The Lake Macquarie News has a history dating back more than 50 years.

Originally starting life as the Belmont-Swansea Gazette in the late 1940s, a merger with the Toronto based Lake Macquarie Advocate in 1992 saw the birth of the Lake Macquarie News - the only newspaper in the region which dedicates its coverage entirely to the City of Lake Macquarie.

News, sport, opinion, motoring, real estate, and entertainment are all well presented in a modern design style and backed up with frequent specialised features.

Full coverage of local council news, police reports, and all the `nitty gritty' news items that tie a community together are included in the newspaper each week.

The paper fully supports several community based events throughout the year including the arts and sport. One of the city's highlights is the annual Lake Macquarie News Business Achiever Awards, which is a great opportunity for our readers to reward local businesses by voting for them.

From its humble beginnings as a natural resource base in the mid 1800s, Lake Macquarie has developed into a major hub for the small- to medium-business sector, dominating employment growth in the Lower Hunter during the past 15 years. It is the fastest growing city in the Hunter - expanding at a greater rate than neighbouring Newcastle.

Lake Macquarie is one of the state's most important sailing areas, hosting many national, state and regional championships boosting a fast growing tourism industry.