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Nature Shake is back for its second year, and the event is promising plenty of fun hands-on nature and garden activities celebrating our local environment.
Wollongong City Council is inviting residents to take part in a community satisfaction survey being conducted by an independent research company Taverner Research over the next fortnight.
Wollongong City Council is seeking community feedback on a proposed amendment to planning controls that would enable an application for the operation of a café at 190 Military Road Port Kembla to be lodged.
Entries are currently open for the Wollongong Art Prize inviting artists from around Australia, across all mediums, to submit a work that reflects the diversity, energy and complexity of contemporary life.
Wollongong City Council has ticked off some major milestones, with the Quarterly Review Statement (Quarterly Report) tabled at Monday’s (25 August) Council meeting highlighting multiple major projects that have been completed or set in motion since April.
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Council media statements
Below is a list of recent media statements issued by Wollongong City Council. Click an item to read the full statement.
| StatementStatement | Date issuedDate issued |
|---|---|
| NoticeCommunity update on West Dapto roads during wet weather | Date issuedThursday 21 August 2025 |
| NoticeTemporary closure of footbridge at Pioneer Beach Estate | Date issuedFriday 15 August 2025 |
| NoticeWork to start on Helensburgh Pool | Date issuedWednesday 13 August 2025 |
| NoticeCommunity update related to dogs at Point Street, Bulli | Date issuedTuesday 05 August 2025 |
| NoticeUpdated location for Volkanovski Keys to the City event | Date issuedThursday 22 May 2025 |
From the Lord Mayor's Office
Calling all contemporary artists! It’s time to stand bold in your work and enter our reimagined Wollongong Art Prize.
This week I had the pleasure of launching the ‘Cruise Wollongong Prospectus’ which makes the case for Wollongong to be chosen as the state’s third cruise terminal and turnaround port.
It seems to come around quickly, but now’s the time of the year when we reflect upon all the work undertaken for our community in the previous quarter.