Keely Johnson

When Newcastle's Belair Public School introduced a new uniform, it didn't want the old ones to end up in landfill. A plan was hatched to recycle them, and also help a remote Fijian community, cyclonic conditions and all.

Rebecca Macdonald clearly remembers the culture shock of moving from the Philippines to Australia in the 1980s.

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The Filipino-Australian Society of the Hunter Valley Inc. celebrate Philippines Independence Day.

Environmental activist group Blockade Australia has staged more than a dozen protests on the Hunter rail line since Tuesday.

As the cost-of-living crisis deepens across Australia, more and more people are looking for ways to save money.

Locals at Catherine Hill Bay have salvaged parts of a century-old timber mining jetty. Now they want to see it used in a Stonehenge-like sculpture for the town.

A 16-year-old boy has died in a house fire in the NSW Hunter Valley overnight. More than 30 firefighters were called to the home at Cessnock.

Like many other Australians, you probably have spent the past week tuned into the Olympics, watching Aussie swimmers dominate in the pool.

Members of the Australian CrossFit community say they are reeling following the death of a competitor during an event at the CrossFit Games in the United States, with athletes starting to question the safety of the competition.