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Busy GPs view bodies in car parks - Newcastle Herald
''This practice was introduced so doctors didn't have to go out in the early hours of the morning to do it,'' one Hunter funeral director, who asked to remain anonymous, said. But once a person is pronounced dead and taken to a mortuary the Australian ...
Busy GPs view bodies in car parks and laneways - Newcastle Herald
''This practice was introduced so doctors didn't have to go out in the early hours of the morning to do it,'' one Hunter funeral director, who asked to remain anonymous, said. But once a person is pronounced dead and taken to a mortuary the Australian ...
Taxi violence puts end to night shifts - Newcastle Herald
The driver, who asked not to be identified, said he started working nights about two months ago, but will never do so again after he was repeatedly abused and threatened on Saturday night and yesterday morning. A number of taxi drivers have been ...
Coal seam gas wars - Newcastle Herald
All but one did not want to be identified for fear of reprisals. "It's just not worth it. We've been through enough. I don't want to make it worse," a person who said they had experienced malicious damage to their property said. ...
Christmas intruder believed to be Naden - Newcastle Herald
The woman, who asked not to be named, said specialist police with sniffer dogs had searched houses in Cowsby Road and Rubys Nob Road in Niangala, near where the fugitive was disrupted by two general duties police during a break-in on December 21. ...
Orica says playground clean-up 'precautionary' - Newcastle Herald
One resident, who declined to be named, said it seemed like a lot of material to remove if the August 8 hexavalent chromium leak was Orica's only problem. But Orica spokeswoman Nicole Ekert said the Corroba Oval park clean-up did not indicate further ...
Second industrial accident at Orica - Newcastle Herald
Another resident, who did not want to be identified, said it was not the first time an incident like that had happened and the company had previously expelled other toxic chemicals into the river. Orica Kooragang's website shows it has not met its ...
Orica spills arsenic in Hunter River - Newcastle Herald
Another resident, who did not want to be identified, said it was not the first time an incident like that had happened and the company had previously expelled other toxic chemicals into the river. Orica Kooragang's website shows it has not met its ...
Knights face bankruptcy without Tinkler - Newcastle Herald
I'll bet his deal would be with Nathan Tinkler," the source said. "I don't think Tinkler will walk away from this but one of the risks I see is that blokes like Bennett and Boyd might just say, 'this is all a bit too hard'. "I really can't see what the ...
Jesmond 90-year-old awoken by intruder - Newcastle Herald
The man, 90, who did not want to be identified, said he was shocked to see a young man rifling through his bedside drawers when he woke about 3.30am yesterday. "I've got hearing aids and I couldn't hear him," the victim said. ...
Tale of two cities' brothels - Newcastle Herald
The investigator, who did not want to be identified, supported legal brothel owners such as Kevin Cook because they operated under health and safety laws that protected the rest of the community. Lake Macquarie City Council's willingness to act on ...
Hunt for gunman as shot man dies in brother's arms - Newcastle Herald
A neighbour who did not want to be identified said she heard the single gunshot about 9pm on Saturday night and ''thought it was a cracker''. ''Then not long after I heard a fellow saying 'he's dead, he's dead','' she said. ''I was inside, petrified, ...
Nurses warn of hospital staff shortage throughout Hunter New England Area Health - Newcastle Herald
The nurse, who did not wish to be identified, said nurses were working understaffed and overtime to make up for deficits in the new system. ...
Health holes: plug roster gaps or close beds, nurses warn - Newcastle Herald
The nurse, who did not wish to be identified, said nurses were working understaffed and overtime to make up for deficits in the new system. ...
Injured New Lambton abseiler spends 18 hours on cliff - Newcastle Herald
The family of the man, who did not want to be identified, issued a statement yesterday thanking ambulance and police officers and State Emergency Service ...
Pram on East Maitland tracks spurs warning - Newcastle Herald
A RailCorp spokeswoman said yesterday the woman did not wish to be identified or speak to media. She said RailCorp generally did not release CCTV footage ...