Hunter News

We all love a winner! On February 17th, Classic Folk featured a couple of Tamworth notables from 2021, with the Bushwackers inducted into the Roll of Renown in their jubilee 50th year.

After years of complaints about toxic pollution from the Trugain waste-oil refinery site at Rutherford, moves are under way to clean up the site.

New figures issued by Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg show the number of people on JobKeeper in the Hunter has fallen significantly since September.

The Health Services Union is welcoming a statewide review of hospital security following a rise in violent incidents against staff at hospitals over the past 10 years, including here in the Hunter.

Port Stephens MP Kate Washington has called on the State government to remember its promise to build a new high school in Medowie.

The NSW Government has approved a $44 million hotel and office development along the Newcastle waterfront in the Honeysuckle Precinct.

Garden Suburb community members are fighting a development approved by the Hunter Regional Planning Panel to clear 12 hectares of land to make room for 66 new residential lots.

Concerns about ambulance shortages have been raised after an elderly nursing home patient had to wait six hours for paramedics to arrive after suffering a broken hip.

Two men have been charged with fraud after allegedly stealing credit cards from properties in Mereweather and The Junction.

Hunter New England Health acknowledge more needs to be done to reduce traffic gridlocks at John Hunter Hospital, while waiting for the completion of the Newcastle Inner City Bypass.