The car’s roof safely peeled down, with sharp edges protected against accidental contact. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. One of the many large cutting tools that allow emergency workers access to otherwise impenetrable wrecks on the road. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Many tools laid out to begin a standard car crash rescue. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. SES and RFS […]
THE Hunter needs more public transport. That’s the key takeaway from the NSW Government’s just-released Hunter Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plan, which sets out 49 short and medium-term actions across public and active transport, and roads and freight. Over the next five years, 30,000 new homes are expected to be built across the Lower Hunter […]
LIVING in one of Australia’s fastest growing regional areas, Anna Noon was watching in despair as nature made way for sprawling housing developments. “There was a lot of land clearing happening,” she says of her home at Lake Macquarie in the rapidly-expanding Hunter region. “I knew that was leading to habitat loss, species extinction and […]
A local is informed about the internet infrastructure changes already rolling out in Tea Gardens. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
NATIONAL Broadband Network promises from over a decade ago are finally being realised on the Myall Coast. Representatives from NBN Co, a state-owned corporation that operates Australia’s NBN network as the nation’s wholesale broadband provider, visited areas of the Myall Coast last week to explain the connection options that are or soon will be becoming […]
Bulahdelah CWA members with some of Linda’s magnificent crocheted blankets, and other items they donated to Ronald McDonald House. Photo: supplied, Bluahdelah CWA.
Bulahdelah CWA members with some of Linda’s magnificent crocheted blankets, and other items they donated to Ronald McDonald House. Photo: supplied, Bluahdelah CWA. Some items Bulahdelah CWA member Patsy made and donated to Ronald McDonald House in Newcastle. Photo: supplied, Bulahdelah CWA. THE BULAHDELAH Country Women’s Association (CWA) has been busy working to bring comfort […]
Gummipingal traditional custodians Jan Webb and Tracy Kerr provide cultural and practical assistance. All photos: Thomas O’Keefe.
Gummipingal traditional custodians Jan Webb and Tracy Kerr provide cultural and practical assistance. All photos: Thomas O’Keefe. Craig and Ken worked on rehabilitating the large western dune side. Fire trails and protection gaps were cleared by the barrow-load. Invasive weeds like asparagus fern, held by Debbie Mutton, can be just as long below ground as […]
Danielle Wood. Photo: AAP Image/Dean Lewins.
AUSTRALIA is failing its younger generations and the chair of the Productivity Commission believes a policymaker “growth mindset” can help. Danielle Wood says the generational bargain is in peril. “Young people today believe they won’t live better lives than their parents did,” the head of the nation’s economic think tank will say at the National […]
Michelle Rowland: the vast majority of childcare workers are good people. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS.
PARENTS and advocates say reforms to improve working-with-children checks are a step in the right direction but they want more action to keep kids in childcare safe. Fast-tracked reforms unveiled on Friday will ensure that by the end of the year, anyone prevented from holding a working-with-children check in one state or territory will be […]
When complete, the Hexham Straight will comprise three lanes in each direction for its entire six-kilometre length, from the Newcastle Inner City Bypass to Hexham Bridge.
THE first widened section on the Hexham Straight is now open to traffic with three lanes in each direction. Motorists turning left onto Maitland Road from the Newcastle Inner City Bypass are now benefiting from an additional lane for about 650 metres, including an extension to the turning lane from the bypass. There is also […]
Across the four days, 865 people were arrested and charged, with 269 arrest warrants executed.
Across the four days, 865 people were arrested and charged, with 269 arrest warrants executed. Across the four days, 865 people were arrested and charged, with 269 arrest warrants executed. Across the four days, 865 people were arrested and charged, with 269 arrest warrants executed. POLICE have charged 865 people with 2,028 offences during a […]
