19+ hour, 58+ min ago  (444+ words) Multinational companies including Amazon and OpenAI are presenting themselves as local start-ups to win contracts from a state government, attracting criticism from political rivals. NSW has been making moves to boost procurement of local businesses, including a proposed bill to…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (715+ words) Three Illawarra community trailblazers are up for the title of NSW Australian of the Year to be announced on Monday night, and while their fields of work may be different, they have in common a desire to create a brighter…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (188+ words) Thunder and lightning may have roared overhead as a "very dangerous thunderstorm" struck Wollongong, but that only made people lean in and listen more intently. The TEDxWollongong event sold out one month before it debuted at the Illawarra Performing Arts…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (293+ words) Timothee Chalamet slammed after opera, ballet comments'Illawarra Mercury Timothee Chalamet has been blasted by the opera and ballet worlds after taking shots at them In a resurfaced clip from his live conversation with Interstellar co-star Matthew McConaughey for Variety, the…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (378+ words) Coach Mark Milligan has hailed one of the ladder-leading Newcastle Jets most complete performances after they scrapped to a 2-1 comeback win over cellar dwellers Western Sydney Wanderers. Having scored just two goals in his A-League Men's career, former Wanderers defender…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (597+ words) China vows to deepen investment in high-tech industries and scientific innovation, framing them as essential to bolstering national security and self-reliance amid rising geopolitical tensions and an intensifying rivalry with the US. At the opening of the annual "parliament meeting…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (430+ words) Billy Idol finally beat his heroin addiction when he started smoking crack. The 70-year-old rock star had a "terrible" time trying to overcome his dependency on the drug, and only by replacing it with another vice was he eventually able…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (365+ words) Once upon a time the St George Illawarra Dragons won the premiership. And I started up a footy blog called Tryhard. Because obviously that grand final victory in 2010 would surely be followed by a few others. Well, that didn't happen....

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (9+ words) Australian bees helping science'Illawarra Mercury Australian bees helping science...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (265+ words) Dax Shepard opens up about his experiences of abuse in his new memoir. The 51-year-old US star first revealed that he was "molested" as a child in 2020, and Shepard has now confirmed he'll be candid about his painful experiences in…...