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    02 July 2017

    Council to invest in Newcastle's arts and cultural organisations

    Newcastle City Council has launched a new program designed to support growth and vitality of our local arts and cultural sector through programming partnerships.
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    30 June 2017

    Finalists announced for Newcastle Art Gallery's KILGOUR PRIZE 2017

    Newcastle Art Gallery has announced the finalists for the KILGOUR PRIZE 2017, the Gallery's prestigious annual award for figurative and portrait painting. 
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    29 June 2017

    100 years of Hunter Street on show at City Library

    A new exhibition showcasing Hunter Street's first hundred years is now showing at Newcastle Region Library's Local History Lounge.

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    28 June 2017

    Double celebration for NAIDOC Week

    Newcastle's Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities will come together for a family fun day on Monday 3 July as part of NAIDOC Week 2017 before Newcastle City Council hosts an event at Newcastle Museum the following day.

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    28 June 2017

    New adventure playground for Blackbutt

    A new adventure playground for Blackbutt Reserve got the green light and the cost of running school cross-country races on its bushland tracks was slashed in a new budget approved by Newcastle City Council on Tuesday night. 
     
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    28 June 2017

    2017/18 budget approved by Council

    Newcastle City Council will continue the city's infrastructure renewal and revitalisation under a sustainable new budget adopted at last night's ordinary general meeting.
     
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    27 June 2017

    Council update 27 June

    Following is a summary of the Ordinary Council meeting of Tuesday 27 June 2017. Note: It is not a record of resolutions. 
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    26 June 2017

    "Game changing" recreational hub for Stockton

    A region-first urban skate plaza and playground with flying foxes and water features will breathe new life into Stockton and help promote both sides of Newcastle Harbour.
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    23 June 2017

    City extends warm welcome to Cold Chisel stars

    Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes has hailed Cold Chisel's enduring bond with Newcastle after the band's return to their "second home" was confirmed as part of November's inaugural Coates Hire Newcastle 500.

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    21 June 2017

    Popping the cork on City Administration Centre's 40th birthday

    It is known colloquially as the Wedding Cake, the Roundhouse, the Champagne Cork and the Shuttlecock, but no matter how it is described, Newcastle City Council's City Administration Centre has become an icon of the CBD skyline.