Newcastle in the Morning

Chaos is looming at Australian ports as the nation's largest tugboat operator says it will lock the gates at 17 sites across the country in the lead-up to Christmas. Australia's largest tugboat operator, Svitzer, is in an ongoing dispute with the union over an enterprise agreement.

What is the latest locally? We are joined by MUA Newcastle Branch Secretary Glen Williams.

For 14 seasons we’ve seen Shaynna Blaze as a judge on The Block, as well as helping homeowners spruce up their spaces on Selling Houses Australia.

Now, for the first time, Shaynna is doing it for herself and her family in the heartwarming new series, Country Home Rescue with Shaynna Blaze. Together with her children, Shaynn embarks on the restoration of a dilapidated historical home in regional Victoria.

Shaynna joined Newcastle Live ahead of the premiere.

Tania Doko is best known to many as the frontwoman of Bachelor Girl, but the solo artist and songwriter needed to call on Support Act when she returned to Australia.

Having to relocate from Sweden back home to Australia in the middle of the pandemic was difficult, stressful, and expensive.

Listen back as Tania tells us how a crisis relief grant from Support Act helped her and why she is such a supporter of Ausmusic T-shirt day coming up on Friday and what she has been up to!

To support AusMusic Day visit; https://www.ausmusictshirtday.org.au/

NSW residents will soon be able to get vaccinations and some treatments prescribed at their local chemist, in a move a doctors’ group has slammed as “madness”.

It mirrors a similar trial underway in Queensland, and practices in other countries such as the UK and Canada.

Dr Charlotte Hespe the NSW Chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, who has been working as a General Practitioner since 1994, says the move is “madness” and “a recipe for disaster”.

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Newcastle in the Morning caught up with Ms Watson following her official launch on Saturday.

Newcastle Theatre Company has a great 2023 theatre program for you with stories of love, honour, and courage but also people behaving badly; it has something for everyone!

Immediate Past President Claire Williams joined us to talk through what is coming for 2023!

Can Australians separate sports and gambling?

That is the conversation Dr Nick Richardson, from the University of NSW wants us to start having.

A UNSW media and advertising expert, Nick wants us to get to the heart of our obsession with sports gambling before we can see change.

He joined Newcastle in the Morning to discuss the vexing issue; and it's not black and white.

Paddy Manning is an experienced, awarded journalist whose work includes the ABC, Crikey and The Sydney Morning Herald. He is already the author of three books: Born To Rule: The Unauthorised Biography Of Malcolm Turnbull, Boganaire: The Rise And Fall Of Nathan Tinkler, and What the Frack: Everything You Need to Know About Coal Seam Gas but in his new book; "The Successor" - he takes it a step further!

Paddy joined Newcastle Live to chat about the heir-apparent to the Murdoch dynasty.

Recent research commissioned by Triple P International has revealed some alarming statistics around the issues that are concerning parents in Australia.

The research found that more than two-thirds of parents in Australia would like to feel more confident in their parenting skills, and only 10 percent believe they are doing a good job.

We chat with parenting expert Carol Markie-Dadds about the findings.

Friday Live was joined by the incredible Cormac Grant ahead of the official "Into the Mystic" EP launch on Sunday.

We find out how Cormac got into music and how being a part of Triple J unearthed made a big difference in his motivation to continue making incredible music.

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