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• Illawarra's live music scene: from big things, little things grow

  

  Illawarra's live music scene: from big things, little things growPostedNovember 19, 2015 16:23:23 The Illawarra live music scene has moved through a halcyon period in the 90s, to a lull, and is now having a revival in the form of diverse smaller venues offering young people a performance pathway.Wollongong musician Tim Dennis chuckles as he recalls what is now known as a golden era for live music in the Illawarra in the 1990s.They were the days when multiple venues were specialising in live ..

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• Heat wave approaching as Illawarra set for total fire ban

  

  The Rural Fire Service says a total fire ban will be in place for the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and the Southern Ranges tomorrow. The major council areas to be impacted include Kiama, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly, Wollongong, Goulburn Mulwaree and Yass Valley. Total fire bans have also been announced for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Riverina. The heatwave conditions are caused by the combination of an approaching front and a slow-moving high pressure sy..

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• Kodi Maybir found guilty of murdering girlfriend's 7yo son after...

  

  Kodi Maybir found guilty of murdering girlfriend's 7yo son after months of abuseUpdatedNovember 19, 2015 16:49:20 A man who subjected his girlfriend's seven-year-old son to months of abuse as part of a religion-inspired discipline regime has been found guilty of murdering the boy.The boy died at Kodi Maybir's unit in Oatley, in southern Sydney, in May 2013, about four months after the child and his mother, Kayla James, moved in.An autopsy revealed the boy had trauma to the back and front of ..

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• Humble star returns home to the 'Gong

  

  Cyrus Villanueva tipped to win The X Factor 2015ByDesirée SavageNov. 19, 2015, 9 a.m.VIDEO: Cyrus Villanueva has gone from from busking at McDonalds to drawing massive crowds.Cyrus returns home to the Gong: photosexitOne thing that has been stand-out from every person I’ve spoken to aboutX Factorcontestant Cyrus Villanueva, is he’s a top bloke and the humblest of guys.Villanueva played tour guide to mentor Chris Isaak and aPrime7film crew on Wednesday, with fans screaming everywhere.Wollongong ..

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• Accused killer propositioned women: crown

  In the weeks after his teenage bride went missing, alleged murderer Steve Fesus asked two women if they wanted to have a threesome, a Sydney court has heard.Fesus has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his then 18-year-old wife Jodie Fesus, whose body was discovered partially uncovered at a camping ground at Seven Mile Beach near Wollongong in September 1997.In his closing address to the Supreme Court jury on Thursday, crown prosecutor Jose Crespo said Fesus propositioned a number of women..

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• To Russia with love, again, for Wilkshire

  

  To Russia with love, again, for WilkshireByTIM BARROWNov. 19, 2015, 11:52 a.m.Former Socceroos defender Luke Wilkshire has signed a deal to play in the Russian Premier League, effectively ending any prospect of playing in the A-League.FORMER Socceroos defender Luke Wilkshire has signed a deal to play in the Russian Premier League, effectively ending any prospect of playing in the A-League.After leaving Dutch club Feyenoord, Wilkshire had been training with Terek Grozny, based in the once war-tor..

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• On the go | Thursday, November 19, 2015

  

  ▻WOLLONGONG: The votes of just four steelworkers stopped Port Kembla from shutting down. On Monday and Tuesday BlueScope workers at the main plant ...

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• Ballarat breakfast report | Thursday, November 19, 2015

  

  ▻WOLLONGONG: The votes of just four steelworkers stopped Port Kembla from shutting down. On Monday and Tuesday BlueScope workers at the main plant ...

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• 'I have never seen such horrific crimes against humanity': Hermoine...

  

  Hermoine Macura, right, with fellow photographer Sara von Kienneger at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on the border near Syria. Picture: Courtesy: Straight Street MediaSYDNEY-born journalist Hermoine Macura has spent the past decade witnessing firsthand the rise of Islamic State and its reign of terror.Raised in Maroubra and now based in the United Arab Emirates,the TV anchor is one of the most trusted faces of newsin the Middle East and has an audience of 80 million.Having arrived in the re..

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• Parliamentary Secretary Ward to host South Coast Forum at...

  

  Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast, and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward will on Friday host the South Coast Forum in Eurobodalla.Gareth Ward. File picParliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast, and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward will on Friday host the South Coast Forum at Eurobodalla Shire Council, followed by a meeting and tour of the University of Wollongong Batemans Bay Campus.Mr Ward will host two meetings as part of the Forum, the first with Bega Valley and..

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