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Hunter mayors push for reinvestment of coal royalties MAYORS from across the region are calling for immediate financial commitments from both major Federal parties and the NSW Government to reinvest coal royalties back into the Hunter. According to the Hunter Joint Organisation (HJO), a collaborative body that brings together the ten councils in the region (including MidCoast Council), the Hunter region is facing a “critical challenge with the impending loss of over 10,000 jobs by 2030 due to an expected decline in coal demand with the uptake of renewables across the globe”. The HJO is calling for a $20 million investment
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q Dungog Shire Mayor Digby Rayward, Singleton Mayor Sue Moore, Lord Mayor of Newcastle Dr Ross Kerridge, and Maitland Mayor Philip Penfold.
‘Water rose in seconds’: driver washed into Barnard River
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ALISON PENFOLD
EMERGENCY services were called to the Bretti Reserve camping area on Saturday evening after a man was swept
into the swollen Barnard River, however witnesses dispute claims he drove into the floodwater. "We do have reports
that an elderly gentleman tried to cross the flooded causeway with a caravan,
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Wednesday, 2 April 2025
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