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Contract killer sentenced to 24 years' jail for arson murder of Wollongong ...

A contract killer who set fire to a house to murder a Wollongong solicitor in 2011 will spend at least 24 years behind bars. Bernard Justin Spicer was the last of four people to be sentenced for the murder of Katie Foreman. The court was told Spicer ... >> view original

Wollongong woman's volunteer service recognised

Woonona's Cassie Hassall is chuffed to receive official recognition for 20 years of volunteer service for Vision Australia. The 53-year-old has used her vision impairment to motivate others and raise awareness for the charity, and will have her ... >> view original

Wollongong rooftop bar humming along

While the venue's ground-level cafe has traded since January, the opening of the bar levels was held up by state liquor authorities, which cited high levels of alcohol-related violence in the area and a possible oversaturation of bars in Wollongong. Mr ... >> view original

Islamism fear over Qld teen

Friends of a Queensland teenager who is feared to have travelled to Syria to join Islamists involved in the civil war there say he has been transformed and influenced by “the wrong people”. The 18-year-old, Oliver Bridgeman, of Toowoomba, failed to return ... >> view original

Pentagon clarifies statement on US bombers being sent to Australia

The Pentagon has clarified the suggestion by an assistant secretary of defence that the United States was planning to deploy B-1 long-range bombers in Australia. "ASD [Assistant Secretary of Defence] David Shear misspoke when he stated that B-1 bombers ... >> view original

Navy wife and writer: a Globe-trotting career

I'VE been writing travel for more than 20 years. I'm slack. I should have started 40 years ago. I could have. I was in an almost unique position of being able to travel the world without cost, and with so much time I could have written endless articles, several ... >> view original

Qld man tasered after crime spree

A Queensland man has been shot with a stun gun during his arrest after an alleged crime spree north of Brisbane. The 36-year-old is accused of breaking into three cars in a Deception Bay car park on Friday morning before starting a fire in a nearby house on ... >> view original

Man charged over fatal WA crash

WA police have charged the driver of a car that crashed near Collie overnight, killing one passenger and injuring two others. THE 21-year-old woman died after the car she was travelling in veered off Mungalup Road about five kilometres from Collie about ... >> view original

Budget 2015: ALP gravy train crash mangles syntax beyond recognition

Thursday's ALP gravy train crash was a horrific disaster, says Rowan Dean. Experts say that the damage to taxpayers' wallets will take decades to repair. NaN of. Labor leader and deputy leader Bill Shorten and Tanya Plibersek on Budget reply day. >> view original

Neville Bonner's great-niece Joanna Lindgren appointed Queensland senator ...

Joanna Lindgren, the great-niece of the first indigenous member of Australia's Parliament Neville Bonner, has been appointed by the Liberal National Party as its new Senator for Queensland. Following the marathon exhaustive voting process, which came ... >> view original