Wollongong train station not meeting its potential: Tim Fischer
Wollongong train station not meeting its potential: Tim FischerAinslie Drewitt-SmithUpdatedJanuary 13, 2016 13:32:26 A high profile train spotter has suggested the Wollongong station receive an urgent upgrade, to become a hub for the local rail network.Tim Fischer, the former leader of the Nationals Party and Deputy Prime Minister, made the comments during a trip to Wollongong for the Spirit of ANZAC Centenary Experience.Mr Fischer travelled to the Illawarra on the South Coast Line, for the ..>> view originalWollongong uni slammed for accepting PhD thesis on 'anti-vax ...
University of Wollongong draws academic scorn for accepting PhD thesis on the global immunisation 'conspiracy'.The University of Wollongong has come under fire for accepting a PhD thesis that argues pharmaceutical companies created the vaccination industry for profit's sake – not human health.Submitted by anti-vaccination campaigner Judy Wilyman last year, the thesis argues Australia's immunisation program was developed and pushed by the drug industry and the World Health Organisation, The Austr..>> view originalCity Hub humming despite merger threat
POLL: Contractors were on-site of the development on Tuesday, Shellharbour mayor not worried.IN PROGRESS: Work continues at the Shellharbour Civic Centre (City Hub) site on Tuesday despite the looming council mergers. Picture: Adam McLeanWork on the controversial Shellharbour Civic Centre will continue as planned, despite a state government move that would see the southern council swallowed up by its much-larger northern neighbour.Wollongong and Shellharbour City councils would become one under ..>> view originalHorde of Kiama residents protest proposed merger with Shoalhaven ...
Horde of Kiama residents protest proposed merger with Shoalhaven CouncilMelinda James and Ainslie Drewitt-SmithPostedJanuary 13, 2016 08:46:30 Pressure is mounting on the state member for Kiama Gareth Ward, to fight against his government's proposal to merge Kiama and Shoalhaven Councils.More than 500 residents packed the Kiama Pavilion on Tuesday night as part of a public meeting held to protest the merger.Councillor Neil Reilly urged Gareth Ward to introduce a private members bill to exclu..>> view originalIllawarra Hawks on how they got their wings back
Illawarra Hawks on how they got their wings backPostedJanuary 13, 2016 11:55:31 Last year the Illawarra Hawks finished last on the ladder, went into voluntary administration and lost their coach. This week they face last year's league champions as favourites and are genuine title contenders as the playoffs loom. How times change.It seems a simple formula for basketball success: take a club that has hit rock bottom and allow one of Australia's most respected coaches to build a roster of prove..>> view originalTAFE NSW: Fee freeze not enough to save institution, say teachers
Video will begin in5seconds.TAFE cuts hit troubled students at LomandraThe students at the school for troubled kids have been left in limbo since the end of termPT3M10S620349Teachers have warned that the NSW government freeze on TAFE fees will not be enough to curb plummeting enrolments in the state's public vocational education provider.Fees have been frozen at their 2015 levels in a bid to lure back students to the struggling institution.Since 2012, 83,000 fewer students have enrolled in TAFE ..>> view originalE-merging issue over civic centre project
Editorial for the October 13 edition of the Illawarra Mercury 2016.THE RATEPAYER discontent has been well publicised and plenty.These pages have been littered for a long time with ratepayer complaints against the project formerly known as the Hub and now known as the Shellharbour Civic Centre.Letters of support have been few and far between.Critically, the $60 million project contains new council chambers for the Shellharbour City Council.Chambers which will no longer be needed if the NSW Govern..>> view originalVoice of the 'silent majority'?
“I wish that in my early years in politics people had been a bit more open with me.” Directness, she believes, might have saved her the effort of contesting seats where political patronage had already decreed the result, that is, where the fix was in.As for her junior ministerial standing, she is beset by disappointment. Despite her expectations, Tony Abbott failed to promote her to the ministry after winning the 2013 election. “I found out from a series of sources that there had been leaking ag..>> view originalIn the Herald: January 13, 1970
In the Herald: January 13, 1970Police and volunteers search for three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer, who disappeared from Fairy Meadow Beach in January 1970.Photo: John ElliottPolice search for girl, 3Police feared for the safety of a three-year-old girl last seen going into the men's dressing sheds at Fairy Meadow Beach near Wollongong. A search of the area, which began soon after her brother raised the alarm, failed to find her. "About 200 police, lifesavers, Civil Defence workers and other people j..>> view original
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