Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Man drowns at Wollongong beach and other top stories.

  • Man drowns at Wollongong beach

    Man drowns at Wollongong beach
    Man drowns at Wollongong beach
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  • Wollongong String Family embarks on year-long busking tour

    Wollongong String Family embarks on year-long busking tour
    Wollongong String Family embarks on year-long busking tour Updated February 09, 2016 13:50:04 For the next year, the musical Moir family from Wollongong will pack their cellos and violins and travel around Australia in a caravan, playing festivals, concerts and busking.It is a dramatic move that will not only bring some beautiful string music to Australia, but will also unite a family that simply wants to spend more time together.The Moir family are a formidable musical..
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  • Randle back to spearhead 36ers' top four assault

    Randle back to spearhead 36ers' top four assault
    Jerome Randle is back for the 36ers. Photo: Dean Martin.JEROME Randle has not only survived but flourished through a gruelling hour-long fitness session with Adelaide 36ers coach Joey Wright, and declared clear to play this week.Randle, 28 and a 175cm powder-keg of energy and skill, suffered a ligament strain to his left knee as the Sixers rolled Illawarra 104-90 in Adelaide on January 30.Originally diagnosed as unlikely to play for two-to-three weeks, his diligent rehabilitation work has sped h..
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  • Man charged over alleged robbery of teen - Bulli

    Latest Media Releases Untitled Man charged over alleged robbery of teen - BulliTuesday, 09 February 2016 07:29:55 PM A man has been charged over the alleged robbery of a teen at Bulli last week. Police will allege that around 8.30pm on Thursday 4 February 2016, a 15-year-old teen was robbed at knifepoint by a man he met on a train, near Spinners Way at Bulli. The man allegedly stole the teen’s wallet, mobile phone and hat before punching him in the mouth and head. The man left the scene,..
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  • ATAR crackdown: Higher education panel to crack down on ...

    ATAR crackdown: Higher education panel to crack down on ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Universities ignore ATAR scores Up to 99% of applicants for some NSW university degrees have been admitted despite failing to meet the minimum ATAR score advertised for the course. Eryk Bagshaw reports. PT1M20S 620 349 Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham will direct the nation's top education panel to focus on university admissions after a Fairfax Media investigation revealed that the practice of admitting students with lower than the mi..
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  • Brendon Santalab rewarded with new Wanderers deal

    Brendon Santalab rewarded with new Wanderers deal
    Wollongong-born Wanderers striker Brendon Santalab has been rewarded for his sensational form with a new two-year extension at the club. Wollongong-born Wanderers striker Brendon Santalab has been rewarded for his sensational form with a new two-year extension at the club.The 33-year-old, who joined Western Sydney from Chinese club Chongqing Lifan in 2013, will remain at the ladder leaders until the end of the 2017-18 campaign. He is midway through another strong season in the A-L..
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  • Opposition urges installation of speed cameras on Appin Road to ...

    Opposition urges installation of speed cameras on Appin Road to ...
    Opposition urges installation of speed cameras on Appin Road to prevent further fatalities Updated February 09, 2016 14:19:55 New figures have revealed more than half of the crashes on the notorious Appin Road, north-west of Wollongong, are speed related.Bernard Carlon from the Centre for Road Safety said the 37 kilometre stretch of road had recorded fatalities for 13 of the past 16 years.Mr Carlon said in addition, almost 10 people a year had been hospitalised as a res..
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  • Parents 'can't protect' kids against porn

    Parents 'can't protect' kids against porn
    Porn can be blocked, banned or ignored but it will eventually find your child, a cybersafety expert has warned. Parents have their head in the sand if they think children won't be exposed to pornography, cybersafety expert Susan McLean said at a Sydney symposium. "They will find it, it will find them or someone will show it to them," Ms McLean told AAP at the gathering of health professionals and child welfare experts on Tuesday. Age-appropriate communication was the best way to deal with the i..
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  • NSW universities pledge help for new refugees

    NSW universities pledge help for new refugees
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  • Demand grows for local legal outsourcing

    Demand grows for local legal outsourcing
    Australia’s first local legal outsourcing business opened its doors in July last year and has since gone from strength to strength. The brainchild of 130-year-old Wollongong firm RMB Lawyers, Unison Outsourcing does what outsourcing businesses in India and the Philippines do, but in regional Australia.  Their client base is a 50-50 split between in-house legal teams and law firms. “We knew if we could produce high quality work at a similar price to competitors in India and the Philippines,..
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Shortage threatens to bring Wollongong trials to a standstill .Crowds hungry for new Bulli twilight market .
Anti-Vaccination Cranks Versus Academic Freedom .Family lawyers in Wollongong frustrated after Queensland gets judge .

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