The Latest Breaking News from Hunter region

'Some roles will change': Potential job cuts at Hunter Region Catholic schools

Catholic Schools Maitland-Newcastle are making some staffing changes.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 31

The Hunter votes: all of the ups and downs of the 2024 council elections

Victory claimed in Lake Macquarie race, but Newcastle remains neck and neck.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 22, 2024

What's on this weekend in Newcastle and the Hunter region

The Quokkas, Hunter Science Festival, a book fair and more.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 15, 2024

Home-schooled Hunter region children make their musical debut in The Wizard of Oz

'We had to run two lead casts as a result of the interest.'

Newcastle Herald · Aug 28, 2023

Greg Piper named NSW Parliament's Speaker

"The Lake Macquarie electorate and the broader Hunter Region will remain my priority."

Newcastle Herald · May 9, 2023

Cold front is coming to drop temperatures across the region

It is going to be a chilly start across the Hunter Region on Wednesday.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 18, 2023

Poll shows support for PEP-11 gas licence off the Hunter's coast

The Asset Energy-commissioned polling was based on the responses of 1000 people aged over 18 from across the Hunter Region.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 6, 2023

'You could've heard a pin drop': students perform a powerful commemorative act

"It was the most beautiful intersection of arts commemoration, military families and recognition that I've experienced in Australia."

Newcastle Herald · Apr 4, 2023

Hunter businesses 'downbeat', new survey results show

Businesses in the Hunter region are more concerned than the NSW average when it comes to rising interest rates and energy costs, according to the latest Business Conditions Survey.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 8, 2022

'The behaviours must stop': teens charged over car theft and live-streamed pursuits

Police said more than 20 vehicles were stolen, including luxury cars.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 24, 2022