Melinda James

Brooke McIntosh will arrive in Sydney on Wednesday as she strives to become the fastest woman to run around Australia by clocking up 14,000 kilometres in 180 days.

This week, ABC Illawarra’s Melinda James took to the stage at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre in Wollongong for a conversation with author Pip Williams and playwright Verity Laughton. Next week, listen to ABC Illawarra's Breakfast, Mornings and Drive for your chance to win tickets.

Smoke from a hazard reduction burn in the NSW Southern Highlands allegedly destroys millions of dollars worth of wine grapes, leaving any wine produced tasting "like an ashtray".

The University of Wollongong will cut up to 10 per cent of its non-academic staff in its latest round of redundancies, which it claims is a consequence of changes to international student visa processing.

A NSW council taking on average 238 days to approve an application is among six in the state that have been asked to explain processing delays.

It is believed the truck went through a guardrail on a hairpin bend on Bulli Pass, sending the vehicle down an embankment.

An Australian teacher is the winner of the Orwell Society's Peter Davidson Award in recognition of "outstanding ability and contribution to the study of George Orwell, his life and work".

Now 68, Bruce Christie never anticipated the impact of sharing a game that reminded him of home during his years in Indonesia in the 1990s.

Locals in the small Illawarra community of Helensburgh congratulate Saya Sakakibara as she visits her hometown after winning gold in BMX racing at the Paris Olympics.

During a rare visit to Wollongong, National Party leader David Littleproud confirms that, if elected, the opposition will scrap both offshore wind zones in New South Wales.