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WED 11 MAR 2015
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Dealing with a lethal mix
H ighway Patrol officers have issued a warn-ing to Hunter motorists about the dangers of drug-driving.
The warning follows a police operation, carried out in Newcastle in January, in which 15 per cent of drivers were detected with illicit substances in their system and another in the Upper Hunter within the last month, where one in five motorists tested were found with either cannabis or meth-amphetamines in their system.
Launching a new drug-driving education campaign at the Newcastle Regional Show last Friday, Operations Commander of the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command Superintendent Stuart Smith said drug-driving had emerged to become one of the “fatal five” killers on NSW roads.
“In 1982 random breath testing came in [and] back then three in every five drivers involved in a fatal had booze in their system,” he said.
“What we’re seeing now is the propensity for people to drive under the influence of drugs.
“What is concerning is they need to be educated on the dangers of driving under the influence and our concern is we’re seeing 90 per cent of people tested [with] two drugs in their system and it’s the same old adage, people think they’re right to drive [but] they are not fit to be behind the wheel.”
Superintendent Smith said the recent multi-vehicle collision on the Sydney Harbour Bridge involving a 37-year-old female driver was a stark
Police use Newcastle Show to raise public awareness of drug-driving
Sergeant Hal Potts from the Random Drug Testing Unit conducts a test with Karsten Kristensen at the NSW Police exhibit at the Newcastle Regional Show on Friday
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reminder of the dangers of drug-driving. As well as launching the drug-driving education
campaign, Operation Impairment, NSW Police also unveiled a new drug testing bus at the show.
Superintendent Smith said motorists could expect to see the bus being used to conduct road-side tests in the Hunter region as police continue to crack down on drug-driving.
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Interesting questions from taking a look into the future of our nation What will life in Australia be like in 2055?
That was the topic of the federal government’s 2015 Intergenerational Report released last week.
One of the main predictions was that the male life expectancy will rise from the current level of 91.5 years to 95.5 years in 2055.
Female life expectancy will rise from 93.6 years to 96.6. That might not sound like a startling statistic on its own but the report also points out that the number of Australians over the age of 65 is expected to more than double by 2055.
In fact there is predicted to be more than 40,000 Australians over the age of 100 by that time.
Having a lot more people living well past the retirement age means the proportion of the population in the workforce will be reduced.
Currently 64.6 per cent of the population is engaged in employment.
That is projected to fall to 62.4 per cent in 2055.Again it doesn’t sound like a massive drop but
our national population will be close to 40 million by then, so that’s a lot of people to support with pensions and health spending.
Treasurer Joe Hockey described the report as “call to arms in relation to reform”
“The grey army is going to deliver prosperity in Australia’s future and we need older Australians, we want older Australians, if they choose to do so, to remain in the work force and to come back into the work force,” Mr Hockey said.
As some political commentators have pointed out, it’s hard for anyone to accurately predict the future of the economy even five years into the future let alone forty years.
So, maybe we have to just take this report as a general estimate, but it does at least give us an idea of the need for people to be more aware of saving for their retirement years, which could be 30 years or more.
Finally the footy is back for another season.It’s great to see that Knights coach Rick Stone
has fully embraced the idea of re-connecting the team with the community.
There was fairly regular criticism of the club during Wayne Bennett’s time in charge that there was a separation with the region at a grass-roots level.
I’m sure it wasn’t the intention for that to happen and surely a man of Bennett’s experience in the game was well aware and supportive of the need for the community to feel part of the team, particularly in a one-club city like Newcastle.
Perhaps it’s just that Stone is a bit more vocal and visible in the community and is accepted as a local.
It’s now up to the community to get behind the team and turn up to Hunter Stadium in large numbers. When it is filled close to capacity, it is one of the most intimidating grounds for a visit-ing side to play at.
More than 40,000 over the age of 100 in 2055
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L abor leader Luke Foley says he is not interested in winning the state election off the back of corruption
scandals and last year’s revelations at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
Speaking at a Hunter Business Chamber event in Newcastle last week, the Opposi-tion Leader outlined his vision for the Hunter and defended the Labor Party’s position on the heavy rail line into the CBD.
“Labor suffered a devastating defeat in 2011, including here in the Hunter,” he told the gathering of businesspeople.
“My friend Kristina Keneally put it best on election night when she said that the truth is, the people of NSW, who entrusted us with government for 16 years, did not leave us, we left them.
“I think the Newcastle and Charlestown by-elections showed some green shoots of recovery for Labor in the Hunter. I am not looking to win seats in the Hunter off the back of the Liberals’ ICAC problems.
“I am looking to win seats on the basis of our positive plans for this region.”
But Labor’s key election promise for
the region, to reinstate rail services to Newcastle station and add crossings between the CBD and harbour foreshore was met with hostility from the majority of attendees who believed the removal of the rail line was key to the city’s ongoing revitalisation.
Chamber CEO Kristen Keegan doubted whether Labor’s plans to install three new level crossings between Wickham and Newcastle East were even possible given that Transport NSW planned to phase out the construction of level crossings entirely due to safety concerns.
She also accused the party of back-flip-ping on it’s policy regarding the rail line, saying that past Labor MP of Newcastle Jodi McKay was formerly supportive of truncating the line.
Mr Foley maintained that Hunter voters did not have to choose between retaining the line and progress. “We believe it’s possible to achieve both,” he said.
Following his visit to Newcastle, Mr Foley spent last weekend campaigning on the Central Coast with Labor candidates in the region including Yasmin Catley who is running for the seat of Swansea.
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Report urges independent assessments in East End while calling for reinstatement of rail services
Senate committee inquiry
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Christian Democratic Party senator Fred Nile at a senate committee hearing in Newcastle last year
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A senate committee inquiring into planning in the Hunter region has recommended the heavy rail line
into Newcastle be immediately reinstated.The Fred Nile-chaired inquiry handed
down its final report last week, following a four-and-a-half month-long submission and hearings period.
As well as recommending that rail services and removed infrastructure be reinstated, the inquiry found the Hunter Development Corporation boss, Bob Hawes had “a significant and ongoing conflict of interest in being a landowner at Wickham and having a managerial role in the NSW Government’s decision to trun-cate the Newcastle rail line at Wickham, a decision from which Mr Hawes stands to financially benefit” and recommended that the maximum building heights in the East End of Newcastle be reduced from 65 metres back to 27 metres.
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refer any development application for the East End site to the NSW Planning and Assessment Commission to allow for an independent assessment.
“Further, the committee considers that there is an irreconcilable conflict of interest in the relationship between UrbanGrowth NSW and the Depart-ment of Planning and Environment whereby the NSW Government is both the landowners, via UrbanGrowth NSW, and the planning Consent authority, via the department.
“This conflict is unacceptable and detracts from public confidence in the planning system.”
Senator Nile reiterated the comments from the committee’s interim report, released prior to the truncation of the heavy rail line in December, that “the decision to truncate the line was based upon a flawed cost benefit analysis and without an adequate business case”.
He expressed particular concern over the “alarming” leaked Cabinet docu-ments found in the electorate office of former Liberal MP Tim Owen, which showed the government acted against the advice of the Transport Minister to proceed with a plan that “will report-edly cost around $100 million more, [had] greater delivery risks and greater impacts on local businesses”.
The documents, made public on February 17, were allegedly found by a staffer of Newcastle MP Tim Crakan-thorp, who moved into the offices following Mr Owen’s resignation and the subsequent Newcastle by-election.
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Tim Crakanthorp, Newcastle MP:“The final report is one that Newcastle
needs and one that the government needs to take heed of. The recommen-dations, if implemented, go some way towards rectifying the wrongs inflicted on the City of Newcastle by the Baird Government. I will be writing to Premier Baird strongly urging that he endorses the committee’s recommendations. They need to be implements without delay.”
Karen Howard, Liberal candidate for Newcastle:
“People every day are telling me that they’ve had enough of the negative debate and just want the city to go forward. This is our defining moment. Only the Liberals have a positive plan to get on with the job of revitalizing Newcastle.”
Nuatali Nelmes, Newcastle Lord Mayor:
“Newcastle City Council should be the ultimate planning authority. At the moment there are a lot of people involved in Newcastle CBD - a lot of different state government agencies. Council is demo-cratically elected, they’re the closest to the community, they’re the ones that actually have the resources internally to come up with the community’s vision.
Where the State Government needs to come in and help out is with funding that vision because they’re the ones that have all the money.”
David Blyth, Hunter Concerned Citi-zens Group:
“One of the things that has concerned me over time has been the relationship of the Hunter Development Corporation, which seems to have the role of selling excess rail land and that seems to be the main driver for them. It’s not really excess rail land at all, if it’s anything, it’s good public transport corridor land that should be retained whether its light or heavy rail or a combination, that doesn’t matter, but it doesn’t need to go to high rise buildings.”
Save Our Rail:“The proper planning processes were
abandoned in the rush to maximize prof-its to be derived from the development of the rail corridor. It is Save Our Rail’s view that the Baird Government corrupted the planning process for profit.”
Hunter Development Corporation:Declined to comment “given the highly
political nature of the report”. HDC referred the Post to dissenting state-ments from Liberal senators Catherine Cusack and Greg Pearce.
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Greens MP John Kaye called on the state government to put at least $25 million toward refuges, an early warning system and response plan.
Ms Hornery said it was great to see bipar-tisanship on the issue.
“It is great to see the Greens come out in support of flood-proofing Wallsend and I look forward to working with them in the future to secure funding to implement the work that is necessary to prevent the inundation that Wallsend saw in 2007,” she said.
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Candidates agree on the need for establishment of a local authority to make key decisions
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Liberal candidate for Newcastle Karen Howard (left) Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp, Greens candidate Michael Osborne and forum moderator Tanya Wilks at last week’s candidate’s forum at the Gallipoli Legion Club
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L iberal, Labor and Greens candidates vying to represent Newcastle in the upcoming state election have called
for the formation of a Hunter Transport Authority.
Speaking at a forum hosted by the Hamilton, Mayfield, New Lambton and Throsby Basin business chambers, Liberal candidate Karen Howard, the Greens Michael Osborne and incumbent Labor MP Tim Crakanthorp agreed that the best way to ensure Newcastle’s outer suburbs were adequately serviced by public trans-port was to establish a Hunter-based body to manage transport in the area.
“If the question is, how will you work with small business to ensure the trans-port infrastructure and planning incor-porates key centres such as the Throsby Basin, Mayfield, New Lambton and Hamilton, well, the answer is very simple and that’s a Hunter Transport Authority,” Mr Crakanthorp said.
“It’s about us, you, local business communities and stakeholders making decisions on our transport [because] now, at the moment, that happens in Sydney.”
Mr Osborne said the Lower Hunter Transport Strategy, the plan that recom-mended the formation of a local transport authority, was still relevant today.
“In 2003, the Lower Hunter councils got together and developed a Lower Hunter Transport Strategy,” he said.
“It was all-partisan.“It was developed by experts.“That strategy called for light rail, it called
for a world-class interchange, it called for continuing the Sydney services all the way into the Newcastle CBD, it called for more level crossings in Newcastle, and it also
called for a Lower Hunter Transport Authority so that transport decisions could be made in the Lower Hunter and I think all of those recommendations from that report are still valid.”
There was also consensus on the issue of the bungled update of the Tourle Street Bridge.
The old Tourle Street Bridge was replaced in 2009 with a two-lane bridge, despite calls for it to be upgraded to a four-lane carriageway.
Plans are now underway to upgrade the bridge that connects Mayfield to Kooragang Island, making it a four-lane link.
All three candidates agreed the bridge should never have been rebuilt with two lanes.
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“Newcastle’s small business sector is a significant demographic that has great voting power and it is important for them to understand candidates’ approach to busi-ness prior to the election,” he said.
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Council LEP (Local Environment Plan), which is currently on public exhibition.
“Importantly, we want to shift the focus from the CBD to discussions around the diversification of transport and road systems into local centres such as Hamil-ton, Carrington, Wickham, Mayfield and New Lambton.”
Newcastle voters will go to the polls on Saturday, March 28.
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T he City of Newcastle is delighted to present the Seniors Festival 2015 as part of NSW Seniors Week, 14-22
March 2015. The theme for the week across the state of NSW is ‘Be Inspired’!
Newcastle seniors, this is your week, so get involved! I encourage you to celebrate Seniors Week by trying something new and there is plenty to choose from in this year’s Seniors Week program. Try rock and roll dancing, take a tour of a historic site, meet up for a game of petanque, learn about volunteering opportunities or develop your public speaking skills with Toastmasters.
There is a wealth of low-cost and free activities to take part in across the Newcas-tle local government area and most of the Seniors Week activities are organised and run by Novocastrians.
The program highlights the many and varied recreational pursuits on offer within our community - not only for Seniors Week, but all year round.
There are more than 55 community events and activities on offer and many of these are featured in our Seniors Week program. I had the pleasure of joining the belly dancers featured on the front page
of the program at the festival launch a few weeks ago, and what a fantastic group of people these are.
Belly dancing is just one of the activities being presented by the University of the Third Age (U3A), a self-help organisation that provides affordable courses and activities for people in their ‘third age’ of active retirement.
You can get your copy at any branch of Newcastle Region Library or online by going to Council’s website www.newcas-tle.gov.au and clicking on the photo carou-sel at the top of the page for NSW Seniors Week.
Many of these community activities are only made possible through the tireless efforts of our volunteer community. It is the commitment of these volunteers that makes such a diverse program of activities possible for all to enjoy.
Let’s all share our heartfelt thanks with these individuals and community groups for their ongoing dedication to keeping our seniors young and vibrant.
So, I say to you, … ‘Be Inspired’, give something different a go! On behalf of the City of Newcastle, I wish everyone a fantastic Seniors Week 2015.
Come and celebrate Seniors Week in our City
newcastle mattersCR NUATALI NELMES Newcastle City Council Lord Mayor
all council matters: newcastle.nsw.gov.au
W ith more than 53,000 families living in Lake Macquarie, supporting education and
family service providers as well as encouraging children’s development and wellbeing is vital.
Council has developed a Draft Children and Family Strategy 2015-2020, which is a blueprint to support childcare and other services for children and families across the City.
It is now available for community feed-back at www.lakemac.com.au.
The draft strategy provides a vision for Council that acknowledges the impor-tance of quality childcare and education services for Lake Macquarie families, but it also reaches beyond this.
It recognises that childcare, important as it is, is not the only thing that families need for themselves and their children.
As a mum, I know that health, literacy and communication are critical in the early stages of a young person’s life and Council is aiming to enhance and build upon what is already currently available rather than create new services.
This will ensure that the strong foun-dations that are already built within the
community are maintained and further strengthened to support children and families.
As well as lots of young families, Lake Macquarie has a population that is older than the NSW average, with nearly 20 per cent of our residents aged 65 years and over.
Throughout the year, Council supports and promotes a range of activities and events as part of our Seniors Program aimed at maximising the health, safety and wellbeing of our local seniors.
Saturday marks the start of NSW Seniors Week, a time to celebrate the contribution seniors make to the community.
I encourage you to come along and enjoy a morning of music and dance at a Seniors Week concert at the Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre at 39 Lake Street, Warners Bay on Friday 20 March.
It will be a concert showcasing local senior groups along with professional senior performers.
Bookings are essential on 4921 0333 as places are limited. Light refreshments will be provided.
Draft Children and Family Strategy available for viewing
lake macquarie mattersCR JODIE HARRISON Lake Macquarie City Council Mayor
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T he long-running problem of mine subsidence in the Newcastle CBD is set to be tackled with the State
Government committing $17 million to help cap old mine shafts beneath the surface of the city.
Visiting Newcastle last week, NSW Treas-urer Andrew Constance said the potential for subsidence from historic mine work-ings in the CBD had proved a roadblock in attracting investment for years.
“One of the major barriers to new office space and job-creating development in Newcastle has been mine subsidence,” he said.
“To fill and stabilise the shafts is really important for growth and it’s been an ongoing issue.
“This is money that is going to go directly into the ground and we’ll see great outcomes as a result of development and giving that surety and that confidence to the investment community and, at the same time, seeing the spin-off in terms of jobs growth.”
Mr Constance said the money would be made available through the Hunter Infrastructure Investment Fund, with
Hunter Development Corporation to manage the release of the funds in conjunction with the Mine Subsidence Board.
Liberal candidate for Newcastle Karen Howard said the announcement would
go far to address the lack of A-grade office space in Newcastle. “What’s really impor-tant is the fact that this translates to jobs,” she said. “It’s not only the private sector that benefits from this.
“Our city benefits with more people
coming in to live in the city, more oppor-tunity for people to take up office space [because] as we already know from the Property Council statistics, we have a very serious problem with [a lack of] A-category office space in our city.”
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N ewcastle has a new eat street. Stockland Jesmond last week celebrated the opening of its new
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“We think Eat Street is a wonderful new addition to the local area that will offer a greater variety of food choices and, importantly, create a unique sense of place for the community,” Stockland CEO of commercial property John Schroder said.
“Eat Street has been created to respond to customer demand for a greater array of causal dining options in the local area.
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“Food service in particular presents excellent opportunities for business entre-preneurs in the local Newcastle region and we’re keen to strike the right balance by offering customers the best local and international cuisines and flavours.”
The 250-seat dining precinct includes franchises like Subway and Crust Pizza alongside local favourite Harrys Schnitzel Joint and new offerings such as BBQ King and Yalla Yalla Charcoal Chicken.
Wallsend MP Sonia Hornery expected the development would be popular with the international student community at the nearby University of Newcastle Calla-
ghan campus. The upgrade of the centre is ongoing with a new Aldi Supermarket due to open on the centre’s second floor next to Help Street Medical Centre and
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Show Association president Roger Geary said the success of this year’s event would
ensure the show would be back bigger and better than ever in 2016.
“We are thrilled with the outcome and the incredible support of the community,” he said.
“It gives us confidence that the Newcas-tle Show tradition is alive and well and
2016 will be bigger and better.”Operations manager Dana Pichaloff said
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF EXHIBITIONDraft Glendale Regional Centre Area PlanDraft Amendment to Lake Macquarie Development Control Plan 2014Proposal: Lake Macquarie City Council has resolved to exhibit a draft Area Plan to guide future development within the Glendale regional centre. The draft Area Plan generally applies to land zoned for business purposes within Glendale. Exhibition: The draft Area Plan is on public exhibition from 9 March to 21 April 2015. A community drop in day will be held at the Glendale Stockland Shopping Centre (out the front of Target) between 11am and 7pm on 19 March 2015. The draft Area Plan can be inspected during opening hours at:
• Council’s Customer Service Centre, 126-138 Main Road Speers Point; and• Speers Point Library, 139 Main Road Speers Point; • Cardiff Library, Ground Floor, Cnr Main and Macquarie Rd Cardiff;• Edgeworth Library, Minmi Road Edgeworth; and • Online at www.haveyoursaylakemac.com.au/glendale
Submissions: Written submissions on the draft Area Plan should be received by Council before 5pm on 21 April 2015 and be addressed to General Manager, Lake Macquarie City Council, Box 1906, Hunter Region Mail Centre NSW 2310, or via email: [email protected] Disclosure of Political Donations and Gifts: all persons who lodge a submission are required to declare any relevant political donations and/or gifts in accordance with Section 147(5) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Information and disclosure forms are available at www.lakemac.com.au, search Political Donations and Gifts.Council will release all submissions received upon request, in accordance with the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.Information: Contact Council’s Customer Service Centre on 4921 0333.
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NSW Minerals Council CEO Stephen Galilee has highlighted delays in the planning system for mines as a major concern
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significant risks to global health, and as an energy source, coal is the biggest driver of climate change.”
Mr Galilee said that the industry is still finalising the results of its own wind tunnel testing and is working with the Environment Protection Authority, but questioned the motivation of the report.
“This is the classic issue where there’s a lot of emotion and lot of exaggeration and lot of claims are made about the impact of not covering wagons, often by people who are not necessarily motivated by what they say they are,” he said.
“They’re using it as an issue to target the sector more broadly and over the last few years I think it’s been used as an issue about the T4 proposal rather than against the practice itself.”
Mr Galilee pointed to a study by the EPA which did not recommend that coal wagons should be covered, but did admit that there could occasionally be an improvement in meeting air quality standards, particularly during dry and dusty conditions in September and Octo-ber.
“Air quality is an important issue for everyone, including our industry, and, after all, the people working the industry actually live in the towns and communi-ties of the Hunter and they breathe the same air as everybody else,” he said.
“If the science says something different then the industry will abide by that.
“It’s easy to come up with these one line simplistic solutions but the real world is a lot more complicated than that.”
We’ve been the subject of political debates over the last few years, so it’s a good opportunity for us to communicate our needs to those seeking off ice and get a better understanding of what their positions are on issues aff ecting our sector
W hile the government, opposition and community groups kick the mining industry around like a
political football, 11,000 Hunter miners are having their livelihoods played with.
That’s the opinion of the NSW Minerals Council CEO, Stephen Galilee, who is seeking commitments that would support the industry from both the major parties ahead of the March 28 state election.
Mr Galilee was in Maitland last month and spoke to the Post before he attended a function for a local candidate.
“We’ve been the subject of political debates over the last few years, so it’s a good opportunity for us as an industry to communicate our needs to those seeking office and get a better understanding of what their positions are on issues affect-ing our sector,” he said.
Mr Galilee’s visit inadvertently came at a time when two major issues made a resurgence in the headlines - the impact of coal mining on community health and the Hunter’s unemployment rate hitting a record high of 11.4 per cent.
Undeniably, job losses in the mining sector have been a major contributor to that unemployment figure, with Mr Gali-lee saying that in the Hunter region alone, 3000 people have lost their jobs in mining in the last two years.
“14,000 people down to around 11,000 now is a pretty big hit and behind all those numbers are real people and real families that are losing their livelihoods,” he said.
“But it’s not just those 3000 direct coal mining jobs, there’s obviously a flow-on impact on businesses across the region.
“As the companies themselves have had to tighten their margins that makes it more difficult for mining supply businesses to stay in the chain.”
This, according to Mr Galilee, is where the next State Government can step-in, but he’s not seeking a Band-Aid solution.
“The number one priority for us is the planning system which has created a lot of difficulty for our sector over the last three or four years,” he said.
“The timeframes for assessment have doubled on average and there’s been a lot of inconsistency of outcomes.
“We want to speed up the process and we want more certainty.”
Mr Galilee said that this wouldn’t automatically bring the jobs back, but it will increase the confidence of potential investors in the region.
“If they know they’ve got a stable regulatory system and they’ve got the confidence that the planning system is sound and consistent and it’s timely then they’re more likely to invest here,” he said.
“We are seen as a stable place to invest and a stable democracy and we’ve got some of the best coal deposits in the world here in the Hunter, but we’ve failed in terms of attractiveness as a destination
and that meant investment in mining has more than halved.”
NSW Premier Mike Baird has already said the government would halve plan-ning times for ‘state significant’ proposals, such as mines, noting that assessment times had jumped from 500 days to more than 1000 in the last six years.
Mr Galilee said that Labor leader Luke Foley had also made some “very encour-aging statements” about the importance of the sector.
But while the industry is looking to open new mines and increase the life of some existing mines, a coalition of 28 health organisations is imploring the state government not to approve any new mine projects in the Hunter Valley.
In a recently released report, the Climate and Health Alliance estimated that region’s coal mining placed a $600 million burden on the state’s health system, after assessing pollution generated by coal-fired power stations, uncovered coal wagons and air pollution from coal in Newcastle.
“Poor water quality, noise pollution, as well as psychological impacts associated with land acquisition and the failure of governments and industry to respond to community concerns all have adverse impacts on health,” report author Fiona Armstrong said.
“Our report shows the economic damages associated with coal pollution in the Hunter, as well as the climate damages when coal exported from the Hunter is burned.
“Climate change is itself one of the most
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Noel Reed’s fascination with Newcastle’s electric trams began when visiting his Welsh-born great grandmother Mary Griffiths at New Lambton in the late
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Years later, in December 1947 - having completed his final year of high school - Noel visited Newcastle on a tram tour with the Australian Railway Historical Society and the Australian Electric Traction Asso-ciation. Already a keen photographer, and the youngest in the group, he documented the tour.
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the last years of the Newcastle trams. The adventurous, tram-loving engineering student recorded their passing.
Newcastle’s first trams were operated by steam. Their introduction in 1897 followed the success of Sydney services and community agitation for something better than horse-drawn buses.
Steam trams served Newcastle well for over 35 years, until the rather antiquated and inefficient system was electrified.
The first electric tram to operate in Newcastle was Car 274, crossing Hunter Street at 6.40 am on December 4, 1923. The main city terminus had a panoramic view of Newcastle Beach, situated on a headland at Parnell Place.
As the population expanded into the suburbs, and buses proved more flexible and efficient, a decision was made to close the Newcastle tramways. This was done in stages, beginning in September 1948 with the Mayfield line.
Closure of the long Wallsend line was unusual for a number of reasons. On the last full day of regular service, Saturday, November 5, 1949, a crisis occurred when
a truck broke down in Robert Street, Wallsend. Noel happened to be on the tram from Newcastle to Wallsend, and was delayed by the mishap. He jumped off and captured shots of one of the blocked trams towing the truck off the tramlines.
An all-night service was still provided. Car 316 was intended to be the last service from Wallsend to Newcastle. It left Newcastle just after 1.30 am on Sunday, November 6, 1949 for Wallsend. There, it would stand until it was time to return at dawn (5.03 am) for Newcastle.
“A small group of enthusiastic passen-gers remained with the tram until dawn on Sunday morning,” says Noel.
He was among them.It was like a funeral wake. The return journey back to Newcastle
was in the early morning light. However, Car 316 would not be the last
Wallsend tram, after all. Car 317 had met the Sydney-bound Glen Innes mail train at Broadmeadow before departing at 5.25 am, and was overtaken by Car 316 at the New Lambton crossover. So Car 317 was the very last tram off the Wallsend line.
On June 10, 1950, the last day the Wara-tah line operated, Noel snapped main-tenance ganger Tom Stoddart oiling the points where the Waratah tram line became a single track at Broadmeadow and Boreas Roads, Hamilton North. Noel wondered at the futility of oiling the points when the line was about to close. He answered his own question.
“I guess he was just doing his job.”Newcastle’s 63-year relationship
with trams ended early on Sunday, June 11, 1950, a long weekend. Car 147, the last tram on the Waratah line, had left Telford Street in the city at 12.36 am filled to capacity. It was followed by a procession of motorists blaring their horns. The tram’s departure from Waratah was celebrated by firing a giant sky rocket, which managed to hit some overhead wires and release a shower of sparks.
Ruth Cotton is a blogger and author of Hidden Hamilton - uncovering stories of Hamilton, NSW. The book is avail-able at Hamilton outlets, or at www.hunterpress.com.au.
Recollections of a golden era of transport
Final send-off for Car 147 at Telford Street, Newcastle after returning from Waratah and before heading to Hamilton Depot, June 11, 1950. Image: Noel Reed
Local author Ruth Cotton details the timeline of Newcastle tram services from 1897 to 1950
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The term ‘gluten-free’ is ubiquitous in today’s modern society.
Dietary gluten (or wheat) is often blamed for causing a variety of unpleasant symp-toms, health problems, and weight gain.
Today many people avoid gluten in the belief that it will improve their health or help them to lose weight.
Health professionals have expressed concern that increasing numbers of people are self-diagnosing gluten allergies and intolerances.
So what are the facts around gluten?
For the majority of the population, gluten has no effect on the body.
For some people (approxi-mately 1% of the Australian population) gluten can be harmful.
Those people suffer from Coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity.
There is no clear evidence to suggest that people are becoming more intolerant of gluten, however much research is being undertaken in this space.
One small, although high-quality, study at Monash University in Melbourne did suggest gluten was capable of causing illness in people who did not have celiac disease but this is yet to be conclu-sively confirmed.
Gluten sensitivity can lead to similar symptoms of Coeliac disease such as stomach cramps, diarrhea, and bloating.
However there is no associ-ated damage to the small intestine.
The only way to find out if you have Coeliac disease or a gluten sensitivity is to get yourself tested by a health professional.
It cannot be self-diagnosed based on symptoms.
Coeliac Awareness Week is held annually between 13 and 20 March and aims to raise awareness of coeliac disease and its symptoms, and promote the message of the importance of getting tested.
Your pharmacist is can assist if you have any ques-tions so contact your local pharmacy, your accessible health destination, for more information.
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Cricket
Merewether issued a reminder to challengers for their NDCA title by completing an em-phatic outright victory against
fourth-placed Stockton Raymond Terrace at Townson Oval on Saturday.
Whilst the majority of damage was done on Day 1, the Lions made quick work of obtaining outright points against a hapless Seagulls batting line up on Saturday.
In taking 7 for 32, speedster Mark Cameron indicated he is top form heading into the finals. Trent Colley made 37 for Stockton which contributed more than half of their second innings total of 70.
Competition leaders University completed their fifth outright victory of the year, this time against third place Hamilton Wickham at Passmore Oval. Having secured first innings points on Day 1, the students were eventually bowled out on Saturday with a 72-run first innings lead.
Batting again, Hamilton Wickham collapsed to be 8 for 53 and only some late order resistance highlighted by 43 from Rhys Hanlon saw them make 140. The
Merewether make a clear statement
Stockton’s Jack McVey avoids a bouncer from Merewether’s Mark Cameron. Photo: www.newcastlephotographics..com.au
PAUL ROBERTSON
Experienced paceman Mark Cameron tears through Stockton Raymond Terrace with seven wickets
target of 69 was reached by University with five wickets down.
The comprehensive defeats of the third and fourth placed teams makes it hard to see how we are heading towards anything but a University v Merewether final in a few weeks.
Fifth-placed Charlestown had to settle for first innings points against Toronto Workers at Ron Hill Oval. Resuming at 3 for 100, Charlestown passed Toronto’s
first innings total of 160 with 5 wickets in hand and declared immediately. A second innings century opening partnership between David McCreadie and Nathan Hudson saw the Kookaburras total of 252. They almost stole outright points having Charlestown 9 for 181 when stumps were drawn.
Wallsend were another eyeing outright points but also fell short by two wickets against Newcastle City at Learmonth Park.
After comfortably taking 1st innings points, the Tigers set City 263 to win. When play ceased, City had reached 8 for 197.
After washouts last week, there were two games played as one day fixtures. In the first Belmont completed a last over win against Cardiff Boolaroo at Cahill Oval.
In the other game wooden spooners Wara-tah Mayfield recorded a morale boosting win against fellow struggler Wests at Harker Oval.
Denis Broad OAM
Stokes and Baus leave it late to claim win in District Pairs
Lawn Bowls
Defending Newcastle District Pairs Champions Jason Stokes and Matthew Baus (Raymond Terrace) have qualified for the 2015 District Pairs Championship Quarter-Finals, with an exciting last-bowl 23/22 victory over their Newcastle representative team mates Warren Ship-ley and Daniel Hill (Beresfield).
Shipley and Hill led 22/20 with two ends to play, Stokes and Baus scored one shot on the penultimate end and two shots on the last end to snatch victory.
They will meet Valentines Ian Nickalls and Brad Menzies in the Quarter-Finals at Nelson Bay Bowling Club next Sunday commencing at 9.15am.
Nickalls and Menzies required an extra end to defeat Geoff Mellare and Robert Koenig (Belmont) 16/15, after the scores were locked 15-all after the regulation 21 ends.
2014 Newcastle Bowler of the Year Lennon Scott and Jamie Minter (Raymond Terrace) were surprisingly defeated 25/14 in the Third Round by Ken Baker and Shannon Gittoes (Nelson Bay).
Baker and Gittoes maintained their good form by defeating Stockton’s
Graham Nash and Tony Baker 26/14 in the Fourth Round. They can expect a tough Quarter-Final encounter against the strong Raymond Terrace duo of Michael Abel and Ian Lean.
In a major upset in the State Senior Pairs Championship Quarter-Finals, NSW representative Michael Beesley and Newcastle representative player Mick Brown (Beresfield) were defeated 20/14 by Chris Elkin and Michael Lewis (Wallsend).
Elkin and Lewis have a Semi-Final showdown with Kerry Foster and Newcastle Selection Committee Chairman Terry Blow (Charlestown) at Mayfield West Bowling Club next Sunday morning. In the second Semi-Final the host clubs Errol Daly and Vince Onslow meet Grant Boyce and Col Byron (Beresfield).
Exciting last-bowl victory over Warren Shipley and Daniel Hill
NEWCASTLE DISTRICT
NETBALL
Charlestown netballers Emma Dumbrill and Kahlia Rocco have been selected in the Indoor NSW ladies open side to com-
pete in the national championships in Sydney in May.
With netball not having as big a profile as mainstream sports, players must fund the week-long trip out of their own pockets.
“Nothing is funded and the entire cost to attend the tournament as well as our travel to Sydney every week for training is taken on by each person selected,” Ms Dumbrill said.
“The cost for Kahlia and I to attend is around $5500, so we are trying to fund-raise.”
Ms Dumbrill and Ms Rocco will host a sport-themed, dress-up fundraiser night at the Exchange Hotel at Hamilton, on Friday, March 27 starting at 7pm as well as an Action Ball competition, a version of fast indoor netball on Friday, April 17 from 6pm at Charlestown Indoor Sports Centre, 314 Hillsborough Rd, Warners Bay.
To book tickets for the fundraiser or to enquire about entering a team in the Action Ball competition, contact Ms Dumbrill on 0424 248 426.
Locals selected to represent NSW at national championships
Emma Dumbrill
Kahlia Rocco
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Wednesday 11 March 2015
Knights coach Rick Stone described Saturday afternoon’s victory over the Warriors at Hunter Stadium as “more will than skill”.
The home side trailed 14-6 at halftime, but a determined second half saw them prevent any further scoring from the visitors to run out 24-14 winners.
“There was plenty of fight and plenty of boys willing to jump the fence and get involved when they needed to,” Stone said.
“We were a little bit untidy in the middle at times and some of our kicks were disappoint-ing in the first half which gave the Warriors easy passage out of their own territory.
“Every two points you get are really valu-able and it’s the most pleasing part of the win,” Stone said.
“We value it as much as any, and particularly at home, it’s important to show that we are su-per keen to defend our castle and engage with the fans and make sure they are going away happy.
“The whole script didn’t go perfectly to plan, but it finished all right at the end.”
“We have a long way to go, but have a team that showed me they are willing to stand up for each other, support each other and really
Successful start as determined Knights overrun Warriors
Knights coach Rick Stone was impressed by his team's determination. Photo: Newcastle Knights
PAUL MONFORTEdefend for each other. Anytime you have that sort of makings in your footy team, you're on a positive vibe.”
The Knights suffered a disruption prior to the match with captain Kurt Gidley ruled out as a precautionary measure after feeling tightness in his hamstrings.
Australian representative Sione Mata’utia re-placed Gidley at fullback.
Mata’utia, along with Dane Gagai, Joey Lei-lua and Akuila Uate emphasised the quality of Newcastle backline strength with each making more than 100 metres in the match.
Gagai, in particular, was outstanding, scoring two tries and shutting down the Warriors at-tacking raids with 15 tackles.
Knights fans were also able to cast their eye over both lower grade teams in action against the Warriors at Hunter Stadium, with the un-der 20’s side recording a convincing 41-16 win and the NSW Cup team losing 26-18.
The Knights head to Townsville this Satur-day to take on the North Queensland Cowboys who were convincingly beaten 28-4 by the Sydney Roosters in their opening match.
The first grade match will kick-off at 9pm NSW time with the under 20’s to get underway at 6.45pm.
The NSW Cup side will play the Newtown Jets at Kurri Kurri Sportsground at 3pm on Sat-urday afternoon.
With the start of the Tooheys Cup Newcastle Rugby League competition fast approaching, several teams took the opportunity to blow out the cobwebs in trial matches last weekend.
Maitland and Wests battled out a 12-all draw at Maitland Sportsground in warm conditions on Saturday with the Pickers looking headed for an improved season after leading the defending premiers into the final ten minutes.
Cessnock and Kurri Kurri also could not be separated with their annual Charity Shield fixture finishing in a 16-all draw at Cessnock Sportsground.
Scores were locked at 6-all at halftime before the Goannas managed to get out to a 16-6 lead before two tries in the fi-nal ten minutes got the Bulldogs back on equal terms.
The Tooheys Cup competition gets un-derway on Saturday, April 11.
Two trial draws
Stubbins aware of need for boost in class as Jets battle hard against glamour side Sydney FC
Jets players conducting a coaching clinic at Barnsley on Saturday. Photo: Newcastle Jets
PAUL MONFORTE
SOCCER
Jets coach Phil Stubbins has assured fans there are better times ahead after a de-termined effort in the 1-0 loss to Sydney FC at Hunter Stadium last Friday.
“We recognize we need to get a team and squad that’s got some parity and can match that team [Sydney FC] over the course of 27 games in the A-League,” Stubbins said.
“We fell short this year, we’ve had some changes but I think this time next year it will be a different story for the Newcastle Jets.”
“Our players deserve credit for having a go in the game and in the right way.”
As has been the case for much of the season, the Jets created enough opportunities to win the match but lacked the class to upset the glamour side.
After Jets defender Lee Ki-Je gave away pos-session inside his own half, Sydney’s Marc Jen-ko went on to score his 13th goal for the season and leave Newcastle to fight from behind.
While many commentators felt Sydney’s performance was flat, credit must be given to the less-experienced Jets for shutting down a team which had scored feel in recent weeks.
The Jets head south this weekend for the clash against Melbourne City at AAMI Park on Saturday evening with kick-off at 7.30pm.
Melbourne City missed an opportunity to
move into the top six when they were defeat-ed 1-0 by the Central Coast on Sunday.
The Mariners recorded just their fourth win of the season and came just two days after coach Phil Moss was sacked on Friday with Tony Walmsley taking over.
The Jets’ next home game will be on Sunday, March 29 at 5pm against Adelaide United.
A-League ladder: Perth Glory 37 pts (+8 goal difference), Wellington Phoenix 36 pts (+14), Sydney FC 35 pts (+10), *Melbourne Victory 34 pts (+15), Adelaide United 33 pts (+11), *Brisbane Roar 25 pts (0), *Melbourne City 24 pts (-5), Cen-tral Coast Mariners 19 pts (-15), Newcastle Jets 11 pts (-25), *Western Sydney Wanderers 8 pts (-13). * one game in hand. * two games in hand.
Photo: Trish Evenden