The Latest Breaking News from Lake Macquarie

Tiny house villages could be the bite-sized solution to city's housing crisis

Tiny house villages could be the bite-sized solution to Lake Macquarie's housing issues.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 29, 2022

Dogs rescued from Lake Macquarie 'torture chamber'

Rescuers alleged the dogs were starving to death and covered in mud and faeces.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 29, 2022

Couple die after being swept off rocks at tourist spot popular for Instagram photos

The hotspot is well-known as an Instagram-famous grotto with naturally pink-coloured rocks where visitors and tourists often flock to take photos

Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022

Swansea Channel still waiting for dredge a year after NSW government's $6.2 million pledge

But Swansea MP Yasmin Catley said the channel remained in a "dire state" a year on, impacting the ability of boaties to access Lake Macquarie.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 14, 2022

Disaster assistance extended to Lake Macquarie, Maitland and Singleton

Hard hit towns like Singleton, Maitland and Lake Macquarie will now be eligible for flood assistance payments as the federal government widens its net.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 7, 2022

Lake Macquarie's billion dollar boom in development

A billion-dollar boom has seen more than 2700 development applications approved across Lake Macquarie in the last 12 months.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 5, 2022

Toxic habitat: heavy metals found in Hunter birds threat to wildlife

The Hunter Environment Centre is calling for a more thorough investigation of the bio-accumulation of heavy metals in birds living near coal-fired power stations.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 2, 2022

High heavy-metal levels found in bird feathers near NSW coal-fired power stations

Environmentalists have long suspected that heavy metals were leaching from power station coal ash dams into the ecosystem. Now they say they have the evidence to prove it.

ABC News · Jul 1, 2022

Where do the Hunter's highest earners live?

The gap between incomes in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie is getting bigger.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 1, 2022

Two arrested after three-month Lake Macquarie drug supply investigation

Police said the search led them to locate and seize methylamphetamine, cannabis leaf, vials of steroids, GHB, buprenorphine strips, and other drug paraphernalia.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 29, 2022