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Hunter Valley reveals its secrets at festival

More than 40 events are planned throughout May and June, showcasing and celebrating the best the region has to offer - including the sub-regions of Broke and Lovedale.

Newcastle Herald

What's on in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley

A Little Bit of Italy in Broke, Tocal Field Days, Lake Mac Autumn Fair, Mega Creatures ... there's something for everyone.

Newcastle Herald

Teenager charged with 31 property crimes in the Hunter, New England

Oxley and Hunter Valley police districts have been investigating a spate of break-ins and stolen motor vehicles since January this year.

Newcastle Herald

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Industry salute to Karl Stockhausen's life in Hunter Valley vines

His special place in Hunter winemaking was recognised in 2007 when he became one of the six inaugural recipients of the Hunter Valley Wine Industry's Legends awards.

Newcastle Herald

NSW woman wins epic coalmine battle

A NSW farmer says she and her community can finally relax after a dogged battle against a coalmine expansion in the Hunter Valley.

AAP

Space view shows extent of Hunter mine scars in new research

Councils want old mining land unlocked for re-use.

Newcastle Herald

Billions of reasons why the Hunter economy needs help in shaking its coal addiction

The Hunter Valley has 'real potential' to reinvent itself, but the region lacks a plan.

Newcastle Herald

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The future of Hunter coal mining after the change to renewable energy

Experts warn that the Hunter's reliance on the coal mining industry is becoming increasingly risky as the pressure grows to slash greenhouse gas emissions and meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals.

Newcastle Herald

After 50 years of burning coal to generate power, Liddell power station wind-down begins

AGL is closing the first of four units at its Liddell power station in the Hunter Valley today as it develops a low carbon energy hub on the site.

ABC News

Warning for flood-hit regions as wet weather and storms return to eastern Australia

Frontal system will move through Sydney, form a line of storms across the Hunter Valley and mid-north coast before moving north

The Guardian - AU

Pike wins TPS Hunter Valley the hard way

Overnight leader Aaron Pike won the TPS Hunter Valley tournament after downing New Zealand's Momoka Kobori at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.

AAP

Pike has 3-shot lead in TPS Hunter Valley

Aaron Pike will go into the final round of the TPS Hunter Valley golf tournament with a three-shot lead from Josh Armstrong and Momoka Kobori.

AAP

Pointless Taylor exiles himself from energy policy

The early closure of Eraring power station — announced by Origin without consulting the supposed federal energy minister — will mean longer lives for hundreds of people in Sydney and the Hunter Valley.

Crikey

Early power plant closure restores focus on Hunter Valley seats as renewables wreck coal — and climate returns centre stage

Origin Energy is bringing forward the closure of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plant seven years to 2025 — within the lifetime of the next federal parliament.

Crikey

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Interest in $100 billion worth of renewable energy projects registered for Hunter Valley coal region

Offshore wind farms, pumped hydro, and large scale battery storage are among the more than $100 billion of private investment interest in a Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone.

The Guardian - AU

Does Labor’s green hydrogen plan for the Kurri Kurri gas power plant stack up?

Energy analysts say their Hunter Valley plan is just ‘an expensive way to avoid a small amount of emissions’ when there are cheaper, greener alternatives

The Conversation

Labor's plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense

Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too? Federal Labor is certainly giving it a go by supporting government plans for a fossil gas/diesel peaking plant in the Hunter Valley currently under construction – as long as the plant switches to green hydrogen by 2030.

The Guardian - AU

Labor pledges up to $700m in extra funding for Snowy Hydro power plant to make it run on green hydrogen

Anthony Albanese says plan takes Coalition’s ‘flawed approach’ and makes it work but Angus Taylor calls it ‘economically incoherent’

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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.

Newcastle Herald

Meet the farm couple committed to excellence

They are driven by a passion for their work and a lust for life

Newcastle Herald

Lovedale joins Mockingbird songbook

Four years after launching Mockingbird Cafe on Hamilton, James and Tess Borg have expanded into wine country.

ABC News

New hospital opens at Maitland as COVID cases continue rising

A $470 million public hospital has opened in the NSW Hunter Valley, in a triumph for the local community after a decade of planning and debate over its funding.

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