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Aussies are travellers - we do get about, and if we can’t do it geographically we will musically! Songs of travel can be heard on this edition of Classic Folk.

The NSW Government has announced $75 million for the latest round of the Resources for Regions fund.

Local residents and their pets can expect to see improvements to the popular off-leash area at Islington Park in the coming months.

The CycleSafe Network, a Hunter based organisation, have thrown their support behind the United Nations call for 30km/h speed limits in local streets.

Cost savings and job boosting measures from last weeks budget were at the top of then agenda for the federal Minister for Jobs Stuart Robert on a visit to the region on Monday morning.

Many Fire Stations across the Hunter are swinging their doors open for their annual open day, ignoring a directive from the Union.

Questions are being raised around a $34 million gap in funding for communities affected by coastal erosion.

Planned upgrades to the Stockton Ambulance Station will get underway later this year, with a tender now awarded.

BY CHARLOTTE LLOYD Cockle Creek is seeing major developments taking place with the draft area plan currently on public exhibition. ...

A man will face Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday after allegedly defrauding three people of more than $1.5 million in Coffs Harbour.