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Heating up: Austinmer Beach and nearby Lawrence Hargrave Drive are under threat due to climate change.

Illawarra's northern suburbs to cop it from climate change

Glen Humphries

Director of Traders in Purple Charlie Daoud, Housing Trust CEO Michele Adair and Housing Minister Melinda Pavey at Monday's opening in Corrimal. Picture: Robert Peet

Corrimal affordable housing to change the lives of a lucky few

Angela Thompson

About 30 protesters demonstrate at the entrance to the Russell Vale mine on Monday morning. Picture: Robert Peet

Russell Vale pram protesters target minister's duty of care

Angela Thompson

Kalia Pike was arrested on October 7 after she returned to Figtree Public School.

SUBSCRIBERWoman must address addiction after pretending to be nurse at Figtree school

Ashleigh Tullis

Back to class: Barrack Heights Public School principal Skye Ramsay with students Awatea Samuels, Isla Kerr, Madeline Maynard and Oliver Bennett. Picture: Robert Peet

Illawarra's youngest - and oldest - students excited to head back to class

Lisa Wachsmuth

Man charged over alleged sex act in Figtree street

Man charged over alleged sex act in Figtree street

Glen Humphries

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Man injured at Figure 8 Pools after being knocked over

Glen Humphries

A CCTV still showing one of the thieves driving away with the buggy from Bulli Surf Club. Picture: supplied

Police charge two teens over alleged Bulli beach buggy theft

Glen Humphries

SUBSCRIBERExes in heated brawl outside Wollongong methadone clinic

WATCHFour cops treated after guest 'sets fire' to room at Wollongong motel

IRT Links Wollongong in lockdown after worker gets COVID

Elderly Wollongong woman dies after contracting COVID

Heating up: Austinmer Beach and nearby Lawrence Hargrave Drive are under threat due to climate change.

Illawarra's northern suburbs to cop it from climate change

Popular: Kiama's Moist 'N' Glazed donut shop owner Ash Camilleri said she had a queue of people down the street for her opening day on Saturday. Picture: Robert Peet

A sweet time for new Kiama donut shop to open its doors

11 Bukari Street, West Wollongong. Photo: Supplied

Locals no match for Sydney budgets at Wollongong auction

Challenge: Albion Park's Lisa Trujillo (left) getting put through her paces on the millitary-style course on SAS Australia: Hell Week. Pictures: Seven

Albion Park woman goes through Hell on SAS Australia

A CCTV still showing one of the thieves driving away with the buggy from Bulli Surf Club. Picture: supplied

Police charge two teens over alleged Bulli beach buggy theft

Brian Cox plays media mogul Logan Roy in Succession. Picture: Foxtel/HBO

SPOILERSSpoils and spoilers: we've had a sneak peek at the new season of Succession

Police charge two teens over alleged Bulli beach buggy theft

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Russell Vale pram protesters target minister's duty of care

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Illawarra's northern suburbs to cop it from climate change

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Man charged over alleged sex act in Figtree street

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The jobs of the future and how to land them

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Corrimal affordable housing to change the lives of a lucky few

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New data shows Australians are frustrated with how national cabinet is collaborating. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERFrustration with national cabinet as support for leaders plunges

Sean Wainui (c), the only player to score five tries in a Super Rugby game, has died in a car crash.

NZ rugby star Wainui dies in car crash

An inquiry into the Juukan Gorge caves has called for an overhaul of heritage protection laws.

Juukan inquiry calls for heritage overhaul

Delivery workers at three major courier companies are set to strike over pay and conditions.

Delivery workers set to strike on Thursday

Taree's own Andy and Deb are starring in the new television renovation series Renovate or Rebuild. Photo Nine.

'The epitome of last minute': Andy and Deb recount the moment their lives changed forever

Sarah Chalmers

Victorian police are closing in on whoever killed missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

Police close in on killer of Vic campers

Melissa Meehan

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced plans to begin opening Queensland from next month.

Qld to reopen for Christmas, regardless

Tracey Ferrier

A man is in custody after two men were stabbed at a Melbourne shopping centre.

Two men stabbed at Melbourne shopping hub

Callum Godde and Benita Kolovos

WORKING HARD: Wolves midfielder Brendan Griffin leads the chase to the ball against North Shore Mariners at Albert Butler Park last year. Picture: Anna Warr

Griffin continues hunt for more glory with Wollongong Wolves

Joshua Bartlett

MAKING HIS MARK: Xavier Rathan-Mayes shoots over Chicago's David Nwaba in 2018. Picture: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

New Illawarra Hawks roster can end NBL title drought: Gaze

Joshua Bartlett

New challenge: Xavier Rathan-Mayes playing for Memphis in the NBA in 2018. Picture: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

NBL: Illawarra Hawks complete roster with Rathan-Mayes signing

Joshua Bartlett

WORKING HARD: Wolves midfielder Brendan Griffin leads the chase to the ball against North Shore Mariners at Albert Butler Park last year. Picture: Anna Warr

Griffin continues hunt for more glory with Wollongong Wolves

BACK IN TOWN: Guy Knight has returned to the Wolves after a stint with Illawarra Premier League club, Bulli. Picture: Anna Warr

OPINIONWolves eye off FFA Cup victory on the road

Jacob Timpano

FAIR GO: Geelong's triple All-Australian and best and fairest Tom Stewart only polled eight votes in the Brownlow. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONTake Brownlow Medal voting away from the umpires

Howard Kotton

Former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

DIGESTThere's no time to waste

IRT Links Seaside Aged Care Centre in Wollongong.

IRT Links Wollongong in lockdown after worker gets COVID

Photo: File

WATCHHaircuts, shopping to head outdoors across Victoria

Elderly Wollongong woman dies after contracting COVID

Elderly Wollongong woman dies after contracting COVID

Photo: File

WATCHSeven deaths, 1903 COVID-19 cases recorded in Victoria

Kim Chappell

NSW COVID case number drops again as first doses pass 92 per cent

WATCHNSW COVID case number drops again as first doses pass 92 per cent

Matt Carr

Senator Zed Seselja warns Canberrans will continue to face mental health challenges as they emerge from lockdown. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Canberrans to access $1 million in fresh mental health support

Finn McHugh

Getting out: For the first weekend since restrictions were lifted waterside cafes and parks were busy but few people actually ventured down to the sand. Picture; Robert Peet

Wollongong residents enjoy their first weekend of freedom

Glen Humphries

CHEERS: Illawarra drag queens Ellawarra and Roxee Horror enjoy shots at Pepe's On The Beach on Monday morning. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Illawarra drag queens say 'cheers' to businesses reopening

Desiree Savage

CRAFT WORK: Designer Eleanor McNeill loves the UOW Makerspace at the Innovation Campus so much she "hasn't left", and now coordinates workshops using their laser cutters and 3D printers. Picture: Robert Peet

Makerspaces are common in the UK, now Wollongong has one

Desiree Savage

Gordon Streek outside the Roo Theatre building in 2003. Picture: File Image

'Glorious human': Roo Theatre founder Gordon Streek remembered

Desiree Savage

Owner of Kallara Station Justin McClure preparing to muster sheep inside pens. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENThere is money in mud

Owner of Kallara Station Justin McClure preparing to muster sheep inside pens. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENThere is money in mud

Local kids painting cars at the Football Paint-Up at Wilcannia, NSW, to support their local football team the Wilcannia Boomerangs in the grand finals. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWhere will the river people of Wilcannia go?

Local kids painting cars at the Football Paint-Up at Wilcannia, NSW, to support their local football team the Wilcannia Boomerangs in the grand finals. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWhere will the river people of Wilcannia go?

Pooncarie grazier Trevor Smith is frustrated by the revolving door of water management bureaucrats. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWater policy plays piggy in the middle with livelihoods

Pooncarie grazier Trevor Smith is frustrated by the revolving door of water management bureaucrats. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWater policy plays piggy in the middle with livelihoods

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

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Businesses that don't have an app will struggle to compete in the future

Businesses that don't have an app will struggle to compete in the future

Buying a new car during the COVID shortage? You need to know these 3 things

Buying a new car during the COVID shortage? You need to know these 3 things

Chasing sleep: How to get a better night's rest

Chasing sleep: How to get a better night's rest

Businesses that don't have an app will struggle to compete in the future

Businesses that don't have an app will struggle to compete in the future

CONNECTIONS: Susie Watson from East Gippsland received a special delivery this month, thanks to Australia Post and Beyond Blue.

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Is your masculinity complex making you look older?

Is your masculinity complex making you look older?

11 Bukari Street, West Wollongong. Photo: Supplied

Locals no match for Sydney budgets at Wollongong auction

11 Bukari Street, West Wollongong. Photo: Supplied

Locals no match for Sydney budgets at Wollongong auction

2 Bridge Hotel Road, Ouse, Tasmania. Photo: Supplied

$200k or less: The story behind these cheap regional property sales

2 Bridge Hotel Road, Ouse, Tasmania. Photo: Supplied

$200k or less: The story behind these cheap regional property sales

A piece of history: 1880s Wollongong home for sale

A piece of history: 1880s Wollongong home for sale

Brendan Crabb

Charming family estate

Charming family estate

Nicki Davey

Idyllic Shell Cove location

Idyllic Shell Cove location

Nicki Davey

IT'S BACK: Figtree Lions Club members Kevin Hartley, Rob Sassall and Dave Berry manning the Wollongong Bunnings sausage sizzle on Saturday. Picture: Robert Peet.

Bunnings sausage sizzles are back on in Wollongong

Zoe Cartwright

Illawarra councils told to stop ignoring housing crisis

Illawarra councils told to stop ignoring housing crisis

Desiree Savage

The scams to avoid this year

All the online scams you need to avoid

IT'S BACK: Figtree Lions Club members Kevin Hartley, Rob Sassall and Dave Berry manning the Wollongong Bunnings sausage sizzle on Saturday. Picture: Robert Peet.

Bunnings sausage sizzles are back on in Wollongong

Rescued eastern grey joey Hope in care with WIRES (Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service). Photo: WIRES.

PHOTOSJoey that survived 'mass roo killing' on South Coast named Hope

Maeve Bannister

Man dies in serious crash on Hume Motorway at Wilton

UPDATEDMan dies in serious crash on Hume Motorway at Wilton

Submit a photo of your child for our Babies of 2020 feature

Submit a photo of your child for our Babies of 2020 feature

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

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

The Imperial Hotel at Clifton from a new angle — at Mt Mitchell, Stanwell Tops. Photo: Bushwalk the Gong

Is this Wollongongs most spectacular bushwalk?

Blue pool. Photo: Bushwalk the Gong

This Southern Highlands bushwalk has a blue pool, cascades and multiple lookouts

A video tour of the majestic Wollongong garden tucked under Mount Keira

A video tour of the majestic Wollongong garden tucked under Mount Keira

Bushwalk the Gong

A shirtless man sits in police custody as a firefighter tends to a smoke-affected police officer outside the motel. Picture: supplied

WATCHFour cops treated after guest 'sets fire' to room at Wollongong motel

Angela Thompson

The view from Burragorang lookout and picnic area. Photo: Chris Piazzo, Piazza Wood Works

7 wilderness walks near Wollongong to add to your bucket list

Ashleigh Tullis

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

Watch dramatic footage of massive Corrimal High inferno

CHALLENGE: Australia needs many more aged care workers. Picture Shutterstock

Critical shortage of aged care workers threatens care standards

Eileen Wood

Model Barbara Bingham.

The true beauty of older models

Therese Murray

Caution urged following spike in scams

Caution urged following spike in scams

Samara Ross

The responsibility of men to stop violence

The responsibility of men to stop violence

Declan Kelly

The new haves and have nots

The new haves and have nots

Property bonanza: The question is, what is driving up real estate prices? Picture: Anna Warr

Are we in the midst of a real estate bubble?

Alex Frino

George Henderson parading the top priced ram admired by Michael Elmes, Kim Henderson, Paul Dooley, and buyer Henry Armstrong, Pemcaw Merinos, Dunedoo.

Ultimate Merino ram sale at Grogansworth

Stephen Burns

CPS Thomas Ballhausen and Irvine agents, Sam Christensen, Callan Thomas and Bryce Thomas with the market-topping draft of Angus cows with calves which sold for $4170 a unit. The price was a record for Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets. Photo: Rebecca Cooper

Cows with calves crack $4170 at Dubbo

Edwina Watson

Graeme Norman who runs Norman Pastoral Company and his son Alex with their canola crop at Kibah on the Liverpool Plains. Photo: Samantha Townsend

Oilseeds timed to perfection

Samantha Townsend

Miguel Maestre's motive has always been to feed people and express his love through food. Picture: Jeremy Simons

Summer entertaining recipes from Miguel Maestre

Karen Hardy

Peter Russell-Clarke's Come and Get It aired for 900 episodes . Picture: Getty Images

Come and get it! The early days of the celebrity chef

Paul van Reyk

Whatever the industry, working on your resume will make it easier to land the job of your dreams. Picture: Shutterstock

The jobs of the future and how to land them

Joanne Crawford