Wollongong taxi driver 'bashed' over $1 fare dispute
The driver said the fare was $14. But Nicola Bortic only wanted to pay $13. A dispute over $1 led to the “sustained and unprovoked” bashing of a taxi driver at Penrose last Friday, a court has heard.Nicola Bortic, 42, is accused of repeatedly punching the male driver in a drunken fit of rage after the pair disagreed on whether a fare between Dapto and Bortic’s Penrose home should cost $13 or $14.Documents tendered to Wollongong Bail Court on Saturday said the victim picked up a fe..>> view originalBradbery calls for Government to prioritise Belmore Basin upgrade
Mayor claims precinct remains "unplanned", with some areas "in a state of disrepair". Bustling: Crowds at Belmore Basin on Australia Day this year. Gordon Bradbery is calling for a revival of the Government's stalled upgrade plans.Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery will move to resurrect seemingly stalled State Government plans to develop Wollongong Harbour in a debate set to be heard at Monday night’s council meeting.Cr Bradbery will bring a mayoral minute to the meeting calling for the ..>> view originalLove kicked on at soccer game
ANASTASIA SRBINOVSKI, 25, and ROB BROWN, 25Dress:Strapless white guipure lace with detachable skirt and tulle hemline, designed by Personalised Weddings Couture, EarlwoodHoneymoon:A white Xmas in Austria and Switzerland at the end of this yearWhen and where married:September 10, 2016, at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong, followed by a reception at Ravensthorpe, Albion ParkWANTING to watch her big brother play first grade soccer was Anastasia Srbinovski’s excuse to her family for linge..>> view originalHalf of all Australians experience workplace bullying, survey finds
Half of all Australians experience workplace bullying, survey finds Updated October 09, 2016 13:25:22 Half of all Australian employees will experience workplace bullying during their careers, new research finds. Key points:Bullying defined as repeated, unreasonable behaviour towards worker that creates risk to health, safetyMay include verbal abuse, humiliation, isolationOne in two workers will experience bullying in their career, 40pc early in their career Of those b..>> view originalChristmas exodus: Holiday love prompts tender excuse
The Illawarra’s pool filtration experts take their Christmas break very seriously, apparently. The Illawarra’s pool filtration experts take their Christmas break very seriously, apparently.So much so, it would seem, that the prospect of working over the holidays caused not a single company to respond to Wollongong Council’s call for tenders to install a new filtration system in the Beaton Park pool.Council staff revealed in a report to Monday’s meeting that no tenders were receive..>> view originalAsí es Wollongong, el gemelo australiano de Gijón
© ELCOMERCIO.ES Registro Mercantil de Asturias, Tomo 1.272, Libro 0, Folio 43, Hoja AS-4.313 C.I.F.: A-33600529 Domicilio social en calle Diario El Comercio, número 1 C.P. 33207, Gijón, Asturias, España Correo electrónico de contacto: digital.co@elcomercio.es Copyright © EL COMERCIO S.A. Gijón, 2008. Incluye contenidos de la empresa citada y, en su caso, de otras empresas del grupo de la empresa o de terceros. EN CUALQUIER CASO TODOS LOS DERECHOS RESERVADOS: Queda prohibida la reproducción..>> view originalBlackwell: Cricket can be gender blind
Alex Blackwell of the Breakers.THE best way I can describe what we are aspiring to be in cricket is gender blind. I was at a dinner recently with Professor Kerryn Phelps, who is a director on the Hockey Australia board, and she was so proud of her sport being a gender blind sport — that means equal opportunity and equal pay for both male and female athletes.Thursday’s historic announcement that the NSW Breakers would become the first Australian domestic women’s team to go fully professional was ..>> view originalBookworms' day a lifeline
Lifeline volunteers collected $128,000 at a bookworm’s paradise staged in Berkeley at the weekend. Good Reads: Kylie Dawson of Dapto and North Wollongong's Jamie Wharemate clean up in the non-fiction aisles. (Right) Fiona and Arthur Komninos of Barrack Heights with granddaughter Charlotte Dukes, 5. Pictures: Georgia MattsLifeline volunteers collected $128,000 at a bookworm’s paradise staged in Berkeley at the weekend. BOOK LOVERSAround 5000 people flooded Illawarra Sports Stadium ..>> view originalMariners produce comeback to draw with Glory
IT was a night to honour the past, but fans didn’t expect Perth Glory to recreate its most infamous match.Glory gave up a 3-0 half-time lead before drawing 3-3 with Central Coast Mariners in eventful scenes at nib Stadium on Saturday night.Sixteen years after Glory squandered the same advantage in the epic National Soccer League Grand Final against the Wollongong Wolves, Perth was again left to ponder what might have been as the Mariners scored in the 84th and 86th minutes to rescue a point.Glor..>> view originalNew Kings stand tall in loss to Bullets
THE Sydney Kings told us things would be different this season.Fuelled by a new front office, coach and players, the Kings implemented change in a bid to forget their underachieving past.At a packed Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday night, they delivered on their promise.Sure the Andrew Gaze coaching era started with a hard fought 77-73 loss to the Brisbane Bullets, but there are plenty of positives for the future.Minus two key forwards, the Kings refused to give up against an experienced Bullets sid..>> view original
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