Wollongong Coal bosses quit and other top stories

Wollongong Coal bosses quit

Mr Singh will remain on the Wollongong Coal board as chairman and a non-executive director. David Stone will continue as Chief Operating Officer while his replacement is sought. The company's board has thanked him for his 'dedicated and accomplished' ... >> view original

Fairfax to axe dozens of jobs at Wollongong's Illawarra Mercury and NSW south ...

Fifty jobs will be cut from Wollongong's daily newspaper, the Illawarra Mercury, and publications on the New South Wales South Coast, Fairfax Media has announced. The ABC understands more than half of the Mercury's editorial staff could be made ... >> view original

Six injured in separate incidents outside Wollongong schools

Primary students at Wollongong Public School will be given counselling on Wednesday after a car ploughed through a school fence injuring three adults and a child just after 3pm on Tuesday. It's believed the female driver was trying to park the vehicle ... >> view original

Comic buffs drawn to Wollongong: photos

Sci-fi, video game and comic book characters will come to life in Wollongong's arts precinct on Saturday, as Comic Gong takes over the town. The annual convention was started by Wollongong City Council's libraries three years ago and was initially just ... >> view original

Two car accidents outside Wollongong primary schools leave parents concerned

Six people hit by two cars outside schoolsCowra Community News >> view original

The incident follows three other child approach incident in the past three weeks.

An 11-year-old boy was approached by a man in Gwynneville on Friday May 9. In that incident the boy was walking along Gipps St towards Hay St at about 6.15pm, when a red Hyundai drove past, the driver turned the car and stopped near the boy at the ... >> view original

Wollongong Council red-faced after contaminated fill is deposited on ...

The Environment Protection Authority says it's very concerned about asbestos-contaminated mounds of dirt dumped by Wollongong Council along the old Princes Highway. Council's attempts to stop illegal dumping along the highway between Waterfall and ... >> view original

Think New York Housing Is Expensive? Try Wollongong

SYDNEY—Anika and Grant Spears began looking for a bigger house late last year, when they learned they were expecting their third child. But the real-estate market in Sydney was soaring, and they couldn't compete. “After Christmas, we saw prices go ... >> view original

Australia's only Children's Museum to open in Wollongong

Australia's only dedicated children's museum, and the first-of-its-kind in the world based on a campus will open to the public at the University of Wollongong (UOW) from May 20. The Early Start Discovery Space , designed as a learning-through-play ... >> view original

Human remains found at Wollongong unit block: police

Police say body parts discovered at the back of a unit complex in Wollongong have been there for more than a day as they confirm a homicide investigation into the "suspicious death" is underway. Officers made the discovery in an external building at ... >> view original