Skydive the Beach to face further scrutiny

Kate McIlwain
Updated January 13 2017 - 7:19am, first published January 12 2017 - 5:00pm
Run down: The Stuart Park building which Skydive Australia hopes to replace with a new headquarters and amenities block. Picture: Robert Peet.
Run down: The Stuart Park building which Skydive Australia hopes to replace with a new headquarters and amenities block. Picture: Robert Peet.

After five years, three rounds of council assessments and a court challenge, Skydive the Beach finally declared “victory for commonsense” last week when its plans to build a new headquarters at Stuart Park were tipped for approval. But it appears the saga is not over yet. Kate McIlwain reports.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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