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- Aug 16, 2026
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'Their eyes light up': Matt's journey from rock dream to true calling (opens the original)
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After 12 years in Newcastle-based rock band WYSPER, Matthew Beckett was ready to give up everything and devote his life to music when he had a sudden change of heart. "I just went, you know what, something's telling me I shouldn't be doing this," he said. After the death of his mother caused him to rethink his calling, Mr Beckett began a traineeship at Warabrook BaptistCare in August 2025. "I was very certain I was going in this direction," he said. "When mum passed away ... I just went for it."
'Their eyes light up': Matt's journey from rock dream to true calling (opens the original)
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After 12 years in Newcastle-based rock band WYSPER, Matthew Beckett was ready to give up everything and devote his life to music when he had a sudden change of heart. "I just went, you know what, something's telling me I shouldn't be doing this," he said. After the death of his mother caused him to rethink his calling, Mr Beckett began a traineeship at Warabrook BaptistCare in August 2025. "I was very certain I was going in this direction," he said. "When mum passed away ... I just went for it."
'Their eyes light up': Matt's journey from rock dream to true calling (opens the original)
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After 12 years in Newcastle-based rock band WYSPER, Matthew Beckett was ready to give up everything and devote his life to music when he had a sudden change of heart. "I just went, you know what, something's telling me I shouldn't be doing this," he said. After the death of his mother caused him to rethink his calling, Mr Beckett began a traineeship at Warabrook BaptistCare in August 2025. "I was very certain I was going in this direction," he said. "When mum passed away ... I just went for it."
'Take all the TVs out too?': councillor queries pokie move (opens the original)
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Councillors have backed a campaign to tighten gambling laws after Novocastrians lost $52 million to poker machines in just the first quarter of 2026. At a recent meeting, all but two councillors voted in support of Wesley Mission's campaign, 'Put Pokies in Their Place'. Regulating pokies is a state government issue, but Greens deputy lord mayor Charlotte McCabe said the machines were addictive by design and it was often Newcastle's most vulnerable who lost. "This is a campaign that is asking for
'Take all the TVs out too?': councillor queries pokie move (opens the original)
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Councillors have backed a campaign to tighten gambling laws after Novocastrians lost $52 million to poker machines in just the first quarter of 2026. At a recent meeting, all but two councillors voted in support of Wesley Mission's campaign, 'Put Pokies in Their Place'. Regulating pokies is a state government issue, but Greens deputy lord mayor Charlotte McCabe said the machines were addictive by design and it was often Newcastle's most vulnerable who lost. "This is a campaign that is asking for
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