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Newy.com.au covers news from the Greater Newcastle Hunter area including Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Port Stephens and Cessnock.

Hunter women celebrated as trade programs open pathways into construction and manufacturing

Newcastle Inner City Bypass fully connected between Rankin Park and Jesmond

Newcastle and Hunter in line for major battery rollout under $100m NSW investment

Lake Macquarie backs landfill-last waste strategy

New public primary school announced for Chisholm

Draft coastal trail plan from Caves Beach to Budgewoi opens for public feedback

Construction starts on new Huntlee public school precinct

Mount View High students to share in national STEM grants round

Planning approval granted for 10-year Swansea Channel dredging program

Newcastle groups invited to apply for multicultural event grants

Lake Macquarie EV registrations surge ahead of open day

Federal MPs condemn WIN’s NBN News job cuts as blow to regional journalism

Draft strategy maps Morisset’s next 20 years

Speers Point Park road and safety upgrade gets under way

Survey reveals up to 2000 koalas around Mount Sugarloaf

New $7.76m disability centre opens in Beresfield

Hunter hospitals named as NSW Government announces $400m maintenance program

Newcastle program shares in $5m youth crime prevention funding

Newcastle to get 12 community batteries in $11.99m rollout

Mark Hughes Foundation commits $18.9m to University of Newcastle brain cancer research