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The Latest Breaking News from Shortland

Libs want radical redraw of Hunter election boundaries before 2025

All major parties say Muswellbrook should shift to New England.

Newcastle Herald

'Elated', 'deflated': Hunter reacts to referendum result

'There's going to be a lot of disappointment in a lot of Aboriginal homes tonight.'

Newcastle Herald

Police arrest naked drunk driver after crash at Shortland

Police received several reports of a man driving dangerously in the Shortland area on Wednesday evening.

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Newcastle man jailed as AFP hunt down 'abhorrent sexual predators'

The AFP executed a search warrant at the man's Shortland home in 2021.

Newcastle Herald

Zack Mavin not criminally responsible for 2020 Shortland murder of Robert Palmer

A Supreme Court justice finds the charges against Zack Mavin to have been proved, but says the 26-year-old is not criminally responsible for his actions.

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Verdict in Shortland murder trial over stabbing of Bobby Palmer

There was no dispute Zack Mavin was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.

Newcastle Herald

Ten pieces of evidence that show accused murderer knew stabbing was wrong: crown

He wore a disguise, did not want to hurt anyone but took a large knife and stabbed well-known Shortland local Robert "Bobby" Palmer.

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Fatal stabbing of Robert 'Bobby' Palmer was 'impulsive': psychiatrist

The man who tried to rob a Shortland service station while armed with knives, a hammer and an improvised bomb was likely impaired by mental illness at the time of the hold-up, a psychiatric expert has opined.

Newcastle Herald

Paranoid and delusional: accused had explosive device, two knives and a hammer

Zack Mavin pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted armed robbery, raising a defence of mental health or cognitive impairment in the stabbing death of Robert "Bobby" Palmer.

Newcastle Herald

Minister praises former Knight's work in Tonga

Shortland MP Pat Conroy has praised the work of a not-for-profit organisation established by former Newcastle Knights player Sione Finefeuiaki to improve the lives of Tongans.

Newcastle Herald

Zack Mavin accused of murdering Robert Palmer at Shortland to face trial in 2023

A man accused of murdering Robert "Bobby" Palmer after an attempted armed robbery at Shortland will face a trial next year after prosecutors rejected claims he should be dealt with under the mental health act.

Newcastle Herald

The Hunter scores a seat at the table in Albanese's new cabinet

Shortland MP Pat Conroy has been appointed Minister for Defence Industries and Minister for International Development and the Pacific.

Newcastle Herald

Pat Conroy hopeful of ministerial appointment

Shortland MP Pat Conroy will be putting his name forward as a minister in the Albanese Government.

Newcastle Herald

"This victory started on this very night three years ago": Labor wins Shortland

Labor has retained the Seat of Shortland and reversed the swing it suffered in 2019.

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Labor on the verge of victory in Shortland

The ABC has predicted Labor will hold the Seat of Shortland with a swing towards it.

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"People seemed like they were coming back to us": Labor confident in Shortland

Upbeat Labor supporters are gathering at Windale Bowling Club in the hope of winning government tonight and tightening their grip on the Seat of Shortland.

Newcastle Herald

Election day in the Hunter: new age democracy sausages and burnt political posters

WITH a how to vote card in one hand and a sausage in bread in the other, Paul Zimario had his first taste of democracy the Australian way on Saturday.

Newcastle Herald

Zack Mavin pleads not guilty to murdering well-known Shortland local Bobby Palmer

A man accused of attempting to rob a Shortland service station with an improvised explosive device before heading to another nearby service station and allegedly murdering well-known local Bobby Palmer has pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

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Promise to urgently improve Shortland mobile coverage

The Labor Party has pledged to only approve new development buildings where there is network capacity, in an election promise to urgently improve mobile coverage for the Shortland electorate.

Newcastle Herald

'It's great to have a date': Hunter candidates raring to go

Hunter federal election candidates have expressed relief that time on has finally been called in the 2022 campaign.

Newcastle Herald

Housing cost region's biggest issue: survey

Shortland had the highest concern about housing with 61.5 per cent followed by mental health with 53.8 per cent.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle Labor MPs find budget flaws

The Hunter's Labor politicians have labelled the budget a "wasted opportunity" for the region.

Newcastle Herald

Child in vehicle during pursuit at Shortland

A driver remains behind bars after allegedly leading police on a pursuit in Newcastle with a small child in the vehicle.

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