Michael Parris

Up to 100km of the line could travel underground.

It will be the first large-scale missile factory in Australia.

Kevin Rudd says Australian companies will benefit from AUKUS.

US ambassador Kevin Rudd and Premier Chris Minns are speaking.

'Every time you drive past you seem to see more.'

Labor is facing a challenge from a new team of independents.

A Port Stephens community group says it is “shocked” after the NSW Independent Planning Commission approved the new Eagleton rock quarry near Raymond Terrace. EcoNetwork Port Stephens spokesperson Nigel Waters said the Balickera quarry would erode the area’s natural and social amenity and put more trucks on local roads. The quarry, which has been seeking development approval since 2017, will produce up to 600,000 tonnes of rock annually for 30 years and generate an estimated 170 inward and 170 o…

An engineering report Newcastle council used to justify demolishing the Mall parking station says the building could have been repaired for less than it eventually cost to knock down. City of Newcastle closed the King Street car park in 2020 then demolished it in 2021 “due to its poor structural condition and significant costs to make the building safe, compliant and operational”. The council, with the unanimous support of the then elected councillors, entered into a $3.7 million contract with a…

A Newcastle train was sent onto a track closed for maintenance.

High interest rates have cut development approvals in Lake Macquarie to their lowest level in five years, but mayor Kay Fraser predicts investment will rebound in line with the NSW government’s housing supply push. Developments worth $1.2 billion were approved in Lake Macquarie in the 2023-2024 financial year, bringing the five-year approvals total to more than $7 billion. Winten Property’s massive Minmi and Cameron Park housing estate, a project shared with Newcastle, was the year’s most expens…