AUSTRALIA’S aluminium industry is set to share in billions of dollars of investment to help it convert to renewable energy. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in Tomago on Monday to unveil a green aluminium production credit scheme that will provide financial support to smelters changing their energy source before 2036. Advertise with

THE summer holiday season has once again brought hordes of visitors to Port Stephens, sparking debate over ways to better manage traffic congestion. As it has previously, the Tomaree Headland Heritage Group (THHG) set up “help desks” at Tomaree Headland from Boxing Day into the new year, providing local information

STATE MP Kate Washington joined Port Stephens Mayor Leah Anderson and councillors Chris Doohan, Jason Wells and Nathan Errington for a tour of the new amenities building at Yulong Oval late last month. Led by members of the Medowie Football Club and Medowie Cricket Club, the party explored the $2.6

FINDING a path after school can be tricky, especially when you have additional needs, but Otto van de Wijgaart is taking charge of his future by following his passion. The Newcastle-based pop culture artist lives with autism and intellectual delay, but this has not prevented him from becoming Uniting’s 2024/25 Abstract

SUNDAY, 15 December, was a special day for Fingal Beach Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) as it hosted the last Nippers event of 2024 and relaunched an important piece of equipment. For the past six years, beach matting has provided wheelchair-friendly access to Fingal Beach for hundreds of thousands

NEWCASTLE Airport will host the Australasia Aviation Roundtable for the first time from 18-20 June 2025, ahead of the planned grand opening of its international terminal on 1 August. The event will bring together airlines, airport representatives, and aviation professionals to discuss the future of aviation and tourism. Advertise with

THERE was a "degree of sadism" in a grandfather's decision to feed a chicken called Betty White to an alligator at a local wildlife sanctuary, a court has heard. Kent Sansom, owner of Oakvale Wildlife Park at Salt Ash, said justice had been served last Wednesday when Smith was placed on

THE Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its report into an emergency landing at Newcastle Airport earlier this year involving a light aircraft. On 13 May, a Beechcraft King Air B200 departed Williamtown Airport on a charter flight to Lord Howe Island via Port Macquarie, with a pilot and two