Earthquake wakes east coast with aftershocks expected Residents have been rattled from their sleep by a shallow earthquake as seismologists warn aftershocks could continue for a week or more. AAP · Apr 22, 2025
Bus driver set to plead to charges over fatal crash Bus driver Brett Button is expected to enter pleas in May to almost 90 charges over a crash which killed 10 people in NSW's Hunter Valley. AAP · Apr 3, 2024
Bus driver accused of causing 10 deaths 'devastated' Brett Button says he is devastated by the crash that killed 10 wedding guests last year in the NSW Hunter Valley and in which he was the driver. AAP · Mar 12, 2024
Police case against fatal bus crash driver finalised Bus driver Brett Button has received the police brief of evidence against him after a crash in the NSW Hunter that cost 10 people's lives and injured 25. AAP · Nov 1, 2023
Fatal bus crash driver 'fears being tracked down' A Newcastle magistrate has renewed an order that the address of Brett Button, the bus driver involved in a crash that killed 10 people, not be made public. AAP · Oct 18, 2023
Hunter Valley newlyweds appreciate ‘love and support’ after bus crash as groom’s father calls for seatbelt law change John Gaffney, whose son Mitchell married Madeleine Edsell last Sunday, calls for mandatory rule on all buses The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023
Bus tragedy leaves AFL club in ‘unfathomable sadness’ Players from the AFL club devastated by the loss of members in last week's Hunter Valley bus crash are leaning on each other after the "unspeakable tragedy". The New Daily · Jun 19, 2023
Bus tragedy leaves footy club in 'unfathomable sadness' Players from the football club devastated by the loss of members in the Hunter Valley bus crash are leaning on each other after the "unspeakable" tragedy. AAP · Jun 19, 2023
Journalists taking dead people’s photos from social media without permission inflames the wound of powerlessness The ethical decisions surrounding coverage of the Singleton bus crash can be difficult and nuanced The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2023
Hunter Valley bus crash: how to donate to those affected by the tragedy Clubs, emergency services and mental health charities have set up fundraising channels to support victims, survivors and their families The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2023
Tight-knit community left reeling from Hunter bus crash as questions turn to safety Friends pay tribute to those still unaccounted for, while premier vows to enact any recommended law changes The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2023
Victims of Hunter Valley bus crash named as communities pay tribute: ‘a great bloke and mate to many’ A mother and daughter from Singleton, a young athlete and a former footballer with ‘a big heart’ named among wedding guests unaccounted for after crash The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2023
After a bus crash ‘too horrific to contemplate’, Hunter Valley locals await details of tragedy Flowers have been laid at the site of the crash that killed 10 and injured more than 20 The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2023
What we knew on day after the fatal coach rollover in New South Wales Ten people are dead and more than 20 in hospital, including one in a critical condition, after a bus returning from a wedding to Singleton crashed late on Sunday night near the town of Greta The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2023
ABC News · Jan 18, 2023 NSW, federal governments announce $70m in flood repair funding for struggling communities The joint state and federal funding pool will be used to fix public facilities that still haven't been repaired after last year's floods.
Wales Online · Jan 3, 2023 Bed blocking concerns as hundreds of patients well enough to leave Welsh hospitals but can't The equivalent of a full Singleton Hospital in Swansea is being taken up by people who are medically well enough to go home, the health board has confirmed
ABC News · Oct 8, 2022 Hunter Valley farmers in Singleton bypass stand-off with Transport for NSW over compulsory land acquisition Generational farmers in the Hunter Valley say they'll be worse off after going through a land acquisition process with the New South Wales government for the construction of the Singleton bypass.
ABC News · Jul 15, 2022 When will the rain end? NSW and Queensland's record-breaking year of floods and rain We're just over halfway through 2022 and rainfall records are tumbling as the east coast hunkers down for more to come.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 6, 2022 Homes of 85,000 People at Risk, but Rain Eases Around Sydney Floodwaters inundated or were threatening the homes of 85,000 people around Sydney on Wednesday as rivers started to recede and the heavy rains tracked north of Australia’s largest city. While rain was easing across Sydney, several waterways including the Hawkesbury-Nepean rivers system on Sydney’s northern and western fringes remained at…
ABC News · Jun 8, 2022 iVote failure election re-runs in Kempsey, Singleton, Shellharbour to be held July 30 despite efforts to postpone The NSW Electoral Commission has confirmed Kempsey, Singleton, and Shellharbour Ward A local government areas will return to the polls in late July despite efforts to postpone new elections until 2024.
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 Couple raise funds for neonatal unit they set up in Liberia after son born early Mikey Bryant had to race home from Africa after wife Bethany gave birth to Finley 11 weeks premature.
Wales Online · Apr 7, 2022 A cute new coffee cart has set up next to the Swiss Cottage in Singleton Park There was one there previously but it closed
ABC News · Mar 24, 2022 iVote failure to cost $500,000 for Singleton, Kempsey, Shellharbour elections, councils seek compensation The NSW government says it will cost "half-a-million dollars" to right the wrongs of the iVote online crash that is forcing tens of thousands of people back to the polls.
ABC News · Mar 18, 2022 Councillors 'shocked' by voiding of Kempsey, Singleton, Shellharbour Ward A elections due to iVote Councillors in three local government areas are weighing whether to recontest their positions after the Supreme Court declared void the results of those local government election results.