In the age of COVID-19, people the world over have missed out on celebrating the momentous moments that mark the turning points in their lives. If you are just thinking birthdays, weddings and wakes as...

A brother-sister pairing is hoping to make the Hunter region proud at this year’s Olympic Games.  In July, Lake Macquarie locals Jaime and Will Ryan will embark for Tokyo as part of the...

New Year celebrations are still going in Newcastle. On Sunday 14 March, the Iranian Community will come together in Civic Park to celebrate Persian New Year. Called ‘Nowruz’ in Farsi (Iran’s national language), the...

A new preschool is set to provide an ethos of environmental responsibility. The Barnsley-based Sustainable Play Preschool will open this autumn and hopes to share the ideas of sustainable living and plant-based eating...

Nicole Cooney is attempting to make a difference in the fight against period poverty. Period poverty occurs when women don’t have the proper access to sanitary products, or hygienic spaces in which to...

A new study could allow scientists to create "diet" or low sugar fruits.  The research, undertaken by University of Newcastle Professor in Environmental and Life Sciences Yong-Ling Ruan has demystified sugar distribution in plants.   Professor Ruan,...

A Newcastle-based author is shedding light on the work of the Hunter’s nurses during the First World War. Hamilton North's Christine Bramble is releasing a new book profiling the Novocastrian WW1 nurse Matron...

A new DNA study has revealed koalas in Port Stephens have limited gene flow, due to their isolated habitats. The research was commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia (WWF), as part...

Motorists are advised of changed traffic conditions from next week on the Pacific Highway at Karuah to carry out maintenance on bridges over the Karuah River. Transport for NSW will carry out the...

Federal MP for the Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon believes the Royal Commission report into aged care is a “one-in-a-generation” opportunity to reform the sector. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety passed...

Newcastle Federal MP Sharon Claydon is helping shape new measures to prevent sexual assault in the Labor Party. The allegations of rape made by Brittany Higgins - the former media aide to the...

Newcastle Federal MP Sharon Claydon has launched a new group in Parliament aimed at tackling the influence of ‘Big Tech'. With former US President Donald Trump being banned from Twitter and Facebook temporarily...