Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

DARK SECRETS: 10 - The Real Truth

Ministry position gives Pat Conroy a louder voice for the Hunter region

Politics is one thing, but the results of that wrangling are far more important to most voters.

Newcastle Herald

'Tremendous influence': Pat Conroy's hopes for the Hunter

Australia's new Defence Industries Minister Pat Conroy plans to build on the foundations that his predecessor Greg Combet laid to make the Hunter one of the world's top aerospace hubs.

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

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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

Hunter Labor MPs poised to govern for first time as Australia votes to oust Coalition

Labor is poised to form government despite winning only 31 per cent of the primary vote.

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.

Newcastle Herald

Labor on the verge of victory in Shortland

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

Newcastle Herald

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

"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

Cost of living hits home at Shortland pre-poll

Lynda Williams and her mother Judy didn't mince words as they left the Belmont pre-poll booth.

Newcastle Herald

The Coalition says Labor has a plan to introduce a 'sneaky carbon tax'. Is there any evidence?

The Coalition has been running a campaign to convince you that Labor plans to introduce a 'sneaky carbon tax'. But is there any evidence to their claims, or is it just a scare campaign?

ABC News

Former Kiribati president slams Australia’s ‘politicisation’ of climate action and power of fossil fuel lobby

Five days before Australian election, Anote Tong urges leaders to understand climate crisis means ‘survival is on the line’ for Pacific islands

The Guardian - AU

Ex-envoy slams 'loss of trust' in Pacific

The coalition talk about a Pacific family but they don't treat it like one, Labor says, as it vows to work with nations on the frontline of climate change.

AAP

Has ScoMo lost his mojo? Coalition still waiting for momentum shift

Has ScoMo lost his mojo? Former PM John Howard still expects the race to tighten, but sources on both sides of the political divide are seeing little evidence of a shift in momentum away from Labor heading into the last week of the campaign.

Newcastle Herald

Election podcast: What's at stake in the battle for Shortland

Flanked by the Tasman Sea and Lake Macquarie, the seat of Shortland can feel like an island, but the challenges and issues that are playing out in the lead-up to the May 21 federal election can be found in this electorate, as people contend with the rising cost of living…

Newcastle Herald

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Newcastle Herald

Labor promises $16m for uni energy testing centre

The political love-in for hydrogen continued on Thursday when Labor announced a $16 million commitment to build an energy research and testing centre at University of Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

National Party's Matt Canavan baits Shortland MP Pat Conroy over Labor's carbon credit scheme and coal

Canavan carrying the can for coal

Newcastle Herald

A picture of health policies: Labor recaps its commitments

Labor leaders want to make it 'easier and cheaper' to see a doctor.

The Guardian - AU

Labor signals more aid to south-east Asia and accuses Scott Morrison of ‘bullying behaviour’ towards Pacific

Shadow minister Pat Conroy says the Coalition’s cuts in aid to Indonesia were ‘shortsighted’

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Labor's plan to woo agricultural workers

Labor has outlined a plan to address Australia's agricultural worker shortages by reforming seasonal worker programs, which critics say kills off the ag visa.

The Guardian - AU

Matt Canavan declares net zero by 2050 is ‘all over bar the shouting’ after PM tries to quell divisions

Labor earlier jumped on climate crisis split between Liberals and Nationals after Colin Boyce said emissions target had ‘wiggle room’

ABC News

Agriculture visa to be ditched, Labor says, looking to Pacific to fill worker shortage as election looms

An Albanese government would ditch the scheme before a single foreign worker arrived on the Coalition's visa, the party has announced.

Newcastle Herald

Minor parties top Hunter region ballot draws

Labor's Dan Repacholi has drawn above his Nationals rival on the ballot for the hotly contested seat of Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Labor and Coalition election clash over coal and emissions

The election, climate change and coal

Newcastle Herald

Labor and Coalition trade blows over Hunter coal and emissions reduction

Canavan, Conroy, clash over coal

Newcastle Herald

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.

1 … 8 9 10 11

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

University of Newcastle

Pacific Islands Forum

138 stories

United Australia Party

104 stories

Belmont

100 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.