1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (399+ words) Pioneering Australian judge Mary Gaudron has been honoured for her contributions to Australia's legal landscape after her death at age 83. Ms Gaudron became the first woman appointed to the High Court of Australia in 1987 at age 44 and served until 2003. While…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (537+ words) Hunter-based senator Ross Cadell will move a motion calling for an inquiry into the impacts of large renewable energy projects on regional communities such as the Upper Hunter and New England. The push follows recent comments from Prime Minister Anthony…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (499+ words) Coal-fired power stations including Eraring should be forced to pay carbon costs if they operate past their agreed closure dates, Smart Energy Council chief executive David McElrea has argued. The council's push to accelerate the clean energy transition comes weeks…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (188+ words) A man has been rushed to hospital after being shot in the hand and torso on Wednesday morning. Emergency services were called to Lakedge Avenue, near Kingsford Smith Road, at Berkeley Vale on the NSW Central Coast about 6.15am on September…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (420+ words) An Australian father is demanding answers as the search for his wife, who vanished in flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, nears its second week. Newcastle father-of-two Bhavin Patel has tirelessly searched Nepal's disaster zone for his missing wife, Reshma....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (619+ words) Two men are accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman at a home in the Hunter after she allegedly repeatedly told them she did not want to have a "threesome" with them and told them to stop. Ryan Matthew Hawkshaw…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (595+ words) High-end properties across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie are bearing the brunt of a deepening downturn, with multimillion-dollar listings lingering on the market and leading sellers to cut asking prices. According to data supplied by Cotality, the upper end of the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (355+ words) The state's resources regulator has determined the cause of a fatal workplace accident that killed a mineworker last month. Contract worker Paul Phillips was fatally injured when he was struck by a reversing mobile processing unit (MPU) at Wambo United…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (621+ words) The childhood home of an acclaimed, Archibald Prize-winning artist has hit the market in inner-city Newcastle. Originally built in the 1920s, the Federation-era house on Dawson Street in Cooks Hill holds significance as the former home of the late John Olsen....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (675+ words) A Lake Macquarie woman convicted of defrauding the NDIS has found herself before the Federal Court for defying an order banning her from the disability sector. Swansea woman Lynette Peters, also known as Lynette Morgan, was ordered to pay $180,000 after…...