Wollongong, Australia News

A rescue fund set up by the Government to help generate jobs after major lay offs at Bluescope Steel is performing poorly and leaving some workers feeling disappointed and ripped off.

As partners battle with social media for attention in the bedroom and same-sex marriage becomes more widely accepted, one local production company is daring to tackle this modern-day suburban dating game.

After two separate studies pointed to the healing power of music, we asked readers what they tuned into to banish unhappiness.

Traffic is again flowing on the Northern Distributor between Corrimal and Towradgi after a six car pile-up blocked the southbound lanes.

This visual reconstruction depicts the face of an early rangatira , aged about 30, who was one of the first people to arrive in New Zealand.

When champion runner Pat Carroll speaks to the Illawarra running community tonight, talk will more than likely turn to the career of his long-time friend Kerryn McCann.

The 7.1 per cent jobless rate for Wollongong - which includes Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama - was matched by Fairfield-Liverpool in Sydney but both were beaten by the Shoalhaven and Wingecarribee region on 13.3 per cent.

Three of Illawarra rugby's rising stars are relishing the chance to play "in their own backyard" for NSW Country this weekend.

Experienced paramedic Mick Wilson, who died during a cliff rescue at Carrington Falls, south of Wollongong, was accidentally pulled from a rock ledge by a helicopter that was meant to lift him and his patient to safety.

Kennards Self Storage of Australia is nearing a zoning victory in the city of Wollongong that would enable the company to build a storage facility in an area zoned for heavy industrial use.

Wollongong City Council has formed a West Dapto Review Committee to help councillors oversee all aspects of the West Dapto Urban Release Area.

A Dapto man allegedly packed a Woolworths shopping trolley with more than $3000 worth of groceries before trying to leave the store without paying, a court has heard.

WAIT A MINUTE: Greens' candidate for Gilmore Terry Barratt has called on residential expansion on the outskirts of Nowra and Bomaderry to be halted until such time as a new bridge is built over the Shoalhaven River.

IT service provider Pactera is moving into the University of Wollongong's award-winning Innovation Campus precinct, which will be the Chinese-headquartered firm's first delivery centre in Australia.

An experienced Wollongong magistrate described a Port Kembla man's criminal record as "one of the largest" she had seen when she sentenced him to jail on fraud and stealing charges yesterday.

Commemorate IDAHO, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobi, this Friday at a range of events being held throughout Sydney and regional New South Wales.

Heavy-industry workers have called on the NSW government to put "minds at ease" and immediately commit to keeping the rescue chopper in Wollongong.

The Gillard government's ambitious plans to spend big on national school funding and disability insurance left little behind for projects to boost jobs and infrastructure in the Illawarra.

A 300-strong meeting at the Gerringong Town Hall in April was the catalyst for the mayors' stance on CSG.

Simone Campbell of Summit Fitness believes a fee hike for group fitness groups would cripple small operators.