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Faster internet is coming as NBN Co rolls out plans for fibre upgrades in Newcastle, Hunter

Upgrades will also be made in suburbs across the ACT, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.

Newcastle Herald

Remove Port Commitment Deed handbrake, we'll do the heavy lifting

The Member for Lake Macquarie is seeking to level the playing field with Port bill.

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Plane crash: aircraft 'exploded into flames', pilot suffers burns to 80 per cent of his body

The pilot, a man in his 40s, survived the crash and was found lying near the wreckage. He suffered severe burns to 80 per cent of his body and multiple fractures in the plane crash.

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Driver sentenced over crash that left baby with severe lifelong brain injury

A Hunter man who caused a car crash that left a seven-month-old girl with severe lifelong brain damage has escaped a term of full-time custody.

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Newcastle Innovation Festival showcases enthusiasm for energy transition

Enthusiasm for innovation

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Hunter students relieved after first HSC exam

"I'm just happy it's done and we're halfway through English and a sixth of the way through."

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Minor to major flood warning issued for Lower Hunter River and Wollombi Brook

A flood watch warning has been issued for the Lower Hunter River and Wollombi Brook ahead of heavy rainfall expected at the weekend.

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PWCS blames wet weather for big drop in coal exports

Wet weather hits Hunter coal export tonnages

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Team successes help Hunter sports kick on

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Hunter council areas eligible for share in $15 million flood repair funding

Eight Hunter local government areas are eligible for a share in $15 million put up by the NSW government to repair parts of flood-damaged Crown land.

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Why now is the best time for Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent to merge

The two Hunter-based customer-owned financial institutions are focused on a merger's long-term benefits for the region.

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Mining, jobs and an MP's story: Repacholi to deliver maiden speech in parliament Tuesday

Safe, secure employment is the number one to everything here in the Hunter.

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Tomago Aluminium to supercharge clean energy transition

Tomago Aluminium, the state's largest energy consumer, will accelerate its decarbonisation push and partner with renewable energy producers in a move that will supercharge the Hunter's clean energy transition.

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Red and yellow flags go up as Hunter beach season begins

The start of beach season was marked with a ceremonial flag raising at Merewether Beach on Saturday morning.

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Will Perrottet's long-awaited drug reforms work?

Cessnock MP Clayton Barr said the "two chances concept is pretty fair and reasonable".

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Hunter police expect more congestion on roads after one-off public holiday

Police are expecting roads in and around the Hunter region to become congested again on Friday evening, as double demerit penalties continue to be in force throughout the weekend.

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Flood watch and livestock warning as Hunter communities remain 'on tenterhooks'

BOM has issued a moderate to minor flood watch warning for the Wollombi Brook and lower Hunter River.

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Mums and bubs' lives at risk as another weekend goes by with no doctor

In a regional area of the Hunter New England Health district no obstetricians nor gynaecologists were available all weekend, forcing expectant mothers to drive the 1.5 hours for medical care.

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Newcastle racing chief hopes drop in Cup day feature fields a one-off

Chief executive Duane Dowell doesn't believe Newcastle Jockey Club should react to a potential one-off and move their cup day features, despite criticism of the size and quality of fields for last Friday's group 3 races. The NJC's two-day spring carnival was an overwhelming success trackside with about 5000 in…

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More than hip service for children over three decades

A HUNTER woman says seeing her children do what she couldn't "means everything", as John Hunter Hospital's paediatric hip screening service celebrates 30 years.

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The man who caused 'irrevocable damage' in the 'local Catholic community and the greater Hunter'

"Kids were frightened, feared him coming near them."

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Hunter Valley records 'devastating' rise in rate of recorded sexual assault

The Hunter Valley has experienced a "devastating" rise in the number of sexual assaults reported to police over the past five years - recording the second largest jump in the state.

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Artist Rebecca Rath explores 'alien' terrain close to home

"Making the trek to paint in Grawin from my comfortable space of the Hunter Valley was like entering an alien landscape."

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'We all miss him very much': Dawn walk at Dixon Park remembers loved ones lost to suicide

Lifeline's Walk With Us for suicide prevention attracts hundreds of Hunter residents.

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Positive feedback on EPA climate policy

Hunter business and industry groups have welcomed the NSW EPA's proposal to establish emissions reduction targets for industrial polluters, potentially creating a template for broader national policies to combat climate change.

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