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UNIVERSAL: Spacey Jane expanded their reach on their second album Here Comes Everybody. Picture: Sam Hendel

Spacey Jane mine the anxiety of the times on album two

Spacey Jane are writing songs for Everybody

BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: Illustration of an influenza virus particle. Picture: Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library / Getty Images.

The 2022 season has only just begun and already it's tracking toward a five year record. So what makes this year's flu so bad?

Is this year's flu worse than previous years?

Expect more sailing shenanigans in season 7 of Below Deck Mediterranean. Picture: Bravo/Binge

Like fashion or film, organic farming or journalism, the 'yachting industry' is a lot less glamourous than it sounds.

Below Deck is really just the seven sins on the seven seas

More than thanks, hear our voice: More than 2300 Illawarra teachers and their supporters marched through Burelli Street on Thursday. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

The crowd spread across Lang Park in Wollongong on Thursday, wielding placards and demanding an overhaul to the profession in the industry's second strike action in two months.

'Kids are paying the price': Thousands of burnt out teachers rally in Wollongong

Illawarra residents can now get a free flu shot until July 17. Picture: Adam McLean

The NSW government has extended its offer amid concerns about vaccination rates.

More time for Illawarra residents to get free flu shots

The scale of the task of shifting from fossil fuels to renewables has been revealed in a new 30-year plan. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Australian Energy Market Operator's plan points to the $12.7 billion worth of investment in transmission projects needed to help power the transition from coal.

New 30-year plan to guide 'irreversible' energy shift

New track: Alfie Arcuri has just dropped his latest single, Overtime, about his experiences with anxiety. Picture: Supplied

"Anxiety is something that I've had to deal with for most of my life."

The Voice star Alfie Arcuri shines light on anxiety

Port Kembla Public School students marched proudly with their lanterns. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

A sea of vibrant lanterns lit up the streets of Port Kembla for a much-loved annual parade on Wednesday night.

Sea of lanterns spread joy through Port Kembla

Bo Moran, inset, has been cleared of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm after a paramedic's leg was broken outside Wollongong Hospital last year. 

Bo Moran denied he had recklessly caused the injury to a paramedic who was trying to move him away from an ambulance.

Man cleared of breaking paramedic's leg outside Wollongong Hospital

BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: This year's flu season is on track to beating a five-year case record as vaccination numbers remain low. Picture: Shutterstock

This year's season is a stark difference to the 2021 winter sickness period, which saw very few cases recorded nationwide.

Flu season on track to hitting five year record as vaccination remains low

Natalia Cricri is set to release her short film An Eight Letter Word Starting with A. Main photo: Christopher Starnawski. Inset: Sally Flegg

Would the global conversation be different if men were the ones who got abortions?

What the abortion debate would look like if men got pregnant

More than thanks: NSW Teachers Federation Illawarra/Shoalhaven organiser Duncan McDonald pictured with an Illawarra Mercury article framed at the union's office - it documents the first Wollongong teacher strike in 1968. Picture: Sylvia Liber. 

Hundreds of Illawarra public and Catholic school teachers who have hit "breaking point" are gearing up to strike on Thursday.

'Breaking point': Illawarra teachers to stand together in historic joint action

Abortion rights protesters chant on the steps of the Alabama state capitol building during a rally and march on the capitol in Montgomery on Sunday, June 26. Photo: Mickey Welsh-USA TODAY NETWORK/Sipa USA /AAP Image

Australians have joined in the fight for women's rights with protests set for the major metropolitan cities.

People show solidarity and protest for women's rights

Globetrotters Julian "Zeus" McClurkin and Scooter Christensen with Hawks players at Bald Hill in Stanwell Tops in April. Picture:Adam McLean

Audiences can expect a new slum-dunk contest, quirky on-court characters and even the possibility of being pulled onto the court.

What to expect from the Harlem Globetrotters in Wollongong

BACK IN THE DAY: Nurses attend to a patient in an iron lung in the United Kingdom, 1949. Picture: Getty Images

The virus has been nearly eradicated worldwide, but traces have been found in London's wastewater, prompting a "national incident" to be declared.

Polio has been detected in the UK: Here's everything you need to know

Shellharbour's mayor and MP lock horns in fiery public forum

Locking horns: Shellharbour's mayor Chris Homer and MP Anna Watson.

In a fiery public forum, Shellharbour MP Anna Watson said there was a "perceived lack of integrity" at Shellharbour Council.

Watch Shellharbour's mayor and MP lock horns in fiery public forum

Builder Brendan Howe with Governor-General David Hurley and his wife Linda in their renovated Campbell home. Picture: Instagram 

The Governor-General and his wife appeared in a video spruiking the services of a Canberra-based builder in 2020.

'Spur of a happy moment': GG admits Canberra-builder plug was a mistake

The minister said the discovery was not cause for alarm.

Mite is on the move: second bee biosecurity zone set up in NSW

Grant Edwards attempted to pull a 10-tonne fire engine 50 metres to raise awareness for PTSD. Picture: Karleen Minney

How much can you lift? Because it's probably not as much as Grant Edwards.

Meet the man who pulled a fire truck for charity

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Mohamed Ahmed Omer will face a committal hearing accused of exit-trafficking his ex-wife to Sudan.

Sister to speak in exit trafficking case

An artist's impression of the planned Reddall Reserve promenade. Picture:  dsb Landscape Architects

The vision for the multi-million dollar Reddall Reserve Foreshore has been unveiled by Shellharbour City Council.

Plans for Reddall Reserve's foreshore released by Shellharbour council

Classing all of the Wollongong CBD and North Wollongong as an alcohol-free zone seems a bit extreme to some city councillors.

'A lot of it is just suburbia': Wollongong's big alcohol-free zone

Free flu shot programs have been extended in NSW, Queensland and Western Australia.

More free flu shots in NSW, Qld, WA, SA

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

Emergency services at the scene of the accident on lower Crown Street. Photo: Anna Warr

The woman is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be aged 68.

Woman dies after being hit by bus on Crown Street

Maria and Andrew Chatfield made the move to Far North Queensland with their children Elliott, Duffy, Somerset and Fletcher, 

Could you leave the Illawarra to build a life somewhere new, miles from family and friends?

'We moved away from Wollongong and don't regret it'

The scene on Crown Street on Monday morning. Picture: Anna Warr

Bus driver charged after Crown St fatality

Bullet to a balloon: Charbel Douna, 35, left Wollongong Local Court with a grin on Thursday. Picture: Grace Crivellaro.

An Illawarra property developer who fired a rifle to pop a balloon at a gender reveal party has been sentenced.

Calderwood dad-to-be sentenced for firing gun at gender reveal party

Crime scene: The site of the alleged assault on Sunday morning.

The injured man is in a critical but stable condition at Wollongong hospital.

Man critical after passer-by intervenes in domestic fight in Wollongong CBD

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All the pictures of Illawarra teachers taking over Burelli St for historic strike

Illawarra's used-car market is feeling the affects a a supply shortage.

Psst, tried to buy a used car lately? Finding an automatic is difficult

Police at the site of the altercation on Sunday morning.

The 49-year-old Shell Cove man's head struck the ground during an altercation in Market Street.

Man still critical after passer-by intervenes in alleged domestic fight

Multi vehicle crash south of Nowra near Falls Creek, closing highway in both directions. Picture: NSW Ambulance. 

A multi vehicle crash in Falls Creek, South of Nowra has closed the Princes highway in both directions

Princes Highway closed at Falls Creek in both directions due to crash

Police found meth on the road and littering Evren Agdiran's car when he was arrested in June 2021.

Horsley drug dealer who threw ice out window gets sentenced

The work at Unanderra is anticipated to take place across three nights.

M1 Princes Motorway off-ramp to close for night roadwork

Syed Muhammad had to apply for about 50 jobs before he was selected for an administration position. Photo: Anna Warr

Syed Muhammad believes his immigration status has put his career on hold.

How a bridging visa has left Syed's career in limbo

Grant Petersen has admitted to multiple counts of shoplifting and larceny. Picture: Facebook

Grant Petersen was also involved in thefts from Kmart and Coles.

Harvey Norman TV thief sentenced for series of crimes

Illawarra ninja: Woonona's Elisa Poulton, 16, tackled the Australian Ninja Warrior obstacle course during its new season. Picture: Nine. 

A Woonona teen with a passion for fitness scored a rare opportunity to take on the gruelling Australian Ninja Warrior obstacle course.

Woonona's teen ninja warrior takes on gruelling obstacle course

EXCITED: Wollongong United midfielder Mitsuo Yamada. Picture: Adam McLean

United to host Green Gully SC in key Australia Cup fixture

Child in Reverse: Kate Miller-Heidke returns to Wollongong in July. Picture: Jo Duck

The award-winning singer songwriter brings tunes old and new to her first show at Anita's Thirroul

Kate Miller-Heidke bringing drama to July date in Thirroul

Kiama councillor Imogen Draisma has called for transparency and tried to push council to release documents relating to Blue Haven. Picture: Wesley Lonergan

Kiama councillors knocking back the release of a range of Blue Haven documents were "voting against transparency", a councillor claimed.