Meet Newcastle's 2015 State Election Candidates and other top stories

Meet Newcastle's 2015 State Election Candidates

The seat of Newcastle was once a Labor stronghold but it was swept up by the statewide swing to the Liberal party in 2011. Former Labor MP Jodie McKay discovered in the ICAC witness box that her party colleagues Joe Tripodi and Eric Roozendaal had ... >> view original

Sixty years as queen of the court

... eventually play for New South Wales. When her playing days drew to a close, she umpired matches across the nation, and then turned to coaching. At the age of 19, Dell was scouted by the Newcastle Netball Association's then-president Eileen Percy to ... >> view original

NSW State Election 2015: The train that divides Newcastle

The first time Joan Dawson saw a train she was seven years old. It was a steam train she says, "it trundled on from Dungog to Newcastle". Four years later she first set foot upon the "Newcastle Flyer," the train that ran between Sydney and Newcastle ... >> view original

Meet Wallsend's 2015 State Election Candidates

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Raising awareness of couch surfing

Subscribe/RSS. Expand/Collapse. RSS Subscribe to ABC Newcastle NSW features · RSS Subscribe to all ABC Local features. Topics: community-and-society, homelessness. Locations: hamilton-2303, hamilton-east-2303. Print page; Email this · Permalink. >> view original

Final segments of cliff-top Memorial Walk installed

It's been years in the making, but the finishing line is well and truly in sight for the people tasked with constructing the Anzac Memorial Walk linking Newcastle's Strezlecki Lookout to Bar Beach. Under the cover of darkness on Monday night, heavy ... >> view original

Newcastle trainer Darren Smith banned for 15 years by Racing NSW for doping ...

Newcastle horse trainer Darren Smith has lodged an appeal against a 15-year disqualification for cobalt-related offences which would effectively end his career. At Friday's penalty hearing, Smith's lawyer Paul O'Sullivan said the trainer could not have ... >> view original

Meet Charlestown's 2015 State Election Candidates

The electorate is the on the border between Newcastle and Lake Macquarie City Councils and covers the suburbs of Adamstown, Charlestown, Kahibah, Kotara, Garden Suburb, Gateshead, Warners Bay, Eleebana, Tingara Heights, Windale, Dudley and ... >> view original

Will it be the end of the line for Newcastle's train, or for Baird?

If you're looking for key battles to watch in the New South Wales election, which could help decide who forms the next state government, then you need to know the story of the Newcastle railway line. >> view original

Newcastle father Andrew 'Tiddles' Taylor killed as night out turns to tragedy

Andrew "Tiddles" Taylor had been enjoying a night out with friends at one of his favourite haunts, the Toronto Workers Club in the Hunter, before tragedy struck. The 45-year-old father-of-four had stopped off for a bite to eat at a nearby fast-food ... >> view original