Stockton beach erosion: Labor backs City of Newcastle call for natural disaster declaration

Matt Carr
Updated February 11 2020 - 8:15am, first published 8:05am
SERIOUS: Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp and NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay at Stockton in September last year. Picture: Marina Neil
SERIOUS: Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp and NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay at Stockton in September last year. Picture: Marina Neil

LABOR has backed City of Newcastle's bid to declare the erosion eating Stockton beach a natural disaster in the wake of damage to the strip on the weekend.

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Matt Carr

Matt Carr

Newcastle Herald deputy editor

Matt began his Newcastle Herald career as a cadet in 2009. He is a Walkley nominated reporter who has covered councils, police and general news rounds across the Upper Hunter, Port Stephens, Maitland, Lake Macquarie, Cessnock and Newcastle. Now his focus is on digital storytelling and breaking news.

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