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Wollongong Central becomes Lego playground for school holidays

Just a day after Italy set a world record for the highest Lego tower at 35 metres, almost just many toy brick pieces have been moved into Wollongong's newest shopping centre. The Toy Brick Fair will showcase a large miniature city with light-up ... >> view original

Wollongong's Critical Arc eyes world with $3 million, equity crowdfunding ...

A Wollongong-based builder of personal safety systems, Critical Arc, will in July use VentureCrowd's equity crowdfunding platform to fill out a $3 million round intended to build on existing clientele in Australia, Saudi Arabia, the US and UK. Critical ... >> view original

Dry July buggy wish for Wollongong Hospital

A buggy to transport cancer patients around the ever-expanding Wollongong Hospital campus is number one on the wishlist for the health district's 2015 Dry July campaign. Money raised for the Illawarra and Shoalhaven cancer care centres through the ... >> view original

Autism no barrier to full-time work for Wollongong man

Rocco's mum Sue was in the Wollongong Department of Education office to watch her son sign his contract as colleagues paid tribute to him. "It's absolutely fabulous because it's such an achievement over the years with him. "It's something that will ... >> view original

Wollongong Coal seeks to extend Wongawilli mine permit

Embattled Illawarra miner Wollongong Coal says it needs more time to extract coal from its Wongawilli works and wants the NSW government to permit mining for another five years, until 2020. The approval to mine six longwalls at Wongawilli Colliery was ... >> view original

Turnbull lashes Q&A's 'undergraduate' style

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has described producers at the ABC as "undergraduate playing at tabloid journalism" intending to shock viewers for their decision to allow former terrorism suspect Zaky Mallah to appear on its Q&A program. >> view original

Teen seriously hurt in Sydney fall

A TEENAGE boy has been seriously injured in a fall at Sydney's Queen Victoria Building. POLICE say the youth fell "a considerable way", with reports suggesting he fell from the fourth storey. "He's not in a good way," a police spokeswoman told AAP on ... >> view original

Aust cancels 490 foreigners' visas

The number of foreigners being kicked out of Australia is expected to increase, the Peter Dutton says. The number of foreigners being kicked out of Australia is expected to increase, the immigration minister says. The visas of 490 foreigners have been ... >> view original

Khaled Sharrouf: Security agencies investigate reports Australian survived drone ...

Australia's security agencies are investigating whether terrorist Khaled Sharrouf survived a US drone strike in Syria. A person close to one of the men's families previously told the ABC's 7.30 program the strike killed Sharrouf and fellow Australian terrorist ... >> view original

More proof of early election: Shorten

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten believes negative smear and fear during the Liberal Party meeting is further proof there's an election coming. Mr Shorten said the Liberals' "love-in" in Melbourne on Saturday turned out no positive policies or new ideas and ... >> view original