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Newcastle Herald

Plea for homes as Hunter housing needs likely to exceed targets

"In Greater Newcastle some LGAs are experiencing substantially higher annual growth rates than projected by DPE in 2019."

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle job numbers hit record high

An extra 23,000 people are in work across the city compared with a year ago.

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Hunter's bushfire management plan open for comment ahead of summer

Taylor Martin, Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter, said the region would be first to use the new process to assess the dangers as the mercury rose.

Newcastle Herald

Award nod for Power and the Passion series on Hunter's energy future

Herald a finalist in the Chris Watson Award for print and online regional journalism

Newcastle Herald

Hunter GP changes draw mixed reaction

The entire Hunter, including Newcastle, is now covered by a program designed to attract doctors to rural areas. Medical groups fear the changes will rob remote communities of their GPs.

Newcastle Herald

Trains back on track after floods throw a spanner in the works

Coal supplies are back on track after serious floods at Maitland shut down the Hunter Valley rail network.

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Drug attitudes changing: Hunter majority supports pill testing

A total of 19.5 per cent approved of cannabis for personal use compared to 16.9 per cent for tobacco.

Newcastle Herald

Call to arms for Hunter residents to rally to save Stockton beach

Risk of storm surge inundation very real, disaster expert.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter region flooded suburb dubbed Gillieston Island after being left with no supplies

Gillieston Heights residents fear they are being left behind as NSW faces more flood destruction.

ABC News

Hunter support for reduced trading hours drops during lockout years

People surveyed were asked about the measures that Australia takes to reduce drug use and drug-related harm.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter mayors join forces to demand more disaster funds for clean-up

All ten mayors of the Hunter region have called on the state and federal governments to cough-up more disaster support, facing an astronomical clean-up bill in the aftermath of the floods.

Newcastle Herald

'What the barmaid heard' in Hunter Valley history

The book chronicles the lives of Hunter Valley families from the 1800s.

Newcastle Herald

Letters: Hunter region needs more caravan parks

Newcastle Herald readers have their say.

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Cricket Australia goes into bat for Newcastle in quest to secure new facilities and top-class games

"As the second-largest city in NSW, Newcastle plays a central role in the future of our game."

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Aerial images show how roads and a highway to major regional NSW towns were submerged in July flood

The extent to which flooding cut off several roads, including the New England Highway, in the NSW Hunter region a week ago has been captured in aerial images.

Newcastle Herald

Teenage boy rescued after falling from cliff at Greta

Paramedics have rescued a young man who fell over a cliff edge in the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Rough surf pounds Hunter coastline as 'rare' erosion strikes twice

Rough surf that pounded the Hunter's coastline has dragged away tonnes of sand and dumped a junkyard of driftwood - leaving local beaches almost unrecognisable.

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Hunter takes stock as photos reveal the extent of flood damage

Residents of the Hunter have begun to take stock after the most recent stretch of rain brought widespread flooding about the region.

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Demand for serious investment in flood-prone areas after Maitland's close call with levee bank

A narrow escape with catastrophe after structural concerns with the levee bank threatened to swamp Maitland CBD on Friday has reinforced the need for serious investment in the Hunter's water infrastructure.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter 'under-valued' and 'under-funded' by state

Hunter special activation project underfunded compared to other regions.

Newcastle Herald

Raymond Terrace couple trapped in car rescued as SES focuses on cut-off towns

As rain continues to batter the Hunter over the weekend, NSW SES crews were kept busy with rescues and resupply missions to cut-off communities across the region.

Newcastle Herald

Severe weather warning for damaging surf as rain continues to batter the Hunter

A severe weather warning has been issued for the Hunter as rain continues to batter the flood-affected towns of Bulga, Maitland and Raymond Terrace.

Newcastle Herald

Homeschooling on the rise across the Hunter

"There's been a massive influx into homeschooling, just huge, it's crazy."

Newcastle Herald

They ran a marathon and then rode 850 kilometres in pouring rain all to help fight DIPG children's brain cancer

The Gold Coast Marathon was only the beginning.

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