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Brother tasers sister, punches mother in Wollongong home invasion

Police claim the man also assaulted his own mother and threatened them both with a meat cleaver at the home in Koonawarra near Wollongong in southern NSW. The ordeal began late on Tuesday when the 30-year-old allegedly forced his way into the ... >> view original

Wollongong creatives get together to share expertise in small business

People looking to get involved in a creative business should back themselves and be prepared to fail, Wollongong website designer Simon Grant says. The Illawarra artist has been part of two forums designed to help people get started in creative small ... >> view original

A third A-League team for Sydney – or Wollongong's last chance?

The bid for a stand-alone A-League team in Wollongong, quietly gaining momentum this past year, has been rattled into action. The Wolves want back into the big time. They have a boutique stadium, a fan base that can be reactivated and expanded upon, ... >> view original

Angry Wollongong Coal shareholders, protesters front the company's annual ...

Wollongong Coal CEO Milind Oza was asked whether the company is fit to run a mine, as is being questioned by anti mining group Lock the Gate Alliance, which is asking the NSW Government to cancel its mining rights. "I will answer all the questions but ... >> view original

ACDC installs 786 window motors at University of Wollongong

Sydney's leading supplier and installer of gate and window automation systems, ACDC Motorized Solutions recently completed a project for the University of Wollongong. ACDC installed 786 window motors to operate the awning windows attached to the ... >> view original

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, avowed republican, to meet the Queen and ...

London: Australia's Prime Minister and avowed republican Malcolm Turnbull will get a double dose of royal attention at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta next month: his first meeting with the Queen, followed by a session on climate ... >> view original

'I am Russian': Roy Jones Jr's new passport

US boxer Roy Jones Jr. shows his passport at the Russian Federal Migration Service in Moscow. Source: STRINGER/RUSSIA / Reuters. IN the latest twist in a bizarre career, boxing great Roy Jones Jr has officially become a Russian citizen. The American ... >> view original

NASA warns of worst ever forest fires, environmental disaster, as smoke ...

IT'S the biggest environmental disaster in our region and Australia cannot avoid being affected by its enormous reach. A sickening haze that has spread across southeast Asia is being described as a “crime against humanity” and has NASA warning of a ... >> view original

​93% of deaths and injuries in Yemen are civilian - this must change

Increasingly warfare is waged in cities with blithe disregard of international obligations to protect life - and no repercussions. World leaders must act. bombing. The rubble of a house destroyed by an air strike, in Amran province, northwest of Yemen ... >> view original

IMF predicts Saudi Arabia's cash reserves will deplete in five years

WATCHING your bank account dwindle by $930 billion in five years is a scary prospect. But that's the reality facing one of the world's richest countries, which could run out of cash by 2020. If the government continues spending at current levels ... >> view original