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The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

Paterson and Hunter the targets of major parties in election campaign

Leaders in Hunter on two-seat lookout

Newcastle Herald

Barnaby announces $55m for Newcastle Airport upgrade

The Coalition also committed to spend $56 million on Mandalong Road at Morisset.

Newcastle Herald

Man charged with kidnapping after found under house with woman

A man has been charged with allegedly kidnapping a woman after forcing her off a train in the Hunter this week.

Newcastle Herald

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Business and unions view jobs through different lenses as election campaign kicks off

Hunter lobby groups put their cases to the major parties

Newcastle Herald

Homes, planes, trains and more: Hunter's federal election wishlist

Hunter business lobby issues election "white paper" for incoming government

Newcastle Herald

'It's great to have a date': Hunter candidates raring to go

Hunter federal election candidates have expressed relief that time on has finally been called in the 2022 campaign.

Newcastle Herald

Feds 'must fund' renewables infrastructure

The federal government is being urged to increase its spending on decarbonisation to unlock investment and jobs in the Hunter and Gladstone regions.

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Former campdrafter Emily Tapp wins $6.75m payout after serious spinal injury

A national campdrafting organisation is ordered to pay $6.75 million in damages to Paralympian Emily Tapp who became a paraplegic after falling from her horse during competition in 2011.

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Housing cost region's biggest issue: survey

Shortland had the highest concern about housing with 61.5 per cent followed by mental health with 53.8 per cent.

Newcastle Herald

Catherine Cusack slams Scott Morrison as "ruthless self-serving bully", won't vote for the PM

"Doing the right thing now won't get my vote because it won't undo the wrong he has done to my community."

Newcastle Herald

Election Diary: Libs get more mileage out of Hunter bypass

If Tuesday's budget announcement of $268 million for the Muswellbrook bypass sounded vaguely familiar, you're spot on.

Newcastle Herald

Ex-miner reveals what life is like living next door to a Hunter coal mine

Living close to the coal face, ex-miner Pete Kennedy shares his thoughts about what he describes at 'Mt un-Pleasant' in Muswellbrook.

Newcastle Herald

Preparing students with autism for life after school

Aspect Hunter School has launched a new program to prepare students for life beyond school.

Newcastle Herald

GP Access in danger of closing under 2022 budget cuts, MP says

A $16 million cut to after hours medical care across the country could put the Hunter's GP Access service in jeopardy, Sharon Claydon says.

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Newcastle Labor MPs find budget flaws

The Hunter's Labor politicians have labelled the budget a "wasted opportunity" for the region.

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Scott Morrison says defence force ‘not available on a moment’s notice’ to respond to disaster – as it happened

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Flood havoc as Central Coast braces for 4.5m swells – as it happened

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Sydney spared worst of rain but Newcastle still under threat – as it happened

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Cyclist suffers suspected spinal injury in crash

Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District are appealing for information, particularly dashcam vision, after a man was seriously injured in a bicycle crash in the Hunter on Sunday.

Newcastle Herald

Landholders group and Lock The Gate blast Hunter Gas Pipeline

Latest skirmish in years-long pipeline battle

Newcastle Herald

Enough with the planning, let's start funding key projects

"Fundamentally, we're looking at how to get that greater link between plans and government priorities and budgets."

AAP

Environment groups condemn NSW power plant

A proposed gas-fired power plant at Kurri Kurri in the NSW Hunter region has been slammed by environmental groups, who say it is a waste of money.

AAP

NSW gas-fired power plant gets final tick

The NSW Hunter Power Project has been given the environmental tick of approval, meaning construction can now begin on the gas-fired power plant at Kurri Kurri.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter records four more COVID-19 deaths

COVID-19 has claimed the lives of four more Hunter people, including three from Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter talent take steps towards Swans AFLW inclusion

Testing will be held this weekend.

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