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ON THE MOVE: One of the nation's biggest baby retailer is opening in Shellharbour next month. Picture: Louie Douvis

Two new stores are moving into Shellharbour city centre

Desiree Savage
23m ago

Motorcyclist caught doing 140km/h in 70km/h zone at Warilla

Brendan Crabb

Figtree Grove shopping centre. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Man accused of stealing a coffee stamp and $300 from Figtree cafe

Desiree Savage

(Left) Troy Fornaciari prior to his facial tattoos.

'Tuff luck': Finks bikie Troy Fornaciari wants to remove 'embarrassing' face tattoos

Brendan Crabb

The Governess - aka Anne-Louise Rentell - will be taking ghost tours at the KISS Arts Fest. To see what else is on the program, visit www.kissartsfest.com.au Picture: Tina Walsberger

Ghosts will be summoned around Kiama Harbour for family festival

Desiree Savage

GOOD FRIDAY: Southbound Easter holiday traffic on Friday banking up approaching Albion Park Rail. Picture: Robert Peet

UPDATED
Heading south this weekend? Here's how long you'll be sitting in traffic

Police officer from Southern Region charged with reckless driving

WAITING: TIGS head of school Judi Nealy says the school is similar to a recent study which found one in four families delay their child's school entry. Picture: Robert Peet

TIGS concurs with study showing one in four families delay school start

Agron Latifi

See residents light up when therapy horse visits Woonona aged care home

A fire extinguisher and an iPhone: freedivers clean up in Wollongong

Pigeon House Mountain track reopens in time for Easter

New research shows impact of penalty rate cut on workers

ON THE MOVE: One of the nation's biggest baby retailer is opening in Shellharbour next month. Picture: Louie Douvis

Two new stores are moving into Shellharbour city centre

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Supercross rider Aaron Tanti in action at WIN Stadium on Thursday, for the announcement of Round 3 of the championships coming to Wollongong. Picture: Anna Warr

Wollongong to host Supercross plus Australian Motorcycle Festival

Wollongong's Lucas Morgan, 9, can't wait to eat lots of chocolate at the Easter Family Fun Day at Wollongong Botanic Garden on Saturday. Picture: Robert Peet

35,000 chocolate eggs to find at Wollongong's Easter family fun day

CLEANING UP: Event organiser Sandra Dohring with (back, left to right), Ayaka Moritsugu, Melanie Meredith, Sarah White, Michael Burns, Hunter Gambuzza and Paul Copson at Wollongong Harbour. Picture: Robert Peet

A fire extinguisher and an iPhone: freedivers clean up in Wollongong

The Governess - aka Anne-Louise Rentell - will be taking ghost tours at the KISS Arts Fest. To see what else is on the program, visit www.kissartsfest.com.au Picture: Tina Walsberger

Ghosts will be summoned around Kiama Harbour for family festival

Jazmin Raymond, Amber Henning and Taylah Henning at Kembla Grange Racecourse.

Time out in the Illawarra: social photos

Two new stores are moving into Shellharbour city centre

23m ago

Lowcock stars as Port end Tarrawanna's run

19:23PM

Motorcyclist caught doing 140km/h in 70km/h zone at Warilla

14:32PM

GAME ON: McGregor extension the right call despite the hysteria

14:30PM

Man accused of stealing a coffee stamp and $300 from Figtree cafe

14:00PM

'Tuff luck': Finks bikie Troy Fornaciari wants to remove 'embarrassing' face tattoos

13:39PM

Yasuka Maruyama in action. Picture: Anna Warr

Lowcock stars as Port end Tarrawanna's run

Mitch Cohen

RIGHT MOVE: Dragons coach Paul McGregor has built a squad capable of winning a premiership. It remains to be seen if he can get them there, but he's earned the right to have a crack at it. Picture: Adam McLean

GAME ON: McGregor extension the right call despite the hysteria

Mitch Jennings

STAR MAN: Wolves striker Thomas James has had an excellent start to the season and leads the league in goal scoring. Picture: FOOTBALL NSW

Ladder leaders stay focused

Mitch Cohen

Yasuka Maruyama in action. Picture: Anna Warr

Lowcock stars as Port end Tarrawanna's run

WAR: Mark Lucas went 12 brutal rounds with former IBF middleweight champion Sam Soliman in Melbourne.

Busy Lucas taking well-earned break

Mitch Jennings

IN FORM: Dragons halfback Ben Hunt at training this week. Picture: Adam McLean.

All eyes on Queensland duo in Dragons-Eagles clash

Mitch Jennings

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ON THE MOVE: One of the nation's biggest baby retailer is opening in Shellharbour next month. Picture: Louie Douvis

Two new stores are moving into Shellharbour city centre

Desiree Savage
23m ago

The Governess - aka Anne-Louise Rentell - will be taking ghost tours at the KISS Arts Fest. To see what else is on the program, visit www.kissartsfest.com.au Picture: Tina Walsberger

Ghosts will be summoned around Kiama Harbour for family festival

Desiree Savage

Abercrombie Caves, off the Bathurst-Goulburn Road at Trunkey Creek. Picture: File image

Bushranger rock opera to debut at Wollongong Workshop Theatre

Brendan Crabb

Why you should make your next holiday a self-drive trip

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What is a gigabyte? Many people don't know what data usage is required for even the most common activities like streaming videos.

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Marvel at the lost city of Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a mountain ridge 2,430 metres above sea level.

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Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for vital safety check

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'Looks like Scotland': Willesee family lists Berry farm for $5.5 million

Brendan Crabb

Main picture: NEG Photography

Professional surfer sells South Coast retreat for $1 million

Brendan Crabb

‘Willabrook’ sits on 37-hectares at Upper Kangaroo River. Inset: Tim Farriss

Rock star's $4.5m Kangaroo Valley farm still up for grabs

Brendan Crabb

CARER: Illawarra resident Nikki Bushell, whose daughter made an attempt on her own life nearly two years ago. Picture: Robert Peet

‘I thought I had to hide every knife’: A mother’s story

Brendan Crabb

QPR ADVOCATES: The Illawarra Hawks playing group undertaking suicide prevention training as part of the #care2qpr campaign. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Illawarra Hawks join QPR campaign for suicide prevention

Thanks to rehab and psychotherapy Bruce McMillan has sufficiently recovered from his own mental health problems and is now helping others with theirs. Picture: Robert Peet

How talking helped this Wollongong man after years of keeping suicidal thoughts to himself

Lisa Wachsmuth

CARER: Illawarra resident Nikki Bushell, whose daughter made an attempt on her own life nearly two years ago. Picture: Robert Peet

‘I thought I had to hide every knife’: A mother’s story

QPR ADVOCATES: The Illawarra Hawks playing group undertaking suicide prevention training as part of the #care2qpr campaign. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Illawarra Hawks join the QPR campaign for suicide prevention

Lake Illawarra High School students in front of their award-winning display at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Royal Easter Show success for Lake Illawarra High School

Agron Latifi

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Skills and Thirlls Careers Showcase comes to Illawarra schools

Agron Latifi

HELP NEEDED: The Salvos are calling for Red Shield Appeal volunteers. Pictured are Karen Walker, Jordyn Walker and Holly Hutchinson. Picture: Anna Warr

'We cannot do this alone': Salvos need Illawarra volunteers

Brendan Crabb

Lake Illawarra High School students in front of their award-winning display at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Royal Easter Show success for Lake Illawarra High School

The Illawarra Community Foundation, the charity which distributes Convoy funds, handed over a $1 million donation to the kids' ward project last December.

Construction starts on upgrade of Wollongong Hospital's kids' ward

Lisa Wachsmuth

REVAMPED: Austinmer RSL president Major General Hori Howard, vice presidents Will Lee and Bob Weir with Wollongong lord mayor Gordon Bradbery at the revamped Austinmer Beach War Memorial. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Revamped Austinmer War Memorial ready for Anzac Day

Agron Latifi

Eric Trezise was delighted with Bushman's visit.

See residents light up when therapy horse visits Woonona aged care home

A still from footage of the fire by Top Notch Video.

Watch dramatic footage of massive Corrimal High inferno

8 of the most haunted places in the Illawarra and South Coast

Man tasered in massive police response to assault near Innovation Campus

Scenes from Wolfgang's Magical Musical Circus ahead of its opening for the school holidays in the Spiegeltent. Picture: Sylvia Liber

A sneak peek of the only kids' show in the Wollongong Spiegeltent

Desiree Savage

Illawarra footballers Callan Sinclair (left) and Jack de Belin during earlier Wollongong court appearances. Pictures: Adam McLean

'It'll be quite a long road': de Belin, Sinclair fight rape allegations

Andrew Pearson
Shannon Tonkin

Construction work proceeds on the Port stack. Flick through the gallery for more photos.

Stunning historical photos of the Port Kembla stack

Lisa Wachsmuth

The Easter Bunny might be hopping past Towradgi this Saturday - scroll down for more details. Picture: Adam McLean

13 things to see, do and hear around the Illawarra Easter weekend

Desiree Savage

YOUR SAY: Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia is on the lookout for older Australians to be part of its 2019 Federal Election Panel. Photo: Paul Jeffers

Federal election: Be a voice for older Australians

AN ILLNESS: On average, one in four people experience anxiety at some stage in their life. Photo: Shutterstock.

Almost a decade wait for anxiety treatment

Samara Ross

"Who would have thought it?": Prolific singer-songwriter Brian Cadd, once described as "Australia's answer to Quincy Jones", marvels at a lifetime in the music business. His latest album, recorded in Nashville, is Silver City.

Brian Cadd rocks his babies

John Piggott

Swimmers, a fisherman, ski paddlers and two balloons at sunrise. Hans Haverkamp

Letters, April 20: Blood on the silver fern

Editorial, April 20: Events to be Easter highlight

After Life is a show which touches your soul

Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison will resume election campaigning after a Good Friday truce.

Morrison and Shorten kick back into gear

37m ago

The wait times for elective surgeries have risen, with half of all patients waiting 40 days or more.

Surgery wait times worse than ever: report

Animal welfare protesters will hold rallies against jumps racing at the Oakbank Steeplechase.

Protesters to target SA racing event

Bill Shorten is laying the blame for workers' pay cuts at the feet of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Workers losing hundreds over Easter: Labor

Labor leader Bill Shorten is getting plenty of likes on Facebook.

Election2019 is a social media battle, too

The PM will start Saturday with the Good Friday truce ending and the election battle reigniting.

Morrison zeros in on health campaign focus

Matt Coughlan

The officer was stabbed at Sydney's Central Station and one man was arrested at the scene.

Police officer stabbed at Sydney's Central

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murdering Brisbane doctor Luping Zeng.

Three charged for Brisbane doctor's murder

Perry Duffin and Aaron Bunch

Grand champion Poll Merino ram, Merryville's grand March shorn Fine wool sashed by Rick Power, Landmark, Grenfell, judge Simon Bahr, Meadow View Poll stud, Henty, and Wally Merriman, Boorowa.

Poll mat attracts fewer

Mark Griggs
53m ago

Laura Hassan and Emma Mudford, both of NSW Department of Primary Industries.

All the photos from Agribuzz at the Royal

Hannah Powe
1hr ago

Langdene's National August shorn pair from Dunedoo, and Nerstane's RAS March shorn pair from Woolbrook.

Look out Bendigo national pairs, Langdene to return

Mark Griggs

Australians aren't letting travel costs stop their holiday fun.

Travelling Aussies pay top dollar for their accommodation

Get your Game of Thrones fix in person, on site

Beautifully presented: Le Petit Flot’s prawn-and-avocado salad is one of chef Colin Yee's creations, which are all to kill for.

Sydney's heart opens up

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BEAUTIFUL TRADITION: Colourful Paschal eggs, often made using beeswax and natural dyes, are part of Lithuanian Easter traditions. Picture: Shutterstock

Easter around the world

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Sign of Damage: Paint flaking away and cracks in ceilings can often be a sign of damage to plaster. This can present a risk especially if the plasterboard is pulling away from the wall or ceiling stud behind it. Photo: Hayley Mills.

The problem with plaster

Get crafty this Easter

Naturally festive eggs