March 2024

The University of Newcastle’s Associate Professor Amy Maguire and Professor Craig Wheeler have been awarded prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Mid-Career Industry Fellowships. More than $2.2m combined will fund their respective projects to support national human rights law reform; and to halve the energy used to convey Australia’s most valuable export commodities.

A new International Student Ambassador initiative launched today in Newcastle aims to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging for all international students living and studying in the Hunter.

More than 200 industry, government officials, researchers, start-ups and university staff came together yesterday to celebrate the achievements of the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) program.

Public trust and confidence in NSW Police has been sorely tested in the past two weeks. The charging of a police officer with the murders of a Sydney gay couple, Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, has seen shock turn to grief and then anger.

Despite a 26-year tradition of officers marching at Mardi Gras, the Paddington alleged murders have brought growing discontent with the force to a head

There's been a breakthrough in the investigation of the alleged murders of Sydney couple Luke Davies and Jesse Baird. Police have recovered two bodies from a property in rural New South Wales. Meanwhile, debate continues over whether NSW Police should be allowed to march in Mardi Gras.

Qtopia Sydney has transformed a former police station in Darlinghurst for the world’s largest centre for Queer history and culture.

Progressive changes to the child protection system are taking place, driven in the Hunter by parents andleading academics.

More time, money and effort must be made to keep children at home, or in appropriate forms of foster care if they must be removed from their families, with a focus on restoration, says leading Hunter academic, Nicola Ross.