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Former campdrafter Emily Tapp wins $6.75m payout after serious spinal injury

A national campdrafting organisation is ordered to pay $6.75 million in damages to Paralympian Emily Tapp who became a paraplegic after falling from her horse during competition in 2011.

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Housing cost region's biggest issue: survey

Shortland had the highest concern about housing with 61.5 per cent followed by mental health with 53.8 per cent.

Newcastle Herald

Catherine Cusack slams Scott Morrison as "ruthless self-serving bully", won't vote for the PM

"Doing the right thing now won't get my vote because it won't undo the wrong he has done to my community."

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Election Diary: Libs get more mileage out of Hunter bypass

If Tuesday's budget announcement of $268 million for the Muswellbrook bypass sounded vaguely familiar, you're spot on.

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Ex-miner reveals what life is like living next door to a Hunter coal mine

Living close to the coal face, ex-miner Pete Kennedy shares his thoughts about what he describes at 'Mt un-Pleasant' in Muswellbrook.

Newcastle Herald

Preparing students with autism for life after school

Aspect Hunter School has launched a new program to prepare students for life beyond school.

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GP Access in danger of closing under 2022 budget cuts, MP says

A $16 million cut to after hours medical care across the country could put the Hunter's GP Access service in jeopardy, Sharon Claydon says.

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Newcastle Labor MPs find budget flaws

The Hunter's Labor politicians have labelled the budget a "wasted opportunity" for the region.

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Scott Morrison says defence force ‘not available on a moment’s notice’ to respond to disaster – as it happened

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Flood havoc as Central Coast braces for 4.5m swells – as it happened

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Sydney spared worst of rain but Newcastle still under threat – as it happened

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Cyclist suffers suspected spinal injury in crash

Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District are appealing for information, particularly dashcam vision, after a man was seriously injured in a bicycle crash in the Hunter on Sunday.

Newcastle Herald

Landholders group and Lock The Gate blast Hunter Gas Pipeline

Latest skirmish in years-long pipeline battle

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Enough with the planning, let's start funding key projects

"Fundamentally, we're looking at how to get that greater link between plans and government priorities and budgets."

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Environment groups condemn NSW power plant

A proposed gas-fired power plant at Kurri Kurri in the NSW Hunter region has been slammed by environmental groups, who say it is a waste of money.

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NSW gas-fired power plant gets final tick

The NSW Hunter Power Project has been given the environmental tick of approval, meaning construction can now begin on the gas-fired power plant at Kurri Kurri.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter records four more COVID-19 deaths

COVID-19 has claimed the lives of four more Hunter people, including three from Newcastle.

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Hunter talent take steps towards Swans AFLW inclusion

Testing will be held this weekend.

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West Nile virus cases in horses rise in NSW as hot, wet summer fuels mosquito population

A horse in the New South Wales Hunter region has died and more across the state have been infected with West Nile virus in numbers not seen since the outbreak of 2011.

Newcastle Herald

Snowy Hydro to get an extra $700 mill for green hydrogen switch

Labor will provide Snowy Hydro Limited with an extra $700 million in equity to make the Kurri peaking plant operate on green hydrogen by 2030.

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Labor to unveil support for taxpayer-funded construction of gas-fired power station in the Hunter Valley, but it comes with a caveat

Federal Labor confirms it will back the taxpayer-funded construction of a gas-fired power station in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, under the proviso the facility runs on zero-emissions green hydrogen fuel earlier than expected.

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Will Hunter businesses benefit from NSW's Omicron support package?

The state government has announced a $1 billion support package, but many Hunter businesses will not qualify.

Newcastle Herald

Charges over alleged hold-ups, pistol-whipping

A second man has been charged as investigations continue into the alleged armed robbery of a hotel in the Hunter last week.

Newcastle Herald

Citizen science to document bushfire recovery

Hunter residents are invited to document the bushfire recovery of plants, animals and fungi across three bushfire affected regions of the state.

Newcastle Herald

Two more die with COVID in Hunter

One person was aged in their 70s, the other in their 90s.

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