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  • NSW Premier Mike Baird heckled over Newcastle public transport privatisation plans - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    NSW Premier Mike Baird heckled over Newcastle public transport privatisation plans - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
    NSW Premier Mike Baird heckled over Newcastle public transport privatisation plansUpdatedDecember 01, 2015 14:48:10 Hundreds of angry union members have heckled New South Wales Premier Mike Baird in Newcastle ahead of a business luncheon.Around 300 people have turned out for a rally in Newcastle's Civic Park, with many chanting, "New South Wales, not for sale!"Their biggest concern is the Government's plan to privatise Newcastle's public transport network.The Government is moving to have a s..
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  • Newcastle professor appointed to Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Council - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Newcastle professor appointed to Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Council - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
    Newcastle professor appointed to Medicinal Cannabis Advisory CouncilPostedDecember 01, 2015 16:21:53 Newcastle's leading addiction specialist has been appointed to the state government's Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Council.Doctors, academics and patient welfare advocates have been appointed to a special advisory council to guide the NSW Government's medicinal cannabis research program.Among the nine member board is Newcastle associate professor Adrian Dunlop.Professor has over 20 years exper..
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  • Herald Breakfast – December 1

    Herald Breakfast – December 1
    A HI-vis protest sweeps through the Upper Hunter, the Knights draw for next season revealed and Save Our Rail's bid to have the judgement ordering them to pay the state's costs thrown out.Morning Shot: Instagram’s @paulyvella heading out of Nelson Bay.Weather:Sunny in Newcastle (32 degrees), hot and mostly sunny in Maitland (38 degrees) and slightly cooler in Scone (37 degrees).Traffic:A southbound lane of the Pacific Highway is shut at Cams Wharf Road at Catherine Hill Bay after an accident. Dr..
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  • Pardew urges Newcastle to back McClaren | FourFourTwo

    Pardew urges Newcastle to back McClaren | FourFourTwo
    Steve McClaren is under mounting pressure at Newcastle United, but Alan Pardew says the club must give its full support to his successor.Alan Pardew has called on Newcastle United to rally around under-fire manager Steve McClaren following their thrashing by Crystal Palace.Pardew oversaw a 5-1 hammering of his former club at Selhurst Park on Saturday to leave McClaren's men second from bottom of the Premier League table, with just two wins from 14 matches.Supporters who had travelled to London m..
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  • Hotel worker Michael Nolan sacked over Facebook post to...

    Hotel worker Michael Nolan sacked over Facebook post to...
    A Sydney hotel supervisor has been sacked? from his job after making a sexist and offensive comment on Facebook about Fairfax Media columnist Clementine Ford.Hotel worker Michael Nolan sacked over Facebook post to Clementine FordexitA Sydney hotel supervisor has lost his job after making a sexist and offensive comment on the Facebook page of Fairfax Media columnist Clementine Ford.The Meriton Group confirmed that Michael Nolan was no longer employed by the company, after he labelled Ford a "slut..
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  • Time's still on Merv's side

    Time's still on Merv's side
    Retired Newcastle High teacher Merv Newman is running with a younger crowd at Oztag's World Cup .HEADING NORTH: Australian representatives Merv Newman, Rhiannon Howard and Mat Riley prepare for the Tag World Cup. Picture: Jonathan CarrollRETIRED high school teacher Merv Newman will be giving away 10 years to some of his rivals at Oztag’s World Cup on the Sunshine Coast this week.Newman, a former Western Suburbs Rosellas first-grader, is 60 but has been picked in the Australian men’s over-50s tea..
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  • LETTERS: December 1

    LETTERS: December 1
    Tuesday's letters to the editor.PROTECTED: The Planning Assessment Commission has backed the Hunter's horse-breeding industry over mining.I BELIEVE the Planning Assessment Commission decision to refuse Drayton South was not based on facts but on the threat by Coolmore to leave the valley.  Specialist equine veterinary surgeon Nicholas Kannegieter found that the Drayton extension would have no adverse on the health of the horses. Independent reviews by Associate Professor K. Hughes and Dr. D. Rac..
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  • Hunter veterans in spotlight

    Hunter veterans in spotlight
    Jill McKinnon wasn’t allowed to play hockey until she attended university.Aged to perfection: Lynne Jones Jill McKiinon, Rosalie Osland, and Neredah Busch feature in a Australian Sports Commission video campaign. Picture: Ryan OslandJILL McKinnon wasn’t allowed to play hockey until she attended university.More than four decades later, the retired science teacher is not going to let a little thing like age stop her.The 63-year-old is a member of ‘‘Aged To Perfection’’ which competes at masters to..
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  • Sydney sizzles as storms threaten up north

    Sydney sizzles as storms threaten up north
    Heat and fire- Australia's summer preview1:18Sky News Weather takes a look at what's in store for summer - heat and fire.THE first day of summer is setting the tone for a long, hot haul to autumn with Sydney settling in for another scorcher today.Temperatures were nudging 29C just south of Sydney in the Wollongong beachside suburb of Bellambi at 8.30am with forecast tops of between 33C and 38C across the Sydney basin.Bondi, forecast to hit “just” 27C today, was one of the few suburbs tipped to d..
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  • Ice accused faces court

    Ice accused faces court
    Drug squad allegedly seizes methamphetamine, ecstasy and cash during raid.A MAN will reappear in court on Wednesday after drug squad police allegedly found 112 grams of ice, 20 ecstasy tablets and $2890 in cash during a raid at Raymond Terrace.Douglas Jade Butler, 22, was charged with two counts of supplying a prohibited drug and one count of having goods in custody following the raid on a Brown Street home last Friday.He was granted conditional bail to appear in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesd..
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