'Inappropriate': Council scathing over McDonald's plan for 24-hour Wongawilli outlet

Kate McIlwain
Updated September 17 2020 - 8:58pm, first published 11:30am
Burger off: Wongawilli resident Natasha Panetta with other concerned residents at the site of a proposed 24-hour McDonald's and service station at Wongawilli in August, when the fast-food giant launched its court bid. Picture: Robert Peet
Burger off: Wongawilli resident Natasha Panetta with other concerned residents at the site of a proposed 24-hour McDonald's and service station at Wongawilli in August, when the fast-food giant launched its court bid. Picture: Robert Peet

McDonald's controversial plan to build a 24-hour fast-food outlet in the farmland development suburb of Wongawilli should be knocked back, according to Wollongong City Council planners.

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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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