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The one punter who asked for money from the Premier in Kiama, and got it
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (85+ words) Illawarra Mercury The one punter who asked for money from the Premier in Kiama, and got it While one brave surfer faced the choppy and rough water of Kiama's Surf Beach on a cold and rainy day in the little…...
Flinders Street development gains approval for expansion | Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSW
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (21+ words) Level 33 project on Flinders Street to expand with three more storeys after planning panel approval, increasing total apartments to 213....
$500m plan would have the three tallest buildings in Wollongong. | Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSW
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (258+ words) Three towers of 140m and another three of 100m to form the development which would transform part of Wollongong....
Prime Minister's surprise visit to Wollongong as high-performance centre officially opens
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (295+ words) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid an unexpected visit to Wollongong to attend the opening of the Dragons' new $65 million high-performance centre. The Bruce Gordon Centre is a training, administration and community facility at the University of Wollongong's Innovation Campus....
Highway to the highfalutin': opera hits the outback
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (771+ words) In an open-air theatre on the main drag of an outback town, more than 1300km from the nearest capital city, soprano Katie Stenzel is trilling to the heavens under the Milky Way. Locusts the size of your hand - in large numbers…...
Qantas passenger faces lifelong ban after alleged mid-air bite
5+ day, 37+ min ago (320+ words) A flight from Melbourne to Dallas made an unexpected stop in Tahiti after a passenger allegedly bit a flight attendant during a mid-air confrontation. The man, believed to be a New Zealand national, received a lifetime ban from Qantas and…...
Now and then: see who turned up as legendary Wollongong club returned for one night
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (890+ words) If a young person from today stepped inside Wollongong's legendary Market Street Bistro in the early 1980s, it might seem like they'd entered another world. With bikini parades, "lovely legs" competitions, hostesses in slit dresses, ladies' nights with strippers and a…...
Passenger bites Qantas crew member in mid-air meltdown
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (20+ words) Illawarra Mercury Passenger bites Qantas crew member in mid-air meltdown...
Regional Melbourne to Brisbane rail project axed in budget
1+ week, 4+ day ago (20+ words) Illawarra Mercury Regional Melbourne to Brisbane rail project axed in budget...
Flights out of Shellharbour Airport grounded five times in less than 30 years
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (779+ words) In less than 30 years, five airlines have come and gone from Shellharbour Airport. Each time Shellharbour City Council has invested money in the airport to encourage them to stay. In the 1990s, Air Facilities was flying out of what was then…...