Council mergers backflip: Bradbery says NSW government decision 'a monkey off my back'

Kate McIlwain
Updated February 15 2017 - 8:39am, first published February 14 2017 - 4:00pm
Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery took a serious approach after Tuesday's announcement his council would not merge with Shellharbour. Picture: Robert Peet.
Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery took a serious approach after Tuesday's announcement his council would not merge with Shellharbour. Picture: Robert Peet.

For Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery, news his council would not merge with Shellharbour did not prompt jubilant celebration.

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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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