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Olsen Ormandy's creative force hits Newcastle Art Gallery

OLSEN ORMANDY: a creative force, a new exhibition from artists Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy, opens at Newcastle Art Gallery with a street party celebration this Friday night.
 

Building begins on City's solar farm

Construction on the region's biggest solar farm has begun after Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes turned the first sod today on a disused landfill site at the Summerhill Waste Management Centre facility.
 

The future of Newcastle's transport set to arrive in 2019

A driverless vehicle will for the first time ever operate on local public roads in 2019 as City of Newcastle seeks proposals from qualified operators to trial an autonomous public transport vehicle that can operate safely in traffic.
 

Eternal Flame to be unveiled Sunday

Novocastrians are invited to the unveiling of the City's first Eternal Flame at Civic Park this Sunday in celebration of the centenary of Armistice Day.
 

Park and Ride celebrates first birthday

The City of Newcastle's popular Park and Ride service turns one today after taking 20,000 cars off inner-city streets since it was first introduced in November 2017.
 

Supercars documentation made public

City of Newcastle welcomed a decision by the Appeal Panel of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal to withhold financial details relating to the Newcastle 500 that were subject to a commercial-in-confidence agreement with Supercars and Destination NSW.

Dress up your business for Newcastle 500

The 2018 Newcastle 500 is just around the next turn - and City of Newcastle is calling on businesses to dress up and rev up to welcome Supercars fans into the city.
 

Clear library fines while supporting needy

Newcastle Region Library members can clear more than $70,000 in unpaid library overdue fines while supporting people in need across Newcastle this Christmas.

Free flood alerts now available across city

Novocastrians living and working in suburbs from Wallsend to Merewether can now sign up to receive free flood warnings that could potentially save lives.
 

Gallery has 500,000 reasons to celebrate

Newcastle Art Gallery has added 49 works of art with a combined value of more than $500,000 to its collection, thanks to the generosity of private donors and a challenge from Sydney-based philanthropists James and Jacqui Erskine.