It's over for another year, but the Big Picture Festival was a huge success with ten new large-scale works on building around the inner city.

We caught up with Big Picture Festival Newcastle director Katerina Skoumbas for a report card on the event.

It's been a busy week for the Port of Newcastle!

Their sustainability effort has received top marks in the 2022 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), with the Port receiving its highest score to date of 95 out of a possible 100 points and the Privatisation Legislation Bill to open the Port to a container terminal will be debated in the first week of November.

They have also just launched the latest round of Community Grants with $90,000 up for grabs.

Lucas Coleman, Senior Manager Corporate Affairs Manager joined us to talk about the week that was for the Port of Newcastle.

Are we a town or a city? Paul causes mayhem!

Naomi Findlay is an experienced interior designer, project manager and stylist who also loves sharing her passions and experience by teaching others. She has won multiple awards for her design work and has also co-hosted Channel 9 series Location Lifestyle Living and was an interior design expert on Channel 10’s The Home Team.

But this next project may be her biggest one to date; together with friends, Naomi has bought a BANK in Branxton and is opening it up to the universe to see what the future of it may be.

She joined Newcastle Live to talk covid, her new bank, and the rose farm she is also working on.

Athletes in two of Australia’s most popular sports, Netball and Cricket, have recently criticised multi-million dollar sponsorship deals made by the governing bodies as they don't align with their "personal" beliefs. Today we have seen SANTOS back out of its sponsorship of the Darwin festival, preempting a move by a cohort of philanthropists, artists and First Nations representatives, who were offering a $200,000 funding deal on the condition the festival cut ties with its fossil fuel partner.

In the NRL we have also had the "pride" jersey issue with Manly players boycotting a match and refusing to wear it on the field.

Here in Newcastle we have had everything from medical research groups to airlines, chicken shops, health funds, Ports, and Coal groups on the front of the jerseys and singlets of our national sides.

Where does this latest turn from athletes leave not only our professional sporting administrators but arts, culture, and entertainment industries?

Alexandra El-Shamy, one of Australia's leading sponsorship and commercial consultants, joined us to discuss the looming crisis.

On this week's Legally Blonde, Lauren O'Brien joins us to talk about the mental toll on jury's and trial by public opinion. Listen back

Are you aged between 12 and 24 and passionate about regional NSW? Do you have ideas and views on issues impacting young people in regional NSW and do you want to learn and be involved in opportunities to improve regional NSW?

Then this is for you.

The Regional Youth Taskforce represents young people from throughout regional NSW and provides policy and operational advice to the Minister for Regional Youth and they are on the lookout for their 2023 taskforce.

Minister for Regional Youth, Ben Franklin joined us to talk about this innovative approach to the future and engaging our youth.

Local stunt pilot, Paul Bennet from Paul Bennet Airshows is set to impress in South Korea at the world-class aviation event, the Sacheon Airshow. Flying the flag for Australia, Paul will perform for some of the world’s most aviation-savvy spectators, alongside the world’s best aerobatic performers.

And at least this time, his plane has arrived!

We get all the details.

In 1964 Nova Alliance bank began life as Hunter Water Board Employees Credit Union and later merged with Newcastle Herald Employees Credit Union, but today through an alliance with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, they have become Nova Alliance Bank.

But at the core of everything they do is the local community and an ethos of giving back.

The not-for-profit group recently handed out $60,000 in community grants; we find out more from General Manager, David Franklin.

Newcastle Permanent’s free Cinema Under the Stars will be held at King Edward Park this Saturday, October 22, starting at 5pm.

After two years of COVID-enforced hibernation, the special one-off event – with more to come in Summer – will include roving acts, live music, complimentary popcorn and feature film Sing 2 starting at sundown.

Kirsten Lyndon, the Manager Partnerships and Community Engagement, at the Newcastle Permanent joined us and also gives you some tips for making parking easier!