THE replacement of rotten timber, leaking roofs, broken plumbing and stinking toilets are among the maintenance problems Hunter public school principals have been begging to have fixed, a survey has revealed.

AGED infrastructure and cost-cutting are to blame for lengthy delays in phone line repairs that are set to worsen, the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union said yesterday.

WITH Australia's population increasing and the hot climate continuing to dry up our water supplies the sustainability of our most precious resource has become a serious concern.

The day man landed on the moon was the day the Wilson family got involved with Reece Australia, the staid old plumbing supplies firm. Reece Australia has remained staid, in the sense that it is serious and a bit old-fashioned, but dull is not a word that should be applied..read more

SHELLHARBOUR Hospital was forced to switch to back-up water supplies yesterday morning after a water main was damaged during excavation work.