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‘I’ve lost the love of my life’: widow’s anguish after Blackbutt tragedy

Angela Thompson

Figtree drug dealer stabbed client in early morning coke deal gone bad: court

Shannon Tonkin

Delays after car crash on M1 Princes Motorway at Bulli Tops

Andrew Pearson
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NEW FINDINGS: UOW researchers Senior Professor Sharon Robinson and study co-author Dr Melinda Waterman. Their study has provided the first evidence that climate change is affecting East Antarctic vegetation.

UOW study finds first climate change evidence in East Antarctica vegetation

Agron Latifi

NO CONVICTION: Jake Andrew departs court on Monday after answering weapons charges, including a charge of discharging a lookalike machine gun (inset) on a bus.

Windang ‘shooter’ sparked bus panic: court

Angela Thompson

Pasquale Brancatisano

Disgraced Wollongong fisho likely to avoid further jail time

Shannon Tonkin

Registrations open: The 2018 i98fm Illawarra Convoy launched at Illawarra Regional Airport on Monday as the new home of the family fun day.

Albion Park airport to host Illawarra Convoy 2018

Greg Ellis

FLASHBACK: Yours and Owls festival 2015. Picture: Adam McLean

Your guide to Wollongong’s Yours and Owls festival

Desiree Savage

Life saving 4500km ride for defibrillator locator app

‘Word nerd’ Kerryn Johnston spreading her language love to generation next

Illawarra donates more than two semis worth of goods for farmers

Inside the Wollongong fairy tale wedding fit for Harry and Meghan

‘I’ve lost the love of my life’: widow’s anguish after Blackbutt tragedy

Isaac, pictured with big sister Zoe Gliddon, 6, is described as independent, stubborn and a source of "the best cuddles". Picture: Sylvia Liber

Big walk planned for little Isaac, who braves the nightly needle

Tom Mitchell awarded the 2018 Brownlow Medal

Top 10 mouth-watering dishes to eat at Bulli food festival

Amanda Piazza of Piazza Cakes. Photo: Sylvia Liber

Four Illawarra cake makers on the secret to their sweet success

Robyn Johnson, Maya Johnson, Kyra Johnson and Nigel Johnson at Spring into Corrimal.

Time out in the Illawarra: social photos

Delays after car crash on M1 Princes Motorway at Bulli Tops

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UOW study finds first climate change evidence in East Antarctica vegetation

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Windang ‘shooter’ sparked bus panic: court

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Figtree drug dealer stabbed client in early morning coke deal gone bad: court

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‘I’ve lost the love of my life’: widow’s anguish after Blackbutt tragedy

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Disgraced Wollongong fisho likely to avoid further jail time

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PARTY TIME: Bulli celebrate their title winning season with Mad Monday at the Balls Paddock. Picture: Robert Peet

Bulli earn deserved win in grand final

Jacob Timpano

CHAMPION TEAM: Bulli's Tobin Zoomers battles United's Daisuke Yuzawa for possession at WIN Stadium. Picture: Robert Peet

Champs keen to retain squad

KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR: Kiama's Cameron Vazzoler with Michael Cronin at the 2018 Group Seven presentation evening. Photo: TRACEY COE

Vazzoler creates history by winning Cronin Medal

Courtney Ward

PARTY TIME: Bulli celebrate their title winning season with Mad Monday at the Balls Paddock. Picture: Robert Peet

Bulli earn deserved win in grand final

Success: Sally Fitzgibbons. Picture: AAP/WSL, Kelly Cestari

Gold for Sally at world games

Home-grown talent: Avondale's Shakiah Tungai excelled for the Dragons this year. Picture: NRL Imagery/Robb Cox.

Lacey confident girls have future in league

Cameron Mee

Enter the Illawarra Babies of 2018 competition for your chance to win

FLASHBACK: Yours and Owls festival 2015. Picture: Adam McLean

Your guide to Wollongong’s Yours and Owls festival

Desiree Savage

Top 10 mouth-watering dishes to eat at Bulli food festival

Jailbreak: Part of the Kembla Grange site the government had proposed to use to build a prison. Picture: Adam McLean

Why the West Dapto jail was scrapped and what happens now

Glen Humphries

Future Wongawilli residents Alen Meza and Mary Marciano embrace at the site once earmarked for the jail, Friday afternoon. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Dreams restored as Dapto jail plan quashed

Angela Thompson

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Government axes Kembla Grange prison plan

Glen Humphries

Done deal: LendingPro specialise in vehicle loans and are able to give pre-approval before you begin looking so you know exactly how much you have to spend.

Get your vehicle loan working for you

Emma Brown

Committed to service: Consumer review and comparison website Canstar Blue highlighted Pennytel's longer-than-usual opening hours of its Australian call centre, and its streamlined mobile plans.

Value is more than price

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Picturesque: Set on the Adriatic Sea, Dubrovnik's old town has served as the backdrop for many films and television shows and is full of history and adventure.

Cruise the Mediterranean’s medieval cities

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Sitting pretty: Maker&Son is bringing their comfy, natural products to Australia. Photo: Maker&Son.

Time to get comfy, Australia

Wollongong Pilates Studio: As some of her clients have been with her for over 20 years now, Donna Oliver must be doing something right.

Illawarra Originals: A sanctuary to regain movement

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FOR SALE: The recently renovated home at 29 Fords Road was sold earlier this week. (Inset, right) Byron Luiters with the popular John Butler Trio. Picture: Supplied

John Butler Trio member’s Illawarra home sold at auction

Brendan Crabb

145 Daintree Drive, Albion Park.

Being ‘realistic’ at auction can pay off for sellers: agent

Brendan Crabb

Gerroa still popular with buyers: agent

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

Those gathered at the Illawarra Shoalhaven Suicide Prevention Collaborative's event in Kiama on Thursday heard from panel members about the success of the LifeSpan project. Pictures: Robert Peet

Celebrating region’s world-class approach to suicide prevention

Lisa Wachsmuth

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

Judie and Ron Clark with their son Aaron who died by suicide 22 months ago. Picture: Supplied

South Coast mother’s mission after son’s death by suicide

Lisa Wachsmuth

Suicide rates in the region remain higher than the state average, with around 40 to 60 suicide deaths each year over the past decade.

Join community celebration in Kiama on R U OK? Day

Lisa Wachsmuth

HELPING HAND: One of the two trucks at Fire Service Plus with goods that have been donated for farming families. Picture: Adam McLean

Illawarra donates more than two semis worth of goods for farmers

Desiree Savage

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RESTORED: AIF soldier William Kearsey in the 1920s. Picture: AWM E03092

Road to Remembrance

HELPING HAND: One of the two trucks at Fire Service Plus with goods that have been donated for farming families. Picture: Adam McLean

Illawarra donates more than two semis worth of goods for farmers

Traffic heavy on Mount Ousley Road after multi-vehicle crash

HIGHER POWER: 20th Battalion chaplain Captain Robert Crawford, from Toowong, Queensland, conducting a burial service near Péronne on August 31, 1918. Picture: AWM E03092

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

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

Robyn Johnson, Maya Johnson, Kyra Johnson and Nigel Johnson at Spring into Corrimal.

Time out in the Illawarra: social photos

The marine park would have had Toothbrush Islands as a no-fish zone but the other Five Islands fishable.

Fishing lockouts 'off the table' as government caves in to angry anglers

The rope with red buoy attached which caused the death of a young whale. The humpback washed up on the Far South Coast on Monday, September 17. Pictures: NPWS Field Officer Janaya Chalker.

Dead juvenile whale washes up on South Coast beach

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

Stunning historical photos of the Port Kembla stack

Lisa Wachsmuth

Super woman: Jessica Sergis celebrated her 21st with a try. Picture: NRL Photos

Dragons keep women's NRL premiership season alive

Andrew Parkinson

Hundreds pay respects at funeral of much-loved Lance Thompson

Andrew Parkinson

Ruth Ellevsen and Barney Ellevsen.

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SPOTLIGHT: Failings of the aged care industry will come under scrutiny from a Royal Commission.

Advocacy groups applaud aged care Royal Commission news

Eileen Wood

Simply stunned: Michael Palin said he feels "incredibly lucky" to have had such a diverse career, from Monty Python to travelling the world. Photo: John Swannell

Michael Palin: Always look on the bright side of life

Samara Ross

COMMONPLACE: Close to one million colonoscopies are carried out each year.

Colonoscopy stories wanted

Samara Ross

The show that relives the trauma of the driving test

Glen Humphries

Peppercorns by Margaret Johnston.

Letters, September 24: Nothing But A Bully

A bird and a sunrise taken at City Beach on September 19 by Hans Haverkamp.

Letters, September 22: Reverse Australia Fair

Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants a separate day to recognise indigenous Australians.

PM wants new day to recognise indigenous

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The batch of sour is made with 200kg of Queensland-grown strawberries. Inset: Eden’s brewer Jacob Newman. Photo: Eden Brewery/SHN file.

Cheers to this strawberry sour

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Abhilash Tomy has been rescued after his yacht lost its mast in a round-the-world race off WA.

Rescued Indian sailor receiving treatment

Authorities are trying to work out how to remove a whale carcass from an inlet south of Sydney.

Sydney beach hampering whale removal

Dominic Perrottet is expected to confirm he has backed down from a bitter pre-selection battle.

Peace deal between NSW ministers: reports

Luke Costin

A temporary 'ghost bike' memorial in Mike Hall's honour has been set up at the crash site.

Inquest into UK cyclist's death continues

Matt Coughlan

Sharks will continue to be baited and killed in a move backed by Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk

Qld govt still baiting sharks after bites

Sonia Kohlbacher

Investigator Eric Blankenstein has told an inquest into plane crash deaths of a pilot seat fault.

Faulty pilot seat may have led to crash

Warren Barnsley

Hamilton Island’s Qualia … a taste of what’s available through A&K.

Six highlights in your travel week | 21 Sept

John Rozentals

Why high fashion and travel make perfect bedfellows

Burma Lane … a place to dazzle your tastebuds.

Undiscovered Melbourne still surprises and delights

John Rozentals

Top 10 mouth-watering dishes to eat at Bulli food festival

The Makers & Technology Festival brings people and ideas together for the workforce of the future. Image Shutterstock.

Skills steaming forward

The old guesthouse at Bulli station could get a new lease of life as a cafe and brewery under a development application lodged with Wollongong City Council. Picture: Adam McLean

Brewery planned for Bulli near the train station

Glen Humphries