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- Sep 25, 2026
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What new staffing levels in the Illawarra's hospitals will mean for patients (opens the original)
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More nurses will be employed at Wollongong and Shellharbour hospital as new staffing rules come into effect in more wards. The NSW government has expanded the safe staffing levels initiative to medical, surgical and palliative units across the state, which will result in the recruitment of another 45 full-time equivalent nurses for Wollongong Hospital and 10 for Shellharbour Hospital. The changes will mean fewer patients per nurse: there will be at least one nurse for every four patients during
Wollongong teacher faces fresh charges over alleged organised crime murder plot (opens the original)
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A teacher from Wollongong accused of involvement in a shooting murder is facing fresh allegations that she was tied up in another plot to kill a man in southwestern Sydney. Ashleigh Ann Seeney, 28, was arrested in Wollongong for a second time on Tuesday, September 22, shortly after she was released on bail on charges related to the shooting death of a man in Merrylands West. Her arrest came 11 days after police arrested two men, aged 18 and 19, in West Hoxton in relation to an alleged plan to mu
Nicole has fought for law change in her sister's name. Now it could become a reality (opens the original)
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Almost a year after her sister's sudden death and the "crushing" events that followed, Horsley woman Nicole Barry's push to change the coronial process could become a reality. Ms Barry's younger sister Megan Best died from catastrophic heart failure while on a walk in October 2025, which made her death reportable to the coroner. Under the Coroners Act, the spouse of a married person - no matter the nature of their relationship before the person's death - becomes their senior next of kin. This me
'Plainly unjust': Armed robber who smashed way into club has jail sentence slashed (opens the original)
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A Wollongong man who carried out an armed robbery in which he and his co-offender locked their victims in a safe at gunpoint will get out of jail sooner after his sentence was deemed "manifestly excessive". Daniel Peter Forbes was handed a 17-year sentence, with a non-parole period of 10 years, in the District Court in July 2024, almost five years after he and a co-offender robbed a South Coast venue at gunpoint. Shortly before 11pm on July 25, 2019, Forbes and an accomplice arrived at the Susse
Firefighters rush to blaze in Fairy Meadow industrial premises (opens the original)
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A fire at an engineering business on a busy Fairy Meadow road has caused some damage to the premises. Fire and Rescue NSW was called to the scene on the Princes Highway, between McGrath Street and Cabbage Tree Lane, about 10.30am on Friday following a triple-0 call about a factory fire in an industrial premises. Three trucks and 10 firefighters were sent to the location. Upon arrival, firefighters found smoke coming from the building. Inspector Andrew Erlik said employees were welding before the
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