The Illawarra Mercury Today: Recent Episodes
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Today is May 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the NRL has declared St George Illawarra Dragons player Jack de Belin will be eligible to play for the remainder of the 2021 season when charges against him are formally withdrawn, and member for Whitlam Stephen Jones says there are now 500 fewer apprentices in his electorate than when Labor was last in government.
Today is May 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, traffic conditions will change on the Princes Highway at Bulli this weekend, due to roadworks, and the NSW Police Force has received a complaint concerning the possible leak of its investigation into sexual assault allegations against Kiama MP Gareth Ward
Today is May 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, due to financial difficulties and the restraints of a small processing plant, South Coast Dairy has made the decision to sell the brand to Australasian Diaries, with the transition taking place over the next few weeks, and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward as they investigate a serious motorcycle crash at Shell Cove.
Today is May 25, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, multiple services will come together in one large community health centre opening in Dapto on Wednesday, and Clifton School of Arts committee member David Roach has hit back at claims an extension to the historic building will "commercialise" the space.
Today is May 24, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, eight Illawarra music venues have been given a hand-out from the NSW Government as part of a multimillion-dollar Live Music Support Package, and the Wollongong Harbour playground at Belmore Basin is set to close for some TLC.
Today is May 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the site of a new $700-million Shellharbour Hospital has finally been announced, and Wollongong cafe, bar, and restaurant owners want patrons to be able to dine out - literally.
Today is May 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, neighbours to a Fairy Meadow house fire on Wednesday spoke of their fears after they awoke to loud popping noises, and Kiama Downs team manager Steve Strong maintained there was "no secret" to their success after dominating the opening round of the NSW inflatable rescue boat series.
Today is May 19, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, plans to manage the water supply in the Illawarra, South Coast and elsewhere are not up to scratch, according to a government watchdog, and a Safe Haven has been set up in Wollongong to give those experiencing suicidal distress a place to seek refuge and support.
Today is May 18, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, making plans to spend money upgrading facilities is a good indicator of how successfully a business is navigating through the COVID pandemic, and more than 57,000 Kia owners in Australia have been warned not to park their cars in an enclosed area such as a garage amid fears they could catch fire even when switched off.
Today is May 17, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, COVID-19 restrictions put in place more than a week ago will be lifted as planned at midnight on Sunday, despite NSW Health still unsure about the source of the most recent infections, and NSW Labor says it will overhaul a state government program to redirect resource royalties back to mining communities, ensuring those regions receive at least $100 million per year from the scheme.
Today is May 14, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, in the last decade, just a few minutes have been shaved off the travel time for Illawarra rail commuters travelling to Sydney, according to a Wollongong MP, and the vast majority of Illawarra drivers caught by mobile speed cameras since the state government removed warning signs have been travelling just a few kilometres over the speed limit.
Today is May 13, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, three teens have been arrested over an alleged break and enter in Kiama, and Law Society of NSW President Juliana Warner has highlighted the pressing need for a full-time magistrate at Port Kembla Local Court during a visit to the region on Wednesday.
Today is May 12, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a police investigation is underway into two armed robberies in the Wollongong area this afternoon, and the Jervis Bay Road flyover is "one step closer" after the federal government allocated $100 million for it in Tuesday's budget.
Today is May 11, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Jack de Belin faces the prospect of a third trial over rape allegations after a Sydney jury returned hung verdicts to most charges, and there will be no prime ministers, past or present, at the farewell dinner for departing University of Wollongong vice-chancellor Paul Wellings.
Today is May 10, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, despite the state recording no new community transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday, most restrictions will be extended for another week, and overnight camps trying to strengthen the bonds between parents and their children is just one way a Kiama anthropologist in encouraging others to be "good humans" and build stronger communities.
Today is May 7, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Wollongong City Council is looking to "create" a new road at Coledale - and then close it, and COVID-19 restrictions will be temporarily tightened across Greater Sydney, including Wollongong, for the next several days.
Today is May 6, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, police need to crack down on out-of-town "hoons" causing problems in the Wollongong CBD, according to Paul Scully, and South32 could face a million-dollar legal payout over a 2019 incident at Appin mine in which a miner lost two toes.
Today is May 5, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the state government is chipping in $83 million to help build a new power plant on the shores of Lake Illawarra - just five months after approving the project, and the managers of Killalea State Park have thanked the community for "sharing their passion" for the popular reserve.
Today is May 4, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a motorcyclist has sustained serious injuries after crashing over a guard rail on the Illawarra Hwy, near Robertson on Monday, and Woolworths will roll out Quiet Hour nationally following a successful trial in select stores.
Today is May 3, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Wollongong played host to dozens of emergency services volunteers on the weekend, who tested their skills in a series of simulated scenarios, and a mysterious safe found cemented into the wall of a Corrimal home has posed more questions than answers after it was opened on Friday.
Today is April 30, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the Australian Federal Police has raided a Wollongong premises as part of a cybercrime investigation into an allegedly fraudulent technical support business, and Awaken Church is seeking to move to a new site in Ellen Street, following the sale of the Regent Theatre.
Today is April 29, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, unions have slammed what they say is a proposal to cut "pivotal" TAFE jobs in the Illawarra, despite TAFE NSW disputing claims about the number of job losses, and a female vision could guide Wollongong into the future with Tania Brown announcing she will be Labor's candidate for lord mayor when residents head to the polls in September.
Today is April 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, BlueScope has announced it expects a boost to underlying earnings before interest and tax for the 2021 financial year, and more than 700 expressions of interest have been received for the 270 berths at Shellharbour's long-awaited marina - with the first boats expected to arrive in July.
Today is April 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, while the Illawarra's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be going better than most, the region's housing "affordability problem" is becoming more acute, an expert says, and there will be a series of information sessions about the final stages of the New South Wales government's Albion Park Rail bypass project.
Today is April 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, thousands of people stood in silence at Kiama's Blowhole Point as the strains of the Last Post filled the air and the first light crept into the sky on Anzac Day 2021, and police are hunting for a driver who fled the scene of a serious crash at Jaspers Brush on Saturday night, before dumping the car at Berry.
Today is April 23, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, outgoing University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor Paul Wellings has hit back at Australian Greens education spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi, and initial police enquiries suggest the fire which engulfed a Fairy Meadow townhouse may have been deliberately lit.
Today is April 22, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, more than 20 firefighters were frantically trying to put out a fire engulfing a Fairy Meadow townhouse on Wednesday afternoon, and Wingecarribee Shire Council administrator Viv May PSM has announced a further three months’ suspension for councillors.
Today is April 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Illawarra residents planning to pay their respects this Anzac Day are reminded to keep COVID-safe during the commemorations, and the Corrimal Coke Works rezoning proposal is one step closer to reality, after Wollongong City Council voted to release the proposal for public exhibition.
Today is April 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, police and NSW Rugby League are investigating an off-field assault at Kiama Showground after a teenage girl was allegedly struck by a woman on Sunday afternoon, and Greens NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi backed the team gunning for Wollongong City Council in the 2021 elections.
Today is Monday April 19 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, NSW Ambulance were called to Currarong shortly before 8:45am Sunday, after reports a rock fisherman had fallen around three metres off a cliff, and fire-fighters have been busy battling a house fire at Warrawong on Sunday morning.