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It seemed like the weather finally flipped the switch from summer to autumn over the weekend in the Illawarra, with heavy ...

Claims the killer, who murdered seven backpackers and buried them in the Southern Highlands, is responsible for ...

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in ...

It was a time for new faces and to say goodbye to old friends at the Business Illawarra Economic Luncheon on Friday, March 28 ...

A group of men who attacked a 19-year-old in a park and fatally stabbed him as he tried to flee have each been sentenced to ...

Energy groups and academics call for bipartisan support for a national battery scheme, saying it could have as much impact as ...

Mason Peatling won a championship with both Melbourne United and the Illawarra Hawks. Here's how they compare.

Wollongong City Surf Lifesaving Club is confident they'll come away with gold from the approaching Australian Surf Lifesaving ...

A convicted Lake Heights child sex offender has again been jailed, this time for crimes that include engaging in sexually ...

Labor is going into the federal election as the underdog, a senior minister says, despite multiple polls showing a surge in ...

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