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Wollongong Coal to go through new approval process for its Russell Vale mine

The Planning Assessment Commission is to conduct another review of Wollongong Coal's application to expand its Russell Vale coal mine. The PAC completed a review into the impact the mine's expansion in April this year raising issues to be addressed ... >> view original

Wollongong woman narrowly escapes exploding power pole

A video has emerged online showing a Wollongong woman's close escape as a power pole exploded in a hail of sparks on a suburban street. The video, taken by Wollongong resident Stevie Hislop, captured the destruction being caused by the storm as it ... >> view original

Wollongong: Place to call home for Liberian refugee who spent nine years 'in a ...

Wollongong refugee Eugenia Pyne is one of the lucky ones to have resettled in Australia from Liberia, but the journey to freedom is rarely simple and never fast. Nine years in a box — that is how Eugenia Pyne described her living conditions in Guinea ... >> view original

Man dies during Sydney-Wollongong ride

A man has died during a charity cycling event from Sydney to Wollongong. Police say the 53-year-old Mount Annan man collapsed while riding along Lawrence Hargraves Drive at Clifton about 11.20am on Sunday and died at the scene. The man's death ... >> view original

Chipperfield wants A-League spot for Wollongong - SBS

"I also heard rumours of a super team or whatever they are calling it covering St George/Sutherland and Wollongong but I would prefer a Wollongong team. "Two teams in Sydney is enough. Wollongong has a massive junior participation. "I would never have ... >> view original

A Wollongong radio station's world first

A new system called AirShr is being launched on Saturday in Wollongong and will be rolled out to all 61 radio stations in the Grant Broadcasters network. It means if you half hear something or like something you want to listen to again you can capture ... >> view original

BOQ joins the party and hikes home loan rates

Bank of Queensland has become the last of the regional lenders to hike the cost of home loans, locking in higher interest rates the majority of the $1.5 trillion mortgage market despite regulators' efforts to increase competition. After Bendigo and ... >> view original

Homeowners spending more at outlets

Monthly retail sales have been boosted by homebuyers spending up at the big hardware and homewares outlets. But department store sales have slumped. Australian retail spending rose 0.4 per cent in September for the second month in a row, official ... >> view original

Deutsche Bank to pay $US200m in sanctions

Deutsche Bank has agreed to settle US regulators' charges it did business with entities in US-sanctioned countries like Iran and Syria. The big German bank is expected to pay more than $US200 million ($A278.13 million) in penalties to the New York ... >> view original

Maclolm Turnbull taking a common sense approach to coal

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's views on the future of Australian coal should be welcomed by those who believe in common sense on energy policy. The world's future energy needs will not be satisfied without coal. And the more that high quality NSW ... >> view original