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Jamie Soward of the Panthers and Mike Cooper of the Dragons scuffle during the round 14 match at Sportingbet Stadium. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

Jamie Soward kept the guns in the holsters, but the Panthers only need to reach for so much ammunition these days. Something's different at the foot of the mountains this year.

Jamie Soward puts the boot in after Panthers beat Dragons: photos

Dragons Josh Dugan celebrates after scoring in the Dragons' 30-0 rout of the Sharks. Picture: CHRISTOPHER CHAN

Benji Marshall came back to haunt the club he spurned - while also helping Josh Dugan mount a compelling case for a NSW recall - as a slumping Dragons piled on the pain for an injury-ravaged Sharks.

Benji baits Sharks as Dragons belt wounded Cronulla

Rabbitohs forward Tom Burgess charges into the Dragons defence during the NRL match at ANZ Stadium on Monday night. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

Reluctant head coach Paul McGregor was given a sobering reminder of the task in front of him as life after Steve Price showed no immediate sign of improvement for the embattled Dragons.

Rabbitohs heap more pain on struggling Dragons

A dejected Benji Marshall during this afternoon's round 10 match against the Parramatta Eels. Picture: MATT KING/Getty Images)

Benji Marshall's St George Illawarra debut turned into a nightmare, but the club's $1.1 million has vowed to improve after Parramatta torched an error-strewn Dragons at on Saturday afternoon.

Eels trounce Dragons in Benji Marshall debut

Round 8 match between the Dragons and Roosters at Allianz Stadium. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

Fumbling and stumbling their way through the early part of their title defence, the world champion Roosters rose to the Anzac Day occasion. And how the Dragons wish they hadn't.

Dragons flattened by Roosters in Anzac Day clash: photos

Jason Nightingale scores a try against the Warriors at WIN Jubilee Stadium. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

St George Illawarra consigned the sirengate scandal to the memory bank, halting a three-game slide with a dour victory over the New Zealand Warriors at WIN Jubilee Oval on Saturday night.

Dragons in acrobatic win over Warriors: photos

Dragons back-rower Will Matthews in action against the Storm on Monday night. Picture: GETTY IMAGES


It's been 15 years of torment for St George Illawarra in Melbourne, but none hurt quite like this. Not when you’re 14 points up with as many minutes remaining and get beat with a try scored so long after the siren you’d almost expect the players to be back in the sheds.

Agony for Dragons as Storm snatch victory 

Joel Thompson of the Dragons is tackled during St George Illawarra's 26-6 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Sydney Cricket Ground. (Photo Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)



Bemused Dragons coach Steve Price and skipper Ben Creagh have questioned how their side could be so penalised after South Sydney stormed out of an early-season rut.

Rabbitohs blow Dragons away

St George Illawarra's Trent Merrin offloads as he is tackled by the Brisbane defence at WIN Stadium on Friday night. Picture: ROBERT PEET

A slow-starting St George Illawarra’s unbeaten run this year came to screeching halt as the Brisbane Broncos wrecked the Dragons’ Wollongong homecoming on Friday night.

PHOTOS: Dragons' run comes to end against Broncos

Dragons defeat the Sharks 14-12 at Remondis Stadium on Saturday night. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

The Dragons could find themselves outright competition leaders by Monday after continuing their winning start to the season with a dour 14-12 victory over Cronulla at Remondis Stadium on Saturday night.

PHOTOS: Resolute Dragons silencing critics

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Scott Morrison has crashed into a young player while playing soccer in Devonport, Tasmania.

Scott Morrison has joked the local Devonport football team could use him as a "bulldozer" for their new grandstand.

Scott Morrison flattens child playing soccer in Tasmania

United as one: The Illawarra Olympians and Paralympians now recognised on the city's monument at Lang Park. Picture: Adam McLean

"To be on the wall together is a special thing."

Illawarra's Paralympians now sit alongside Olympic heroes

Jenny Morrison, right, with the Coalition's candidate in Blair, Sam Biggins. Picture: AAP

Economy looms large for Labor and the Coalition as wages lag - but low-priced Australian wine might help

A spouse steps in as the polls tighten

No place like home: Emma McKeon at Wednesday's unveling of the latest additions to Wollongong's Olympians and Paralympians Wall. Picture: Adam McLean

"This is the first one I've missed in 10 years, so it's strange."

McKeon backs Swimming Australia selection policy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: AAP


Australian wages have not kept pace with inflation.

Wages hit sparks new debate on cost of living election

Solid foundation: IAS graduate Sarah Carli. Picture: Adam McLean

"I guess I'm still with the Academy, but I'm not."

Illawarra Academy of Sport graduates dominate additions to Olympians and Paralympians Wall

"We listen to a musician and we feel that vibe, and we feel that theres a certain presence of the spirit of music and the spirit of place and I wanted to be like that since a young kid," says William Barton. Picture: Keith Saunders Photography

The last time acclaimed didgeridoo artist William Barton was in Wollongong he was performing with Midnight Oil, this week the multi-instrumentalist and composer returns unplugged.

One of nation's best didgeridoo players coming to Wollongong

AJ, bottom right, and his family with SES volunteer Bluey.

"[AJ] said his first word a few weeks ago and it was blue," AJ's mum Kelly said.

Watch AJ reunite with SES rescuer 'Bluey' who found him after disappearance

Anthony Albanese made his final National Press Club pitch ahead of the May 21 election with a focus on integrity and repairing the budget. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Anthony Albanese says grants decisions would become arms-length under his government.

Labor to cut $750m from pork and rort programs

FUN TIMES: UOW student Bianca Pentecost at celebrating International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia. Picture: Robert Peet

An international day celebrating the diversity of Illawarra's community included a tough lesson on the impacts of COVID-19.

UOW-backed report finds diverse groups were 'left behind' in COVID

PICKING THE WINNER: Australia currently has four bellwether seats with Robertson, NSW having been the longest held bellwether.

How do these four seats keep consistently predicting which party will form government?

Key seats in the 2022 Federal Election: Australia's four bellwethers

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Cold and flu-like symptoms are the highest they've been since COVID restrictions began in 2020.

Flu the roof: respiratory illness rise 'near vertical'

Labor leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The polls show the race is tightening with only three days until the federal election.

As it happened: Gallagher says her 'vote will be less than what it was' due to Pocock

Hospitalisation numbers are down on yesterday.

NSW records more than 12,000 COVID cases, 14 deaths

VOTING RIGHT: A donkey vote (left) will still be counted whereas an informal vote (left) will be discarded.

What is a donkey vote? Does it differ from an informal vote? How do your preferences work?

Don't be a donkey: How to make sure your vote is counted correctly

Queenie describes her show 'Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell' as a love letter from one melancholy mother to another. Image credit: Kurt Sneddon. 

Star of the stage and screen, Queenie van de Zandt, celebrates the 50th anniversary of 'Blue', one of Joni Mitchell's most praised albums.

Queenie van de Zandt performs love letter to Joni Mitchell | Photos, Video

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning until the end of the election.

Don't you hate it when former PMs call at dinner?

Social media has helped countless conspiracies flourish. Picture: Shutterstock

Social media adds a new layer to fighting misinformation.

Don't believe all you read this election

With the election now called, what does it mean for the three seats in the Illawarra

Meet your Illawarra federal election 2022 candidates

Pre-poll voting centre. Photo: Adam McLean

Female voters have been found to be three times more likely than male voters to be undecided.

Key group of wavering voters could decide the election: ANU poll

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OPPOSITION: Mitta North farmer Judy Cardwell and Kiewa Valley farmer Belinda Pearce organised a rally in Melbourne protesting the camping rules last year. Photo by Mark Jesser.

Public land where cows graze has been opened up for camping causing conflict between farmers who manage the land and fishers who want access to the river.

Camping battle heats up as farmers and fishers clash

A hydrogen energy pilot plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. The hydrogen produced will be trucked to Hastings Port for shipping to Japan. Picture: Shutterstock

The government-backed project produces hydrogen from brown-coal gasification.

Hydrogen project to increase emissions, FOI documents reveal

Energy Minister Angus Taylor's claims about clean hydrogen emissions reductions have been disputed.

'Clean hydrogen' confounds most Aussies

Scott Morrison will hope for no more stumbles on Thursday after falling onto a child on Wednesday.

Day 39 of the federal election campaign

A former student of Chris Dawson is set to continue her evidence in his murder trial.

Dawson's student lover continues evidence

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

Have you seen Jesse Rose, Rebecca Monaghan or Goce Nikoloski? Police are calling for information on their whereabouts. Picture: NSW Police

Two men and a woman on the run from Lake Illawarra police

A new Costco or cinema? Nope, Wollongong leaders have other ideas for DJs site

What's next: The former David Jones building is in the hands of a new owner who is said to be looking at transforming the site.

An iconic building in the heart of the CBD is waiting to be transformed.

A new Costco or cinema? Nope, Wollongong leaders have other ideas for old DJs site

Valmai Jane Birch captured on CCTV footage shortly before her death, and police outside her home, where her body was found.

'I know what I heard and I swore on God and that's all I have to say.'

How the Woonona woman who was 'everyone's friend' spent her final days

NEW HAVEN: Joe Gaudiosi will step in as CEO of Blue Haven after describing himself as a 'freelance business executive' in recent months.

The council last week voted behind closed doors to sell Blue Haven, a move which shocked residents. A rescission motion has since been lodged.