Thursday, March 19, 2015

Newcastle trainer Darren Smith banned for 15 years by Racing NSW for doping ... and other top stories

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

Newcastle trainer Darren Smith banned for 15 years by Racing NSW for doping ...
Racing NSW stewards handed down the heavy penalty on Friday citing Smith's previous poor record of drug-related offences. Smith had argued the lack of a threshold for the performance boosting additive made the case invalid. But stewards determined the ...

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The doctor, the conductor, the musical educator

The doctor, the conductor, the musical educator
It's a long road, and one that requires steadfast commitment. It's probably fair to say that once a doctor, few would throw it all in to go back to university and study something completely different. But Newcastle orchestra conductor David Banney did ...

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On the rise: the Charlestown electorate

On the rise: the Charlestown electorate
The Newcastle Inner City Bypass stretches from Sandgate in the north to Bennetts Green in the south. The road is a major thoroughfare in the Charlestown electorate. ... In the 2015 NSW election, seven candidates have nominated to contest the seat ...

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NSW election 2015: Forgive our sins, Mike Baird begs Newcastle

NSW election 2015: Forgive our sins, Mike Baird begs Newcastle
Donations from developers are illegal in NSW. In the wake of the scandal, minister Chris Hartcher and Liberal MPs Chris Spence and Darren Webber were forced to move to the crossbench, while in Newcastle, Liberal MPs Tim Owen and Andrew Cornwell ...

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Publishing industry turning over a new page through technology

Publishing industry turning over a new page through technology
It's one of the topics that'll be covered at the Newcastle Writers Festival this weekend, when authors Greg Field, Nim Gholkar and Francesca Suters will discuss self-publishing. Linda Drummond, moderator of the session, says self-publishing has ...

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Using art to overcome mental illness

Using art to overcome mental illness
If you've walked into the Newcastle Community Arts Centre lately, you were probably met with an explosion of colour. The artworks lining the walls of this gallery are varied and unique. Some are paintings; some are sculptures; some are photographs.

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NSW State Election 2015: The train that divides Newcastle

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 ...

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Final segments of cliff-top Memorial Walk installed

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 ...

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Meet Lake Macquarie's 2015 State Election Candidates

Meet Lake Macquarie's 2015 State Election Candidates
Subscribe/RSS. Expand/Collapse. RSS Subscribe to ABC Newcastle NSW features · RSS Subscribe to all ABC Local features. Topics: elections. Locations: newcastle-2300. Print page; Email this · Permalink. Share ? Share ...

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Meet Charlestown's 2015 State Election Candidates

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 ...

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