The first vehicles have hit the $2.24 billion M1 extension at Raymond Terrace, 18 months ahead of schedule.
Newcastle was not short of heroes in its sudden-death finals win over South Sydney, but no player stood taller than 21-year-old backrower and play-off debutant Jermaine McEwen.
A NSW inquiry into missing persons has heard from the family of a 31-year-old woman who went missing from Bathurst 25 years ago.
NSW needs to dramatically increase the amount of renewables projects it commissions in order to meet its legislated 2030 targets.
Mark Distefano, 25, is sentenced to 12 months in jail for his role in a riot in Newcastle earlier this year.
A jury hears two Scone footballers believed they "could be on" for group sex on the night they allegedly raped a woman.
The media personality and musician has been found not guilty of assaulting and sexually touching two women at a Newcastle house party.
