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The numbers behind the de-centralisation of Hunter New England health services don't add up, says health economist

"Parents deserve to have faith that buses will turn up and right now they can't."

As solitary as the pursuit of art as a career may seem at times, there would be little doubt a helping hand or collaborator can change an artist's direction in life or career. With that thought in mind, Newcastle Art Space, a longtime local creative collective, began a mentorship program…

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"In Greater Newcastle some LGAs are experiencing substantially higher annual growth rates than projected by DPE in 2019."

An extra 23,000 people are in work across the city compared with a year ago.

Taylor Martin, Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter, said the region would be first to use the new process to assess the dangers as the mercury rose.

Herald a finalist in the Chris Watson Award for print and online regional journalism

The entire Hunter, including Newcastle, is now covered by a program designed to attract doctors to rural areas. Medical groups fear the changes will rob remote communities of their GPs.

Coal supplies are back on track after serious floods at Maitland shut down the Hunter Valley rail network.

A total of 19.5 per cent approved of cannabis for personal use compared to 16.9 per cent for tobacco.