Helen Haines has urged the federal government to take regional media's campaign very seriously

Regional media bosses are lobbying the government to relax regulations they say are hurting their businesses.

World-first technology that combines solar energy with water harvested from the air to create low-cost 'green hydrogen' has been mastered at the University of Newcastle.

A University of Newcastle-created material capable of revolutionising energy storage systems is about to be produced on a commercial scale.

Three Hunter projects with the capacity to generate billions of dollars and create more than 20,000 new jobs have been identified as priorities for federal government support over the next 12 months.