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Jeremy Lasek

Jeremy Lasek has many decades of experience in media, marketing, events and PR. His career began in the Illawarra with the Lake Times, ABC Radio and WIN-TV. For eight years Jeremy was news director for WIN in Canberra and was national news director before joining the National Capital Authority as head of media and events. Jeremy was executive director of ACT Government Communications, Events, Arts, Heritage and Protocol for many years, was Chief of Staff to the ACT Chief Minister and had responsibility for the Centenary of Canberra celebrations in 2013. Before returning to Wollongong, Jeremy was CEO of the National Australia Day Council (including the Australian of the Year Awards) and head of communications for the Australian Federal Police. Jeremy is a member of the Friends of Woolyungah Indigenous Centre at UOW and a regular contributor to the Illawarra Flame.

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UOW launches First Nations truth telling, healing plan; a national first

The University of Wollongong (UOW) continues to act as a trailblazer in Indigenous policy and strategy with the release of its Healing and Recognition Track Plan (Truth Telling for a Better Tomorrow). After the defeat of the Voice to Parliament...

Jeremy Lasek

28 minutes ago

News

Schools after hours may be the answer to our growing sporting needs, says Lord Mayor

The use of school facilities may be the answer to our city’s problems finding enough indoor sporting facilities to cater for our community’s growing needs, according to Wollongong Lord Mayor Tania Brown. Her comments follow The Illawarra Flame...

Jeremy Lasek

4 hours ago

News

Bulli High students in training to become our next generation of fire fighters

With our rural fire service volunteer workforce steadily ageing, every effort is being made to attract new blood. Last week teenagers from Wollongong’s northern suburbs were put through their paces in the hope they’ll ultimately join our...

Jeremy Lasek

21 hours ago

Arts & culture

New UOW exhibition ‘Matriarch’ honours ‘beautiful, strong black women’

A new exhibition, Matriarch, has opened at the University of Wollongong’s Gallery, honouring eight remarkable Aboriginal women from the region. The impressive display of charcoal drawings, was the culmination of 18-months of highly detailed...

Jeremy Lasek

21 hours ago

Local Business

Gem of a gift idea

As we count down the days to the festive season, how many of us are struggling to come up with a one-of-a-kind Christmas gift which has style, purpose and practicality? Why not consider giving your someone special a unique creative experience, in...

Jeremy Lasek

November 2024

News

From the Gong to Gaza: Sally Stevenson shares experience with Médecins Sans Frontières

What do you do to celebrate when you’ve just accomplished one of your biggest career challenges, leading the bid for the Illawarra to secure the nation’s first women’s trauma recovery centre, and watching the doors finally open just a matter of...

Jeremy Lasek

November 2024

News

Hawks CEO says ‘there’s a place for everyone’ at Beaton Park

The Illawarra Hawks have spoken out to reassure other sporting groups using the Beaton Park Leisure Centre that they are looking at a range of options for their future accommodation needs and they “haven’t committed to anything” at Ted Tobin Hall...

Jeremy Lasek

October 2024

News

Illawarra bushfire chief says RFS is well prepared for forecast hot, wet summer

With the forecast of a long hot summer ahead, the man entrusted with overseeing the Illawarra’s response to any serious bushfire risk remains cautiously optimistic. Rural Fire Service District Manager Superintendent Martin Surrey says that while the...

Jeremy Lasek

October 2024

News

Cancer Carers’ fun-filled Banquet at the Beach raises more than $50,000

After a three year hiatus due to the pandemic, the annual Illawarra Cancer Carers fundraising lunch returned on Sunday, at the City Beach Function Centre, and in style. As fundraisers go, this has to be one of the most fun events on the circuit...

Jeremy Lasek

October 2024

News

New Greens councillor says future proofing our city for climate change a priority

Newly elected Greens Councillor, Kit Docker, has laid out his priorities for his first term as a Ward Two representative for Wollongong City Council, listing accountability, sustainability, flooding and better planning as areas he’ll be focusing on...

Jeremy Lasek

October 2024

Opinion

What would Ted think? His memory and sporting groups deserve much better treatment by our Council

While writing a story about Wollongong City Council’s covert plans to punt community sport from the Ted Tobin Hall in favour of the Illawarra Hawks, I thought, ‘What would Ted Tobin think?’ As a journalist in Wollongong in the 80s and early 90s, I...

Jeremy Lasek

October 2024

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Anger as Council fouled out over controversial plans to shut out community sport in support of Hawks

A community backlash has forced Wollongong City Council to put on hold plans to provide a new training facility at Beaton Park for the Illawarra Hawks at the expense of community sporting groups. The Ted Tobin Hall, within the Beaton Park Leisure...

Jeremy Lasek

October 2024

News

Making beer while the sun shines, Tarrawanna brewery named ‘Climate Zero Heroes’

The owner operators of a boutique Tarrawanna brewery have been hailed as ‘Climate Zero Heroes’ for their sustainability approach to running the business. Anna Suthers and Billy Barnetson run the popular Reub Goldberg Brewery and their efforts have...

Jeremy Lasek

October 2024

News

Eye-opening Wollongong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Business Expo hailed a success

Participants in the latest Illawarra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Business Expo are hailing its success after more than 300 people streamed into Wollongong’s Town Hall to meet entrepreneurs and experience the diversity of the 40 local...

Jeremy Lasek

October 2024