New ways of living
Newcastle’s wonderful transition period allows people to upsize their lifestyle and downsize their home coffee machines.
Read MoreMore funding allocated for replacing heavy rail
The NSW Government allocated another $103 million in the State Budget delivered in June toward the Newcastle heavy rail truncation and new light rail route.
Read MoreEmpire Hotel site to be re-released to market
The Hunter Development Corporation (HDC) has confirmed it has revoked the preferred proponent status of the proposed developer of the former Empire Hotel site in Hunter Street West.
Read MoreProperty Council identifies $1.1 billion of projects
The Hunter Chapter of the Property Council of Australia has identified $1.1 billion of urban renewal projects in the CBD since the release of the Newcastle Urban Renewal Strategy in
December 2012.
Renewing Newcastle
For as long as I can remember the renewal of Newcastle was something that was going to happen.
Read MoreSmall Biz Solutions for Small Business in the Hunter
The Business Centre has successfully tendered for the Australian Small Business Advisory Service (ASBAS), an Australian Government initiative and will be delivering the Small Biz Solutions program across the Hunter Region for the period 2015 – 2018.
Read MoreNovocastrian website archived for generations to come
A website initiative developed by Newcastle creative agency Out of the Square Media (OOTS) has been selected to be archived by a joint venture of the National Library of Australia and the State Library of NSW.
Read MoreBHP’s Newcastle steelworks’ centenary event
Hunter residents, including many former BHP Newcastle steelworks’ workers and their families, attended an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the steelworks’ official opening on 2 June.
Read MoreNewcastle to Canberra flights begin
Flights between Newcastle Airport and Canberra commenced on 1 June with new airline FlyPelican. Flights between Newcastle and Sydney also began on 11 June.
Read MoreAustralia’s oldest reservoir opened to the public
Newcastle East is home to one of the oldest reservoirs in Australia, it’s also the only one to be open to the public.
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