Building pathways to make Newcastle a creative industry hub and other top stories

Building pathways to make Newcastle a creative industry hub

... outside the square. It's a skill set which has seen him design world-famous products and bring Hollywood blockbusters to life. But he's now got his eyes set on the New South Wales city of Newcastle, by helping turn the Hunter into a creative ... >> view original

Meet the Mob: Brian Dowd

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

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

Remembering WWI through a pen-pal relationship

With this year's centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, a school in the NSW Hunter Valley is forming a pen-pal relationship with students in Turkey, as a way of commemorating the anniversary. The relationship has formed out of an idea by Celal Yildirim, ... >> 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

Hamilton South residents name what's best about public housing

Writing for the ABC Pastor Chris Jones from LIVEFree community church in Adamstown says running a kids club in the heart of one of Newcastle's largest department of housing estates has been her most rewarding opportunity to "lend a hand in the ... >> view original

Turning back the clock with Newcastle's 'art deco' women

It is these elements of 'hoity-toity' social revolution that has caught the attention of two Newcastle academics. Dr Margot Ford (a.k.a. Lady Winifred Fordworthy-Twatt, Duchess of Mayfield) and Professor Lyndall Ryan (a.k.a. Honourable Cecily Knowles ... >> view original

Local researchers extract oldest Neanderthal DNA on record

Two University of Newcastle researchers have helped extract the oldest Neanderthal DNA on record. Conjoint Professor Andrea Borsato and Associate Professor Silvia Frisia are world leading experts in cave and geological structures, and were part of an ... >> 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 ... >> 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