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Speechless: Wollongong's Marie McCreadie spent 12 years without a voice - with no one knowing it was due to a coin lodged in her vocal chords. Picture: Adam McLean

Marie lost her voice for 12 years, and then coughed up a coin

Lisa Wachsmuth

Identities of carjacking accused, alleged accomplice revealed

Identities of carjacking accused, alleged accomplice revealed

Andrew Pearson

HEADED FOR THE CITY: These deer were killed by traffic on Memorial Dr at Fairy Meadow, a road surrounded by busy streets and residential areas.

Kills on major road as feral deer edge closer to Wollongong

Ben Langford

STEP UP: David Brown has called on the premier to intervene and save jobs at Mercer.

Premier must act to save Mercer jobs in the Illawarra, says acting Lord Mayor

Ben Langford

Interesting tales: Maeve Marsden is bringing her Queerstories event to Wollongong as part of Pride Month. Picture: Supplied

Listen to six LGBTQI people tell stories at Wollongong Pride Month event

Ashleigh Tullis

CREATIVE: Jonah Moretti (front from left), Annie Thomas and Noelia St Archangel with classmates and competition entries. Picture: Robert Peet.

St Brigid's entries in logo competition are wheely good

Julian O'Brien

Finally here: Shellharbour mayor Marianne Saliba and council lifeguards Murray Copas and Felicity Reid were proud to be standing in the new Warilla lifeguard tower. Picture: Robert Peet

Warilla lifeguard tower finally built after years of delays

Ashleigh Tullis

Good cause: Illawarra Cancer Care Centre employees Kerrie Lawler, Rebekah Costello and Melissa Newton support Dry July. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Calling last drinks for Dry July to support Illawarra cancer patients

Lisa Wachsmuth

Popular Sublime Point walk has a parking problem, says Ryan Park

Circus WOW helping ordinary women feel extraordinary

Illawarra women get behind the wheel for a new rideshare app

Council defends Wilton New Town planning agreement decision

Speechless: Wollongong's Marie McCreadie spent 12 years without a voice - with no one knowing it was due to a coin lodged in her vocal chords. Picture: Adam McLean

Marie lost her voice for 12 years, and then coughed up a coin

Lost heritage: The male ward at the historic Garrawarra Hospital is earmarked for demolition. Picture: Illawarra Historical Society

Wollongong council pushes to stop demolition at historic Garrawarra Hospital

Medical centre facility: Stage one of a $280 million holistic cancer and medical hospital is being assessed by Wollongong City Council.

$280m cancer and medical hospital in Berkeley a step closer

Group Seven's Bailey Warren, who will be making his first grade debut this weekend, during the Shellharbour and Gerringong match at Ron Costello Oval earlier this season. Photo: GREG RIGBY SPORTS PHOTO

Group Seven referees threaten to walk off the field if abuse continues

Australian families reached a settlement with Malaysia Airlines over their loved ones death on MH17.

MH17 families settle with Malaysia Air

Design a logo for your chance to win $18k World Cycling Championships prize

Listen to six LGBTQI people tell stories at Wollongong Pride Month event

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St Brigid's entries in logo competition are wheely good

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Kills on major road as feral deer edge closer to Wollongong

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Marie lost her voice for 12 years, and then coughed up a coin

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Identities of carjacking accused, alleged accomplice revealed

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Warilla lifeguard tower finally built after years of delays

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BIG SIGNING: Queensland and Jillaroos hooker and reigning Female Player of the Year Brittany Breayley will link with the Dragons for the upcoming NRLW season. Picture: NRL Photos

Dragons sign former Broncos quartet

Mitch Jennings

Safe pair of hands: Lily Murdoch runs with the ball. Picture: Adam McLean.

South Coast experience tough opening two days at NSW CHS Touch Championships in Wollongong

Cameron Mee

All smiles: Wollongong Public School students with the A-League and W-League trophies during a visit by Sydney FC. Picture: Adam McLean.

Sydney FC looking to expand junior footprint in the Illawarra

Cameron Mee

BIG SIGNING: Queensland and Jillaroos hooker and reigning Female Player of the Year Brittany Breayley will link with the Dragons for the upcoming NRLW season. Picture: NRL Photos

Dragons sign former Broncos quartet

Group Seven's Bailey Warren, who will be making his first grade debut this weekend, during the Shellharbour and Gerringong match at Ron Costello Oval earlier this season. Photo: GREG RIGBY SPORTS PHOTO

Group Seven referees threaten to walk off the field if abuse continues

Courtney Ward

CRUNCH TIME: "A loss to the Cowboys at home on Friday and you can almost put a line through the Dragons finals hopes." Picture: NRL Photos

KICKOFF: Dragons caught in must-win game

Mitch Jennings

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Film and culture: WHY Documentaries producer and director Sandra Pires loves making U and Me films. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Free film making workshops

Greg Ellis

Bringing out their inner extraordinary: Dee Milenkovic, Helen Richards, Natalia Zulian and Fiona McKay doing a Circus WOW class at Switchfit Gym in Montague St. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Circus WOW helping ordinary women feel extraordinary

Greg Ellis

Shell Cove's first vegan market was a success in May, and returns this weekend. Scoll down for more details. Pictures: Anna Warr

12 things to do, see and hear around the Illawarra this week

Desiree Savage

Why the DNA conference is your ticket to networking success

Why the DNA conference is your ticket to networking success

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SPOT THE WILDLIFE: The Leopard is one of Africa's "big five" along with lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffaloes found in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park.

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LIGHT FANTASTIC: Chase the Northern Lights or the Auroroa Borealis with The Senior and Travelrite on this Nordic cruise in February 2020.

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Why the DNA conference is your ticket to networking success

Why the DNA conference is your ticket to networking success

Party central: Wollongong Outdoor Cinema Hire on the South Coast does cinema parties and offers different pricing for different days of the week.

Wollongong Outdoor Cinema Hire: For more fun parties

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Yoga: Each of the sessions will represent a wide variety of yoga, spirituality, movement, health and wellness whilst catering to all different ages, levels and body types.

Get to know India yoga

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REINSW Illawarra deputy chair Jake Mackenzie says there is more confidence in the market and expects prices to slowly pick up, despite statistics from CoreLogic. Picture: Supplied

Experts weigh in on where Illawarra house prices are heading

Desiree Savage

Exquisite abode

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Open homes: Sat June 22 - Fri June 28

Open homes: Sat June 22 - Fri June 28

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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

National recognition for Mercury suicide prevention campaign

National recognition for Mercury suicide prevention campaign

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

Design a logo for your chance to win $18k World Cycling Championships prize

Film and culture: WHY Documentaries producer and director Sandra Pires loves making U and Me films. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Free film making workshops

Greg Ellis

Picture: Michele Mossop

Wollongong event encourages open dialogue around death and dying

Desiree Savage

Design a logo for your chance to win $18k World Cycling Championships prize

CRUSADER: Model Laura Wells is passionate about looking after the planet so it remains a healthy place to live. 'You find items washed up, literally, from all over the world. Plastic in this quantity can wash up anywhere. Ive seen it like this [in Hawaii] in Wollongong and Cronulla, just with smaller pieces and not as many large ones,' she says. Picture: Supplied

Vegan market, fashion runway at Shell Cove's Re:New Festival

Desiree Savage

ONLINE MOVES: Olivia Piazza, 16 from Kiama with her New Yorker Tote bag she has designed. The bag is the latest being sold by her online business Olivia Jean. Pictures: Sylvia Liber.

Kiama teenager turns rejection into savvy online bag business

Agron Latifi

CREATIVE: Jonah Moretti (front from left), Annie Thomas and Noelia St Archangel with classmates and competition entries. Picture: Robert Peet.

St Brigid's entries in logo competition are wheely good

Identities of carjacking accused, alleged accomplice revealed

Identities of carjacking accused, alleged accomplice revealed

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

Watch dramatic footage of massive Corrimal High inferno

Police have made arrests after a South Coast drug investigation. Pictures: NSW Police

$100k worth of ice seized, two arrested after South Coast drug bust

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

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

Manhunt under way, two arrested at Albion Park Rail after carjacking

Manhunt under way, two arrested at Albion Park Rail after carjacking

Andrew Pearson

Ian Moss is touring around Australia solo before getting together with Cold Chisel for some songwriting sessions. Picture: Supplied

Ian Moss says he's 'no rock star' ahead of upcoming Thirroul gig

Desiree Savage

A file shot of a black panther. This was not the creature spotted at Mount Sugarloaf. The witness did not take a photo of it. He was too scared to move.

Mountain biker comes face-to-face with 'black panther'

Damon Cronshaw

NO GOING BACK: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong shortly before the launch on July 16, 1969. Pictures: NASA

Endless preparations herald big event

Helen Sim

"Continence Queen" Bev Killick.

When the drip goes beyond a joke

REPUTATION: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope has made its mark on space exploration. Picture: CSIRO/A Cherney.

Parkes telescope helped open universe up to the world

Helen Sim

Red in the morning, taken at North Wollongong beach by Hans Haverkamp

Letters, June 26: Change in the Wind

Last glow of sunset, taken at North Wollongong beach by Hans Haverkamp

Letters, June 24: Missing the Message

Just a reflection, taken at North Wollongong beach by Hans Haverkam0p

Letters, June 22: Getting Overloaded

The Morrison government will conduct a review of the nation's workplace relations laws.

Federal minister eyes workplace law reform

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Israel Folau's new fundraiser has achieved more than $2 million of its $3 million target.

Folau fundraiser tops $2 million

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A NSW mother and daughter remain in hospital after a blaze ripped through their home in the Hunter.

Town mourns children killed in NSW blaze

Trade Minister Simon Birmingham is hoping to finalise the world's largest trade deal this year.

Birmingham hosts trade deal negotiations

Australian women and children still in a Syrian camp are reportedly at risk from members of IS.

Aust women, kids in camp threatened by IS

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says he isn't harbouring hopes of becoming Liberals leader.

Dutton not harbouring leadership hopes

Marnie Banger

Victoria doctors could break federal laws by discussing euthanasia with patients by phone or online.

Risk to Vic doctors discussing euthanasia

Centre Alliance senators say negotiations on the government's tax package are days away from ending.

Morrison tax plan in crossbenchers' hands

Marnie Banger

Clare Gibbs took out the 2019 Riverina Training Awards Vocational Education Training Student of the Year. Photo by TAFE NSW.

Clare's journey from plate to paddock

Samantha Townsend
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The Merino Lifetime Productivity Project isn't set to conclude until 2024 but DNA results have indicated a surprisingly common occurrence within twin lambs born from syndicate ram matings. File photo: Rachael Webb

Merino rams not afraid of double dipping

Lucy Kinbacher
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Confusing and conflicting native vegetation laws have confounded producers in the North West. A Q&A session at Moree hosted by NSW Farmers' Association on Tuesday, July 2, will try to help.

Native veg on trial at Moree

Jamie Brown

Salwater crocodile spotting is a major part of the Yellow Waters Cruise.

Wildlife abounds on billabong adventures in Kakadu

Vanessa Hayden

Lying down on the job? Just part of the entertainment at the Cunnamulla Fella Festival.

Inspiration for your next holiday

John Rozentals

Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Holidays with the 'host factor'

The purpose of insurance is to help the family cope if one or more of its members become injured, or too ill to earn a living.

New rules for insurance through super: check your account now

Noel Whittaker

Ingredients for success: Regular cardio training, a diet with plenty of fruit, vegies and nuts, plus drinking 2 litres of water a day can all help with weight loss.

Health, fitness and weight loss tips

Lukas Chodat

Research shows most fatalities happen when the victims are working under a vehicle and using equipment incorrectly, with many of the fatalities involving the use of vehicle jacks.

Think twice before repairing your car at home