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Wollongong Coal suspended from trade: boss to quit

Beleaguered miner Wollongong Coal has been suspended from trade on the Australian Securities Exchange for breaching its reporting obligations. And company chairman Jasbir Singh has announced he will leave the company completely, less than two ... >> view original

How Wollongong's iAccelerate stopped 'paying lip service' to women ...

The University of Wollongong's iAccelerate program has achieved a significant milestone in gender equity - nearly half its current start-ups have at least one female co-founder. iAccelerate chief executive Elizabeth Eastland says she always had gender ... >> view original

Wollongong Hawks saved again as creditors vote brings club out of voluntary ...

The Wollongong Hawks will return to the NBL after creditors Tuesday voted in support of a plan to pay back money owed, bring the club out of voluntary administration and secure its place in the coming 2015/16 season. It was a vote that was always ... >> view original

Wollongong councillors to vote for pay rise

The Local Government Remuneration Tribunal has allowed an increase of 2.5 per cent to Wollongong councillors. If councillors vote to give themselves the full increase, their pay will rise from $26,880 to $27,550 and the lord mayoral salary will go from ... >> view original

Teenager to face court over Wollongong stabbing

Police allege the unprovoked stabbing of a 31-year-old man in the stomach occurred at a Youth Centre in Cordeaux Heights around 6pm on Monday night. The victim was airlifted in a stable condition to St George Hospital in Sydney. Inspector Andrew ... >> view original

Wollongong University forced to introduce donations policy

Prominent businessman Tony Shepherd and a senior Liberal Party official were guests of the University of Wollongong at one of many ticketed political events attended by university employees in the past five years. Mr Shepherd, who is a former Business ... >> view original

Tiny Birds Mimic 'Hawk Call' of Other Species to Avoid Predators

It turns out that tiny birds may be able to warn others of an approaching predator in order to avoid being preyed upon themselves. (Photo : Jessica McLachlan). It turns out that tiny birds may be able to warn others of an approaching predator in order to avoid ... >> view original

There's a terrifying fish that can walk and it's heading this way

A fish straight out of a horror film could be making its way to Australia. The well-named climbing perch is moving south from Papua New Guinea, researchers at James Cook University have warned. See also: The evolution of the spacewalk in pictures. >> view original

Aussie that dies from too much sex

Doing what he loved ... The so-called Dusky Antechinus, a tiny marsupial that mates itself to death. Picture: Queensland University of Technology. FOR many, dying while having sex would be the dream way to go. But for two particular species of antechinus ... >> view original

Brainless jellyfish actively fish: study

Irukandji jellyfish don't have a defined brain but are capable of casting a line, according to the first feeding study of the species. Researchers discovered the deadly tiny species of jellyfish actively go fishing by stretching out their tentacles to form an invisible ... >> view original