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Theatre & Stage Newcastle 

Wicked Night Out

1 March 2021 Press

Newcastle Grammar School’s Wicked flies into Newcastle in a magical production to enthrall all ages. Wicked, the hit Broadway musical that follows the extraordinary adventures of the witches of Oz, will be presented by Newcastle Grammar School at the Civic

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Security & safety Newcastle 

Innocents Abroad ~ Kids on the Net

25 February 202125 February 2021 Press

What does the future hold for your child’s online privacy? The age of technology comes with myriad benefits, and also means we have become dependent on the internet for almost everything. Image from pixabay.com As research gets better, computer chips

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Newcastle 

Surfing Pro Tour Adds City to Circuit

11 February 2021 Press

Newcastle will launch the Australian leg of the world pro surfing tour, with 52 of the best surfers from across the globe to converge on the city in April. Held at Merewether Beach from the start of April, it is

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Newcastle Event & Venue 

Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival

8 February 2021 Press

Arts Festival makes Newcastle the place to visit this month. An intimate art gallery performance by a renowned Australian musician, an augmented reality experience celebrating indigenous culture, and a discussion on women in leadership with Australia’s first female Prime Minister,

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Newcastle 

Port’s Community Projects Funded by NPCC

6 February 2021 Press

NSW Government announced 11 projects to be delivered under the Newcastle Port Community Contribution (NPCC) Fund. Deputy Premier John Barilaro said the projects will share $1.1 million from round six of the NPCC Fund, with 75 per cent of funding

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Newcastle 

Council Street Gentrified

6 February 20216 February 2021 Press

Council Street, Cooks Hill reopens with $6 million overhaul. City of Newcastle has completed a $6 million upgrade of Council Street with 8,000 new street plants, 18 new trees, additional parking spaces, public art and storm water improvements at the

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Newcastle 

Focus On Dixon Park

3 February 2021 Press

Tenders called for Dixon Park Kiosk renovation. City of Newcastle plans to revitalise Dixon Park with contracts to revamp the Dixon Park kiosk open to tender. Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes walks with Carly, Hayley, Ruby-Lou and Ginger the dog. The

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UoN Newcastle Legal & Financial 

Legal Clinic Back At Merewether Beach

20 January 2021 Press

Pop-up legal clinic returns to support the Newcastle community. University of Newcastle Legal Centre’s pop-up clinic at Merewether beach is returning to offer free legal advice to people struggling with law-related matters. Staffed by law students and social work students in their final

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Arts Newcastle Event & Venue 

Newy ~ Where Too Much Art is Never Enough

14 January 2021 Press

Full program of City’s inaugural New Annual  festival. An intimate art gallery performance by a renowned Australian musician, an augmented reality experience celebrating indigenous culture, and a discussion on women in leadership with Australia’s first female Prime Minister, feature in

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Newcastle 

Tender Let for Newcastle Ocean Baths Pool Work

23 December 2020 Press

Design consultant GHD will oversee concept designs for Stage 1 of the Newcastle Ocean Baths upgrade. The works are a staged project that will begin with the restoration of the pool and its promenades. Consultation and assessments will continue for

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Recycling & Waste Management Newcastle 

Waste Lockup At Cell 9

22 December 2020 Press

City’s waste needs met for the next decade thanks to $24 million project. With Newcastle to grow to around 187,000 residents by 2030, City of Newcastle has invested $24 million into the construction of a new landfill site at Summerhill

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Newcastle 

High Commissioner Gets Key to the City

18 December 2020 Press

The City of Newcastle realised a former Novocastrian’s long-held ambition to become an ambassador for the city today. The Key to the City was awarded to Her Excellency, the Honourable Patricia Forsythe AM, in recognition of her lifelong service to

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Newcastle Port & Shipping 

Duyfken Replica Revisits Port

16 December 2020 Press

The 21 year old replica of the Dutch explorer vessel Duyfken (Little Dove) is back in town (briefly). She arrived as deck cargo aboard the general cargo vessel Marsgracht this week. When masts are re-stepped, rigging tensioned, and sails fitted,

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Newcastle 

Love ’em Hate ’em They’re Back

12 December 2020 Press

Newcastle Takes Up Pole Position for 2022 Supercars Season. Supercars return to the city in 2022 when Newcastle hosts the season opener of the Repco Supercars Championship series.  Ford Mustang GT of Will Davison in August 2019. Photo: Kytabu The

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Cityscape Newcastle 

At Last, that Carpark to Go

8 December 20208 December 2020 Press

Public space will connect Harbour to Cathedral. Inspired by Rome’s Spanish Steps, council hopes to create a stunning  corridor from Christ Church Cathedral to the harbour. This 2007 viewpoint from atop the former tower shows the King Street car park

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Newcastle 

Flowers and Trees for Mitchell Street

7 December 2020 Press

Stockton’s Mitchell Street facelift imminent. City of Newcastle will increase the number of street trees in Stockton’s main street from three to 40 as part of a $3.3 million upgrade to start in early 2021. Deputy Lord Mayor Declan Clausen, Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes and Stockton business owner Lucas

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Newcastle 

Council Counts Cost of Westward Ho

4 December 2020 Press

City’s westward move delivers new era of modern service. City of Newcastle has now closed out all four projects associated with its move to a new administrative building at 12 Stewart Avenue in Newcastle West.  With the work complete, City of Newcastle can now report to the public on the

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Newcastle Cityscape 

Now It’s a ‘Piazza’

3 December 20204 December 2020 Press

New Piazza unveiled at former Newcastle railway station. The NSW Government’s $6 million landscaping project at the former Newcastle Railway Station is now The Station Piazza – a community space that acknowledges site’s heritage. Minister for Planning and Public Spaces

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Newcastle Heritage & Historical Port & Shipping 

Carrington Engine House Restoration

3 December 20203 December 2020 Press

Port unveils next phase in historic Carrington Engine House restoration. An additional $850,000 will be invested in ongoing restoration of the 143-year-old Carrington Hydraulic Engine House. Built in 1877 and operating until 1967, the building housed the first large scale

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Newcastle 

Wallsend & Kotara City Projects Funded

30 November 2020 Press

Wallsend sports hub and Kotara shopping centre get state funds. An active sports hub in Wallsend and the long-awaited upgrade of the local centre at Blackbutt Village in New Lambton, have jointly received a $1 million boost from the NSW

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Newcastle 

Sister Cities’ Fortieth

26 November 202026 November 2020 Press

Newcastle celebrates 40th Sister City anniversary with Ube, Japan. City of Newcastle honoured a relationship steeped in history and culture  on the 40th anniversary of the Sister City declaration between Newcastle and Ube, Japan. Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes presents the

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Newcastle 

More Ambitious Clean Energy Targets for City

24 November 2020 Press

City of Newcastle announces a five-year climate plan. Newcastle council will deploy a fleet of electric vehicles, build additional renewables and battery storage, and switch city lighting to LEDs in a five year Climate Action Plan. Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes

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Newcastle 

City’s National Park Under Review

20 November 202020 November 2020 Press

The future of Newcastle’s National Park is being reviewed as the city population density increases. With an extra 4,000 homes expected in Newcastle city area by 2036, council is investigating improvements to it’s largest community space. Hockey on National Park

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Lake Macquarie Newcastle 

Councils Meet at the Boundary

18 November 2020 Press

City of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie City Council collaborate on upgrades to Boundary Street in Kotara South. Lake Macquarie City Council’s Manager Assets Managment Brendan Callander and City of Newcastle’s Manager of Assets and Projects Joanne Rigby at Boundary Street

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NAG Newcastle 

Rare Images of Music Royalty

8 November 2020 Press

Newcastle Art Gallery ready to rock with rare images of music royalty. Music lovers will be given a backstage pass to some of the biggest bands and gigs in the world when Newcastle Art Gallery showcases rarely seen and previously

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Cycleways & Pedestrians Newcastle 

Merewether to City Cycleway Underway

2 November 2020 Press

Work starts on first leg of City Centre to Merewether cycleway. The cycleway links the City Centre to Merewether Beach. Work starts on Stage 1 of the City Centre to Merewether Cycleway with Councillor Carol Duncan and Newcastle Lord Mayor

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Newcastle Heritage & Historical 

City Updates Heritage Strategy

31 October 2020 Press

Newcastle Council has updated its heritage strategy. The document aims to promote and restore the city’s 700 heritage items, eight heritage conservation areas and 23 archaeological sites, following the adoption of an updated Heritage Strategy. The Heritage Strategy 2020-2030 was

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Newcastle 

Convertible Council Chambers Go Online

30 October 2020 Press

Council holds first meeting in new “convertible” chamber. City of Newcastle held its first ‘Ordinary Council Meeting’ at the new Stewart Avenue City Administration Centre. The meeting was the first held at a location outside of the original Civic City

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Disability & Carers Newcastle 

Dementia ‘Memory Room’ at Libraries

20 October 2020 Press

Newcastle Libraries support people living with dementia. Newcastle Libraries has launched a new program tailored to assist people living with dementia, their families and carers, designed to foster conversation and connection. Memory Room participants Sarah Greentree-Beddow and her mother Sandra

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Erosion & Landcare Newcastle 

Harbour Sand For Stockton?

16 October 202016 October 2020 Press

Stockton Beach Taskforce looks to Hunter River for Stockton sand. Sand from the Hunter River’s south arm is suitable to replace lost Stockton Beach sand. Meanwhile, council said it will use rock bags rather than sand bagging as interim protection.

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Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival
Newcastle Event & Venue 

Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival

8 February 2021 Press

Arts Festival makes Newcastle the place to visit this month. An intimate art gallery performance by a renowned Australian musician, an augmented reality experience celebrating indigenous culture, and a discussion on women in leadership with Australia’s first female Prime Minister,

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Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle
Energy & Renewables NSW aka In the News Opinion 

Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle

12 February 202112 February 2021 Press

Gas companies making plans to drill offshore from Newcastle. Opponents fear the PEP 11 gas exploration permit off the coasts of Sydney and Newcastle will be renewed today by Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt. The joint venture companies currently holding

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La Niña Peaks But Effects Continue
Weather 

La Niña Peaks But Effects Continue

3 February 2021 Press

The 2020–21 La Niña is likely to have peaked with respect to atmospheric and oceanic patterns in the tropical Pacific. However impacts associated with La Niña, such as above average rainfall in eastern and northern Australia, are expected to persist

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Shipping Cartel Fined
Port & Shipping 

Shipping Cartel Fined

6 February 20216 February 2021 Press

Shipping cartel fines now total $83.5 million after WWO conviction. Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by the Federal Court to pay a fine of $24 million, in

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Agriculture Faces Profitable Year
Agriculture 

Agriculture Faces Profitable Year

4 February 2021 Press

Australian agriculture looking to profitable year ahead – industry outlook. Australia’s agricultural sector is set to enjoy an overall profitable year ahead – underpinned by high commodity prices, positive seasonal conditions and low interest rates, and despite expected continuing trade

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Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured
Physics & Energy 

Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured

31 January 2021 Press

Australian father of photovoltaics awarded prestigious 2021 Japan Prize. By Stefanie Menezes UNSW Sydney solar expert Martin Green has been honoured with the Japan Prize for transforming the photovoltaics industry. Professor Martin Green. Photo ~ University of NSW. Professor Martin

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Give Back Our Data
Internet 

Give Back Our Data

8 February 2021 Press

Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data. By Pieter Verdegem Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster Releasing his creation for free 30 years ago, the inventor of the world wide

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Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage
Upper Hunter Heritage & Historical 

Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage

5 February 20215 February 2021 Press

Two jet fighter planes – a Macchi and a Mirage – are making their home at Scone Regional Airport. Restored by volunteers. they will become part of the Warbird Visitor Attraction. The Mirage A3-44 will travel by road from the

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