ABC Newcastle

08/08/2026

Have you seen this?

In a first for NSW, new smart highway technology uses vehicle detection and variable speed limit signs to slow down vehicles and allow those on side roads to enter.

A tiny Hunter town is feeling the impact of the renewable energy boom with a surge in heavy vehicle movements, but there is hope a first-of-its-kind trial on the Golden Highway will improve safety.

07/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came down to the Sugar Valley Library Museum at Cameron Park! 📖📚

1233 ABC Newcastle Drive presenter Jenny Marchant was there speaking to people in the community about the issues that matter to them.

You can have 'Your Say' here 👉 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/have-your-say-audience-callout/106876918

07/08/2026

Come and have your say! 🗣

Jenny Marchant and the 1233 ABC Newcastle Drive show are broadcasting LIVE from the Sugar Valley Library Museum at Cameron Park until 5pm.

What matters most to you in the Hunter? Have 'Your Say' 👉 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/have-your-say-audience-callout/106876918

05/08/2026

An interim report has found a runaway coal train only came to a halt after rolling backwards for 5 kilometres.

An interim report has confirmed a runaway coal train reached speeds well in excess of the safe limit and rolled backwards for 5 kilometres before coming to a halt.

05/08/2026

NSW parliamentary inquiry hands down report on Calvary Mater Hospital.

A parliamentary committee has handed down its findings after an investigation into a Newcastle hospital where staff reported maggots falling from the ceiling.

03/08/2026

A mine worker has died after being hit by a truck at the United Wambo Open Cut coal mine west of Singleton.

An investigation is underway after a worker died following a "mobile equipment incident" at a Hunter Valley open-cut coal mine.

02/08/2026

Could this be the perfect ear worm?

Eastern Rosellas by seven-year-old Miles and his dad Joel Phillips is the perfect song you can't get out of your head. Experts in stage and academia say the ingredients are all there.

31/07/2026

A breakdown in safety systems, speed and driver impairment were contributing factors to the lethality of a bus rollover in Greta, a new safety report has found.

A breakdown in safety systems was a contributing factor to the lethality of a bus rollover in the NSW Hunter Valley that killed 10 passengers and injured dozens more, according to a new safety report.

30/07/2026

Newcastle athletes have blitzed the field to win gold and silver in the women's 5,000 metre event this morning at the Commonwealth Games! 🥇🥈

Rose Davies crossed the line just ahead of adopted Novocastrian Jess Hull in the race, after an epic sprint down the straight.

It's Davies's second gold of the games after winning the 10,000 metre event earlier this week!

29/07/2026

A RADIO SHOW THROUGH AN ARTIST'S EYES 🖍📻

Last week, Paul Culliver and the 1233 ABC Newcastle Breakfast show did an outdoor broadcast from Honeysuckle to launch the ABC's 'Your Say' campaign.

Local listener Jess Lobb dropped by to have her say and drew this amazing picture of Paul and the team in action - how amazing is that! 😍

Have your say 👉 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/have-your-say-audience-callout/106876918