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The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

Senior firefighter's warning after spate of blazes

The acting Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner is appealing to the public to take extra safety precautions amid a spate of house fires across the state - including three in the Hunter.

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Maitland farmers celebrate government back down on river pumping

Lower Hunter farmers have won their battle to continue irrigating from the Hunter and Paterson Rivers following a back down from the state government.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter health district records more COVID-related deaths in 2022 than last two years combined

The number of COVID-19 related deaths in the Hunter this year have shadowed the first two years of the pandemic combined, and it is still only April.

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AGL and NuRock tap into the potential of coal ash recycling

Coal ash is possibly the largest pollution legacy of coal-fired power production in the Hunter yet remarkably it receives relatively little attention in discussions about the region's transition to a clean energy economy.

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Hunter New England records 1306 new COVID cases

The Hunter New England local health district has again topped the daily COVID-19 new case number rankings, with 1306 positive results in the 24 hours to 4pm on Monday.

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Anzac Day services return in earnest across the Hunter

Crowds are returning to Anzac Day services across the Hunter region for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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Woman allegedly sexually assaulted in Singleton home

A strike force has been established to investigate the alleged aggravated sexual assault of a woman in the Hunter last week.

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Coal industry must step up to the plate on Hunter mine rehab

Mine rehab: from risk to opportunity

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Industry salute to Karl Stockhausen's life in Hunter Valley vines

His special place in Hunter winemaking was recognised in 2007 when he became one of the six inaugural recipients of the Hunter Valley Wine Industry's Legends awards.

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Shopping centre attack on teen changed girl's life, mum says

The mother of a teenage girl who was assaulted at a Hunter shopping centre last year is calling for more to be done to make young people safer, after footage of a similar incident circulated on social media last week.

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Four charged with drug supply allegedly linked to overseas bikies

Four people across the Hunter and Mid North Coast with alleged links to high-ranking Comanchero bikies overseas have been charged by Drug and Firearms Squad detectives investigating the distribution and supply of prohibited drugs throughout NSW.

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Anzac Day services in Newcastle and the Hunter 2022

For the first time since 2019 Anzac Day services will be held without restrictions, but attendees are urged to wear a mask where possible.

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Two more Hunter residents die with COVID-19

Two people from the Hunter were among the 16 who died with COVID-19 across NSW in the 24 hours to 4pm on Wednesday.

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'Strict' household contact rules to ease, Lake Macquarie person dies with COVID-19

Hunter New England records more than 2000 new cases, another death.

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Space view shows extent of Hunter mine scars in new research

Councils want old mining land unlocked for re-use.

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Man in hospital after falling from horse at Bulga

A man has been taken to hospital after falling from a horse in the Hunter on Easter Sunday.

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Hunter hotels and cafes full on Easter long weekend as 'business returns to normal'

"We've had 15 weeks of sustained growth and with that comes momentum and confidence."

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Three deaths in Hunter New England as COVID cases keep on climbing

The long weekend offered little relief, with more fresh Hunter cases than in any other health district over recent days.

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As the federal election nears, voters' frustration with major parties could shake things up

There are signs voters in key seats are turning away from the Labor and Liberal parties, in a trend one analyst likens to the election of Donald Trump to US president in 2016.

Newcastle Herald

From the vines to the mines, these are the issues that will decide the 2022 federal election in the Hunter

After the 2019 Federal poll, the electorate of Hunter, once considered a safe Labor seat, tumbled towards marginal territory, largely because of a word that still rules in the region and at the local ballot box - coal.

Newcastle Herald

International airport closer to reality

THE push for a Newcastle International Airport goes back as far as the 1980s, when the business chamber of the day formed a committee to promote the idea. Then, in the late 1990s, Liberal Paterson MP Bob Baldwin pushed a plan by construction company Abigroup and Maitland businessman Hilton Grugeon…

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Hunter New England Health is caring for 86 people in hospital, with just one in intensive care.

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Drug-laced lollipops found in NSW raid

Fifteen kilograms of drug-laced lollipops have been seized in raids in the NSW Hunter region and three people are charged with supplying drugs on the dark web.

Newcastle Herald

Union argues bus drivers suffer 'medical issues' due to lack of loo breaks

Bus drivers have demanded appropriate breaks, better working conditions and training to diffuse violent situations as part of a 24-hour strike across Newcastle and the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle and Hunter health district records highest COVID cases in NSW as hospitalisations rise

A Taree resident has died and hospitals in the Hunter health district were treating 74 people for COVID-19, three of whom were in intensive care, as hospitalisations further afield in NSW rose overnight even as cases fell.

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