Legal fight looms over plans to bulldoze ‘unspoilt’ forest
Thousands of dollars have been raised for legal fees as a south coast community group prepares to fight plans to demolish 100 hectares of “unspoiled” forest.
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‘Deflated’: Future of famed church still in doubt after council motion
Aboriginal elders and defiant residents in a south coast town have won a key battle in saving gravesites at a historic church, but the future of the site remains uncertain.
New details emerge in fatal Easter Sunday surf rescue
Bystanders trying to help swimmers in distress themselves became caught in a deadly rip that claimed the life of a 41-year-old Canberra woman at a popular south coast beach on Sunday.
‘Done to death’: Green bins a bust, again
The Shoalhaven City Council has again voted down a motion to possibly introduce green bins, despite the kerbside green waste pick-up scheme being commonplace across the south coast.
Line in the sand: controversial coastal plan deferred
Homeowners have shared their fears for the future of their seaside properties as a controversial new coastal plan risks raising insurance premiums and jeopardising house sales.
Wave wall work begins as Eden awaits cruise ship boom
Some of the largest cruise ships in the world, carrying up to 6700 people, could soon be arriving in Eden, as work on a new sea wall begins.
‘I have nothing left’: Horse trainer fights neglect conviction
An animal trainer convicted of neglecting more than 40 horses on a south coast property has told a Sydney court how she was ‘crippled’ by the charges as she launches her third appeal.
‘Hard pill to swallow’: Hardware giant to only pay for part of road
Shoalhaven Council will ask Bunnings Warehouse to pay for part of a new $4 million road and roundabout in a busy south coast town ahead planned construction of an outlet.
Bang or bust: Plan to axe private fireworks
Fireworks displays at weddings and 21st birthdays are on the chopping block as a south coast council proposes an end to the popular private pyrotechnics displays. Find out why.
Nowra labourer accused of drunken police pursuit
A 38-year-old south coast man will be kept off the road after a midnight police pursuit through a quiet residential suburb.
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