DUNGOG writer and emerging novelist Shannon Benton has been awarded a fellowship with the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) and The Copyright Agency. Shannon is developing her novel Fragmented, a work of literary fiction that engages with themes of memory, authorship and myth, set between Victoria’s Mulberry Hill and Hanging Rock. Her […]
The plaque was unveiled at a moving ceremony last week. Photo: supplied. The new plaque. Photo: supplied. APPROXIMATELY 60 residents of the Paterson community gathered at the Paterson Post Office on Tuesday, 21 April, for a moving ceremony to unveil a commemorative plaque at the site of the village’s new flagpole. The memorial honours the […]
FIVE animal rehoming organisations across the Hunter are sharing in more than $150,000 in funding, delivered as part of the first round of the NSW Government’s $6 million Companion Animal Welfare and Rehoming Grants program. This funding will support projects like the construction of a new cattery, and subsidising desexing, microchipping and vaccination. Successful grant […]
A workshop in Gresford will focus on managing livestock through a tight winter. Photo: LLS website.
LOCAL Land Services (LLS) is hosting workshops in Paterson and Gresford to support producers to adapt to current conditions and issues. The first session, to be held on-farm in Paterson on Wednesday 6 May from 9–11am, explores pasture dieback. Pasture dieback is a condition causing premature death of high yielding tropical and sub-tropical grasses. It […]
Raymond Terrace rugby league product Olivia Higgins will play for NSW against Queensland in the 2026 Women's State Of Origin opener at McDonald Jones Stadium. Photo: NSW Sky Blues.
WOMEN’S State of Origin fever has gripped the Port Stephens region with Raymond Terrace golden girl Olivia Higgins a key figure in the 2026 NSW Sky Blues rugby league squad. The Newcastle Knights international hooker gets another opportunity to impress in the Origin arena after missing the 2025 series that was claimed by the Blues. […]
Minister for Women Jodie Harrison dropped in on a workshop in the Hunter last week and observed the impact the program has had building local girls’ leadership skills and confidence. Photo: supplied.
THE NSW Government is encouraging young women and girls in the Hunter to seek opportunities in emergency services through the Girls on Fire program. Girls on Fire received over $180,000 in funding under the government’s Investing in Women grants, to provide teenage girls in regional and remote areas with a hands-on, practical program of what […]
Members of the Hunter rugby community and local dignitaries at the announcement last Thursday. Photo: Tim Crakanthorp MP.
PREPARATIONS for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Newcastle will ramp up early, with Japan and Ireland confirmed for an international rugby Test at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday 11 July 2026. Japan’s head coach Eddie Jones was in Newcastle last week to make the announcement, with the fixture forming part of the lead-up to […]
SATURDAY 18TH APRIL INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD FIELD | 42 members & 1 visitor. DIV 1 (<15) | Winner Chris Zawirski (9) [Branxton] 39 Points, Runner Up James Cowled (12) 39 Points, 3rd Place Jarrod Roberts (13) 36 Points DIV 2 (16-36) | Winner Michael Cairney (22) 36 Points, Runner Up Ted Zawirski (25) 35 Points, 3rd […]
Data shows Australian horticulture experiences average food loss rates of about 20 percent per farm.
AUSTRALIAN fruit and vegetable growers are missing out on the sale of up to a million tonnes of produce annually that never makes it to market. That’s a whopping $2.5 billion a year but a figure dwarfed by the costs linked to such a huge loss. Data shows Australian horticulture experiences average food loss rates […]
