
NSW paramedics have dealt with a spate of spider bites with four thought to be victims of potentially deadly redbacks. More...

Autumn began with a slight bite around the State and predictions for a longer and colder winter looming. More...

Five Hunter locals will be recognised in the annual Australian Bravery Decorations. More...
The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) says Newcastle's entertainment industry is being put out of business by tough liquor licensing laws. More...
Police are preparing a report for the coroner into a fatal crash on the Charlestown Bypass on Saturday night in which an 80-year-old West Wallsend woman died. More...
Volgren Australia says the first of its 56-seat, articulated buses to be built at Tomago, for the Sydney bus network, rolls off the production line today. More...
Disgraced Newcastle administrator Stuart Ariff could be summonsed to appear before a Senate inquiry which will hold hearings in the city on April 14. More...

Pop princess Kylie Minogue is raking in record amounts of cash, more than two decades after she had her first hit. More...
New South Wales Planning Minister Tony Kelly has called a meeting this week to ensure the future of the troubled HEZ industrial park in the Hunter Valley. More...
A weekend train derailment in the New South Wales Hunter Valley is expected to cost the industry millions of dollars, with the rail line to the Port of Newcastle blocked until late tomorrow. More...
Newcastle has put a tumultuous preseason behind it with an upset 20-16 win over premiership contenders Canterbury-Bankstown at Sydney's Olympic stadium. More...

The Federal Government has demanded Sydney Airport lift its game after the competition watchdog rated it Australia's worst large airport. More...

Predictions it would be up and running before the NRL season began proved wide of the mark, but rugby league's independent commission has finally been agreed to a day before the 2010 campaign kicks off. More...
An emergency system to allow New South Wales train passengers to escape from a crash has been delayed, five years after work started in response to the 2003 Waterfall disaster. More...
A Newcastle transport consultant says it is unrealistic to expect the New South Wales Government to provide a free shuttle bus service in the Newcastle CBD. More...
The New South Wales Minerals Council says it fears for the future development of the Hunter's coal industry in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling. More...
Hunter New England Health has apologised to the family of an elderly woman who was repeatedly sent home from her local hospital, despite needing palliative care. More...
New South Wales coastal residents were fearing the worst this morning as an earthquake hit off the coast, with the epicentre just off Nelson Bay. More...

Madonna and her 13-year-old budding fashionista daughter Lourdes are to launch a new line in teen clothing called Material Girl in the US this August. More...

TAFE teachers in the Hunter and Central Coast regions have voted in favour of a new agreement to their working conditions. More...
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