A Gold Coast man linked to an investigation into the disappearance of three girls near Newcastle has been charged with sexually assaulting three women in the area over an 18-year period dating back to 1979.
The girl died in hospital on Sunday after she was found inside a car at a home in Tanilba Bay last week.
The bodies of the two men,aged 44 and 71,were located on a property in the Hunter region.
The business lobby has called for regional cities - chosen with strict criteria,not electoral consideration - to be given special status to stimulate the economy.
Jarrod Mullen will plead guilty to a cocaine charge,Newcastle Local Court has been told.
A woman believed to be aged in her 30s has died after being struck by a bus full of school children in Newcastle on Tuesday afternoon.
An intruder who died after he was chased,held in a"choke-hold"and punched in the head after breaking into a home had a"potentially lethal"level of methylamphetamine in his system,a Newcastle Supreme Court jury has heard.
A jury had been deliberating since Friday before finding saxophonist and keen sailor Craig Lembke guilty on Wednesday of importing a commercial quantity of cocaine.
The former Freeman of the City of Newcastle and Citizen of the Year recipient will spend at least four years and six months behind bars.
Brett David Hill pleaded guilty in Newcastle to abducting and raping an 11-year-old as she walked to school.
Dr Matt Dun is focused on changing the prognosis of kids like Josie who suffer from a"ferocious"cancer that almost exclusively affects children.