Kate McIlwain

Deputy Editor

Proudly Illawarra Mercury since 2011, I'm an award-winning reporter who has helped the paper set the news agenda across our region for more than a decade.

How to find the words to explain the Bondi Beach mass shooting to children

'You don't need to be perfect': an expert's advice for the conversation you need to have.

Kate McIlwain

How to find the words to explain the Bondi Beach mass shooting to children

World-first Aussie breakthrough could transform MND treatment

Scientist Justin Yerbury had a radical idea before he died.

Kate McIlwain

World-first Aussie breakthrough could transform MND treatment

For 10 years, Penny was treating her symptoms with the very thing poisoning her

One of hundreds joining a proposed class action over B6 poisoning.

Kate McIlwain

For 10 years, Penny was treating her symptoms with the very thing poisoning her