Your local guide to the NSW election and other top stories

Your local guide to the NSW election

1233 ABC Newcastle will have comprehensive coverage of the 2015 NSW election. Throughout the day online, ABC News will provide coverage of the poll. On the radio from 6pm, through 1233AM, will be statewide coverage. Aaron Kearney will present ... >> view original

Traditional hangi more than a Maori meal

... in wars under the 'ANZAC' name, to sharing close political and economic ties, the nations have long been considered allies and friendly rivals. In the NSW Hunter region, an active community of New Zealand ex-pats gathers via the Newcastle Maori Club. >> view original

Hunt on to find owners of buried war medals

Newcastle man Rod Pritchard is on a mission to find the families who own two war medals he's discovered with a metal detector. ... "He had a sister named Gertrude Muggleton, and he had a brother, J. Lyons from Woodstock in New South Wales," said Rod. >> view original

NSW election 2015: Liberals look set to hold marginal East Hills

While the south-western Sydney electorate was predicted to be the first beneficiary of a correctional swing, sitting MP Glenn Brookes enjoyed a 1.8 swing with 44 per cent of the vote counted on Saturday night. Labor's candidate, Cameron Murphy, said he ... >> view original

Meet the Mob: Clarinda Masters

Hosted by Jill Emberson, Mornings presenter on 1233 ABC Newcastle, Meet the Mob is a weekly profile of Aboriginal people in the Hunter region of New South Wales. You can listen to each Meet the Mob interview by clicking on the audio player or you can ... >> view original

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

NSW state election 2015: Seat of Sydney

"Sydney has delcared its independence once again": NSW State Election Alex Greenwich. Photo: Louise Kennerley. See your ad here. "It certainly seems that Sydney has declared its independence once again," said a triumphant Alex Greenwich shortly ... >> 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

Subscribe/RSS. Expand/Collapse. RSS Subscribe to ABC Newcastle NSW features · RSS Subscribe to all ABC Local features. Topics: elections. Locations: wallsend-2287. Print page; Email this; Permalink. Share ? Share ... >> view original

Sixty years as queen of the court

She started playing at the age of 14, and moved through the ranks to 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 19, Dell was scouted by the ... >> view original