Cessnock mayor says NSW government will not accept council's preferred new jail entry route

Ian Kirkwood
December 12 2019 - 6:00am

CESSNOCK council voted on Wednesday night to defer consideration of a new entrance to the Cessnock Correctional Centre after affected residents complained they had not been given time to consider the latest plan to move the jail access out of the centre of the town.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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