Our Journalists

Latest

Newcastle Mayor Nuatali Nelmes talks at the Schools Anzac Day ceremony in the Civic Theatre today. Picture by Peter Lorimer.

Newcastle ‘stuck’ between city and bush funding

Newcastle’s lord mayor told an inquiry the city is “not regional enough for regional programs and not Sydney enough for metro funding programs”.

Newcastle

Ivy-Jean Ward has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder over the 2018 death of firefighter Ian Pullen. Picture: Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ivyjean.ward Pics confirmed by Emily Burley who knows her personally

Fourth person charged: Accessory in NZ firefighter’s death

Ivy-Jean Ward, 27, has become the fourth person charged over the 2018 death of New Zealand firefighter pilot Ian Pullen in the Hunter.

Newcastle

Alleged Bar Beach cliff driver to seek bail

The woman who allegedly drove her car off a cliff at Bar Beach, injuring a mother and her toddler, is expected to seek release from a mental health facility.

Newcastle

Trial date set for ex-police minister’s father

Kenneth Grant, the father of former police minister Troy Grant, will face trial accused of a fatal hit and run in 2019.

Newcastle

A young woman is receiving eyebrow treatment. Picture: iStock.

VOTE NOW: The wider Newcastle area’s best brow technician

Help us find the best brow technician in the wider Newcastle area by voting for your favourite nominated by our readers. It’s time to VOTE.

Newcastle

The new hotels set to transform Newcastle

A series of new hotel developments will underpin City of Newcastle’s post-COVID tourism plan. SEE THE ARTIST IMPRESSIONS.

Newcastle

Driver caught double the speed limit had child in car

A Dungog woman has admitted to driving 116km/hr in a road work zone while disqualified and with her young child in the back seat.

Newcastle

Surveillance operation nets illegal tobacco that was bound for prisonTwo minimum security inmates are under investigation after a Corrective Services NSW search operation seized tobacco with an estimated prison value of $4,500.The Northern Special Operations Group at Cessnock Correctional Centre, in the Hunter region, was staking out the visitor’s car park today when they intercepted two works-release inmates trying to collect the contraband from a garbage bin.The find comes as CSNSW reminds prison visitors that there is a zero tolerance approach to tobacco smuggled into the state’s correctional centres, following a spike in the number of visitors caught red-handed.Corrections Minister David Elliott said smoking was banned by Corrective Services NSW at all correctional centres in August last year, reducing the harmful effects of tobacco smoke on hard-working staff.“With smoking now banned in correctional centres, the value of tobacco to inmates is much greater,” Mr Elliott said.“Corrective Services NSW is focused on detecting and intercepting all contraband in our prisons and takes a zero tolerance approach.

New scanners to find contraband at Cessnock Jail

Inmates and visitors at Cessnock Correctional Complex will undergo full-body screening as face-to-face visitation resumes.

Newcastle

An undated image of Ian Pullen, supplied by PMU. , Detectives are appealing for an anonymous caller to come forward as they continue investigations into the suspicious death of a man in the state’s Hunter region nearly two years ago., , Just after 5.30am on Saturday 29 September 2018, emergency services were called to Carrington Street at Glenridding, after a man’s body was located on the side of the road., , The man was later identified as New Zealand firefighter Ian Pullen, aged 43, who had come to the Hunter region to assist with bushfire efforts., , Detectives from Hunter Valley Police District formed Strike Force Awabakil to investigate the circumstances surrounding Mr Pullen’s death., , Investigators believe Mr Pullen was struck by a vehicle between 4am and 5.30am that day., , An anonymous call made to police indicated that the vehicle involved returned to the scene, where the occupants exited the car and approached Mr Pullen while he was still alive.

Third person charged over firefighter’s death

A 21-year-old woman has been arrested and charged over the death of New Zealand firefighter pilot Ian Pullen in the Hunter.

Newcastle

Behind the walls of Maitland Gaol

Australia’s longest continually running prison housed some of the country’s most notorious criminals. Now we reveal the terrifying tales of past prisoners at Maitland Gaol.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/emily-burley/page/52