by Angelina Sokolsky | Jun 6, 2024 | Feature, News
Trigger warning: Domestic violence, mental health, drug/alcohol use It looked like garbage, carelessly dumped on her front lawn. She approached to inspect, and then she heard the groan. Up close, it was clear that there was blood. That there was a woman, lying...
by Hayley Prenter | Nov 7, 2023 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, Feature, News
Benn, 43, and Rick, 69, were just teenagers when they discovered alcohol, an addiction that would haunt them decades into the future. Benn Veenker, 43, first found alcohol 30 years ago; aged 13, he would drink to suppress that little voice in his head – that...
by Emma Pennell | Aug 30, 2023 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, News
Residents of UOW student accommodation Kooloobong Village are experiencing ongoing problems of noise complaints and public drinking in common shared areas. The accommodation contract states that residents may only consume alcohol within a unit, and all other areas on...
by Wade McDonald | May 19, 2023 | News
There’s been a call for action in preventing spiking and sexual violence with a massive increase in spiking incidents across NSW recorded between 2018 and 2022. Over the four-year period there was a staggering 86 per cent rise in food and drink spiking. The...
by Emily Perkins | May 26, 2021 | News
The level of alcohol-fuel crime in Wollongong has dropped over the last four year, according to lastest figures. Between 2016 and 2020 the percentage of alcohol-related crime declined by 15.1 per cent in the Wollongong LGA. In 2016 there were a total of 341 incidents...
