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Newcastle school's e-bike strategy could be a starting point for NSW Premier

Letters: 'Perhaps the NSW government should think about introducing a trial for all e-bike users in Newcastle?'

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Well wishes to Greg Bryce, a legend of the Newcastle music scene

Letters: 'You are a legend of the Newcastle music scene and your music was a big part of my early adult life.'

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Artistic licence: how a Spanish city has shown the way for Queens Wharf

Letters: 'There is evidence that iconic architecture can provide a significant boost to regional cities.'

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Times are tough, but most of us are among the lucky ones

Letters: 'A little compassion costs nothing, and right now, it might mean everything.'

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Here's why speed cameras alone won't protect pedestrians

Letters: 'Speed cameras won't save you. To survive as a pedestrian, I would suggest people need good eyesight, sharp reflexes and the ability to run.'

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Queens Wharf's stagnation will sway my vote in lord mayoral byelection

Letters: 'The building is still there, covered in graffiti with no plan on exactly what to replace it with'

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Royal treatment: why the memory of Newcastle East's hospital lives on

Letters: 'Next month it will be 20 years since the Royal Newcastle Hospital closed and relocated'

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Toothless tigers on petrol prices won't solve the problem for motorists

Letters: 'This is just more spin so as to be seen to be doing something'

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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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This Valentine's Day, let's share the love around

Why not embrace the spirit of the day as it was originally intended?

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Fresh start? That back-to-school feeling is for adults, too

It marks the real start of the year for many of us.

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Heatwaves remind us of a climate crisis

As climate change becomes more erratic, other unforeseen links will emerge.

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Claw blimey: crushing illegal e-bikes is a good policy, but it doesn't go far enough

Bradley Perrett | Mandatory crushing should become a tool for controlling e-bike use ... and correcting the chaotic culture of pushbiking

Last updated 2 days, 23 hr, 39 min, 27 sec ago by Bradley Perrett

Hunter given direct German insight into what commitment looks like

Phillip O'Neill | Fiscal commitments by state and federal governments in Australia to fund transition in coal regions are minuscule in comparison to Germany's

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Newcastle Post Office: state government should buy it back and fix it

OPINION: The only way to restore the old post office is with public money.

Last updated 4 days, 22 hr, 27 min, 27 sec ago by Bradley Perrett

Compulsory super is higher than ever. But cutting it would hurt low-paid workers most

The numbers behind the complex retirement savings system.

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Drongos to the left of us, drongos to the right

The old slang word has a whole new currency at this point in history.

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Food is medicine and our aged-care providers must start treating it that way

Food in aged care should not treated as just a hospitality service.

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The devastating war Australia won't name

Questions over leadership and tactics can cut both ways.

Last updated 1 days, 4 hr, 39 min, 27 sec ago by Mark Kenny

Strangers in our own home? The dark history behind the new political slogans

What are Australian values? Equality? Because the rich are getting richer, and the poor poorer.

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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 27 days, 15 hr, 26 min, 27 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 22 days, 5 hr, 9 min, 27 sec ago by Simon McCarthy

Photos from the Hunter Rescue Ball in Newcastle

It's one of the most glamorous nights of the year. Did we see you there?

Last updated 12 days, 11 hr, 58 min, 27 sec ago by Simon McCarthy