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| Suburb | Date | Page | Headline | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Vale | 20/06/98 | p.6 | Tank campaigner fights big guns | Septic toilet system |
| Arcadia Vale | 30/10/98 | p.21 | Fight not wasted: Lake lets man recycle sewage | Legal procedings of Sewage recycling system (Super-Treat) by Lake Macquarie City Council |
| Argenton | 19/03/98 | p.6 | Stormwater pollution plan shade expensive solutions | Pollution-Stormwater problems |
| Argenton | 9/10/98 | p.9 | Victims of lead: health concerns divide community | Lead pollution at Pasminco |
| Argenton | 16/09/99 | p.1 | Help my child: a mother's lead plea | Lake Macquarie Council General Manager Ken Holt to meet Urban Affairs and Planning Minister, regarding lead contamination from Pasminco |
| Awaba | 22/09/97 | p.3 | Council faces action over tip : Lake cops $500 fine | Water pollution |
| Awaba | 5/11/97 | p.4 | Work-for-dole projects set to be a constructive experience for jobless | Awaba Bay Recreational Park |
| Awaba | 9/12/98 | p.12 | Foam fills fissures: group fights mine extension | Repair of subsidence damge in Awaba State Forest |
| Awaba | 5/02/99 | p.3 | Awaba tip 'in wrong place' | Lake Macquarie City Council fined |
| Barnsley | 2/03/98 | p.4 | Praise for Lake fire operation | NSW Fire Brigade, Rural Fire Service - bushfires |
| Belmont | 23/12/95 | p.3 | Geiger testing for BHP Lake land | Belmont Sands. Residential development |
| Belmont | 23/03/96 | p.17 | Shifting sands | Belmont to Redhead coastline |
| Belmont | 29/11/96 | p.6 | Threat to airport as Lake erosion problem turns serious | Erosion |
| Belmont | 28/07/97 | p.3 | Activist tips new court challenge over Lake development | Fauna |
| Belmont | 10/11/97 | p.7 | Concern over bush clearing | Endangered Flora & Fauna |
| Belmont | 7/04/98 | p.3 | MP urges inquiry into Green Point dispute | Green Point - disputed ownership of Cardiff Coal Company |
| Belmont | 16/04/98 | p.3 | Council's missed deadline behind Green point funding mix-up | Green Point - NSW Minister for the Environment |
| Belmont | 16/04/98 | p.6 | Savage fights on in Green Point saga | Green Point - Leslie Savage - Lunn family. |
| Belmont | 25/02/99 | p.7 | Garrett urges Belmont wetland protection | Peter Garrett urged that Belmont Wetlands be protected from residential development |
| Belmont | 23/06/99 | p.30 | Win for Lunns on Lake site | The Lunn family has won a court battle against McCloys Developments Pty. Ltd. to prove a century-old link with a valuable section of Green Point land. |
| Belmont | 1/09/99 | p.3 | Garrett puts big voice behind Belmont wetlands | |
| Belmont | 7/02/00 | p.17 | Wetland offers a walk on wild side | Cold Tea Creek |
| Belmont | 29/02/00 | p.6 | Slow path to funding | Delays in delivery of a promised $500,000 federal grant for funding of a cycleway between Belmont and Valentine could jeopardise the project |
| Belmont | 29/03/00 | p.28 | Sands in the face: land strategy limited - BHP | There was no evidence of economic viability in the limited development that Lake Macquarie City Council was prepared top allow at Belmont Sands, according to a BHP spokesperson |
| Belmont | 8/04/00 | p.21 | Following the Green Point trail | Lake Maccquarie City Council announced yesterday that it would use a $44,000 grant to build a heritage trail through Green Point foreshore reserve. |
| Belmont | 17/05/00 | p.30 | No grant to buy property | The federal Government has rejected Lake Macquarie City Council's application for a grant to buy BHP's beachfront land between Belmont and Redhead |
| Belmont | 5/06/00 | p.4 | Residents rally against BHP's wetlands plan | An awareness rally was held by Lake Macquarie resident's yesterday in a move to prevent development of Belmont Wetlands |
| Belmont | 24/08/00 | p.16 | Delays to Lake reserve work | Lake Macquarie City Council has put on hold for almost 12 months major work on its proposed main entrance to Green Point. |
| Belmont | 11/09/00 | p.14 | Poached lobsters land diver in hot water with the law | A Belmont man has been reported by the NSW Department of Fisheries for being in possession of five undersize lobsters. |
| Belmont | 5/10/00 | p.14 | Swamp rescue call to Premier | Members of alliance trying to save Belmont Wetlands from development lodged a rescue plan with the Premier's Department in Newcastle yesterday. |
| Belmont | 18/10/00 | p.12 | Grass 'in bad state' | Grass would die at Belmont Cemetery because no water was available, Lake Macquarie City Council was told. Sand extraction and koalas also mentioned in smaller articles, same segment. |
| Belmont | 23/10/00 | p.1 | BHP land bid : developer lobbies for housing | McLoys building development company is lobbying the State Government to buy the 500ha BHP site at Belmont. |
| Belmont | 24/10/00 | p.1 | Sand city: environment, development share Lake land scheme | Belmont developer, Jeff McCloy unveiled a major residential, tourist and golf course plan for BHP land at Belmont. |
| Belmont | 28/10/00 | p.30 | The Hunter proud of all it's wetlands | Letter to the editor from Christine Prietto of the Shortland Wetlands Centre commenting on the Belmont Wetlands development proposal. |
| Belmont | 28/10/00 | p.30 | This must be a reserve | Letter to the editor from the Lake macquarie Coastal and Wetland Alliance concerning the proposed Belmont Wetlands development. |
| Belmont | 30/10/00 | p.7 | Wetland solution may be donation | Lake Macquarie environmentalists are hoping that BHP will give some or all of it's Belmont Wetlands land to the City as a parting gift. |
| Belmont | 14/11/00 | p.15 | ALP row on BHP wetland | BHP owned land at Belmont. A delegation of ALP identites hopes to meet with Premier Bob Carr soon. |
| Belmont North | 4/03/00 | p.7 | Wetland out of bounds: BHP blocks land clean-up | Community groups have been barred from cleaning up land North of Belmont Lagoon, which BHP are keen to develop for housing. |
| Blackalls Park | 21/01/98 | p.3 | Fish die as Mudd Creek lives up to its name | Death of hundreds of fish |
| Blackalls Park | 17/05/99 | p.7 | Lake cycleway park plan takes root | Scouts and Toronto District Landcare group hold tree planting day at Todd St reserve |
| Blackalls Park | 25/11/99 | p.7 | Bay clean-up gets murky | Dredging of Edmunds Bay |
| Blacksmiths | 22/11/99 | p.18 | Residents shocked by dead dolphin at Blacksmiths | A dead dolphin found washed up with bricks attached to it's tail has shocked Blacksmiths residents. |
| Blacksmiths | 4/12/99 | p.3 | Dolphin killings in our waters | An investigation has begun into a series of suspicious dolphin killings off Blacksmihts |
| Bonnells Bay | 29/06/98 | p.7 | Aboriginal project a first | Bonnells Bay Fishing Club. Pourmalong Creek |
| Bonnells Bay | 7/05/99 | p.7 | Battle lines: tide about to turn on illegal barriers to Lake waterfront | Cr Greg Piper is concerned about waterfront residents putting up barriers to restrict access to people walking past their property. |
| Boolaroo | 13/09/95 | p.1 | Inquiry clears $41mil smelter upgrade | Pasminco - lead pollution |
| Boolaroo | 14/09/95 | p.6 | The Pasminco smelter report | Pasminco - lead pollution |
| Boolaroo | 30/09/95 | p.3 | Clean-up ready at Boolaroo | Boolaroo - lead contamination. |
| Boolaroo | 2/10/95 | p.3 | Call for changes to lead level measurements | Boolaroo - lead contamination. |
| Boolaroo | 21/10/95 | p.1 | Boolaroo lead levels a 'disgrace': AMA chief | Pasminco - lead pollution |
| Boolaroo | 24/10/95 | p.5 | AMA chief firm on lead levels | Pasminco - lead pollution |
| Boolaroo | 18/11/95 | p.5 | Hard work ahead to be well-read on lead | Pasminco . North Lake Macquarie Remediation Project |
| Boolaroo | 9/03/96 | p.7 | Smelter study in the wind | Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 4/04/96 | p.5 | New slant on Boolaroo lead problems | Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 23/08/96 | p.3 | Lead removed | Pasminco - lead problem |
| Boolaroo | 12/09/96 | p.5 | Opinions divided on Boolaroo lead levels | Air pollution. Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 16/11/96 | p.5 | Facelift plans for Boolaroo | Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 19/11/96 | p.2 | Mayor voices concern on Boolaroo's barrier | Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 20/11/96 | p.4 | Pasminco defends Boolaroo barrier | Pasminco - proposed buffer zone, pollution shield |
| Boolaroo | 9/12/96 | p.3 | Fresh funds for Boolaroo clean-up | Pasminco - Lead remediation |
| Boolaroo | 6/01/97 | p.5 | Pasminco's plan to reduce slag waste at Boolaroo site | Environmental waste management. Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 8/01/97 | p.3 | Staff lead levels cut at smelter | Lead levels. Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 30/01/97 | p.3 | Housing next to Pasminco rejected by council | Pasminco Metals-Sulphide |
| Boolaroo | 3/06/97 | p.3 | Pasminco plan 'vital to protect high-lead children' | Proposed fence-topped mound - Pasminco lead smelter |
| Boolaroo | 26/09/97 | p.5 | Smelter fined over breaches | Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 9/10/97 | p.4 | Concern over Pasminco expansion | Pasminco Smelter - emission limits |
| Boolaroo | 17/10/97 | p.3 | MP tells Pasminco to clean up its act | Pasminco smelter |
| Boolaroo | 30/10/97 | p.2 | Lead fighters clean backyard | Pasminco Smelter |
| Boolaroo | 6/12/97 | p.4 | Mayfield, Boolaroo worst air, EPA says | Air pollution - Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 11/12/97 | p.6 | Lead-affected house recontaminated a year after remediation | Lead pollution - Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 24/12/97 | p.4 | Pasminco smelter bites the bullet in new recycling project | Recycling lead bullets |
| Boolaroo | 26/02/98 | p.2 | Mum keeps up lead-level fight | Children - lead levels |
| Boolaroo | 2/05/98 | p.2 | Pasminco to put out more monitors | Air quality |
| Boolaroo | 12/05/98 | p.5 | Worried mum moves to have Pasminco lead zone extended | Boolaroo - Ros Cook - Pasminco - Lead |
| Boolaroo | 25/05/98 | p.1 | Lake smelter cancer fears | Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 26/05/98 | p.2 | Health risk action call | Pasminco - Health risk assessment |
| Boolaroo | 28/05/98 | p.5 | Pasminco committed to cleaner air | Pasminco Metals-Sulphide |
| Boolaroo | 26/06/98 | p.4 | Big drop in child's lead level after family leaves Boolaroo | Air pollution - Lead - Boolaroo |
| Boolaroo | 5/08/98 | p.12 | Strategies to reduce lead levels working | Letter to editor about Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 8/08/98 | p.23 | 350 want lead help | House remediation by Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 14/10/98 | p.5 | $6mill clean air move: plan by Pasminco | Sulphur dioxide pollution at Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 15/10/98 | p.16 | Pasminco on notice: Lake smelter told to show how it will meet air-quality standards | Sulphur dioxide pollution at Pasminco |
| Boolaroo | 19/11/98 | p.7 | Pasminco moves to reduce output of sulphur dioxide | Sulphur dioxide discharge at Pasminco Cockle Creek smelter |
| Boolaroo | 11/03/99 | p.4 | Boolaroo set for lead shield | Mound to shield Boolaroo from Pasminco shelter |
| Boolaroo | 24/03/99 | p.5 | Pasminco's 'bar lowered': Winning attacks Minister on rotten gas | Pasminco's exceedences of World Health Organisation (WHO) limits for sulphur dioxide emmisions |
| Boolaroo | 12/08/99 | p.11 | Smelter in clear : authority | Pasminco lead emissions |
| Boolaroo | 17/08/99 | p.7 | Smelter levels down: Cockle Creek zinc and lead production falls as process changes | Pasminco's Cockle Creek smelter has recorded a drop in lead and zinc levels in the last quarter, though plans for new subdivisions are still on hold. |
| Boolaroo | 27/08/99 | p.12 | State team visits site | Sulphur dioxide emmissions vrom Pasminco were being monitored by state government officials from Sydney yesterday following publicity over increased incidents of emmissions above the WHO standard. |
| Boolaroo | 11/09/99 | p.3 | Smelter sued on land ban | Pasminco, World Health Organisation (WHO), Lake Macquarie Council and Verron Pty Ltd in legal procedings regarding environmental health |
| Boolaroo | 15/09/99 | p.1 | Lead balloons crisis meeting as Pasminco levels hit 10-year high | Lead emissions |
| Boolaroo | 21/10/99 | p.14 | State to help out on lead | Meeting between Lake Macquarie City Council and Minister Urban Affairs and Planning regarding Pasminco lead contamination |
| Boolaroo | 13/12/99 | p.7 | Building concerns: fears contaminated soil being used in Pasminco protective barrier | lead contamination in protective wall being built at Pasminco smelter |
| Boolaroo | 24/12/99 | p.6 | Smelter predicts breach | Operators of Pasminco's Boolaroo smelter are forcasting breaches of yearly air pollution goals. |
| Boolaroo | 6/01/00 | p.7 | Pasminco cuts zinc output | Pasminco has temporarily closed a refinery column at it's Cockle Creek smelter after discovering a zinc leak. |
| Boolaroo | 29/02/00 | p.1 | Off to court: pasminco to face legal action over emissions | Pasminco is facing a potential multi-million dollar class action by residents wo allege they have been affected by emissions. |
| Boolaroo | 4/03/00 | p.22 | Hotline runs hot: 300 join Pasminco legal action | At least 300 people who have lived near lead smelters at Boolaroo and Port Pirie have registered for a class action agaist Pasminco. |
| Boolaroo | 15/04/00 | p.12 | Action on lead levels | The NSW Department of Urban Affairs and Planning will be urged by Lake Macquarie City Council to enforce conditions of consent on lead emissions after Pasminco's continuing failure to comply. |
| Boolaroo | 9/05/00 | p.6 | 1000 in line against smelter | class action against Pasminco's Boolaroo smelter |
| Boolaroo | 17/05/00 | p.13 | Smelter case on again | Legal action against emissions from two of Pasminco's smelters was being renewed in the Victorian Supreme Court after being struck out of the federal vourt. |
| Boolaroo | 18/05/00 | p.7 | Pasminco out to scrub pollution | Pasminco is undertaking major environmental projects to improve conditions for residents in adjacent areas, including a $1.5m earth mound and a $7m sulphur dioxide tail gas scrubber. |
| Boolaroo | 9/06/00 | p.5 | Pasminco class action gets boost | Class action against Pasminco was given a boost yesterday with a win in a similar class action against Mobil. |
| Boolaroo | 10/07/00 | p.11 | Greener gateway to the lake | Beautification of Boolaroo & Speers Point |
| Boolaroo | 11/07/00 | p.2 | Council praises emission fall | Sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from Pasminco smelter |
| Boolaroo | 12/09/00 | p.12 | Demand for gas figures: deadline for Pasminco | Lake Macquarie City Council called on Pasminco to produce all sulphur-dioxide emission results within 2 weeks. |
| Boolaroo | 13/10/00 | p.19 | Greening gateway | Boolaroo public school students to plant 250 bottlebrush trees today. |
| Boolaroo | 4/11/00 | p.5 | Class action "unclear" | Pasminco has asked the Victorian Supreme Court to dismiss a class action aginst it over emissions from it's Cockle Creek and Port Pirie plants. |
| Booragul | 14/10/00 | p.29 | Future of park at risk | Angry Booragul residents claim that Edwards Park will be destroyed by council plans to put a silt trap in the park. |
| Cams Wharf | 19/03/99 | p.20 | Council lands in dispute: plan to rezone open space | Rezoning of open space land at Cams Wharf |
| Cams Wharf | 2/08/99 | p.3 | Forced land grab: $145,000 for waterfront site now worth millions | Mr Tom Wrightson, 83 year old former owner of the "Lord of the manor" property at Cams Wharf, maintains he was forced to sell the property in 1979, after council threatened him with compulsory acquisition. |
| Cardiff | 3/12/97 | p.5 | Residents apply pressure to improve Cardiff water problem | Hunter Water Corporation - Cr Tsousis |
| Cardiff | 4/12/99 | p.30 | Top environmental honours to Cardiff firm | Quantum Energy Systems Pty ltd of Cardiff took out top honours in the Public and Private Enterprise Section at the Newcastel Environmental Achievement Awards. |
| Carey Bay | 23/01/98 | p.2 | Lake is 'dying' say residents desperate for drain dredging | Water pollution. Siltation |
| Catherine Hill Bay | 28/06/00 | p.18 | council wins Bay building appeal | Lake Macquaire City Council Has won an appeal over not permitting the erectionof a two - storey building on land at historic Catherine Hill Bay. |
| Caves Beach | 12/10/99 | p.3 | New ground on land deal | The draft land rezoning plans for the land between Caves Beach and Catherine Hill Bay, known as Pinny Beach Estate, were unveilled last night. The project will be known as the North Wallarah Peninsula Project. |
| Charlestown | 6/09/96 | p.4 | Bypass impact assessed | Charlestown bypass - Fauna Impact Statement |
| Charlestown | 14/01/99 | p.6 | Lake fallout on asbestos | Jenkins, John (Councillor) |
| Charlestown | 31/03/99 | p.7 | Drug-pushers, louts threat in Charlestown | Anti-social behaviour causes security firm to refuse to make solo patrols in Charlestown Square |
| Coal Point | 15/04/00 | p.18 | Residents fight units | Residents and members of the Coal Point Progress Association will fight the proposed development of 24 multi-level units at 31 Coal Point Road. |
| Cockle Creek | 28/06/200 | p.9 | Pasminco strives to clear the air | Pasminco Cockle Creek smelter general manager Ken Lane outlines steps taken by his company in reponse to the community's enviromental concerns. |
| Cockle Creek | 20/05/98 | p.6 | Units on hold over Pasminco pollution levels | Sulphur dioxide emissions - Pasminco. Development approval - Warners Bay |
| Cockle Creek | 4/11/98 | p.7 | Concerned resident wants to see fish taken off the menu | Selenium discharge - Pasminco Cockle Creek smelter |
| Cockle Creek | 27/02/99 | p.5 | Pasminco scrubs up, $7m cleaner | Pasminco to install tail gas scrubbing system at its Cockle Creek smelter in an attempt to meet World Health Organisation standards for sulphur dioxide emissions. |
| Cockle Creek | 16/09/99 | p.2 | Smelter upgrades 'nearly finished' | Pasminco smelter upgrade to reduce arsenic and cadmium emissions |
| Cockle Creek | 22/01/00 | p.7 | Can do better: Pasminco above lead target | Pasminco has been criticized for letting lead levels at it's Cockle Creek smelter rise above a community target. |
| Cockle Creek | 18/10/00 | p.17 | Information fallout : council demands updated data on Lake smelter emissions | An updated sulphur dioxide contour plume map from Pasminco is hoped to be available in a fortnight. |
| Cockle Creek | 9/11/00 | p.3 | Pasminco decision adjourned | |
| Cooranbong | 17/03/98 | p.5 | Colliery extension refused | Powercoal - Cooranbong Colliery Extensions Plan |
| Cooranbong | 18/01/00 | p.3 | Anger over forest gumps | State Forest authorities are working with police and the EPA to track down those responsible for a giant tyre dump in the Watagan Mountains near Cooranbong. |
| Dora Creek | 1/02/97 | p.2 | Illegal dump a shore thing | Pollution |
| Dora Creek | 2/03/98 | p.4 | Praise for Lake fire operation | NSW Fire Brigade, Rural Fire Service - bushfires |
| Dora Creek | 19/01/00 | p.4 | $86,000 for flood work | Plans to manage flooding at Wallsend, Dora Creek and Cockle Creek will be developed with $86,000 State Government grant. |
| Dudley | 22/07/96 | p.5 | Scouts do their best in the bush | Dune care - Burwood Beach. Cardiff Scouts |
| Dudley | 24/01/97 | p.3 | Review has sweet smell of success for Burwood | Water pollution. Burwood Beach |
| Dudley | 1/04/98 | p.3 | Glenrock blueprint bans dogs from beaches; Night crimes to shut road | Dudley Beach-Glenrock Lagoon |
| Edgeworth | 2/02/99 | p.7 | 'Dump' cam is watching | Illegal dumping of rubbish |
| Edgeworth | 2/02/00 | p.16 | Wetlands kept safe | Chemicals dumped in stormwater drain off Springvale Street, Edgeworth |
| Edgeworth | 27/06/00 | p.7 | Court to approve suburb | Land and Environment Court approveals are expected this week to allow for development of the 500 lots of a proposed $300million new suburb near Edgewort |
| Estelville | 28/07/99 | p.12 | Lake suburb ready to roll | Cameron Park, a new subdivision in the Estelville area, expected to include 1700 homes, is about to be given approval |
| Fennell Bay | 27/11/96 | p.2 | Residents dodge Council palm-off over trees | Significant trees |
| Garden Suburb | 2/03/96 | p.7 | Push to save Garden Suburb bushland | |
| Gateshead | 2/12/97 | p.1 | Council may dump waste plan | Waste transfer station |
| Gateshead | 24/02/98 | p.2 | Lake dumps Gateshead waste station: | Proposed Gateshead Waste Transfer Station - kerbside bulky waste pickup |
| Gateshead | 15/11/00 | p.5 | Toxic spill clean-up | Creosote spill at Gateshead. |
| Glendale | 13/01/97 | p.1 | Squirrels delaying approval on sports facility | Squirrel Glider colony. Glendale Athletics Centre |
| Glendale | 9/09/97 | p.3 | Endangered purple plant at root of delay | Tetratheca juncea . Glendale Athletics Centre |
| Glendale | 10/10/97 | p.4 | Threatened flora safe under ammended plan | Glendale Athletics Centre - environmental impact |
| Glendale | 11/10/97 | p. | Athletics centre trips up | Glendale athletics centre. Weekend 7 |
| Glendale | 14/10/97 | p.3 | Despair over plant holding up athletics, gymnastics project; urgent talks over Glendale centre | Glendale athletics centre |
| Glendale | 15/10/97 | p.3 | Two sets of rules on flora | Glendale athletics centre |
| Glendale | 16/10/97 | p.5 | NPWS approves Lake council's plant buffer zone at Glendale project | Glendale athletics centre |
| Glendale | 17/10/97 | p.3 | Glendale centre put 'back on track' | National Parks and Wildlife Service - protection of endangered plant |
| Glendale | 25/10/97 | p.1 | Sick of being rubbished | Winding Creek |
| Glendale | 6/04/98 | p.3 | Rare wagtail spotted | Black-tailed wagtail (Motacilla lugens) - sighting |
| Gwandalan | 28/08/99 | p.26 | Public meeting at Lake | A buyout of commercial fishermen in Lake Macquarie to rid the lake of net haulers is just one idea to be discussed at a public meeting at Gwandalan called by the Lake Macquarie Concerned Angler's Group |
| Jewells | 27/04/99 | p.7 | McCloy brngs in the horses | Use of rural land at Jewells to graze horses. Land contains endangered plant, tetratheca juncea. |
| Jewells | 14/02/00 | p.18 | Council turns up heat on BHP over car graveyard | BHP owned land at Jewells used as dumping ground for stolen cars |
| Jewells | 30/03/00 | p.14 | Grazing on site stopped: land home to rare plant | A company owned by the McCloy Group has been ordered to stop grazing on land at Fencott Drive, Jewels where an endangered plant has halted residential zoning plans. |
| Kahibah | 13/04/99 | p.4 | Plant stems road's flow: Lake link doubt | Endangered plant, tetratheca juncea, could halt construction of road linking Kahibah and Whitebridge |
| Kahibah | 16/08/00 | p.16 | Vigilant eye to be kept on road | Kahibah residents will not be resting on their laurels after their victory over the Waran Road extension. |
| Lake | 15/09/95 | p.4 | Eat on, as Lake fish pollution under study | Water pollution |
| Lake | 20/09/95 | p.8 | Research offers remedy for lake | Water pollution - selenium |
| Lake | 14/03/96 | p.2 | Heavy metals fish test | Pasminco . Hunter Public Health Unit |
| Lake | 5/12/96 | p.3 | Lake stocks declining, says anglers' | Fish numbers |
| Lake | 11/12/96 | p.5 | Urgent erosion work costs $5m: Lake's problems go back 100 years | Erosion |
| Lake | 20/12/96 | p.6 | Study predicts higher lake flooding | Lake Macquarie - Flood levels |
| Lake | 22/01/97 | p.2 | Heavy metal report | Water Pollution - selenium. Hunter Public Health Unit - Heavy Metal Survey |
| Lake | 10/03/97 | p.5 | New push for single body to cover Lake | Siltation |
| Lake | 5/07/97 | p.1 | Sewage warning as storm run-off hits lake | Water pollution |
| Lake | 7/07/97 | p.3 | Lake keeps up sewer warning | Water pollution |
| Lake | 8/07/97 | p.1 | Don't drink the water, at least for now | Faecal coliform levels |
| Lake | 12/07/97 | p.1 | Lake fishermen go without as seal feasts | |
| Lake | 2/08/97 | p.1 | $40mill plan to improve Lake | Lake Macquarie Draft Estuary Management Plan |
| Lake | 8/08/97 | p.3 | Expert calls for tighter Lake erosion controls | Lake Macquarie - Siltation |
| Lake | 11/09/97 | p.4 | Plan to preserve Lake's attraction | Scenic Quality Plan. Preservation proposal |
| Lake | 17/09/97 | p.5 | Lake council on alert in fish scare | Pollution |
| Lake | 17/10/97 | p.1 | Deformed fish found : blisters on catches prompt fears of unknown disease | Diseased fish - Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 18/10/97 | p.1 | Anxious wait for odd fish test result | Diseased fish - Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 15/11/97 | p.3 | 40m plan to improve lake | Estuary Management Plan |
| Lake | 16/12/97 | p.2 | Lake aims to hook minister | Commercial fishing - Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 1/01/98 | p.4 | Red alert for algae at beach | Water Pollution |
| Lake | 17/02/98 | p.4 | Fisheries to sign Lake plan | NSW Department of Fisheries - Lake Macquarie Estuary Management Plan - commercial fishing |
| Lake | 21/02/98 | p.1 | Fish ban 'first instinct' Carr announces Lake task force | Fish numbers - Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 25/02/98 | p.14 | Pasminco and Community | Opinions |
| Lake | 25/02/98 | p.6 | Councils come together | Cooperation of councils for Clean up Australia Campaign |
| Lake | 27/02/98 | p.1 | Turtle mercy dash | Turtle-found suffering |
| Lake | 28/02/98 | p.1 | Tommy Turtle relaxing | Turtle-fate of found Turtle |
| Lake | 28/02/98 | p.5 | Birds eye view for beach inspector as sharks near shore | Tiger shark and hammerheads spotted off dudley beach |
| Lake | 3/03/98 | p.3 | Mr Clean Up gets mayor's vote | Ian Kiernan - head of joint task force on Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 7/03/98 | p.8 | Residents object to worm farm at Cardiff Heights | Worm farm---establishment plans for worm farm in cardiff heights opposed |
| Lake | 19/03/98 | p.4 | Lake fish stocks in decline-industry | Commercial Fishing-decline |
| Lake | 26/03/98 | p.6 | Lake nets bans urged; anglers call for licence backing | Commercial fishing-angler licences |
| Lake | 3/04/98 | p.10 | Fun line on track with public | Belmont rail corridor |
| Lake | 7/04/98 | p.3 | Help sought on lake secret studies | Vales Point and Eraring Power Stations - environmental impact study by CSIRO |
| Lake | 11/04/98 | p.3 | Lake fishing conflict taken to task | Fish numbers in lake |
| Lake | 2/05/98 | p.1 | Secret lake report : fish contaminated study | Selenium levels. Eraring Power Station |
| Lake | 5/05/98 | p.3 | Inquiry on lake cover-up | Selenium levels in lake fish |
| Lake | 6/05/98 | p.6 | Order to issue Lake reports: 'Bureaucracy to blame' | Selenium levels in lake fish. Pacific Power environmental reports |
| Lake | 3/07/98 | p.7 | Overflow watch: Human element in Lake samples | CSIRO program. Hunter Water Corporation overflow. |
| Lake | 25/08/98 | p.3 | Lake calls for 'no swimming' signs | Stoney Creek, South Creek |
| Lake | 5/09/98 | p.26 | Netting in lake must be halted : survey | Commercial fishing |
| Lake | 6/10/98 | p.3 | Lake warning signs breaking silence | Health risks of eating fish caught in lake |
| Lake | 9/10/98 | p.18 | Study to test Lake fish | EPA - selenium |
| Lake | 30/10/98 | p.5 | Lake sets toxic tally: check on selenium legacy | Selenium contamination in Lake Macquarie - Environment Protection Authority (EPA) study |
| Lake | 4/11/98 | p.7 | Residents may pay for Lake | Estuary and coastal management committee - proposed residential levy to clean Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 4/11/98 | p.8 | Funds for the Lake - editorial | Estuary and coastal management committee - proposed residential levy to clean Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 10/11/98 | p.4 | Public to get say on state of Lake | Estuary and coastal management committee, with Ian Kiernan |
| Lake | 4/12/98 | p.1 | Save the Lake | 3% rate levy by Lake Council proposed |
| Lake | 4/12/98 | p.2 | Fishing plan has a catch | Commercial fishing by Henderson family |
| Lake | 11/01/99 | p.5 | Boat sewage service: Free pump-out at Belmont to reduce effluent in Lake Macquarie | boat sewage-holding tank pump-out service at Belmont yacht club. |
| Lake | 26/01/99 | p.11 | Case delays release of Tommy turtle | A turtle found dying on Lake Macquarie 11 months ago has its release delayed due to being needed as evidence in the court case against a man charges with harming a threatened species |
| Lake | 4/03/99 | p.11 | Lake's pollution problem in the bag | Litter bag prototypes for stormwater inlets |
| Lake | 5/03/99 | p.18 | Project to reel in data: Lake anglers to record catches | NSW Fisheries survey of recreational fish stocks in Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 12/03/99 | p.1 | Carr's $5million drop in the Lake: short-changed on clean-up funds | State government funds for clean-up of the Lake fall short of expectations |
| Lake | 12/03/99 | p.8 | The lake funding | Editorial on state government funding for rehabilitation of Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 10/04/99 | p.11 | Turning the tide | Weekend feature - pollutionof Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 6/05/99 | p.3 | Lake harvest of sea fish, sharks: months of rain load water with food for the finned | Rise in populations of ocean fish and sharks in Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 7/05/99 | p.7 | Battle lines: council reclaims foreshore | Between 10% & 15% of Lake Macquarie foreshore is privately owned |
| Lake | 7/05/99 | p.8 | A right to Lake access | Newspaper editorial |
| Lake | 8/06/99 | p.6 | Council tempers flare over clean-up | Industries asked to contribute to restoration programme for the Lake |
| Lake | 12/06/99 | p.5 | Lake in water study | National water audit by CSIRO Land and Water Division |
| Lake | 2/07/99 | p.16 | Nippers out over crabs: professionals call for 'witches hat' ban in Lake | Commercial fisherman want a ban on traps used by recreational anglers to catch crabs |
| Lake | 6/07/99 | p.7 | Jansson starts clean-up | Jeff Jansson temporarily appointed as coordinator of clean-up Lake Macquaire program |
| Lake | 13/07/99 | p.7 | Fishing for lake answer | Report by NSW Fisheries |
| Lake | 6/08/99 | p.10 | Lake fished right out [letter] | commercial fishing in Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 16/08/99 | p.6 | Dam to cut heavy metals: cleaner Lake in sight | Lake Macquarie City Council is set to approve a stormwater drainage strategy to eliminate heavy metal discharge into the Lake. |
| Lake | 17/09/99 | p.6 | Lake clean-up gets under way | Three year catchment work and lake clean up action plan begins |
| Lake | 25/11/99 | p.8 | Lake delays | Delyas in three year plan to clean up Lake Macquarie - editorial |
| Lake | 18/12/99 | p.5 | Scales fish out decline | commercial fish catches declining in Lake Macquarie |
| Lake | 21/03/00 | p.19 | Councils soft line on fishing | Lake commercial fishing licences |
| Lake | 25/03/00 | p.16 | Boat sewage clean-up call | Boaters may soon be banned from discharging even treated sewage into waters such as Lake Macquarie under a proposal by NSW Waterways. |
| Lake | 19/04/00 | p.15 | The weak link: Heavy metals threat to food chain of Lake fish | Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) study to investigate Lake Macquarie fish numbers |
| Lake | 11/05/00 | p.18 | Lake's unseen danger | Living Lake Community Survey Report observes that residents belive the state of the Lake has improved over the last five years |
| Lake | 1/06/00 | p.3 | Calling nature to help the lake | For the second year in a row Lake Macquarie residents will be levied $16.50 towards the fight to clean up the Lake. |
| Lake | 29/07/00 | p.22 | Dusty fix for Lake woes | CSIRO scientists investigate a special clay which may trap Lake pollutants |
| Lake | 13/09/00 | p.20 | $1million for lake clean-up project | Mayor John Kilpatrick launched a $1m project to clean up stormwater running into Lake Macquarie. |
| Lake | 3/10/00 | p.17 | Mission to save tainted waters | During it's bicentennial year an environmental rescue mission has begun to save Lake Macquarie. |
| Lake | 28/11/00 | p.12 | Smokers littering waters : study | A new study has revealed that up to 10,000 cigarette butts may be entering the lake each month. |
| Lake Macquarie | 13/09/95 | p.6 | Councillors agree about dune cares | Lake Macquarie City Council - . dune restoration |
| Lake Macquarie | 23/09/95 | p.4 | Lake unable to flush pollution : water tour shows councillors the challenges ahead | Water pollution - Lake Macquarie |
| Lake Macquarie | 17/10/95 | p.5 | MP's flock to forum on Lake | Lake Macquarie - environment forum |
| Lake Macquarie | 25/10/95 | p.4 | Lake seashore unspoilt: study | Coastal areas - Lake Macquarie |
| Lake Macquarie | 20/11/95 | p.6 | Carr visit on Lake pollution | Lake Macquarie - environment forum. |
| Lake Macquarie | 10/07/96 | p.4 | Lake council maps out plan in bitou bush battle | Bitou bush. Noxious weeds |
| Lake Macquarie | 15/10/96 | p.5 | Lake metals study lands national environment excellence award | Selenium and heavy metals levels study |
| Lake Macquarie | 8/11/96 | p.6 | Green strategy reaps its reward | Environmental policy initiatives. Lake Macquarie City Council |
| Lake Macquarie | 26/11/96 | p.3 | Lake reaffirms recycling plans | Recycling programmes - Lake Macquarie City Council |
| Lake Macquarie | 27/11/96 | p.7 | Lake population jumps: retirees make area one of the fastest growing | Population growth. Lake Macquarie |
| Lake Macquarie | 10/01/97 | p.4 | Angler's group calls for ban on Lake nets | Fish numbers |
| Lake Macquarie | 7/02/97 | p.1 | Lake anglers' woes subject of new report | Fish numbers |
| Lake Macquarie | 10/02/97 | p.3 | New $12mill sewage plant : Discharge of effluent into lake due to end | Water pollution. |
| Lake Macquarie | 17/02/97 | p.3 | Stormwater pollution a Lake education plan | Environmental protection . |
| Lake Macquarie | 18/02/97 | p.3 | Bins roll as Lake recycle centre gets nod | Recycling |
| Lake Macquarie | 10/03/97 | p.4 | Lake landlip risk hammered home to council | Landslips |
| Lake Macquarie | 24/03/97 | p.3 | Siltation in Swansea Channel 'nearly as bad' as late 1995 : Call for council to buy a dredge | Siltation |
| Lake Macquarie | 9/04/97 | p.1 | Heavy metals study may ban fishing in Lake | Heavy metals in Lake Macquarie Seafood Study - Hunter Public Health Unit |
| Lake Macquarie | 16/04/97 | p.6 | More Lake land 'prone to flooding' | Floodplain management - Lake Macquarie |
| Lake Macquarie | 28/05/97 | p.3 | Waste system a 'better service' | Hunter Resource Recovery Scheme - Cr Alan Davis |
| Lake Macquarie | 29/05/97 | p.4 | Lake council backs cable fee proposal | Pay TV cables |
| Lake Macquarie | 2/06/97 | p.7 | Mayor confident of funding to clean lake | Lake Macquarie - bicentenary - application for project funding |
| Lake Macquarie | 4/06/97 | p.5 | NSW funds for Lake worm farm | proposed worm farm - Lake Macquarie |
| Lake Macquarie | 13/06/97 | p.1 | Selenium a catch to safe lake seafood | Selenium levels - Lake Macquarie fish. Lake survey gives a warning |
| Lake Macquarie | 21/06/97 | p.4 | No waste of time with new garbage truck fleet | Hunter Resource Recovery - recycling scheme Lake Macquarie City Council |
| Lake Macquarie | 5/07/97 | p.5 | Waste not - Want not Recycling has long since passed from fad phase to reality | Recycling |
| Lake Macquarie | 9/07/97 | p.4 | Lake out of poo soon | Water pollution |
| Lake Macquarie | 25/07/97 | p.5 | Recycling noise irks Lake residents | Noise pollution |
| Lake Macquarie | 6/09/97 | p.6 | Sewage overflows 'hurting lake' | Water pollution. Hunter Water Corporation |
| Lake Macquarie | 25/09/97 | p.3 | City saves time beaming up data | Global Positioning System (GPS). mapping drains, plants and vegetation |
| Lake Macquarie | 7/10/97 | p.3 | Needle bins ready for Lake area trial | Needle disposal bin trial |
| Lake Macquarie | 5/11/97 | p.6 | Wriggle on for worms | Worm Farms - compost - Lake Macquarie City Council |
| Lake Macquarie | 13/11/97 | p.5 | Council dismayed by Lake exclusion | NSW Coastal Policy |
| Lake Macquarie | 17/11/97 | p.5 | Tide turns against Lake needle bin | Needle disposal bins |
| Lake Macquarie | 11/12/97 | p.6 | Lake shining light in energy | Energy efficient housing |
| Lake Macquarie | 17/01/98 | p.8 | Plan to map flora, fauna | Federal Natural Heritage Trust program |
| Lake Macquarie | 20/01/98 | p.1 | Suburb's pollution stops site for homes | Air pollution. Pasminco |
| Lake Macquarie | 21/01/98 | p.1 | We were not told | Air pollution. Pasminco |
| Lake Macquarie | 22/01/98 | p.3 | EPA denies data was 'buried' | Air Pollution |
| Lake Macquarie | 27/01/98 | p.4 | Lake inspection | Minister for Land and Water Conservation |
| Lake Macquarie | 28/01/98 | p.3 | Pollution monitor for Lake | Fairfax Road, Warners Bay - Rosebery Park Estate |
| Lake Macquarie | 3/02/98 | p.3 | Cat control costs keeping council skittish | Lake Macquarie City Council - cat control. |
| Lake Macquarie | 18/02/98 | p.6 | $1000 reward to stop Lake vandals | Lake Macquarie City Council - vandalism |
| Lake Macquarie | 19/02/98 | p.8 | Lake 'green' meeting | Lake Macquarie Environmental Forum |
| Lake Macquarie | 25/02/98 | p.6 | Premier stalls on lake plan | Premiers dept. cancels meeting for commitment to work on estuary management plan |
| Lake Macquarie | 6/03/98 | p.5 | Welsh offers to clean lake | Ivan Welsh offers services originally offered to Ian McKeirnan-as leader of Task Force |
| Lake Macquarie | 19/03/98 | p.2 | Fee for voluntary green waste service the new tip for lake | Waste-fee for voluntary kerbside collection for green waste |
| Lake Macquarie | 21/03/98 | p.3 | Lake arsonist 'has lit 20 fires' | Morisset - Lake Macquarie Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade |
| Lake Macquarie | 2/04/98 | p.5 | Oil spill the dirty work of 'saboteur' | Lake Macquarie City Council works' depot - Hunter Water Corporation inspection |
| Lake Macquarie | 13/05/98 | p.10 | Lake chases funds for stormwater plan | Lake Macquarie City Council - Estuary Management Plan |
| Lake Macquarie | 18/06/98 | p.1 | On-the-spot mulcher to service Lake | Green waste mulcher |
| Lake Macquarie | 22/07/98 | p.8 | Snapping pros and cons of lakeside living | Urban planning by Lake Macquarie City Council. |
| Lake Macquarie | 28/07/98 | p.4 | Lake suburbs failing air quality tests | Air pollution |
| Lake Macquarie | 4/09/98 | p.4 | Selenium warning : signs to go up around lake | Water pollution at Whiteheads Lagoon, Myuna Bay, Mannering Bay, Wyee Creek |
| Lake Macquarie | 30/09/98 | p. | Storm on foul lake: Marina sewage claims | Sewage from houseboats on Lake Macquarie |
| Lake Macquarie | 5/01/99 | p.5 | Juvenile readings too high: Lake tests for lead levels | lead poisoning and blood lead levels in north Lake Macquarie children |
| Lake Macquarie | 16/02/99 | p.4 | Endangered plant found in abundance | Tetratheca juncea discovered at Green Point, GlenrockState Recreation Area and Killingworth |
| Lake Macquarie | 27/02/99 | p.26 | Lake grants boost | State Government grants for Lake Macquarie Catchment and urban stormwater pollution. |
| Lake Macquarie | 3/04/99 | p.17 | Suburb on hold: owls threaten $300m plan | Presence of endangered masked owls stalls development of new Lake Macquarie suburb west of Edgeworth |
| Lake Macquarie | 1/05/99 | p.19 | Lake's land prices to soar | Land developer predicts land prices at Lake Macquarie will soar because of difficulties getting approvals, within the conservation management plan. |
| Lake Macquarie | 4/05/99 | p.4 | Lake goes green: new waste service | |
| Lake Macquarie | 23/06/99 | p.29 | $20m coastal plan adopted at Lake | Lake Macquarie City Council adopted a new Coastline Management Plan. |
| Lake Macquarie | 19/07/99 | p.12 | Council prepares to sell public open space | A public hearing will examine Lake Macquarie City Council's plans to sell several hectares of publicly owned open space. |
| Lake Macquarie | 3/08/99 | p.3 | 'Sewer overflows' force creek swim warning signs | High bacterial counts in Lake Macquarie creeks a result of sewage overflows |
| Lake Macquarie | 18/08/99 | p.1 | Legal fallout : Lake council fears action on Pasminco pollution | Lake Macquarie Council faces litigation from residents and housing developers over sulphur-dioxide fallout from Pasminco's Boolaroo lead and zinc smelter |
| Lake Macquarie | 26/08/99 | p.1 | No-man's land: pollution may halt Lake development | Lake Macquarie Council is considering a freeze on new developments in sulphur-dioxide affected areas |
| Lake Macquarie | 31/08/99 | p.3 | Confirmation sought on Lake development freeze | Sulphur-dioxide fallout |
| Lake Macquarie | 10/09/99 | p.4 | Save our parks call: Lake open space in danger zone | Draft plans to rezone public space for housing, tourism and commercial development |
| Lake Macquarie | 7/10/99 | p.11 | Lake towers above mobile phone risks | Installation of mobile phone base stations in lake Macquarie |
| Lake Macquarie | 8/10/99 | p.18 | Lake gas meeting delayed | Meeting between Lake Macquarie City Council and Minister Urban Affairs and Planning regarding Pasminco gas fallout |
| Lake Macquarie | 9/10/99 | p.20 | War is declared on privet | Lake Macquarie Council to declare privet a noxious weed |
| Lake Macquarie | 19/10/99 | p.14 | Jet ski bans sought | Proposal to ban areas of Lake Macquarie to jet skis |
| Lake Macquarie | 2/12/99 | p.5 | Clean-up committee formed | Lake Macquarie Project management Committee |
| Lake Macquarie | 27/12/99 | p.5 | Land sale may bring enquiry | The NSW Ombudsman may investigate moves by Lake Macquarie City Council to sell open space land in a number of suburbs. |
| Lake Macquarie | 19/01/00 | p.29 | Lake rehabilitation may incorporate new clay treatment | A revolutionary new clay treatment may be tested in the clean-up of Lake Macquarie |
| Lake Macquarie | 19/01/00 | p.5 | Lake on fish fee hit list | Lake Macquarie is among a list of areas where commercial fishing licences will be bought with the proceeds of the State Governments new salt-water angling fee. |
| Lake Macquarie | 25/01/00 | p.17 | Lake Macquarie Stormwater Pollution (Supplement) | |
| Lake Macquarie | 25/01/00 | p.4 | Surf clubs need saving: plans tabled at Lake council meeting | Lake Macquarie's Surf Lifesaving clubs are under threat of coastal erosion according to a new Lake macquarie Coastal management plan |
| Lake Macquarie | 29/02/00 | p.6 | Slow path to funding (separate article about mobile phone towers under this headline) | Mobile phone towers will be allowed nearer to houses if Lake Macquarie Council adopts a new statewide policy it is being urged to approve. |
| Lake Macquarie | 18/03/00 | p.19 | Coastal domino fears | Proposed land rezoning and residential development between Redhead and Catherine Hill Bay |
| Lake Macquarie | 27/03/00 | p.7 | Warning on land of lead: Secret Lake move for buyers | Lake Macquarie Council looks to introduce a sulphur dioxide policy |
| Lake Macquarie | 17/04/00 | p.11 | Councils combine and think garbage | Lower Hunter councils explore waste management options |
| Lake Macquarie | 18/04/00 | p.11 | Close eye on smelter | Lake Macquarie Council to take a more active role in monitoring emissions |
| Lake Macquarie | 22/04/00 | p.15 | Do not be out of your tree | Removal of allergy-causing rhus trees |
| Lake Macquarie | 15/05/00 | p.17 | Council to decide on hot issue | Proposed Lake Macquarie development control plan bans conventional electric hot water heaters |
| Lake Macquarie | 15/05/00 | p.6 | Time to draw line on towers | Lake Macquarie City Council's mobile phone tower policy under review |
| Lake Macquarie | 5/06/00 | p.5 | Housing halt until air clear: Lake freeze in pollution zone | Lake Macquarie City Council has effectively put a freeze any new housing developments in sulphur dioxide affected land. |
| Lake Macquarie | 13/06/00 | p.15 | Waste change tipped | Councillors to vote on changes to methods of disposing of municipal waste. |
| Lake Macquarie | 28/06/00 | p.5 | More tress to help stop lake erosion | Some areas of the 173k Lake Macquaire foreshore are being eroded by more then a metre a day. |
| Lake Macquarie | 22/07/00 | p.20 | Lake search for quake secrets | Scientists took to the lake yesterday to discover the cause of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake |
| Lake Macquarie | 1/08/00 | p.17 | Mayor fears city risks losing marine pumps | John Kilpatrick fears the city risks losing new marine waste pumpout facilties worth $100,000 because of penny-pinching. |
| Lake Macquarie | 16/08/00 | p.17 | Powerful excess | Trees removed for construction of new road will be used at Macquarie Generation's Liddel power station to help fire boilers. |
| Lake Macquarie | 8/09/00 | p.19 | Council free tree offering | 3500 trees to be given away by Lake Macquarie Council as part of a greening program. |
| Lake Macquarie | 11/09/00 | p.12 | Lake council greenhouse gas audit | Lake Macquarie City Council will compile an inventory of greenhouse gas emission sources. |
| Lake Macquarie | 11/09/00 | p.3 | Paradise burning : fleeing a wall of fire | Bush fires over the weekend included those at Belmont South and Gateshead. Firefighters believe they were deliberately lit. |
| Lake Macquarie | 19/09/00 | p.3 | Bushfires raging in lake suburbs | A state of emergency was called yesterday as more than 100 firefighters battled fires in Barnsley, Fassifern and Holmesville. The fires also caused power failures affecting about 1200 residents. |
| Lake Macquarie | 20/09/00 | p.1 | Fires burn across Hunter | Fires continued to burn across the Hunter yesterday. Fires in Lake Macquarie locations included inaccessible bush around Rhondda Colliery. |
| Lake Macquarie | 20/09/00 | p.2 | Slight fall for child lead level | The latest blood tests on Lake Macquarie children have shown a slight decrease in lead levels in Argenton, Boolaroo and Speers Point. |
| Lake Macquarie | 22/09/00 | p.5 | Council in control | Lake Macquarie City Council has been granted $15,970 to help eradicate noxious weeds. |
| Lake Macquarie | 25/09/00 | p.15 | $200,000 to battle Hunter's noxious plants | Moore, Dale (Lake Macquarie vegetation control officer, photograph). The NSW Government has awarded $200, 000 to Hunter councils to combat noxious weeds. |
| Lake Macquarie | 25/09/00 | p.4 | Lake arsonists spark blazing battle | Firefighters continue to fight deliberately lit blazes in Lake Macquarie. The latest fires were at Glendale, Cardiff, Valentine and Belmont. Fires at Rhonnda Colliery and Rathmines were patrolled. |
| Lake Macquarie | 14/10/00 | p.26 | Party ends in planting | Lake Macquarie's last major bicentennial event was the planting of 15,000 trees around the Lake. |
| Lake Macquarie | 27/10/00 | p.4 | Arson suspected as bushfires keep firefighters busy | Fires in Lake Macquarie yesterday are believed to have been deliberately lit. Fires occurred at Teralba, Rhondda Rd, Awaba State Forest, near Mt Sugarloaf, Fassifern and Seahampton |
| Lake Macquarie | 8/11/00 | p.18 | Lake plans closer | Lake Macquarie's major new blueprint for city growth, LEP 2000, will go on public display next April. |
| Lake Macquarie | 8/11/00 | p.20 | Hunter getting tough on rubbish | Lake Macquarie, Cessnock and Maitland residents who throw garbage into their recycling bins run the risk of having the service stopped if they are detected. |
| Lake Macquarie | 14/11/00 | p.15 | Bush gives way to estates | Subdivisions at Cameron Park and West Wallsend including a proposed information technology park to be named Pambulong Forest. |
| Lake Macquarie | 22/11/00 | p.10 | Houses erode our coastline | Letter to the editor commenting on coastal erosion. |
| Lake Macquarie | 23/11/00 | p.12 | Effluent watchdog | A new effluent watchdog committee has formed in Lake Macquarie. |
| Lake Macquarie | 23/11/00 | p.14 | Lake tops mine damage claim count | Lake Macquarie has topped the latest annual record of claims made to the Mines Subsidence Board. |
| Lakelands | 17/11/99 | p.18 | Lakelands duck war | Feral ducks in Lakelands pond |
| Lakelands | 7/08/00 | p.14 | Dirty ducks dumping on reserve grounds | Dumped domestic ducks at Lakelands are fouling the area around the pond. Dumping ducks could now attract a $550 fine. |
| Lakelands | 9/08/00 | p.17 | Messy ducks are not wanted by the Lake | Lake Macquarie City Council has placed a fine on people dumping unwanted ducks at Lakelands reserve. |
| Mandalong | 21/02/98 | p.8 | Colliery inquiry to begin in April | Cooranbong Colliery |
| Marks Point | 12/08/96 | p.5 | Rocky road for sand dredger | Siltation - Swansea Channel - dredging |
| Morisset | 9/04/97 | p.4 | Habitat help | National Fishcare Program - Morisset High School |
| Morisset | 18/03/98 | p.9 | Farmers query mining claim | Eis-mining proposal for morriset. |
| Morisset | 18/01/99 | p.7 | No mess stand on dumpers | illegal dumping of tyres. Farleigh, Stuart |
| Morisset | 22/01/00 | p.5 | Inferno nears hospital housing | A large bushfire threatened cottages at the southern end of Morisset hospital yesterday |
| Morisset | 20/10/00 | p.5 | Release boosts Lake bass stocks | 10, 000 Australian bass fingerlings were released this week in the Morisset area. |
| Mount Hutton | 27/06/97 | p. | Mobile phone towers infernal | Mobile phone towers - Mount Hutton. Weekend 7 |
| Pelican | 16/10/96 | p.4 | Lake erosion noted as matter of urgency | Erosion - Lake Macquarie. Areopelican |
| Pelican | 15/07/98 | p.2 | Erosion puts Lake at airport runway | Erosion of reserve adjoining Aeropelican airport |
| Pelican | 21/01/00 | p.12 | Lake Macquarie recreation retreats become 'disgusting' rubbish dumps | dumping of rubbish in Lake Macquarie recreation areas |
| Pelican | 22/05/00 | p.15 | Sand loss blows up at Pelican | Erosion at Pelican Beach |
| Pinny Beach | 29/11/96 | p.6 | Couple to flee Pinny Beach 'moonscape' | Pinny Beach development - Environment |
| Pinny Beach | 23/04/97 | p.4 | Bank 'negligent on Pinny' | Pinny Beach Action Group. Westpac Bank |
| Pulbah Island | 16/07/98 | p.3 | Once pristine island now a public toilet | Pollution on island |
| Rathmines | 25/02/98 | p.1 | By barnacles, theres a turtle out the back | Turtle found among boats in local off shore home |
| Rathmines | 26/03/98 | p.3 | Lakeside resident call for new ban on mining | Mining-Rathmines residents call for new ban on mining |
| Redhead | 3/09/96 | p.4 | More details sought on coastal work | Coastal impact. Belmont/Redhead |
| Redhead | 3/06/97 | p.5 | Pollution doubted as cause of fish deaths | Salmon - Redhead beach - commercial fishing |
| Redhead | 19/01/98 | p.6 | Environmental protection sought for oceanfront land | Redhead wetlands |
| Redhead | 17/09/98 | p.17 | Heritage controls eased on land at Redhead | Development control of heritage buildings |
| Redhead | 16/01/99 | p.3 | Mystery surrounds beach deaths of rare whales | beached grays beaked whales found at Redhead and Budgewoi beaches |
| Redhead | 18/10/99 | p.14 | Residents fight beach suburb | Lake Macquarie Coastal and Wetlands Alliance organise a protest against development of corridor between Redhead and Belmont |
| Redhead | 25/09/00 | p.2 | Double snake shock | A Redhead man found two pythons in his home's roof on Sunday. |
| Ryhope | 4/11/98 | p.18 | Mine sets deep divide | Mine subsidence at Mandalong Valley |
| Speers Point | 15/05/97 | p.4 | Inquiry into Lake chemical dumping | "Inquiry into Lake chemical dumping"- Cockle Creek - EPA |
| Speers Point | 3/11/97 | p.3 | Lake quandry on Munibung quarry | Munibung Hill - quarry |
| Speers Point | 29/05/00 | p.11 | Trust trees | Sydney tree lovers joined Hunter groups in planting the first 15,000 of 50,000 trees to be planted for the city's bicentenary. |
| Swansea | 27/09/95 | p.7 | Weather contributes to lake dredging setback | Swansea Channel - dredging |
| Swansea | 10/10/95 | p.5 | Ocean, not development, blamed for siltation | Swansea Channel - dredging. |
| Swansea | 28/11/95 | p.4 | Bay couple's creeping concern | Black Ned's Bay - mangroves. |
| Swansea | 4/12/95 | p.3 | Erosion concern | Swansea Channel - erosion |
| Swansea | 13/12/95 | p.4 | Little Beach reclaimed from filth | Ocean pollution - sewerage outfall - |
| Swansea | 22/01/96 | p.3 | Channel dredging | Swansea Channel - the Dropover |
| Swansea | 31/08/96 | p. | Dune carers notch up 10 sandy years | |
| Swansea | 4/11/96 | p.3 | Brush with bitou bad news for native bush | Bush vegetation - Swansea/Redhead |
| Swansea | 10/10/97 | p.5 | Swansea beach fails | Water pollution - faecal coliform levels |
| Swansea | 17/10/97 | p.4 | Red algae triggers oil alarm | Red algae bloom - Swansea Heads |
| Swansea | 25/11/97 | p.3 | Swansea Channel dredge move | Siltation |
| Swansea | 18/04/98 | p.5 | $20,500 lifeline hauling in Salts Bay | Salts Bay. Black Ned Bay |
| Swansea | 8/05/98 | p.2 | Council hands tied over cheap dredging offer | Swansea Channel - Dredging. |
| Swansea | 7/07/98 | p. | Swansea Channel dredging may be finished by year's end | Swansea Channel dredging |
| Swansea | 6/08/98 | p.13 | Foreshore facelift for Swansea Channel | Cycleway/pathway and foreshore beautification at Swansea Channel |
| Swansea | 3/11/98 | p.7 | Swansea channel dredging | Birdon Dredging engaged to dredge the shallowest section of Swansea Channel |
| Swansea | 12/12/98 | p.22 | Swansea spearing targeted | Illegal spearfishing in Swansea Channel to be targeted by District Fisheries Office |
| Swansea | 22/04/99 | p.18 | Channel on level | Dredging of Swansea Channel almost complete |
| Swansea | 9/09/99 | p.30 | Silt-edged push on changing channel | Run off from Lucy's Breakwall Swansea Heads carpark causing siltation |
| Swansea | 14/10/99 | p.7 | Nature dredges up recent past | Large yachts are being grounded on a sandbar in Swansea Channel only six months after the completion of dredging. |
| Swansea | 9/11/99 | p.9 | On this day | Erosion of Swansea Channel bank 1942 |
| Swansea | 25/03/00 | p.18 | Swanswa cycleway to rival Warners Bay | Swansea's new $1.2m foreshore beautification will surpass Warners Bay's Cr. John Jenkins predicts. |
| Swansea | 23/08/00 | p.23 | Channel sand used to help stem erosion | Lake Macquarie City Council will use sand dredged from Swansea Channel to stabalise Salts Bay Beach. |
| Swansea | 5/10/00 | p.13 | $2.5mill to 'clean up' sewers | State MP for Swansea Milton Orkopoulos has welcomed Hunter Water's commitment to spend $2.5 million upgrading sewerage services in Swansea. |
| Teralba | 18/04/97 | p.6 | Lake looks to worms to cut down garden waste | Worm farm - Teralba |
| Teralba | 2/03/98 | p.4 | Praise for Lake fire operation | NSW Fire Brigade, Rural Fire Service - bushfires |
| Teralba | 4/08/98 | p.4 | Hemp idea wins council approval | Lake Macquarie Council accepts $5000 Federal grant for study into growing hemp at Teralba sanitary depot. |
| Teralba | 4/04/00 | p.6 | Council gravel mill put on hold | A decision by Lake Macquarie Council to site it's road-base mill at a privately owned Teralba quarry has been put on hold while councillors study the truck movements involved. |
| Toronto | 16/12/95 | p.1 | Deadly octopus discoveries prompt 'do not disturb' call | Blue-ringed octopus - Lake Macquarie |
| Toronto | 26/06/98 | p.9 | Community safety audit to help stop crime | Physical environment and crime - police safety audit - Toronto |
| Toronto | 6/08/98 | p.11 | Winning way for Toronto | Lake Macquarie Way (Street) beautification |
| Toronto | 19/01/00 | p.14 | Septic tanks "factor" in creek's problems | A new investigation appears to confirm suspicions that septic tanks in the Toronto West Industrial Estate have contributed to declining water quality in Stony Creek |
| Toronto | 4/09/00 | p.3 | Firefighters braced for a busy season. Photograph of Wangi Wangi firefighters in bush west of Toronto. | A rise in fire calls has firefighters nervous about the impending fire season. |
| Valentine | 1/12/95 | p.2 | Green Point Park, Lake plan win funding | Lake Macquarie Environmental Forum. Green Point Park. Lake Macquarie estuary management |
| Valentine | 9/09/97 | p.2 | Last installment in long-running Green Point legal battle | Green Point. Lunn Family |
| Valentine | 20/12/97 | p.7 | Protection for bush at Green Point | State Environmental Protection Policy |
| Valentine | 20/08/98 | p.6 | Councillor angered by erosion | McCloys Development at Green Point |
| Valentine | 12/04/99 | p.12 | One you should let get away | Blue-ringed octopus found at Bennett Park, Valentine. |
| Valentine | 17/05/99 | p.12 | Foreshore gets user-friendly with jetty, bike track | New cycleway and public jetty at Green Point Reserve |
| Valentine | 12/08/99 | p.15 | Owners howling for sake of their dogs | Green Point Reserve |
| Valentine | 11/09/99 | p.11 | Luke's park plea: boy devestated 'jungle' playground wrecked | Moola Park, Valentine, cleared for fire protection |
| Wangi Wangi | 26/07/97 | p.5 | Contaminants see Wangi site at crossroads | Low-level contamination. Wangi Power Station site |
| Wangi Wangi | 17/07/00 | p.11 | Pumping proposed for Lake: report urges attention | A marine waste pumping station will be installed at Styles Point Jetty if a reccomendation to tonight's Lake Macquarie City Council meeting is accepted. |
| Warners Bay | 1/11/97 | p.3 | People power against tower | Mobile phone tower - Bayview Street, Warners Bay |
| Warners Bay | 26/01/98 | p.4 | Warners Bay fall-out: 'it's gone on for years' | Air pollution. Pasminco |
| Warners Bay | 17/03/98 | p.1 | Dioxide fears delay Council | Sulphur dioxide levels - |
| Warners Bay | 25/06/98 | p.1 | Warners Bay air tainted by chemicals | Air pollution - Sulphur dioxide - Warners Bay |
| Warners Bay | 11/01/99 | p.4 | Dung beetles love to go where we fear to tread | Lake Macquarie City Council releases dung beetles along Warners Bay foreshore to prevent dog faeces entering the Lake |
| Warners Bay | 7/07/99 | p.7 | Warners Bay 'neglect stinks' | Pollution in Lake catchments cause smell in Warners Bay |
| Warners Bay | 24/08/99 | p.4 | Lead test move: Lake housing plan | Land near Warners Bay High School to be monitored for lead levels |
| Warners Bay | 28/08/99 | p.5 | Builders oppose freeze on Lake land | An attempt to put on hold residential development in parts of north Lake Macquarie (Macquarie Hills and Warners Bay) would meet with strong opposition from the building industry. |
| Warners Bay | 8/09/99 | p.18 | Family wait for all clear : air of anticipation on smelter result | A Warners Bay couple must await clearance of Sulphur Dioxide fallout before building on their land. |
| Warners Bay | 6/12/99 | p.14 | Clearing the air: report boosts housing hope | Air monitoring for sulphur dioxide levels near Warners Bay High School |
| Warners Bay | 7/12/99 | p.13 | Cloud over air at lake | Sulphur dioxide levels |
| Warners Bay | 8/03/00 | p.13 | Housing fallout in court | Land and Environment Court hearing for appeals against Lake Macquarie Council's rejection of development applications in sulphur dioxide-affected area |
| Warners Bay | 12/05/00 | p.1 | Air scare: court halts homes over health fears | Housing lots next to Warners Bay High School not approved; concerns polluted air could affect the health of future residents |
| Warners Bay | 13/05/00 | p.5 | No alarm for students | Sulphur dioxide emissions raise concerns about the health of students attending Warners Bay High School |
| Watagan | 9/01/97 | p.4 | Rare frog found alive and well in Watagans | Red Crown Toadlet |
| Watagan | 10/07/99 | p.7 | Forest watch: Government negotiators enter showdown in Watagans | Logging protest by North East Forest Alliance |
| Watagan | 14/07/99 | p.16 | Peace in mountains | Negotiations avert a clash between green groups and loggers in the Watagan Mountains |
| West Wallsend | 22/10/98 | p.5 | Illegal chemical dump in West Wallsend bush | Pollution |
| West Wallsend | 24/10/98 | p.20 | Police follow chemical trail of dumpers | Chemicals dumped West Wallsend bush |
| West Wallsend | 4/10/00 | p.3 | Lake out on a limb for koalas | A Lake Macquarie council committee called last night for urgent legal advice on koalas in a $10 million 50ha industrial park near West Wallsend. |
| West Wallsend | 10/10/00 | p.12 | Lake asks estate builder to bear with it on koalas | Cameron Park Industrial Subdivision will be closely examined to confirm that no koalas are present befor any more development takes place. |
| Westlakes | 21/09/99 | p.12 | Students dig in for environment | Native trees planted at Myuna Colliery |
| Whitebridge | 22/07/98 | p.8 | Plots may thicken at Lake cemetery | Expansion of Whitebridge Cemetery |
| Whitebridge | 18/06/99 | p.6 | Backyard landslip repaired | Repairs have been completed on a backyard landslip at Paterson Close Whitebridge that occurred in July 1997 |
| Windale | 7/01/97 | p.5 | Green group sees red over tree clearing | Windale Landcare Group |
| Windale | 23/12/99 | p.18 | MP takes shine to, and a spin on, new lakeside bike run | A new 2.6km cycleway between Windale and Warners Bay was opened by Member for Charlestown, Richard Face yesterday |
| Windale | 29/07/00 | p.20 | Windale in tree spree | Windale school children participate in National Tree Planting Day |
| Wyee | 9/02/96 | p.9 | Science plays it by ear with Lake's rare fishing bat colony | Fauna - find of rare bats |
| Wyee | 5/05/00 | p.12 | Fish die in lake | NSW Fisheries are investigating fish deaths in Wyee Bay |
| Wyee | 1/08/00 | p.17 | Wyee wiped from sewerage plan | Providing sewerage for Wyee is likely to cost between $4 million and $6 million dollars and probably will not be done soon. |
| Wyee | 4/08/00 | p.23 | Wyee residents plan campaign for sewer | Wyee residents are planning an aggressive campaign to convince politicians to have the suburb sewered |
| Wyee | 9/09/00 | p.2 | 45 fires point to bad season | Four hundred firefighters spent yesterday afternoon battling 45 fires across the region including a blaze at Wyee. |
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