Anger over plan to build 24-hour McDonald's on Wongawilli farmland

Kate McIlwain
Updated November 24 2019 - 9:22pm, first published 8:30am
'Monstrosity': Natasha Panetta, with her husband Ben and daughters Arianna and Sadie, is leading the charge to stop McDonalds from opening a 24-hour restaurant in Wongawilli. Picture: Adam McLean.
'Monstrosity': Natasha Panetta, with her husband Ben and daughters Arianna and Sadie, is leading the charge to stop McDonalds from opening a 24-hour restaurant in Wongawilli. Picture: Adam McLean.

When Natasha Panetta was planning her family's "forever home" at the new Wongawilli village Sanctuary Ponds, she never imagined looking out at a view of McDonalds' golden arches.

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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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