Last Top Stories: Residents planning class action over toxic leak from Newcastle's Williamtown RAAF base - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Residents planning class action over toxic leak from Newcastle's Williamtown RAAF base - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Residents planning class action over toxic leak from Newcastle's Williamtown RAAF baseBy Jackson VernonUpdatedNovember 06, 2015 16:06:22 Residents affected by a toxic leak from Newcastle's Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base at Williamtown are preparing a class action, likely to be against the Department of Defence.The spread of chemicals PFOA and PFOS — once used in firefighting foam at the base — has residents in Williamtown and Fullerton Cove on edge.The chemicals have been found in ground and surface water, prompting food and water bans, as well as fishing restrictions until June 2016.Cain Gorfine from the Williamtown and Surrounds Residents Group said legal action was now being p..

  >> view original



• Mixed response over Newcastle integrated transport plan - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Mixed response over Newcastle integrated transport planPostedNovember 06, 2015 06:49:55 The Property Council says asking the private sector to manage Newcastle's integrated public transport system will boost infrastructure investment and operational expertise.In an Australian first, the state government is calling for a single operator to look after the city's new light rail system, in conjunction with buses, ferries, and new interchanges.The government said it will stay in control of pricing, but there is concern it could still result in higher fares.The Property Council's Hunter chairman Ed Crawford described the move as "enlightened and sensible"."The government will be retaining cont..

  >> view original



• Newcastle Jets' David Carney nearly joined Western Sydney Wanderers

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.A-League: Carney's stunner floors VictoryDavid Carney made the most of a lay-off 25 yards from goal, slamming the ball into the corner past an utterly helpless Danny Vukovic giving the Jets three points and the win.PT0M37S620349If former owner Nathan Tinkler had stayed at the helm of the strife-torn Newcastle Jets, David Carney would likely be playing for Western Sydney Wanderers against the men from the Hunter on Saturday.While banished from training and games during the ugly rift that dogged the Jets' season, the former Socceroo was approached to join the Wanderers. Carney still had a year to run on his deal with the Jets but his future was cast into doubt after..

  >> view original



• Calls for investigation into 'rogue' ship docked in Newcastle - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Calls for investigation into 'rogue' ship docked in NewcastlePostedNovember 06, 2015 06:25:33 The International Transport Workers Federation is calling for Border Force authorities to investigate a ship currently docked in Newcastle, labelling it a rogue operator.The union has been investigating the death of a man onboard the flag of convenience bulk carrier 'Yangtze Oasis' last week.The federation's national coordinator Dean Summers said attempts to contact the owners in Hong Kong and Singapore have uncovered a series of sham shop fronts, raising serious security concerns."Our whole focus moved from an industrial problem to what we now say is a border security concern," he said."This sh..

  >> view original



• Todd Lowrie Calls It Quits Before Lacing Up Boot At New Club

  

  Todd Lowrie posing in a promotional shot for his new club Photo: Getty ImagesFormer Melbourne premiership winner Todd Lowrie has announced his NRL retirement. The 32-year-old had signed a one-year deal to move from Brisbane to Newcastle for the 2016 season but hashung up his boots before he was able to pull on the Knights jersey again.He will stay with Newcastle as coach of the club's under 20s team.Lowrie started his career at Newcastle before stints atParramatta,Melbourne,WarriorsandBrisbane, playing 202 games and in two grand finals during a 13-year career."I've been lucky enough to play in the NRL for a lot longer than I ever thou..

  >> view original



• AFC Bournemouth v Newcastle United: Gosling out to down former team | FourFourTwo

  

  Bournemouth midfielder Dan Gosling will be desperate to help his side to victory when he meets former team Newcastle United on Saturday.Dan Gosling insists he has nothing to prove following an injury-ravaged spell at Newcastle United when AFC Bournemouth face his former team on Saturday.The 25-year-old midfielder spent just under four years at St James' Park before his May 2014 switch to Bournemouth, which has sparked a change in fortunes.Gosling made 36 appearances in all competitions at Newcastle, but does not hold a grudge at how things panned out and is instead focussed on helping Eddie Howe's men avoid a fifth defeat in six Premier League outings.Howe's side are fourth bottom after 11 g..

  >> view original



• ACCC backs Glencore call for Commonwealth intervention in...

  

  Glencore has raised the stakes in its contest with the National Competition Commission describing the regulator's indulgence of fee increases at the Port of Newcastle as a "dangerous precedent" that allows the exercise of "monopoly power with little risk of intervention through regulation".The NCC has so far resisted Glencore's invitation to institute Commonwealth oversight of the Port of Newcastle afternew private owners of the world's biggest coal port all but doubled the fees for using its shipping channel.In a letter attached to a third formal submission in support of its declaration application, the head of Glencore's hard-pressed global coal business, the Sydney-based Peter Freyberg, e..

  >> view original



• FlyPelican’s new Ballina to Newcastle flights | Northern Star

  

  A NEW airline has announced two daily flights starting at $99 between Ballina and Newcastle will commence from early December.The announcement by FlyPelican comes after Regional Express REX stopped its daily Ballina to Newcastle services on October 25.Well suitedFlyPelican chief executive Paul Graham said the Newcastle to Ballina route was very well suited to the company's Jetstream 32 aircraft."We will commence operating a daily return service on December 8, which will fly 19 passengers in about one hour and 20 minutes from Newcastle to Ballina," he said.Ballina Byron Gateway Airport manager Neil Weatherson said Ballina council had been working with FlyPelican for a number of months in gett..

  >> view original



• Canberra Cavalry recruit Boss Moanaroa was Newcastle's answer to Caroline Buchanan

  

  Canberra Cavalry slugger Boss Moanaroa was a promising BMX rider.Photo: Melissa AdamsBoss Moanaroa could have been Newcastle's answer to Canberra BMX queen Caroline Buchanan, but one of the best junior BMX riders in the world was forced to give the sport away when the Boston Red Sox came calling.Now he's experiencing one of the Australian Baseball league's fiercest rivalries from the other dugout when the Canberra Cavalry recruit faces the Sydney Blue Sox for the first time.The 24-year-old was born and bred in Newcastle and makes the five-hour drive to Canberra twice a week to keep his baseball dream alive, returning home to work a couple of days a week as a rigger.He followed his older brot..

  >> view original



• Newcastle tips: Vanderkemp to let rip on new Beaumont track | DailyTelegraph

  

  Jameka claims the Crown Oaks1:06Trainer Ciaron Maher won his second successive Crown Oaks when star staying filly Jameka charged to victory in the $1 million Group 1 feature at Flemington. Damien Oliver took the filly to the front entering the straight and was never threatened.IF they handed out the winner’s cheque for the best named horse, the Kris Lees debutant Vanderkemp would be pocketing the purse in Friday’s Port Hunter Conveyors Maiden Plate (1150m) at Beaumont.The Kiwi-bred gelding is by Rip Van Winkle, who shares his name with one of the greatest pacers of all time whose trainer/driver was none other than Michael Vanderkemp.Whether or not the equine Vanderkemp reaches the heights of..

  >> view original