Council votes to dismiss Whitlam name for Throsby electorate after heated political debate

By Kate McIlwain
Updated November 10 2015 - 7:00pm, first published 5:30pm
A photo of former prime minister Gough Whitlam taken when he was in Wollongong to boost the local ALP campaign.
A photo of former prime minister Gough Whitlam taken when he was in Wollongong to boost the local ALP campaign.

Political tensions ran high at Wollongong council this week, as councillors debated the merits of renaming the electorate of Throsby to honour former prime minister Gough Whitlam.

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