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T he truncation of the heavy rail line into Newcastle once again dominated discussion as the Upper House inquiry into planning in the Hunter continued

on Friday.Greens MP and deputy chair of the commit-

tee overseeing the inquiry, David Shoebridge delivered a scathing review of the cost-benefit analysis of the project, questioning why the 2009 study commissioned by the Hunter Develop-ment Corporation found that the University of Newcastle’s city campus development was contingent upon the rail line being cut when evidence suggested this was not the case.

Raising the issue with past president of the Hunter Business Chamber, Richard Anicich, Mr Shoebridge insisted that the business case for cutting the rail line was “fundamentally flawed”.

Mr Anicich stood by the finding of the report. “I don’t think it is wrong,” he maintained. “Regardless of what the 2009 report said, the

fact is, here in 2014 that commitment has been made [by the university], that spend is happen-ing and it should be taken into account in the economic analysis.”

The University of Newcastle’s city campus development itself also came under scrutiny early in the day, with some on the panel ques-tioning the decision to provide just five on-site parking spaces.

Greens MP, David Shoebridge hits out at rail truncation cost-benefit analysis

Greens MP, David Shoebridge says 2009 report supporting truncation of the rail line into Newcastle is “fundamentally flawed”

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Director of infrastructure and facility services at the university, Allan Tracey said the university was relying on carpooling and park and ride initiatives to decrease the number of students and staff driving to the new city campus.

He said there would be a total of 366 dedicated off-site car spaces for commuters as well as more than 200 bicycle spaces on-site.

University of Newcastle, chief operating officer, Nat McGregor also addressed the panel.

He said he did not believe the university’s city campus development had ever been contingent on the rail line being cut.

A final hearing was held in Sydney at Parliament House on Monday, where representatives from the Department of Planning and Environment, UrbanGrowth NSW and the Property Council of Australia gave evidence.

A final report on the findings of the inquiry will be submitted to Parliament in March.

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Searching for answers out of these senseless attacks

Two incidents last week really make you lose faith in humanity.

Firstly, in our local area - the attack on the bus driver at Raymond Terrace after two passengers had been asked to get off after swearing and drinking alcohol.

The driver was punched and stomped on by one of the passengers.

It took a lot of guts for the driver to stand up for the safety and comfort of other customers, given that he probably knew what sort of response he was going to get.

He was simply doing his job and cops a beating for it.

The other hero was another passenger who came to the driver’s assistance as the blows were raining down on him.

That takes real courage - you just wouldn’t know what was going to happen to you as you stepped in to help.

The attacker could easily have turned his atten-tion to the Good Samaritan and badly injured him.

The assailant is actually quite fortunate to be alive after raising a carving knife to a police officer when confronted.

As we’ve seen from other cases recently, police will fire their guns in their safety is endangered.

Thankfully, the situation ended with the driver not being too badly injured.

A bizarre postscript to the incident was the attacker masturbating in front of a female in the police station cells.

The magistrate in the attacker’s subsequent court appearance said that behaviour suggested methamphetamine use.

Apparently, this ‘gentleman’ can’t remember commit these offences because he was drunk. He admits that he did do it - another passenger filmed the incident and it clearly identifies him.

I’ve written before that I just can’t understand the lack of self-control some people have when out in public.

Yes, I realise that alcohol and possibly drugs were a factor in this case, but these cannot be used as excuses when your actions affect other people.

The other incident was the disgraceful attack on the 86-year-old man in Sydney after he had withdrawn money from an ATM.

Where do you start in trying to make sense of this one?

Many of you would have seen the video footage of this disgraceful attack.

The victim is lucky to be alive and the attackers are very lucky not to be facing a murder charge. The fact that one of the females arrested is a nurse, really shocked me.

Hopefully, she is not employed in that profes-sion much longer.

Simply doing his job and cops a beating

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T he Newcastle Mosque was the target of a heinous attack last week when a pig’s head was thrown into the mosque’s courtyard.

Police were called to the mosque in Metcalfe Street, Wallsend on Wednesday, after a worshipper discovered the decom-posing head in a garden.

Newcastle Muslim Association spokes-person, Diana Rah said she was shocked by the incident.

“There is a misconception that if you throw a pigs head or body into a mosque it desecrates the site in some way and it can no longer be used for worship,” she said.

“That just isn’t true - but it’s very disap-pointing behaviour.”

The incident came just a week after an unprovoked attack on a 47-year-old Bang-ladeshi PhD researcher, Dr Iqbal Bair, who was punched and racially taunted as a left the mosque after evening prayer.

Both incidents were captured on CCTV footage, which has been handed over to the police.

Ms Rah said while having the mosque targeted twice in a week had left some members of the Islamic community fear-ful, they had also been heartened by the

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Newcastle Muslim Association spokesperson, Diana Rah outside the Newcastle Mosque at Wallsend

support shown to them by non-Muslims. “We had somebody leave flowers on the

steps of the mosque last week and we’ve had letters and emails of support from all corners of Newcastle,” Ms Rah said.

“It is only a very small minority of people who cause us problems.”

Civic leaders were quick to condemn the attacks.

In one of her first acts as lord mayor,

AMELIA PARROTT @amelia_parrott Councillor Nuatali Nelmes strongly denounced the attacks and called for unity.

“We want a thriving and welcoming community where diversity is embraced and where people can live without fear of violence based on their religion, colour, race, gender or age,” she said in a state-ment.

Wallsend MP, Sonia Hornery said she would be working with police to ensure these incidents did not continue.

“There have been very few incidents at the mosque since it opened its doors more than 20 years ago,” she said.

“But this is the second attack on the mosque within seven days and I will be seeking more information from local police to see what can be done to ensure that this stops.”

Newcastle Local Area commander, Superintendent John Gralton said police were taking both matters seriously and investigating all motives including any “bias motivation”.

“This type of incident does not belong anywhere in Newcastle or NSW,” he said.

“The command will use all resources to bring those responsible to justice.”

Anyone with any information about the incidents is urged to contact Crime Stop-pers on 1800 333 000.

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M uch-loved ABC Newcastle Afternoons presenter, Carol Duncan may be one of 400 ABC employees to lose their

jobs nationally, in the wake of Govern-ment budget cuts announced last week.

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed last week that $254 million would be slashed from the ABC’s budget over the next five years, while SBS’s funding will be reduced by $25.2 million.

Mr Turnbull said modernising backend operations would allow the Government to save money without reducing the quantity or quality of what Australians view and listen to on the ABC and SBS.

“With the right reforms and leadership the ABS and the SBS will emerge from this process much stronger organisa-tions, capable of generating even better value from the money Australians invest in their operation,” he said.

“If the management of the ABC think they cannot find a five per cent saving through efficiencies, they are selling themselves short and letting down the people of whose resources and trust they are the custodians.”

Reports than nine 1233 Newcastle staff will lose jobs as part of funding reductions

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ABC Newcastle presenter, Carol Duncan interviews Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull Photo: Supplied

More than 100 loyal viewers, readers and listeners of the ABC and SBS gathered in Civic Park in Newcastle last Wednesday to rally against the cuts.

Speaking at the rally, ABC Newcastle presenter, Paul Bevan said with the media landscape in decline locally, public funding was needed more than ever.

“Each week we look at our colleagues

and friends in the other media in this area, particularly, these days, at the Newcastle Herald, where almost every week there is another meeting discussing layoffs and making their opportunities of telling our local stories even smaller,” he said.

“At a time like this, it’s incredibly impor-tant that public funding is used in order

to make sure that this sort of thing can continue.”

ABC’s managing director announced on Monday that the broadcaster would be reducing its workforce by 10 per cent in order to absorb the budget cuts.

State editions of 7:30 on Friday nights will be scrapped, as well as Radio Nation-al’s Bush Telegraph program.

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T he State Government will take a business as usual approach to managing air pollution in the Hunter region, after a

10,000-signature petition calling for coal wagons to be washed and covered failed to gain traction in Parliament last week.

Speaking to the petition she presented to Parliament earlier this month, Wallsend MP and Shadow Minister for the Hunter, Sonia Hornery said the Government needed to take the necessary steps to protect the health of Hunter residents.

“John Mackenzie from the Hunter Community Environment Centre said, ‘this is a serious public health issue,’.

“’Uncovered coal trains expose the community to elevated levels of particle pollution and cause a range of cardiovascu-lar and respiratory health problems,’.

“Members should keep this in mind because more than 30,000 people live within 500 metres of the coal corridor between Rutherford and the Port of Newcastle and 25,000 children attend school within that space.”

Cessnock MP, Clayton Barr said he was particularly concerned about the increas-ing levels of coal dust falling from the

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More than 10,000 Hunter residents have called for coal wagons to be washed and covered

bottom of trains. “A simple and relatively cheap solution might be to wash down the coal wagons by running them through some sort of wash or spray machine after

they have been emptied at the port so that there is no residual coal dust on the return journey up the valley,” he said.

“If a passenger train running along the

AMELIA PARROTT @amelia_parrott tracks stirs up coal dust, if a wheat train running along the track stirs up coal dust and if an empty train running along the tracks stirs up coal dust, then the evidence suggests that the coal dust is in the tracks.

“We probably need to do something about that.”

Minister for Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts, said the Government would continue to invest in evidence-based air quality monitoring and control.

“We will not take shortcuts that may prove to be costly and ineffective,” he said.

“We will continue to use a process of evidence-based gathering, analysis, option development, including cost-benefit analysis and consultation with all our stakeholders.”

Mr Roberts pointed to the current Upper House inquiry into the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), its funding of air quality projects in the Hunter Valley and initiatives like the Interagency Task-force on Air Quality and the Newcastle Community Consultative Committee on the Environment as evidence of the Government’s commitment to protect-ing the health of communities along the freight line.

The findings of the inquiry into the performance of the NSW EPA are due to be presented in February.

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H aving captured the attention of art-lovers across the world, Patricia Piccinini’s controver-sial Skywhale will sail into Civic

Park this Friday to mark the launch of the acclaimed artist’s Like Us exhibition at the Newcastle Art Gallery.

Commissioned for Canberra’s centenary celebrations in 2013, the hot air balloon has divided public opinion since its debut for its surrealism and irreverence.

The 34-metre long and 23-metre high work will be the centrepiece of the launch-event happening in outside the gallery on Friday from 5:30pm.

Civic Park will be transformed into a chil-dren’s playground with plenty and arts and craft activities, while Laman Street will feature food, wine and live music.

Like Us will include sculptures, paintings, drawings and video works by Piccinini.

Many of the works feature life-like imag-inary beings, which prompt the viewer to consider the connection between all life forms.

Newcastle City Council’s cultural direc-tor, Liz Burcham said Piccinini’s work combined science with imagination.

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“She doesn’t try to tell people what to think, instead she offers them a space to reflect for themselves or just to wonder.”

Like Us will open at the Newcastle Art Gallery on Saturday, November 29 and run until Sunday, February 22.

Piccinini will join former Newcastle Art Gallery director and current director of the Gallery of South Australia, Nick Mitzevich, and artist and University of Newcastle lecturer, Dr Faye Neilson at the gallery on Saturday, November 29 for a

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T he city streets will come alive with the sweet sounds of music this summer, with the launch of a new placemaking project by

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NUATALINELMESNewcastle City CouncilLord Mayor

It is my great pleasure to represent The City of Newcastle as your new Lord Mayor.

Now that the votes are counted and final, it’s time to work together to move Newcastle forward and continue with our shared goals for the future.

We need to continue the revitalisation of our city and protect and restore our Council services while making Council as open and progressive as possible.

You will be hearing from me on a regular basis with updates on Council’s plans and progress for Newcastle’s future as well as ongoing community-based activities and events.

For your part, I ask you to get involved and stay involved in our community.

Take advantage of opportunities to have your say, to attend local events, to support local organisations and get to know your neighbours and the businesses in Newcastle.

Be a part of the arts and cultural events we offer to the community through Newcastle Art Gallery, Civic Theatre, Newcastle Museum, Fort Scratchley and Newcastle Region Library.

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CR JODIE HARRISONLake Macquarie City CouncilMayor

Lake Macquarie is a truly unique destination within NSW. It is an area of natural beauty and diverse landscapes, offering a combination of beach, lake and mountain environments within easy access of a capital city.

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I am pleased we have the opportunity to be part of this iconic event, and to be part of Surfest’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

Surfest is one of the longest-running annual surfing events in Australia and on the weekend of 14 and 15 February 2015, Redhead beach will host the first event in Lake Macquarie City, bringing significant economic returns to our local economy.

As the year begins to wind down and the Christmas deco-rations start to come out of storage, it is an important time to think of those less fortunate. On Monday night, I had the pleasure of launching my annual Christmas Toy Appeal to help make a difference to families in need across Lake Macquarie.

Many families in our City and across the region don’t always get to experience the magic of Christmas, waking up to gifts from loved ones under their Christmas tree, due to their current financial circumstances. By donating to my Christmas Toy Appeal, you can help to ensure that no child in Lake Macquarie goes without a small gift under their tree this year.

Help bring a smile to a child’s face this Christmas by donat-ing an unwrapped gift at the Council Chambers or Morisset and Swansea Libraries before Wednesday 17 December.

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The rollout of electronic ticketing onboard buses and ferries in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie will be complete by the end of the year, according to Transport Minister, Gladys Berejik-lian.

With 11 lesser-used paper tickets being retired from last week, the next stage of the Opal card will now get underway.

Ms Berejiklian said the rollout would take place over the coming weeks.

“Opal will take a few weeks to completely rollout and by the end of the month customers will be able to use their Opal card to tap onto any train and any local bus or ferry from Sandgate to Swansea and Bar Beach to Glendale,” she said.

“Opal is putting an end to queuing for tickets, fumbling for coins, and having to work out which ticket you need to buy.

“You only need to get your Opal card once and it’s cheaper for the vast majority of customers.”

Ms Berejiklian said with the new distance-based Opal system, some customers could pay as little as $2.10 for a bus fare, versus the current $3.70 one-hour paper ticket price..

The price of a journey on the Stockton ferry will also drop by 50 cents.

Seniors and pensioners will be able to travel all day for $2.50 using a Gold Opal card and the Newcastle CBD fare free zone will not be affected “at this stage”, according to the Minister.

TimeTen, single ferry tickets, one-hour tickets and Pensioner Excursion Tickets will continue to be available.

Opal cards can be purchased from more than 30 retailers across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, including 7-Eleven outlets, Woolworths supermarkets, and selected newsa-gencies, as well as online at www.opal.com.au or over the phone on 13 67 25.

Customers can arrange automatic top-ups of their Opal card, via a credit card or direct debit, or top-up manually online, over the phone or at an Opal retailer.

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In March 2013, Mr Hill was commis-sioned by children’s charity, Life Educa-tion Australia to produce Giraffes in the City a-larger-than-life art installation for the 2013 Gold Harold Awards Night.

Giraffes in the City was a six-panelled canvas composition, measuring 7.2m x 2.9m collectively.

This and six artworks from his Liquid Canvas collection were auctioned on the night, contributing to the overall success of the fundraising event.

Earlier this year, Mr Hill created the Icons of Sydney in the Governor’s Room of The Imperial Peking Restaurant in The Rocks as a tribute to his hometown, Sydney. The body of work focused on the historic buildings and vistas in and around the old Rocks area.

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C harlestown continued its recent good form by defeating Belmont in a hard-fought match at Cahill Oval on Saturday. Despite the

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Premiers Merewether annihilated Wests at No 1 Sportsground. The Rosellas were

Charlestown too strong

Charlestown captain Dane Macourt about to be caught and bowled against Belmont Photo: Paul Allan

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all out for 69. The Lions passed the total in only the 12th over.

Waratah’s miserable season continued being thumped by Stockton at Lynn Oval by 103 runs. Batting first Stockton made 284 with Sam Jenkinson top scoring with 78. In reply Waratah started promisingly

with an opening partnership of 88. Once openers Ryan Wells and Scott McKenzie departed things went downhill to the extent that the last seven wickets went down for 13 runs.

University continued to push its title claims with a 56-run win against Cardiff

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Raymond Terrace’s Matthew Baus has again performed with distinction for Australia winning a silver medal in the prestigious Hong Kong International Pairs.

Baus combined brilliantly with Matthew Pietersen (Cabramatta) to finish on top of their section.

They then defeated Billy Yim and Anthony Yip (Concordia) 10/3, 9/9 in the semi-final, scoring four shots on the final end of the second set to prevent the match going into a tie-break.

Baus and Pietersen then lost a tight final 9/8, 13/8 to the Filipino duo of Chris Dagpin and Angelo Morales, after lead-ing 8/6 in the second set.

Australia also won a silver medal in the women’s pairs when Carla Odgers and Kelsey Cottrell were edged out 12/11, 10/10 by Sonia Bruce and Ainie Knight (Philippines).

Newcastle selectors this week announced a strong side for the quad-rangular series against the ACT, Central Coast and Illawarra to be played at Canberra North Bowling Club on Janu-ary 17 and 18.

The side will consist of four rinks of

open, one rink of seniors and under 25’s. New Zealand international Richard Girvan (Nelson Bay) will skipper the rink of Warren Shipley (Beresfield), Andrew Smith (Lambton) and Martin Bull (Kotara).

Baus will be in charge of Michael Abel (Raymond Terrace), Daniel Hill (Soldiers Point), and Lennon Scott (Raymond Terrace).

Terry Antrum will skipper the all Soldiers Point rink of David King, Lee Such and Jason Pietraszek. Matthew Sargeant (Warners Bay) will be in charge of Trevor Aitchison (Mayfield West), Brad Menzies (Valentine) and Jason Stokes (Raymond Terrace).

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W hile the Newcastle are still yet to taste victory in the 2014/15 A-League season, coach Phil Stubbins believes there is no

problem with the harmony and spirit within the playing group following the 1-1 draw with the Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday.

“To come back at Western Sydney Wanderers is a tough ask so credit to the boys resolve. We’ve done some searching and the players have got their reward,” Stubbins said.

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PAUL MONFORTE “To score the goal the way he did was a tonic for Marcos,” Stubbins said.

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The Jets will play their third successive home game this Sunday with the local derby against the Central Coast Mariners kicking-off at 5pm.

A-League ladder after round 7: Perth Glory 18pts (+4), Adelaide United 17pts (+7), Melbourne Victory 15pts (+9), Sydney FC 15pts (+6), Wellington Phoenix 9pts (0), Melbourne City 6pts (-3), Central Coast 5pts (-5), Brisbane Roar 3pts (-3), Newcastle Jets 3pts (-9), West-ern Sydney Wanderers 2pts (-6).

The Jets’ W-League team were defeated 4-0 by Melbourne Victory on Saturday afternoon.

They will take on Adelaide United on Saturday at 3pm at Jack McLaughlan Oval, Edgeworth.

Newcastle’s Youth League side went down 2-1 to Melbourne City on Sunday.

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