About Our Newcastle: Community People Respect Incorporated

Our Newcastle: Community People Respect is a grass roots group that was formally formed after the 2024 City of Newcastle local government elections. After the successful Lord Mayoral campaign of Dr Ross Kerridge.

This campaign created a movement within Newcastle that ignited hundreds of volunteers to take back their city and be heard. This movement continues with the establishment of Our Newcastle: Community People Respect which was incorporated in January 2025.

Our Newcastle members and volunteers at the inagural council meeting for Lord Mayor Ross Kerridge

We are a community advocacy group dedicated to providing the residents of Newcastle with a platform to raise awareness of their concerns and present these issues to elected officials.

The foundation and values of this group are rooted in the policies that Dr. Ross Kerridge campaigned on and was successfully elected to deliver.

Time to put the local back in local government

A Council of 12 people and a Mayor does not have the ability to really understand all the problems in the community. Efficient and...

BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY BY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

Community groups, clubs and associations are the lifeblood of our Community. They bring people together, sharing things, talking to each...

LORD MAYOR NELMES MUST TAKE ACTION AGAINST HER COUNCILLOR

MY STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA IN RESPONSE TO THIS MORNINGS NEWCASTLE HERALD ARTICLE I read this morning’s Newcastle Herald story concerning...

THE POST OF BROKEN PROMISES

By Tahlia Kelso, Our Newcastle Candidate for Ward 4. For the entirety of my time in the Beresfield branch of the Labor Party, it felt...

DON'T LET NELMES RAISE YOUR RATES THROUGH THE ROOF

Nuatali Nelmes and Jeremy Bath have been advocating to the NSW State Government to lift the Local Government Rate Cap so they can...