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The main focus in the Hunter on Saturday will be whether the Nationals hold on to what could be a key marginal seat for both sides.

Newcastle Herald

Transport, cost of living and cannabis: Hunter candidates share their top priorities

The Herald asked all candidates in the Hunter's nine seats what their top three priorities were ahead of the NSW election.

Newcastle Herald

What does new basketball stadium plan mean for old Broadmeadow site?

"It would be one of the largest redevelopment projects this region would have ever seen... but we need to make sure we get that right."

Newcastle Herald

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Game changer: new $30m stadium to help basketball boom

"At the moment, we have to turn players away."

Newcastle Herald

Labor promises more money for Speers Point roundabout fix

Labor has promised to spend an extra $6 million upgrading the "notorious" Speers Point roundabout if it wins government.

Newcastle Herald

$30m basketball stadium to be built in Newcastle

The basketball complex would be built opposite McDonald Jones Stadium in Broadmeadow.

Newcastle Herald

The failed Lake air race and the quest to recover $1m in taxpayer money

Lake Macquarie economic development body Dantia says it is working with the government to try to recover money paid to UK company Air Race Limited. Contractors say they're owed $300,000.

Newcastle Herald

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Coalition no-show at Hunter Community Alliance forums

Results from the Hunter Community Alliance-run NSW state election candidate forums are in.

Newcastle Herald

Independent MP Alex Greenwich vows to make pokies cashless even if NSW Labor wins the election

Alex Greenwich is adamant the state will have cashless gaming regardless of which party wins and, as the likely kingmaker in the event of a hung parliament, he could be right.

ABC News

Port boss says container compensation review will deliver 'fair outcome'

Treasurer Matt Kean told reporters in Newcastle today that the process of determining how much more the port must pay to build a container terminal was 'well under way'.

Newcastle Herald

Resident speaks out about mine discharge into Lake Macquarie creek

MINING company Centennial Coal has acknowledged an unlicensed discharge of water from its Newstan colliery near Fassifern, after what it described as "unprecedented heavy rains" last week.

Newcastle Herald

IPART appointed to determine price for Newcastle to remove container terminal shackles

IPART to set Newcastle container compensation after Greg Piper's port bill

Newcastle Herald

Horses, housing and LGBTQ+ rights: would-be NSW kingmakers outline demands

With a hung state parliament a real possibility, independents are listing the issues they want addressed to guarantee their support

The Guardian - AU

Election Diary: Libs miss the jump in once-fertile Hunter turf

Newcastle Herald political reporter Michael Parris casts his eye over the NSW election campaign in the Hunter.

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Port of Newcastle says competition watchdog's container case loss won't stop its plans

ACCC comments on its loss in major container terminal case

Newcastle Herald

Barrister and journalist Stephen Ryan to take on Greg Piper in Lake Macquarie

Labor picks barrister to take on Greg Piper

Newcastle Herald

Why paying Medicare hackers' ransom may have been the right move

The difference between a kidnap and the Medibank data breach is that kidnapping is usually non-preventable in that the victims are totally unaware of being the target of the crime.

Newcastle Herald

Greg Piper's Port deed extinguishment Bill is an extraordinary development but a commercial settlement is the only answer

Newcastle container terminal needs Botany's support to work

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Greg Piper has given Port of Newcastle its political fix; now it's time for commercial realities

Port decks cleared but a long road yet

Newcastle Herald

Container bill passes as upper house rejects Labor amendments

Labor says its amendments would have guaranteed the terminal was built. Port of Newcastle says they would have guaranteed it wasn't.

Newcastle Herald

Labor slams government's port 'backflip'

Opposition leader Chris Minns says government moves to unpick parts of the port privatisation deals prove they have been a 'disaster'.

AAP

Deal struck to 'unshackle' Newcastle port

A bill that paves the way for competition between ports, improving options for producers and consumers, has passed the NSW lower house.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle container terminal one big step closer with Greg Piper's port Bill getting government support

Support for Piper's port Bill a big move

Newcastle Herald

Ball in port's court to build container terminal

"If the Mayfield terminal doesn't happen or is a flop, the government pockets a nice little earner."

Newcastle Herald

NSW government agrees deal to scrap container penalties

The government will remove restrictions on Port of Newcastle building a freight terminal if the private operator tops up its $1.75 billion lease payment to the state.

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