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Surfest linchpin Warren Smith said the Peter Troy Lifetime Achievement Award presented to him on Thursday night was recognition for the team behind Newcastle's surfing carnival rather than himself. Smith was named the recipient at the Surfing Australia Awards at the QT Gold Coast hotel after being one of three…

'It's my opportunity to be out there with the world's best and give it a smile,' the Dudley 42-year-old said.

A promotion at a Newcastle pub offering of the winner's height in alcoholic drinks as a prize is among a handful of examples that have prompted the state's liquor authority to urge venue operators to remember the safety of patrons, as students prepare to start the university year.

It appears to me that if you are under the age of about 20 you have the right to use the tram without paying.

Conference hears all lending will go 'sustainable' or green

She has been off the track for the best part of two years and Aussie Racing Cars only has six rounds in 2023.

Singleton mayor Sue Moore says it is "frustrating" to see the cash and attention lavished on western Sydney while the Hunter is left to "grovel and beg" for every scrap of funding.

Hunter River dredging for Stockton linked to wind farm facility

Both add experience to Maitland.

Newcastle Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart was aware of staff shortages behind the neglect at Storm Village nursing home as early as November 30.

Snowy Hydro is yet to identify the source of the green hydrogen that will eventually fuel the Hunter Power Project, a Senate Estimates hearing has heard.