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Council update: Tuesday 27 November 2018
Following is a summary of the Ordinary Council meeting for Tuesday 27 November 2018. NB: it is not a full record of resolutions. -
Supercars action begins
The second instalment of the Newcastle 500, the city's biggest event, has begun with the SuperUtes first on track this morning.
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Best dressed Newcastle 500 business named
The honour of the best-dressed business in support of the city's second Newcastle 500 has gone to The Good Property Company in Hunter Street.
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Gallery lands $40,000 for major exhibition of Japanese ceramics
Newcastle Art Gallery has received a $40,000 grant to support a 2019 major exhibition of its extensive collection of Japanese Sodeisha ceramics. -
City adopts paid family and domestic violence leave
City of Newcastle today marked adoption of paid family and domestic violence leave as a part of its newly ratified enterprise agreement.
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First of six fitness parks built on Fernleigh Track
One of Newcastle's best-known exercise routes, the Fernleigh Track, is now giving outdoor enthusiasts another way to keep fit thanks to a new workout station built just north of the City Road tunnel at Adamstown Heights.
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Love where you live? Tell us why and win!
The City invites locals and visitors to share their love of Newcastle for a chance to win a framed illustration of the dearly departed Queens Wharf Tower.
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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.
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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.
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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.