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The Hunter’s private rental market has been largely unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic with rents across the region showing solid gains in the year to September.

Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes will speak at a State Government inquiry on Friday, raising the issue of the city missing out on grant programs.

Thirty-five projects across the Hunter will receive a share in more than $15 million in bonus funding thanks to a revision of the Resources for Regions program.

Three mental health coordinators have been appointed to Newcastle as part of a support program being offered to commercial fishermen.

The Australian Paramedics Association has raised the alarm Newcastle is being left with inadequate ambulance coverage, after the cities largest station was left with just one crew on Wednesday night.

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BY ISABEL EVERETT Detectives have charged two men over the alleged sexual assaults of two teenage girls at Glendale earlier...

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BY ISABEL EVERETT Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a 12-year-old boy whose gone missing boy from the...

BY ISABEL EVERETT Newcastle may soon be further integrated into the east coast gas grid. Energy infrastructure company, Jemena, revealed...