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Police should step back in mental health calls: review

A review has found NSW police officers are not always the right people to respond to mental health crises in the community, sparking calls for urgent action.

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'Stood up and fought hard': lord mayor states case for re-election at campaign launch

Labor heavyweights turn out for Newcastle campaign launch.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle Airport gets funding for new flight destinations

International and domestic routes are being discussed.

Newcastle Herald

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Top cop's personalised gin gift 'not unusual': minister

The NSW police minister says a bottle of gin she received from the state's top cop is one of many types of "merchandise" gifted to her by police.

AAP

Channel dredging complete but Lake sailors want long-term commitment

Almost 30,000 cubic metres of sand have been cleared.

Newcastle Herald

Overhaul for 'antiquated' system as police vests vanish

A modern, electronic way of tracking police equipment, such as service weapons and ballistic vests, is under consideration for Australia's largest police force.

AAP

Region's longest shared pathway: new section of Fernleigh Track opens

The track creates 27 kilometres of shared pathway.

Newcastle Herald

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NSW top cop Karen Webb bans taxpayer-funded alcohol gifts after scrutiny over her taxpayer-funded alcohol gifts

Investigation cleared NSW police commissioner of serious misconduct after she bought 50 bottles of gin from her friend’s distillery to give as gifts

The Guardian - AU

Police chief turns off tap after gift of gin goes sour

Buying liquor for gifts using taxpayer dollars has ended after the police commissioner was chided for failing to disclose her relationship with the supplier.

AAP

Police chief cleared of misconduct over bottles of gin

A police boss has been cleared of serious misconduct over purchasing bottles of gin but warned she should have disclosed her association with the supplier.

AAP

Shiraz to Shore: $89m plan for 100km cycle trail linking wineries to beach

The Hunter wants to be a cycle tourism mecca.

Newcastle Herald

Blockade Australia climate activist sentenced to three months in jail over Port of Newcastle protest

Laura Davy, who travelled from Tasmania to take part in a protest at a coal terminal, will appeal prison sentence

The Guardian - AU

Police probe whether toxic web 'radicalised' stab teen

A teen accused of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney is yet to be charged, as police question whether he was radicalised by toxic online content.

AAP

Boy accused of stabbing student at Sydney university has faced previous charges, officials say

New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley says a 14-year-old boy accused of stabbing a man at a Sydney university has faced previous charges, which were dismissed by a court

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Sydney university stabbing: teenage boy who allegedly attacked student was arrested last year, minister says

Yasmin Catley says 14-year-old had been through government program run by NSW’s department of community and justice

Newcastle Herald

Strike force, dog squad, PolAir: inside police operation for illegal protests

At least 15 people have been charged after Hunter railway activity.

AAP

Police DV murder response probed as man refused bail

It took police almost an hour to respond to a call for help as a woman lay dying on the floor of a home in northern NSW.

Newcastle Herald

Fernleigh Track could soon stretch all the way to Central Coast

The full Adamstown to Murrays Beach trail opens soon.

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Incentives arrest decline in aspiring police recruits

Australia's biggest police force has been flooded by more than 1500 applications from potential recruits as far away as NZ after a pledge of paid training.

The Guardian - AU

NSW police urged to improve mental health training after string of deaths involving vulnerable people

Parliamentary inquiry finds NSW mental health care is ‘reactive and crisis-driven’ because it is chronically and severely underfunded

Newcastle Herald

Second stage of Swansea channel dredging begins

Another 13,000 cubic metres of sand will be removed.

Newcastle Herald

State plans high-rise apartments on showground, basketball stadium sites

Hunter Park plan needs $3 billion funding over 30 years.

AAP

Father in young son murder-suicide had DV history

A man who killed his two-year-old son during a scheduled access visit had a history of domestic violence, police say.

Newcastle Herald

'Harrowing calls': the emergency team on the phone during Bondi stabbings

Central Coast team's heroic work at the triple zero call centre.

Newcastle Herald

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The workplace can accommodate up to 650 workers.

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