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Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge. Picture by Judith Kaufmann

No one is safe in this volatile and convulsive world.

School drama is deft and tense

Noel Coward in Mad About the Boy. Picture supplied

Some drawbacks in documentary about the life of Noel Coward.

Emotionally uninvolving look at a gigantic talent

Grace Crivellaro

Matthew Davis, who was found dead on August 23, 2021. Picture supplied

A 3D-printed version of Matthew Davis' skull was tendered as evidence.

Slain Lake Illawarra man's horror injuries revealed in court

Natalie Croxon

Molly Ticehurst, 28, was allegedly murdered by her former partner. Picture from GoFundMe

The death of Molly Ticehurst triggered a review of bail law.

NSW bail review a 'distraction' from vital action on violence against women

Agron Latifi

Paul Asquith is on the mend after suffering a serious leg injury last September. The 30-year-old is keen to get back playing rugby for his beloved club Kiama as soon as possible.

Illawarra rugby's most decorated players is on the comeback trail

'I remember the noise': Kiama player's long road to recovery after horror injury

Connor Pearce

Serge Niaza, CEO of Coniston IT firm IT&T, has issued a warning to Illawarra businesses. Picture by Sylvia Liber

Few are aware of what will be a major wake-up call.

Cyber attacks on Wollongong trucking firm a 'game-changer'

Carla Mascarenhas

Sydney University is one of the top higher education institutions in Australia. Picture: Sydney University

Multiple buildings at the university were evacuated.

'No item of interest found': Police investigating university 'threat'

Joel Ehsman

Kerry Herbert, John Leard, Leia Sakaria, Steve Davidson and Neil Herbert.

The team won six medals at the National Dragon Boat Championship.

Little dragon that could: The Oak Flats team punching above its weight

Shellharbour Sharks have started the season with back-to-back wins ahead of their clash against Albion park Oak Flats Eagle son Sunday, April 28. Picture by Adam McLean

The Group Seven rugby league local derby is always a tough affair

Albion Park and Shellharbour Sharks out to end each others' unbeaten record

Brownsville Post Office's last day of trade was Wednesday, April 17. Picture by Sylvia Liber

The local closure is part of a national push to reduce branches.

Brownsville post office shuts as Australia Post wields axe

ILLAWARRA: University of Wollongong PhD graduate Dr Alfred Chidembo wants to collect 10,000 books and give a small African village school its first library. Picture: Paul Jones.

BURNIE: Elliot Johnstone, of Burnie, who is on a break from his US college commitments, will play in the Burnie open tennis tournament this weekend. Picture: Grant Wells.

WARRNAMBOOL: Jesse Eccles, nine, and Rose Barton, nine, from Merrivale Primary School, are taking part in the One Million Stars project, which will feature at the 2015 Fun4Kids Festival. Picture: Aaron Sawall. 

VICTOR HARBOR: Yasmin Trowse of Goolwa was one of the hundreds of people who lapped up the fun at Warland Reserve for the Whale Time Playtime Festival. Picture: Ryan Finlay.

VICTOR HARBOR: A Victor Harbor family's pet Red Heeler, known as 'Red', is recovering this week after being taken from his home and hung off an overpass. Red is pictured after receiving a check-up at the vets after the ordeal.

STRATHALBYN: The Long Nosed Fur Seal, known as 'Bletchley', which was found in a farmer's paddock near Strathalbyn, passed away at Adelaide Zoo. The seal is pictured with Zoos SA vet nurse Rebecca Probert and Zoos SA veterinarian Dr David McLelland during an examination at the zoo.


MURRAY BRIDGE: Murray Bridge councillor Andrew Baltensperger and business owner Ryan Hansen survey South Terrace, which will get a face lift when stobie poles are removed but, they say, needs to be made safer for pedestrians.


WARRNAMBOOL: Author Dr Gordon Forth with his story "A Tale Of Two Cities: A History of Warrnambool". Picture: Leanne Pickett. 

NEWCASTLE: Jaya Nicholls is pictured with his father Marcus Nicholls, who suffers from multiple sclerosis. They will travel to Mexico so Marcus can receive stem cell treatment  - which is not easily available in Australia - for his condition. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers.

ORANGE: Canberra-based artist Emilie Patteson has captured parts of nature in glass works in an exhibition that opened in Orange this week. Picture: Phil Blatch. 

TAILEM BEND: Tailem Bend man Mark Meulengraaf was tragically killed in a car accident near Peake last weekend.

MURRAY BRIDGE: Retired teacher Bob Neindorf skies from Penneshaw, on Kangaroo Island, to Cape Jervis, on the mainland, several weeks ago for his 70th birthday.


MURRAY BRIDGE: Di Walton, of Murray Bridge, was born to be a performer and she has showcased her talents over the years with the Murray Bridge Players and Singers. Picture: Claire Campbell.


WHYALLA: An Aboriginal youth worker has been appointed at Plaza Youth Centre. Darralee Gibson is looking forward to supporting youth in the community.


BROWN HILL: First year apprentice pastry chef David Connor, 47, has received several awards for his pies. Picture: Jeremy Bannister. 

WHYALLA: Isla Pettmen-McLeish and Keira Smith were amazed by the gas produced by liquid nitrogen at SciWorld.


LAUNCESTON: Police have targeted crime and traffic offences as part of Operation Northern Lockdown - a special blitz to catch motorists doing the wrong thing at times they think the police have stopped working. Picture: Scott Gelston.

WHYALLA: Local teachers Abby Thiele and Di Gurnett were challenged each day in May raising funds and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis.


BALLARAT: Lyttleton Terrace business owner Jayson Tayeh organised a full page advertisement from 21 Bendigo small businesses supporting same sex marriage. Picture: Glenn Daniels.

PORT LINCOLN: Airport manager Barrie Rogers tested one of the new paid parking terminals in the Port Lincoln Airport car park. Picture: Tanysha Bolger.


CUMMINS: Denis Pedler showed one of the first canola sprouts in a paddock at Cummins. Picture: Jarrad Delaney.


BATHURST: Deirdre Owen with her car, now back on the road after someone stole her front two wheels. Picture: Phill Murray. 

BALLARAT: Delacombe Primary School pupil Jack Clancy, eight, and Sebastopol Primary School’s Connor McPhee, seven, water the flowering gum at the new Delacombe Community Garden. Picture: Kate Healy.

WARRNAMBOOL: Dr Rebecca Yee from Monash University learns to bottlefeed a calf with Nullawarre District Primary School pupil Montana Wallace. Picture: Leanne Pickett. 

PORT PIRIE: Mad Kylie Minogue fan Chris Hincks was again in “Kylie land” after her concert in Adelaide earlier this year. With just about everything “Kylie” you can think of, Chris has been following the Aussie star since the start of her career when Chris was just 12 years old. 


PORT AUGUSTA: Hundreds of people took part in the Shut Down Australia protest in Port Augusta.

HALLETT: The town of Hallett came out to support two much-loved residents, with an inaugural olive picking day. Annie and David Cope have been living in Hallett since the early 2000s, after falling in love with a property surrounded by olive bushes. Picture: Sarah Maunder.


CLEVE: The Cleve Uniting Church launched its Calico Bags of Love project to help children in Vanuatu. Back: Trudi Rodda, Reinhardt Swanepoel, Valerie Edwards, Olivia Crosby, Kallam Crosby, Ryder Quinn, Elodie Edwards; sitting: Zoe Rodda, Stella Quinn, Grace Jacobs, Sarah Cox, Sherna Swanepoel, Sune Swanepoel, Rossieanna Edwards, Megan Cox and Emma Cox.


BALLARAT: Her Majesty's Theatre is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year. City of Ballarat councillor Samantha McIntosh and theatre manager Graeme Russell read the site's copy of Panoramas of Ballarat, which has been signed by Tony Abbott as part of the anniversary. Picture: Jeremy Bannister.

CEDUNA: Head of the Rural Clinical School at Adelaide University Dr Peter David Mills, Dr Damian Ochigbo, Dr Weregoda "AJ" Senevirathna and Dr Niranja Colombaarachchi said working in rural areas enabled them to use all of their skills.


CEDUNA: Ceduna District Health Service director of nursing Andrew Lane, Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service chief executive officer Polly Paerata and chairperson Debra Miller at National Reconciliation Week celebrations.


CLARE: Katherine Vincent from Operation Flinders with Greg Pulford, President of the Lions Club of Clare, take in the view from Neagles Rock, just south of Clare. The Lions Club donated $3000 to the Clare Chapter of Operation Flinders, giving two young people the chance to participate in the program.


BAROSSA: Shea-Oak Log firefighter Robert Fraser, right, with his Duoword Puzzle app. He is pictured with his daughter Stella.


AXEDALE: Ian, Mel, Corrine, Garry and Mick pay tribute to town identity Mick 'Bobcat' Mancs (insert), who died of cancer this week. His life was commemorated with a trail of yellow balloons - a cue from his bobcat's colour - in the town.

NARACOORTE: Murray and Rita Sherwell have reached their diamond wedding anniversary after 60 years of marriage. They’re pictured holding a congratulatory letter from the Queen.

SOUTH EAST: An unresolved telecommunications black hole between Lucindale and Kingston is endangering the lives of long suffering local residents and crippling the capabilities of rural emergency services when responding to life-threatening situations. Keilira couple Clare Garner and Mark Bruce on their property, which is in a telecommunications black spot area.


KEITH: As the sowing season in Keith reaches the midpoint, local farmers are preparing for the Bureau of Meteorology's El Nino forecast for the area. Keith farmer Ryan Smart and Tom Neville in a crop of hay oats preparing for the coming season.


LAUNCESTON: Clockwise Launceston owner Graham Mulligan geared up for this weekend's Tasmanian Antiques Fair. Picture: The Examiner.

ORANGE: Police continue to wage a war against the ice scourge with figures showing 119 people were arrested for using or being in possession of amphetamines in 2014, a 164 per cent increase on the 45 offences recorded in 2013. Picture: Phil Blatch.

ORANGE: Salvation Army captain Tahlia Grounds was pleased by this year’s Red Shield Appeal collection in Orange. Photo: Phil Blatch.

BATHURST: James Bruce from The National Motor Racing Museum with the first Holden sold. Picture: Phill Murray. 

BATHURST: Some of the best mountain bikers in Australia converged on Bathurst last weekend for the Evocities MTB Series, sponsored by Fairfax Media. Picture: Phil Blatch. 

TAMWORTH: Announcing next year’s City-Country Origin clash for Tamworth’s new Scully Park Regional Sporting Precinct this week were NRL Head of Football Todd Greenberg, acting Tamworth mayor Russell Webb, Wests CEO Rod Laing, NSWRL chief executive Dave Trodden and CRL chief executive Terry Quinn. Picture: Geoff O’Neill.

TAMWORTH: Some of the lowest maximum temperatures were recorded in Tamworth and surrounds this week. Nundle school students Jade Krsulja, Phoebe-Anne Jones, Jorja Potts, Lindsey Burnes with his hat on, Brent Thompson and Dylan Dunn were all decked on in their school's winter gear as snow fell in the nearby hills. Picture: Ian Worley.

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