Wollongong Hawks land new sponsor and other top stories

Wollongong Hawks land new sponsor

BREAKING: The Wollongong Hawks have announced a new major sponsor as the club battles to stay in the NBL past next month. Multi Civil and Rail (MCR) has pledged to significantly increase its current sponsorship and will effectively replace Wollongong ... >> 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

Coalition winner from Wollongong Uni's $26000 in donations

The University of Wollongong has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Coalition in the past four years, nearly five times as much as given to Labor, despite the potential for a conflict of interest for people closely connected with sitting ... >> view original

Wollongong man hired hitman to bash ex-partner: court

A Wollongong father-of-two hired a hitman to bash his ex-partner after she told police he may have sexually assaulted their three-year-old daughter, a court has heard. See your ad here. The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly told ... >> 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

Richard Perin's controversial niqab bride banned from art festival by ...

The work's creator, Richard Perin, fired off an angry protest email to Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery on Thursday morning after Thirroul festival organisers told him to remove the work from display at the village library, on the say-so of a ... >> 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

Review: Billy Idol, Cheap Trick – Wollongong, WIN Entertainment Centre 18/03/15

It proved to be somewhat telling that power-pop pioneers Cheap Trick were introduced by a pre-recorded message calling them “the greatest rock & roll band you will ever fucking see” with the f-word bleeped out. The band are clearly hoping to maintain ... >> view original