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Wollongong City Council

Work to start on Helensburgh Pool

Wollongong City Council media release: 13 August 2025 Site fences will go up around the part of the car park at Helensburgh Pool and tradespeople will start work next week as Wollongong City Council moves forward on the popular facility. The...

Wollongong City Council

August 2025

Media release

Help Council continue to build a city that’s inclusive

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Wollongong City Council

July 2025

What's On

Give peace a chance – libraries mark 80 years since atomic bombings

Media release from Wollongong City Council, July 2025 A thousand paper cranes will soon make their way across the Pacific, as people gather at their local library to fold the colourful creations in the name of peace. Wollongong City Libraries is...

Wollongong City Council

July 2025

Media Comms

Diving into pool improvements at Helensburgh

WCC media release: Friday 4 July 2025 Wollongong City Council is moving forward on plans to improve and refurbish Helensburgh Pool over the coming months. The procurement process is underway, with the works scheduled to start during winter for...

Wollongong City Council

July 2025

Media release

Wild weather preparations underway

Wollongong City Council media release: 30 June 2025 With the BOM warning of heavy rain, flash flooding and damaging winds, Wollongong City Council’s crews are on the ground preparing the city for the upcoming weather front. “We work very closely...

Wollongong City Council

June 2025

What's On

Creative Dialogues Port Kembla offers room to grow

Wollongong City Council media release: 6 June 2025 Working in the arts and creative industries can be a solitary vocation. At times, it can be flat-out lonely. It’s something Wollongong City Council’s Creative Dialogues looks to address with its...

Wollongong City Council

June 2025

Media Comms

Have your say on Riparian Corridor Management Strategy for the West Dapto Urban Release Area

Wollongong City Council Media Release, Tuesday, 27 May 2025 It may sound like something from Lord of the Rings, but a Riparian Corridor is something you’ve probably seen much closer to home. A Riparian Corridor is the strip of land alongside...

Wollongong City Council

May 2025

News

Lord Mayor’s Column: Supporting the city’s sporting future

By Lord Mayor Councillor Tania Brown It’s fantastic to see more people participating in various sporting codes across our city, whether that’s young people involved in club sport, increased female participation to older members of the community...

Wollongong City Council

May 2025

Media release

Wollongong Art Gallery reveals ‘huge year of exhibitions’

For more information on the Gallery’s 2025 program visit the Wollongong Art Gallery website

Wollongong City Council

February 2025

News

Lord Mayor’s Column: Draft Model Code of Meeting practice

By Wollongong Lord Mayor Tania Brown First published by WCC on Friday, 21 February 2025 Have you ever been to, or watched the livestream of a Wollongong City Council meeting? It’s a great way to engage with local government and the decision-making...

Wollongong City Council

February 2025

Opinion

Lord Mayor’s Column: Time to get behind our finals-bound Illawarra Hawks

By Lord Mayor Councillor Tania Brown It would be an understatement to say being an Illawarra Hawks fan has been a roller coaster ride over the years, both on and off the court. When you’re a Hawks tragic like me, you ride every climb, drop and...

Wollongong City Council

February 2025

Local Business

Lord Mayor’s Column: Promoting Wollongong’s 2025 Investment Prospectus

By Lord Mayor Councillor Tania Brown Last week, we launched Invest Wollongong’s 2025 Investment Prospectus in Sydney and used the opportunity to send a clear message to investors and businesses - Wollongong is ‘open for business’ and we are...

Wollongong City Council

February 2025

Media release

Community Update: Yours and Owls Flagstaff Hill Event

Wollongong City Council shared this update yesterday, 12 February 2025 For some time, Wollongong City Council has been working closely with representatives of Yours and Owls in the planning of their upcoming event on 1 and 2 March, 2025. With an...

Wollongong City Council

February 2025

Media release

Council’s Yours and Owls Flagstaff Hill event statement

On Tuesday, 10 December Wollongong City Council issued the following statement on Yours and Owls at Flagstaff Hill. Flagstaff Hill has been available as a potential event location since March 2014, when the location was captured as part of the...

Wollongong City Council

December 2024