A light for lives lost on our roads

Kate McIlwain
Updated November 19 2020 - 8:44pm, first published 9:26am
Stay safe: The lighthouse on the Wollongong Harbour breakwater is lit up in yellow on Thursday night as a reminder of National Road Safety Week. Picture: Robert Peet
Stay safe: The lighthouse on the Wollongong Harbour breakwater is lit up in yellow on Thursday night as a reminder of National Road Safety Week. Picture: Robert Peet

A young woman enjoying a night out with friends, an old woman driving through the suburbs with her husband, a dad and husband out on a morning ride, and a loving son devoted to caring for his mother who was simply sweeping his own front porch.

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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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