NSW Shadow Minister for Small Business, Don Page, wants the State Government to find an alternative solution to the massive electricity price increases recommended by IPART yesterday. A 64% price increase over the next three years recommended by IPART yesterday is just not viable for small ...
64 per cent electricity price increase hurts small business and low income earners on Mar19 2010
keep looking »Cracks at Nerong on Mar19 2010
The Roads and Traffic Authority and their contractors have refused to acknowledge that cracking and other damage in homes at Nerong are due to blasting operations,” said Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, John Turner. Mr Turner said a number of residents had approached him outlining the damage that had ...
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Country Residents say ‘No Way’ to Ambulance Scheme on Mar2 2010
Merriwa residents are drawing the line at a proposal from the Ambulance Service of NSW - to trial replacing paramedics in local ambulance districts with volunteers, who have had 10 days limited training. Under the proposal, ambulances serving the Merriwa, Murrurundi, Stroud, Bulahdelah, Dungog and Gloucester districts would ...
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Newcastle residents support hotel freeze on Feb17 2010
Newcastle inner city residents have called on the NSW government to extend the Sydney/ Kings Cross freeze on new hotels to Newcastle CBD and Hamilton. Local residents support the Police’s opposition to new hotel licenses and call on the NSW government to flow on their hotel freeze to Newcastle ...
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Rally at Hamilton to support forgotten Tamils on Jan15 2010
Troubled deal over ruddied waters Global action on the 18th January 2010 marks 100 days since Australian PM Kevin Rudd rang the President Yudhoyono of Indonesia and asked him to detain 254 Tamil refugees on a wooden boat en route from Malaysia to Australia. The refugees have ...
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Kensington hotel proposed 4am close in Newcastle on Dec22 2009
Newcastle inner city resident groups slammed a recent liquor license application for a 4am closing-hotel at the old Kensington site on Hunter Street Newcastle, within an OLGR-declared hotspot Residents’ spokesman Tony Brown said there is already too many licensed premises in Newcastle CBD, and that like Sydney Council, Newcastle ...
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ACMA’s nasty Christmas present for Aussie families on Dec18 2009
Explicit pornography will be allowed on commercial television from 1 January, under the new Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice approved today by ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority). Sex scenes in MA programs will no longer be required to be “discreetly” portrayed. Instead they will merely be ...
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Firies fired-up over Waratah closure on Dec16 2009
FIREFIGHTERS CONDEMN NSW PREMIER AND PLEDGE TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST CLOSURE A meeting of 70 Newcastle fire-fighters today passed the following resolution attacking the NSW Government over the closure of Waratah fire station, pledging to upgrade their campaign to defend services for the local community: ...
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Forster public housing ‘rethink’ on Dec10 2009
RETHINK ON KENROSE STREET DEVELOPMENT NEEDED A proposed medium density development of 20 units in Kenrose Street Forster, with only four car parking spaces (two of which are disable car parking spaces) needs a rethink by the State Government, said Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, John Turner MP. ...
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Different take on coal on Nov16 2009
BUS TOUR TO TAKE ON COAL INDUSTRY Anti-coal activists from Newcastle are packing their bags ahead of a week-long bus tour through coal mining towns around NSW promoting the message that there’s no future in coal. The Just Transition Tour, guided by a retired coalminer, will make ...
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Day of help for down and out on Nov4 2009
HUNTER AGENCIES COMBINE TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS Government and non-government agencies combine for growing homelessness crisis ~ 26 November 2009 at Broadmeadow PCYC For the past six months the community coalition has been working together to organise the Hunter Homeless Connect Day at which people who are homeless, struggling, ...
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Alcohol-free zone – Fail on Nov2 2009
RESIDENTS SUPPORT STRONGER ALCOHOL FREE ZONES Newcastle inner city resident groups support the Mayor’s call for tougher alcohol controls in streets. Newcastle’s Mayor, Councillor John Tate, was speaking on local ABC radio. Before the changed alcohol-free zones (AFZ) laws were introduced some months ago, Newcastle residents complained to ...
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Souris on Aberdeen police station on Nov2 2009
LABOR CUTS ABERDEEN POLICE STATION The police station at Aberdeen will be sold the police officer’s presence will be permanently removed in a move that will leave the growing township in the Upper Hunter without a police presence, said State Member for Upper Hunter, George Souris. ...
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Green jobs way to go on Oct23 2009
NO NULEAR, NO COAL, NO CPRS - GREEN JOBS NOW – COMMUNITY RALLIES FOR HEALTHY CLIMATE Trade unionists, students, and climate campaigners will gather outside the Financial Review Energy conference on Friday October 23 at 8am to demand that the state and federal governments create healthy climates for communities, ...
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Buy electricity on eBay on Oct8 2009
‘EBAY NO WAY TO RUN NSW’ The message Hunter Power Workers intend for the NSW Government will disseminate from the launch of the Fair Go For the Hunter Community coalition in Newcastle on Thursday, 8 October 2009. Hunter Power Workers are a community group concerned about the ...
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Increased RSA training for bouncers welcomed on Sep29 2009
Newcastle inner city residents who have endured some of the State’s worst levels of alcohol-fuelled violence for the last 9 years welcomed the increased effort in training bouncers. The industry should also increase the pay for security staff to improve the level of professionalism, according to the Coalition of ...
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On taking the fun out of everything on Sep26 2009
MOTORISTS URGED TO KEEP UP FIGHT AGAINST HARSH VEHICLE MODIFICATION LAWS Member for Port Stephens Craig Baumann has urged Hunter motorists to keep up the fight against the NSW Labor Government’s ridiculous ‘hoon laws’ by signing the NSW Coalition’s online petition. Photo: From Salihan’s Flickr photostream under ...
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Terrace Police station: more delays – Baumann on Sep25 2009
RAYMOND TERRACE POLICE STATION DELAYS A DISGRACE The Rees Labor Government has once again proven how incapable it is of managing major projects, following reports the Raymond Terrace Police Station development has been delayed again, Member for Port Stephens Craig Baumann said today. Mr Baumann condemned the Rees ...
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‘Define mining by location’ on Sep23 2009
BILL TO BAN SURFACE MINING IN LAKE LGA Greg Piper, Member for Lake Macquarie, today announced his Surface Coal Mining Prohibition (Lake Macquarie) Bill 2009. The Private Members Bill will apply a simplified definition of underground coal mining to the Lake Macquarie local government area and it will ...
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Alliance FOI on Maryville Markets on Sep21 2009
ALLIANCE MAKES FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPLICATION TO COUNCIL ON MARYVILLE MARKETS The controversial application by developer Con Constantine to rezone land at Maryville for Parklea-style markets is the subject of a Freedom of Information application by the Newcastle Alliance. Chairman Paul Murphy said the Alliance shares the ...
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64 per cent electricity price increase hurts small business and low income earners
NSW Shadow Minister for Small Business, Don Page, wants the State Government to find an alternative solution to the massive electricity price increases recommended by IPART yesterday. A 64% price increase over the next three years ...Read on →
Tillegra ‘folly’
Saturday, 20 March 2010 ~ Greens NSW MP John Kaye addresses supporters at Newcastle Foreshore Park, Wharf Rd, Newcastle at 12pm. Dr Kaye joins local opponents to Tillegra Dam to highlight the damage the needless $477 million project will ...Read on →
Bulga mine workers sign new agreement
Workers at the Bulga Open Cut mine in the Hunter Valley today endorsed a new three-year collective agreement. The agreement includes: Paid union meetings and payroll deductions for union membership; ...Read on →
HMRI world-class medical research facility approved
The Hunter Medical Research Institute’s (HMRI) plans for a state-of-the-art building have been approved by the NSW Government. The University of Newcastle welcomed the NSW Government’s development approval for the new Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) building. ...Read on →
Wind expert blow overseas again
The Hunter-Central Coast Regional Wind Ensemble, already used to national and international success, plays a farewell concert this weekend before heading to Japan. The Ensemble was formed in 2005 and at any one time has about sixty senior ...Read on →
Cracks at Nerong
The Roads and Traffic Authority and their contractors have refused to acknowledge that cracking and other damage in homes at Nerong are due to blasting operations,” said Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, John Turner. Mr Turner said a number ...Read on →
Nobbys dune care invite
Monday 22 to Friday 26 March 2010 ~ A team of local and international Conservation Volunteers will be regenerating the dunes through weed removal and the re-establishment of native species. The team of keen volunteers will be travelling ...Read on →
Newcastle residents welcome Queensland hotels reduced hours recommendations
Newcastle inner city residents have commended the Joint Queensland Parliamentary Committee’s report recommending reduced hotel closing times across the State. These recommendations vindicate the hard struggle by local police and residents to make their streets safe and free from ...Read on →
Dalgarno Institute supports reduced hours for Queensland hotels
The Dalgarno Institute and its growing Coalition of concerned citizens continue to applaud and support endeavours to abate the alcohol related distress inflicted on our community. For over 150 years our movement has initiated, backed and collaborated with recommendations on ...Read on →
Wetlands ‘Animal Diversity’ festival
Sunday, 21 March 2010 ~ The Native Animal Trust Fund Wildlife Rescue Service (NATF) is hosting a day of celebration and education of the Hunter’s local wildlife at the Hunter Wetlands Centre, Shortland on Sunday 21st March. The Wildlife Rescue ...Read on →
Preparing a learning society for the future
The Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) was advised by an Expert Working Group that breakthroughs in the science of learning, including brain function, motivation and the practice of teaching, have the potential to transform how individual Australians ...Read on →
Electricity price rise 60% over 3 years
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) today released its final electricity regulated retail price determination for the 3 years to June 2013. This determination will apply to the majority of small NSW customers that have not entered into a ...Read on →
Debate rages as new coal loader goes online
A war of words accompanied the first coal train delivering export coal to Newcastle’s new billion-dollar coal loader. As Ports and Waterways Minister Paul McLeay lauded the “significant achievement,” a Sydney Morning Herald article sparked a ...Read on →
NSW Upper House keeps Carramar Nursing Home public
Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon won support today in the NSW Upper House for a Greens motion that calls on the NSW Government to scrap its plans to sell off beds in the Carramar Nursing Home in Leeton. ...Read on →
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Parents Not Doing Enough To Protect Children Online Sixty-five percent of Australian parents do not take any precautions to protect their children online, according to research released by Microsoft. Microsoft’s “For Safety’s Sake” research, found that while ...Read on →
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