Today is October 26, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the New South Wales Resources Regulator has defended its actions over mine subsidence concerns at Russell Vale, saying an expert's testimony being overridden was done with "consultation", and a Liberal MP is "as mad as hell" about the condition of Picton Road - and he's not going to take it anymore.

Today is October 23, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a shortage of doctors at Bulli Hospital's urgent care centre needs to be fixed as a "matter of urgency" Labor's health spokesman Ryan Park said, and the University of Wollongong is now better armed to fight off cyber criminals.

Today is October 22, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, at least one Wollongong councillor says she is unlikely to support the plan to allow about 750 homes to be built on the old Corrimal Coke Works site if it continues in its current form, saying she remains concerned about the effects the new residents would have on traffic and congestion, and the suspension of the New South Wales government's upper house leader from parliament for failing to provide documents about a grant scheme was a political stunt over documents that don't exist, the treasurer says.

Today is October 21, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, parks and verges around some of Wollongong's busiest beaches could be turned into temporary parking spaces this summer, if one councillor's plans to combat high traffic volumes are put into action, and the stretch of Picton Road where Ty Delaney died on Saturday morning is in line for a safety upgrade that could reduce head-on collisions.

Today is October 20, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, tenders for the main construction contractor to rebuild the fire-ravaged Corrimal High School will open "within weeks", and there have been zero cases of coronavirus community transmission across NSW, allowing the state to wind back regulations around outdoor gatherings and group

Today is October 19, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a man who died in an early morning crash along Picton Road on Saturday has been identified as a well-known Illawarra surfer, and a man's been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being stabbed in the head at Campbelltown on Sunday Morning.

Today is October 16, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the refurbished Oak Flats Library is expected to re-open its doors towards the end of 2020, and Wollongong's Harp Hotel has been fined for breaching COVID regulations, just three months after police had to visit when nearby residents complained the venue was breaking the rules.

Today is October 15, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, in a first for the Illawarra the Burelli Street building occupied by the NSW State Emergency Service in Wollongong has been given the highest possible 6 star NABERS Energy rating by Quality Green Group, and the government is concerned that NSW could be at risk of returning to where it was when the Crossroads Hotel outbreak began in early July, as the state recorded 11 new local COVID-19 cases overnight.

Today is October 14, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, women were an "afterthought" in last week's federal budget, according to Labor leader Anthony Albanese, and Gladys Berejiklian's future as NSW Premier still hangs in the balance as disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire prepares to give evidence at the inquiry which revealed their "close personal relationship" earlier this week.

Today is October 13, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, plans to build a massive residential complex in the foothills of Mount Keira have been quashed by a NSW Government planning panel, which says the proposal would negatively affect the area in a number of ways, and motorists using the Princes Highway near Heathcote and Waterfall are likely to see smoke for coming days, as firefighters try and put out a bushfire burning at Kangaroo Ridge.