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The Latest Breaking News from Jenny Aitchison

Millions for regional roads to be announced in Hunter

The budget measure is billed as a 'fairer structure'.

Newcastle Herald

Regional trainee, apprentice travel pass under review after Labor finds $250 card comes with $900 price tag

A travel card designed to ease cost-of-living burdens in regional NSW could be scrapped as a Labor minister says the money may be better allocated to road repairs.

ABC News

'Cat meow': Labor's Jenny Aitchison says she heard sound from opposition bench

No MP has owned up to making the sound.

Newcastle Herald

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Hunter MPs wait to hear if they'll survive rumoured cabinet cull

Will the Hunter have five MPs on the frontbench when the dust settles?

Newcastle Herald

Labor MPs push for 'fair share' for Hunter as Minns leads red wave

The Hunter's Labor MPs say they will have strength in numbers when it comes to getting a fair share for the region from the newly elected state government.

Newcastle Herald

RED LETTER DAY: Labor celebrating as Liberals take stock of dismal election night

A woeful night for the Liberals as Hunter MPs improved their already large margins.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter MP under fire over bus industry donations

The Coalition has accused the shadow regional transport minister of a conflict of interest for taking tens of thousands of dollars in donations from the private bus industry.

Newcastle Herald

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Struggling Hunter hospital tops state's patient walkout list

Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison says data showing the town's new hospital has the highest patient walkout rate in NSW is more evidence the health system needs "structural repair".

Newcastle Herald

Martins Creek Quarry plan submissions extended

State Member for Maitland Jenny Aitchison is encouraging people to have their say on the proposal to expand Martins Creek Quarry, after the Independent Planning Commission re-opened public submissions until the end of this month.

Newcastle Herald

Singleton bypass families angry at 'lowball' compulsory acquisition prices

'Highway robbery' at the Singleton bypass

Newcastle Herald

'Maitland Hospital needs more staff - it's that simple'

MP's Maitland Hospital staffing petition.

Newcastle Herald

Country NSW mayors call for urgent road funding after devastating floods and heavy rain

Mayors in country NSW are calling on the state and federal governments to fund urgent works after floods and heavy rain cause $2.5 billion in road damage.

ABC News

Gillieston redevelopment will become a reality in 2023

It is seven years in the making but now parents finally know when work is going to begin.

Newcastle Herald

Gillieston redevelopment will become a reality in 2023

It is seven years in the making but now parents finally know when work is going to begin.

Newcastle Herald

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Maitland nurses burnt out, overworked but refusing to give up the fight for ratios

They're burnt out, overworked and at the end of their tether - but Maitland nurses still have some fight in them yet.

Newcastle Herald

Will Perrottet's long-awaited drug reforms work?

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

Newcastle Herald

Maitland MP says leave issues for nurses cut off in floods has been fixed

Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison says issues nurses cut off by floodwater had with access to disaster leave have been resolved after she made an urgent case to NSW Regional Health Minister Bronnie Taylor.

Newcastle Herald

Nurses isolated by floodwater forced to use their own leave for time off

In the height of the COVID-19 crisis, nurses like Maitland Hospital's Jessica Coleman worked overtime without complaint to care for the sick and elderly.

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Demand for serious investment in flood-prone areas after Maitland's close call with levee bank

A narrow escape with catastrophe after structural concerns with the levee bank threatened to swamp Maitland CBD on Friday has reinforced the need for serious investment in the Hunter's water infrastructure.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle, Port Stephens, Muswellbrook, MidCoast declared disaster zones

More local government areas across the Hunter region have been declared natural disaster zones, making federal-state relief money available to more people affected by the floods that have inundated many parts of NSW this week.

Newcastle Herald

Disaster assistance extended to Lake Macquarie, Maitland and Singleton

Hard hit towns like Singleton, Maitland and Lake Macquarie will now be eligible for flood assistance payments as the federal government widens its net.

Newcastle Herald

Controversial Newcastle Education Campus allocated $16 million in budget

"While I'm glad to see the money, I will be closely watching to see what actually comes from this commitment."

Newcastle Herald

Government acquisition of former Truegain site a 'huge win'

It has taken years of a Hunter community living with a "ticking environmental time bomb", but the state government's acquisition of the polluted Truegain site - six years after it was abandoned - is a "huge win", a NSW Labor MP says.

ABC News

NSW opposition warns of voter anger, frustration at March 2023 election over 'terrible' regional roads

Local councils face a $1.3 billion bill for road repairs after recent catastrophic flooding, as the condition of the state's roads looms as an election issue.

Newcastle Herald

Ray of hope for parents at the Hunter school politicians say is 'trapped in time'

"Until I see the bulldozers in the paddock I'm going to keep on fighting."

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