Coming Friday April 2, 2010 on The Green at Pokolbin’s Tuscany Wine Estate is the first night of Flicks on The Green.
The Hunter Valley provides the perfect location for a well run Outdoor Cinema. With some of the most beautiful ‘Green’s’ in NSW, a very popular concert season, and great tourist infrastructure, [...]

Plague locusts could be sweeping parts of NSW within weeks if landholders fail to search for and control the pest on-farm, Minister for Primary Industries, Steve Whan, said today.
Widespread rain across NSW has created a situation where we could be facing an explosion in plague locust numbers in autumn,” Minister Whan said.
Hot, dry [...]

John Nutting says goodbye to Saturday Night Country
After 17 years as the voice of ABC Local Radio’s Saturday Night Country, one of Australia’s most enduring supporters of country music is set to ride away from microphone.
Over nearly two decades John Nutting has turned a fledgling program aimed at increasing the knowledge and depth of [...]

GET HOOKED FISHING WORKSHOP ON CENTRAL COAST
Ettalong’s Beach Reserve will host Industry & Investment NSW’s Get Hooked…It’s Fun to Fish program tomorrow, when students from across the region get a chance to put their fishing knowledge and skills to the test.
Get Hooked…It’s Fun to Fish is a program funded by the Recreational Fishing Trusts, [...]

SPRING CLEANUP FOR STOCKTON BEACH
Stockton Beach in the Worimi Conservation Lands north of Newcastle is considerably cleaner and safer, thanks to the efforts of over 400 volunteers who removed around 10 tonnes of rubbish from the popular beach during last Sundays’ annual clean-up.
National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Hunter Coast Area Manager Michael Murphy [...]

AUSCOAL SUPER AND MMPCU JOIN FORCES TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY
AUSCOAL Super the $4.9 billion industry super fund for Australia’s coal community and the Maritime, Mining, Power Credit Union (MMPCU) launched a ‘pilot’ joint customer service centre designed to enhance services to members in the Warners Bay area.
The centre at 472 The Esplanade Warners Bay [...]

MINISTER VISITS SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN SINGLETON
Minister for Community Services and Minister for Women Linda Burney visited Singleton today to officially open the new Murrane Housing office which will provide greater support to women and children who are homeless or at risk of losing their home.
Hundreds of women are forced out [...]

NSW LIBERAL-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WILL STOP PROTECTING OUR OCEANS
A leading environment group has slammed the NSW Coalition’s proposal to stop proper marine conservation in NSW should they win the 2011 State election.
The new campaign by the Nationals and Liberals could jeopardise the future ability of Australians to catch a snapper, enjoy seafood for dinner and enjoy [...]

NEWCASTLE’S 150TH BIRTHDAY
Celebrations marking Newcastle’s 150th birthday continue this week with the launch of a commemorative booklet today, Monday 14 September and an anniversary council meeting at the original council chambers tomorrow, Tuesday 15 September.
Lord Mayor Cr John Tate says the City of Newcastle was proclaimed 150 years ago and within a decade of its [...]

CENTRAL COAST MISSES OUT AGAIN
In announcing the New South Wales Homelessness Action Plan 2009‐2014, the State Government stated that the most significant challenges facing governments and organisations trying to tackle homelessness is the lack of reliable data about the nature and extent of the problem.
Laurie Maher, Executive Officer of Coast Shelter stated that [...]

WEEK OF ACTION IN PUBLICK HEALTH FROM MONDAY 27 JULY 2009
Hospital workers around the state will take action next week to protest chronic understaffing in Public Health. From Monday, 27 July 2009, members of the Health Services Union will hold a week of action to draw public attention to the need to maintain staff levels [...]

BAM QUESTIONS CONTRADICTIONS ON CENTENNIAL’S WEBSITE
Community group Blackalls Against the Mine (BAM) has questioned information on the Centennial Coal Company’s website.
According to BAM spokesperson Paul Moors, Centennial Coal has recently removed the term “auger mine” from the list of mining methods in its on-line glossary.
Formerly the company’s list of mining methods on its [...]

St Joseph’s High School meets Federal Member for Hunter, Joel Fitzgibbon, to congratulate them on being successful in the Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools program.
1pm, 9 July 2009, St Joseph’s High School, Segenhoe Street, Aberdeen.

Federal Member for Hunter, Joel Fitzgibbon, will be holding a number of Community morning and afternoon teas in the Upper Hunter.
All members of the community are welcome to attend.
Wednesday 8 July at 10.30am
CWA Rooms, Bettington Street, MERRIWA
 
Wednesday 8 July at 3.00pm
Denman CTC & Visitors Information Centre
Cnr Palace & Ogilvy Streets, DENMAN
 
Thursday 9 July at [...]

GET OUTDOORS THIS WINTER
National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) are holding Discovery tours during the school holidays.
Hunter Region Manager Robert Quirk said the Discovery program had some fun-filled guided tours and kids’ activities on offer in Glenrock State Conservation Area, Awabakal Nature Reserve and Blue Gum Hills Regional Park, Booti Booti National Park, Pacific Palms [...]

XSTRAORDINARY COMFORT COURTESY OF XSTRATA COAL
Spend 100+ days in a clinical environment, in close confines with other parents equally exposed to a rollercoaster of emotions and experiences, and the importance of space and comfort, peace and quiet, resounds loudly.

This is a snapshot of life for the parents of some 1100 newborns who each year rely [...]

NURSING HOME SUBMISSIONS
Submissions have been received from non-government aged care providers, interested in operating the Hunter’s state-owned nursing homes.
NSW Minister for Health, John Della Bosca, said six have been received for Wallsend, five for Muswellbrook and six for Gloucester.
A total of 17 submissions have been received for the 11 remaining state-owned nursing homes,” [...]

JAMES FLETCHER CELEBRATES PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Newcastle and Hunter residents and families are invited to join James Fletcher Hospital staff – past and present – on Saturday as they celebrate their time at the historic site ahead of next month’s move of mental health services.
The James Fletcher Hospital Commemoration Committee has organised a Fete [...]

NEWCASTLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL FUNDRAISING DINNER EXPECTED TO RAISE $10,000!
Newcastle Grammar School will be holding a fundraising dinner this Friday, 1st May 2009 to help cap off a 3 year commitment to the World Vision School to School programme – an ambitious project to raise $150,000 over three years to build 3 boarding houses for [...]

2009 cathedral music festival commences friday, 22nd may

One of the highlights of Christ Church Cathedral’s calendar, the annual Music Festival, will be held from the 22nd May to 24th May.
The festival will begin at 8pm Friday with an organ recital by the director of music at Perth’s St George’s Cathedral, Joseph Nolan.
The [...]