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• Wollongong secures its biggest office lease with the SES | afr

  

  SES NSW sets up shop in The Gong with a record lease deal for the city.Christopher PearceWollongong has sealed its biggest ever leasing deal through the NSW State Emergency Service.The NSW SES has signed a 12-year lease for a 5700sq m office building known as the "ex-Tax Office" at Burelli Street with local investors Steve and Nick Grozdanov through their company, Quality Green Commercial Pty Ltd.​The SES plans to upgrade and refurbish the building to 'A' grade equivalent standard for use as its..

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• University of Wollongong graduation 2015: photos | Illawarra Mercury

  

  Matt Dunstan, Jenna Miller, Jon Dunstan, Jenny Dunstan and Brad Honey at University of Wollongong's 2015 graduation ceremony last week. Picture: ADAM McLEANLinda Redwood, Scott Redwood and Madelaine King at University of Wollongong's 2015 graduation ceremony last week. Picture: ADAM McLEANMaddalen Isabella, Jordyn Laina and Ben Wright at University of Wollongong's 2015 graduation ceremony last week. Picture: ADAM McLEANMark Gilbert, Michelle Gilbert, Max Gilbert and Emily Gilbert at University o..

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• Name is Aaron: licence to thrill

  SEE PHOTOS: Did you have a good end of year staff function? Check this one out. City Motors Group is growing a reputation for holding memorable Christmas events for its staff. And 2015 was no exception.Name is Aaron: licence to thrillexitCity Motors Group has a reputation for holding memorable functions for employees.And the ninth annual Staff Excellence Awards at the University of Wollongong was no exception. It started with unsuspecting guests gathering in the foyer as per any normal function...

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• Roberts staying fit ahead of move

  

  James Roberts staying fit ahead of decision, open to Sydney moveHello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.THE club that lands James Roberts will have a player ready to resume pre-season next month with the speedy centre training through his contract standoff period by himself.Roberts is using fitness schedules mapped out by Titans staffers to keep in shape for when he starts training in the New Year for his next NRL club.Roberts could announce e..

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• Nine and WIN in $1.8bn merger talks

  

  WIN Corp owner Bruce Gordon has positioned himself for the M&A activity that could flow from media reform.Photo: Michele MossopNine Entertainment Co and Bruce Gordon's WIN Corp have begun exploratory merger discussions as they continue high-stakes negotiations over their affiliation agreement.Fairfax Media has learned that the metropolitan television network and its regional affiliate WIN are debating a potential six-month extension to their agreement during which time they could explore a p..

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• Woman stays behind bars

  

  The students lived in fear the woman would "just walk into their home", police said.A North Wollongong woman stalked four University of Wollongong students for weeks by repeatedly turning up at their house uninvited and refusing to leave, a court has heard.Drug addict and mental illness sufferer Kate Louise Van Kints was well known to police before she was identified as the person responsible for terrorising the students, who have been living together in a unit in Rowland Avenue for about two ye..

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• Woman trapped in Figtree five-car crash

  

  Five-car accident on the M1 is causing traffic chaos at Figtree.The accident has closed two of three northbound lanes. Picture: Angela Thompson6pm:Traffic surrounding the crash site has cleared.5.40pm:The crash site has been cleared but a traffic queue stretches for 1.5kms in the northbound lanes.EARLIER:A woman and her  20-month-old baby have been transported to hospital following a five-car crash on the M1 at Figtree.The pair is among seven people caught up in the crash, which occurred shortly..

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• Tatts quite an eyeful you have there, Josh

  

  ... lips of an amused St George Illawarra team as they braved rain, heavy surf and a mischievous Josh Dugan for a post-training swim in Wollongong yesterday.

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• Tradie on path to a GP career

  

  FORMER tradie Keiran Davis is one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a doctor after receiving an offer to study medicine in 2016.The University of the Sunshine Coast student left high school at the end of Year 11 to pursue an apprenticeship.He worked as a house painter for more than 10 years until a desire to "do more" inspired him to enrol at USC.Four years later and aged 32, he has completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Science and secured a spot at the University of Wollongong's Gradu..

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• Corcoran wastes no time getting back into training

  HOCKEY: There appears to be no rest in sight for Dubbo hockey star Emma Corcoran who has been busy on the training paddock despite just returning from Fiji where she represented the Australian Country under-21 team.THERE appears to be no rest in sight for Dubbo hockey star Emma Corcoran who has been busy on the training paddock despite just returning from Fiji where she represented the Australian Country under-21 team.Corcoran was in Fiji from December 3 to 15 where she lined up against the Fiji..

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