Today is April 30, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the Australian Federal Police has raided a Wollongong premises as part of a cybercrime investigation into an allegedly fraudulent technical support business, and Awaken Church is seeking to move to a new site in Ellen Street, following the sale of the Regent Theatre.

Today is April 29, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, unions have slammed what they say is a proposal to cut "pivotal" TAFE jobs in the Illawarra, despite TAFE NSW disputing claims about the number of job losses, and a female vision could guide Wollongong into the future with Tania Brown announcing she will be Labor's candidate for lord mayor when residents head to the polls in September.

Today is April 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, BlueScope has announced it expects a boost to underlying earnings before interest and tax for the 2021 financial year, and more than 700 expressions of interest have been received for the 270 berths at Shellharbour's long-awaited marina - with the first boats expected to arrive in July.

Today is April 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, while the Illawarra's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be going better than most, the region's housing "affordability problem" is becoming more acute, an expert says, and there will be a series of information sessions about the final stages of the New South Wales government's Albion Park Rail bypass project.

Today is April 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, thousands of people stood in silence at Kiama's Blowhole Point as the strains of the Last Post filled the air and the first light crept into the sky on Anzac Day 2021, and police are hunting for a driver who fled the scene of a serious crash at Jaspers Brush on Saturday night, before dumping the car at Berry.

Today is April 23, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, outgoing University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor Paul Wellings has hit back at Australian Greens education spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi, and initial police enquiries suggest the fire which engulfed a Fairy Meadow townhouse may have been deliberately lit.

Today is April 22, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, more than 20 firefighters were frantically trying to put out a fire engulfing a Fairy Meadow townhouse on Wednesday afternoon, and Wingecarribee Shire Council administrator Viv May PSM has announced a further three months’ suspension for councillors.

Today is April 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Illawarra residents planning to pay their respects this Anzac Day are reminded to keep COVID-safe during the commemorations, and the Corrimal Coke Works rezoning proposal is one step closer to reality, after Wollongong City Council voted to release the proposal for public exhibition.

Today is April 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, police and NSW Rugby League are investigating an off-field assault at Kiama Showground after a teenage girl was allegedly struck by a woman on Sunday afternoon, and Greens NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi backed the team gunning for Wollongong City Council in the 2021 elections.

Today is Monday April 19 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, NSW Ambulance were called to Currarong shortly before 8:45am Sunday, after reports a rock fisherman had fallen around three metres off a cliff, and fire-fighters have been busy battling a house fire at Warrawong on Sunday morning.