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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."
'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
'They need help': why this Newcastle businessman is spearheading a city first (opens the original)
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Lee Li said when he arrived in Newcastle in 2006, there weren't many Chinese people to share his culture with. Two decades later, Mr Li wants to make it easier for Chinese people to settle into Newcastle and create the community he wishes he'd had back then. The owner of the Lee's Kitchen franchise has taken on a new role as president of Newcastle's first Chinese-run Lions Club after seeing the success of similar clubs in Sydney. Lions Clubs are a volunteer organisation aimed at helping vulnerab
The $1m plan to save some of Australia's most vulnerable species (opens the original)
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Aussie Ark will receive $1 million to expand its work protecting threatened wildlife at a scale "never seen before". The Barrington Tops-based conservation organisation has been named the recipient of the Ian Potter Foundation environmental grant, which will be paid over three years, starting immediately. Aussie Ark said on Tuesday the funds would go towards specialist breeding programs, habitat protection, and re-wilding initiatives of selected species. These include the broad-toothed rat, New
'As essential as toilet paper': push to launch free period-product trial (opens the original)
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Women could have free access to period products in Newcastle council buildings under a proposed trial. Labor councillor Paige Johnson said society had a responsibility to address period poverty, which is the inability to afford or access menstrual products. At this week's council meeting, Cr Johnson said period products were just as essential as toilet paper. "Poor access to sanitary products can affect people's emotional and physical health and influence their behaviour, such as attendance at s
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