Newcastle Weekly

Patients at Maitland and John Hunter hospitals will have access to nine additional treatment spaces as the NSW Government expands emergency department short stay units across the state.

Maitland Hospital will receive four new...

Hunter homeowners will soon have access to more energy-efficient home designs through a new partnership between SNL Building and Green Homes Australia.

The new partnership will bring Green Homes Australia’s sustainable designs to Newcastle and the Hunter, combining environmentally focused building methods with SNL Building’s local construction experience.

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A 15,000-hectare stretch of the Hunter could accommodate significant future housing and infrastructure growth under a new long-term plan now open for community feedback.

The draft Structure Plan for the Anambah to Branxton Regionally Significant Growth Area is on public exhibition for six weeks, covering land across the Cessnock, Maitland and Singleton local governm...

A Telarah apprentice who left school unsure of what career to pursue is now using her carpentry skills to improve homes across the Hunter.

Tabitha O’Neill began working as a traffic controller and labourer after completing her HSC, before discovering an interest in hands-on work and enrolling in a carpentry apprenticeship at TAFE NSW Maitland.

The move has...

Unemployment has edged higher across the Hunter, but new figures show thousands more people are working across the region than a year ago.

Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force data shows the Hunter unemployment rate increased from 3.9 per cent in June to 4.3 per cent in July.

In Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, unemployment rose from 3.9 per cent to 4...