Wollongong dumped more than 80,000 tonnes of domestic and commercial waste into our Whytes Gully tip in the 2022-2023 financial year. That’s the equivalent of 445 blue whales going to landfill.

Greens candidate for Lord Mayor Jess Whittaker will push for drinking fountains at all Council parks, beaches and reserves, reducing the need for single use plastic water bottles.

Wollongong Greens candidate for Lord Mayor Jess Whittaker is calling for shark nets to be removed from Wollongong City Beaches following the fatal entanglement of a bottlenose dolphin at Thirroul last week.

The new Greens Councillors for Wollongong City Council are:

For Ward 1, it's Cr Jess Whittaker.

For Ward 2, it's Cr Kit Docker.

For Ward 3, it's Cr Deidre Stuart.