Penny Burfitt

A court has heard a teenage girl was "laughing her head off" while she live streamed the attempted armed robbery and assault of a "terrified" international student.

The final hearing of the New South Wales Birth Trauma Inquiry has heard a mother was not told about the death of her daughter in utero while giving birth in 1997.

Coby Koster knew when she retired that she did not want to be shackled to the ever-growing rental crisis.

International student Varnika Singh was filmed by one of her assailants during the attack at the University of Wollongong. Those responsible have been sentenced, but an advocate says such incidents are on the rise.

NSW Police believe the deceased is a 68-year-old local man. A 37-year-old man is in custody as investigations continue.

Aaron Lord, 37, did not apply for bail and remains in custody over the alleged murder of 69-year-old Raymond McCormack.

Kaylah Jade Williams, 34, has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty offences relating to the discovery of a dog at the bottom of a cliff in the Illawarra.

Wollongong man Ray McCormack has been remembered as a quiet, respectful man, a deep-thinker who loved an ice cream and a pie.

The head of a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has expressed her disappointment at the lack of support for birth trauma to be considered a form of "gendered violence".

Naomi Bowden's voice shook with emotion as she stood before a room full of politicians and shared the story of the traumatic stillbirth of her daughter Bella.