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We need your feedback on plans for this much-loved park
View the plan and have your say by Wednesday 6 October 2021.
Find out more about our NewSkills program
We're funding training programs to support local jobs and help businesses grow.
As one of Newcastle's most popular open green spaces, Blackbutt Reserve has remained a haven for locals looking for COVID safe exercise options during lockdown.
Many of City of Newcastle's publicly facing facilities will be closed to the public from today in line with the seven-day lockdown announced by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian for areas of the Hunter, including the Newcastle local government area.
City of Newcastle will soon go to tender to remediate a former landfill site at Shortland where much of the debris from the Newcastle earthquake was buried.
With the city in lockdown, City of Newcastle has handed over its unused commercial kitchen facilities to help charities prepare healthy meals for families struggling to get by.
The Future Innovators Summit (FIS) will be held in Australia for the first time in December 2021, following City of Newcastle’s investment in the art/science event.
Newcastle’s network of active transport options continues to grow, with City of Newcastle finalising work on the Hunter Street Trial Cycleway project.
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