Wollongong councillors call on city to officially reject Dapto jail

Kate McIlwain
Updated July 17 2018 - 5:09pm, first published 5:00pm
The wrong fit: In a proposal to be debated next week almost half of Wollongong's councillors have echoed protests from residents, who say the prison has no part in the future of West Dapto.
The wrong fit: In a proposal to be debated next week almost half of Wollongong's councillors have echoed protests from residents, who say the prison has no part in the future of West Dapto.

Six Wollongong councillors are calling on their colleagues to sign off on a formal council position opposing the NSW Government’s Kembla Grange jail proposal.

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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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