Throwback Thursday: Coal blockade stops the harbour | photos
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The fantasy betting website increased its active users by 24 per cent. STRONG RESULT: Managing Director of TopBetta Todd Buckingham, the brains behind the online fantasy betting platform. Novocastrian start-up TopBetta has gone from strength to strength since making its debut on the Australia Stock Exchange last December, posting a bumper 21 per cent increase in revenue during the last quarter. The online platform, based in New Lambton, allows punters to wager fantasy dollars on s..>> view originalMay the Fourth be with you Newcastle
May the Fourth, a change in taste and a bizarrely-shaped fruit. MAY THE FOURTH: Stormtroopers and Princess Leia celebrate Star Wars Day. “Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?”Yesterday was May the Fourth and a great day to be a Star Wars fan.There were stormtrooper sightings all over the city as fans of the franchise celebrated International Star Wars Day.Glen Fredericks, owner of The Empire Coffee Co and 501st Legion stormtrooper, and his troupe of Imperial troopers star..>> view originalTomago Pacific Aluminium protest
The protest follows the CSL Melbourne incident in February. The Tomago picket on Thursday. Photo: Liam KellyWorkers have rallied outside Tomago’s Pacific Aluminium smelter in protest of foreign workers replacing Australians.Maritime Workers Union members rallied to coincide with the annual general meeting of Rio Tinto, Pacific Aluminium’s parent company. Roughly 50 unionists joined Newcastle MUA branch secretary Glen Williams at the site on Thursday morning.The rally was an extens..>> view originalMal vows to make a world of difference
Reviving international rugby league could be Meninga's greatest Test If new coach Mal Meninga has his way, Australia will soon be back on top of the world. But he also hopes the Kangaroos’ rugby league rivals make them earn it.IN CHARGE: Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga discusses tactics with his players on Thursday. Picture: Max Mason HubersIn Meninga’s playing heyday, Test defeats were few and far between for the Aussies, who were usually a class above their opposition.But New Zealan..>> view originalCrakanthorp demands legislation on low-rise
The Newcastle MP wants the Baird government to use parliament to keep heights at the levels proposed by UrbanGrowth. GET LOW, LOW, LOW: The amended UrbanGrowth development, approved by the Joint Regional Planning Panel last week.NEWCASTLE MP Tim Crakanthorp has called on the Baird government to use parliament to make sure developments in the city’s East End can’t be raised above the heights proposed as part of the $222 million joint UrbanGrowth-GPT CBD revitalisation project.Last ..>> view originalMidnight Oil reform for world tour | video
"Next year we want to make a racket just like this, and we hope to see you there." Midnight Oil reform for world tour | photos, video exitMidnight Oil are coming back.The politically charged, globally famous, hit-filled, muscles-up-back-bald-head-up-front band which took an indefinite hiatus while Peter Garrett – the bald head up front – entered a political career, have announced a series of gigs in the near future.In a Facebook post at 7am on Thursday, tell..>> view originalGlendale 'hit' by TAFE cuts
Wallsend MP says fees are up, courses and student numbers down. WALLSEND MP Sonia Hornery has decried cuts to teaching hours, courses and student numbers at Glendale TAFE, blaming state government restructuring of vocational education.Ms Hornery told State Parliament on Thursday the institution was reeling from government reforms, including the redirection of training to private providers, increased course fees and the introduction of a flawed $500 million enrolment and technology..>> view originalIan Thomas found guilty of murdering his parents in Wangaratta
VIC: Electrician strangled his mother, shot his father and attacked him with pickaxe handle. GUILTY: Ian Thomas is brought into Melbourne's Supreme Court earlier this week. Picture: JOE ARMAOAn electrician accused of killing his parents on the family farm near Wangaratta has been found guilty of their murders.The Crown case against Ian Thomas, 38, was that he strangled his mother after an argument, before laying in wait for his father, shooting him in the chest and caving his head..>> view originalCage fighter to the rescue | video
Marc Grayson chased down one suspect following violent bashing and robbery of woman at Maitland. RESCUER: Marc Grayson came to the aid of a woman being bashed and robbed. Pictures: Perry Duffin.THE screams entered Marc Grayson’s dreams well before reality struck.The jiu jitsu specialist and soon-to-be cage fighter was asleep in his Maitland home when the harrowing noises emanated from a neighbouring carpark early on Tuesday morning.“I haven’t really heard screams like that before;..>> view original
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