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Melbourne Cup day offers a fitting alternative date for Australia Day

I know what you're thinking, but hear me out.

Newcastle Herald

What colour car is safest? The choice that's about more than style

'I think a knowledge of safety status would affect choice.'

Newcastle Herald

Holiday horrors happen, but life's too short

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

Newcastle Herald

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The stampede toward reliance on renewable energy seems short on caution

Let us have a pause and fully test where we are going before we rush off on the poorly planned venture.

Newcastle Herald

NRL can't back hairstyles over substance after Tyson Frizell penalty

If something is not done, all NRL players will be getting a perm after the game.

Newcastle Herald

High cost of entry for juniors may hide the best of sport from them

Craig Johnston is deservedly a legend of the sport in Australia. A brilliant player who has also long been an innovative thinker. He deserves to be listened to.

Newcastle Herald

World Cups are fine, but rugby league's the greatest game of all

Like other fans, I don't care that my chosen sport is only played on the east coast in Australia, and by only a handful of nations overseas.

Newcastle Herald

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Your guide to buying car insurance for the first time

Experts say first-time buyers can expect to pay somewhere between $150 and $250 for their monthly premium.

Fortune

Boys saw periscope of Japanese submarine from Newcastle

Topics: A periscope, a lady on a train, a war memory and a counterfeit note.

Newcastle Herald

The Mayan calendar is older than we thought, researchers say

The discovery of a clear calendar date at a Preclassical Maya site shows that ancient peoples were using the calendar around 300 B.C.

Inverse

Earliest evidence of Maya calendar found inside Guatemalan pyramid

A glyph representing a day called "7 Deer" on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of the Maya calendar, one of this ancient culture's renowned achievements.

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