Australia’s oldest wine region has a slick new retreat
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Australia’s oldest wine region has a slick new retreat

Despite the Hunter Valley vineyard setting (with vines first planted in 1968),it’s all mod cons here at The Lane Retreat.

  • byTrudi Jenkins

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Relief for Hunter Valley town as bushfire downgraded

Relief for Hunter Valley town as bushfire downgraded

A wind change has brought relief to residents of a NSW Upper Hunter Valley town who had been in the line of an out-of-control bushfire.

  • byJacob Shteyman andLaura Banks
Hunter bus crash driver a no-show in court as 52 fresh charges formally laid

Hunter bus crash driver a no-show in court as 52 fresh charges formally laid

The parents of one of the victims of the Hunter Valley bus tragedy heard that the driver,Brett Button,would not be in court.

  • bySarah McPhee
Driver facing 52 extra charges for Hunter Valley bus tragedy

Driver facing 52 extra charges for Hunter Valley bus tragedy

Brett Button,58,is expected to face 52 additional charges after being at the wheel of a coach that rolled over at a roundabout,killing 10 people.

  • byOlivia Ireland
The French couple behind a luxurious new NSW escape

The French couple behind a luxurious new NSW escape

The site of a former dairy farm offered all the elements for this French couple’s accommodation dream:wildlife,natural bush,good wines,luxury comforts and star-gazing.

  • byAnthony Dennis
Police raid bus company at centre of Hunter Valley crash

Police raid bus company at centre of Hunter Valley crash

NSW Police inspected 20 buses at two of Linq Buslines’ depots,the company at the centre of the Hunter Valley bus crash that killed 10 people.

  • byAnthony Segaert
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Country mourns ‘best of the best’ lost in Hunter bus tragedy

Country mourns ‘best of the best’ lost in Hunter bus tragedy

Heartfelt tributes flooded social media on Tuesday for the 10 victims of Sunday’s bus disaster. They include a doctor,a football-mad mother and daughter,a bowel cancer survivor and a champion surf-lifesaver.

  • bySarah McPhee andAngus Thomson
‘Wonderful’ Melbourne woman unaccounted for in the Hunter crash

‘Wonderful’ Melbourne woman unaccounted for in the Hunter crash

Darcy Bulman,30,is being remembered as a bright and happy young professional after Sunday’s horror bus crash in the Hunter Valley.

  • byNajma Sambul andAshleigh McMillan
Ten wedding bus passengers unaccounted for after Hunter Valley horror

Ten wedding bus passengers unaccounted for after Hunter Valley horror

Football and surf life-saving clubs have shared tributes to some of those who remain unaccounted for after the Greta crash,as police continue the disaster victim identification process.

  • byOlivia Ireland,Sarah McPhee,Ashleigh McMillan andAngus Thomson
The day started with a secret kiss. It ended in tragedy

The day started with a secret kiss. It ended in tragedy

She carried white roses. He wore a beaming smile. It was supposed to be the best day of Maddy Edsell and Mitchell Gaffney’s lives.

  • byJordan Baker
Laundy family moves on Sheraton Mirage to expand $1b hotel portfolio

Laundy family moves on Sheraton Mirage to expand $1b hotel portfolio

The sale of the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort on the Gold Coast will soon be finalised.

  • byCarolyn Cummins