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Illawarra GPs will be able to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder under NSW government reforms aimed at improving affordability and access.
#IllawarraHealth #ADHD #GPs #NSWGov #IllawarraMercury #HealthNews #CostOfLiving
#IllawarraHealth #ADHD #GPs #NSWGov #IllawarraMercury #HealthNews #CostOfLiving
The change that will make it easier to access an ADHD diagnosis in the Illawarra
The NSW government will train GPs to diagnose the common condition.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Illawarra GPs will be able to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder under NSW government reforms aimed at improving affordability and access.
#IllawarraHealth #ADHD #GPs #NSWGov #IllawarraMercury #HealthNews #CostOfLiving
#IllawarraHealth #ADHD #GPs #NSWGov #IllawarraMercury #HealthNews #CostOfLiving
One trial or two held back-to-back?
This is the question facing Wollongong teacher Phil Saunders as his trial date is locked in for next year. The 51-year-old stands accused of sexually abusing two schoolgirls two decades ago.
#IllawarraMercury #CourtNews #IllawarraCourt #WollongongNews
This is the question facing Wollongong teacher Phil Saunders as his trial date is locked in for next year. The 51-year-old stands accused of sexually abusing two schoolgirls two decades ago.
#IllawarraMercury #CourtNews #IllawarraCourt #WollongongNews
One trial or two? Crown to rely on 'pattern of behaviour' in accused teacher's sex abuse case
A date has been set for Phil Saunders, who is accused of having sex with a student.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
One trial or two held back-to-back?
This is the question facing Wollongong teacher Phil Saunders as his trial date is locked in for next year. The 51-year-old stands accused of sexually abusing two schoolgirls two decades ago.
#IllawarraMercury #CourtNews #IllawarraCourt #WollongongNews
This is the question facing Wollongong teacher Phil Saunders as his trial date is locked in for next year. The 51-year-old stands accused of sexually abusing two schoolgirls two decades ago.
#IllawarraMercury #CourtNews #IllawarraCourt #WollongongNews
Content warning.
Sleepovers - they're the epitome of childhood fun with your friends, where stories are swapped and laughs are endless. But for one 10-year-old girl, it was where she was violently raped.
#IllawarraMercury #WollongongCourt #LatestNews #IllawarraNews
Sleepovers - they're the epitome of childhood fun with your friends, where stories are swapped and laughs are endless. But for one 10-year-old girl, it was where she was violently raped.
#IllawarraMercury #WollongongCourt #LatestNews #IllawarraNews
Sleepover nightmare: 'Blood-curdling' screams heard as child begs for attacker to stop
The child spent the night with friends making TikToks before she was raped.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Content warning.
Sleepovers - they're the epitome of childhood fun with your friends, where stories are swapped and laughs are endless. But for one 10-year-old girl, it was where she was violently raped.
#IllawarraMercury #WollongongCourt #LatestNews #IllawarraNews
Sleepovers - they're the epitome of childhood fun with your friends, where stories are swapped and laughs are endless. But for one 10-year-old girl, it was where she was violently raped.
#IllawarraMercury #WollongongCourt #LatestNews #IllawarraNews
The highest temperatures per month are slowly rising across the #Illawarra. #IllawarraMercury #ClimateChange #EnvironmentNews #IllawarraNews #SouthCoastNSW #BotanicalGardens
The flame trees are out before the jacarandas: how climate change affects our gardens
The highest temperatures per month are slowly rising across the Illawarra.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The highest temperatures per month are slowly rising across the #Illawarra. #IllawarraMercury #ClimateChange #EnvironmentNews #IllawarraNews #SouthCoastNSW #BotanicalGardens
The #AustralianDiamonds have made it to #Wollongong ahead of tomorrow night's international #netball clash with South Africa. #IllawarraMercury #IllawarraNews #LatestNews
Diamonds land in Wollongong, ready for Wednesday night netball showdown
Diamonds star: bringing pro sport to regional towns is important
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October 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The #AustralianDiamonds have made it to #Wollongong ahead of tomorrow night's international #netball clash with South Africa. #IllawarraMercury #IllawarraNews #LatestNews
A spike in demand and bed block delays emergency treatment for patients. #IllawarraMercury #WollongongHospital #Appendix #OurPeople #Appendicitis #EmergencyRoom #Healthcare #Wollongong #Illawarra #LatestNews #HealthNews
Mick's appendix burst while he waited almost two days for surgery in Wollongong
A spike in demand and bed block delays emergency treatment for patients.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A spike in demand and bed block delays emergency treatment for patients. #IllawarraMercury #WollongongHospital #Appendix #OurPeople #Appendicitis #EmergencyRoom #Healthcare #Wollongong #Illawarra #LatestNews #HealthNews
How do you prepare to say goodbye to everyone you love when you're only 36 years old? That is a question Balgownie man Luke Carroll asks himself every single day. https://bit.ly/4fQ6L2U
August 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
How do you prepare to say goodbye to everyone you love when you're only 36 years old? That is a question Balgownie man Luke Carroll asks himself every single day. https://bit.ly/4fQ6L2U
While it's not entirely new, this progressive technology - mouthguards that light up to signal high impact and/ or force to the head - could become the new normal.
UOW expert green lights mouthguard concussion tech as 'least interventional as possible'
This progressive technology could become the new normal.
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August 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
While it's not entirely new, this progressive technology - mouthguards that light up to signal high impact and/ or force to the head - could become the new normal.
Moving to Queensland, Roxee will hang up her heels for good so, ever the lover of a party, she's organised her own funeral. #RoxeeHorror #IllawarraMercury #DragQueen #IllawarraDragQueen
Roxee Horror's final act: a funeral to celebrate a life of sequined defiance
Roxee Horror says farewell to Wollongong this Friday.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Moving to Queensland, Roxee will hang up her heels for good so, ever the lover of a party, she's organised her own funeral. #RoxeeHorror #IllawarraMercury #DragQueen #IllawarraDragQueen
An Illawarra teacher accused of sexually touching six students allegedly squeezed the buttocks of a male student several times while at the school farm, a court has heard. #IllawarraMercury #CourtNews #IllawarraNews
Illawarra teacher allegedly squeezed student's buttocks on school farm
'Who wants a blow job?' the teacher allegedly asked as he grabbed a leaf blower.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
An Illawarra teacher accused of sexually touching six students allegedly squeezed the buttocks of a male student several times while at the school farm, a court has heard. #IllawarraMercury #CourtNews #IllawarraNews
#Shellharbour Mayor #ChrisHomer declined to explain why CEO #MikeArcher was sacked, despite stating "we've always maintained transparency" at the council. #IllawarraMercury #CouncilNews #ShellharbourCouncil
Workplace culture 'top-notch': Shellharbour Mayor Chris Homer quiet on CEO sacking
The mayor says the council has 'always maintained transparency'.
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August 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#Shellharbour Mayor #ChrisHomer declined to explain why CEO #MikeArcher was sacked, despite stating "we've always maintained transparency" at the council. #IllawarraMercury #CouncilNews #ShellharbourCouncil
A #Shellharbour flight instructor who was in an aircraft that crashed onto a golf course in north #Sydney has been released from hospital. #IllawarraMercury #MonaVale #GolfCourse
Shellharbour pilot involved in golf course plane crash out of hospital
A probe into the crash has been launched as a student pilot remains in hospital.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A #Shellharbour flight instructor who was in an aircraft that crashed onto a golf course in north #Sydney has been released from hospital. #IllawarraMercury #MonaVale #GolfCourse
Convicted rapist #GarethWard has been hit with a lifetime ban from the #UniversityofWollongong Liberal Club, of which he was a founding member. #IllawarraMercury #UOW
UOW Liberal Club slaps Gareth Ward with lifetime ban for 'abhorrent' behaviour
Ward was the founding member of the university club
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August 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Convicted rapist #GarethWard has been hit with a lifetime ban from the #UniversityofWollongong Liberal Club, of which he was a founding member. #IllawarraMercury #UOW
#BreakingNews The Reserve Bank has cut the cash rate to 3.6 per cent, delivering the interest rate relief that many households have been hoping for. #InterestRates #ReserveBank #IllawarraMercury
Interest rate relief ahead for households after Reserve Bank cuts cash rate
The cut was widely expected by economists.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#BreakingNews The Reserve Bank has cut the cash rate to 3.6 per cent, delivering the interest rate relief that many households have been hoping for. #InterestRates #ReserveBank #IllawarraMercury
In her column this week @jennaprice.bsky.social takes a look at #men. Turns out it's true. I'm a man-hater, #notallmen of course, she writes. #IllawarraMercury #CanberraTimes #Opinion
How are we going to fix men?
It's not all men, but there are so many bad ones to choose from.
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August 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
In her column this week @jennaprice.bsky.social takes a look at #men. Turns out it's true. I'm a man-hater, #notallmen of course, she writes. #IllawarraMercury #CanberraTimes #Opinion
#Kiama resident Margaret Bunch liked how #GarethWard represented the area but still feels it's time for him to go. #IllawarraMercury #HaveYourSay #KiamaMP #LatestNews
'Pretty hard to be an MP from jail': Kiama locals speak out about Gareth Ward
The once-popular MP seems not to have much support any more.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
#Kiama resident Margaret Bunch liked how #GarethWard represented the area but still feels it's time for him to go. #IllawarraMercury #HaveYourSay #KiamaMP #LatestNews
More people with disability in the #Illawarra will have access to employment support and job-seeking services when the #federalgovernment introduces its new employment program. #IllawarraMercury #Explainer #DisabilityEmploymentProgram
What changes to the national disability employment program mean for jobseekers
An Illawarra-based organisation is among those chosen to deliver the new service.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
More people with disability in the #Illawarra will have access to employment support and job-seeking services when the #federalgovernment introduces its new employment program. #IllawarraMercury #Explainer #DisabilityEmploymentProgram
Lawyers for convicted rapist #GarethWard have filed an injunction to stop his expulsion from #parliament, which means he will remain #KiamaMP while he awaits his sentencing from behind bars. #IllawarraMercury
Government pushes back on Gareth Ward's bid to keep serving as Kiama MP from jail
Ward has filed a court injunction to oppose a motion to expel him from parliament
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August 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Lawyers for convicted rapist #GarethWard have filed an injunction to stop his expulsion from #parliament, which means he will remain #KiamaMP while he awaits his sentencing from behind bars. #IllawarraMercury
In this week's #ThrowbackThursday Glen Humphries' dives into the history of #BulliPass. #IllawarraMercury #Illawarra #SouthCoast #History
'Living in fear of our lives': the dicey 181-year history of Bulli Pass
Today's Throwback Thursday looks at the history of Bulli Pass, which began as a track only men on...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
In this week's #ThrowbackThursday Glen Humphries' dives into the history of #BulliPass. #IllawarraMercury #Illawarra #SouthCoast #History
On an autumn day in 2023, news spread like wildfire that #Berry chef Rob Salmon had been placed on life support. Read his story here. #IllawarraMercury #SouthCoast #NSW #OurPeople
'Lucky to be here': how a community's love brought Rob back from the brink
On an autumn day in 2023, news spread like wildfire that Berry chef Rob Samon had been placed...
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July 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
On an autumn day in 2023, news spread like wildfire that #Berry chef Rob Salmon had been placed on life support. Read his story here. #IllawarraMercury #SouthCoast #NSW #OurPeople
Read @jennaprice.bsky.social latest opinion piece here. #IllawarraMercury #Opinion #FastFood #Maccas
Get stuffed. Can fast food outlets stop taking over our towns?
Another Macca's is not going to help any of these places.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Read @jennaprice.bsky.social latest opinion piece here. #IllawarraMercury #Opinion #FastFood #Maccas
We head back to #Coledale in 1966 to Ray's shark attack, which is a little more unusual than most and had #marinebiologists in awe. #IllawarraMercury #Wollongong #History #Illawarra #SharkAttack #FlashbackFriday
'It's still got me!': Ray's unusual shark attack in Coledale in 1966 and a world first
"If the shark had been in good condition, the lad would have been killed instantly."
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July 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
We head back to #Coledale in 1966 to Ray's shark attack, which is a little more unusual than most and had #marinebiologists in awe. #IllawarraMercury #Wollongong #History #Illawarra #SharkAttack #FlashbackFriday
The former #Shoalhaven cult leader known as The #LittlePebble has asked followers to donate $30,000 to help fund his latest legal battle. #illawarramercury #nowra #cultleader #illawarra #crimenews #latestnews
Cult leader Little Pebble asks supporters to fund fight against child sex charges
William John Costellia and Sandra Susan Mathison were arrested following raids in Bangalee and Sydney.
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July 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The former #Shoalhaven cult leader known as The #LittlePebble has asked followers to donate $30,000 to help fund his latest legal battle. #illawarramercury #nowra #cultleader #illawarra #crimenews #latestnews
#NATO secretary Mark Rutte has made headlines for calling US President #DonaldTrump "Daddy" at the NATO Summit at the Hague this week. #Opinion #IllawarraMercury #StateDaddy
Trump is absolutely not daddy. Let me count the reasons
Actual state daddies do not act like this.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#NATO secretary Mark Rutte has made headlines for calling US President #DonaldTrump "Daddy" at the NATO Summit at the Hague this week. #Opinion #IllawarraMercury #StateDaddy
#ThrowbackThursday takes us all the way back to 1944 this week. #IllawarraMercury #IllawarraHistory #PortKembla
Port Kembla man slashed Greek Club guest in the neck over alleged Hitler argument in 1944
Throwback Thursday: How the claim "Hitler win all the time" was apparently enough for a man to stab...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
#ThrowbackThursday takes us all the way back to 1944 this week. #IllawarraMercury #IllawarraHistory #PortKembla