The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

Medical students now in hospitals as nursing assistants to boost workforce

Hunter pilot program enables students to gain paid work experience.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 4, 2023

'Enough is enough': protesters rally against impact of renewables on their communities

Hunter residents travel to Sydney to rally against renewable impacts.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 30, 2023

Influx of Hunter patients expected to apply for voluntary assisted dying

New laws to take effect from Tuesday in NSW.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 27, 2023

NSW Liberal leader’s party branch calls for opposition to offshore windfarms in Illawarra and Hunter

Mark Speakman’s branch to table motion at state party conference to reject renewable energy zones and look into nuclear reactors instead

The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2023

No short cuts - MP says transmission project must not be rushed

About 80 landholders affected by Hunter Transmission Project route.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 21, 2023

Former minister Joe Tripodi charged over ICAC 'leak' claim

Confidential document allegedly leaked to former billionaire Nathan Tinkler's Hunter construction firm.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 20, 2023

Libs want radical redraw of Hunter election boundaries before 2025

All major parties say Muswellbrook should shift to New England.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 17, 2023

Hunter in prime position for Australian battery manufacturing industry: report

Australia supplies half of the world's lithium for battery manufacture.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 16, 2023

A new video is helping the Hunter understand health

'We have so much to be proud of.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 16, 2023

Feds dump $1bn funding for faster rail from Newcastle to Sydney

The minister says the bypass is 'not planned properly'.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 16, 2023