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Four people, two dogs hurt in Muswellbrook home invasion by five men armed with machetes, knives

Four people and two dogs have serious injuries after they were attacked by five armed men in a violent overnight home invasion in the New South Wales Hunter region.

ABC News

Retreat on Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail 'a joke'

Key Hunter lobby groups have called on the NSW government to clarify whether it has abandoned its plans for fast rail between Newcastle and Sydney.

Newcastle Herald

Chris Minns on Supercars, housing, Hunter Park and more

The Herald sat down with the Labor leader on Monday to talk about some Hunter issues.

Newcastle Herald

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Minns says Hunter firms good shot at train building under Labor

The Labor leader wants voters to see a point of difference between the Opposition and the Coalition on manufacturing and asset sell-offs.

Newcastle Herald

Labor says NSW on track to build more trains if elected

Labor is vowing to create jobs in NSW regional centres with $42 million to train apprentices in the Hunter, Illawarra and Sydney's west if it wins the election.

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An invitation to help transform the Hunter

The Hunter is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Along with significant challenges, there are enormous opportunities for social and economic growth.

Newcastle Herald

Man charged in Hunter over shooting near Kempsey

A man charged in the Hunter over an alleged shooting near Port Macquarie last month will remain in custody until his next court appearance in April.

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Rule of law more important than ever, Chief Justice says

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW has given a nod to the "extraordinary crop" of legal practitioners the Hunter has historically produced, as he welcomed a new cohort into the profession during a speech in Newcastle on Friday morning.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter's hydrogen opportunity in the balance

The Hunter's emerging hydrogen industry may never achieve the same export scale as the fossil fuel industry without the implementation of effective industrial policy settings, a new energy report warns.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter's housing hell: report card raises 'alarm bell'

Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens have joined the top ten local Government areas in regional NSW with the "highest housing needs" along with Cessnock, Maitland, and Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

Cessnock lottery win: $164,000 prize confirmed in NSW The Lott draw

A Hunter resident will receive a boost to her bank account after The Lott officials confirmed her division one winning entry in Wednesday's Lotto Strike.

Newcastle Herald

Call for Hunter advocacy groups to coordinate efforts

The Hunter's disparate array of advocacy and lobby groups needed to adopt a more coordinated approach to the Hunter's energy transition, the director of the Grattan Institute's energy program believes.

Newcastle Herald

Vale Ken Warby: the world's fastest man on water

Worlds fastest man on water Ken Warby remembered for his world water speed record, racing career and for his family ties to the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter businesses face energy crunch

The Hunter's peak industry body has supported the Australian Energy Market Operator's call for urgent investment in generation, long-duration storage and transmission to achieve energy certainty.

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30-foot waves: Hunter firefighter Tyler Bartlett's up for massive surf

Hunter local Tyler Bartlett caught some of Hawaii's biggest waves and described the experience as awesome but admitted he was also feeling nervous.

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Newcastle's first electric buses enter service in the Hunter

Newcastle has received the first electric buses to operate outside of Sydney, the first of which entered service today.

Newcastle Herald

The Hunter's worst serial rapist to leave jail earlier after appeal

Andrew James Benn has had five years cut from his maximum jail term after successfully appealing against the severity of his 40-year sentence.

Newcastle Herald

Dashville festival scores COVID recovery grant

The Hunter's Dashville Skyline is among 36 music festivals across the country named for a share in a $2.5 million federal government grant to help the industry's ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Five weeks of fury: Hunter paramedics in statewide industrial action

NSW paramedics are intensifying their campaign for equal pay with interstate counterparts in "five weeks of fury" ahead of the NSW election.

Newcastle Herald

'We have to beg for every little bit of funding': Mayor

Singleton mayor Sue Moore says it is "frustrating" to see the cash and attention lavished on western Sydney while the Hunter is left to "grovel and beg" for every scrap of funding.

Newcastle Herald

It's Galentine's Day! And no, this isn't a typo

Topics: It's Galentine's Day, Anti-Valentine and Hunter Idols.

Newcastle Herald

Rising costs put the boot into Hunter businesses

When Mortels Sheepskin Factory at Thornton converted its power to solar about five years ago, the electricity bills were halved.

Newcastle Herald

The Hunter's top young lifesavers

Topics: Two young lifesavers and two Hunter families.

Newcastle Herald

Battery powered growth plan

Work on the Hunter's next large-scale battery manufacturing facility could be underway by the end of the year if demand grows as predicted.

Newcastle Herald

Tomago to launch national battery energy strategy as government begins consultation in the Hunter

Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic will begin consultations for the country's first national battery strategy during a visit to the Hunter on Friday.

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