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Serving up gourmet burgers with new-season shiraz

Food

Daniel and Andrew Thomas, of Thomas Wines. Picture supplied

Lisa Rockman • 48m ago

This budget's winners and losers

Lanie Tindale

Budget winners and losers.

Updated

Fatal crash on George Booth Drive under police investigation

Jessica Brown • 48m ago

Police at the scene of the crash on Wednesday. Picture by Simone De Peak

Property

Housing is at the centre of the budget, but what does it really deliver?

Jen Melocco • 1hr ago

Addressing the shortage of residential construction workers is crucial. Pic: Shutterstock

Topics

Nuggets of wisdom from 16 years on night shift at King Street McDonalds

Simon McCarthy • 2hrs ago

Ann Bower has worked at McDonalds for more than 40 years, 16 of which have been spent on the late shift at King Street. She has a tale to tell.

One of Newcastle's best focuses on the fine art of food photography

Food

Photographer David Griffen at work in his Hamilton studio. Picture supplied

Lisa Rockman • 1hr ago

Housing is at the centre of the budget, but what does it really deliver?

Property

Addressing the shortage of residential construction workers is crucial. Pic: Shutterstock

Jen Melocco • 1hr ago

Food

One of Newcastle's best focuses on the fine art of food photography

Lisa Rockman • 1hr ago

Photographer David Griffen at work in his Hamilton studio. Picture supplied

Topics

Nuggets of wisdom from 16 years on night shift at King Street McDonalds

Simon McCarthy • 2hrs ago

Ann Bower has worked at McDonalds for more than 40 years, 16 of which have been spent on the late shift at King Street. She has a tale to tell.

Property

Why this unrenovated Cooks Hill cottage drew more than 100 enquiries within days

Jade Lazarevic • 2hrs ago

This two-bedroom cottage at 45 Brooks Street in Cooks Hill is listed for sale with Nick Townsend at Belle Property. Picture supplied

Our Business

Fresh food and warm hospitality, the Poyer's recognised with prestigous award

Laura Rumbel

Mandy and Ludovic Poyer celebrate their prestigious award. Picture by Laura Rumbel.

Court and Crime

Fatal crash on George Booth Drive under police investigation

Updated

Police at the scene of the crash on Wednesday. Picture by Simone De Peak

Jessica Brown • 48m ago

$700M MACH Energy dispute with construction group Supreme Court trial date

Gabriel Fowler

The stoush between MACH Energy and CDJV in the Supreme Court over a 2017 contract dispute is expected to go to trial in August. Picture shows coal on the move from silos onto trucks at Mount Pleasant coal mine, Muswellbrook. Picture by Jonathan Carroll.

Man who crashed with child passenger had no licence due to seizure risk

Nick Bielby

Toronto courthouse. Picture by Marina Neil

Power and the passion: A Herald series

Union calls on Minns to save hundreds of Hunter coal jobs tied to Eraring

Michael Parris

Myuna miners at a workplace meeting last weekend. Image supplied

Holy cow! Revised Hunter Transmission Project route reduces community impacts

Matthew Kelly

Holy cow! Revised Hunter Transmission Project route reduces community impacts

First look at Australia's newest gas-fired power plant at Kurri Kurri

The Hunter Power Project is due to be operating later this year. Picture Snowy Hydro.

Matthew Kelly

Union calls on Minns to save hundreds of Hunter coal jobs tied to Eraring

Myuna miners at a workplace meeting last weekend. Image supplied

Michael Parris

First look at Australia's newest gas-fired power plant at Kurri Kurri

Matthew Kelly

The Hunter Power Project is due to be operating later this year. Picture Snowy Hydro.

Holy cow! Revised Hunter Transmission Project route reduces community impacts

Matthew Kelly

Holy cow! Revised Hunter Transmission Project route reduces community impacts

Council tightens the reins on dogs at Thomas H Halton Park

Mason, 4, Hank the dog, Scott, Matilda, 7 and Natalie Thompson at Thomas H Halton Park. Picture supplied

Madeline Link

'Horrendous': business owners' safety fears as tree roots wreak havoc

Sage Swinton

Pot Pourri Cottage's Trudy Wallace and Hair Society's Mitch Cruikshank near one of the trees on the Glebe Road footpath, and inset, busted tiles in Ms Wallace's shop. Picture by Peter Lorimer

Nowhere to go: Cessnock council clocks $6.4m loss in High Court appeal

Gabriel Fowler

The High Court battle has cost ratepayers $295,000.

'Two years of unpaid work': how students have been disadvantaged

Deakin medical student Casey McRae says trying to make ends meet during her two years of placement feels like running on a hamster wheel. Picture by Lachlan Bence

Ben Silvester

Real Australia

I'm 28 and here's a list of times I've felt threatened by a man

Ciara's journey is all too familiar for some women.

Ciara Bastow

Ciara Bastow

Shaping unique electric guitars a form of therapy

Victoria Silk

Sarah Hicks, confident, capable and crafting guitars like no other. Picture by Vic Silk.

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Housing is at the centre of the budget, but what does it really deliver?

Property

Addressing the shortage of residential construction workers is crucial. Pic: Shutterstock

Jen Melocco • 1hr ago

Property

Why this unrenovated Cooks Hill cottage drew more than 100 enquiries within days

Jade Lazarevic • 2hrs ago

This two-bedroom cottage at 45 Brooks Street in Cooks Hill is listed for sale with Nick Townsend at Belle Property. Picture supplied

Property

I bought at the top of the property market - but I'm not worried

Jemimah Clegg

"We sold up because it was the right time for us, but it was the wrong time in the market," says writer Jemimah Clegg. Pic: Models for Shutterstock

Lost memories of Nobbys revived as 83yo recalls vivid sandstorm photo

Beryl Attkins was captured in a Newcastle Herald photo from 1954 (inset top left), walking on Nobbys breakwater in a sandstorm with dad Walter Shea. Picture by Simone De Peak

Damon Cronshaw

John F. Miner's Hunter anecdotes on the record

Mike Scanlon

Newcastle identity John F. Miner at home with an LP record remembering
the era of Newcastle wartime entertainment. Picture by Mike Scanlon

Former Newcastle mining township of Minmi a place of secrets

Mike Scanlon

A rare picture of one of the unknown curved ceilinged dairy cool rooms hidden under turf at Minmi's former model farm in 1987. Picture - Mike Scanlon

States query GST carve-up despite 'constructive' budget

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says NSW fared really well out of the federal budget. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Alex Mitchell, Jack Gramenz and Callum Godde • 7m ago

Budget a 'targeted assault' on regional communities

Andrew Brown • 20m ago

The budget has few new investment measures aimed outside the major cities, David Littleproud says. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Legal services forced to turn away fleeing women

Kat Wong • 51m ago

Women's legal services are forced to turn away 52,000 vulnerable women every year. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

'Enormous ramifications': mystery links between PFAS and human health

A sign at Salt Ash in 2018 on the third anniversary of the PFAS crisis at Williamtown and nearby suburbs. Picture by Marina Neil

Damon Cronshaw

Drugs and alcohol help for Hunter Valley, with 'high need' amid ice harms

Damon Cronshaw

About 44 per cent of people aged 14 and over in the Hunter drink alcohol in ways that put their health at risk. File picture

'Little lion man': Running to remember 1yo Archie and overcome heartbreak

Damon Cronshaw

Archie Read sadly died from sepsis at age 1. He's pictured on a swing left, with parents Gavin and Kylie and sister Charlotte. Pictures supplied

West block band together for 24-hour economy acceleration boost

Newcastle's Piper Butcher performing at last year's West Best Bloc Fest. Picture by Simone De Peak

Josh Leeson

Two tiny Hunter towns in running for top state tourism awards

Jamieson Murphy

An aerial view of Wollombi. Picture supplied

'Horrendous': business owners' safety fears as tree roots wreak havoc

Sage Swinton

Pot Pourri Cottage's Trudy Wallace and Hair Society's Mitch Cruikshank near one of the trees on the Glebe Road footpath, and inset, busted tiles in Ms Wallace's shop. Picture by Peter Lorimer

Why not properly funding public education now is the wrong road

It's time for the federal and state/territory governments to stop and reflect on the state of education funding in Australia. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

Doug Taylor

Newcastle university students establish pro-Palestine encampment

Madeline Link

Newcastle university students have established a pro-Palestine encampment at the Callaghan campus. Picture supplied

Why Australia must secure 15.9 million tertiary jobs by 2050

Emily Dabbs

Australia has a massive challenge to meet its future tertiary education needs. Picture Shutterstock

States query GST carve-up despite 'constructive' budget

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says NSW fared really well out of the federal budget. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Alex Mitchell, Jack Gramenz and Callum Godde • 7m ago

Car pollution cop to police automakers in Australia

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson • 10m ago

A new regulator will be established to track vehicle emissions. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)

Budget a 'targeted assault' on regional communities

Andrew Brown • 20m ago

The budget has few new investment measures aimed outside the major cities, David Littleproud says. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

New Caledonia riots after Paris approves voting change

Violence has erupted in Noumea, New Caledonia after changes to voting rules were approved. (AP PHOTO)

26m ago

Wing of Trump's plane hit jet while taxiing in Florida

Dan Whitcomb

The wing of former US president Donald Trump's plane reportedly clipped another plane in Florida. (AP PHOTO)

Singapore to inaugurate new PM Lawrence Wong

Xinghui Kok

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong comes from among a crop of so-called "4G" leaders. (EPA PHOTO)

'They looked the other way': New book details church crimes and cover-up in Newcastle

Abuse survivor Steve Smith, and inset, author Anne Manne.

Sage Swinton

Parole for disgraced former Anglican dean Graeme Lawrence

Graeme Lawrence

New documentary highlights PFAS victims' fight for justice

Matthew Kelly

Wreck Bay Aboriginal community member Nick Carter with Carrie Fellner. Picture courtesy of Stan

Australian of the Year

'I don't want to die': an Australian of the Year 2024 has incurable cancer

Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scolyer. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Lanie Tindale

Australia's golden girl of the pool collects another accolade

Lanie Tindale

Young Australian of the Year Emma McKeon receives her award in Canberra on Thursday. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Traditional healer and teacher wants to 'marry both worlds of healing'

Lanie Tindale

Yalmay Yunupingu is Senior Australian of the Year 2024. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Car Expert

Car Expert

People keep crashing Tesla Cybertrucks

Dev Singh • 35m ago

People keep crashing Tesla Cybertrucks

Car Expert

2024 MG 4 price and specs

William Stopford • 2hrs ago

2024 MG 4 price and specs

It's official: US to slug Chinese EVs with huge tariffs

Car Expert

It's official: US to slug Chinese EVs with huge tariffs

Jordan Mulach • 52m ago

People keep crashing Tesla Cybertrucks

Car Expert

People keep crashing Tesla Cybertrucks

Dev Singh • 35m ago

Car Expert

It's official: US to slug Chinese EVs with huge tariffs

Jordan Mulach • 52m ago

It's official: US to slug Chinese EVs with huge tariffs

Car Expert

2024 MG 4 price and specs

William Stopford • 2hrs ago

2024 MG 4 price and specs

Car Expert

Renault Megane E-Tech joins crowd of massive EV price cuts

Jordan Mulach • 2hrs ago

Renault Megane E-Tech joins crowd of massive EV price cuts

Car Expert

Jeep-backed brand bringing budget Chinese EVs to Australia

William Stopford

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