Newcastle Herald
Wednesday, 10 August
Jesse Southwell cleared for NRLW, joins sister at Knights in 2022
NEW GIG: Jesse Southwell. Picture: Marina Neil
Josh Callinan • 37m ago
Raid uncovered 'extreme bulk' of child abuse images and videos: court
Anna Falkenmire • 11m ago
The man was refused bail in Tamworth court just a couple of days after his arrest. Picture from file
Positive signals in the Hunter with bioelectronic devices for nervous system
Signals: Associate Professor Rebecca Lim, pictured with Rafael Crovador, said the aim is to create devices that can direct bioelectronic signals to treat medical conditions. Picture: Marina Neil
Damon Cronshaw • 1hr ago
Have Your Say
Why Stockton Centre and Tomaree Lodge won't be used as emergency housing
Ian Kirkwood
ONE OF MANY: Some Stockton Centre buildings are dormitory-style accommodation, while others, including Sally's Cottage, are stand-alone dwellings. Picture: Simone De Peak
Hunter residents want shark nets scrapped: survey
Matthew Kelly
Holden Commodore's recalled over brake issue
Kim Chappell • 30m ago
File photo. Photo: AAP Image/Julian Smith
How stargazers can hook a 'Sturgeon Supermoon'
Rosie Bensley • 1hr ago
The Supermoon emerging from the clouds in 2017. Photo: Adam McLean
Hunter residents want shark nets scrapped: survey
Matthew Kelly
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Cruise ships return to Newcastle waters after two years of COVID heartache
Ethan Hamilton • 1hr ago
What's on
Feast for the Senses returns to Lake Macquarie
Lisa Rockman • 2hrs ago
IN DEMAND: Chef Cooper Thomas, aka The Wilderness Chef, creates unique restaurant-quality dining experiences in outdoor locations.
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Why Olivia Newton-John sent a letter of love to the University of Newcastle
Helen Gregory
Olivia Newton-John
Comment
Olivia Newton-John thrilled with music and inspired with her cancer advocacy
Ian Kirkwood
IN OUR TOWN: Olivia Newton-John in Newcastle in 2003. Picture: Dean Osland
Lake Macquarie's plan to protect Teralba's heritage 'can't satisfy' everyone
HERITAGE PLAN: Lake Macquarie City Council has approved a plan to conserve heritage areas in Teralba. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Madeline Link
University raise bar in pursuit of Hunter Rugby play-off berth
James Gardiner
ON THE CHARGE: University breakaway Sapati Peniata. Picture: Stewart Hazell
Hunter residents want shark nets scrapped: survey
Matthew Kelly
Have Your Say
Education bureaucrats have lesson to learn from teachers of the past
Letters to the Editor
Hunter clean energy start-up MGA Thermal attracts $1.27m grant
Matthew Kelly
The shape of things to come: MGA Thermal chief executive Erich Kisi and chief technology officer Alex Post with a thermal storage brick.
Newcastle RL: Wests prevail over Macquarie in muddy midweek affair
Josh Callinan
Max Buderus
Everybody's Oma: Emotional lockdown dementia journey captured on film
Capturing a journey: Jason van Genderen and his mum, Hendrika, featuring in Everybody's Oma, screening Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at Event Cinemas, Kotara.
Jim Kellar
Hunter's Grease actors pay tribute to Olivia Newton-John
Helen Gregory
Honour: Sam Walters and Rebecca Hardy. "Olivia has always been an inspiration - I love singing and want to get into acting," Rebecca said. Picture: Marina Neil
Kalyn Ponga's season may not be over as fill-in skipper Jayden Brailey eyes 100th game
MILESTONE: Jayden Brailey, left, will make his 100th NRL appearance against Brisbane while Kalyn Ponga remains sidelined. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Max McKinney
Twiggy's Liddell hydrogen hub moves a step closer to reality
Matthew Kelly
Twiggy Forrest
Updated
Klemmer in, Barnett out for Newcastle's clash with Brisbane
Max McKinney
Knights prop Daniel Saifiti embraces David Klemmer.

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Coalition snubs jobs summit as 'stunt'
Maeve Bannister and Tess Ikonomou • 11m ago
Peter Dutton has been invited to attend the government's jobs and skills summit but won't attend. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)
Union call for suspended NSW trains to run
Jack Gramenz • 12m ago
Trains on three Sydney lines will stop operating after the morning peak on Wednesday. (Nikki Short/AAP PHOTOS)
NSW disaster agency clearly failed: Labor
Phoebe Loomes and Finbar O'Mallon • 16m ago
NSW Labor has backed calls for Resilience NSW to be axed following the response to deadly flooding. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
No verdict over Victorian toddler death
Emily Woods • 18m ago
A jury has been discharged, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a child murder trial. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

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Iconic lolly discontinued in Australia
Picture: File image
Kayla Osborne • 1hr ago
Olivia Newton-John's fierce crusade for animals, environment
Nadine Morton
CARING: In 1977 Olivia Newton-John went to Namibia in southwest Africa to help raise awareness of the plight of cheetahs. Picture: Instagram/@therealonj
Coalition snubs jobs summit as 'stunt'
Maeve Bannister and Tess Ikonomou • 11m ago
Peter Dutton has been invited to attend the government's jobs and skills summit but won't attend. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)
Union call for suspended NSW trains to run
Jack Gramenz • 12m ago
Trains on three Sydney lines will stop operating after the morning peak on Wednesday. (Nikki Short/AAP PHOTOS)
NSW disaster agency clearly failed: Labor
Phoebe Loomes and Finbar O'Mallon • 16m ago
NSW Labor has backed calls for Resilience NSW to be axed following the response to deadly flooding. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
Sport
Newcastle RL: Wests prevail over Macquarie in muddy midweek affair
Max Buderus
Josh Callinan
Charlestown Azzurri switch to grand ambition in NPL
Craig Kerry
Taylor Regan is sent off on Sunday. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Kalyn Ponga's season may not be over as fill-in skipper Jayden Brailey eyes 100th game
Max McKinney
MILESTONE: Jayden Brailey, left, will make his 100th NRL appearance against Brisbane while Kalyn Ponga remains sidelined. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Updated
Klemmer in, Barnett out for Newcastle's clash with Brisbane
Knights prop Daniel Saifiti embraces David Klemmer.
Max McKinney
Two gold, one silver and a bronze in Birmingham for Hunter athletes
Josh Callinan
GOLD: Cameron Park teenager Jesse Southwell (fourth from left). Picture: Getty
Maitland defender Zach Thomas going all in for shot with Central Coast Mariners
Craig Kerry
ONE FOOT IN: Zach Thomas, right, in action for Maitland against Olympic. Thomas has been on the Mariners' radar with his performances in the NPL Northern NSW. Picture: Marina Neil
Kirsty Fenton on how it feels to be at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup with the Young Matildas
Renee Valentine
FOCUSED: Kirsty Fenton is in the Young Matildas squad for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Picture: Ann Odong, Football Australia
Commonwealth Games
Two gold, one silver and a bronze in Birmingham for Hunter athletes
GOLD: Cameron Park teenager Jesse Southwell (fourth from left). Picture: Getty
Josh Callinan
Five stars who shone at Birmingham 2022
Emma McKeon of Australia with one of the six golds she won at Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. (AP PHOTO)
Gold and silver for Australia in javelin
John Salvado
Michelle Jenneke has produced another fast time in the women's 100m hurdles final in Birmingham. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
Power and the passion: A Herald series
Twiggy's Liddell hydrogen hub moves a step closer to reality
Twiggy Forrest
Matthew Kelly
AGL expands scope for Hunter green hydrogen and ammonia feasibility study
Andrew Twiggy Forrest at Liddell power station in December 2021. Picture: Simone DePeak.
Matthew Kelly
Kill the zombie: why Camberwell is fighting a mine already on ice
Matthew Kelly
Government seeking expert advice from Hunter residents
Matthew Kelly
Our Newcastle
Art vs Science shift their creative Big Overdrive into reverse
GETTING BACK: Big Overdrive sees Art vs Science embracing the spirit of DIY experimentation which brought them initial success on The Experiment.
Josh Leeson • 52m ago
What's on
Feast for the Senses returns to Lake Macquarie
IN DEMAND: Chef Cooper Thomas, aka The Wilderness Chef, creates unique restaurant-quality dining experiences in outdoor locations.
Lisa Rockman • 2hrs ago
Everybody's Oma: Emotional lockdown dementia journey captured on film
Jim Kellar
Capturing a journey: Jason van Genderen and his mum, Hendrika, featuring in Everybody's Oma, screening Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at Event Cinemas, Kotara.
Here's what a little birdie told us about The Junction's new chicken joint
Madeline Link
OPENING SOON: New takeaway shop Birdie co-owners Dan Turner and Tom Glenwright. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Heartbeat of Australia
How local news affects your wellbeing
Professor Sora Park
The good, bad, ugly sides of social media
Anita Beaumont
Healthy balance: Rupert Saunders, a psychologist and the national clinical adviser for headspace.
Why Teneille took the treechange leap - and she's part of a growing trend
Nadine Morton
COUNTRY MOVE: Teneille Rennick and her children Elsie, 2, and Harrison, 5, are among the tree changers who moved to Orange. Picture: Jude Keogh
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House of the Week
Strong sales give green light to city's tallest building
Michael Parris
ARCHITECT'S IMPRESSION: The Store apartment building will rise to 100 metres on top of the bus interchange in Newcastle West.
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High-rise boom 'the new normal' as Newcastle West plan unveiled
Michael Parris
Council News
Lake Macquarie's plan to protect Teralba's heritage 'can't satisfy' everyone
HERITAGE PLAN: Lake Macquarie City Council has approved a plan to conserve heritage areas in Teralba. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Madeline Link
New research project to home in on feral deer destruction in Lake Macquarie
Madeline Link
RESEARCH: Lake Macquarie City Council will help fund a research project looking into feral deer populations. Picture: Supplied
Why major retail giants are closer than ever for old Pasminco site
Madeline Link
POTENTIAL UNLOCKED: Lake Macquarie council has approved a proposal to rezone land at the old Pasminco smelter site. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Newcastle Knights
Jesse Southwell cleared for NRLW, joins sister at Knights in 2022
NEW GIG: Jesse Southwell. Picture: Marina Neil
Josh Callinan • 37m ago
Kalyn Ponga's season may not be over as fill-in skipper Jayden Brailey eyes 100th game
Max McKinney
MILESTONE: Jayden Brailey, left, will make his 100th NRL appearance against Brisbane while Kalyn Ponga remains sidelined. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Updated
Klemmer in, Barnett out for Newcastle's clash with Brisbane
Max McKinney
Knights prop Daniel Saifiti embraces David Klemmer.
Comment
Have Your Say
Changing our tune on city tourism strategy
Paul Scott
Opinion
Inflation nation
Simon Walker
Opinion
Get your head in the right position when you tackle complex issues, writes Simon Walker.
Simon Walker
Comment
Olivia Newton-John thrilled with music and inspired with her cancer advocacy
Ian Kirkwood
IN OUR TOWN: Olivia Newton-John in Newcastle in 2003. Picture: Dean Osland
Have Your Say
Education bureaucrats have lesson to learn from teachers of the past
Letters to the Editor

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Hunter residents want shark nets scrapped: survey
Matthew Kelly
TOOHEY'S NEWS: We need to talk about David Klemmer
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Kooragang fire destroys car wrecking yard
Ethan Hamilton
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Boy From The Bush lights up the silver screen
ON TRACK: Corryong-born and Riverina-raised country music legend Lee Kernaghan is the focus on a new film Boy From The Bush, a documentary meets road movie, which is out in cinemas nationwide on Thursday.
Jodie Bruton
Share your tribute to Australia's sweetheart Olivia Newton-John
Ayden Dawkins Peter Angelopoulos • 22m ago
Olivia Newton-John. Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images
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Cruise ships return to Newcastle waters after two years of COVID heartache
Ethan Hamilton • 1hr ago

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World
Trump seeks to raise money off FBI search
Donald Trump has tried to paint the search of his Mar-a-Lago estate as a politically motivated move. (EPA PHOTO)
34m ago
Woman avoids charge in Emmett Till killing
Michael Goldberg and Allen G Breed • 43m ago
The lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till shocked the US and galvanised the US civil rights movement. (AP PHOTO)
Brazil monkeys killed amid monkeypox fears
Mauricio Savarese • 1hr ago
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