Newcastle
Australia strikes deal to build our own long-range missiles
The missiles will cost $4 million each and have a range over 275 kilometres.
- by Matthew Knott
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Public transport
Forget the metro delay, why is my mother of a train trip not getting faster?
The Sydney Metro delay is nothing compared with the stunning failure to have the new intercity fleet up and running.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Hotel reviews
There’s no room for error with rooms this compact
Little National’s third Australian hotel shows the brand has fine-tuned making the most of a compact space.
- by Riley Wilson
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Crime
Trio found guilty of gang rape of three women during buck’s party weekend
Maurice Hawell, his younger brother Marius Hawell, and friend Andrew David face years behind bars for the sexual assaults across two nights in 2022.
- by Sarah McPhee
Spinning out, a mere arm’s length from a terrible fate
A relentless stream of fatal car crashes spurs Warwick McFadyen to cast his mind back to 1977, when he and his mates almost became statistics.
- by Warwick McFadyen
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Terror charges
‘I will be actually doing my attack’: Terror teen’s alleged manifesto
The 19-year-old allegedly livestreamed video of himself walking into an MP’s office armed with a knife. His manifesto reveals he had planned other attacks.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Perry Duffin
The regional property markets tipped to hit fresh records in the next year
The COVID-era tree- and sea-change boom is over, but some states can expect to see their regional house price markets improve in the next year.
- by Jim Malo
How much it costs to live in the top NSW tree-change towns for wellbeing
The wellbeing factor of regional suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income. But it comes at a price.
- by Carmen Forward
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Coal
End to a secret deal that locked in coal exports and Sydney truck traffic
The Port of Newcastle has paid $13 million so that it is no longer prohibited from competing with Port Botany and can diversify away from coal.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Aviation
Hero pilot battled bad weather, feared pelican strike
Peter Schott circled the airport in his small passenger plane for hours, burning fuel after a landing gear failure.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Christopher Harris
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Crime
‘It’s beyond words’: Ten-year-old girl stabbed to death
A 17-year-old girl was arrested at a home west of Newcastle after a 10-year-old died of multiple stab wounds.
- by Ben Cubby
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