Top UOW economist says golf resort would 'sustain the Illawarra’s fortunes into future'

Kate McIlwain
Updated October 12 2017 - 2:09pm, first published 12:00pm
'Rising from the ashes': Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Alex Frino says boosting tourism would help the region recover from the mining and manufacturing downturn.
'Rising from the ashes': Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Alex Frino says boosting tourism would help the region recover from the mining and manufacturing downturn.

The ambitious golf resort and hospitality hub proposed for the old Huntley Colliery site could create jobs and an economic boost to sustain the Illawarra’s fortunes into future, the University of Wollongong’s top economist says.

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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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