Comic Gong is returning to Wollongong this Saturday after a two-year forced hiatus due to COVID-19. The event will take place across five locations in the CBD, expanding into Crown St Mall for the first time as well as events across the Wollongong library, art gallery, arts precinct and town hall.
Author: Grace O'Dea
Millions of women across the United States could lose their legal right to abortion according to a leaked supreme court draft opinion obtained by POLITICO. Abortion has been a constitutional right across all 50 states since the 1973 landmark Roe v Wade decision. This ruling protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion. The draft opinion if passed in the summer, would overturn both the 1973 Roe v Wade decision and the subsequent 1992 Planned Parenthood v Casey decision which maintained this constitutional right. Justice Samuel Alito who has written this draft opinion maintains that Roe was…
Lance “Buddy” Franklin became just the sixth man to kick 1000 goals in VFL/AFL history last Friday night. With six minutes to go in the final quarter, Franklin marked the ball at the northern end of the SCG, 45 out, on a slight angle. It was the same end that Tony ‘Plugger’ Lockett kicked his 1300th goal and history seemed ready to be written. Fans lined the fence, set to invade the pitch, as it was almost a certainty Franklin would kick the goal. As Franklin began his run-up, many excited fans had started their sprint onto the field, only…
Wollongong’s So Popera productions is in the final stages of preparation for its revival season of Chicago. The company last performed the hit musical to a sold-out crowd at the IPAC IMB Theatre in 2017. RadioU UOW · Wollongong IPAC stage set for a dazzling return of Chicago Choreographer and performer Teagan Huntsdale said cast member campaigning was the main Chicago was back. “It was so fantastic last time, and it’s been five years in the making,” Ms Huntsdale said. “Even just last week the director Amy messaged me and said thank you so much for continuing your campaign to…
Western Australia is the worst performer nationally when it comes to closing the gender pay gap, according to new research. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has revealed WA has a gender pay gap of 21.2%. Researchers say the WA gender pay gap can be partly explained by the makeup workforce that relies heavily on the male-dominated mining and construction sectors. Melbourne economist and RMIT University lecturer Dr Leonora Risse said workplace culture can also contribute to thw emerging pattern in the data. “It’s not that women don’t have the capability or the interest [to enter male-dominated industries], it is because…