Wollongong's NYE fireworks to go ahead amid calls to cancel Shellharbour show

Kate McIlwain
Updated November 28 2019 - 3:35pm, first published 1:00pm
Still on: Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said he believes there are other ways to raise funds to support the state's hard working fire services than cancelling the city's fireworks display.
Still on: Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said he believes there are other ways to raise funds to support the state's hard working fire services than cancelling the city's fireworks display.

Wollongong is unlikely to follow in Shellharbour's footsteps to consider cutting its next round of public fireworks to redirect the money to the Rural Fire Service.

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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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