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City Cooks In The Sun

16 January 2009

IT was fitting that the official launch of the new $100 million Australian Solar Institute took place on a blazing hot day in Newcastle... read full story

From Blue-collar To Cosmopolitan

14 January 2009

THE industrial might that once defined Newcastle as a steel city is no longer, with figures showing that the rise of the services sector and inner-city living is behind a population boom not witnessed since the 1970s... read full story

Trades Hall Backs Wage Increase For Low Earners

13 January 2009

NEWCASTLE Trades Hall has said low-income earners should not be forced to pay the price of corporate greed, following warnings any rise in the minimum wage would be guided by the global economic crisis... read full story

Tax Office Sacks Staff

10 January 2009

FIFTEEN Newcastle-based Australian Tax Office staff were laid off this week in an act the Australian Services Union described as disgraceful... read full story

Waiting Game

3 January 2009

The complex nature of the coal industry means that finding a way to reduce the queue of ships anchored off Newcastle's coast is never going to be easy. Ian Kirkwood writes... read full story

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