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MYSTERIOUS: Shortland | Mind Blowing Facts

'A great Novocastrian who gave our movement heart': Peter Morris's life and legacy celebrated

Family, friends, political allies and constituents farewelled the former Shortland MP.

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Shortland MP Pat Conroy promoted to Albanese government cabinet

The reshuffle was announced on Sunday afternoon

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Drug search staff, shut 'undignified' wing: report on Cessnock jails

More than 90 recommendations were made, stemming from inspections.

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New Lambton fields 'only site' available for basketball stadium

The council investigated then ruled out the old Shortland tip.

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Kurri Kurri shifts out of Paterson electorate in blow to Labor

Muswellbrook is poised to move out of the Hunter electorate.

Newcastle Herald

Millions of extra funding for quality spaces at Hunter public schools

Almost $10 million will be split among schools in the Hunter.

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Nuclear power play: Nats say Hunter is open for business

The seat of Shortland had the highest support for nuclear power

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Man faces 36 drug and gun charges after police swoop at Shortland

The man appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Thursday.

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World Wetlands Day 2024: how wetlands and human wellbeing go hand in hand

Find out more at Hunter Wetlands Centre Shortland on February 3

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Ecotourism boost: check out the plans for the Hexham Swamp trail

Hunter's Hidden Gem: Trail will allow riders to experience the wetlands up close.

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Libs want radical redraw of Hunter election boundaries before 2025

All major parties say Muswellbrook should shift to New England.

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

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

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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.

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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.

Newcastle Herald

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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"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.

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