The Latest Breaking News from Yasmin Catley

Is the Swansea Channel saga finally over?

When the channel gets to a particular depth, it will be dredged again under a long-term program.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 13, 2022

FAST cycleway opened in Lake Macquarie

The newly-opened track is a 1.6km stretch between Hilda Street, Belmont South, and Awabakal Avenue, Blacksmiths, which connects to an existing shared path leading to Swansea.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 18, 2022

Damaged road delaying marine rescue response times

When Marine Rescue volunteers are called to save lives, crucial time is wasted negotiating the often washed out gravel road to their state-of-the-art headquarters at Swansea.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 25, 2022

Royalty rip-off: Hunter misses coal mining windfall in NSW Budget

The NSW government will rake in an extra $810 million in coal royalties this year - and almost $4 billion over the next four years - but has not put an extra dollar into a fund to help coal mining communities prepare for change.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 21, 2022

Hunter united: Region's MPs combine to support Newcastle container terminal

The Hunter's state and federal MPs have rallied across the political divide in an unprecedented show of support for the establishment of a Newcastle container terminal.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 8, 2022

Labor pushing for giant battery at Munmorah

The super battery 'potentially has three to four hours of energy for 1.3 million homes.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 3, 2022

Lake Macquarie woman dies after four triple zero calls and a seven hour wait for ambulance

A 69-year-old woman who waited more than seven hours for an ambulance died 10 minutes after being admitted to Belmont Hospital.

Newcastle Herald · May 20, 2022

Munmorah in mix for super battery

The contaminated site is being remediated to enable new development.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 21, 2022

Push to use sand dredged from Swansea on Redhead Beach

Ms Catley said the solution to the Redhead issue "maybe staring us right in the face".

Newcastle Herald · Apr 7, 2022