The Mount Pleasant coal mine west of Muswellbrook.
PLANS by mining company MACH Energy to substantially expand its Mount Pleasant coal mine in the Hunter Valley have stalled. The NSW Court of Appeal has found that the Independent Planning Commission’s approval of the mine’s expansion in 2022 was legally flawed. The approval would have allowed the mine to continue operating until 2048, and […]
THE State Government has welcomed the Standing Committee on State Development’s report into beneficial and productive post-mining land use, supporting all of its 13 recommendations. In a statement last week, the Government stated it is “committed to supporting coal-producing communities as the demand for coal declines over time”. The Future Jobs and Investment Authority, in […]
Live from the firepit.
The Today Show crew brought live television to Bulahdelah. Live from the firepit. Today presenter Tim Davies interacts with locals BULAHDELAH’S Big4 River Myall Holiday Park was the site of a live cross on the TODAY Show last week. Presenter Tim Davies battled the cold conditions to give the national weather forecast and sample some […]
Lion Rob Dorman oversees the digging and installation of the poles at their new home near Tea Gardens Library.
Lion Rob Dorman oversees the digging and installation of the poles at their new home near Tea Gardens Library. The Motum and Engel families in their new position, half of them renewed, with the under-construction Tea Gardens Library extension in the background. The McRae family watches over the estuary from Winda Woppa again, two of […]
The recent HAB in South Australia has impacted important habitat and resulted in the death of thousands of fish, sharks, rays and and other marine life.
The recent HAB in South Australia has impacted important habitat and resulted in the death of thousands of fish, sharks, rays and and other marine life. The recent HAB in South Australia has impacted important habitat and resulted in the death of thousands of fish, sharks, rays and and other marine life. MARINE algal blooms […]
A man has been arrested by the Australian Border Force for attempting to import child-like sex dolls Photo: Australian Border Force/AAP PHOTOS.
SEVERAL middle-aged men have been arrested for trying to get child-like sex dolls shipped to their homes in rural towns. Australian Border Force officers raided and searched properties around the Newcastle and Hunter Valley area arresting four people over the span of about a year in their crackdown on the “disturbing rise in attempted importations.” […]
A NATIONAL childcare worker register should show the employment history of staff after revelations an accused child abuser was sacked from one facility but continued working unimpeded. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 sex offences against eight alleged victims aged under two at a childcare centre in Melbourne. Authorities have […]
FARMERS from all corners of NSW will meet in Sydney this week to discuss critical issues such as the future of farming and the energy transition. NSW Farmers’ Chief Executive Annabel Johnson said the NSW Farmers’ Annual Conference was a chance to bring the perspective from the paddock to the city as Australia faced a […]
MORE than 10,000 Australian households and businesses will be asked to share ways they generate and use electricity for research to accelerate the net-zero transition. The nation’s science agency CSIRO on Thursday launched the National Energy Analysis Centre that will capture real-world energy use, which has been modelled on a similar body in the UK. […]
‘I'm feeling very energised about parliament coming back,’ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS.
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has backed a greater role for the government in childcare as he prepares to push through legislation tightening up the sector following horrifying allegations of child abuse at Melbourne early learning centres. Universal affordable childcare was identified by the prime minister during the recent federal election as the one reform he’d […]
