The Fix our City group, which includes Hunter Business Chamber, Hunter Advantage, Newcastle Trades Hall Council, Newcastle Alliance and the Property Council, have been begging for a meeting with Ms Keneally to urgently discuss the GPT group's $650 million plans for Newcastle.

Today marks the second trip Ms Keneally has made to Newcastle since being made Premier last year.

She is scheduled to meet members of the Fix Our City group and the equally adamant Save Our Rail group, who don't want the train line cut.

The Fix Our City group wants Ms Keneally to adopt all the recommendations of last year's Hunter Development Corporation Renewal Report, including cutting the rail.

In a sign the Government is taking the issue seriously, it has included Newcastle CBD's renewal as a priority in the new State Plan, which is due to be launched on Friday.

The document acknowledges that it has become a significant concern.

"The community indicated that the redevelopment of Newcastle CBD is a key element of further diversifying the regional economy and supporting job creation," the State Plan says.

"As part of the Newcastle CBD redevelopment, the Government has allocated land at Honeysuckle to the University of Newcastle to allow it to move forward with stage one of a relocation of the business, law and arts faculties to the CBD.

"The land, valued around $4 million, will assist the university in securing Federal Government support for works associated with the move to the CBD over the next 10 to 12 years."

Hunter Business Chamber chief executive officer Peter Shinnick welcomed the CBD's inclusion in the report, saying it was an important step.

"I would like to congratulate them for acknowledging that it is a key issue for the region, but I don't see any dollars being allocated in it," Mr Shinnick said.

"There are a lot of different things in the HDC report."

But at only two pages long, the Hunter section of the State Plan has been criticised for being too light on detail.