Greater Wollongong News

Wombarra beach pad sells for record $3 mil (Illawarra Mercury)
A house hunter has ended the weekend $3 million poorer after sealing a record deal in Wombarra. The sale price is the suburb's highest in at least 25 years.

UQ solar energy company powers up with global investment (University of Queensland)
XeroCoat Inc, the company commercialising anti-reflective technology research developed by Dr Michael Harvey and Professor Paul Meredith from The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Mathematics and Physics, has recently announced a number of global partnerships and investment plans to accelerate commercial access to its innovations.

1700 drivers caught speeding in Wollongong school zones (Illawarra Mercury)
It is the highest-profile speed camera in the region, but the West Wollongong detector still managed to catch more than 1400 motorists going over the limit during school zone times in the 2008-09 financial year.

Damo, Cat got us over the line: Beveridge (thewest.com.au)
Perth Wildcats coach Rob Beveridge praised the efforts of two unheralded heroes after last night's nail-biting semifinal victory over Gold Coast Blaze on the road.

Bungled roll-out tests Australians' faith in big government (Brisbane Times)
Americans mistrust their rulers to their detriment. We don't want the same.

Streets are safer when violence is channelled (Brisbane Times)
The fact that many of the Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters believe mixed martial arts helped them escape a life of delinquency means, to me at least, that the horror expressed by many of your readers (Letters, February 23) is unjustified and wrong.

Naked Aboriginal kids on postcards: the line between art and exploitation? (Crikey)
You can buy postcards featuring naked Aboriginal kids in newsagencies and Australia Post shops across the country. Why aren't these pictures treated with the same outrage as Bill Henson's photos of naked teens?

If Garrett has blood on his hands, then start sacking Roads, Health & Defence Ministers too (Crikey)
The insistence that Peter Garrett is responsible for four deaths misses the point about how Governments administer programs -- and would have some interesting consequences.

Survivor of notorious POW camp (Brisbane Times)
Kevin Timbs, 1919-2010

Inexperience no excuse for youthful Cats: Young (thewest.com.au)
Veteran Perth Wildcats recruit Galen Young says the WA side is in good shape as it prepares for its biggest game of the season this weekend.