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How 17 Hunter mines could become $3.7bn windfall after coal

More than 13,500 jobs and $3.7 billion in economic output could be generated in the Upper Hunter from post-mining rehabilitation and sustainable land use over the next two decades, a new report suggests.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 14, 2022

'Buffer lands' key to post-coal growth

Buffer zones around mining operations could be unlocked to give one of Australia's biggest regional economies a chance at sustainable growth beyond coal.

AAP · Jun 14, 2022

Rise in unregistered dirt bikes on roads concerns Hunter police

Police across the Hunter are continuing to see young people riding unregistered dirt bikes on the region's roads - in some cases trying to "goad" officers to chase them, a senior Hunter highway patrol officer says.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 14, 2022

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Students come to grips with the future of work

School students from across the Hunter will grapple with the future of work as part of this week's sustainovation challenge event.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 13, 2022

NSW govt commits to $1b fast-rail plan

A NSW budget pledge will be matched with Commonwealth funding for preliminary work on faster train services to the Central Coast.

AAP · Jun 10, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 10, 2022

Andrea Bocelli locks in October Hunter Valley show at Hope Estate

Tickets go on general sale next week.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 10, 2022

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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.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 8, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 8, 2022

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

Newcastle Herald · Jun 8, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 7, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 6, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 5, 2022

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

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Newcastle Herald · Jun 5, 2022

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Newcastle Herald · Jun 1, 2022

'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.

Newcastle Herald · May 31, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 31, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 31, 2022

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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Newcastle Herald · May 30, 2022

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".

Newcastle Herald · May 27, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 27, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 26, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 26, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 26, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 26, 2022

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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