Successful Newcastle to Auckland season comes to an end
The final flight from Auckland touched down in Newcastle on Sunday 17 February, marking an end to Newcastle Airport’s cu...
NSW State Government To Fully Fund Muswellbrook Bypass
On 21 February Michael Johnsen MP, Member for Upper Hunter, and John Barilaro MP, Deputy Premier and Minister for Region...
Port of Newcastle supports Hunter Region’s construction and industrial growth
Port of Newcastle recorded another solid year of trade in 2018 with the Hunter's construction boom and business investme...
‘Stage within a city’ unveiled for University’s Honeysuckle campus
A sleek, sophisticated, transparent building with smart glazing will create a ‘stage within the city’ for the University...
February 2019
Cruises return to Lake Macquarie
Regular scheduled cruises are poised to return to Lake Macquarie in a windfall for local tourism.
Varley marks major milestone in participation with F-35 arrival
The arrival of the first two Fifth Generation F-35A aircraft to the Royal Australian Airforce, Williamtown marks a majo...
Works Begin on World-Class Bio-refinery in the Hunter
On 17 January Michael Johnsen MP, Member for Upper Hunter noted that works are officially underway in Muswellbrook for t...
Newcastle Airport purchases land for Astra Aerolab
Newcastle Airport has taken a giant step toward the development of Astra Aerolab Business Technology Park when it exerci...
Fast rail network to transform NSW
The NSW Government will start work on a fast rail network in the next term of government, linking regional centres to ea...
Delivering Hunter Valley coal to Asian markets
A shipment of 96 coal wagons arrived at the Port of Newcastle on the 12th and 13th of January to support Asia’s strong d...
City hails first five-star hotel
A landmark deal has been inked that will see the City of Newcastle’s current administrative headquarters transformed int...
December 2018
Favourable business conditions continue in Hunter
The Hunter’s economy finished 2018 on a positive note, with record employment figures.
Building begins on Newcastle solar farm
Construction on the region's largest solar farm has begun after Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes turned the first sod on 13 No...
Wastewater recycling on the rise
Hunter Water has announced that more than 10% of the wastewater generated last year was reused for a range of industrial...
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November 2018
BRAIN POWER AND THE EFFECT OF TECH
An article in the Australian Financial Review on 24 October 2012 focused on research out of Oxford University by neurosc...
LOCAL INNOVATIONS SET TO MAKE LAKE MAC SMARTER
Devices that count visitors to city parks, monitor noise levels in our streets or even log the number of times public to...
Becoming a tourist in your own town
Everyone dreams of travelling overseas or heading to another state/territory for their getaway or family holiday. A lot ...
Change is elementary to real estate markets
Change is something we face every day, and it often upsets the routine of the regular daily patterns we set for our lif...
Supply chain finance
Supply chain finance is a relatively new facility for many Australian businesses – in the past it was only available to ...
600 jobs slated for $90m Bennetts Green retail development
Construction is poised to begin on a landmark 30,000sqm retail centre in Lake Macquarie set to create more than 600 full...
Council commits to next stage in Scone Regional Airport Upgrade
Upper Hunter Shire Council has voted to proceed to the next phase of the major upgrade project at the Scone Regional Air...
Newcastle’s largest office building proposed by DOMA Group
A significant development application has been lodged by DOMA Group, proposing a major new CBD office space as part of ...
Successful community port fund projects announced
Projects that light up Newcastle’s stunning harbour make up some of the successful applications in Round 4 of the 2018 ...
Thiess awarded $1.2 billion Mt Arthur Coal contract
CIMIC Group’s global mining services provider, Thiess, has secured a A$1.2 billion contract from BHP to provide mining ...
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