by Ruth Watson Sykes
In the last days of September, the world lost three wise and powerful women – three Athenas. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Susan Ryan and Helen Reddy all made their mark leaving the world a better place for having lived in it.
Bonnie Cassen
It’s exciting to have some local Shoalhaven climate events happening around the area with the Shoalhaven Extinction Rebellion group launching last Saturday with a ‘die-in’ in Berry. The group is part of the broader international movement that established in Australia late in 2018.
By Bonnie Cassen The South Brooman community is disappointed after a majority of councillors voted to prevent debate, deferring a motion to discuss the impact that logging in fire-affected forests is having on the southern Shoalhaven community. The motion, considered by the Development and Environment Committee at Shoalhaven City Council on Tuesday night, requested that […]
Read MoreHealthy, sustainable societies attend to their survival and enrich themselves with the flourish of community and arts and adventure and fun and culture and love. They keep an eye on the critical matter of survival whilst being creative in their surroundings. They don’t sacrifice beauty and creativity for a hand-to-mouth existence. Healthy societies also ensure […]
Read MoreBy Bonnie Cassen Independent NSW MLC and south coast resident Justin Field has warned that the Dunmore and Minnamurra community will not be deterred following a recommendation by the NSW Planning Department that the Dunmore sand mine expansion “is in the public interest and is approvable, subject to the recommended conditions”. The proposed expansion of […]
Read Moreby Mark Whalan
Kiama residents are up in arms over the recent bulldozing of a heritage home in Thompson Street Kiama. Horrified locals took to the streets and social media, asking how such a tragedy could happen.
Read MoreBy Jane Ewins There is no argument that 2020 is a very challenging year. The grinding uncertainty has taken a toll on most of us, with many people reporting feelings of depression and a sense of ‘darkness’ or impending doom. Perhaps there is a bigger picture to all we are going through. What if 2020 […]
Read MoreShoalhaven's Summer of Fire, unprecedented and devastating for the communities.
Read More"This photo was taken just before the change on 4/1/20 at our house. I was there with some of our adult children. We began manning our pumps moments
after this photo was taken as the sky went black and the change hit. We got lots of ash and bits of black stuff falling but no fire and no live embers...we were lucky". Photo by Cathy Gorman
by Ruth Watson Sykes
In the last days of September, the world lost three wise and powerful women – three Athenas. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Susan Ryan and Helen Reddy all made their mark leaving the world a better place for having lived in it.
By Bonnie Cassen On the surface, there is much that reassures us in our everyday life. The sun shines, the ocean sparkles blue, the trees splash green across the countryside, and someone somewhere can raise their mouth upwards into a smile. But scratch below the surface and a cruel world is not far behind. Cruelty […]
Read MoreI mean no offence to the soldiers and civilians who suffered and died (suffer and die) in face-to-face combat. Those wars waged against other countries killed real people and families. Thousands lie dead for the freedoms I have today. Those battles were typically political, not personal. Governments fighting governments. People and places bombed to pieces. […]
Read MoreBy Bradley Stanton Australian politics can be lively, aggressive, and at times, uncontrollably exuberant. Where larrikin members of Parliament, who somehow keep getting elected, thrive in the surroundings - and where, for too long, women have suffered in silence. In 1902, Non-Indigenous women first won the right to run in federal elections. After 29 countries […]
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