Kelly Fuller

These players have a training story to cherish for a lifetime after Caitlin Foord dropped in on her old club to dazzle them and the TV cameras with her skills.

Renowned motor neurone disease researcher Professor Justin Yerbury, who led research into finding a cure before dying of the disease last Friday, is remembered in front of hundreds of mourners at a funeral service in Wollongong.

The University of Wollongong hopes that for decades and centuries to come the professor's name will be associated with the fight to treat neurodegenerative diseases.

The nation's largest supplier of industrial gas, Coregas, opens a first-of-its-kind commercial hydrogen refuelling station for heavy vehicles in the Illawarra.

A children's magistrate in Port Kembla has described this innovative mentoring program as "remarkable" and "transformative" for young people who were once on a bleak path. But its future is under threat.

NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully defends his decision to approve a 13,000-home development in the Wollondilly Shire with just 187 affordable dwellings, saying that adding more would be a cost to the developer.

With communities still recovering from the Black Summer bushfires, Prime Minister Albanese says his government is taking a "practical" approach to climate change ahead of the upcoming bushfire season.

The NSW government is being urged to "do better" by increasing the number of affordable homes in one of the state's biggest development projects on the outskirts of south-western Sydney.

As Australia bubbles with the excitement ahead of the Women's World Cup, Wollongong and Western Sydney have been selected to host the 2023 National Youth Championships to find the next soccer stars. 

NSW Rugby Union has condemned abuse against match officials, after the referee with 20 years' experience claims he was sworn at repeatedly, prompting him to end the second-grade contest 15 minutes early.

The Minns government has given the planning tick for 13,000 homes on Sydney's south-western fringe but questions remain over the impact on koalas and lack of infrastructure.

A NSW conservation group wants the federal environment minister to use her powers to stop the mining project near the Minnamurra River. 

The International Transport Workers' Federation says inspections of boats at NSW ports raise serious concerns about pay and conditions. 

Sporting fields around the Illawarra fell quiet on Saturday as tributes were paid to popular junior rugby league player Gervis Wililo who died the night before.

The NSW government is facing fresh questions about data accuracy, mortality rates, damaged and lost equipment and increased risk to protected species caused by its shark nets program.

The state government faces pressure to abandon a pilot program that allows developers to bypass councils to nominate major housing projects.

The NSW Premier says he will continue to take Kiama MP Gareth Ward's questions on notice only, despite a committee warning against suspending members who face criminal charges.

Independent NSW MP Judy Hannan has used her first private member's statement to demand a halt to a development that could put endangered koalas at risk.

Jynaya and Indiana Dos Santos are in Vietnam and bringing their on-field sibling chemistry to the Young Matildas.

As supply from Illawarra mines declines, a $182-million upgrade to BlueScope's Port Kembla coal berths will allow the steelmaker to import coal from Queensland.

The federal government has reached a $22 million settlement over PFAS contamination relating to the community's ability to live on or conduct cultural activities on its land.

The federal government has been accused of failing to listen to the voice of a First Nation's community on the NSW South Coast after failing to settle a PFAS contamination claim.

The public service union says threats are escalating against National Parks and Wildlife rangers trying to implement feral horse control programs in alpine NSW.  

A landmark conference is building a case for greater recovery and healing support for victim-survivors of domestic, family and sexual violence.

The Shooters Fishers and Farmers party could still hold sway with the Minns government after being annihilated in the NSW lower house, as controversial leader Robert Borsak nabs a spot in the tight upper-house contest on preferences.