Wollongong, Australia News

Scrumptious ... will Demelza stay a model for long eating all those chocolates? Picture: Charlie Brewer.

An ACT man found dead at Mangerton on Friday suffered a stab wound to his lower back, police have confirmed.

The Dapto and Horsley areas bore the brunt of damaging winds that reached 95km/h on the weekend.

A man has been stabbed to death in a Housing Commission complex at Wollongong in the New South Wales Illawarra.

A 22-year-old Oak Flats man who subjected a female commuter to a hellish ordeal on a train between Wollongong and Kiama earlier this year has pleaded guilty to rape.

An Illawarra MP's Dorothy Dixer, a week-old copy of the Illawarra Mercury , Wollongong City Council's woes and a fired-up government minister combined to stir up question time in Federal Parliament yesterday.

Struggling suburbs...areas in Perth and Sydney are the latest to feel the pain. Audio: Mortgage defaults on the rise Mortgage defaults are getting worse and more widespread, a new report by ratings agency Fitch ...

THE wife of a driver hit in a rock-throwing attack told yesterday how she had to press the brake with her hand from the passenger seat to stop the car as her husband screamed in pain.

Australian boxing's much anticipated showdown between Illawarra's Shannan ``The Blaster'' Taylor and Anthony ``The Man'' Mundine will take place at WIN Entertainment Centre next February.

Wollongong High School of Performing Arts received an early Christmas present after the State Government announced $4 million for new and upgraded facilities yesterday.

Higher-protein meals may help overweight and obese people burn more fat, the results of a small study suggest.

Impact...Chief inspector Ken McDonald examines the damaged windscreen of a car struck with a two-kilogram rock.

AFL star Ben Cousins was held up as a fallen hero after his drug arrest and glorified by the media, sending a "dangerously wrong" message to young fans, a study says.

A man who was injured when a two-kilogram rock was thrown at his car on the New South Wales south coast yesterday says his wife's quick actions stopped them from having a serious crash.

A Sydney man is lucky to be alive after a 2kg rock was thrown through his windscreen on the F6 at Berkeley yesterday.

A Wollongong man has been sentenced to two years' jail for his part in the biggest drug laboratory bust in the state's history.

The Rip Curl Girls Go Surfing Day presented by the New Ford Fiesta took place last weekend at over 60 beaches around Australia.

Suzuki has continued its domination of the Australasian SuperX Championship with Chad Reed winning his fifth straight event aboard his Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 in Wollongong, Australia at the weekend - ...

Three people are due to appear in court today accused of being involved in a kidnapping in Wollongong on the New South Wales south coast.

Illawarra job losses look certain as a result of yesterday's mini-budget, which NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal describes as "strong medicine for the state". Around 700 jobs will potentially be affected by the ...