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Ken Politzer. Picture: Facebook

Warrawong man denies ‘kidnapping partner, binding her with cable ties’

Shannon Tonkin

Advocate: Firefighters took part in the Firies Climb for MND to raise money, and support for MND researcher and sufferer Dr Justin Yerbury.

Motor Neurone Disease advocate named Wollongong’s Citizen of the Year

Ashleigh Tullis

Charged: Senior Constable Dennis Hoyn is facing 15 public misconduct charges including bribery and accessing restricted police data. Picture: Facebook

Illawarra policeman passed confidential info to drug syndicate: court

Shannon Tonkin

The desalination plant at Kurnell. Picture: John Veage

Kurnell desalination plant to be switched on as dam levels dive

Murray Trembath
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Photographs tendered to the court showed where the toddler was sick beside a car seat positioned on a lounge facing the TV. The girl's mother, who cannot be publicly identified under legislation designed to protect the privacy of her child, asked the court not to convict her.

Warrawong tot’s trauma, as mum locked door and left

Angela Thompson

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian with lifesavers at Cronulla beach on Sunday, announcing Surf Life Saving NSW will receive an extra $16 million in funding over four years. Picture: Jeremy Piper/AAP

Illawarra clubs to get more equipment, staff in Surf Life Saving cash splash

Andrew Pearson
2hrs ago

Scenes from last year's Shellharbour Breakfast by the Lake event. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Your guide to Shellharbour and Kiama Australia Day events

Ashleigh Tullis

A sign proclaims the Unanderra pool closed "due to contamination", early Tuesday evening. Picture: Adam McLean

‘Code brown’ causes Wollongong pool closure

Angela Thompson

Man caught cooking meth in ‘heritage-listed’ Shellharbour clan lab

‘A national disgrace’: BHP's use of foreign ships on the rise

Grant Schultz resigns as ‘Liberal Party abandons democracy’

UOW legal expert slams ‘draconian’ policing at music festivals

Ken Politzer. Picture: Facebook

Warrawong man denies ‘kidnapping partner, binding her with cable ties’

Excited: Wollongong’s Australia Day Ambassador, Nicki Bowman, and Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery with Paddington, last year's Peoples Choice and Best Dressed winner in the Ozzy Doggy Show at Belmore Basin. Picture: Robert Peet

Your complete guide to Australia Day in Wollongong

Ryan Park raised child neglect penalties on the back of a horrific Illawarra case in May (pictured above).

New laws to make child neglect a jail time crime

Scenes from last year's Shellharbour Breakfast by the Lake event. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Your guide to Shellharbour and Kiama Australia Day events

Glen Smith (inset, top) and (inset, below) Michelle Bell holds the engagement ring she recently received from Mr Smith.

‘A noise I’m never going to forget’: Good Samaritan dies in his fiancee’s arms

Amy Angeloska, Emily Noakes, Elise Callaghan and Katie Hayes at Kembla Grange Racecourse.

Time out in the Illawarra: social photos

Kurnell desalination plant to be switched on as dam levels dive

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Illawarra clubs to get more equipment, staff in Surf Life Saving cash splash

2hrs ago

Warrawong man denies ‘kidnapping partner, binding her with cable ties’

21:37PM

Motor Neurone Disease advocate named Wollongong’s Citizen of the Year

21:30PM

Illawarra policeman passed confidential info to drug syndicate: court

19:14PM

Your guide to Shellharbour and Kiama Australia Day events

18:16PM

BEVO’S PLAYBOOK: Tough Perth loss just pokes the Ware

ROB BEVERIDGE

Playing for gold: Illawarra's Josh Mayo. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Locals set for national finals

Cameron Mee

BIG HONOUR: Shannan Taylor will be inducted into the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame next month. Picture: Adam McLean

Taylor to be enshrined as one of Australia's greatest

Mitch Jennings

BEVO’S PLAYBOOK: Tough Perth loss just pokes the Ware

Comfortable: Jono Cook has felt at home since making his Big Bash debut last month. Picture: AAP Image/Matthew Farrell.

Cook finds the recipe for Big Bash success

Cameron Mee

Finding form: Shellharbour's Travis Smyth played alongside Sergio Garcia at the Singapore Open on Sunday. Picture: AAP Image/Brendan Esposito.

Smyth’s Singapore showing

Cameron Mee

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LEARNING: Dapto's Caitlin Young with one of the visiting 'dinosaurs' at the Innovation Campus' Science Space on Tuesday. Picture: Robert Peet

Walk the dinosaur at the Innovation Campus

Brendan Crabb

Sunday session: Melbourne band DIET. will be among the line-up at the North Gong Hotel's Hottest 100 party on Sunday.

Gig Guide January 24-27

WALK: Bikers 4 Heroes members Stu Butler (Captain America), Russell Parkinson (Deadpool) and Daniel Barnes (Spiderman). Picture: Adam McLean

Illawarra superheroes to walk among us on Australia Day

Agron Latifi

One of Australia’s top eye surgeons brings his talents to Wollongong

The start of a new year is a great time to review how much your mobile plan is costing you. In 2019 celebrate the peace-of-mind of a Pennytel mobile plan knowing your data usage is covered month to month.

A New Year’s resolution that will be easy to keep

Emma Brown

Don't let cash flow issues tie your business down in 2019. Keep growing with an easy to apply for equipment finance loan from LendingPro.

New year, bigger business

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One of Australia’s top eye surgeons brings his talents to Wollongong

Learning to drive or know someone who is?

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Questacon is an exciting and intriguing concentration of science brought to life in vivid techni-colour.

The ultimate family fun holiday itinerary in Canberra

Emma Elsworthy

Illawarra’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos

Brendan Crabb

Pictures: Supplied

‘Nirvana’ near Berry has $3.5m to $4m asking price

Brendan Crabb

NSW property industry confidence down again: survey

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

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

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

More students flocking to TAFE NSW just in time for its open week

Agron Latifi

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Hope Solo in action for Seattle Reign. The former US goalkeeper will highlight the inaugural Football Writers’ Festival in Jamberoo on March 23-24. Picture: Craig Mitchelldyer / Associated Press

World Cup winner to highlight Jamberoo football festival

Agron Latifi

More students flocking to TAFE NSW just in time for its open week

FLY IN VISIT: The former French Marine Neptune 566 at HARS Aviation Museum. A French Navy jet crew will visit HARS on Saturday.

French Navy crew to jet into Illawarra Regional Airport for HARS’ visit

Agron Latifi

MAKING A SPLASH: Wests Illawarra Aquatic Swim Club member Regan Smith is looking forward to the Ocean Pool Challenge on January 21. Picture: Adam McLean

Wollongong teens make a splash with Ocean Pool Challenge

Agron Latifi

Picture: Robert Peet

Fuel tanker fire clean up under way at West Wollongong

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

Picture: Robert Peet

M1 closed until at least tonight after Wollongong tanker blaze

Flick through the gallery to see the top stories of 2018. Click on the photo to read the online story.

The Illawarra’s 21 most-clicked stories of 2018

Farah Cody, Kais Simmonite and Jye Bridal.

out and about

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

Stunning historical photos of the Port Kembla stack

Lisa Wachsmuth

Six charged, $2.8m worth of drugs seized in mass Wollongong police raids

GET IT RIGHT: Ensuring your seat belt fits properly could prove critical in a crash.

Seat belts: Are you using yours properly?

Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani.

Cutting off melanoma escape routes

PROSTATE: Research shows some men would prefer to sacrifice survival odds rather than suffer the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate cancer: men trade-off survival for quality of life

Eileen Wood

Paws for Effect by Margaret Johnston.

Letters, January 23: Greed the priority

Overcast early morning light taken at Wollongong harbour on January 20 by Hans Haverkamp .

Letters, January 22: Bodies for hire

Editorial, January 22: State of change for neglect law

Hakeem AlAraibi has been held in Thailand since November when he was arrested.

Australia keeps up refugee release efforts

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The Liberal party plans to install former ALP president Warren Mundine as its candidate for Gilmore.

Lib candidate was suspicious about Mundine

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Wagga parents Dr Saba Nabi and Cameron Abood (R) and Wagga MP Dr Joe McGirr weigh into whether parents should supply tissues, soap and whiteboard markers.

Parents vent over being asked to supply some classroom items

2hrs ago

Chris Power with his Triple tail catch. Photos: supplied.

State borders mean nothing to this rare Queensland fish with three tails

2hrs ago

Lives in central Tasmania are at risk as firefighters battle more than 50 blazes across the island.

Fires threaten lives in central Tasmania

Adelaide is in for a scorching few days, which may break the city's highest recorded temperatures.

Adelaide heat record could topple: BoM

Saeed Maasarwe is heading back to Israel with the body of his dead 21-year-old daughter Aiia.

Aiia makes final journey home to Israel

The federal government has launched a review into why up to a million fish died in the Darling River

Dead fish found on northern NSW riverbanks

Back in time: The historic Mary Valley Rattler.

Relive history this Australia Day weekend

John Rozentals

Adventure Bay Retreat: Something special on Bruny Island. Photo: Brad Harris

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

Wilpena Pound: a natural amphitheatre.

Find yourself in the Flinders Ranges

John Rozental

NO SWEAT: If you exercise, especially in the summer heat, you need to drink before, during and after exercise.

Hacks for staying hydrated over summer

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Yum: Few people know that insects form part of the natural diet of more common pets, with many canine and feline species of mammal eating bugs in the wild to fulfil their nutritional requirements.

Waiter, there’s a fly in my...dog food

INSPIRATION: Homemaker centres are ideal hunting grounds to source materials and decorative items to create a unique alfresco space.

The ideal alfresco space