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Libs cutting it fine to name Port Stephens candidate

Four years ago, Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian declared Port Stephens crucial to the overall election result.

Newcastle Herald

Kids at risk: alarming rates of suspected 'significant harm'

As the number of children at risk throughout NSW remains stubbornly high - many are left to fend for themselves

Newcastle Herald

Port Stephens paper on brink of closing

ACM wants NSW Labor to adopt the same policy Dan Andrews took to the Victorian election, a commitment to place weekly government ads in all regional newspapers.

Newcastle Herald

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NSW election looms as last chance for our koalas

'The world will be very angry with us if koalas go extinct.'

Newcastle Herald

Independent MP Helen Dalton claims New South Wales parliament a 'toxic' place for women

Independent MP Helen Dalton condemns a male MP for saying she should be "clocked" during a debate two weeks ago, adding that the New South Wales parliament is "toxic" for women.

ABC News

Kate Washington slams government refusal to consider Tomaree Lodge for emergency housing

Port Stephens homelessness crisis before NSW Parliament

Newcastle Herald

'Home matters, help matters and hope matters': Newcastle's homeless in spotlight

Homelessness gathering combines serious message with some free food and haircuts

Newcastle Herald

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Why Stockton Centre and Tomaree Lodge won't be used as emergency housing

State rejects homeless housing plan

Newcastle Herald

Call to reopen Stockton Centre and Tomaree Lodge as crisis accommodation

Hundreds of Hunter homeless could be housed at Stockton and Tomaree

Newcastle Herald

'Intense disruption': Hunter nine-year-old's long walk home amid bus chaos

"It's a matter of time until a kid gets picked up off a bus stop."

Newcastle Herald

Hunter Valley Buses cancellation hits Irrawang Public School students

"Parents deserve to have faith that buses will turn up and right now they can't."

Newcastle Herald

Students 'stranded' after Hunter Valley Buses cancels services with no warning

"Are kids just meant to stand there in the hope a bus is coming?"

Newcastle Herald

Case to build Medowie High thrust into spotlight

"They've constantly failed to deliver."

Newcastle Herald

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.

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Hunter floods: Washington demands flood assistance as Port Stephens is left in the lurch

Disaster-declared towns like Maitland and Dungog breathed a sigh of relief yesterday, while on the other side of the Hunter River, suburbs that succumbed to rising floodwaters have been left in the lurch.

Newcastle Herald

Homeless truths: it's on the rise, but who's treating the causes?

Editorial: In the eyes of leaders public housing in this region appears to be a relic of a bygone area. Despite this, the people who rely upon it are anything but.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter residents facing homelessness 'scared as hell' as rents climb

"I don't want much, I just want a roof over our heads that I can afford to live in."

Newcastle Herald

New flight paths to affect Hunter suburbs

Williamtown flight path changes will have a 'noticeable impact' on residential areas in the Hunter.

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Oyster 'disaster' in Port Stephens needs urgent NSW government help

'Farmers have already had to let people go.'

Newcastle Herald

Port Stephens oyster disease outbreak devastates farmers

"We have some fifth generation farmers and they cannot see a way forward."

ABC News

Port Stephens oyster growers facing disaster as QX disease spreads

Port Stephens oyster growers who have been in the business for generations could be forced to leave the industry after an outbreak of QX disease wiped out all their stock.

AAP

NSW govt attacked over staff pay rises

The NSW government has been accused of neglecting frontline workers while giving staffers a 10 per cent pay increase.

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