Electoral district of Newcastle Electoral district of Newcastle Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It was represented since 2011 by Tim Owen of the Liberal Party who became an independent in 2014 shortly before resigning from parliament. The 2014 Newcastle by-election occurred on 25 October, Tim Crakanthorp of the Labor Party regained the seat. The district takes in the eastern part of the City of Newcastle, including the parts of the suburbs from Hexham to Mayfield lying to the east of the Main North railway line, Broadmeadow, Hamilton
Newcastle, New South Wales "The Herald" (formerly "The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate" and then "The Newcastle Herald"), several weeklies including the "Newcastle Star", "The Post" and the bi-monthly "The Hunter Advocate". Other alternative media in the city include the university's student publications Opus and Yak Magazine, Newcastle Mirage (a local arts and culture zine) and Urchin (a zine published by the media and arts organisation Octapod). The city is also served by several local radio stations, including those owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and SBS. Newcastle is also served by five television networks, three commercial and two national services: 9NBN produces