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Two cruise missiles are said to have been fired from North Korea's west coast. (AP PHOTO)

North Korea fires two cruise missiles

Southern Thailand provinces that border Malaysia have been the site of a decades-long insurgency. (AP PHOTO)

Multiple bomb, arson attacks rock Thailand

Core consumer price inflation remains too high in New Zealand, Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says (AP PHOTO)

NZ Reserve Bank lifts rate to 3 per cent

Plumes of black smoke have been seen in Hvardiyske, in the centre of Russian-controlled Crimea. (AP PHOTO)

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know

The Nikkei has risen 0.81 per cent, through the 29,000 barrier for the first time since January 6. (AP PHOTO)

Asian stocks solid, NZ dollar jumps

Republican Liz Cheney faces an uphill battle in Wyoming after turning on Donald Trump. (AP PHOTO)

Wyoming voters decide Trump critic's fate

NZ COVID-19 Minister Ayesha Verrall says the government will make a call on restrictions next month. (AP PHOTO)

NZ may lessen COVID-19 restrictions

Explosions in Crimea have raised the prospect of new dynamics in the six-month-old war if Ukraine. (AP PHOTO)

Blasts in Crimea suggest Ukraine fightback

US Jill Biden is experiencing mild symptoms after being diagnosed with COVID-19. (AP PHOTO)

US First Lady Biden positive for COVID-19

NASA's Artemis rocket, with the Orion spacecraft aboard, is ready for liftoff on August 29. (AP PHOTO)

NASA rolls out moon rocket for launch

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The Chats dial up the punk and attitude

INFECTED: Evidence of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox virus has been discovered. Picture: AP

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Evidence of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox virus has been discovered.

Pet dog catches Monkeypox after sleeping next to infected owners

New arrival: A seal has made its way to a Simpson dairy farm, more than 30 minutes away from the nearest beach. It arrived on Sunday and has been sharing the paddocks with 300 cows. Picture: Karli McGee

"We were going towards it thinking 'it has to be a cow. Is it a pig?' No, it was a seal."

Marine Mystery: Seal turns up at dairy farm, half hour drive from nearest beach

"I was steering the ship in the middle of the Tempest."

Best Scott Morrison memes and tweets

"The Governor General was in effect complicit to a conspiracy to defraud the parliament"

'Other things we don't know about': former Senator joins Albanese in slamming Morrison

Scott Morrison has brushed off calls to resign from Federal Parliament. Picture: Screenshot.

Mr Morrison said there was a public and political expectation that the prime minister took responsibility for everything.

'I did what I thought was necessary': Scott Morrison refuses to resign

The police alpine operations team loading up the hikers to bring them back after the rescue on Tuesday. Picture: NSW Police 

NSW Police rescue four hikers trapped by blizzard conditions in the Kosciuszko National Park.

Alpine rescue team finally reaches hikers after days trapped in blizzard conditions

Former prime minister Scott Morrison and Govenor-General David Hurley. Pictures: ACM

Governor-General David Hurley has dodged questions about his role in the secret portfolios scandal.

Governor-General breaks silence over Scott Morrison secret portfolio scandal

SCIENCE: Scientists say Tasmanian tigers could be reintroduced into Tasmania within 10 years. Picture: National Film and Sound Archive

Science would bring back the Tasmanian tiger within a decade.

Could the Tasmanian tiger really be brought back from the dead by scientists?

Excited: Night Owls Darts Club members Kristian Evans and Glen Gibson with Tennis Club manager Andrej Gacesa and vice president Mark Johnston. Picture: Robert Peet

The event will be held at the Wollongong Tennis Club on 18 August.

The voice of darts to call Wollongong Tennis Club event

A wet spring and potentially wet summer are on the cards, but a UOW expert believes there's still hope for sunny days to prevail.

'Not what we want to hear': Another wet spring on the cards

Did Governor-General David Hurley not understand the perverse implications of having dual ministers? Picture: Keegan Carroll

There will be a time to judge whether the Governor-General did enough to exercise his reserve powers to protect government, parliament and, above all, democracy.

Why the Governor-General should resign

Former prime minister Scott Morrison at Tullamarine airport in Melbourne. Picture: James Croucher

The former PM's actions expose a rank disregard at the heart of Morrison's leadership.

This is beyond contemptible, Morrison's conduct was abominable

Linda Burney will seek backing from state and territory colleagues on the Voice. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Linda Burney is seeking state backing for Labor's Voice to Parliament.

'Above politics': Labor seeks state backing for Voice

Australia's newest weapon against biothreats to the country's agriculture industry, such as the recent Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia, will be based in the Northern Territory.

Australia's newest weapon against biothreats to the country's agriculture industry will be based in the Northern Territory.

Australia's new 'biothreat weapon' to be based in the Northern Territory

Auctioneer Joshua Lobb with a Paul Ryan painting 'Black Moon, Tall Ship 2021' at the UOW Art Auction on Tuesday. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Ben Quilty, Paul Ryan artworks bought for bargain prices at UOW

Farmer Benjamin will soon take on four others in Farmer Wants a Wife's 12th season. Picture supplied

"I am looking for someone who isn't away with the fairies but likes to visit them on occasion."

Farmer who corralled sheep for romance takes to TV for love

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused the former government of trashing Australian democracy. Picture: James Croucher

Coalition figures are split on whether Scott Morrison should quit politics amid the scandal

Secret portfolios scandal prompts calls for Morrison to resign

'Surreal': Pomara Fifth was recently eliminated on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under season two after battling it out in a lip sync against Brisbane queen Beverly Kills. Pictures: supplied.

Camden queen Pomara Fifth hopes to inspire others after 'surreal' Drag Race experience

GOING UP: The number of overseas departures and arrivals into Australia is soaring. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

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Overseas departures and arrivals numbers soar as people learn to live with COVID-19.

Europe and Bali top the list: Family reunions back on as Aussies head overseas

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The High Court has dismissed an appeal by Aristocrat to restore four patents relating to its pokies. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

No clarity around computer inventions

Crystal McKinnon (centre) and another protest leader are accused of breaching COVID-19 directions. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

No conspiracy in BLM protest case: lawyer

Toxic Shock: Dr Sascha Fuller said seeing Coca-Cola pollute the Pacific with its 'single-use, toxic plastic bottles' was 'shocking and frustrating'. 

'I don't think we, in Australia, have been aware of the impacts. The science is changing daily.'

Plastic pollution called out as 'waste colonisation'

Court: Mark Anthony John Horsfall leaving Wollongong courthouse on Wednesday. Picture: Adam McLean

A Gerringong man has pleaded not guilty to dozens of sexual assault charges.

Mark Anthony John Horsfall pleads not guilty to sex charges

Sandra Mullaly is cheerful in her police photo but her time in the force was anything but.

Former cop says she was driven to breaking point by the organisation she once loved.

An addict broke her jaw. The force broke her spirit

HABITUS FOUNDER: Dr Sumant 'Monty' Badami is a strong advocate for having young people's voices heard. Picture: Supplied

A youth mental health expert has called for the community to support each other after a primary school child took their own life.

'Support needed' after child's death at Illawarra primary school

Sent home: The affected schools are Keira, Smiths Hill and Wollongong High Schools, and Wollongong, Mount Ousley, Pleasant Heights Public Schools, as well as Parameadows School for Specific Purposes.


Wollongong schools forced into remote learning during UCI bike race

Man, 23, critical after car crashes into tree on M1 near Berkeley

The accident closed the northbound lanes on the M1.

Police said emergency services arrived to find the male driver trapped in the vehicle.

Man, 23, remains in critical condition after Berkeley crash

Takeaway: The site of the proposed restaurant and (inset) the Penrith branch. Picture: Robert Peet/Shutterstock

The store would be the first for the Illawarra, and the second for the cult favourite outside of Sydney.

24-hour El Jannah store could come to Albion Park Rail

Nowhere to go: Desperate Illawarra family living out of car

Warren Doyle and his sons Cori, 15, and Troy, 17, are living out of their car. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Warren Doyle and his teenage sons have been homeless for several months, unable to find somewhere to live.

Nowhere to go: Desperate Illawarra family living out of car amid housing crisis

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SES OVERHAUL: Premier Dominic Perrottet has promised no impact to the volunteers who work for the SES 

Many of the functions conducted by the State Emergency Service (SES), which employs more than 200 people at its headquarters in Wollongong, will be "merged" into the Rural Fire Service following the inquiry into the devastating NSW floods.