Monday, July 25, 2016

Newcastle praised for preparedness for resettling Syrian refugees and other top stories.

  • Newcastle praised for preparedness for resettling Syrian refugees

    Newcastle praised for preparedness for resettling Syrian refugees Posted July 25, 2016 08:10:09 The state's refugee resettlement boss has praised Newcastle's preparedness, ahead of the arrival of more Syrian refugees.New South Wales is set to re-settle around 6,000 people displaced by conflict in war-torn Syria.Around half of them will be adults, and half children.Newcastle will accept scores of the state's intake.Newcastle community groups applauded for their workThe..
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  • Barnett facing two-game ban

    Barnett facing two-game ban
    Rookie forward set to become Newcastle's ninth suspended player this season HE was praised by his coach and teammates, but Knights back-rower Mitchell Barnett appears set to pay a high price  for his aggressive approach in Sunday’s 36-4 loss to Cronulla.Barnett was charged on Monday by the match-review panel with a grade-one shoulder charge, an offence that will sideline him for two games unless Knights officials successfully challenge it at the judiciary.The 22-year-old tangled t..
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  • Search to continue for missing horse trainer

    Search to continue for missing horse trainer
    Bindi Cheers was in a distressed state when she left Hawkesbury races. She has not been seen since. MISSING: An air and land search by 40 people failed to find any trace of horse trainer Bindi Cheers in Beresfield bushland. Picture: Perry Duffin. WELL-known horse trainer Bindi Cheers had already had a heated discussion with stewards at Hawkesbury races about the failure of one of her runners when another thoroughbred was scratched at the barriers after it injured itself before a r..
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  • Hundreds of students displaced as Careers Australia shuts in ...

    Hundreds of students displaced as Careers Australia shuts in ...
    SCHOOOL'S OUT: Newcastle private college loses accreditation, shuts doors. SUDDEN ANNOUNCEMENT: The NSW government has cut accreditation to a private education provider, Careers Australia, which has announced the immediate closure of its Steel River campus.PRIVATE training organisation Careers Australia has announced it is suddenly shutting its Steel River, Newcastle campus, meaning that an estimated 300 students will need to find new vocational training centres to finish their ed..
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  • Catholic archbishop fights child abuse charge

    Catholic archbishop fights child abuse charge
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  • Newcastle Herald Letters to the Editor: Tuesday, July 26, 2016

    Newcastle Herald Letters to the Editor: Tuesday, July 26, 2016
    Readers have their say. Email yours to letters@theherald.com.au (include name, number and suburb). CLOUD: A former Hunter priest has called on the royal commission to name those involved in child sexual abuse and free the innocent from suspicion. MY name is Jeffrey Parker and I am an Anglican priest working in Dandenong, Victoria. I am presently the vicar of St James' Anglican Church, Dandenong and area dean of Monash-Kingston.I trained for the priesthood at St John's College, Mor..
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  • Rio's Olympic Village opens

    Rio's Olympic Village opens
    Athletes of the Brazilian national field hockey team arrive at Olympic Village on July 24, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Village will host up to 17,200 people amongst athletes and team officials during the Games and up to 6,000 during the Paralympic Games. Photo: Buda Mendes/Getty Images Athletes of the Brazilian national field hockey team arrive at Olympic Village on July 24, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Village will host up to 17,200 people amongst athletes and team officials duri..
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  • Hey hey hey, it's an old Hunter bus stop

    Hey hey hey, it's an old Hunter bus stop
    Topics: An artistic bus stop, Jeff McCloy's secrets and the truth about a famous quiz show. All Aboard: Newcastle artist Trevor Dickinson’s depiction of a bus stop at Maitland.See this artwork. It reminds us of the old cartoon Fat Albert.D’you remember that show? “Hey hey hey, it’s Fat Albert. And I’m gonna sing a song for you....”This bus stop used to be at Maitland railway station. Trevor Dickinson created a popular artwork of the structure. It’s something about the style and ..
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  • Dragons players involved in drunken Wollongong brawl

    Dragons players involved in drunken Wollongong brawl
    NSW: The NRL has been notified of a drunken Wollongong nightclub brawl involving St George Illawarra Dragons players. Dragons players involved in drunken Wollongong brawl Dragons players Siliva Havili and Tim Lafai.Blood on the footpath near Fever nightclub on Monday morning.Fever night club where it's alleged a Dragons player assaulted another man on Sunday morning. Picture: ADAM McLEANDunamis Lui during Dragons training at WIN Stadium in April. Picture: AD..
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  • No-try controversy as Manly beat Rabbitohs 20-12

    No-try controversy as Manly beat Rabbitohs 20-12
    No-try controversy as Manly beat Rabbitohs 20-12 Posted July 26, 2016 01:02:07 Tom Trbojevic and another bunker howler have officially put South Sydney's finals hopes to bed, after the Rabbitohs went down 20-12 to Manly at Allianz Stadium on Monday night.The defeat was Souths' seventh in a row and means they will miss the finals for the first time under coach Michael Maguire.The Rabbitohs were poor in a first half dominated by Trbojevic and trailed 18-0 at the break.T..
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EPL transfers: Georginio Wijnaldum to Liverpool, Dutch international ... .Shorten announces new-look frontbench .
Federal Government orders two Australian cattle exporters to stop supplying to Vietnam .Scientists step closer to creating invisibility cloaks .

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