Garbage visit Wollongong for the first time in 17 years: video
Drummer Butch Vig has advice for Illawarra musicians trying to make it big. Garbage play WIN Entertainment Centre, Thursday December 1, with The Temper Trap and Tiny Little Houses supporting.As the music industry landscape changes with the digital revolution, alternative rock band Garbage aren’t feeling the pressure.This December will be the first time in 17 years the supergroup will play in Wollongong, in support of their sixth studio album Strange Little Birds.The album was reco..>> view originalWollongong man Michael Quinn found guilty of girlfriend's stabbing ...
A jealous man who stabbed his on and off again girlfriend five times in the neck and left her to die in a “scene of carnage” has been found guilty of murder.Michael James Quinn brutally murdered Cherie Vize, 25, in the front yard of his Wollongong family home in July 2013.He then attempted to take his own life, leaving him quadriplegic. NSW Supreme Court Justice Robert Beech-Jones said Ms Vize was a “peaceful person” whose death had caused heartache to her family and friends.The Crown alleged Q..>> view originalNSW police probe stabbing - Balgownie, near Wollongong
Police are investigating following a stabbing in the Illawarra today, NSW Police say. About 6.30pm today, emergency services were called to a liquor store on Balgownie Road, Balgownie when an apparently injured man entered the store. A 62-year-old man was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance Paramedics for a small puncture wound to his abdomen. His injury was not considered life-threatening and he was taken to Wollongong Hospital in a stable condition. Police from Wollongong Local Area Comman..>> view originalCity inspires ghost stories
Wollongong author Robert Hood looked around the city for inspiration with his collection of ghost stories. Author Robert Hood (right) is giving a talk about his award-winning book of ghost stories at Wollongong City Library on Monday night. Picture: Cat SparksWollongong author Robert Hood looked around the city for inspiration with his collection of ghost stories.Peripheral Visions – which weighs in at almost 800 pages and features 44 stories – picked up an honour at the Shadow Aw..>> view originalKoala spotted on Illawarra coast for first time in decades reverses ...
Koala spotted on Illawarra coast for first time in decades reverses trend towards extinction By Nick McLaren and Justin Huntsdale Posted September 08, 2016 10:17:32 Koalas appear to have returned to a coastal strip near Wollongong in the Illawarra, in a rare reversal of the usual trend towards extinction.An infrared camera placed about 5 kilometres from Mt Kembla, west of Wollongong, caught footage of the marsupial in late August.Koalas are thought to have beco..>> view originalScreening rates in decline
Many Illawarra residents are not taking advantage of national cancer screening programs, despite the region’s rate of certain cancers being higher than the state average. At the forum - NSW Cancer Institute's Tara Bower and Catherine Johnson, Coordinare regional director Linda Livingstone, Melissa Boyle and Boshra Hemmati from BreastScreen NSW, and cancer survivor Paul Zuiderwyk. Picture: Supplied Many Illawarra residents are not taking advantage of national cancer screening prog..>> view originalSouth Coast commuters to still end up with free travel on Fridays
Plenty of commuters will now be paying more for train fares – but Illawarra residents riding the rails to Sydney won’t be among them. Plenty of commuters will now be paying more for train fares – but Illawarra residents riding the rails to Sydney won’t be among them.But people who catch the bus or train to work within the Illawarra will pay a few dollars more each week.The increase in fares for some is because of the end of the free travel incentive after making eight trips in a w..>> view originalARC funding: winners and losers in billion dollar science cash splash
The Australian Research Council has announced its nine new centres of excellence - the areas of priority for the federal government's science funding body to push our boundaries of knowledge.A total of $283.5 million has been granted, matched by further $761.4 million from participating organisations. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide University of Sydney to open nanoscience hub Lindt siege police response in question Monis yelled at Kochie ..>> view originalFootpath work is fishy
The owner of a Thirroul fish cafe says an unfinished footpath outside his business could force him to close. Something fishy: Mark and Julia Berg outside Bergie's Fish Cafe at Thirroul, which was closed off for days by an unfinished footpath. Picture: Robert PeetThe owner of a popular Thirroul fish cafe is angry after “a complete debacle” saw unfinished work to the footpath block access to his shop for days.And until Thursday at noon, he had no idea who was responsible for what he..>> view originalThe sex monsters in your street
When convicted paedophile Otto Darcy-Searle was extradited from Western Australia back to NSW, locals at Banora Point in Northern NSW protested on the streets. Picture: Adam WardTHESE men are among the most evil sexual predators in Australia who newly-elected Senator Derryn Hinch wants placed on a public national register of child molesters and violent rapists so that every family can feel safe.The crimes they have committed against children include rape, murder, repeated molestation, drugging c..>> view original
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