Music Scene: Colin Hay coming to town
Former frontman for Men At Work is coming to Wollongong this month. Still working: Yours and Owls are hosting former Men At Work frontman Colin Hay’s Wollongong concert at the Wollongong Town Hall.Colin Hay is one of this country’s all-time greats. As front-man and founding member of Men at Work, he has been performing for over 35 years and is showing no signs of slowing down any time soon.Hay and his family immigrated to Australia from Scotland when Hay was 14 in 1967.Glenn Hawo..>> view originalAll-Stars battle region's top teams
Illawarra Premier League All-Stars coach Oliver Vrtkovski has been impressed with his makeshift squad ahead of their meeting with the Wollongong Wolves on Wednesday night. ALL-STARS: The local competitions' best will meet the Wollongong Wolves and Illawarra Stingrays on Wednesday night. Picture: ANDREW LINTURNIllawarra Premier League All-Stars coach Oliver Vrtkovski has been impressed with his makeshift squad ahead of their meeting with the Wollongong Wolves on Wednesday night.Whi..>> view originalWedge-tailed shearwaters and the killer weeds of Big Island
On a rocky island off the coast of Wollongong, grasses and weeds are strangling bird colonies to death. The wedge-tailed shearwaters of Big Island are in deep trouble, but as Ann Jones discovers, there's hope for them yet.A fat muttonbird chick is pulled from a burrow. It looks like a downy-grey snowman that has, in place of an orange carrot nose, a miniaturised albatross beak.Wedge-tailed shearwaters like this one are facing an extraordinary problem on Big Island, just off the coast of Wollong..>> view originalUOW tackles global issues
Obesity, arthritis and climate change are some of the issues 85 world-leading researchers will grapple this week. Eighty-five senior researchers and academics from four world-leading universities are in Wollongong this week to brainstorm solutions on issues of global importance.VC Professor Paul WellingsThe University of Wollongong is hosting the annual meeting of the Global Partnership Network until Thursday, where experts will also explore ways to improve teaching methods, share..>> view originalEmbattled business Little Masterpiece Studio leaves customers angry
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Baby photography business goes bust 'Broke' photography business Little Masterpiece is the subject of a string of Fair Trading complaints as unhappy customers are left without promised family photographs. PT1M33S 620 349 Every fortnight since April 2012, Kylie Whitfield has made a payment of $60: a contribution towards a $3500 package of photos and memorabilia she ordered after the birth of her first daughter Chloe.Chloe is now four years old and..>> view originalMother and child with disability asked to leave Matilda at the Sydney ...
NSW: Amanda didn't know why staff were watching her daughter during a matinee performance. Eliza Hirst with her friend before they attended The Sydney Lyric Theatre for the matinee performance of 'Matilda'. Photo: SuppliedThe mother of a teenager with developmental disabilities says she was subjected to discrimination at a Sydney theatre when they were asked to leave 10 minutes into a performance.Amanda Hirst – who had travelled from Wollongong – was enjoying the matinee performan..>> view originalIRT College is trying to make a career in aged care attractive to the ...
Aged care sector crying out for workers under 49-years-of-age, IRT College thinks they may have the solution. IRT College launched their first school-based traineeships in a Cert III in Individual Support on Monday in Wollongong.The trial, in partnership with government, is a new approach to attract school leavers to a career in aged care as currently the average employee in the sector is 49-years-old.Fourteen Illawarra students will participate in the pilot, combining their study..>> view originalDragons' Russell Packer set to return to the NRL after 30-month exile
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Sport: The week's best plays From dream debuts to shooting hoops, these are the most exciting, silly and downright crazy plays in the sport world this week. PT2M21S 620 349 It will be 912 days since Russell Packer last played an NRL match when he makes his debut for St George Illawarra in Melbourne on Monday night, but the former New Zealand Test prop believes he is now a better player.Packer, who was forced to wait 12 months before the NRL clear..>> view originalLong-term Vietnam veterans study reveals the mental and physical ...
Long-term Vietnam veterans study reveals the mental and physical toll of war Updated March 01, 2016 11:58:30 The first Australian study to take a long-term look at the health effects on soldiers who served in Vietnam has debunked perceptions of widespread cancer and death rates among veterans, while confirming the war's impact on mental health.Associate Professor Peter Siminski does not have a family connection to the Vietnam War, but he is fascinated by the data that c..>> view original
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Music Scene: Colin Hay coming to town and other top stories.
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