Council withholds payment to Wollongong's troubled shark-spotting aerial patrol

By Kate McIlwain
Updated May 1 2016 - 7:13pm, first published 4:30pm
Aerial patrol general manager Harry Mitchell (third from right) is among those lending a hand at a fundraiser barbecue for the not-for-profit service at the weekend. Picture: Georgia Matts
Aerial patrol general manager Harry Mitchell (third from right) is among those lending a hand at a fundraiser barbecue for the not-for-profit service at the weekend. Picture: Georgia Matts

Wollongong City Council has known of “difficulties” within the region's aerial patrol for about six months and has withheld its latest payment to the service, according to Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery. 

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