Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

Families priced out of city say infrastructure and services are failing

The Committee for the Hunter has listed housing affordability among its top regional priorities and has called for a $500 million Hunter fund to unlock 40,000 homes held up by transport infrastructure delays

Newcastle Herald

UDIA says key to the Hunter's housing crisis lies in $500m investment

A fix for the Hunter's housing crisis lies in a $522 million investment to unlock 41,800 new homes and 28,000 new jobs, according to the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA).

Newcastle Herald

RAAF plans major air show for Newcastle

The Royal Australian Air Force is planning a major air show at Williamtown in November which could attract tens of thousands of people to the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Newcastle bakes in 32-degree heat with more hot days for the Hunter ahead

Fire danger on the rise as summer hangover, windy days and abundance of rain-fed grass and vegetation threatens perfect late-summer storm.

Newcastle Herald

Boutique vineyard at Lovedale expected to fetch upwards of $2 million

The vineyard property was last sold for $480,000.

Newcastle Herald

Expect a hot and dry winter as chance of El Nino phase heats up

Temperatures lingering above 30-degrees well into March as chance of El Nino phase increases and winter promises warm, dry days for Newcastle and the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

2023 Hunter vintage shaping up to be something special

The word is that 2023 will be a rare vintage with both reds and whites of "stunning" quality.

Newcastle Herald

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Man allegedly pulled knife on police after pursuit: four people charged with 43 offences

Police allege one of the men involved pulled a knife on officers trying to arrest him after the chase.

Newcastle Herald

Is it hard to access mental health treatment in the Hunter?

'There are long wait lists. Demand outstrips supply.'

Newcastle Herald

Nine new varroa mite detections across Hunter, Central Coast

Nine new premises have been found to be infested with the varroa mite across the Hunter and Central Coast in recent days, the NSW Department of Primary Industries says.

Newcastle Herald

Major blow for beekeepers as new varroa mite cases detected in Hunter, Central Coast

Nine new cases of varroa mite, an invasive parasite deadly to bees, are identified across the New South Wales Central Coast and Hunter regions.

ABC News

Coalition no-show at Hunter Community Alliance forums

Results from the Hunter Community Alliance-run NSW state election candidate forums are in.

Newcastle Herald

We are no stranger to disaster, so why must volunteers pick up the slack?

The Hunter has had its fair share of natural disasters, and it is the helping hands of volunteers we have come to rely on.

Newcastle Herald

Severe thunderstorm warning moves north: strong winds for the coast

Thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding.

Newcastle Herald

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Newcastle Herald

Fifth member of violent Hunter armed robbery crew pleads guilty

The fifth and final member of a crew of armed robbers and thieves who terrorised businesses across the Hunter during a three-day crime spree in early 2022 has pleaded guilty in Newcastle Local Court.

Newcastle Herald

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

Unlikely heroes: the grey nomads helping Hunter farmers rebuild their lives

They rock up in caravans with a can-do attitude and a trailer full of hope.

Newcastle Herald

'A non-negotiable, must-have need': Hunter women want real equity for all

Embracing equity is understanding that if life was a race, not all women push off from the same starting block.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Newcastle Herald

'It gives them flexibility and also a lifestyle': Hunter Valley lifestyle properties snapped up by local buyers

The retreat's facilities include cedar hot tubs, magnesium float tanks, ice baths and a barrel sauna.

Newcastle Herald

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

Seeing double, but no sign of the premier

The election for the next State Government of Western Sydney is only three weeks away, and Dominic Perrottet remains busy meeting the needs of his most important constituents.

Newcastle Herald

'Simply burning out': teachers demand help to address shortages in Upper Hunter

Teachers took action at the school gate this week over ongoing shortages in the Upper Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

'We have been amazed': garden solving Hunter's soil problem

Gardeners can learn how to work with the soil in their garden.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter business conditions 'undeniably challenging'

The employment outlook of the Hunter has changed, with one in five businesses expecting to cut staff in the next three months and 56 per cent anticipating zero growth, according to new data.

Newcastle Herald

'Brain melting conditions': the Hunter high school plagued by power outages

The push comes ahead of the state election at the end of this month.

1 … 33 34 35 36

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bureau of Meteorology

520 stories

Department of Education

338 stories

323 stories

The Bureau of Meteorology

Newcastle Local Court

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.