Wollongong council will fly the rainbow flag until November 17

Kate McIlwain
Updated October 30 2017 - 8:34pm, first published 8:00pm
A group of politicians and supporters met outside the council’s Burelli Street headquarters back in August, in a push to hoist the rainbow flag outside the city building. Photo: Adam McLean
A group of politicians and supporters met outside the council’s Burelli Street headquarters back in August, in a push to hoist the rainbow flag outside the city building. Photo: Adam McLean

After a tense and at times tearful debate, Wollongong councillors voted 8-4 to raise the rainbow flag over the city’s headquarters.

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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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