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Meeting Their Obligations

18 December 2008

IT is an odd argument: hold fewer council meetings because councillors are busy with other jobs and roles. One would have thought that a person considering running for council might have taken the workload into account when deciding whether or not to put their name forward. Not so, it seems, with Newcastle City Council deciding this week to hold half as many formal council meetings in 2009 as were held in 2008... read full story

Activists Criticise 'spineless' Target

16 December 2008

NEWCASTLE environmentalists were wrestled to the ground and dragged out of a lunch in Canberra for heckling Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday... read full story

Excitement At Intertrade

13 December 2008

BUSINESS groups have welcomed this week's announcement that a Newcastle company has been chosen to redevelop about one-third of the former BHP steelworks, breathing new life into the site... read full story

Putting New Jobs On Track In The Hunter

12 December 2008

"I SEND my warmest wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all Novocastrians," NSW Premier Nathan Rees said... read full story

An Alternative Route

10 December 2008

THE Hunter Business Chamber is exploring the feasibility of a park and ride service for city centre workers to help ease growing parking and traffic congestion in Newcastle... read full story

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