Plan wins hospital chiefs' cautious backing

RURAL communities will be "marching on Canberra" if the new health reform plan puts their local hospitals at threat, a hospital chief executive has warned.

It's Get Fat, Not Full, At Nobbys

NEWCASTLE is preparing for the introduction of what is set to become an annual outdoor music festival at the foot of city landmark Nobbys.

Campus Tension: Uni Services Are Facing The Axe

STUDENTS are worried that more services at universities could be lost if changes to voluntary student unionism are not implemented by the end of this year.

Services Redirected

THE introduction of the city's new bus network has been pushed back almost two months to November 30 about a year after work began to redesign services.

Qantas Blames Delays On Staff

QANTAS suffered a further deterioration in flights delayed and cancelled in July, with almost one in six services scheduled between Sydney and Melbourne scrubbed.

Qantas Blames Delays On Its Staff

QANTAS suffered a further deterioration in flights delayed and cancelled in July, with almost one in six services scheduled between Sydney and Melbourne scrubbed.

Threat To Local Gp Line A Worry

THE Hunter may lose another local medical advice line because of the introduction of a national health call centre network in NSW later this month.

Union Fees Are A High Price To Pay For Services Unwanted By Students

It's no surprise that the introduction of voluntary student unionism has had a negative impact on the provision of amenities and services to university students ("Revolution on campus", August 21). However, why is it that whenever there is an article in the media covering the issue, we hear only one side of the story?

Uni Students Left In $160m Fee Fall Voluntary Scheme Devastating: Union

THE introduction of voluntary student unionism has cost Australian universities $161 million a year since it came into effect in 2006.

Union Fee Change Hits Unis

THE introduction of voluntary student unionism has cost Australian universities $161 million a year since it came into effect in 2006.

Introduction To A Planetary Market

What will be the greatest micro-economic reform of the Rudd Government's time in power?

Councils Deny Lockout Research: Trial 'a Farce'

SEVERAL inner-city councils have said they did not conduct research on alcohol-fuelled violence before the introduction of the State Government's contentious lockout plan last month.

Lockout Not Based On Reality, Councils Claim

SEVERAL inner-city councils say they did not conduct research on alcohol-fuelled violence before the introduction of the State Government's contentious lockout plan last month.

Shape Up Services Or Jobs Will Ship Out

Up to 1 million positions in service industries are at stake, say Peter Brain and Michael Spencer.

Pub's Bid To Adapt

COOKS Hill's Hotel Delany plans to shift its focus from bar and gaming services to functions and dining in a bid to stave off financial losses from poker machine restrictions and smoking bans.

Locked Out Of A Social Life

THEY are young, like to socialise and say they are being punished with the introduction of new trading hour restrictions at inner-city pubs that came into effect last night.

In The Herald: 1985

IN THE HERALD: 1985PSubstantial support had emerged from within the Government for an inheritance tax and clampdown on fringe benefits as part of the reform of the taxation system. But there were strong reservations in the Labor Party about the introduction of a broad-based indirect tax on goods and services. The prime minister, Bob Hawke, and the treasurer, Paul Keating, saw such a tax as a central part of the reforms, especially if imposed at the retail end, because it could provide scope for ...

Change Of Guard

OUTGOING Northern Region chief Peter Parsons believes it is only a matter of time before there are major changes in the Hunter's policing set up, including the introduction of a Port Stephens local area command.

Airlines Dive In Survey Of Disabled Passenger Satisfaction

PEOPLE with disabilities have significantly more trouble accessing airline services than five years ago, despite the introduction of a national standard to protect them.

Dosh For Doss, Services

NEWCASTLE University Students Association will offer an expanded range of services next year as a result of a funding increase.