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Source: Newcastle City Council
Celebrate New Years Eve in Newcastle with fireworks, heaps of entertainment, food outlets, amusement rides and more at the Newcastle Foreshore Park. If you are looking for a change of scenery, head to Stockton Foreshore which will also be alive with amusement rides and food outlets.
Fireworks will light the sky at 9pm (for families) and midnight (for the young at heart).
The Foreshore concert will kick start at 6pm with Daviel Arvidson, Dean Kyrwood and the Alternatives, and Sideburn until midnight.
Source: Newcastle Jets
Construction work on EnergyAustralia Stadium has commenced, with the Southern End of the Western Stand being converted. Completion of the new facilities is due in approximately July 2008.
The Newcastle Jets therefore advise all patrons that when entering the Stadium via the Main Gate (Western Entrance), direct access to the Southern Hill and Southern Corporate Areas has been effectively cut-off. For convenience, all ticket holders in the Southern area should access the Stadium through the Southern entrance for the remainder of the 2007/08 Hyundai A-League Season.
Source: Newcastle Port Corporation
Management of the highly successful regional enterprise, Cruise Hunter, has relocated to Newcastle Port Corporation to allow further development of the niche market.
Member for Newcastle, Jodi McKay, said the re-location from Newcastle City Council would result in improved synergy between port operations and the marketing of Newcastle as a cruise and naval destination.
This is great news for Newcastle the relocation is timed to coincide with the start of the 2007-08 summer cruise season and well see six cruise ships visiting Newcastle by March next year, Ms McKay said.
Source: National Stock Exchange
Melbourne, Vic – NSX Limited (ASX: NSX) owner of the National Stock Exchange of Australia Limited (NSXA) a market operator, is pleased to advise that Golden Circle Limited is seeking to list on NSXA.
Chief Executive Richard Symon said "Although NSX Limited does not normally release information on floats on NSXA to the ASX, it is prudent to do so in this case because Golden Circle is listed on its own market and has continuous disclosure requirements. NSX is releasing this information in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 3.1."
Golden Circle will not seek to raise capital as part of its application to list.
Source: Port Waratah Coal Services
Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) today said the Hunter coal industry would continue to face massive challenges managing demand, and that there was an onus on the entire industry to work together to find solutions to maximise export efficiency.
PWCS made the comments following today’s decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to reject an application for interim authorisation for the so-called ‘2008 Vessel Queue Management System’ (VQMS) proposed by PWCS and two other Hunter coal export service providers – Pacific National and Queensland Rail.
Source: Hunter Business Chamber
The region’s leading business organisation, Hunter Business Chamber, has today appointed Peter Shinnick as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Shinnick is currently the General Manager of Hunter Valley Training Company and will replace Doug Parrish who is leaving to pursue other business interests.
Chamber President, Karen Howard, said today that Mr Shinnick was well known in business and government circles both in his role at the training company and previously as the commanding officer at RAAF Base Williamtown.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — Australia’s competition regulator rejected plans by the operator of Newcastle port and two rail companies to change the way export capacity is allocated at the world’s biggest coal-export harbor.
The proposal, backed by Xstrata Plc and Rio Tinto Group, based export allocations on rail transportation contracts. It raised “significant concerns” that competition would be reduced, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, or ACCC, said in a statement.
Source: Blue Mountains Unions Council
Newcastle Trades Hall secretary Gary Kennedy says he expects local unions to spearhead the campaign against power utilities privatisation because the Hunter region will be the hardest hit in terms of potential job losses.
Mr Kennedy says the strategy will focus on enlisting community support to try to overturn the decision, but industrial action by power industry workers is a strong possibility.
Source: Newcastle Jets
The Newcastle Jets have tonight almost certainly ended the Melbourne Victory’s hopes of defending their title with a comprehensive 3-1 win at the Telstra Dome. The Jets fought back after conceding the first goal with Denni equalising, and a second half brace to Joel Griffiths securing the Jets a valuable three points.
The first half was an entertaining affair with plenty of room in the midfield and both sides playing end-to-end attacking football. In the 5th minute, the Jets had the first opportunity of the match; with the ball bouncing around just outside the penalty area, Matt Thompson unleashed a right foot volley which sailed over the bar, never troubling Victory goalkeeper Michael Theoklitos.
Source: Newcastle Jets
This weekend’s clash may determine the future of the Newcastle Jets season. It may seem a cliché, but as the week’s roll on, the competition narrows, and positions within the top four become increasingly valuable for the clubs which hold finals aspirations.
Newcastle, currently in fourth position, will this weekend look to put a significant dent in the finals hopes of the Melbourne Victory – currently sitting in sixth place on 17 points – and in doing so, maintain their own battle to gain a third successive finals birth.
“We’re in for a very, very tough game against Melbourne,” head coach Gary Van Egmond said today.
“They’re still in with a possibility of making the top four; their chances are becoming diminished round-by-round and we need to ensure that we go down there with the right mindset and that the boys have got the right character to win the game.”
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