Newcastle,also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle is a regional metropolitan area and the second-most-populous district of New South Wales,Australia. It includes the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie and it is the hub of the Lower Hunter region,which includes most parts of the cities of Newcastle,Lake Macquarie,Maitland,Cessnock,and Port Stephens Council. Newcastle is also known by its colloquial nickname,Newy.
Maitland is a city in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales,Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council,situated on the Hunter River approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi) by road north of Sydney and 35 km (22 mi) north-west of Newcastle. It is on the New England Highway approximately 17 km (11 mi) from its origin at Hexham.
Orica Limited is an Australian-based multinational corporation that is one of the world's largest providers of commercial explosives and blasting systems to the mining,quarrying,oil and gas,and construction markets,a supplier of sodium cyanide for gold extraction,and a specialist provider of ground support services in mining and tunnelling.
The Main North Line is a major railway in New South Wales,Australia. It runs through Strathfield to Armidale. The line is the main line between Sydney and Armidale. As of 1988,the line closed progressively north of Armidale with services gradually withdrawn till 2004,with the main route between Sydney and Brisbane now the North Coast line. The end of these services marked a significant shift in rail transport in the region,leading to an increased reliance on road transport and altering the dynamics of movement and passenger accessibility between these major cities..
Ian Michael Macdonald is a former Australian politician and currently undergoing court proceedings and was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1988 to 2010 representing the Labor Party. Between 2003 and 2010,Macdonald held a range of ministerial responsibilities in the Carr,Iemma,Rees,and Keneally ministries. Macdonald,who joined the Labor Party in 1972,had his membership of the party terminated in 2013 for bringing the party into disrepute.
Gladys Berejiklian is an Australian businesswoman and former politician who served as the 45th premier of New South Wales and the leader of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party from 2017 to 2021. Berejiklian currently works as an executive for the telecommunications company Optus.
Jodi Leyanne McKay is an Australian former politician who was the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from June 2019 until May 2021. She previously served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,representing Strathfield for the Labor Party from 2015 to 2021. McKay also previously represented Newcastle for one term from 2007 until her defeat at the 2011 election. Between 2008 and 2011,McKay held a number of junior ministerial responsibilities in the Rees and Keneally governments,including serving as the Minister for the Hunter,Tourism,Small Business,Science and Medical Research,Commerce,and Women,and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer). On 17 October 2021,McKay announced she would resign from the parliament,which triggered a by-election in her seat of Strathfield. McKay subsequently became National Chair of the Australia India Business Council.
The Newcastle railway line is a branch railway line in the city of Newcastle,New South Wales,Australia. The line branches off the Main North line at Broadmeadow and travels in an easterly direction through the inner suburbs to Newcastle Interchange,with one intermediate station at Hamilton. Until its curtailment in December 2014,it extended to Newcastle station. NSW TrainLink operates electric passenger train services over this line as part of its Central Coast &Newcastle Line service,and diesel railcars to Maitland and beyond as part of the Hunter Line.
Kooragang is the northernmost and largest suburb of the city of Newcastle,in the Hunter Region of New South Wales,Australia. Dominated by Kooragang Island,the eastern part of the suburb is primarily industrial,while the western part of the suburb consists of nature reserves. Covering an area of 35.4 km2 (13.7 sq mi),at the 2016 census,there were no people living in the suburb.
Maitland High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school,located on High Street,East Maitland,New South Wales,Australia.
Catherine Eileen Cusack is a former Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council,representing the Liberal Party. She was first elected as an opposition member on 22 March 2003 and was re-elected in 2011 and 2019 when her party won government.
Virginia Anne Chadwick AO was a Liberal Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1999. She was the first NSW female Minister for Education;the first female President of the New South Wales Legislative Council;and Chair and CEO of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Gabrielle Cecelia Upton,an Australian politician,is the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,representing the seat of Vaucluse for the Liberal Party from 2011 until her retirement at the 2023 New South Wales state election.
Giovanni DomenicBarilaro is an Australian former politician who served as the 18th deputy premier of New South Wales and the leader of the NSW National Party from 2016 to 2021. He was the Minister for Regional New South Wales,Industry and Trade in the second Berejiklian ministry from April 2019,and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of Monaro since 2011 until his resignation in October 2021.
Leslie Gladys Williams is an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Port Macquarie since 2011 for the Nationals until switching to the Liberal Party in 2020. Williams has been the New South Wales Assistant Minister for Education,Minister for Aboriginal Affairs,and Minister for Early Childhood Education from 2 April 2015 until 23 January 2017 when she was replaced in Gladys Berejiklian's cabinet by Sarah Mitchell. From 7 May 2019 until 9 May 2023,she was Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
The 2015 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 28 March 2015. Members were elected to all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly using optional preferential voting. Members were also elected to 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council using optional preferential proportional representation voting. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission.
Alister Andrew Henskens is an Australian politician. Henskens has been a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2015,initially representing the electorate of Ku-ring-gai in Sydney's upper North Shore and then Wahroonga from 2023.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is an independent statutory authority that sits in the Environment portfolio as part of the Planning and Environment cluster. It was established as an independent governing board in February 2012 separate from the Office of Environment &Heritage. The EPA is the state’s primary environmental regulator,working with businesses,government,community and environment groups to manage and reduce pollution,waste and adverse impacts on the environment.
The 2023 New South Wales state election was held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales,including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).
The Second Berejiklian ministry was the 97th ministry of the Government of New South Wales,and was led by Gladys Berejiklian,the state's 45th Premier. It was the second and subsequent of two occasions that Berejiklian served as Premier.
