INSANE: 5 - The Real Truth

'Home matters, help matters and hope matters': Newcastle's homeless in spotlight

Homelessness gathering combines serious message with some free food and haircuts

Newcastle Herald · Aug 10, 2022

Why Stockton Centre and Tomaree Lodge won't be used as emergency housing

State rejects homeless housing plan

Newcastle Herald · Aug 9, 2022

Call to reopen Stockton Centre and Tomaree Lodge as crisis accommodation

Hundreds of Hunter homeless could be housed at Stockton and Tomaree

Newcastle Herald · Aug 1, 2022

Demand for serious investment in flood-prone areas after Maitland's close call with levee bank

A narrow escape with catastrophe after structural concerns with the levee bank threatened to swamp Maitland CBD on Friday has reinforced the need for serious investment in the Hunter's water infrastructure.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 11, 2022

Hunter floods: Washington demands flood assistance as Port Stephens is left in the lurch

Disaster-declared towns like Maitland and Dungog breathed a sigh of relief yesterday, while on the other side of the Hunter River, suburbs that succumbed to rising floodwaters have been left in the lurch.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 8, 2022

Homeless truths: it's on the rise, but who's treating the causes?

Editorial: In the eyes of leaders public housing in this region appears to be a relic of a bygone area. Despite this, the people who rely upon it are anything but.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 4, 2022

Hunter residents facing homelessness 'scared as hell' as rents climb

"I don't want much, I just want a roof over our heads that I can afford to live in."

Newcastle Herald · Jul 4, 2022

New flight paths to affect Hunter suburbs

Williamtown flight path changes will have a 'noticeable impact' on residential areas in the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 3, 2022

Oyster 'disaster' in Port Stephens needs urgent NSW government help

'Farmers have already had to let people go.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 5, 2022

Port Stephens oyster disease outbreak devastates farmers

"We have some fifth generation farmers and they cannot see a way forward."

Newcastle Herald · Jun 4, 2022