New planning rules to enforce density requirements in several Illawarra suburbs will come into effect next week, applying to all development within 800m of certain town centres.

Police used reasonable force when they fatally shot an armed young man and acted professionally when investigating the incident as a potential act of terrorism, a coroner has found.

The Dragons will land $13.6 million in federal funding if Labor wins the next election - the third financial promise for the ...

The just-announced Nationals candidate for Whitlam reckons she has a better chance of winning than the representative from the Liberals.

A Chilean woman accused of seven kidnappings during Augusto Pinochet's brutal military dictatorship has lost a court bid to ...

A rapidly melting Antarctic glacier containing enough ice to raise global sea levels by 1.5m will be put under the microscope ...

Having been handed a second professional defeat by Usyk during the summer of 2023, Dubois has since stopped Filip Hrgovic, ...

Amid rising anti-Semitic tension and a fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the Illawarra's Palestinians continue their plea ...

Grace Hamilton covers all things sport for the Illawarra Mercury. Born and raised a Queenslander before relocating to ...

Cooper Burns travelled to Argentina hoping to secure his spot as a Kookaburra and the 22-year-old did his chances a world of good in his fifth international.

Alexander Volkanovski will fight Diego Lopes at UFC 314 in Miami for the featherweight title on April 12. Picture by Anna ...

Tiger Woods joined PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and player director Adam Scott on Thursday in a second White House ...