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Confronting photos of thousands of dead fish in the Darling River have raised our awareness of the need for healthy rivers and a sustainable water management policy framework. What is happening? Why? What should we be doing? Lin Crase ,

Last Wednesday at Souths saw a thought provoking beginning to the year’s program for the Newcastle Institute – a key message and question for all of us is to recall the power that can be garnered in positive policy making

Welcome to the Newcastle Institute for 2019.  It has been great to see so many of our inaugural members for 2018 renewing their memberships for 2019.  Our committee and our program convenor for 2019, Robert Logan, have been working to

Come along to the last Newcastle Institute event for 2018 on Wed 7th November at 6.00pm.  Our speaker is Michael Ondaatje. Michael Ondaatje has been a popular speaker at previous Newcastle Institute events. He is a regular commentator on US politics

Maximising opportunities for the Hunter through a unified voice The September 2018 release of The Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Plan 2036  https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/~/media/Files/DPE/Plans-and-policies/greater-newcastle-metropolitan-plan-2018.ashx reminds us that communities prosper when a strategic approach to planning and a shared vision incorporates all tiers of government,

For our September event, on 12th September, we are collaborating with the organisers of the Margaret Henry Memorial lecture to promote this event to the members of the Newcastle Institute and to our email list. The inaugural Margaret Henry Memorial

Scroll down to see the video stream of this event. Securing reliable energy at affordable prices is a significant challenge for Hunter households and businesses.  The Newcastle Institute’s August Forum will present options for how we can take control of

Lessons in Education for Newcastle and the Hunter Valley Since the turn of this century there has been lots of discussion about just how we should look at equipping children and young adults with the skills, knowledge and value framework for

13 June 2018 Are we creating sustainable and resilient communities? What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? What do we need to do better? Cathy Smith – Inaugural Turnbull Foundation Women in Built Environment Scholar(UNSW), Richard Rogers fellow Harvard

It has been great to see the interest being taken and registrations for our forum next Wednesday, 9 May. We’re glad to be able to continue our program for this year with some insight into the issue of ‘Women and