• Government opens door to Illawarra escarpment coal seam gas mining

    IN the wake of the NSW Government’s Strategic Regional Land Use Policy, comes an offer to renew 22 of the state’s coal seam gas (CSG) exploration licences, including four in the Illawarra. The licences…

  • Policy fails to protect water catchment says Stop CSG Illawarra

    WHILE the launch of the NSW Government’s Strategic Regional Land Use Policy has been welcomed by State MP for Heathcote Lee Evans, the same can’t be said of the reaction to the new coal…

  • Malnutrition in older patients identified

    RESEARCHERS from the University of Wollongong’s School of Health Sciences have teamed up with clinical dietitians to identify alarmingly high rates of malnutrition in older patients admitted to both acute care and rehabilitation hospitals…

  • Renewed appeal on 1970 Grimmer disappearance

    IT has been more than 42 years since Cheryl Grimmer was snatched by an unknown man from Fairy Meadow Beach. Police are renewing their appeal for information into the 1970 kidnapping of the Wollongong…

  • Fairy Meadow man arrested over bashing

    A FAIRY Meadow man has been charged following an assault in North Wollongong shortly after midnight on Sunday. A 31-year-old man was at a service station on Flinders Street when he became involved in…

  • Spring Into Corrimal this Sunday

    FORTY two cars will have their boots open and trestle tables set up for bargain hunters at Corrimal this Sunday. Wollongong City Council’s Giant Car Boot Sale this Sunday is being held as part…

  • Cricket stars to play Twenty20 at Towradgi

    SYDNEY Thunder will bring one of their Twenty20 games to Towradgi’s North Dalton Park this summer. Sydney Thunder will play a Twenty20 warm-up match against a Wollongong Invitational Xl, comprised of  local Wollongong cricketers…

  • Coledale’s classroom comes alive

    COLEDALE Public School’s Living Classroom was officially opened yesterday by Wollongong City Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery. The Living Classroom is an environmental education program where students are encouraged to grow a range of plants…

  • Funding for aged care education

    A PROJECT from the Illawarra Retirement Trust (IRT) Group and the University of Wollongong (UOW) which improves learning environments in the aged care sector today received more than $500,000 funding under the Federal Government’s…