For over a decade, the laid-back seaside village of Culburra Beach has successfully held back the tidal wave of housing development that has been sweeping through the coastal towns of the Shoalhaven region.  Incredibly, after the region experienced the worst bushfires on record, it seems developers still can’t wait to bulldoze bushland habitats and carve […]

By Shirley Fitzgerald Walking on Country, is a short four minute film made for NAIDOC Week last year, funded by the Shoalhaven City Council and NSW Heritage. In a few days, the winners of the annual National Trust Heritage Awards will be announced, and this lovely and moving video has been shortlisted. Good luck. The […]

By Joanne Warren Everyone knows John Hatton AO. He was the Independent state member for the South Coast from 1973 until 1995 and is most famously remembered for forcing a reluctant state government to set up a Royal Commission into the NSW police that exposed systemic corruption. The Police Commissioner was forced to resign, and […]

By Richard Bates Having seen the grossly inappropriate Moona Street hotel development in Huskisson withdrawn in the face of massive community opposition, the community now has another environmental nightmare development looming. This time a 32 unit monstrosity right on the banks of Moona Moona Creek, immediately adjacent to both the NSW national park and the […]

By Jeremy Aitkens What on earth is happening to Shoalhaven local politics? With guest numbers at around 100 people – at least double or even treble the number expected to attend - the Shoalhaven Greens Council Election Campaign Launch (Thursday 22 April) presented a dynamic team of candidates led by respected and popular long term […]