Last week, leading disability service provider, Ability Options presented at the 'Create, Don't Wait' NSW State Conference at Mercure Resort Hunter Valley Gardens. Hosted by the Hunter Disability Forum the NSW Life, Skills and Employment conference provides the opportunity for the sector to be inspired, gain knowledge and share innovative ideas with the aim of…
The King of the Ranges Stockman's Challenge & Bush Festival has been recognised as a trailblazer event for regional NSW by the Regional Achievement & Community Awards. Winning the Events & Tourism Award, King of the Ranges is held over the first weekend in May each year at Murrurundi, NSW, this year celebrating their 10th…
Newcastle accountancy firm SiDCOR has been named in the BRW Top 100 accountancy firms, ranked 76 in the Top 100, after just 11 years in operation. SiDCOR is one of only eight businesses on the list to have less than 30 employees, and is one of only two firms with one partner. In contrast, the…
Over the weekend, local Patricia Bone was recognised for her 50 years of services to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Frank Sedmak, General Manager People and Culture of Cerebral Palsy Alliance said that volunteers were the backbone of their business. “Without our faithful volunteers, our organisation and many other charities would not be able to provide the…
The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) is a translational research institute. Since 1998, its pioneering partnership with the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Local Health District has delivered key translational health and medical research and technology closely aligned to community health needs.
Throughout Newcastle and the Hunter, more than 1200 clinical and biomedical researchers and support staff are employed across seven HMRI Research Programs, striving to prevent, cure and treat a diverse range of serious illnesses by translating research findings made in the laboratory and through advanced imaging techniques, into real health treatments and preventative strategies for the community.
HMRI provides vital funding and facilities to fuel research, but the heart and soul of the Institute are people, the researchers, the generous donors and supporters, the committed volunteers, and the patients who participate in trials and ultimately benefit from the research results.
An overhaul of Australia’s alcohol tax system would potentially bring both health and economic gains, according to research conducted by HMRI Health Economist Professor Chris Doran. The study, published online in the Medical Journal of Australia, compares four options for tax reform in the $30 billion alcohol industry and the benefits that would flow from…
The customer-owned Greater Bank is Newcastle and the Hunter's only local bank.
It offers a greater kind of banking experience whether you're buying a home, saving, investing, paying the bills, insuring your possessions, travelling or planning for retirement - online, on the phone, at a local branch or through its national ATM network.
Greater Bank is experienced, safe and strong like the big banks. The difference is it doesn't have shareholders so it's always focussed on customers and community.
Greater Bank's friendly, expert team has made it a winner of the national Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards three years running, with ratings as high as 97%.
Two Newcastle-based Greater Building Society staff members yesterday took out emerging leader awards at the 2013 national conference of Australia’s 100 customer owned banking institutions being held in Melbourne. HR manager Kristy Bagnall, from Merewether, won the national 2013 Emerging Leader Award and Senior business analyst Vanessa Nirmal, from Adamstown, won one of four Emerging Leader Tertiary…
TAFE NSW is Australia’s largest training and education provider with more than 500,000 enrolments and 1,200 courses. As an education innovator, we’re focused on shaping the future through state-of-the-art facilities, systems, technology and teachers. Our graduates are equipped for the jobs of today and the careers of the future.
TAFE NSW offers the best of campus-based delivery as well as flexible, online and work-based learning. Collaboration, diversity and the strong relationships between our locations contribute to and magnify the value of TAFE NSW and importantly, the benefits that we deliver to communities and the economy of NSW.
George Mirosevich, a recent apprentice graduate from Hunter TAFE and employee from the Hunter Valley restaurant, Muse, will be heading to the UK next year having taken out the prestigious Brett Graham culinary scholarship. The 18 year old from Nelson Bay beat runner-up David Coulthard from Emersons caf√© restaurant and Paul Niddrie from Rustica at…
The annual Summer Art Bazaar will be held on Saturday, 7 December 2013 and applications are open for stallholders to participate. Art Bazaar is held quarterly by Hunter Arts Network (HAN), which is a non-profit membership of Artists, Designers, Jewellers and craft people from the Hunter region and showcases original handcrafted goods from over 100…
Awabakal has provided services to indigenous people living in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens and Hunter Valley regions of New South Wales since 1977.
Their services are delivered and predominately managed by professional Aboriginal staff experienced with and sensitive to the needs of the community.
Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Co-operative and the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation have formed a partnership that aims to raise awareness of women’s health in the local Aboriginal community. For a limited time an exclusive Deadly Choices Breast Cancer jersey will be available for Aboriginal women who visit the Awabakal Aboriginal Primary Health Care Centre (AAPHCC) for…
Centennial's Chairman, Bob Cameron will be speaking to the local business community at an upcoming Lake Macquarie Foundation breakfast event. The Lake Macquarie Foundation is a not-for-profit, charitable community foundation created by and for the people of Lake Macquarie. Lake Macquarie Foundation CEO, Jo Bright, said that it serves as a vehicle to connect people…