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When former Newcastle Knights player Matt Hilder was in fifth class, he gave Joel Moore a nickname that stuck. Joel recited a Banjo Paterson poem before the class, titled Mulga Bill’s Bicycle. “Hey, it’s Mulga,” Matt had said of Joel. And that was that. Joel had a nickname for life. Funnily enough, Matt scored a…

HUNTER suburbs will see their streets enlivened with colourful murals celebrating diversity, thanks to a new program that connects artists with young people and encourages tolerance and social harmony. Hunter Multicultural Communities (HMC) and public art agency The Wall Station have received funding from the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia to launch the program,…

The Hunter’s Multicultural Communities Centre at Waratah is now home to a cafe. A small federal government grant helped with the fitout of the new kitchen and the purchase of a coffee machine, counters and fridge. The project has provided a training space for people to learn the ropes as baristas and chefs. Watch the news story…

CONGOLESE community leader Clement Saidi has implored decision makers in his adopted homeland to invest in alcohol-harm prevention for the sake of displaced African families resettling in the Hunter. An emotional Mr Saidi spoke on Monday about the dreadful impact alcohol was having in Central Africa at the launch of a new guide to ensure…

AUSTRALIA’S first multicultural Men’s Shed will open in Waratah later this year, with building to start within a few weeks. Vice-president of the Ethnic Communities Council in Newcastle and the Hunter Christine Jordan was confident there would be plenty of interest in the shed. The council has already recorded at least 80 expressions of interest.…

The projects constructed at Waratah-Mayfield Men’s Shed are exemplary, but it’s the role the facility plays in helping men’s mental health that matters most. David Inglis, supervisor of the past three years, says the men who frequented the shed often open up and talk about their lives in ways they could never do at home. He…