This once-declining NSW industrial town has undergone a transformation, with a newfound buzz, a great food scene and interesting attractions.

THE Newcastle Ocean Baths will be closed for up to a week with an inspection and deep clean planned for later this month.

Representing the group Rising Tide Australia, the protesters shut down maritime traffic in the Port of Newcastle, which is one of the world’s biggest exporters of coal and coal products.

For the cartels trying to feed Australia’s ravenous appetite for cocaine, lucrative drug smuggling missions are almost the ...

Semi-submersibles are hard to detect and harder to spot; and they can import more than five tonnes of cocaine at a time.

The High Speed Rail Authority's Newcastle headquarters will officially open to the public on Thursday.