EXPLAINED: 2 - The Real Truth

Electric trucks could deliver a billion-dollar payload

Australian laws are keeping heavy-duty electric trucks off the road, a report says, when they could boost productivity by more than $2 billion.

AAP · Aug 14

Here's how you can recycle soft plastics at home

Recyclable soft plastics will be tracked in some Hunter areas.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 12

War on waste: consumer buy-in needed to turn tide on soft plastic recycling

Key changes to recycling capacity make circular economy a reality

Newcastle Herald · Jul 26

Watchdog backed in landmark rejection of regional Coles

A key business group in a mining town with six supermarkets has thrown its support behind a decision to block Coles from opening a new store.

AAP · Jul 1

Woolworths reveals plans for $32m supermarket redevelopment

See what suburb will get the revamped shopping centre.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 28

Ex-supermarket employee says he was fired for being told to cover his butt crack. Then the commission found the real crack

He claimed breach of his workplace rights.

We Got This Covered · Jun 26

From pay to taxes, big changes are coming for Australian workers and businesses from July 1

July 1 ushers in a new financial year – and a raft of changes that will affect both workers and businesses.

The Conversation · Jun 23

James Phelan: Showman review – an amazing pick’n’mix of telepathy and magic

Audience members become unsuspecting mind-readers, and numbers disappear from their memory, in this hugely entertaining show

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22

The new price gouging law starts on July 1. Can it rein in Coles and Woolworths?

Australia’s new law on supermarket “price gouging” (also known as excessive pricing) starts on July 1 2026.

The Conversation · Jun 21

Venue manager had 'knives put to' his throat as violent incidents rise

One individual tried to set a venue on fire.

The Canberra Times · Jun 20