The Latest Breaking News from Mitchell Griffin

Councillor seeks harsher penalties for sports field vandals

Communities across the Hunter are sick of repairing torn-up fields.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 17

Muswellbrook fires back at Newcastle council's climate levy push

The latest from the Hunters regional councils.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 11

'Gut-wrenchingly disappointing': How Liberals reacted to nomination farce

Maitland, Cessnock and Newcastle Liberals were affected.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 15, 2024

Missing million: Labor to deliver half of park funding promised by Meryl Swanson

The government will only provide $1m to upgrade Cooks Square Park.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 16, 2023

'Racist garden gnome': Councillors vote for statue's heritage status

While some councillors said the statue is without a doubt historically significant to Maitland, others argued the statue has a racist history, and shouldn't be made a Heritage Item.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 27, 2023

Shock and disbelief at proposed heritage listing of Maitland's 'Jocko'

'There are not many people in Maitland who as children haven't gone and hugged the statue'

Newcastle Herald · Jul 25, 2023

Maitland councillors hand mayor $40,000 pay rise

Maitland's leader will get paid more than Lake Macquarie mayor Kay Fraser.

Newcastle Herald · May 24, 2023

Head back to the future for frugal living, and it may save the world

We may need to learn to live in a more careful way than we're used to here in the developed nations.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 30, 2023

Support for victims of the Wallsend sinkhole falls away

"Good luck to the poor residents of Wallsend," one reader writes.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 29, 2023

Morpeth the merrier for bicentenary celebrations

Morpeth Bridge was transformed for the bicentenary.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 20, 2022