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Government acquisition of former Truegain site a 'huge win'

It has taken years of a Hunter community living with a "ticking environmental time bomb", but the state government's acquisition of the polluted Truegain site - six years after it was abandoned - is a "huge win", a NSW Labor MP says.

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Andrea Bocelli locks in October Hunter Valley show at Hope Estate

Tickets go on general sale next week.

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Double demerits in force for June long-weekend

Double demerit penalties will be in force across the Hunter from Friday as part of the annual June long-weekend road safety crackdown conducted by NSW Police.

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Hunter united: Region's MPs combine to support Newcastle container terminal

The Hunter's state and federal MPs have rallied across the political divide in an unprecedented show of support for the establishment of a Newcastle container terminal.

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QT Newcastle: your first look at Newcastle's new rooftop bar and hotel

Locals are welcome at the reborn David Jones building on Hunter Street in Newcastle's East End

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Man accused of almost $50k worth of government grant fraud

A man has been charged in the Hunter as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged fraud offences against NSW government schemes - with the man accused of fraudulently obtaining almost $50,000.

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Wind winds up again across the Hunter

Wild weather like that which smashed many parts of NSW last week returned to the Hunter on Monday and was expected to continue throughout the night before settling on Tuesday.

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Paramedics welcome job boost to help "worked to the bone" workforce

The Health Services Union says the Hunter will be a "significant focus" when it comes time to determine where more than 2000 new paramedics will be dispatched, a win for the region's underresourced and overworked ambos.

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Hunter e-scooter trial can't skate past the issues seen elsewhere

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

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'Tremendous influence': Pat Conroy's hopes for the Hunter

Australia's new Defence Industries Minister Pat Conroy plans to build on the foundations that his predecessor Greg Combet laid to make the Hunter one of the world's top aerospace hubs.

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Blown away: wind whips up more than 500 Hunter, Central Coast SES jobs

The State Emergency Service has had another busy night in the Hunter and Central Coast, with damaging winds causing calls for help to continue to roll in.

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SES bracing for another day of gale-force winds ripping through Hunter

The State Emergency Service is preparing for the possibility of another long night as wild winds up to 90km/h continue to hammer many parts of NSW, with just over half the calls for help across the state coming from the Hunter and Central Coast since Monday evening.

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The deadly Beresfield crash that revealed a truck driver's predator past

Years before he was a truck driver who killed another driver in a crash on the New England Highway in 2016, David James Price was a Scout leader who preyed on a 15-year-old boy at excursions, camping trips and fundraisers across the Hunter.

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Storm damage: tree pins woman in car at Singleton after wild weather

Gale force winds remain a risk in the Hunter as "saturated soils bring an increased risk of gusty winds toppling trees and power lines".

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Long awaited Hunter Park sports precinct at Broadmeadow "needs to be more than a stadium"

The long awaited Hunter Park project is still in the early planning phase, with a business case yet to be submitted to apply for funding.

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Barnaby challenges Labor over Hunter funding commitments

Leader of the Nationals Barnaby Joyce has called on the newly elected Labor Government to honour the Coalition's commitments to the Hunter region.

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Police search for man who went missing five decades ago

Detectives are appealing for information from the public to help find a man who has not been in touch with his family for almost 50 years, after his loved ones approached police in the Manning Valley - north of the Hunter - for help last year.

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Hunter man charged in statewide organised crime operation

Police have arrested 45 people - including a man in the Hunter - and seized eight firearms, a hydraulic press and more than 20kg of MDMA and other prohibited drugs, during statewide raids targeting organised crime under Operation Hawk this week.

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Geothermal energy in the Hunter a potential fix for baseload woes

Spa*ark Energy has applied for a geothermal exploration license covering around 850 square kilometers between Singleton and Muswellbrook.

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Police commanders take up new positions across Hunter

Most of the Hunter region's police commanders who were due to move amid a shake-up of local top brass have started at their new posts.

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Two vehicles burst into flames in five minutes on major Hunter roads

Emergency crews have responded to two vehicles that became engulfed in flames in separate incidents on major Hunter roads within five minutes of each other on Thursday afternoon.

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Charity's hand out to help out the Hunter's disadvantaged youth

Disadvantaged and at-risk young people have been given a leg-up as the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation announces more than half-a-million dollars for projects in the Hunter.

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Hope Estate sets sights on doubling capacity to entice AC/DC, U2 and Coldplay to the Hunter Valley

Bruce Springsteen raved about the fantastic experience at Hope Estate.

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Sunk at the last minute: the $250m Port of Newcastle container terminal package

The Morrison government came within 24 hours of unveiling a $250 million infrastructure package to support the establishment of a container terminal at the Port of Newcastle but dumped the commitment over concerns that it would be seen as promoting Chinese interests in Australia.

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Australian voters are drifting to the left on key issues as Anthony Albanese claims election victory

Can the Liberal Party rediscover its sense of purpose without being distracted by the issues and personalities that Australians now seem to have rejected at the ballot box?

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