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For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit. → Read More
December 19, 2013 was the day Scott Fleming attended his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting - and the last... → Read More
Rewind a few years and the Illawarra's bushwalks were pumping at the weekend, on school holidays and even... → Read More
A Windang family who upended their lives five years ago by swapping their house for a bus are set to launch a new bartering app they hope will start a grassroots revolution and give others a taste of the alternative lifestyle they've embraced. → Read More
Opposition leader Chris Minns on Thursday announced he would work with the NSW Teachers Federation to address the... → Read More
Illawarra teachers say they are fed up with being silenced about the full extent of staff shortages threatening... → Read More
Leisure Coast Fruit Market and Deli co-owner Michael Braidotti said he may be forced to stand down much... → Read More
After officers set up a crime scene and asked the occupants not involved to leave, a 24-year-old man... → Read More
An unused room within the school has been laid with new carpet thanks to P&C funds, filled with... → Read More
Thousands of Wollongong students may face another week of disrupted learning and COVID's not to blame. → Read More
Timing was on Heath and Marnie Whiddon's side when it came to the extension of their little house in Corrimal, saving them from a style they had outgrown and about $150,000 in building costs. → Read More
When 19-year-old Corby Yanez was diagnosed with ADHD two years ago it came as a great relief. → Read More
Timing was on Heath and Marnie Whiddon's side when it came to the extension of their little house... → Read More
Noni Tonkin has spent thousands of dollars for treatment for her son Bryce while facing the prospect that daughter Remy will also need help in the future. Photo: Sylvia Liber Illawarra parents of children with ADHD are waiting up to a year to be seen by specialists, then forking out thousands of dollars on an assessment and official diagnosis. → Read More
"It's a nice cabin, we're treating it like a holiday," Heather said. "We're trying to put a positive spin on things." Photo: Adam McLean A 44-year-old single mum who runs her own successful business and has an impeccable rental record is now homeless after failing to find a place for herself and three kids. → Read More
Bulli renter Tahlia Roza has begun packing her belongings into boxes but she has no idea where they'll... → Read More
Thousands of Illawarra residents will get to ride into history on a steam train this June long weekend because of the tireless work of a group of volunteers who live and breathe the railways. → Read More
A 45-year-old man accused of dealing commercial quantities of ice in the Wollongong area has been refused bail. → Read More
A disqualified driver who led police on a dangerous chase down Bulli Pass in order to dodge a COVID-19 checkpoint during lockdown has avoided further time behind bars. → Read More
The health district's chief executive Margot Mains confirmed seven COVID patients had been transferred to Wollongong Hospital from overstretched Sydney hospitals. → Read More