One dead after boat with seven people on board capsizes near Wollongong

One dead after boat with seven people on board capsizes near Wollongong

Rescuers were called to waters at Bulli,north of Wollongong,following reports the vessel had overturned shortly after 10am on Sunday.

  • byFergus Hunter andMegan Gorrey

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Turning 11 acres of a NSW ‘dumping site’ into a world-class farm

Turning 11 acres of a NSW ‘dumping site’ into a world-class farm

A community not-for-profit group set out to create jobs for local refugees,and ended up with one of the world’s largest urban permaculture farms.

  • byHarriet Alexander
We hoped to escape the Delta outbreak - but now we fear the worst

We hoped to escape the Delta outbreak - but now we fear the worst

From a position of relative comfort just a few short weeks ago,now it seems everyone in Wollongong knows someone who’s had COVID-19.

  • byToby Dawson
Glimpses of a low carbon future amid Port Kembla’s coal and steel

Glimpses of a low carbon future amid Port Kembla’s coal and steel

The Illawarra has the workforce,the industrial and academic know-how and the transport and energy links to be a major player in greener manufacturing.

  • byPeter Hannam
Good things in the Gong at Babyface Kitchen

Good things in the Gong at Babyface Kitchen

Wollongong's five-year-old Babyface has the attitude of a lo-fi wine bar with a serious kitchen at its heart.

  • byTerry Durack
Mr Homer goes to Macquarie Street to save the farm

Mr Homer goes to Macquarie Street to save the farm

A disparate coalition of surfers,Shellharbour residents and the wider NSW beachgoer community is fighting to stop a multimillion-dollar tourism development at Killalea State Park,popularly known as The Farm.

  • byHeath Gilmore
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NSW health alert after returned traveller tests positive for COVID-19 following hotel quarantine

NSW health alert after returned traveller tests positive for COVID-19 following hotel quarantine

The Wollongong resident visited a number of venues,including a south-eastern Sydney cafe,before returning a positive test result.

  • byFergus Hunter,Kate Aubusson andJenny Noyes
Man shot in incident with Corrective Services in Wollongong

Man shot in incident with Corrective Services in Wollongong

An inmate has died after a shooting incident while the man was in the custody of Corrective Services NSW in Wollongong on Wednesday.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andMegan Gorrey
Demand drop closes coal mine as neighbour seeks approval to expand

Demand drop closes coal mine as neighbour seeks approval to expand

The future of the two main coal mines digging under Sydney's water catchment hangs in the balance with one closing for two months because of weak demand and the other seeking approval to expand.

  • byPeter Hannam
Soccer club re-elects former councillor jailed for lying to ICAC
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Soccer club re-elects former councillor jailed for lying to ICAC

A former Wollongong councillor who was jailed for lying to the Independent Commission Against Corruption has been re-elected to the board of Football South Coast,as activists raise questions over the transparency of the regional soccer organisation's finances.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
'Absolutely huge'levels of toxic chemicals found after resident tests suspicious waterway
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'Absolutely huge'levels of toxic chemicals found after resident tests suspicious waterway

Cancer-causing arsenic and poisonous heavy metals have been found in a drain less than a kilometre from a popular NSW beach.

  • byCarrie Fellner