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Nathan Ford (inset) speaks with police after the crash. Mr Ford was travelling up the Pass when the carnage unfolded right in front of him about 3.30pm on Monday. Pictures: Robert Peet, Supplied

Car driver's close call as truck crashes, catches fire on Bulli Pass

Andrew Pearson

Clean up continues at Bulli Pass following a fiery truck crash on Monday afternoon. Pictures: Live Traffic NSW and Simon Cohen

Bulli Pass reopens following clean up of fiery truck crash

Ashleigh Tullis
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Ongoing battle: Kanahooka resident Giselle Simmons wants to raise women's awareness of the risk of Breast Implant Illness, after she developed a range of immune and autoimmune diseases. Picture: Robert Peet

Ruptured breast implants poisoned this Kanahooka woman

Lisa Wachsmuth

CONCERNED: Tracey Tolson, from Zest Fitness; Stu Shannon, from Universal Supplements; and Port Kembla resident Caroline White with others concerned about a drop-in community centre on Wentworth Street. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Concerns over plan to shift Darcy House drop-in centre to Port Kembla's main street

Andrew Pearson

Have you seen Daniel Mongta? Police say wanted man could be in Wollongong

Guilty: Benjamin Bilboe (left) and Nicholas Bilboe will remain on bail ahead of their sentencing in June. The brothers pleaded guilty to a home invasion charge.

'Stabbed one heaps bad': Bilboe brothers bagged in Mangerton break-in

Shannon Tonkin

The padlock on the Port Kembla Coal Terminal will remain in place until April after the company locked out its workers yet again. Picture: Robert Peet

Padlocks stay on the Port Kembla Coal Terminal gates for nine more days

Glen Humphries

Move over: A screen grab from the truckie's dashcam showing an oncoming car in the middle of Macquarie Pass. Picture: supplied

Trucks are okay for Macquarie Pass, says RMS

Glen Humphries

'I will walk again': How this Illawarra footballer proved the doctors wrong

Bulli Pass closed after truck crashed through barrier, caught fire

Warning to Illawarra residents ahead of private health changes

More Wollongong hotel rooms needed to meet international visitor demand

Nathan Ford (inset) speaks with police after the crash. Mr Ford was travelling up the Pass when the carnage unfolded right in front of him about 3.30pm on Monday. Pictures: Robert Peet, Supplied

Car driver's close call as truck crashes, catches fire on Bulli Pass

Dash cam shows truckie's heated confrontation on Macquarie Pass

Illawarra MPs Paul Scully and Ryan Park claim victory in Wollongong and Keira electorates. Photo: Sylvia Liber

All the Illawarra results and reactions from state election

Jaqueline Burgess inside the Woonona art studio. Photos: Anna Warr

Woonona artist turning heads with paintings of iconic Illawarra coastline

Hundreds turn out for Wollongong's Fitness 5 and Kerryn McCann 10

Incredible photos from Wollongong Camera Club's 75 years through the lens

Bulli Pass reopens following clean up of fiery truck crash

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Have you seen Daniel Mongta? Police say wanted man could be in Wollongong

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Concerns over plan to shift Darcy House drop-in centre to Port Kembla's main street

20:30PM

Car driver's close call as truck crashes, catches fire on Bulli Pass

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'Stabbed one heaps bad': Bilboe brothers bagged in Mangerton break-in

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Padlocks stay on the Port Kembla Coal Terminal gates for nine more days

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Group Seven All Stars fightback to defeat Indigenous side

Courtney Ward

Paul Waite (in the wheelchair) and his 2018 Albion Park-oak Flats third grade side.

'I will walk again': How this Illawarra footballer proved the doctors wrong

Courtney Ward

New colours: Korbin Sims is set to play for the Dragons in Thursday NRL clash against Brisbane. Picture: Grant Trouville

Waiting game over, Sims is ready to fire for Dragons

Tim Barrow

Group Seven All Stars fightback to defeat Indigenous side

DOUBLE UP: Stingrays star Erica Halloway. Picture: Robert Peet

Illawarra remain unbeaten to start 2019

Mitch Cohen

TRIPLE TREAT: Olympic's Yusuke Ueda. Picture: Robert Peet

Olympic double up with Cup win

Mitch Cohen

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Jaqueline Burgess inside the Woonona art studio. Photos: Anna Warr

Woonona artist turning heads with paintings of iconic Illawarra coastline

Tareyn Varley

Geoff Harvey, Max Gillies, Benita Collings and John Wood star in Senior Moments.

Playschool favourite joins cast of Senior Moments in Wollongong

Desiree Savage

'Hunt For The Wilderpeople' starring Sam Neil (right) is one of the 30,000 titles available to stream on the Kanopy platform, which recently has a security breach.

Streaming service hacked, Wollongong residents may be affected

Desiree Savage

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

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Clinical Associate Professor Smita Agarwal is a Ophthalmic surgeon at the Wollongong Refractive Laser Eye Insititute.

Cutting edge technology makes everything clear

Judith Whitfield, Advertiser content

First class: McGrath Sutherland Shire and First National Wollongong have joined forces to give the Illawarra region world class real estate advice and service.

The region’s best property experts have moved in at McGrath Wollongong

Kathryn Carter

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

Keeping your loved-ones close across the world

Emma Brown

The beautiful Maldives: In the Maldives the group will cruise some of the region's most spectacular islands, taking in pristine beaches and abundant wildlife. This is sponsored content from Travelrite.

Seychelles, Maldives and Andaman Islands make for the holiday of a lifetime

ADVICE: AD Group partnered with Colliers International to create a First Home Buyers Guide to buying off-the-plan in NSW. The full guide is available for free download via the Colliers International website.

New guide to buying off-the-plan released

Brendan Crabb

Picture: Supplied

New release of ocean-front land in Shell Cove up for grabs

Brendan Crabb

DEVELOPMENT: David Shoebridge (far left) and Jamie Dixon (second from left) with supporters and candidates at Calderwood. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Illawarra Greens call for a Royal Commission into planning

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

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Incredible photos from Wollongong Camera Club's 75 years through the lens

READY TO RIDE: Cyclists get in practice for the upcoming Royal Far West charity ride through south-west NSW.

Ride for country kids

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People voting at Smith's Hill High School on Saturday morning. Pictures: Robert Peet

State election: polling booths open across the Illawarra

Brendan Crabb

Mitchell Shakespeare, Greens

Who are the Heathcote candidates for state election 2019?

Ashleigh Tullis

Clean up continues at Bulli Pass following a fiery truck crash on Monday afternoon. Pictures: Live Traffic NSW and Simon Cohen

Bulli Pass reopens following clean up of fiery truck crash

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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

Nathan Ford (inset) speaks with police after the crash. Mr Ford was travelling up the Pass when the carnage unfolded right in front of him about 3.30pm on Monday. Pictures: Robert Peet, Supplied

Car driver's close call as truck crashes, catches fire on Bulli Pass

Bulli Pass closed after truck crashed through barrier, caught fire

Cydonee Mardon, Lisa Wachsmuth, Andrew Pearson

Group Seven All Stars fightback to defeat Indigenous side

Courtney Ward

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

Stunning historical photos of the Port Kembla stack

Lisa Wachsmuth

Paul Waite (in the wheelchair) and his 2018 Albion Park-oak Flats third grade side.

'I will walk again': How this Illawarra footballer proved the doctors wrong

Courtney Ward

End-of-life doula Helen Callanan

Doulas provide support for the dying

Eileen Wood

ON REFLECTION: Simon Cullen with the Lookinglass artifical intelligence mirror.

AI mirror monitors Parkinson’s signs

BE SAFE: If you find it is too tricky or unsafe to fit a smoke alarm yourself, contact your nearest Fire and Rescue NSW station for advice.

Be alarmed about fire risk

Almost: Hans Haverkamp captured this image at Fairy Creek , North Wollongong, just before sunset. Send us your photos to letters@illawarramercury.com.au or post to our Facebook page.

Letters: Guilty until proven innocent

Letters to the Editor March 26, 2019.

Idris Elba - who probably still gets called Stringer Bell by some people - plays the title character in the good but occasionally gruesome TV series Luther.

Great but gruesome TV series Luther is over before you realise

Glen Humphries

NSW leader Gladys Berejiklian celebrates her party's state election victory with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP

COMMENT
Here's what the Liberals promised the Illawarra if they won

Julian O'Brien

The Prime MInister to hold meetings with tech executives over the streaming of extreme violence

Tech giants hauled in over extreme content

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AMA wants age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 14

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A team of scientists has discovered a vast network of lakes below east Antarctica's Totten Glacier.

Secrets of east Antarctic glacier revealed

A man remains in a Queensland hospital after being attacked by a shark in the Whitsundays.

Man in Qld hospital after shark bite

Michael Daley(R) has quit as NSW Labor leader until a leadership ballot after the federal poll.

Daley quits as Berejiklian wins majority

Heather McNab

The teenager (C) who cracked an egg on Senator Fraser Anning's head has admitted it wasn't wise.

'Egg boy' says senator hit united people

Christine McGinn

The inquest into William Tyrrell's disappearance and suspected death continues.

Tyrrell's foster mother returns to testify

Sarah McPhee

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk agreed to introduce the legislation during a COAG meeting in 2017.

Terror laws to be debated by Qld MPs

Sonia Kohlbacher

The livestock marketing team from C.L Squires and Co, Inverell in action selling 3520 head quality weaners.

Hereford weaners at Inverell sold to $944.35

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Back: Julia Hardy, Sarah Thompson, Jane Hegarty, Annie Kraefft.
Front: Bindi Frampton, Linda Grant, Clare Martin, Annie Rodgers, Tilly Hegarty.
Other members absent include Fiona Strachan, Winks Armstrong, Robyn Dorney, Doris McRae, Chris White.

You'll never see these women in the red

Olivia Calver
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The Berejiklian government has secured a majority in NSW by winning a 47th seat in the lower house.

Berejiklian govt secures majority in NSW

Julian Drape

'Once-in-a-lifetime' experience at Western Plains Zoo

John Rozentals

More than just a 'motel of the seas', cruising is a must-do travel experience

Scott McRae

Photo: Lifetime Private Retreats

South Australia: You're soaking in it ... with the best views available

Troy Purple (Instagram @simplysandscribes) creates stunning art on the sands of Moon Bay with nothing but a short stick and a majestic natural canvas. Photo: Ben Smyth

'Sand Scribe' Troy Purple carves out a natural therapy

Ben Smyth

EXOTIC GREENHOUSE: This trend celebrates the beauty of nature and plants by inviting fresh greenery and colour indoors.

Make your own wall clock

Designer of the Royal Australian Mint's new Mr Squiggle and Friend coins Tony Dean inside his Bega studio. Picture: Alasdair McDonald

Meet the man behind the Mr Squiggle coin series

Alasdair McDonald