Howard Phillip Lovecraft’s cosmic horror might be a little bit closer to home. Hannah Peters presents a grim comparison between his fiction and reality.
Author: Hannah Petters
Country Labor candidate Andy Higgins has criticised Kiama MP Gareth Ward after Ward announced plans to upgrade the Bomaderry to Kiama railway line. Mr Ward said, if re-elected, the NSW Liberal Government would invest $125 million into a 4km crossing loop around Toolijooa, near Kiama, and said the improvements would ensure a 30-minute train service during the railway’s peak hours on the South Coast. Mr Higgins said the Coalition plans were “hot air”. “Great news for the South Coast, it’s just funny how we’ve been talking about this for eight years, and yet it’s two days out from election, and…
The drought is forcing South Coast and Southern Highlands farmers are to sacrifice profits to pay for livestock feed. In some cases, the cost of feed grain and transportation have increased by 40 per cent since 2017, the added expense proving to be unsustainable for some local farmers. Highland Organic’s Dairy Farm owner Melanie Smillie said her business has not made a profit in two seasons. “There’s been some abnormally high fodder prices and below average rainfall,” Ms Smillie said. “So there’s less feed grown on the farm and a high reliance on brought in feed…just about every farm has…