Reward offered to help solve double slaying
NSW Police Minister John Watkins is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an unsolved double murder in Newcastle three years ago.
View ArticleRuddock asked to reverse deportation decision
Newcastle residents have been urged to write to Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock asking him to reverse a decision to deport 70 Iranian refugees being held at South Australia's Baxter Detention...
View ArticleGovernment overestimates school sign cost
A Carrington-based sign company says the New South Wales Government has significantly overestimated the cost of installing flashing signs outside schools.
View ArticleReport blames stormwater woes for making floods worse
A report by a Newcastle community group blames ailing stormwater infrastructure in several inner-city suburbs for increasing the severity of the June long weekend floods.
View ArticleShipbuilders fight to keep Navy contract
About 1,000 ship workers will hold rallies in Newcastle and Sydney today to express concern that a $30 million Navy contract could go offshore.
View ArticleCouncillors push for portside infrastructure
Newcastle Councillors say residents need more certainty in relation to the provision of infrastructure to cater for growth in the city's port.
View ArticleBowling club on brink of collapse
It could soon be lights out for one of Newcastle's oldest bowling clubs which is on the brink of financial collapse.
View ArticleMan armed with knife robs New Lambton hotel
Police are searching for a man who robbed a hotel at New Lambton armed with a knife.
View ArticleHelp needed over new year's day assault
Newcastle Police are asking for the public's help to find the person responsible for king hitting a man in the early hours of new years day.
View ArticleHunter police officer facing charges still on the job
A Hunter Valley police officer charged with using unreasonable force on a teenager during a brawl has not been suspended.
View ArticleGrain terminal promises to be good neighbour
The operators of a proposed grain export terminal in Newcastle say their environmental management plan puts the community and environment first.
View ArticleFuneral for Newcastle shipbuilding pioneer
More than 1,000 people are expected to attend today's funeral for shipbuilding identity Stephen Forgacs in Newcastle.
View ArticleCommunity concerns over coal dust results
New testing has found dust pollution levels in Tighes Hill and Carrington are in excess of national air quality safety levels on five out of seven days.
View ArticleHundreds strike at shipbuilder's sites across Australia
Hundreds of workers at Newcastle shipbuilder, Forgacs, have stopped work today after a breakdown in pay negotiations.
View ArticleCouncil approves extension of Carrington maintenance facility
Newcastle Council has approved an extension to a rolling stock maintenance facility at Carrington.
View ArticleFindings released into Newcastle stevedore death
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released its findings into the death of a man killed in the Port of Newcastle last year.
View ArticleForgacs workers meet to consider wage offer
Forgacs employees who have stopped work for 24 hours are about to meet at Hexham to consider the ship building company's latest wage offer.
View ArticleParking problems plague Carrington
A Newcastle business owner says hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for new parking rules in the suburb of Carrington to be reversed.
View ArticleForgacs jobs to go as work drops off
Forgacs is winding back the engineering and ship repair operations of its business in Newcastle due to a downturn in work.
View ArticleIndustrial action heats up at Port Waratah Coal Services
The Maritime Union says employees at Port Waratah Coal Services have been forced to ramp-up industrial action in their ongoing dispute with management.
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