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Summer reading challenge gets underway
SUMMER has started and so has Wollongong City Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge, which is running until Friday January 18. The annual challenge is held over the Christmas-New Year holidays, and encourages school-aged children to…
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Illawarra flame tree inspires sustainability
THE Illawarra is bursting with bright red Illawarra Flame Trees as they come into full bloom. To celebrate Australia’s first and only entry in the Solar Decathlon China 2013 Team University of Wollongong (UOW)…
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Mini bus collides with truck at Corrimal
MORE than a dozen people were injured when a truck and a mini-bus collided at Corrimal this morning. Emergency services were called to the Princes Highway and Tarrawanna Road intersection at around 11am. Two…
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P plater nabbed on F6 at Helensburgh
A PROVISIONAL licence holder has allegedly been caught travelling well over the speed limit in Helensburgh on Monday. About 3.40pm on Monday police allegedly detected a 19-year-old P-plate driver travelling at 198kph in a…
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Sandon Point management plan ready for comment
THE draft plan of Management for Sandon Point and McCauley’s Beach goes on public exhibition for 90 days from today until February 28 2013. The draft plan provides ideas and plans to manage the…
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Russell Vale Colliery set to expand long wall mining
THE Illawarra Residents for Responsible Mining (IRRM) will be forced to fork-out $40,000 in security costs for its case to be heard in the Land and Environment Court against Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Ltd…
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Warning with forecasted scorcher this weekend
WITH summer officially beginning this weekend surf lifesavers are warning people to stay safe at the beach and swim between the red and yellow flags. With the holiday season just around the corner, Illawarra’s…
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Algal bloom closes Thirroul Beach
THIRROUL Beach has re-opened following the presence of an algal bloom today (Thursday November 29). The bloom had appeared off the Illawarra coastline this morning. Wollongong City Council beach services co-ordinator Jason Foye said…
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Conservatism in politics to be debated at Wollongong University
UNLIKE Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, those involved in right of centre politics in Australia generally prefer to be called liberals rather than conservatives. Why should this be so? The reality…
