4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (598+ words) Getting the architectural designs for $1 might be the most obvious way a new Corrimal townhouse development will strike a blow for housing affordability. But it goes beyond that, builder James Forrest said, with the planning system a whole lot quicker…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago  (355+ words) Renovators and home builders are jumping on the latest kitchen trend. It's the second kitchen, and it's easy to see why this 19th-century concept, once used to lock away the silverware, is more popular than ever before. "The second kitchen…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago  (36+ words) Illawarra Mercury Chery Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid 2026 review Australia: Should this new PHEV family SUV worry Toyota RAV4?...

6+ hour, 34+ min ago  (12+ words) Family escapes uninjured after gunshots allegedly fired into their Kanahooka home'Illawarra Mercury...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago  (379+ words) Denied a combination of painkillers, an East Corrimal woman grabbed and shook a hospital nurse in a fit of rage, a court has heard. Nicole Susanne Idris, 55, pleaded guilty in Port Kembla Local Court on Wednesday to assaulting a frontline…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago  (13+ words) Illawarra Mercury Update on severe Tropical Cyclone Maila...

6+ hour, 43+ min ago  (183+ words) A 40-year-old man has been arrested after police allegedly seized 3 D-printed weapons in Appin. Drug and Firearms Squad detectives charged a man following an investigation into privately manufactured firearms under Strike Force Temarang. At 6am on Thursday, April 9, 2026, strike force detectives,…...

9+ hour, 31+ min ago  (554+ words) Sam Stosur has urged Australia to ignore the favouritism tag in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifying tie against an understrength Great Britain. The visitors are missing their four best players in Melbourne this week, with Emma Raducanu, Francesca Jones…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago  (173+ words) An explosion and fire in an electrical kiosk has thrown almost 800 homes and businesses into darkness in Albion Park and Tullimbar. A high voltage electrical kiosk exploded and caught fire on Charlotte Drive about 7. 45am on Thursday, April 9. Multiple fire trucks…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago  (749+ words) In pursuit of the WBO International Super Middleweight title, it was a shut-out victory for Australia's boxing icon Tim Tszyu in Wollongong. Before that, it was local boy Sam Goodman, in front of his 'Mad Bunch' fanbase, who outdid Argentinian…...