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The Pulse Illawarra

The Pulse Illawarra

The Pulse Illawarra provides public interest reporting on the issues shaping our region, including infrastructure investment, housing pressures, workforce challenges, and economic transition.

BlueScope pushes back Port Kembla’s blast furnace project, posts $802m profit

'Executive work' being done on energy precinct: CEO

Aug 17 • Janine Graham

The Illawarra's clean energy pivot: promise, progress and the gap in between

A pipeline problem looms for the region

Aug 16 • Aminah Farid

As home loan applications drop, the big four banks face a growing challenge from Macquarie

Is the traditional dominance waning?

Aug 15

The secret behind i3net’s sell-out Industry Showcase

The Showcase puts Illawarra industry in the room for what’s next.

Aug 13 • Gayle Tomlinson

Top posts

Unforgettable quotes from every day of the three-week UOW ICAC hearing

Jul 12 • Janine Graham

UOW governance chief resigned days before corruption inquiry opens, ICAC told

Jun 22 • Janine Graham

ICAC hears UOW faced collapse risk as consultancy deal unfolded

Jun 25 • Janine Graham

From steel to science: The professor leading Wollongong’s next growth frontier

Sep 28, 2025 • Janine Graham

ICAC releases witness list for first week of UOW inquiry

Jun 19 • Janine Graham

Catholic schools CEO set for two days of evidence at ICAC hearing

Old Liberal feuds with Fierravanti-Wells surface

Aug 12 • Janine Graham

Moss Vale and the big questions facing Australia's data centre boom

As data centres grow, Moss Vale asks how we power them

Aug 11 • Gayle Tomlinson

The pop-up isn’t the point of Wollongong Goals. What happens next is

Canva says the commitment is long-term

Aug 9 • Janine Graham

Former Mittagong Libs boss faces ICAC scrutiny over alleged factional funding

Operation Rosny: Week 2 unpacked

Aug 9 • Janine Graham

Charts show female‑dominated jobs are actually the most exposed to AI

Is your job on the 'most exposed to AI automation' list?

Aug 7

First four panellists at highly-regarded Illawarra showcase revealed

Plus, members toast Shellharbour's newest networking group

Aug 6 • Janine Graham

iAccelerate director urges Illawarra to back women, education and innovation

Tamantha Stutchbury says better access to education, more women in leadership and stronger support for entrepreneurs will shape the Illawarra's future.

Aug 5 • Gayle Tomlinson

Closed court, no jury: a legal expert explains what’s happening with Alan Jones’ trial

Inside the strategy behind judge-alone case

Aug 5

Operation Scandi

Professor Lu emails staff as UOW acts on ICAC fallout: Fund closed, council stripped back

But Vice Chancellor says quiet on his involvement

Jul 14 • Janine Graham

Unforgettable quotes from every day of the three-week UOW ICAC hearing

In their own words ...

Jul 12 • Janine Graham

Defiance, then tears: Alyssa White's dramatic final day in the ICAC witness box

'I felt very desperate ... I didn't think through my actions'

Jul 10 • Janine Graham

'I compromised the process': UOW's ex-governance chief admits rigging recruitments

Sworn confessions spill out on Day 14

Jul 9 • Janine Graham

Alyssa White begins ICAC evidence with recruitment admissions

Former UOW governance chief admits she sought to recruit former University of Sydney colleagues.

Jul 8 • Gayle Tomlinson

Future Proof

The missing link holding back South Coast youth from landing a job

And the plan to fix it

May 17 • Connor Pearce

Tahmoor closure exposes gaps in government plan for a post-coal Illawarra

When the next Illawarra coal mine closes, who’ll be left to build the industries that follow?

Apr 13 • Connor Pearce

It's AI-generated with a fake author - the rise of one of Wollongong's most searched websites

It's built on the trusted wollongong2022.com.au url, but is everything as it seems?

Mar 15 • Connor Pearce

Inside the movement building a circular economy in the Illawarra

How a grassroots campaign is changing how Illawarra businesses deal with waste

Mar 1 • Connor Pearce

The new wave of Illawarra businesses combining profit and purpose

It's not business as usual.

Feb 15 • Connor Pearce

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