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Hunter electric vehicle numbers double in a year

High fuel prices and environmental concerns are driving the change.

Newcastle Herald

Fuel hikes are costing more than half this young worker's wage

'It's hella expensive out there. I don't know how others are doing it.'

Newcastle Herald

A post-servo highway? How electric vehicles are changing the Australian roadscape

EVs are heralding a new kind of driving culture, from friendly chats at charging stations to reshaping where and how long we stop on road trips

The Guardian - AU

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Illegal algorithm costs Insurance Australia $40 million

Insurance Australia Limited has been penalised $40 million by the Federal Court for misleading customers with NRMA insurance policies.

AAP

Newcastle, Lake Macquarie make up most of NSW weather damage claims

Many of the claims followed severe hailstorms in May.

Newcastle Herald

Petrol prices nudge $2 a litre for King’s Birthday long weekend

Australians are facing petrol prices teetering around $2 a litre ahead of the long weekend, with bowsers peaking across Australia's big cities.

The New Daily

'Staggering': NRMA says 40kmh zone has failed to make roads safer

'If it was about pedestrian safety, clearly there's something wrong structurally.'

The Canberra Times

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Charger rage: how EV etiquette can keep electric tension at bay

The worst offender is the EV owner who "camps" on a charger.

The Canberra Times

Surprise cut to global oil production expected to add 5c to Australia’s average petrol price

‘We’re not in petrol purgatory anymore’ but prices not yet low enough to deliver ‘meaningful relief to families’, NRMA says

The Guardian - AU

Easter bowser squeeze looms, but there’s a way around it

Australian motorists are being advised to fill-up their tanks outside major capitals as petrol prices rise ahead of the Easter long weekend.

The New Daily

NRMA claim data reveals the Hunter suburbs hit hardest in wild weather

Nationally there were 10,120 weather claims, the insurer reports, the lowest number in six years.

Newcastle Herald

Canberrans worry more about flood and fire damage to homes than other Australians do

NRMA urges house buyers to research a property's vulnerability to flood and fire before worrying about local amenities like cafes.

The Canberra Times

Drivers name and shame Newcastle's worst roads for traffic congestion

Drivers have consistently identified congestion as a key issue plaguing Newcastle roads, weeks out from the NSW election.

Newcastle Herald

NRMA reveals worst roads in New South Wales after 28,000 votes counted

Sydney's worst roads for congestion and condition have been named and shamed in a list compiled by motoring body NRMA.

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The Canberra Times

Free ACT rego disappears on EVs in switch to emissions-based system

Electric car owners in the ACT will start paying rego charges from July.

Newcastle Herald

Massive school zone fines facing drivers

Motorists in NSW face $750,000 in school-zone fines over coming days despite students not returning to classes until next week.

The Guardian - AU

Expanding electric vehicle charging network requires more government funding, advocates say

‘It covers most of Australia but lots of locations only have one or two chargers,’ BP Pulse business development manager says, as others call for greater public spending to reduce queues

AAP

NSW's $500m road fund a start: mayor

A $500 million fund to fill potholes across NSW's flood-damaged road network will help but more is needed to fix the worst-affected infrastructure, mayors say.

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NSW government pledges half a billion dollars to fix potholes on flood-damaged on roads

Councils will soon get access to a $500 million pool to repair hundreds of thousands of potholes on NSW roads.

Newcastle Herald

$206 million road backlog in the Hunter, NRMA report reveals

A new report by the NRMA has revealed a $253.2 million backlog of funding needed by councils in the Hunter and Central Coast to maintain local roads, as part of a statewide backlog of $1.9 billion for 2020/21.

AAP

Billions needed to fix NSW roads: NRMA

The cost of fixing flood-damaged NSW roads is set to skyrocket and councils will need billions of dollars to make roads safe again, the NRMA says.

The Canberra Times

Number of RBTs in Canberra is plummeting, as police change tactics

NRMA wants police to provide a huge boost to roadside breath testing.

ABC News

Animal collision insurance claims show Dubbo has highest roadkill rate in NSW

Crash statistics show Dubbo has the highest rates of roadkill insurance claims in the state, putting significant pressure on wildlife carers.

AAP

NSW drink-driving rates rise as tests dive

NSW needs to vastly increase alcohol breath tests during the Christmas holidays as more Australians get behind the wheel drunk, motoring group NRMA says.

The Canberra Times

Confronted with a kangaroo on the road? 'Don't swerve', says the NRMA

The NRMA says Canberra and Goulburn areas rate the second and third worst areas for animal collisions

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