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Bulk problems: the mixed messages of paying for health care

Letters: ' I told her I could not afford that, and we left it at that.'

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Sun, scars and selflessness: Richard Scolyer's life work was saving yours

Letters: 'Hey Steve, you're 38 and you have a 50 per cent chance of being here in five years'

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$$2 pool entry across Newcastle is only fair to inland suburbs

Letters: 'The ocean baths have no entry fee and probably attracts even more outsiders as the inland pools.'

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No need to completely replace Stockton ferries, but we can't leave them as they are

Letters: 'I spent my entire working life in the maritime industry and I fail to see the need for completely new ferries.'

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Why not just terminate rail line at Adamstown gates to make way for housing?

Letters: 'That will really put Newcastle on the map, or remove it all together.'

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Is it time to revive the secret Newcastle baths beneath Hunter Street arcade?

Letters: 'A huge job, I know, but it's all there under the floorboards.'

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A winter swimming season isn't too much to ask in a city as big as Newcastle

Letters: 'People who swim have to fight for what should be part of council's regular duties.'

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Making missiles in the Hunter won't target the biggest threat to our future

Letters: '[The minister] is tethering our economy to the multi-billion dollar arms export industry rather than the sustainable industries of the future'

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Meghan Quinn's appointment is about more than gender - it's a reset

She will likely be an agent of change in blokey department.

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Thirty years after Port Arthur, we must defend the truth from cruel deniers

A parent's fear, a nation's resolve: remembering a day of evil.

Last updated 27 days, 23 hr, 58 min, 22 sec ago by Anthony Haneveer

Immunisation rates, particularly for infants, are falling. This is the threat to herd immunity

COVID-19 fatigue hits immunisation rates.

Last updated 26 days, 8 hr, 13 min, 22 sec ago by

Walking towards a better community

How community walking groups combat loneliness and boost health.

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Little came easy for Ross Kerridge in his time as an outsider lord mayor

Editorial: 'For Newcastle, a new era of leadership is about to begin.'

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Where does the port fit into 21st century Newcastle?

Phillip O'Neill: The obvious source of new revenue, you would think, involves portside property ventures. But the company has a "watch this space" sign over its property plans.

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'Newcastle doesn't need spectacular': like a bucket of prawns in the sun, this stinks

Bradley Perrett | For the $836m spent on a Sydney fish shop, Greater Newcastle could have an urban rail line, new basketball site, Adamstown underpass . . .

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Why Honeysuckle's last step is more than just nice views

'Winner, winner. But there is an elephant in the room.'

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Here's how Chalmers could genuinely help with the cost of living and help hard-working Aussies

The Treasurer's tax war could be won with a simple pivot.

Last updated 0 days, 2 hr, 28 min, 22 sec ago by Crispin Hull

A cheap car lot one day, thuggish circus the next

The president plumbs new depths of birthday boorishness.

Last updated 0 days, 8 hr, 43 min, 22 sec ago by John Hanscombe

Our democracy is poorer for the local news and journalism we have lost

Many communities have no local news. That should worry all of us.

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Where does the port fit into 21st century Newcastle?

Phillip O'Neill: The obvious source of new revenue, you would think, involves portside property ventures. But the company has a "watch this space" sign over its property plans.

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The gift horse Hanson should have looked in the mouth

It might be sexy and fast but Pauline's new plane is linked to China's military.

Last updated 1 days, 3 hr, 50 min, 22 sec ago by John Hanscombe

How now stuck cow? High steaks mission saves beset bovine from udder distress

It's not everyday emergency services rush to save a cow stuck in a tree. Here's how this harried heifer was saved.

Last updated 23 days, 2 hr, 45 min, 22 sec ago by Simon McCarthy

Neath beach: where the beer's cold, the coffee's hot and there's not a shark in sight

If you haven't had a coffee at the new Neath Beach Coffee Co. Well, to quote Lara Bingle, 'Where the bloody hell are ya?'

Last updated 13 days, 20 hr, 0 min, 22 sec ago by Simon McCarthy

The photos that captured a disaster: 18 years on from the Pasha Bulker storm

The Pasha Bulker has become part of Newcastle's identity. This is the story of how the ship ran aground in June 2007.

Last updated 8 days, 9 hr, 43 min, 22 sec ago by Simon McCarthy