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Amigos is expanding - owner Owen Langton is about to launch an Amigos in Shellharbour. Picture: Adam McLean

Amigos to open second restaurant in Shellharbour

Desiree Savage

CPSU Illawarra organisers Shane Elliott and Bart McKenzie are fearful planned job cuts at Mercer Administration in Coniston may be just the start. Picture: Adam McLean

Mercer Administration to cut jobs at Illawarra headquarters

Lisa Wachsmuth

Protesters demand Wollongong council take stronger action on climate change

Protesters demand Wollongong council take stronger action on climate change

Ashleigh Tullis

PEOPLE MOVER: Illawarra Business Chamber executive director Adam Zarth wants Wollongong to hold its own as a discrete economy. Picture: ADAM McLEAN.

Missing management: why Wollongong has a white collar problem

Ben Langford

Proud family: Michael Hough, Kate Hough, Commander Andrew Hough and Wendy Hough at Government House.

Balgownie's Andrew Hough to command Australia's newest destroyer

Greg Ellis

The University of Wollongong will be home to the Ramsay Centre's Western civilisation course. Picture: Adam McLean

UOW council invokes executive powers to approve Ramsay-funded degree

Agron Latifi

Giving back: Hairdressers and barbers across the country give two hours of their time every few months to help the worthy cause.

Wollongong hairdressers needed to help bring dignity to disadvantaged

Lisa Wachsmuth
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Richard Maitland

Opposition grows to Minnamurra sand mine proposal

Coal mine 'cost cutting' leads to huge surge in contract labour

Nationwide anti-bullying initiative comes to Wollongong

Israel Folau's GoFundMe appeal shut down by crowdfunding site

Kiama teenager turns rejection into savvy online bag business

Amigos is expanding - owner Owen Langton is about to launch an Amigos in Shellharbour. Picture: Adam McLean

Amigos to open second restaurant in Shellharbour

Giving back: Hairdressers and barbers across the country give two hours of their time every few months to help the worthy cause.

Wollongong hairdressers needed to help bring dignity to disadvantaged

2hrs ago

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'

Gerroa's Sally Fitzgibbons is the new world No.1. Picture: AAP

Gerroa's Sally Fitzgibbons wins Rio to become world No.1

Parts of Darwin CBD have been evacuated after being shaken by a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake originating in Indonesia. Picture: Geoscience Australia

Darwin shaken by 7.5 earthquake in Banda Sea off Indonesia

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

Wollongong hairdressers needed to help bring dignity to disadvantaged

2hrs ago

Amigos to open second restaurant in Shellharbour

19:00PM

Balgownie's Andrew Hough to command Australia's newest destroyer

18:02PM

Opposition grows to Minnamurra sand mine proposal

18:00PM

Nationwide anti-bullying initiative comes to Wollongong

17:40PM

Mercer Administration to cut jobs at Illawarra headquarters

17:30PM

Hannah Green was part of a magnificent day for Australian women's sport.

A common theme for Aussie triumphant trio

Steve Larkin

Double: Hannah Beard scored twice for the Stingrays on Sunday. Picture: Georgia Matts.

Illawarra Stingrays fight back with dominant victory over Sydney Olympic

Cameron Mee

Watch the Illawarra rugby league 'try of the century'

Watch the Illawarra rugby league 'try of the century'

Hannah Green was part of a magnificent day for Australian women's sport.

A common theme for Aussie triumphant trio

STEP UP: Albion Park boxer Sam Goodman will make his television debut at Luna Park on July 27. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Goodman ready for television debut

Mitch Jennings

Israel Folau's GoFundMe appeal shut down by crowdfunding site

Israel Folau's GoFundMe appeal shut down by crowdfunding site

Roje Adaimy

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Amigos is expanding - owner Owen Langton is about to launch an Amigos in Shellharbour. Picture: Adam McLean

Amigos to open second restaurant in Shellharbour

Desiree Savage

Natasha Cuevas has curated a collection of local designers, makers and entrepreneurs for the new Chatterbox Market inside Wollongong Central, which hopes to act as a business incubator. Picture: Adam McLean

Wollongong's new business incubator is an indoor artisan market

Desiree Savage

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

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.

Southern Africa's natural wonders

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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.

Join us on Northern Lights cruise

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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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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.

Southern Africa's natural wonders

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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FRIENDLY TOWN: A visit to Narrawallee should be on everyone's list when travelling the South Coast.

South Coast Leisure Times: winter 2019

Dayle Latham

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

Exquisite abode

House of the Week

Open homes: Sat June 22 - Fri June 28

Open homes: Sat June 22 - Fri June 28

Open for inspection

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

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

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

Illawarra Mercury opens archives to Facebook group members

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HERITAGE: James Stewart Keene at the wall of Cataract Dam. He is attempting to make a feature film about his great, great grandmother Evangeline Keene who lived in Sherbrooke, a village flooded to make the dam. Picture: Adam McLean

Bulli Mountain's lost village at the bottom of Cataract Dam

Desiree Savage

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

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'

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

Watch dramatic footage of massive Corrimal High inferno

Watch the Illawarra rugby league 'try of the century'

Watch the Illawarra rugby league 'try of the century'

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

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

Rex Mossop (centre) with the old school Controversy Corner panel - which is fun to watch because of the retro value.

OPINION
Sometimes, things are better left in the past

Glen Humphries

On a mission: Daniel Knust, of Definition Fitness, with #talk2mebro founder Kristy Hajjar during the hour long challenge to lift one million kilos for suicide prevention. Picture: Adam McLean.

Barbells for brothers and #talk2mebro

Greg Ellis

HERITAGE: James Stewart Keene at the wall of Cataract Dam. He is attempting to make a feature film about his great, great grandmother Evangeline Keene who lived in Sherbrooke, a village flooded to make the dam. Picture: Adam McLean

Bulli Mountain's lost village at the bottom of Cataract Dam

Desiree Savage

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

GLORY DAYS: The crowd fills the Snakepit at Beaton Park, June, 1986.

COMMENT
June 18, 2019: The date Wollongong smashed the glass ceiling

Mark Sleigh

BOARD MAN: Kawhi Leonard (floor) led Toronto to victory but the NBA show is arguably even hotter in the off-season.

LaMelo to the Hawks: A'ing the Q's you might have asked

Ben Langford

ON THE BALL: Hawks general manager Mat Campbell said Lamelo Ball's signing is a chance to secure the future of the club.

COMMENT
Ball rolls the way of our Illawarra Hawks

Former West Australian Labor minister John Kobelke has died aged 69.

Former WA Labor minister Kobelke dies

2hrs ago

Noleen Hausler filmed abuse of her dementia-affected father at an aged care facility in Adelaide.

Elder abuse by carer caught on camera

2hrs ago

Bradley Edwards' lawyers object to prosecution evidence of early "interest" in women's underwear.

Claremont accused 'lied' about area links

2hrs ago

A judge has ruled in ex-NT detainee Dylan Voller's favour in the first round of his defamation case.

Media companies 'liable for FB posts'

Police allege Tyrone May filmed two women without their knowledge while engaged in sexual acts.

NRL player May denies sex tape charges

Luke Costin

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says tax relief is just one plank of his economic plan.

PM reviews industrial relations, red tape

Katina Curtis and Marnie Banger

Scott Morrison's claim the May poll recorded Labor's lowest primary vote in 100 years is misleading

PM's Labor election claim is misleading

SA ICAC Commissioner Bruce Lander (centre) says he holds the power to make findings of misconduct.

SA law society questions ICAC powers

Kathryn Bermingham

What we can learn from smart Israel's ag challenges

What we can learn from smart Israel's ag challenges

John Maher

Bradley to leave GrainCorp top job with MaltCo split

Andrew Marshall

Fourth-generation dairy farmer, Tahlia McSwain, from Chapman Hill in Western Australia has been announced as the 2019 Holstein Australia Youth UK Exchange winner.

Holstein Australia Youth UK Exchange scholarship to WA's Tahlia McSwain

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'

Amigos is expanding - owner Owen Langton is about to launch an Amigos in Shellharbour. Picture: Adam McLean

Amigos to open second restaurant in Shellharbour

Desiree Savage

Tax crimes: The Shawshank Redemption follows the story of prisoners Andy (Tim Robbins) and Red (Morgan Freeman, pictured) as they help the guards shelter money from tax.

Films to see you through taxing times

Don't spoil this picture: with international roaming data charges. Make the most of wi-fi where you can.

Tech Talk: Make wi-fi your best friend when travelling

Mathew Dickerson