Wollongong
Wollongong helicopter crash kills four
At least four people have been killed in a helicopter crash at Bulli Tops in Wollongong’s northern suburbs.
Wollongong imports British vice-chancellor
Anna Patty THE University of Wollongong will import a new vice-chancellor from England.
Teen basketball star in hospital with bullet wound
Manuel Mitternacht One of Australia’s rising basketball talents is in a stable condition after being shot in Sydney’s south-west early on Saturday.
Tree lopper killed using wood-chipping machine
Emma Partridge A tree lopper has died after he was struck in the throat by a piece of rope whilst using a wood-chipping machine in the state's south.
Labor's nightmare without end
Linton Besser 'I said that in my CE,'' Ian Macdonald politely reminded Peter Braham, SC, on Thursday. The abbreviation is shorthand used among Independent Commission Against Corruption staff for ''compulsory...
Paramedic dragged to death by helicopter, report finds
Megan Levy A paramedic who was killed during a cliff rescue on the NSW south coast was inadvertently dragged off a cliff ledge by a rescue helicopter that was meant to winch him and his patient to safety, a...
Widow fights to protect paramedic families
Anna Patty The wife of a paramedic who died rescuing an injured canyoner on Christmas Eve in 2011 is campaigning to make it easier for people in her husband's job to get income protection and life insurance.
Come in, donor: Libs push to let developers back
Sean Nicholls Property developers and the directors of tobacco, gambling and alcohol companies would again be allowed to donate to political parties in NSW, under the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry...
Dockets fuel drink abuse: regulator
Kirsty Needham Two-for-one wine offers and free beer deals being aggressively promoted on grocery receipts by the big supermarket chains may be encouraging the abuse of liquor, according to the NSW liquor regulator.
Angry Anderson in federal tilt
Sean Nicholls Former rock star Angry Anderson will make a bid to enter Federal Parliament in September after being selected by the Nationals to contest the Wollongong-based seat of Throsby.
Women left out of the cold
Natasha Wallace Vivienne Moxham-Hall has been left out of the cold, and she is fuming.
Electricity prices set to drop as European links come into play
Brian Robins After years of pain from surging power prices, relief is in sight thanks to the decision to link the carbon price to the European market, with the pricing regulator - the Independent Pricing and...
Two charged over drunken prank on city war memorial
Manuel Mitternacht Two men who climbed the Cenotaph in Martin Place and abused passers-by have been arrested and charged.
At Knox Grammar, the air is positively charged
Amy McNeilage If Knox Grammar's rugby team loses, coaches are not to criticise or chastise players. Negative language is shunned at the school, not just on the sports field but in classrooms, music lessons and at...
Police search for tattooed man after mother found murdered in car boot
Sarah-Jane Collins Detectives investigating the death of a woman found in her own car boot in bushland are looking for a man they described as highly dangerous who has ''mum'' tattooed on his right wrist.
Body found in boot after police look for owner of abandoned car
Megan Levy and Michelle Webster Police searching for the owner of a car found abandoned in bushland in Wollongong's northern suburbs discovered the woman's body lying in the vehicle's boot several hours later.
'Horrific scene': staff tried in vain to save helicopter crash victims
Kate McIlwain Panorama House staff rushed to try to save four people who died in a fiery helicopter accident next to the popular function centre at Bulli Tops in Wollongong's northern suburbs on Thursday.
Four CSIRO scientists killed in helicopter crash
Nick Ralston Long serving scientists who had held senior positions within the CSIRO were the four victims of a fatal helicopter crash just north of Wollongong.
CSIRO rocked by helicopter deaths
Nick Ralston Four retired scientists named as the victims of helicopter crash near Wollongong.
Prostitute axe killer jailed as judge tries to console family
A Supreme Court judge paused as she consoled the family of a prostitute killed with an axe whose last moments must have been ''spent in terror, horrific pain and despair''.
