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Last chance: Knights coach Adam O'Brien has called on his players to redeem themselves against Souths on Sunday. Picture: Getty Images.

Redemption on menu as finals challenge looms large for Knights

Barry Toohey

GROUNDED: Dr Peter Cock in the empty Newcastle Airport terminal in April.

Court allows Newcastle Airport to stand down workers

Michael Parris

PLAN: An artist's impression of what the Newcastle Multi-Purpose Deepwater Terminal on the former BHP steelworks site could look like.

State government's $5b port deal on the line as ACCC case goes to trial

Michael Parris

KEEN: Valentine Hydrotherapy Pools committee Judith Wilson, Julia Drayton, Nicole Turton, Paula McGilvery and Bob Evans. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

New Valentine pool committee ready to make splash after council decision

Sage Swinton

Man suffers brain injury in one-punch attack at Stockton

Man suffers brain injury in one-punch attack at Stockton

Sage Swinton

Constable Glen Humphris was killed while on duty on a Melbourne freeway in April 2020.

WATCHAustralia's police commissioners tribute fallen constable Glen Humphris, killed on duty in tragic truck crash

Fatal fall: man dead in Newcastle East believed to be 37-year-old

Fatal fall: man dead in Newcastle East believed to be 37-year-old

Matt Carr

Respect: Graham Cheetham and Wendy Noble at St Clement's shortly before its deconsecration. Picture: Peter Stoop.

Historic Camberwell church not for sale

Matthew Kelly

Man flown to John Hunter after leg 'impaled on fence post' overnight

Barnett cleared for Souths clash following racial abuse probe

FOODNew owner, but sweet as ever: ice-cream in East End

'Unable to determine': next step in Knights abuse accusation revealed

Last chance: Knights coach Adam O'Brien has called on his players to redeem themselves against Souths on Sunday. Picture: Getty Images.

Redemption on menu as finals challenge looms large for Knights

Mitch Barnett

Barnett cleared for Souths clash following racial abuse probe

Merewether High scavenger hunt student faces discipline after taunting sex abuse victim

Merewether High scavenger hunt student faces discipline after taunting sex abuse victim

SAY HELLO: Tracey Whitehead, of East End Ice Creamery, with Izzy Ferencz outside the shop in Zaara Street, Newcastle East. Picture: Simone De Peak

FOODNew owner, but sweet as ever: ice-cream in East End

The maxi-taxi flipped on its side after being struck by the Holden Statesman on Saturday

Edgeworth crash driver was on bond for driving offences: court

Tamika and Dylan

Prayers for Tamika, mum of three still critical following horror crash

The eight in with a chance: our guide to the AFL finals

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Redemption on menu as finals challenge looms large for Knights

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Barnett cleared for Souths clash following racial abuse probe

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State government's $5b port deal on the line as ACCC case goes to trial

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New Valentine pool committee ready to make splash after council decision

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NPL: Big guns prepare to reload for final shot

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BLOODY WET: A NSW farm shows the impact of the La Nina event in 2010. The BOM says this year's La Nina was unlikely to be as wet as the event in 2010-12.

It's official: batten down the hatches for a La Nina this spring and summer

Vernon Graham

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Dog or clown? Another optical illusion divides the internet

People with obstructive sleep apnea have the same signs of brain damage those with Alzheimer's.

Link between sleep apnea and Alzheimer's

Maureen Dettre

BLOODY WET: A NSW farm shows the impact of the La Nina event in 2010. The BOM says this year's La Nina was unlikely to be as wet as the event in 2010-12.

It's official: batten down the hatches for a La Nina this spring and summer

The shipping dispute at Sydney's Port Botany will go to the Fair Work Commission on Wednesday.

PM says wharfies holding country to ransom

Maureen Dettre and Tiffanie Turnbull

Koalas have faced a series of devastating threats including the Black Summer bushfires.

Bushfire funds to build Vic koala hospital

Callum Godde

Lifestyles of the rich and the COVIDiots

DIGESTLifestyles of the rich and the COVIDiots

GROUNDED: Dr Peter Cock in the empty Newcastle Airport terminal in April.

Court allows Newcastle Airport to stand down workers

Assault police charge after woman allegedly coughs on Maitland cop

Assault police charge after woman allegedly coughs on Maitland cop

Park it: Free parking to continue for hospital health workers during pandemic.

A win for workers: Free hospital staff parking to continue

Fancy a four-flight drop on a bedsheet rope ladder?

DIGESTFancy a four-flight drop on a bedsheet rope ladder?

Janine Graham

HAPPIER TIMES: Brett Dann and wife Louise after a multimillion-dollar renovation of the Helloworld Travel store in Hunter Street.

Travel staff 'bear brunt' in refund frenzy as industry seeks government support

Michael Parris

The National Debt Helpline is anticipating a surge in calls for financial hardship due to an upcoming decrease in JobSeeker. Picture: Jamila Toderas

'Calm before the storm': Surge in calls to debt helpline expected

Andrew Brown

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

States need to 'do their bit' and open borders: McCormack

Katie Burgess

Clean up your mess: minister issues NSW-first order to Truegain boss

INVESTIGATIONMinister issues NSW-first order to Truegain boss: clean up your mess

Government told to review decision not to release documents about Newcastle Education Precinct

Government told to reconsider ruling on school precinct

By the postcode: Where students have relocated from to attend Merewether High

SUBSCRIBERWhere students have relocated from to attend Merewether High

Last chance: Knights coach Adam O'Brien has called on his players to redeem themselves against Souths on Sunday. Picture: Getty Images.

Redemption on menu as finals challenge looms large for Knights

Mitch Barnett

Barnett cleared for Souths clash following racial abuse probe

'Unable to determine': next step in Knights abuse accusation revealed

'Unable to determine': next step in Knights abuse accusation revealed

INSPIRATION: Representative prop David Klemmer is a big-game specialist and Newcastle need him to fire in the finals. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERKlemmer: At our best, the Knights can beat any team

WARRIOR: Knights veteran Aidan Guerra. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERNewcastle Knights veteran Aidan Guerra not done with yet

ROBERT DILLON

DILEMMA: Adam O'Brien

SUBSCRIBERCan Knights coach Adam O'Brien deliver a quick fix?

ROBERT DILLON

Gamble: Knights coach Adam O'Brien should roll the dice on Tex Hoy for Sunday's clash against Souths.

OPINIONBARRY TOOHEY: If Tex Hoy is fit, it's time to roll that dice coach

BARRY TOOHEY

Mitch Barnett

SUBSCRIBERBarnett doesn't fear investigation into racism allegations

Barry Toohey

Travis Boak of the Power celebrates during the round 17 AFL match between the Port Adelaide Power and the Essendon Bombers. Picture: Getty Images

The eight in with a chance: our guide to the AFL finals

Howard Kotton

Josh Rose is congratulated after scoring against Maitland on the weekend. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

NPL: Big guns prepare to reload for final shot

Craig Kerry

NPL: Lambton Jaffas bolster coaching depth for 2021

NPL: Lambton Jaffas bolster coaching depth for 2021

Craig Kerry

Travis Boak of the Power celebrates during the round 17 AFL match between the Port Adelaide Power and the Essendon Bombers. Picture: Getty Images

The eight in with a chance: our guide to the AFL finals

EYE-CATCHER: It's Me and jockey Jason Collett cruise to victory at Randwick on August 22. Picture: Getty Images

Racing: Scone mare It's Me ready to climb any mountain

Craig Kerry

FAVOURITE: Mugatoo and Kerrin McEvoy win the Newcastle Gold Cup on September 18. Picture: Marina Neil

Mugatoo carrying weight of expectation

Mandy Cottell

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Listen to Australia's newest podcast - The Voice of Real Australia

Launching Voice of Real Australia, your new favourite podcast

Listen to Australia's newest podcast - The Voice of Real Australia

Launching Voice of Real Australia, your new favourite podcast

Dimboola resident Tim Skyrme makes cigar box guitars out of recycled timber Photo: ALEX DARLING

LISTENListen to why Dimboola is the escape you were looking for

Dimboola resident Tim Skyrme makes cigar box guitars out of recycled timber Photo: ALEX DARLING

LISTENListen to why Dimboola is the escape you were looking for

Artist at work: Askew One at Hit The Bricks in 2014. Below: Latec House graffiti. Main picture courtesy Carl Morgan @zookraft, shot by Billy Zammit

How a city's illicit graffiti inspired a world-renowned arts festival

EVENTFUL HISTORY: Charlie and Loretta Svenson and their sons, Ben (left) and Mitch (right). The family run their De Salis winery in the cool climate region of Orange.

Coolest wine family in region

SAY HELLO: Tracey Whitehead, of East End Ice Creamery, with Izzy Ferencz outside the shop in Zaara Street, Newcastle East. Picture: Simone De Peak

FOODNew owner, but sweet as ever: ice-cream in East End

Drawing Room: Sami Bayly's second illustrated book will be released on Tuesday. It includes more than 60 of the most deadly, dangerous and different animals in the world. Picture: Marina Neil

Dangerous, deadly and different animals in Newcastle illustrator's new book

CONFIRMED: Kim Churchill will appear on Music People next Tuesday. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

MUSICMusic People show aims for national reach with Kim Churchill

Josh Leeson

JOBS FOCUS: Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello on a visit to Newcastle in July to discuss the city's late-night trading restrictions with hotel, political, business and community representatives. Picture: Marina Neil

Newcastle liquor trial won't change inner-city noise limits

Michael Parris

New cool: A Blue Blazer cocktail being poured by Brent Tozer at the Swill Bar upstairs in The Exchange. Pictures: Jonathan Carroll

WHAT'S ONFun the priority as Exchange Hotel reopens

Jade Lazarevic

Geraldine Viswanathan at Redhead Beach in 2019. Picture: Marina Neil

Geraldine Viswanathan is Hollywood's new comedy queen

Lisa Rockman

Can a rare lower Hunter landscape survive a gas-fired power station and housing estate?

OPINIONCan a rare lower Hunter landscape survive a gas-fired power station and housing estate?

Can a rare lower Hunter landscape survive a gas-fired power station and housing estate?

OPINIONCan a rare lower Hunter landscape survive a gas-fired power station and housing estate?

Quaint shock of the Newy newbie

OPINIONQuaint shock of the Newy newbie

Quaint shock of the Newy newbie

OPINIONQuaint shock of the Newy newbie

Hung out to dry in laundromat of tainted transactions

OPINIONHung out to dry in laundromat of tainted transactions

Hung out to dry in laundromat of tainted transactions

OPINIONHung out to dry in laundromat of tainted transactions

A COVID-19 reprieve and a promising drug

COMMENTA COVID-19 reprieve and a promising drug

The state government must hold firm, as gas safeguards come under pressure

COMMENTThe state government must hold firm, as gas safeguards come under pressure

Matthew Kelly

A new chapter for Newcastle's former gas works marks the end of a three-decade pollution legacy

COMMENTA new chapter for Newcastle's former gas works marks the end of a three-decade pollution legacy

I was treated like a king in my hour of need

HAVE YOUR SAYI was treated like a king in my hour of need

Time to think outside the square, and grid, when it comes to electricity

HAVE YOUR SAYTime to think outside the square, and grid, when it comes to electricity

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RELAXED VIBE: The home's open, neutral interior is bright and breezy.

PHOTOSBeach house welcomes visitors to Merewether

Alex Morris

Merewether listing considered 'best piece of real estate in Newcastle'

Merewether listing considered 'best piece of real estate in Newcastle'

Renee Valentine

SNAPPED UP: This two-bedroom Carrington cottage was bought for $480,000 after its first open house.

What's Selling: Agents reporting sales activity 'across the board'

Renee Valentine

RELAXED VIBE: The home's open, neutral interior is bright and breezy.

PHOTOSBeach house welcomes visitors to Merewether

$7.25 million sale of beachfront home sets new record for Newcastle

PHOTOS$7.25 million sale of beachfront home sets new record for Newcastle

Renee Valentine

CONVEYANCING: What you should know ahead of a sale. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Help to get all the results you need

Kirsty Horton

Ben hard at work in the Junior MasterChef Australia kitchen. Picture: SUPPLIED

Watch out, here comes Junior MasterChef Australia

Melissa Butterworth said she was shocked to discover the cavity underneath her home. Picture: Kate Healy.

'His foot just went right through the ground': large hole develops in family backyard

Tyson Leota.

SUBSCRIBER'Racial slurs' before footy brawl erupts

New Zealand firefighter Ian Pullen, aged 43, had come to the Hunter region to assist with bushfire efforts. He died in 2018.

A firefighter's death, an anonymous call to police, and a $350,000 reward for information

Tamika and Dylan

Prayers for Tamika, mum of three still critical following horror crash

Matthew Kelly

Mother-of-three Tamika Wever, 24, was critically injured in the crash at Lake Macquarie in the early hours of Saturday morning.

UPDATED'We all just want you to wake up': Friends, family pray for mother of three

Simon McCarthy

RELAXED VIBE: The home's open, neutral interior is bright and breezy.

PHOTOSBeach house welcomes visitors to Merewether

Alex Morris

Surf Life Saving season officially opens in the Hunter with raising of the flags at Nobbys

Surf Life Saving season officially opens in the Hunter with raising of the flags at Nobbys

Since 1924, Royal Far West (RFW) has been committed to connecting kids like Lucas living in rural and remote areas of Australia with the care they need. Names and images have been changed to protect privacy.

Helping country kids reach their full potential

New support services for carers

New support services for carers

Experiencing debt in retirement? A reverse mortgage could help

Experiencing debt in retirement? A reverse mortgage could help

Local by choice: Alf Carpenter, pictured for his 100th birthday in 2017, fought in several theatres of World War II before a joint decision while waiting for rescue saw him settle in Newcastle. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers.

Fortune favours the brave

Managing thousands in admin can be as easy as checking the weather

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Planning ahead: Marjorie Jones of Sydney is leaving a gift in her will to MS Ltd.

Australians demonstrate will-power during Include a Charity Week

Real support: There are over 100,000 children living in rural and remote Australia in need of mental and developmental support.

Far from help is not far from hope

Emma Brown

REACH OUT: McGrath Foundation breast care nurses and supporters are helping lead the Pink Up Your town fundraiser this year.

Pink Up Your Town for breast care nurses

HUMBLY ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF HIS MATES: Bob Smith with his World War II 75th anniversary commemorative medallion and certificate.

Soldier who came of age amid battlefields in New Guinea

Donna Ward

COMFORT BELOW: Nurses in the Second World War in the Underground Hospital in Mount Isa.

Did 79 soldiers die of cyanide?

Derek Barry

SHOVELLING SNOW IN SYRIA: Members of the 2/3 Battalion clearing snow in 1942.

Tragic drowning of digger who fought the enemy in three countries

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A practitioner at The Stretch Lab works on a client. Picture: Supplied

Health & Fitness: Flexibility a bit of a stretch

Renee Valentine

SHOWPIECE: The 1940 Greta Migrant Camp cinema was rebuilt at Tahlee College in Port Stephens. Pictures: Mike Scanlon

Second life for Greta Migrant Camp structures

Mike Scanlon

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$20 million in grants open for recreational fishing projects in the Hunter

$20 million in grants open for recreational fishing projects in the Hunter

TROPICAL FULL MOON, THINKING OF HOME: A postcard by Sgt Leslie Lumsdon, who was a post-war cartoonist with The Newcastle Herald. Image: UoN's Cultural Collections

The Hunter Remembers WWII

David Dial

National Seniors calls for $10 supplement to help age pensioners access the internet.

Many pensioners don't have skills, confidence or funds to use technology: advocates

Eileen Wood

STEP OUT: Share The Dignity founder Rochelle Courtenay is also walking.

Move to put an end to poverty, period

Samara Ross

IN YOUR HANDS: The ability to identify irregular heartbeat is literally at your fingertips thanks to the new Feel the Beat app.

App to help beat irregular heartbeat

Records were established at Geurie last Saturday at the 2020 Golden Collar Working Dog auction which attracted 60 attendees and more than 110 bidders on AuctionsPlus.

Golden Collar $17,050 record

Mark Griggs

The $70,000 top price bull, Rockingham Powerhouse. Photo: Rockingham Santas

New stud pays Powerhouse price at Rockingham

Lucy Kinbacher

Elizabeth and Christine Sutton, Wattle Farm with the top priced stud ram of the sale, purchased by Talkook Border Leicesters, Crookwell for $4500. Photo: Supplied

Wattle Farm Border Leicesters sell to $4500

Olivia Calver

Records were established at Geurie last Saturday at the 2020 Golden Collar Working Dog auction which attracted 60 attendees and more than 110 bidders on AuctionsPlus.

Golden Collar $17,050 record

Low supplies are boosting wool prices and the AuctionsPlus online selling platform has had one of its busiest weeks to date.

Online selling system has one of its busiest weeks to date

Michael McManus, AuctionsPlus

Elders auctioneer Andrew Meara with buyer Selena Richardson, top price vendor Thomas Youlden, Elders agent Peter Sealy and Ruth Sanders of Youlden Valley. Photo: Supplied

No kidding, this goat sold for as much as a bull

Lucy Kinbacher

The NSW South Coast, where many Canberrans are expected to take a break during the school holidays. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Travel less risky when people take good COVID-19 habits with them, experts say

Jasper Lindell

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Glamp with koalas at new home among the gumtrees

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