The Latest Breaking News from Upper Hunter

Election Diary: Does Labor think Upper Hunter is a 'key seat'?

Why hasn't Chris Minns been to an electorate hanging on a tiny margin?

Newcastle Herald · Mar 17, 2023

King Coal dethroned as focus of campaign in Upper Hunter

It is perhaps a measure of how much the climate wars have calmed in recent times that coal is no longer the word on the lips of the main combatants in Upper Hunter.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 11, 2023

Total fire ban as heatwave hits the Hunter: temps to reach 39 degrees

The Greater Hunter including Cessnock, Dungog, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Singleton and the Upper Hunter has been placed under an extreme fire rating.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 5, 2023

'Dirty big holes' in valley of king coal

'There's no way this permanent industrial wasteland would be OK anywhere around Sydney.'

Newcastle Herald · Jan 30, 2023

Muswellbrook man charged over allegedly deliberately-lit house fire

A 20-year-old Muswellbrook man faced court Saturday after he was arrested and charged Friday in relation to an alleged arson attack in the Upper Hunter town in November.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 28, 2023

Labor targets Upper Hunter as key marginal seat

A boundary redraw has made Upper Hunter the third most marginal seat in NSW.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 3, 2023

Court asked to overturn Mt Pleasant expansion

An Upper Hunter environment group has commenced legal action to prevent the expansion of Mt Pleasant coal mine.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 8, 2022

Man suffers serious head injuries in single-vehicle crash

A man suffered serious head injuries during a single-vehicle crash in the Upper Hunter on Sunday night.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 4, 2022

NSW rescuers save teen 'pinned underwater'

A teenage girl has been saved from near drowning after her foot became trapped in underwater river debris in the NSW Upper Hunter region.

AAP · Dec 2, 2022

Pair sentenced over 2628 cannabis plants seized in Upper Hunter

Two Vietnamese nationals described in court as little more than labourers or crop-sitters for a major cannabis growing operation in the Upper Hunter have been handed jail terms.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 25, 2022