Tag: Newcastle state MP Tim Crakanthorp

Hunter’s Labor politicians are calling on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to appeal the Federal Court’s decision to deny the Port of Newcastle from developing a shipping container terminal.

The Hunter Sports and Entertainment Precinct at Broadmeadow is one step closer to fruition, four years after the project was first unveiled. The NSW Government announced on Tuesday 22 June it would allocate...

Newcastle state MP Tim Crakanthorp admits he was “proud and humbled” to be asked to join Labor leader Chris Minns’ new-look “team”. The party recently underwent a major overhaul after suffering a disappointing...

He’s taken many knocks in his 52 years, some Rodney Bowen admits, he probably deserved. But when he received a notice to vacate under the door of his Cook’s Hill residence last month,...

Newcastle state MP Tim Crakanthorp has slammed the NSW Government, claiming its decision to improve bad driver behaviour by removing warning signs from mobile speed cameras had “failed badly”. According to figures obtained...

A community petition has been launched through the NSW Parliament against the harsh tree pruning undertaken by Ausgrid around Newcastle power lines. Severe cutbacks of street trees are often undertaken by the energy...

A new funding opportunity to enable the restoration of playgrounds in the Hamilton South social housing estate has opened up. While it’s arrived too late to resurrect the Neill Terrace facility, which was...

Do you have a spare rug or jacket in your cupboard? With winter approaching and Newcastle in the grips of a housing crisis, donations of winter woollies are being sought for the city’s...