It's a bumper ABC Illawarra newsletter this week. 
 

We have a heartbreaking story about a Wollongong man who ended up in hospital where he acquired pneumonia and died while waiting three months for an aged care bed. 
 

Plus, read the story about a battle between property developers which is delaying construction of a koala underpass on Appin Road, and listen to a spine-tingling performance by some of the Southern Stars performers ahead of this weekend's shows in Wollongong.
 

Also, tune into 97.3FM ABC Illawarra tomorrow (Friday, August 29) as Mel James (pictured above, right) broadcasts an extended ABC Illawarra Breakfast show live from BlueScope Steel at Port Kembla. Mel and the Breakfast team will take you inside the steelworks on the eve of the 70th birthday of the Hot Strip Mill and important moment in the company's 100-year history as it looks to secure its future in a decarbonised world. Join us at 6:15am or listen back afterwards here.
 

Have a great week, and remember, if you have a story idea drop an email to 973@your.abc.net.au.
 

Rory Macdonald,
 

ABC Illawarra editor.

Renee Santos says her father waited for three months at Wollongong Hospital for a bed in a residential aged care facility. About 830 people are waiting in New South Wales hospitals for aged care beds to become available. 

Stephen Douglas died in a 7-minute attack by a patient during a home visit. The situation bore "significant similarities" to another workplace stabbing 12 months earlier.

A stoush between major property developers Lendlease and Stockland delays the construction of a purpose-built koala underpass south of Sydney. 

Fire and Rescue NSW says a fatal house fire at a property south of Wollongong on Tuesday is not being treated as suspicious.

Beau Lamarre-Condon has been in custody since last February, when he was arrested after attending a Bondi police station following the disappearance of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

A 24-year-old man is charged with murder after a 55-year-old man with significant facial injuries was found dead at a home in Goulburn on Friday morning.