Noreen Hay wins four more years in Wollongong and other top stories

Noreen Hay wins four more years in Wollongong

Wollongong MP Noreen Hay celebrates her win with supporters on Saturday night. Picture: ADAM McLEAN. Four more years was the chant from incumbent Wollongong MP Noreen Hay and her supporters after she declared victory on Saturday night. >> view original

Wollongong Hawks land new sponsor

Wollongong's NBL club took a giant stride out of the darkness of an uncertain future and into the light on Wednesday, securing Multi Civil and Rail as their major sponsor. The company, which is also the major backer of the region's premier football ... >> view original

Wollongong council using wrong flood system

Wollongong City Council has been forced to back down from enforcing its planning rules on flood-prone land, after the state government said Wollongong was using the wrong system. The backdown is likely to affect thousands of houses across the city ... >> view original

Wollongong Harbour death: Man seen 'running around in underwear' before ...

The body of a man has been found floating in the water at Wollongong Harbour, in the New South Wales Illawarra, this morning. The man in his mid 30s was seen floating in the water wearing just boxer shorts at about 6:30am by two women walking on the ... >> view original

Wollongong Hawks considered links with Canberra as Andrew Gaze says NBL ...

The Wollongong Hawks were prepared to sell home games to Canberra before going into voluntary administration with a view to rebuilding an NBL presence in the capital more than a decade after the Cannons went bust. But after the Townsville Crocodiles ... >> view original

Wollongong man's jail term reduced

In and out of jail multiple times in his adult life, 34-year-old Clint Bedek jumped at the opportunity for a second chance in mid-2014. A magistrate agreed to put him on a good behaviour bond for one of his crimes, and he agreed to behave himself for ... >> view original

Wollongong's GPT mall up for design prize

POLL: Wollongong's new shopping mall is competing against four other futuristic retail developments from Norway, Indonesia, China and the United Arab Emirates for a New York-based architecture and design award. GPT's Wollongong Central expansion, ... >> view original

Qantas retires its oldest aircraft, the City of Canberra 747-400, to ...

A Qantas jumbo jet has made history, landing at a regional airport in New South Wales to become the first 747-400 in the world to go on public display. The City of Canberra was retired to Wollongong after 25 years of service and will become a prized ... >> view original

Wollongong Hawks into voluntary administration after major sponsor withdraws

"It's not a 'save the Hawks' campaign in that there's no one who is willing to dig in and help contribute - this is more a 'support the Hawks' and support James [Spenceley] in keeping the Hawks in Wollongong and in the NBL," club general manager Kim ... >> view original

Wollongong Coal strikes new deal with embattled Hawks

Wollongong Coal is looking to re-negotiate a sponsorship deal with the Wollongong Hawks basketball team. On Monday the Hawks announced they'd been forced into voluntary administration, after Wollongong Coal reneged on their contract with the club. >> view original