Small wind turbines offer a big solution for telecommunications
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $341,990 in funding...
How a local Robotics company provided 10 years of computer education to Aboriginal communities and how you can too
Mayfield based robotics company, Robotic Systems, have recently completed their 2020 goal of providing 3,684 days or 10 ...
COVID-19 CASH FRAUD CRACKDOWN
Covid-19 cash fraud is gearing up to be one of the biggest legal issues of our time.
November 2020
TASMANIAN DEVILS RETURN TO MAINLAND FOR FIRST TIME IN 3,000 YEARS
For the first time in 3,000 years, the Tasmanian devil is back in the wild on mainland Australia, an historic moment th...
HUNTER’S NEWEST DISPLAY VILLAGE OPEN IN HUNTLEE
The newest Display Home Village in the Hunter is open at Huntlee. COVID meant plans for Huntlee’s second Display Villag...
New direct flights between Canberra and Newcastle
Newcastle Airport is excited to announce a new direct service between Canberra and Newcastle, commencing 20 November.
Australia’s first lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility to be built in Tomago
On 13 October Energy Renaissance, Australia’s first lithium-ion battery manufacturer, announced that it will build Renai...
$9 million Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary opens its doors
Environment Minister Matt Kean MP joined Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer on 25 September to officially open the Port Ste...
A Stronger, United, Sustainable, Voice for Hunter Valley Wine Country
On 16 September in a monumental move that will see enormous potential unlocked for local tourism operators in Australia’...
October 2020
The missing block to build an all-renewable electric grid
A new type of thermal storage material, housed in blocks like LEGO, could see coal-fired power stations converted to ru...
Newcastle children’s charity “blown away” by $10,000 donation despite COVID cancellation
Like so many charity events in 2020, Charlie’s Run 4 Kids was forced to cancel its major fundraiser, a 5-day run held ev...
The Mutual Bank’s head office is ready for business
Already described as a ‘new landmark of the lower Hunter’, The Mutual Bank’s new head office at 6 Mitchell Drive, East M...
September 2020
Work starts on new $2.6M neurological rehabilitation centre at Thornton
Construction has started on a new 2.6M centre to provide multidisciplinary rehabilitation services to people with neurol...
$2.8 million transformation to reinvent Charlestown Mall gets underway
A fresh upgrade is now underway for one of Lake Macquarie’s busiest pedestrian malls, with works starting on-site mid-Au...
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