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Hunter Valley Local News Friday 20th April 2018 - NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has been slammed by the Opposition and by the Nature Conservation Council for saying that the government should...

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has been slammed by the Opposition and by the Nature Conservation Council for saying that the government should forcibly acquire AGL's Liddell coal-fired power station...

There are reports this afternoon that New England MP Barnaby Joyce's partner has given birth to their son. Various media outlets are reporting the story with The Australian newspaper saying that...

Dust plume in the Hunter Valley last Friday morning. Hunter Valley vignerons say they're furious after seeing a huge cloud of orange dust over nearby farmland from a mine blast at...

Tracey Alder from Buy A Bail, Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen, Tony Israel from Glencore, Maurice Collison and local farmers. A little bit of hope was delivered to struggling farmers in...

Hunter Valley Local News Thursday 18th April 2018 - Local farmers gathered at a property in Woolooma this morning to take their share of a donated truck of hay from Rural Aid's...

Police are asking the public for assistance to find a man who has gone missing from Maitland.  42-year-old Luciano Dos Santos Pedroso went missing from Dunns Creek, north of Maitland at...

Hunter Valley Local News Wednesday 18th April 2018 - A community meeting was held last night by Muswellbrook Shire Council about the possibility of a wind farm being built at McCullys Gap - 2,000...

The community of McCullys Gap got together last night for a meeting regarding the proposed wind farm for the area. Muswellbrook Shire Council was behind the meeting which was held to...

Upper Hunter Shire Council says they have met with Australia Pacific Coal regarding the possibility of an open cut mine at the existing Dartbrook Mine. Australia Pacific Coal has completed a...