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Local News
Wollombi Planning
Date: Thu 11-Mar-10
Author: Peter Firminger
Cessnock 2020 Community Plan Workshop
Sydney Balalaika Orchestra
Arts, Crafts and Produce Competition and Exhibition
Clause 10 (CLEP 1989) issue in the Draft LEP
LEP Working Party meeting
Community Planning
Meeting March 10, 2010 - Wollombi Valley Working Party (draft LEP)
Date: Wed 10-Mar-10
Author: Frederic Aubineau
Response from Frederic Aubineau after the first Wollombi Valley Working Party (draft LEP)
Cricket at Laguna
Date: Wed 10-Mar-10
Author: Wojt Kowaluk
This correspondent has been somewhat lax in reporting the progress of our own cricket team to date, so here's the season in a nutshell.
16 games won
2 games lost
2 games washed out
Cessnock Council not interested in amalgamation
Date: Wed 10-Mar-10
Author: The Advertiser
Cessnock City Council wants no part of any proposed council that would amalgamate it with Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland and Port Stephens.
Review Paper - Clause 10
Date: Mon 08-Mar-10
Author: Paul Flemming
Review paper on Clause 10 and correspondence on the Wollombi Valley Working Party (Draft LEP) from Paul Flemming
Addition of Clause 10 to the new LEP
Date: Mon 08-Mar-10
Author: Paul and Priscilla Flemming
Paul and Priscilla Flemming to Bo Moshage on 25 February, the day after the presentation to Council by WVAC
The Coming Week
Date: Sun 07-Mar-10
Author: Peter Firminger
Cessnock Regional Art Gallery - Hadyn Wilson and Penny Walton
Council LEP Presentations
Catchment News - Issue 27 - March 2010
Date: Sat 06-Mar-10
Author: CMA
The newsletter of the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority (CMA) for March 2010
Kurri Animal Shelter to have longer operating hours
Date: Thu 04-Mar-10
Author: Cessnock Kurri Greens
Cessnock Greens Councillor Chris Parker successfully moved that the operating hours of the Kurri Animal Shelter are to be increased to five hours per day.
Aircraft Noise Now A Problem in Cessnock
Date: Thu 04-Mar-10
Author: Cessnock Kurri Greens
Problems with aircraft noise over Nulkaba are a direct result of a poor decision by a majority of Cessnock Councillors to allow parachute drops in a nearby winery.
BooBook Declaration Action
Date: Wed 03-Mar-10
Author: Meg Switzer
More than 60 groups have already signed the Boobook Declaration marking the International Year of Biodiversity.
Cessnock District Cricket report - 27 February 2010
Date: Wed 03-Mar-10
Author: Mark Bercini (The Advertiser)
4th Grade: Paxton (Laguna) 7/153 (E. Smith 38no, Craig Howe 37, J. Minchen 2-32 off 10, S. Wilkinson 2-16 off 6) defeated Greta/Branxton 57 (A. Partridge 19, K. Wilkinson 13, S. Sullivan 4-18 off 8.3, T. Williams 4-15 off 4, J. Bailey 2-21 off 5)
AGL to drill eight new core holes exploring for gas at Broke and Bulga
Date: Tue 02-Mar-10
Author: Singleton Argus
AGL will undertake further coal seam exploration in the Broke and Bulga areas despite constant objection by the local community of any coal seam exploration in their village.
Hunter development calls in receivers
Date: Tue 02-Mar-10
Author: Matthew Moore (SMH)
RECEIVERS have moved in to take control of the Hunter Economic Zone, which the state government once predicted would be the biggest employment lands development in the state, providing more than 10,000 jobs and attracting $2 billion in investment.
White Elephant Industrial Zone should become a National Park
Date: Tue 02-Mar-10
Author: Cessnock Kurri Greens
Cessnock Greens Councillor James Ryan is calling on the NSW Government the convert the Hunter Employment Zone into National Park after its parent company, HEZ P/L, was placed in receivership.
Foggy Mountain Jam 2010
Date: Sun 28-Feb-10
Author: Peter Firminger
Photos from Foggy Mountain Jam 2010
WVAC Aboriginal Arts & Culture sub-committee LEP Presentation
Date: Fri 26-Feb-10
Author: Claude Aliotti
The Aboriginal Arts & Culture sub committee of the WVAC lodged a submission with Cessnock Council supporting Heritage conservation of sites in Wollombi - Feb 24 2010
From the Mayors Desk - 26 February 2010
Date: Fri 26-Feb-10
Author: Alison Davey
More than 100 people attended what was an extraordinarily interesting and lively debate at the Performing Arts Centre last week. My thanks to our outstanding public speakers who took the topic, "We should let the future of Cessnock look after itself" and mounted very persuading arguments for and against.
Council moves to protect wine region
Date: Wed 24-Feb-10
Author: ABC News
Cessnock council is developing a long-term strategy to protect wine growing areas in response to concerns about an increased number of housing developments.
Cessnock District Cricket report - 20 February 2010
Date: Wed 24-Feb-10
Author: Mark Bercini (The Advertiser)
4th Grade: Paxton (Laguna) 4/114 (D. Jackson 52, W. Kowaluk 15, D. Burgess 13no) defeated Greta/Branxton 112 (K. Wilkinson 47, S. Wilkinson 39, D. Jackson 5-9 off 8, A. Taylor 3-20 off 6, J. Bailey 2-26 off 7).
News from 
National show a wheelie good idea
Thu 11-Mar-10 00:00
A MAJOR motorsport event could help Cessnock turn top gear into top dollar. The Herald can reveal that an application to bring an alcohol-free car event to Cessnock will be ...
Dogs removed from puppy farm
Wed 10-Mar-10 23:34
PUPPY farm owners Les and Melinda Paxton have complied with an order limiting them to owning just five dogs.
Disaster Claims Rise For Insurers
Wed 10-Mar-10 08:11
Slowly the size of the bills for Victoria's storms and Queensland's floods, are taking shape.So far over 22,000 claims have been received for the two disasters, but it is early ...
NI Under 16 girls break their duck
Wed 10-Mar-10 03:00
NORTHERN Inland’s 16s girls’ State Youth League football side opened its account on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over the Hunter Valley at Weston.
ACCC issues draft decision on Hunter Valley Rail
Wed 10-Mar-10 02:16
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft decision not to accept the proposed access arrangements lodged by the Australian Rail Track Corporation for the Hunter Valley rail...
ACCC rejects ARTC's Hunter Valley rail access proposal
Tue 09-Mar-10 12:16
Regulator says proposed arrangements likely to breach Trade Practices Act. 9 Mar 2010 1:16 PM
Snake bites handler, python on loo
Tue 09-Mar-10 09:44
A SNAKE handler has been airlifted to hospital after getting bitten in the Hunter Valley - while another man found this 2.7m whopper inside his toilet bowl.
ACCC issues draft decision on Hunter Valley rail network
Tue 09-Mar-10 09:29
The ACCC has issued a draft decision not to accept the proposed access arrangements lodged by the...
Push to extend train service between Maitland and Singleton
Tue 09-Mar-10 03:00
LOWER and Central Hunter residents could benefit from extra trains between Maitland and Singleton, councillors were told.
Hunter boasts world's best Semillon
Mon 08-Mar-10 13:52
AS Australia's oldest wine-growing region, the Hunter Valley blends tradition and history with innovation and forward-thinking.
Cessnock jail's expansion approved
Sat 06-Mar-10 03:00
CESSNOCK jail's expansion has been formally approved by the State Government, with work to begin on March 22. Planning Minister Tony Kelly has revealed detailed plans for the $93 million ...
190 New jobs for Cessnock
Fri 05-Mar-10 00:38
Around 190 new jobs will be created now approval has been given for a new $93 million 250-bed maximum security facility at Cessnock Correctional Centre at Nulkaba.
VCAT rules to shut down puppy farm
Thu 04-Mar-10 23:10
A BEREMBOKE puppy farm was effectively shut down yesterday. Operators Les and Melinda Paxton sat silently during the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing yesterday in Melbourne.
Unusual plume on Jerrys Plains
Thu 04-Mar-10 03:00
A MASSIVE plume of orange dust sent skywards after blasting at the Hunter Valley Operations open-cut coalmine near Jerrys Plains is being investigated by authorities.
Region. High-quality infrastructure needed
Tue 02-Mar-10 09:20
''Norwest Business Park and Sydney Olympic Park show investors will move when there's high-quality infrastructure in place,” said Professor Phillip O’Neill, director, of the Parramatta-based UWS Urban...
Cessnock school evacuated after gas leak
Mon 01-Mar-10 18:14
A primary school in NSW's Hunter region was evacuated after a nearby gas leak.
Hunter council considers land sale to ease a drain pain
Mon 01-Mar-10 03:00
CESSNOCK City Council may sell land at Greta North to help finance projects delayed by a $500,000 drainage development at Whitburn Estate.
$10m boost for vineyards as Whitney Houston, Tom Jones head for wine region
Sat 27-Feb-10 03:00
THE Hunter Valley is gearing up for one of its biggest concert weekends, expected to inject more than $10 million directly into the wine country region. New data has confirmed ...
A submarine-led recovery for the Hunter Valley?
Fri 26-Feb-10 08:25
The NSW government's plan to develop Newcastle Port as a defence industry hub is an attempt to shore up Labor votes.
Camels face of a colourful show at Cessnock Show
Fri 26-Feb-10 03:00
THE classic modes of transport usually featured at Cessnock Show have not been known to spit. This year's might.
Puppy farm - shut it down?
Thu 25-Feb-10 14:37
PLAYING NOW: Neil Mitchell speaks to Debra Tranter, Investigator for Animal Liberation Victoria, and Robert Debrinski, CEO of Moorabool Shire. REPORT (Megan Levy): Animal activists are fighting to shu...
Stewards let Ruggari drive in Newcastle Interdom heat
Thu 25-Feb-10 03:00
LEADING Hunter Valley harness racing trainer-driver Adam Ruggari has been cleared to drive Genuwine in the second round of Interdominion heats in Newcastle on Saturday night despite being the subject
Puppy farm 'shocking', say activists
Wed 24-Feb-10 23:24
MORE than 40 puppies were found housed in squalid conditions when animal activists raided a Moorabool puppy farm this week, according to the activists. Animal Liberation Victoria secretly visited the ...
Council moves to protect wine region
Wed 24-Feb-10 08:39
Cessnock council is developing a long-term strategy to protect wine growing areas in response to concerns about an increased number of housing developments.