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.

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Posted by Admin on December 21st, 2007
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JetsSource: 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.

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Posted by Admin on December 21st, 2007
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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.

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Posted by Admin on December 19th, 2007
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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.

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Posted by Admin on December 17th, 2007
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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.

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Posted by Admin on December 17th, 2007
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