Hunter News 20 August 2024
A legal challenge to the extension of the Mount Pleasant open-cut coal mine near Muswellbrook has been dismissed by the Land and Environment Court.
Hunter News 24 March 2021
A group of residents living in Farley will challenge the approval of a crematorium in the Land and Environment Court.
Hunter News 11 February 2021
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.
Hunter News 30 October 2020
BY ISABEL EVERETT A Central Coast man has been convicted and fined $48,000 after an autistic man drank a...
Hunter News 18 December 2017
BY TYLER FARDELL The proposed Rocky Hill coal mine near Gloucester has long been a contentious point for many residents...
Hunter News 29 August 2017
BY IAN CROUCH Mining giant, Rio Tinto has been fined $50,000 over the collapse of a dam wall at it’s...
Hunter News 24 May 2017
BY IAN CROUCH A function centre is no longer a possibility for vacant land at King Edward Park. Councillors last...
Hunter News 16 March 2017
BY GARY-JON LYSAGHT A controversial compost plant in the Lower Hunter has been approved, as long as it abides by...
Hunter News 2 December 2013
Bulga residents have accused the government of colluding with Rio Tinto to expand the Mount Thorley Walkworth mine. Rio Tinto...