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Local professional surfer the face of a new COVIDSafe summer campaign
Local surf star Philippa Anderson has joined with City of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie City Council to promote COVID safety at local beaches and baths this summer.
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Newcastle Libraries launch Your Summer Stories
With the summer holiday period fast approaching, Newcastle Libraries has your holiday reading material sorted, with an exhilarating summer reads program, offering something for everyone from podcasts, events and conversations.
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Tender awarded for Newcastle Ocean Baths pool upgrade
Concept designs for Stage 1 of the Newcastle Ocean Baths upgrade will soon get underway, with GHD named as the principal design consultant.
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Signage collaboration all about keeping our kids safe
Once again, City of Newcastle has teamed up with Little Blue Dinosaur to promote safety and reduce child pedestrian injuries and fatalities across the city.
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Choose your own journey through innovative new exhibition at Newcastle Museum
Visitors will be able to explore multiple truths in Newcastle Museum’s latest exhibition, 1X4, which turns the traditional museum experience on its head.
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Development applications move online from 1 January
From 1 January 2021, all development applications within City of Newcastle and many local government areas across New South Wales, must be lodged via the NSW Planning Portal.
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City and University of Newcastle align in solidarity
Cementing a long-standing partnership, City of Newcastle has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Newcastle, outlining their shared commitment to providing leadership and solidarity for the city on issues of regional significance and impact.
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City’s waste needs met for the next decade thanks to $24 million project
With Newcastle to grow to around 187,000 residents by 2030, City of Newcastle has invested $24 million into the construction of a new landfill site at Summerhill Waste Management Centre.
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Civic Theatre set to come alive with new season
A lively mix of theatre, dance, music and comedy will see the Civic Theatre shrug off its disrupted 2020 season with a vibrant new schedule of shows for the year ahead.
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High Commissioner honoured with a Key to the City
The City of Newcastle realised a former Novocastrian’s long-held ambition to become an ambassador for the city today, awarding a Key to the City to Her Excellency the Honourable Patricia Forsythe AM, in recognition of her lifelong service to democracy, diplomacy and business.