THE Australian government has committed $1 billion over 10 years as an incentive for housing providers such as Compass Housing to build 10,000 more homes by 2015-16.
KANGAROOS in the Morisset Hospital grounds, and school holidays spent at her grandparents' house in Dandaraga Road, have led to a surprise appointment for Sydney girl Caitlin Hartnett.
SHIFTING the local government boundaries to remove Morisset from Lake Macquarie would be a retrograde step for residents and tourism, a civic leader warned this week.