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Man, 37, drowns while snorkelling at Kioloa

Amanda Piazza of Piazza Cakes. Photo: Sylvia Liber

Four Illawarra cake makers on the secret to their sweet success

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FLASHBACK: The first Bulli Eat Street market in 2016. In 2017 Foragers tried outdoor cinema with 'Sunset Vibes' but decided to return to food this summer. Picture: Robert Peet

Eat Street foodie markets return to Bulli with some controversy

This is to be the site where Rashays will be occupied, on the corner of Kin and Cowper Streets. Picture: Artist Impression

Foodie precinct set to open at Warrawong Plaza in December

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

Time out in the Illawarra: social photos

Man, 37, drowns while snorkelling at Kioloa

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St George Illawarra women fall to Roosters in final round of NRL Women’s premiership

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Man killed in Blackbutt motorcycle crash

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Family devastated as motorbike rider killed metres from Blackbutt home

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Super Kewell kicks Hall of Fame goal

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Motorcyclist, 50, airlifted to hospital after Bulli crash

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Tough day at the office: Dragons fullback Honey Hireme was put under pressure by the Roosters for the entirety of Saturday night's match. Picture: AAP Image/Craig Golding.

St George Illawarra women fall to Roosters in final round of NRL Women’s premiership

Cameron Mee

Harry Kewell is to be inducted into Australia's Sporting Hall of Fame next month.

Super Kewell kicks Hall of Fame goal

Mohen Govender

IN FORM: Dragons centre Jess Sergis scored a try and saved two in her side's win over the Warriors last week. Picture: NRL Photos

Sergis out to make up for lost time

Mitch Jennings

Tough day at the office: Dragons fullback Honey Hireme was put under pressure by the Roosters for the entirety of Saturday night's match. Picture: AAP Image/Craig Golding.

St George Illawarra women fall to Roosters in final round of NRL Women’s premiership

Rabbit season: South Sydney's Damien Cook finds himself in space against the Dragons in last Saturday's semi-final. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

Stage is set for Cook’s perfect season

FITNESS TEST: Coniston's Dinko Terzic is hoping to recover from a calf injury to face Warilla in the District League decider. Picture: KIAH HUFTON/SOCCER SHOTS ILLAWARRA

Terzic hopeful as King plots

Mitch Cohen

FITTING: Carley Widdop's red carpet outfit has been weeks in the making with Donny Galella, starting with a 'style survey' she had to fill out. Picture: Chris Pavlich

A WAG’s behind-the-scenes look at getting Dally M red carpet ready

Desiree Savage

FLASHBACK: The first Bulli Eat Street market in 2016. In 2017 Foragers tried outdoor cinema with 'Sunset Vibes' but decided to return to food this summer. Picture: Robert Peet

Eat Street foodie markets return to Bulli with some controversy

Desiree Savage

Twilight Markets are on this SaturdayPicture: Georgia Matts

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

Desiree Savage

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

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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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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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Ready to assist: The reliable Hot Water Maintenance team specialise in emergency hot water break downs and repairs as well as installing new hot water systems.

Illawarra Originals: Providing hot water with high integrity

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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

PROPERTY OWNER: Christian Lovatt, 26, made his first property purchase, a one-and-a-half bedroom townhouse at Kiama, in late 2014. Picture: Robert Peet

How Christian, 26, swapped buying sports cars for houses

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

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

Road to Remembrance

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

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

Road to Remembrance

RELENTLESS: Vera Deakin managed the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau, keeping Australian families informed. Picture: AWM P02119.001

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

FASHION FORWARD: Shane Moon says the 'throw away' culture of fast fashion is seriously affecting the environment. Rather that throw it, swap it on September 29. Picture: Robert Peet

Update your entire wardrobe at the Great Gong Clothes Swap

Desiree Savage

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.

OUT AND ABOUT

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

Football partnership ‘a match made in heaven’

Alex Frino

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Editorial, September 21: Has system passed or has it failed?

Sculptures at Killalea by Helen Fletcher.

Letters, September 21: An Ulterior Motive

NSW government equal with Labor: new poll

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The baby meerkat that disappeared from Perth Zoo has been returned safely.

WA meerkitten found, pair questioned

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson is flying back to Sydney after getting a royal pardon.

Ricketson leaves Cambodia after pardon

A crane will be used to clear away a train in Devonport, that had to be derailed on Friday.

Devonport derailed train clean up resumes

Two sharks have been caught and killed after attacks on a woman and a girl in the Whitsundays.

Unclear if killed sharks behind Qld bites

Sonia Kohlbacher

TasRail suspends remote tech after derail

Rick Goodman

Govt thanks Cambodia for Ricketson release

Luke Hunt and Andi Yu

Tiger sharks killed after Qld attacks

Sonia Kohlbacher

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

FLASHBACK: The first Bulli Eat Street market in 2016. In 2017 Foragers tried outdoor cinema with 'Sunset Vibes' but decided to return to food this summer. Picture: Robert Peet

Eat Street foodie markets return to Bulli with some controversy

Desiree Savage

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

Skills steaming forward

Get gardening: The winner of Australia's Next Top Gardener will become the face of Yates' new kids’ gardening website and their family will travel to the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.

Gardens help kids grow