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The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

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."

Newcastle Herald

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.

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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.

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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.

Newcastle Herald

West Nile virus cases in horses rise in NSW as hot, wet summer fuels mosquito population

A horse in the New South Wales Hunter region has died and more across the state have been infected with West Nile virus in numbers not seen since the outbreak of 2011.

ABC News

Snowy Hydro to get an extra $700 mill for green hydrogen switch

Labor will provide Snowy Hydro Limited with an extra $700 million in equity to make the Kurri peaking plant operate on green hydrogen by 2030.

Newcastle Herald

Labor to unveil support for taxpayer-funded construction of gas-fired power station in the Hunter Valley, but it comes with a caveat

Federal Labor confirms it will back the taxpayer-funded construction of a gas-fired power station in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, under the proviso the facility runs on zero-emissions green hydrogen fuel earlier than expected.

ABC News

Will Hunter businesses benefit from NSW's Omicron support package?

The state government has announced a $1 billion support package, but many Hunter businesses will not qualify.

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Charges over alleged hold-ups, pistol-whipping

A second man has been charged as investigations continue into the alleged armed robbery of a hotel in the Hunter last week.

Newcastle Herald

Citizen science to document bushfire recovery

Hunter residents are invited to document the bushfire recovery of plants, animals and fungi across three bushfire affected regions of the state.

Newcastle Herald

Two more die with COVID in Hunter

One person was aged in their 70s, the other in their 90s.

Newcastle Herald

Barnaby happy to 'chuck' the pork in Hunter this time

'You chuck a few million dollars up this way, you're the worst person on earth.'

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Teenager charged over alleged armed hold-up at service station

A teenager has been charged and another two released pending further inquiries after an alleged armed hold-up for a few drinks at a Hunter service station.

Newcastle Herald

Surgery: Hunter hospitals play catch up after first COVID pause

Hunter hospitals have been working hard to catch up after surgery was stopped in 2020.

Newcastle Herald

High honours for Hunter heroes on Australia Day

THE Hunter's community, sporting, medical, cultural and academic heroes have been saluted in this year's Australia Day honours.

Newcastle Herald

Helping hampers: community group providing an isolation lifeline

One Hunter organisation is doing what it can to reduce the financial burden this year by putting together free hampers for those impacted by COVID-19.

Newcastle Herald

Teachers brace for a disruptive start to the school year

Hunter teachers and principals will closely monitor the effectiveness of COVID risk mitigation measures as thousands of students return to the classroom.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter's new January 25 event Ngarrama to promote "truth telling and historical acceptance"

The free event will be held on the eve of Australia Day in King Edward Park.

Newcastle Herald

Tractor rolls over man, 70, on Hunter property

An elderly man has been taken to hospital after a piece of farm machinery rolled, leaving him at the bottom of a steep embankment, on a Hunter property.

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