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Yielding 11,000 Jobs And 85million Tonnes, The Hunter Remains ... Coal At Heart

24 December 2007

THE Hunter is leading the state's $12.3 billion minerals boom, with the region producing 85 per cent of NSW coal exports and employing half the state's mining workforce, new figures show... read full story

Employees Stunned As Another Plant Closes

20 December 2007

ANOTHER 70 manufacturing jobs in Newcastle are set to disappear, with chemical company Delta EMD announcing the closure of its Mayfield plant... read full story

Ambos In The Deep End As Duty Called

19 December 2007

KIRSTEN Paterson and Andrew Crew were just doing their jobs on the night of the June storm but by doing so, they saved many lives... read full story

Hunter Coal Bottleneck

8 December 2007

THE prospect of Hunter Valley coalminers losing their jobs in the middle of the biggest boom in decades should be unthinkable. But with the export companies bickering over access to the over-committed Newcastle coal-loaders some companies have warned that hundreds of jobs could soon be cut... read full story

Sydney Fc Strikers Agree It's Time They Went Back To Work

6 December 2007

MICHAEL BRIDGES and Alex Brosque are both anxious to find the back of Newcastle's net at Sydney Football Stadium tomorrow night to give Sydney FC the win they so desperately need... read full story

Roster Blitz To Stymie Police With Two Jobs

5 December 2007

NSW police commanders will be instructed to overhaul the controversial 12-hour "block" rostering system for the state's 14,000 frontline officers in the wake of a damning report by the state's Auditor-General... read full story

Storms Swamp City In A Flash

4 December 2007

SEVERE thunderstorms and gale-force winds lashed Newcastle in a half-hour deluge yesterday afternoon, causing flash flooding... read full story

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