Coal train carriages at Muswellbrook. Photo: Hedda Askland.
ONE resident in a rural town facing the closure of a major coal mine says “it’s the best place to be… I’m gonna get carried out of here in a box”. Another local from Muswellbrook, a town at the frontline of Australia’s energy transition, plans on staying long after BHP’s Mt Arthur mine closes in […]
A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN project is taking shape across the Dungog and Hunter Valley region, designed to build connection, strengthen resilience, and place young people at the centre of local life. “It Takes a Village” brings together schools, sporting clubs, community groups, businesses, and families to create a more proactive, supportive, and cohesive region. Forty-eight people attended […]
MP Kellie Sloane (centre) is the new leader of the NSW Liberal Party. Photo: Kellie Sloane MP FB.
THE Liberal party’s latest leader has thrown down the gauntlet, vowing to fight with her ailing party as a crucial election looms. First-term MP Kellie Sloane completed her meteoric ascent to the top of the NSW Liberals on Friday after her predecessor Mark Speakman gave way to mounting pressure and resigned. With just 18 months […]
KOALA Azaliah and her joey Zali were hit by a car not long after 40 eucalyptus trees in their home were destroyed. Mother and baby recovered after intensive care at Northern Rivers Koala Hospital in Lismore, NSW, and were released back into the wild in October. But another joey, Guinevere, was not so fortunate, dying […]
Net Zero Economy Authority CEO David Shankey joined Minister Tim Ayres and Muswellbrook Mayor Jeff Drayton at the Mt Arthur mine site for the announcement.
MASTER plans for BHP’s Mt Arthur mine site in Muswellbrook and Glencore’s Macquarie Coal site in Lake Macquarie will commence after an agreement was signed by the Australian and NSW governments and local councils. Under the agreement, $5 million in Commonwealth funding, supported by contributions from NSW, will support the development of pilot master plans […]
Ride Dungog members on a recent Fosterton Loop ride.
Ride Dungog members on a recent Fosterton Loop ride. Ride Dungog members on a recent Fosterton Loop ride. CYCLING enthusiast Allen Shrimpton is encouraging Dungog Shire locals to join a weekly social ride. Each Tuesday the Ride Dungog group meets at about 8:30am to cycle the Fosterton Loop, an easy 22-kilometre loop ride from Dungog […]
Divisional Individual Par Winners Ramsey Vane-Wood (l) and Michael Croucher (r). Individual Stableford Divisional Winners Paul Langley (l) and Buck Campbell (r). SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER INDIVIDUAL PAR FIELD | 27 members DIVISION 1 (<15) | Winner Ramsey Vane-Wood (6) 3 Up, Runner Up Robert Richardson (15) 3 Up DIVISION 2 (16-36) | Winner Michael Croucher […]
THE NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is encouraging everyone to be alert to signs of avian influenza in commercial and domestic poultry, and wildlife. Australia remains free from the H5N1 strain that is causing concern globally, however there is a risk the disease may be introduced by wild birds that migrate […]
DEAR Jasminda, I’m thinking of getting an ice bath for stress relief. Do you have any views on this? Gavin H. Oh, Gavin, Sometimes I read a conundrum and my first thought is, yes, I have views on this, but do you really want to know them? I have no qualifications in ice-bath therapy, so […]
