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Identity of man found dead in Wollongong laundry released

Police have released the name and the image of a man found dead in the laundry of a New South Wales Housing unit complex in Wollongong in April. The body of 56-year-old Mark Dower was discovered in the unit block in Crana Place, Mangerton, on April ... >> view original

Cancer-suffering pilot jailed over drug importation flight into Wollongong

Wollongong father Bernhard Stevermuer, 43, pleaded guilty in February over a plane that was raided by police at Illawarra Regional Airport last July, following a Middle Eastern Organized Crime Squad investigation into drug supply in the Sydney ... >> view original

Wollongong comedian Frenchy on bringing rude back

"The Wollongong show is the one I care about the most because this is where I grew up and these are people I'll probably see again," he says. "If I suck in Perth, it's cool because I'll only be back one day of the year. "It'll be a much better show ... >> view original

Angry scenes outside Melbourne court after man sentenced over fatal jet ski crash

The brother of a Melbourne man jailed over a fatal jet ski accident has angrily lashed out at the media after a five-year jail sentence was handed down. Ivan Maqi, 24, was today sentenced to five years' jail for culpable driving causing death over a 2012 ... >> view original

Sino-US rivalry puts us in a bind

We all know that in the 21st century the centre of economic and political gravity is shifting to East Asia. How often have we been told we are living in the Asian century? Yet in both Australia and the US, the political and media elite dedicates precious little time ... >> view original

Chinese: US bombers could be 'a step too far' for Australia-China relationship'

China is not happy that US Air Force B1-B bombers might be based in, or transit through, the RAAF's Tindal air base in the Northern Territory. AFP. by; Angus Grigg · Lisa Murray. Any presence of United States B-1 bombers in northern Australia would be a ... >> view original

Police release image of Mark Dower who was found dead in unit block's laundry ...

NSW Police have released an image of a Wollongong man whose decomposing body was found in a shared laundry last month. The man has been identified as 56-year-old Mark Dower and police are appealing for anyone who may have information on the ... >> view original

Another dead crocodile found in Top End

ILLEGAL crocodile killings are reaching epidemic levels after another dead crocodile was found floating upside down in a local estuary. A 2.7m dead crocodile was found with three bullet holes in it near the Shady Camp barrage earlier this week. Parks and ... >> view original

Vic man invades home, attacks teen girl

A MELBOURNE father believes he spoke to a young man on the street who just hours later invaded their home and sexually assaulted his teenage daughter. THE 16-year-old was sleeping in a bungalow at the rear of her family home in Cheltenham when she ... >> view original

Disgraced Families SA worker pleads guilty to more child sexual offences

A former Families SA carer who admitted to sexually abusing children as young as 18 months old has pleaded guilty to two further charges of child pornography. Shannon Grant McCoole previously pleaded guilty to 18 state charges, including unlawful sexual ... >> view original