Labor leader Anthony Albanese kicks off New Year election campaign with $500 million promise for high speed rail, and to save GP Access in Newcastle

Simon McCarthy
Updated January 2 2022 - 4:42pm, first published January 1 2022 - 10:00pm
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese is expected to visit Newcastle on Sunday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz / The Canberra Times
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese is expected to visit Newcastle on Sunday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz / The Canberra Times

ANTHONY Albanese envisions Novocastrians being able to catch a train from Newcastle at 6.30pm and be at Sydney Olympic Park in time for a Knights game, as Labor pledges $500 million toward a fast rail line connecting Newcastle and Sydney, if elected to government later this year.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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