smash campus in wild storm

SES crews were kept busy on Thursday afternoon.

Newcastle Herald

'Once in a generation': major Hunter hospital rebuild gains ground

Huge project to 'transform healthcare' for the region's people.

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12 dumped cars, two tonnes of asbestos cleared in bushland blitz

The clean-up cost was $120,000.

Newcastle Herald

Cessnock Hospital's new design unveiled, marking project milestone

Concept design a step forward, but the project has a way to go.

Newcastle Herald

Parliament petitioned to buy old mine line to revive commuter service to Cessnock

MP Clayton Barr presented the petition to parliament.

Newcastle Herald

Family and friends wait with 'bated breath' for bus crash victims' names

'Everyone's feeling and sharing the pain.'

Newcastle Herald

Labor's red tide continues to rise as NSW election vote counting resumes

Labor's red tide continued to rise across the Hunter on Monday when counting resumed following Saturday's state election.

Newcastle Herald

Labor promises new high school for Huntlee

"A Labor government will deliver a high school for this community," the party's Upper Hunder candidate said.

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Business student puts hand up for NSW election

The National Party has unveiled its candidate for the seat of Cessnock at March's NSW election.

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Council opposition as Huntlee housing lots as small as 217m2 approved

Cessnock mayor Jay Suvaal said councillors were standing with the community by objecting to the approval of the Urban One lots.

Newcastle Herald

Will Perrottet's long-awaited drug reforms work?

Cessnock MP Clayton Barr said the "two chances concept is pretty fair and reasonable".

Newcastle Herald

New gallery preserving Greta army and migrant camp's proud history

"We do not have anywhere to go for remembrance, as there are no buildings left at the camp," she said.

Newcastle Herald

Mayors hit out at 'slap in the face' as state budget snubs coal towns

The mayor of Muswellbrook has called the state budget a "slap in the face" for the region as a Hunter MP says the "toe in the water" commitment to hydrogen is evidence the government isn't serious about transforming Hunter communities that rely on coal.

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Angst over controversial Royalties for Rejuvenation fund, but critics say it's "spit in the ocean" for coal communities

IT'S been labelled by critics as a "spit in the ocean", "spare change", "modest", "a cheap and insulting thought bubble" and "an absolute joke".

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