Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: 5 | Rare Historical Photos

Deadline blows out to clean up asbestos ground zero

The closure of a park less than a month after it opened because of contaminated mulch kicked off an asbestos scandal that has spread outside NSW.

AAP

Asbestos: Rozelle parklands reopening delayed, with critics arguing extension shows EPA is a ‘toothless tiger’

Environment Protection Authority originally demanded asbestos be cleaned up by end of February but Transport for NSW granted extra month by watchdog

The Guardian - AU

Transport for NSW picks Newcastle 'mass transport corridor'

The corridor is expected to link the city centre with the suburbs.

Newcastle Herald

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

Only 500 from Hunter to use public transport for Swift concerts, govt says

Inside the public transport plan for 'up to 500' Hunter concert-goers.

Newcastle Herald

Third time lucky the hope for fix to licence system

A major database holding images and home addresses of one in four Australians is decades old but replacing it has been plagued by issues, a report has found.

AAP

Buses to replace trains from Newcastle on Taylor Swift weekend

Why your public transport plan might be derailed.

Newcastle Herald

Four million trips as Newcastle light rail marks five years

An average of 3019 trips were taken per weekday in January 2024.

Newcastle Herald

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

Riverside suburbs cast adrift by ferry strike

Ferry services will be halted on Sydney's outskirts as operators strike over stalled wage negotiations.

AAP

‘Filling potholes with rocks’: the $2bn task to repair NSW’s flood-damaged roads

Councils encouraged not to apply ‘Band-Aid’ solutions to restore damaged roads that were in poor condition before the 2022 floods

The Guardian - AU

Everything you need to know about seeing Pink in Newcastle

Free shuttles, added transport and more for Tuesday's concert.

Newcastle Herald

More asbestos discovered at NSW govt projects

Bonded asbestos fragments have been found in recycled mulch near two Sydney train stations and a bridge construction project in the state's south.

AAP

Balaclava clad neo-Nazis arrested after storming train

About 60 men in balaclavas, including Australia's neo-Nazi leader, were held in North Sydney by police after swarming a train and waving Australian flags.

AAP

Port of Newcastle container compensation on state's freight reform agenda

State government's freight reform program to examine ports, rail and roads

Newcastle Herald

Concerns grow about spread of asbestos-tainted mulch

Backyard mulch testing has been floated after even more asbestos was found in recycled mulch in transport sites across Sydney.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Vintage rest stop photos a window into road-trips past

Nostalgic black-and-white photos of NSW's highway rest stops have been digitally archived for the first time.

Newcastle Herald

Man taken to hospital after ute hit tree, parked car at Hamilton

Three people are being treated after two separate crashes this morning.

AAP

PM 'shocked' by asbestos find at new inner-city park

More than 10 tonnes of asbestos-contaminated mulch from the Rozelle Parklands in Sydney will need to be removed and destroyed.

AAP

One-week delay after alarm raised about park asbestos

The NSW government was told about possible asbestos at a new park in inner-city Sydney a week before authorities tested the site, it has been revealed.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Rozelle parklands: NSW government was told about possible asbestos seven days before acting

Exclusive: Member of public emailed Transport for NSW on 2 January about potentially hazardous mulch but investigation was delayed for a week

The Guardian - AU

Sydney’s Rozelle parklands to remain shut for at least six weeks due to asbestos contamination

Exclusive: NSW EPA issues a clean-up notice to department of transport after asbestos was found in mulch near playground last week

Newcastle Herald

Who's asleep at the wheel? Carpark confusion is a camper's dream

A veteran 'van-lifer' said Horseshoe Beach was the best it got.

AAP

'Beyond belief': asbestos found near Sydney playground

A young child's unearthing of bonded asbestos in garden mulch has led to the closure of a newly opened parkland near a controversial Sydney motorway project.

Newcastle Herald

Smoother run, and walk, down Darby Street

Traffic has not been strangled in Darby Street and Hunter Street.

Newcastle Herald

Illegal beach car park camping raises head again, but nothing changes

While Newcastle changes, the issue of travellers setting up camp in city landmarks continues.

Newcastle Herald

Stay afloat: first jet ski safety campaign of 2024 hits Hunter

Riders new and old will be educated on safety and rules.

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

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

Organisations

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.