1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (473+ words) What’s wrong with public transport in the Illawarra? Being a parent taxi. Here's a chance to be part of the solution, writes architect Matt Dickson One thing I hadn’t considered when my kids started high school was the expansion of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (220+ words) Enter now to take part in a spectacular 1.7km ocean swim, writes Coalcliff SLSC club captain, Rob Deacon Coalcliff Surf Life Saving Club is inviting ocean swimmers to take on “The New Great Swim of the South” – the Dave Winner Beach…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (749+ words) To understand the surge of the far-right, it helps to look at nationalism, authoritarianism and populism — and how much they already exist in Australia, says Dr Ibolya Losoncz Part 7 in the Age of Anger series. By Ibolya Losoncz The reasons…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (141+ words) The Illawarra has its first confirmed case of H5 bird flu, with one greater crested tern at Windang testing positive, the NSW Government has reported. The bird is one of 14 confirmed cases in NSW, including 10 events in greater crested terns, in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (321+ words) Using his drone, our "Hello Fish" dive columnist Duncan Leadbitter finds a diversity of marine life off the Illawarra coast There has been much coverage of a recent decision by the State Government to allocate $34 million to drone surveillance of…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (223+ words) Director of Camp Abilities Australia, Lily Piccolo, shares an update on the first camp, coming to Stanwell Top in January The official date and venue have been set for the very first Camp Abilities Australia for young people with vision…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (942+ words) By Bethany Hoye, a lecturer in animal ecology at the University of Wollongong Hundreds of dead birds are now being reported as the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu begins to spread across Australia. Government reports show the virus is circulating…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (595+ words) Growing branches like the tree in its logo, a new collective is drawing together the region's diverse nature supporters From planting trees with local Landcare groups to electrification pilots, waste reduction initiatives and renewable energy demonstrations, Illawarra residents and businesses…...