The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

37 Hunter nursing homes battling COVID outbreaks

The affected nursing homes have a total of 182 positive tests among residents and 207 among staff.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 9, 2022

Aged care COVID cases triple in Newcastle and Hunter region

The sector's peak body says up to 50 per cent of staff have been affected amid a threefold increase in infections in the space of a month.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

8000 Hunter jobs would be 'at risk' under Greens' plan

The government says $8 billion and 8000 jobs in the Hunter would be at risk

Newcastle Herald · Feb 8, 2022

Police lay dozens of charges over Hunter armed robberies

Strike Force Conge investigations are ongoing.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 4, 2022

Hunter coal driving national exports

Australia's resources and energy exports, of which Hunter coal is a significant component, were up almost one-third in the 2021 calendar year

Newcastle Herald · Feb 4, 2022

Cash cars: the Hunter's most lucrative mobile speed camera spots

The 12 highest earning locations for mobile speed cameras in the Hunter region all already amassed more revenue in the first half of the current financial year than the whole of 2020/21.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 4, 2022

Three arrests over string of Hunter hold-ups

Three men have been arrested by the State Crime Command's Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives who are investigating a spate of armed robberies in the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 3, 2022

Domestic violence charges after allegedly fleeing police

A MAN has been charged following a police operation in the Hunter on Thursday.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 3, 2022

More than 2k speeding fines issued across northern NSW

An elderly man booked for driving 30km/h faster than the speed limit in the Hunter was among the notable incidents that caught the attention of police during a 12-day operation that ran from mid-January to the beginning of the new school year, this week.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 3, 2022

Call to change vaccine definitions as Hunter booster rates lag

Some parts of the region have booster rates well below the NSW average.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 3, 2022