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All news stories from Newcastle.
As former heavy-industry cities from Bilbao to Pittsburgh reinvent themselves, Newcastle's push toward renewable hydrogen and port diversification is drawing serious international scrutiny.
University of Newcastle and school principals say workforce retraining programs need urgent expansion to meet demands of emerging industries.
As global cities struggle with centralised power and funding crises, Newcastle is charting a different course-but questions remain about whether it can sustain momentum.
Exploring the historical and local factors that have led to the current situation in Newcastle, particularly in relation to the city's economic and environmental challenges.
Major announcements across the Hunter region's education sector signal growth in vocational training, renewable energy research and campus development.
Community members share concerns and call for action as the city faces increasing threats from rising sea levels and extreme weather events
Digitally replaced and AI-generated images are turning up in real estate and heritage listings across the Hunter, prompting calls for clearer disclosure standards and tighter oversight.
As the city races to modernise its port and rail corridors, planners are watching how Brisbane, Rotterdam and Vancouver tackle similar infrastructure challenges.
As the city grapples with the impacts of climate change, community members share their concerns and experiences with coastal erosion and flooding risk
Leaders across industry, government and academia outline how the Hunter region can cement its role as Australia's clean energy hub while protecting livelihoods.
An evergreen guide to getting out and about in Newcastle.
Is Jane Goldsmith leaving NBN News? The presenter has departed following WIN Network restructure changes at the station, becoming the first high-profile exit since the shake-up began.
As former coal cities from Germany's Ruhr Valley to South Africa's Mpumalanga struggle to find their footing, Newcastle's Hunter region is running one of the more closely watched economic transitions on the planet.
The Hunter Valley's local television landscape is shifting, and the decisions made in the next few months will determine how the region gets its news.
With the Port of Newcastle facing evolving global trade patterns and major rail and road upgrades on the horizon, the region faces crucial choices about funding, timing and priorities.
Mounting pupil numbers, crumbling buildings and stretched budgets have created a perfect storm in the city's education sector-but the roots run far deeper than recent headlines suggest.
Community members share concerns and call for action as the city faces increasing threats from rising sea levels and extreme weather events
The restructure swallowing WIN Network's regional newsrooms is hitting Hunter audiences differently than comparable post-industrial cities in the UK and Canada, and the gap is widening.
Things to do across Newcastle over the days ahead.
A slow accumulation of duplicate and degraded images across council, university and cultural institution databases has created a backlog that archivists and IT managers are only now beginning to systematically fix.
From Merewether to Mayfield, Hunter locals are discovering their images used without consent across real estate sites, social media and online marketplaces, and they want action.
Duplicate and stolen listing images are distorting the local housing market, misleading renters and buyers at a moment when affordable stock is already desperately thin.
From Cooks Hill to Mayfield, Hunter region residents are speaking out about the growing problem of their property photos being copied and reused without permission across real estate and short-stay rental platforms.
From Honeysuckle development listings to University of Newcastle research portals, the push to stamp out duplicate and manipulated imagery is forcing institutions across the Hunter to act.
A years-long accumulation of broken links, placeholder graphics and duplicated photographs has quietly undermined the region's online public record, and fixing it is proving harder than anyone expected.
A quiet crisis in digital record-keeping has left councils, libraries and local organisations scrambling to replace thousands of duplicate and mismatched images stored across ageing databases.
A slow accumulation of legacy files, budget shortcuts and rapid website migrations has left Hunter region organisations scrambling to replace thousands of duplicate and broken images across their digital platforms.
Community organisations across the Hunter region are discovering their fundraiser photos, event shots and neighbourhood snapshots have been replaced online with stock imagery they never approved, and they want answers.
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