Power and Passion


'They've got no idea': council blasts federal government over lack of respect towards community

Muswellbrook council has called for the Hunter Workforce Transition Advisory Group to be suspended.

Last updated 0 days, 7 hr, 17 min, 35 sec ago by Matthew Kelly

'We don't take an ideological position': HVO mine extension referred for determination

Federal environment minister Murray Watt said the government was ideologically neutral when it came to the assessment of mining projects.

Last updated 3 days, 3 hr, 47 min, 35 sec ago by Matthew Kelly

Charging ahead: Newcastle lands $12 million community battery boost

The project aims to reduce bill pressure and enable better use of rooftop solar.

Last updated 5 days, 22 hr, 30 min, 35 sec ago by Madeline Link

Why the Hunter's mining voids could become home to future data centres

Energy Estate cofounder Simon Currie has advocated for building data centres at the bottom of Hunter mining voids.

Last updated 10 days, 8 hr, 47 min, 35 sec ago by Matthew Kelly

$$10 billion Hunter data centre to house Google and Microsoft information

International technology and infrastructure consortium pitches $10 billion data centre and battery plan for Hunter Region.

Last updated 13 days, 4 hr, 28 min, 35 sec ago by Matthew Kelly

$$225m investment to supercharge low carbon manufacturing in the Hunter

Hunter businesses are set to share in a $225 million funding package designed to create hundreds of new jobs in domestic manufacturing.

Last updated 14 days, 7 hr, 17 min, 35 sec ago by Matthew Kelly

How cheap Chinese train wheels are destroying a Hunter manufacturing industry

Anti-Dumping Commission upholds view that cheap Chinese train wheels are destroying Hunter manufacturing.

Last updated 17 days, 18 hr, 47 min, 35 sec ago by Matthew Kelly

'Talk will not deliver outcomes': mayor blasts federal government over jobs failure

Muswellbrook council was unsuccessful in its application for $5 million to accelerate a new industrial hub.

Last updated 18 days, 8 hr, 47 min, 35 sec ago by Matthew Kelly

'End of an era': workers share Liddell memories as stacks come down

'It was 99 per cent boredom and 1 per cent terror'

Last updated 20 days, 19 hr, 47 min, 35 sec ago by Dylan Nicholson

Drone captures bird's-eye view of Liddell stacks coming down

Liddell power station stack demolition goes off without a hitch.

Last updated 20 days, 20 hr, 17 min, 35 sec ago by Matthew Kelly