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  Wollongong council worker charged after peepholes found in women's changing rooms Yahoo7 on April 20, 2016, 9:27 pm Wollongong council worker charged after peepholes found in women's changing rooms A council worker has been charged after allegedly using peepholes to spy on women in the changing rooms of a public swimming pool near Wollongong.Staff at Helensburgh Memorial Pool discovered the holes earlier this year, police said.Officers were then alerted after a man was ..

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• I won't let sex attack define me, victim says as attacker jailed

  

  A Wollongong university student subjected to a terrifying sexual assault while walking home alone has declared she won't let the ordeal define her.The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was returning home from a night out with friends last February when she was grabbed from behind on Elliott Road.Her attacker, Fairy Meadow drug addict Barry Butler, pressed a knife to her throat and dragged her into a vacant block before pulling his penis from his pants and making a lewd demand.Howeve..

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• Mel Greig reveals her marriage is over

  

  Mel Greig announces separation1:03The former 2Day FM radio host told Studio 10 she and her husband have separated after getting married in December 2014. Mel Greig on Studio 10 this morning.MEL Greig, the radio host at the centre of the royal prank call scandal has announced she has separated from her husband Steve Pollock after 18 months of marriage. The 33-year-old made the revelation on Studio 10 this morning, after she was asked about married life since walking down the aisle in November 20..

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• Sydney's housing affordability crisis for low income earners is ...

  

  "I'm a proud man": Matthew Lytham, who is struggling to find affordable housing. Photo: Sylvia Liber When Matthew Lytham moved to the Illawarra from Ryde last year, he never expected that Sydney's housing affordability issues would follow him.But the IT manager has been forced to stay in a backpackers' while fruitlessly searching for a more affordable place to rent than the $475 per week, three-bedroom Dapto house he gave up about four months ago. "Basically..

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• A haunting play and uncertain future for Phoenix Theatre

  

  A haunting play and uncertain future for Phoenix Theatre Posted April 21, 2016 10:25:51 The famous prose of Edgar Allen Poe will fill an almost-blank stage for Wollongong's Phoenix Theatre's first show of the year this weekend, but there is a darker cloud hanging over the theatre as a whole.There's something beautiful and thrilling about the writing of Edgar Allen Poe.Not only was he a master of the short story, he was a specialist in fantasy horror fiction.It is a pe..

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• 'Gong to benefit from Dragons private buy

  

  A significant increase in home games played at St George Illawarra's Wollongong home is likely to be a key component in moves from the billionaire owner of WIN Corporation, Bruce Gordon, to buy 50 per cent of the NRL club. Gordon has been linked to the purchase of half of the financially troubled club, with Fairfax Media reporting part of the deal would involve Gordon paying off the Dragons' debt to the NRL which is rumoured to be around $6 million. Negotiations between the Dragons and Gordon a..

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• Story of those left behind

  

  A NEW picture book which vividly depicts Kiama during World War I was launched on Tuesday night. GREAT STORY: Grace Masselos and Alan Clark attending the book launch at Kiama Library. They are standing in front of a replica of the famous Waratah banner. Masselos self-published the book. Picture: SuppliedA NEW picture book which vividly depicts Kiama during World War I was launched on Tuesday night. Kiama resident Grace Masselos recently self-published the book, entitled Annabel-Lo..

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• Local stars at Beaton Park

  

  SOME of the Illawarra’s best amateur boxing talent will get a rare chance to show their wares on a local soil when the Battle of the Anzacs card comes to Beaton Park Leisure Centre on Saturday. SOME of the Illawarra’s best amateur boxing talent will get a rare chance to show their wares on a local soil when the Battle of the Anzacs card comes to Beaton Park Leisure Centre on Saturday.PROSPECT: Black Diamond Boxing's Tyler Sargent-Wilson will be one of several local fighters on the..

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• Clutch-man Cody Ellis re-signs for two years

  

  THE Hawks 2016-17 roster continues to take shape with the club announcing that rising star Cody Ellis has re-signed for two more seasons. SIGNING BOOST: The Hawks have retained the services of their most improved player Cody Ellis for the next two seasons. Picture: Sylvia LiberTHE Hawks' 2016-17 roster continues to take shape with the club announcing that rising star Cody Ellis has re-signed for two more seasons.Rob BeveridgeThe Perth-born forward who played 44 games for the Kings..

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• Teen expressions in exhibition

  

  Find out the inner workings of a teenage mind through a profound collection of artworks from a group of Illawarra HSC students. Crossroads of the World: Paintings of Istanbul by Drew Thomas Mathiesen of Kiama High School, "a living record of a world constantly changing". Picture: SuppliedA collection of visual artworks by former Illawarra HSC students will go on show to the public Friday night, in an exhibition titled Art Express at Wollongong Art Gallery.The exhibit includes intr..

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