Run-down estate no place for our children

4:00 AM AEDT | Children continue to be exposed to drug deals, brawling, drunks and prostitutes at Warrawong's run-down public housing estate. |

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Sorry I scared victims, robber tells court

4:00 AM AEDT | A Vincentia man who used a knife and tomahawk to rob pizza deliverers told a court yesterday he now realises how scared his victims must have been.

Retailers fear parking meters will create Wollongong ghost town

4:00 AM AEDT | Wollongong City Council has released a map of where it proposes to install 141 "pay and display" parking ticket machines in the CBD. |

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19 Nov 09 | Throsby MP Jennie George has announced she will retire from politics at the next federal election.

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Magical score just eludes NSW PGA co-leader

4:00 AM AEDT | Newcastle's Aaron Townsend flirted with the magical number 59 before firing an equal course record 61 to be co-leader with Michael Wright at the halfway point in the NSW PGA at Wollongong yesterday.B | Amateurs on course for home ... | Arnold Palmer's grandson to ...

Sailor's all-star farewell, Soward's greatest honour

4:00 AM AEDT | St George Illawarra's Jamie Soward has described his selection in the first Indigenous All Stars team - and the chance to play in Wendell Sailor's final game - as the highest honour of his career. | Dragons star Wendell Sailor ... | AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Wendell Sailor ... Visit Illawarra Mercury

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Wollongong visit revives ton of memories for Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist first came to Wollongong at 13. Naturally, he scored a century.

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