The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

$225m investment to supercharge low carbon manufacturing in the Hunter

Hunter businesses are set to share in a $225 million funding package designed to create hundreds of new jobs in domestic manufacturing.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 1

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 · Jun 1

How cheap Chinese train wheels are destroying a Hunter manufacturing industry

Anti-Dumping Commission upholds view that cheap Chinese train wheels are destroying Hunter manufacturing.

Newcastle Herald · May 29

Body found in search for missing man in Hunter Valley

Authorities had been scouring the Upper Rouchel area.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 15, 2024

Four Hunter councils to save millions in joint renewable energy deal

The money will be reinvested in community projects.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 11, 2024

Honouring the fallen and a lost son on Remembrance Day in the Hunter

'Remembrance Day concerns all forms of service. People who have gone away wearing the uniform and our flag on their shoulder.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 10, 2024

nib backs weight-loss drugs like Ozempic as the new 'wonder drugs'

The Hunter-based health insurer is enamoured the drug.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 7, 2024

Hunter manufacturer wins NSW Business of the Year

The state awards acknowledge leading businesses and innovation.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 1, 2024

No longer only a boys club, Hunter women turn to trades

Women are 'doing it and killing it.'

Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2024

'It can kill': SafeWork inspectors target scaffold safety on Hunter construction sites

Hunter construction sites targeted in scaffold safety crackdown.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 25, 2024