by Jagger Allen | Oct 12, 2023 | News
The NSW Central Coast’s Rural Fire Service has begun backburning within national parks following last week’s six hectare fire on the peninsula between Patonga and Little Wobby. Backburning began on October 1, approximately three weeks earlier than last year. The...
by Portia Johnson | Oct 10, 2023 | Govt & Politics, News
Illawarra locals were divided on Monday night after Wollongong City Councillors carried a motion to approve the proposed off-shore wind turbine farm area. The motion was passed in an Ordinary Meeting of Council and would support the federal government’s move to create...
by Ivy Swibel | Sep 22, 2023 | Feature, News
More than 20 public schools have been shut down this week in response to unprecedented fire danger warnings along NSW’s south coast. The spring heatwave raises concerns over the severity of the upcoming ‘El Niño’ summer and the preparedness of Fire and Rescue NSW. The...
by Ivy Swibel | Sep 19, 2023 | Feature, News
The New South Wales Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched legal action last week against Metropolitan Collieries, an underground coal producer, in response to two pollution incidents that severely impacted the waterways of Australia’s Royal National...
by Ivy Swibel | Sep 15, 2023 | Feature, Govt & Politics, News
The Estuary Health & Water Quality Report Card, published last week, has rated the water quality of Lake Illawarra as ‘very good’, underscoring the success of various government vegetation projects aimed at improving the region’s ecological...