• Forum looks at child poverty

    WOLLONGONG Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery will host a forum to discuss issues surrounding poverty in childhood during Anti-Poverty Week 2012. The forum, to be held at Council’s Administration centre will discuss what does poverty…

  • Council takes another look at community engagement

    WOLLONGONG City Council will review its community engagement policy, the first review since the election after the September 2011 election. Council decided at its October 8 meeting to place the policy on public exhibition…

  • Life time work honoured through exhibition and book

    THE University of Wollongong’s Janet Cosh Herbarium is a collection of plant specimens from the Illawarra and Southern Highlands that provide important historical and conservation information on the distribution of plant species. The herbarium…

  • Man charged over glassing at Bally pub

    A MAN has been charged over a glassing assault at Balgownie Hotel on Friday night. A man was playing pool with friends at the hotel on Balgownie Road about 11pm when he became involved…

  • Human sign planned on Slacky Flat Bulli

    STOP CSG Illawarra will host a second ‘Stop Coal Seam Gas’ human sign on Slacky Flat Bulli on October 21. Actions to stop CSG in the Illawarra last year – at Austinmer Beach and…

  • Long wall mining blamed for Ousley cracks

    CRACKS discovered in Mt Ousley Road have been blamed on  long wall coal mining operation. The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) have reportedly atttributed the subsidence from Gujarat NRE’s longwall 4, located 250m away. Illawarra…

  • Minister agrees to speak at ‘great debate’ on Port sell-off

    THE Minister for the Illawarra and Minister for Finance Greg Pearce has agreed to speak at a community forum to debate the NSW Government’s plan to privatise the Port of Port Kembla. Organised by…

  • Lagoon opened to reduce chance of flooding

    WOLLONGONG City Council carried out work today to open Towradgi Lagoon to the sea. The current water level of the lagoon is over 1.7m above sea level and the lagoon entrance is closed with…

  • Final chapter in a much-loved book shop

    THE well-known and much loved Perey’s Books will close its doors in Wollongong in less than four weeks. Perey’s Books became an institution in Wollongong since first established in 1992 by a newcomer to…