Newcastle business levy scheme freezes out groups 'in breach'

Michael Parris
Updated July 30 2019 - 4:18pm, first published 11:00am
MERRY-GO-ROUND: The council says a new Hamilton business improvement association will run the popular Beaumont St Carnivale.
MERRY-GO-ROUND: The council says a new Hamilton business improvement association will run the popular Beaumont St Carnivale.

The lord mayor and three council staff will sit on a panel to decide who receives money under a proposed new model for Newcastle's business levy scheme.

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Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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