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Salim Mehajer's wife Aysha is a former Wollongong beautician once known as ...

She is known as Aysha, the bride at the centre of one of the glitziest suburban weddings Australia has seen in years. But much has changed for the newlywed wife of controversial Auburn Council deputy mayor Salim Mehajer. Friends said before Ms Mehajer ... >> view original

Wollongong the hardest place in NSW to find rental accommodation

A combination of Sydney meeting its rental demand and its retirees moving south to Wollongong has helped create a drastic rental housing shortage in Wollongong. While accommodation construction in Australia's biggest city has remained strong to meet ... >> view original

Wollongong mayor off to China again

Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery is set to make another foray into international relations, as he embarks on Wollongong City Council's second trade mission to China in two years. According to a council report from Cr Bradbery's executive officer ... >> view original

Aysha Mehajer: From 'Gong girl to Muslim glamour

... passion for her work — beauty therapy and personal transformation. They recall the wife of Auburn's controversial Deputy Mayor Salim Mehajer having an entirely different name — April Amelia Learmonth — as she grew up in the suburbs of Wollongong. >> view original

Coal miners to extend industrial action at Wollongong mine

Mineworkers at the South32 owned Dendrobium mine west of Wollongong are due to extend their industrial action when a week-long strike ends on Friday. After returning to work, limitations on production will be put in place. 200 workers walked off the ... >> view original

'Rumbler' sirens for Wollongong fire trucks

Wollongong's fire rescue pumper will be fitted with subwoofer speakers as part of a move towards sirens that can be felt as well as heard. The new "rumbler" sirens will be rolled out to 25 stations in high-traffic areas across the state. They work by ... >> view original

Wollongong's new Humber Bar full of style

Wollongong had already seen a successful bar here previously; The Otis Bar but a new time had arrived and Wollongong was ready for a fresh take on what the bar scene should look like. Adam engaged Giant Design who are Interior Design Consultants ... >> view original

Wollongong researchers use science to make safe sex feel much better

Researchers at the University of Wollongong are using a bit of space age technology to revolutionise one of the most vital, but increasingly underused, inventions in human history – the condom. The new condom – not yet named the 'Wollongongdom' (that's ... >> view original

Abbot Point expansion environmental impact statement issued

The state government has released the draft environmental impact statement into the Abbot Point port expansion in north Queensland. And within minutes of release, it had already come under fire from conservationists, who have called for the project to ... >> view original

BMA Blackwater mine to outsource work

MORE than 300 coalmine jobs are at threat after BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) said it would outsource work at its Blackwater joint venture mine in central Queensland to contractor Downer. The workers could be redeployed to other mines or pick ... >> view original