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Hunter Coal Festival draws near
The Hunter Coal Festival is being held on 12-29 March.
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Attracting more international students to the Hunter
RDA Hunter has welcomed the NSW Government’s support of its new initiative, Study Hunter, which is a collaboration with ...
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Varley employee celebrates 50 years of service
Varley Group reached another significant milestone in its 129 year history on 2 February, with local employee Dennis Bev...
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Rebuilding NSW invests $6 billion in regional infrastructure
The Hunter’s roads will benefit through the state government’s $20 billion Rebuilding NSW plan with a commitment of $6 b...
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Hunter firm features in Australian Accounting Awards
Hunter based accounting and financial firm, Prosperity Advisers had major successes at the 2014 Australian Accounting Aw...
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NCC sells buildings to Catholic Church
Newcastle Council has sold two buildings to the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic diocese.
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Wickham Transport Interchange contract awarded
The main construction contract to design and build the Wickham Transport Interchange Project has been awarded to Laing O...
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The Port of Newcastle achieves another record trade year
A record 164.3 million tonnes of trade was handled by the Port of Newcastle in 2014, marking another record trade year.
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Glencore applies to extend life of Mount Owen
Glencore has applied to the NSW Government to extract an additional 92 million tonnes of coal from the Mount Owen comple...
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Newcastle Financial becomes Rethink Financial Planning
Newcastle Financial Planning, which has been around since 1979, is being transformed to Rethink Financial Planning and ...
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Downer EDI signs $1 billion deal with Pacific National
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) has signed a Locomotive Maintenance Agreement (Agreement) with Pacific National Pty Ltd (Pac...
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Training the builders of the future
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has announced the roll out of the 2015 Build Your Future scholarship program.
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HVTC Skills Centre providing specialised training for power industry apprentices
HVTC Skills Centre welcomed 27 new power generation and mining industry apprentices as they began their careers at the c...
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Westpac Rescue Helicopter wins major contract
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service Chairman, Cliff Marsh, said that he believed the community, and particularly volunteer...
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Global demand for NSW coal continues to grow
Data released by Coal Services Pty Ltd reveals that in 2013-14 NSW coal exports increased by nearly 8%, from 155 million...
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$155,000 funding from The Greater
Three charities received a welcome start to the New Year, sharing in $155,000 in additional funding from the Hunter-base...
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Fort Scratchley gun fired for first time in 100 years
A gun capable of hitting a boat 4km from land was fired at Fort Scratchley on 22 January for the first time in 100 years...
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Hunter business helps Vanuatu teenagers compete in Surfest
During Surfest 2015 there will be many young people from around the globe hoping to reach the highest levels of this int...
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Tourle Street Bridge upgrade progressing
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, The Hon Warren Truss MP has announced a ...
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Hunter clubs awarded for championing volunteering
An initiative of Hunter Clubs in Newcastle has taken out the Award for Outstanding Regional Initiative at the 2014 Clubs...
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