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Animation of a high-speed train on Australia’s East Coast.

Revealed: Colossal cost of high-speed rail line from Sydney to Central Coast

Confidential modelling underscores the challenges facing the Albanese government if it presses ahead with building a high-speed line all the way to Newcastle.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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Vicki McCarty is selling a home built by her parents.

Where you can buy a beach house in NSW under $1.5m, $1m and $750,000

The typical house in Byron Bay now costs more than $2 million, but buyers who look a little further along the coast can spend much less.

  • Carmen Forward

Five years and $4 billion later, the verdict on our new intercity trains

The shiny new interiors, replete with faux leather arm rests and charging ports, caused huge celebration along the Central Coast line on Tuesday morning.

  • Anthony Segaert
Bistro Penny owner-chef Joel Humphreys.

How Newcastle became one of our hottest food destinations (and nine places you must try)

With big-city talent at the helm, Newcastle’s new Bistro Penny joins several other venues making the Steel City a cracking place to eat and drink this summer.

  • Callan Boys
Maurice Hawell, Andrew David and Marius Hawell outside court during their trial.

Buck’s party gang rapists jailed for ‘degrading and heinous’ attacks

The judge described the trio as “professional young men from loving Christian families” who developed a “pack mentality” when they raped three women at a Newcastle Airbnb.

  • Clare Sibthorpe and Sarah McPhee
Students and climate protesters take to the water in attempt to blockade the access to the Newcastle coal port in protest for climate action during People’s Blockade in Newcastle, Australia.

Great-grandma, teen student, doctor: Kayak activists arrested disrupting coal ships

Eight climate campaigners have been arrested after they tried to paddle through a police water checkpoint into shipping lanes at the world’s biggest coal port.

  • William Ton and Jack Gramenz
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David McColm celebrates with Craig Williams after Far Too Easy’s Kosciuszko win.

McColm confident Far Too Easy can clinch belated success in $1 million The Hunter

Northern Rivers trainer David McColm has his fingers crossed for a trouble-free run for his stable star in Saturday’s Newcastle feature after having to scratch him last year.

  • Craig Kerry
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Thermidor Oyster Bar & Brasserie

Breezy harbourside bistro with seafood to the fore.

Beetroot with amaranth and buffalo curd at Jana Restaurant & Bar in Newcastle.
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Jana Restaurant & Bar

Glam hotel dining in Newcastle’s revitalised east end.

Cape gooseberries and labne on charred sourdough at Humbug.
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Humbug

Charming bistro helps bring new life to Hunter Street Mall.

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