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Myrtle & Stone Cafe is open seven days for breakfast and lunch, plus Thursday nights for live music and tapas.

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Hunter CEOs gave up a warm night's sleep on Thursday, swapping their bed for a piece of cardboard on the street for the annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout. St Vincent de Paul Society north east regional director Clare Van Doorn said this year was more important than ever, as more Australians…

They all featured on the podium.

The 21-year-old has been a mainstay of the Lions this season.

Counsel assisting the coroner, Donna Ward SC, said part of the blaze spread across 11 kilometres in one day, considered "extreme and anomalous" fire behaviour at the time.

"When all else fails, it's often the media who's there, and sometimes we are the only things that stand between people and the abuses of power."

A Newcastle nurse practitioner, Lake Macquarie environmental scientist and Hunter New England paediatric surgeon are among those being recognised as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours.

"It's important for the kids to know their educational heritage."

The club entered the first-grade competition in 1947.

"It's infuriating," the club's vice-president said.