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City steps up to fund Park and Ride
City of Newcastle will fund the operation of Park and Ride for at least another month after Transport for NSW (TfNSW) failed to commit to the highly popular service beyond March.
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Statement on Business Improvement Associations
Business Improvement Association (BIA) Newcastle Now has been issued a ‘please explain’ over a $1.1 million discrepancy relating to employee expenses. This follows a review of financial figures provided by Newcastle Now as part of a City of Newcastle review of BIAs and their operations
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Council update: Tuesday 26 March 2019
Following is a summary of the Ordinary Council meeting for Tuesday 26 March 2019. NB: It is not a full record of resolutions.
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State Government decision looming for Park and Ride
Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has informed City of Newcastle it will make a decision Friday on the continuation of the successful park and ride commuter bus service into the city.
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Progress on City admin buildings
City of Newcastle has completed the sale of its Roundhouse building to Crystalbrook Collection for 22 per cent above a valuation undertaken in July last year and will offer the Fred Ash Building for sale or lease later this year to capitalise on its location next to the city’s first five-star hotel.
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City invites public to museum Valuation Day
Novocastrians with family heirlooms or trinkets dating back generations can find out if they’re sitting on a million-dollar fortune at Newcastle Museum this Saturday.
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Parking discounts driving-up app’s use
Record numbers of drivers are using the City’s EasyPark mobile phone app to take advantage of 25 per cent discounts on hourly rates.
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Local flora exhibition blossoms from partnership
A cross-pollination of science, environment, education and art has spawned a vivid depiction of Newcastle’s diverse flora, now on exhibition at Newcastle Museum.
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Underworld mugshots on display at Museum
Haunting mugshots of Sydney’s bosses, plotters, bruisers and petty criminals of the 1920s – some with felonious links to Newcastle and the Hunter - will be on display at Newcastle Museum from Friday.
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City launches Sailing regatta
City of Newcastle has welcomed the return of the spectacular Sailfest Newcastle Regatta.