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A man (left) and child (right) are removed from the dance school, where forensic officers examined the bathroom. Pictures: 9 News, ABC

Why was he walking free? Police failed to act on parolee’s sex calls

Angela Thompson

Mum leaves kids in car on ‘stinking hot’ day to shop at Bellambi Bunnings

Shannon Tonkin

Australian Renae Lawrence leaves Bangli Prison in Bali, Indonesia after serving a 13-year sentence for drug trafficking. Picture: Amelia Rosa

Bali Nine drug mule Renae Lawrence is released from jail

James Massola and Amilia Rosa
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Sentenced: Bradley Watson leaves Wollongong courthouse on Tuesday. He narrowly avoided time behind bars after headbutting a man at Fever Nightclub in July.

Port Kembla tradie sentenced over ‘atrocious’ headbutt at Fever Nightclub

Shannon Tonkin

The intersection was the site of a collision between a bike and a car, last night. Picture: Adam McLean

Injured Fairy Meadow cyclist wasn’t wearing a helmet

Angela Thompson

Final rehearsal: The stage is ready for the 15th annual KidzWish Christmas Party on Thursday at WIN Entertainment Centre. Picture: Greg Ellis.

KidzWish Christmas Party ready for 4300 Illawarra children

Greg Ellis

Jake Smith. Picture on NSW Police Facebook page.

Finks OMCG member wanted by Raptor South for firearms offences known to frequent Wollongong

Agron Latifi

Marks on the toilet cubicle walls show where forensic officers worked in the aftermath of the alleged assault. Picture: 9 News

Sex parolee reported for dirty phone calls in lead-up to dance school ‘rape’

Angela Thompson

Andrew Constance set to jump to federal ship of Gilmore: Labor

Farmer & The Owl festival in city park is ‘an experiment’

Parking fines aren’t a ‘sugar hit’ for councils, says Mayor

Illawarra high school students paddock to pig out

A man (left) and child (right) are removed from the dance school, where forensic officers examined the bathroom. Pictures: 9 News, ABC

Why was he walking free? Police failed to act on parolee’s sex calls

Henry Kocatekin was rushed to a hospital in Portugal late last week. Picture: Facebook.

Wollongong teen fighting for life after suffering self-inflicted burns

A dust storm swept across western NSW earlier this month. Picture: supplied, AAP

Dust storms sweeping across outback NSW could hit Illawarra

Left: A man is wheeled into St George Hospital after the incident at Kogarah; Right: Police have been forensically examining the scene. Photos: Nine News

Dance class 'rape': Why a Fairy Meadow sex monster was set free

John Farnham to headline Wollongong concert with Jon Stevens, Vanessa Amorosi

Skipp Okike, Maggie Bramich, Joel Albon-Harris, Ellie Bramich and Abbey Bramich at Kembla Grange race course.

Time out in the Illawarra: social photos

Bali Nine drug mule Renae Lawrence is released from jail

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KidzWish Christmas Party ready for 4300 Illawarra children

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Mum leaves kids in car on ‘stinking hot’ day to shop at Bellambi Bunnings

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Port Kembla tradie sentenced over ‘atrocious’ headbutt at Fever Nightclub

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Finks OMCG member wanted by Raptor South for firearms offences known to frequent Wollongong

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Andrew Constance set to jump to federal ship of Gilmore: Labor

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STEPPING UP: Hawks skipper Kevin White took some leadership initiative this week ahead of his side's road clash with Brisbane on Thursday. Picture: AAP

Taking matters into their own hands

ROB BEVERIDGE

Successful season: Chelsea Ezeoke will travel to Cairns for the Australian Championships. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Ezeoke heading north

Cameron Mee

On target: NSW's Jack Hayes celebrates after scoring a goal at the AHL tournament. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Hayes follows path of Olympian cousin

STEPPING UP: Hawks skipper Kevin White took some leadership initiative this week ahead of his side's road clash with Brisbane on Thursday. Picture: AAP

Taking matters into their own hands

STAR: Brisbane weapon Kelsey Cottrell helped the Pirates to victory.

Pirates plunder the BPL title

FUN: Wiseman Park's Kim Suckley and Dapto Citizen's Sophie Paseka, Linda Headington and Sally Goulding. Picture: MILLIE RANDALL

Strong display sees Shield stay on Coast

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EXHIBITION: TAFE students Amanda Craig and Bryce Adam ahead of this week's student photography exhibition, which runs from Wednesday to Friday. Picture: Sylvia Liber

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

Brendan Crabb

Former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright.

Ex-AC/DC drummer hopes rockers return with ‘awesome’ new album

Brendan Crabb

John Farnham to headline Wollongong concert with Jon Stevens, Vanessa Amorosi

Brendan Crabb

Canberra has never been hotter this summer season of fun

Emma Elsworthy

Three on-trend looks for men who want to look good this Spring Carnival season

Emma Elsworthy

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Canberra has never been hotter this summer season of fun

SCOTTISH FLAIR: See the spectacular Royal Edinburgh Tattoo when the Celtic cruise stops in Scotland.

See the best of British and more on a Celtic cruise

E-Conveyancing – The Way of the Future

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CAMPING: The 'Bingie Campground', located about 13km from Moruya on the far South Coast is among the listings on the Youcamp landsharing website. Picture: Supplied

‘Airbnb for the outdoors’ looks to expand into Illawarra

Brendan Crabb

Housing Trust CEO Michelle Adair. Picture: File image

Housing Trust calls for action on social and affordable housing

Brendan Crabb

ARTIST'S IMPRESSION: The $5.5 million proposal includes the construction of a four-storey residential flat building comprising 16 apartments. Pictures: Supplied

Proposed ‘world-class’ North Wollongong apartments on exhibition

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

APPEAL: This Christmas, Ray White real estate is again running its annual ‘A Little Ray of Giving’ appeal. Picture: Supplied

Donate to the ‘A Little Ray of Giving’ appeal

Brendan Crabb

Finalists line up for 2019 Australian of the Year awards

VITAL CAUSE: An example of donations to the ‘It’s in The Bag’ campaign, run annually by women’s charity Share the Dignity. Picture: Supplied

Illawarra residents urged to support ’It’s in The Bag’ campaign

Brendan Crabb

APPEAL: This Christmas, Ray White real estate is again running its annual ‘A Little Ray of Giving’ appeal. Picture: Supplied

Donate to the ‘A Little Ray of Giving’ appeal

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Can’t find a JP? New online system will make things easier

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

Jordan Chahal, Alexander Faughlin, Trent Cooper and Kane Hellyer took a helicopter ride to their year 12 school formal. Pictures: Adam McLean

Watch these Illawarra students fly into their school formal

October 16: International superstar Cher performs during her Here We Go Again! Tour at Wollongong Entertainment Centre. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Photos of the Month: October

Here’s how Illawarra punters partied at Kembla Grange

Desiree Savage

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

Stunning historical photos of the Port Kembla stack

Lisa Wachsmuth

All the photos from Melbourne Cup Day in the Illawarra

Skipp Okike, Maggie Bramich, Joel Albon-Harris, Ellie Bramich and Abbey Bramich at Kembla Grange race course.

Time out in the Illawarra: social photos

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

Labor accused of ‘milking’ self-funded retirees

HEALTH CONCERN: More older people are drinking to hazardous levels. Image Pixabay.

Boomers the new ‘risky’ drinkers

Eileen Wood

Editorial, November 22: Mercury work to be recognised

LIFE'S A BEACH: Bulli Beach by Margaret Johnston.

Letters, November 21: Get Off Our Beaches

Summer on the way by Margaret Johnston.

Letters, November 22: A Timely Message

'Freedom matters': Turnbull strikes back

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Bali Nine drug smuggler Renae Lawrence remained silent after arriving in Brisbane.

Renae Lawrence's mum: 'nothing to say'

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Battery rebates in Labor power plans

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Business Council of Australia chairman Grant King has mourned the axed National Energy Guarantee.

Big business laments NEG in front of PM

Victoria's major political parties will reveal the costings of state election promises on Thursday.

Major Vic parties reveal crucial costings

Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer will continue his evidence to the banking royal commission on Thursday.

Banks can provide advice: Westpac boss

Megan Neil

Catholic Archbishop Julian Porteous says Tasmania's gender bill isn't based on "biological facts".

Tas gender law push hits upper house

Ethan James

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath has announced an expansion of the definition of murder in Queensland.

Qld moves to charge more with child murder

A bellowing good time on Scotland’s west coast

Rochelle Tubb

The exterior facade of the QT building is a mixture of old and new.

Being a tourist in my own city and seeing it in a whole new light

Scott McRae

Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

Exercise challenge: Chin-ups can give your back, biceps, core muscles and shoulders a really good workout.

How to improve chin-up exercises

Lukas Chodat

AS GOOD AS NEW: Has your rusty metal fence seen better days? Give it a lick of specialty paint before the silly season arrives.

Spruce up before summer

“If aggressive prostate cancer is picked up early, the prognosis is usually excellent with a combination of surgery, radiotherapy or both, with a 15-year survival rate in over 80 to 90 percent of men for some tumours,” Nathan said.

Get in the Mo about prostate cancer

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