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Thrilling action: An sample of the kind of action Wollongong can expect to see at the Recover8 Australian Speed & Style Championship on November 9.

Australian Speed and Style Championship come to Wollongong

Greg Ellis

Sprinting royalty: Former Olympian Melinda Gainsford Taylor offers great support to IBS junior athlete Emma Matthews.

No rest for these athletes

Valmai Loomes

Flying Illawarra flag: Luke De Jonge from CrossFit Wollongong competing in Heat 4 of the Men's Individual event at WIN Entertainment Centre. Picture: Robert Peet

CrossFit world qualification in Wollongong this weekend

Greg Ellis

Thrilling action: An sample of the kind of action Wollongong can expect to see at the Recover8 Australian Speed & Style Championship on November 9.

Australian Speed and Style Championship come to Wollongong

Track star: Athletics Wollongong's Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Year was Chelsea Ezeoke, pictured here at the club's presentation night.

Big year for Athletics Wollongong club athletes

Dave Ross

Mitchell Pearce will captain Newcastle against Canterbury in their Magic Round clash in Brisbane.

NRL won't apologise to Mitchell Pearce

Steve Zemek

Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

SERVICE PLUS: When it comes to telephone companies, 80-year-old Ballarat man Donald cares primarily about two things, an affordable plan and good old fashioned customer service. Advertiser content for Pennytel.

A company that cares

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What is a gigabyte? Many people don't know what data usage is required for even the most common activities like streaming videos.

Seven fun ways with 10GB

Emma Brown

Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

Ready to rock: Alex Balint, Hugh Balint, Libby Davies, Grace Mae and Nathan Davey from Grace Mae & The Red Bandanas will perform at the KidsFest opening event and finale.

KidsFest: Young talent set to shine

Nicki Davey

Get hooked: Fishing by the Lake hosted by Fisheries NSW will be held on Friday, May 24 from 3.30-5.30pm. Enjoy a free family afternoon of fishing.

KidsFest: Enjoy events in your community

IDEAS: If you are preparing to sell your property over winter, there are a series of inexpensive ideas that could help turn your open house into a sold house. Picture: File image

Tips to help turn your open house into a sold house

Brendan Crabb

'White just transforms anything': why a Berry couple enjoys Hamptons style

'White just transforms anything': why a Berry couple enjoys Hamptons style

Brendan Crabb

Dapto High students participating in this week's 'Girls in Property Program'. Picture: Supplied

Dapto High students exploring career options in property, construction

Brendan Crabb

Carrying on: Marian Byfield, along her husband Don, has not let their life-threatening cancer diagnoses slow their Biggest Morning Tea event down.

Join in the Biggest Morning Tea

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Get me outta here!: Senior Constable Darren Palk and PCYC manager Matt Bourne with some of Wollongong's business and community leaders "doing time" for kids.

PCYCs helping kids at risk

Dot Hennessy

Carrying on: Marian Byfield, along her husband Don, has not let their life-threatening cancer diagnoses slow their Biggest Morning Tea event down.

Join in the Biggest Morning Tea

Hidden treasures: Enjoy a weekend of browsing through a multitude of antique items for sale by dealers at the Rotary Antique Fair at Kembla Grange Racecourse on May 24-26.

Wollongong Antique Fair this weekend, May 24-26

Rob Brown

Opportunities: Whether you are interested in the environment, history or animals there's a volunteer position for you.

Give a little time, help a lot

Maeve McKenna

Nic Langenberg (left) with 104-year-old Dorothy Yeomans at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.

Watch this shark glide by 104-year-old Dorothy

The weird, whacky wonderfulness of election day

The weird, whacky wonderfulness of election day

A screengrab from a YouTube video showing the former PM Bob Hawke skolling a beer from Mr Brandon.

Hawke downing 'one for the country' brings back memories

Tassie devil predicts election outcome

Tassie devil predicts election outcome

Legend: Harry Harris of Port Macquarie with his thongs signed by Prime Minister Scott Morrision. Photo: Tracey Fairhurst.

When Harry met ScoMo - it was a beautiful thong

Tracey Fairhurst

KEEP THE MOTOR RUNNING: At 100 years old, Melbourne resident Joan Winnum, loves nothing more than getting behind the wheel.

Driving passion: 100-year-old Joan still on the road

A teary Bill Shorten in Nowra on Wednesday. Picture: Rebecca Fist

Tearful in Nowra, Shorten condemns Daily Telegraph for printing 'rubbish' about his late mum

Rebecca Fist

RAAF Pilots: Flight Lieutenant Dan Armstrong and Squadron Leader Gavin Oakley meet Year 7 students Shandi Presad, Savannah Mayton and Cameron Goodway involved in a STEM project. Picture: Anna Warr.

Wings Over Illawarra RAAF air show pilots visit Albion Park High School

Greg Ellis

'Nek minnit' I'm 'shook' by Generation Z

'Nek minnit' I'm 'shook' by Generation Z

Marie Low

NOT-HAPPY CHLOE: "You've destroyed everything. You've condemned this family to a life of ridicule."

SATIRE
Shorten's intense pain: serious TLC needed

Mark Bode

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told self-funded retirees to "vote against us" if they didn't like Labor's policy on dividend imputation. They did. Picture: AAP

OPINION
Deciphering the election outcome

Nicholas Stuart

Associate Professor Stephen Macfarlane is part of a clinical trial looking into treatment for Parkinson's disease dementia.

Trial of new drug to treat Parkinson's dementia

MEET AND GREET: Academics from University of Sunshine Coast with international students, attending a familiarisation tour of the Cooinda Aged Care.

Uni 'roomies' to move into aged care home

SMART MOVES: Thinking of downsizing to a granny flat? Make sure you formalise decisions and get legal advice before moving in.

Estate planning: avoid granny flat pitfalls

Sarah Jane Chisholm Rogers has been accused of self-centred regret.

'Tension with law' for ex-ABF boss's lover

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About 93.5 per cent of WA's Kimberley region will now have native title recognition.

Native title for most of WA's Kimberley

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Tasmanian Treasurer Peter Gutwein has flagged $544 million more for health services over four years.

Tasmania forecast to return to net debt

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Labor's Tony Burke says the party shouldn't dump its ambitious carbon emissions reduction target.

Labor's carbon target stacks up: Burke

1hr ago

Annastacia Palaszczuk has denied interfering in approval processes for the Adani coal mine

Union warns Qld over 'emboldened' Adani

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1hr ago

Dairy company Fonterra will close its western Victorian factory, shedding nearly 100 jobs.

Nearly 100 jobs to go in Vic dairy closure

2hrs ago

Scott Morrison is visiting disaster-hit areas of Queensland on his first trip since the election.

Morrison visits north Queensland

Daniel McCulloch
2hrs ago

Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded almost $3 million in a defamation payout.

Geoffrey Rush gets $2.9m defamation payout

Jodie Stephens
2hrs ago

Duri farmers Di Sanderson, Elizabeth Henderson, Matthew Laird and Julie and Kevin Aitken oppose a new irrigation bore near their properties. Photo: Rachael Webb

Duri water bore battle fury

Lucy Kinbacher
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Wool, like this super fine fleece from Tarrangower, east of Armidale, is made with sun, soil, water and sheep but apparently it is worse for the environment than oil-based polypropylene.

Natural fibres undersold

Jamie brown
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Protesters have been fined after 'liberating' three sheep from a Queensland abattoir.

Eight fined over Qld agricultural protests

Warren Barnsley

The highway near Glen Innes: A picturesque window on the New England region of NSW. Image: Destination NSW.

Your weekly travel inspirations

John Rozentals
2hrs ago

GOTTA DO IT?: Australian travellers surveyed by Hotels.com were more willing to pay out big ($1000 per night) to stay in five-star luxury in Anaheim, California in 2018.

Getting more bang for your five-star buck

Making the extraordinary appear ordinary in Siem Reap City

Making the extraordinary appear ordinary in Siem Reap City

John Rozentals

If you are planning to travel cashless, make sure you always have a back-up card.

Hints for travelling without cash

Noel Whittaker

NOBLE GRAPE: Considered one of the six noble varieties that grows around the world, Chardonnay expresses itself perfectly in many different climates.

It's International Chardonnay Day (yes, really)

Linda Lambrechts

Nic Langenberg (left) with 104-year-old Dorothy Yeomans at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.

Watch this shark glide by 104-year-old Dorothy

Geraldine Cardozo