The Latest Breaking News from Wollongong

Future unclear for Wollongong SES headquarters after flood report recommends RFS merger

Questions are being raised about the future of the facility's 200 staff and what a "back office" merger between the two agencies would look like.

ABC News · Aug 17, 2022

Chilling note found at scene where 10-year-old boy died has heartbreaking implication

A 10-year-old Australian boy tragically died at his primary school in Wollongong, New South Wales and a note was found at the scene where paramedics were unable to save him

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Wollongong Roller Hawks wheelchair basketball team founders reflect on seven titles and producing Paralympians

Wollongong's most successful national sporting team is loaded with international stars and has won seven titles, but you may not have heard of them.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

NSW man 'poured petrol over baby girl'

A Wollongong man has been charged after allegedly pouring petrol over a baby girl in a domestic violence attack, NSW Police say.

AAP · Jun 22, 2022

Illawarra man denied bail after allegedly dousing grandmother, one-year-old with petrol

Illawarra man Tony McEwan, 41, has been remanded in custody after he allegedly attacked a woman and child.

ABC News · Jun 22, 2022

Wollongong Art Gallery donor Bob Sredersas was a member of Nazi intelligence, report concludes

Bronius "Bob" Sredersas, who donated about 100 works to a Wollongong gallery and has a room named after him, is found to have been a Nazi during the German occupation of Lithuania.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

Yallah substation fire leaves Transgrid with rebuild cost of up to $10m

An investigation has begun into the cause of a large fire that engulfed a power substation south of Wollongong, which Transgrid says will cost it up to $10 million to replace.

ABC News · Jun 19, 2022

Major blaze at NSW power station expected to burn for days

A major blaze at an electrical substation south of Sydney is expected to burn for days after nearby residents in Wollongong and Unanderra were told to

The New Daily · Jun 18, 2022

Large fire at Illawarra substation not expected to impact energy supply

More than 60 NSW firefighters dispatched to the scene at Yallah, near Wollongong, to contain the fire

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2022

Matildas next gen Mackenzie Hawkesby takes a chance to stake her claim for World Cup selection

Mackenzie Hawkesby dreamed of playing for the Matildas as a little girl while growing up in Figtree in Wollongong, and this week she received that call-up to the national women's squad.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022