Greens Federal candidate Carmel McCallum Greens candidate Carmel McCallum has again been preselected to run as The Greens candidate for the federal election in the Seat of Gilmore. Carmel’s selection came through an authentic democratic process, with all members of…
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Nina Digiglio : for the state seat of Kiama As a Shoalhaven City Councillor and specialist Parkinson’s clinical nurse consultant, I'm excited to run as the Greens candidate for the state seat of Kiama. Our political system is broken, and…
Read More Shoalhaven Greens candidates for March 23rd State election 2019: Nina and Kim
In the year since three Greens councillors and a Green mayor were elected, distinctive initiatives have been achieved in the Shoalhaven. These follow on from policy statements made during the campaign period and has included responding vigorously to events and…
Read More The Greens on Council – a year of progressive changes
Greens led the way in Shoalhaven City Council by joining Eurobodalla and Bega Valley Shire Councils in banning the release of balloons and on the use of helium to inflate balloons at Council events and in Council managed reserves. Also…
At the Strategy and Assets meeting Mayor Amanda Findley proposed that Council support the Riversdale / Bundanon Trust Funding application to the Commonwealth 'Building Better Regions’ ahead of the Councils project at the North Nowra basketball Stadium. “It was a very…
Read More Councillors jeopardise Multimillion Dollar Funding into the Shoalhaven
The SCC Climate Change Committee, closed down by the previous administration, was reinstated on 15th November 2016. On the 20th December Council voted in favour of a briefing by Bob Hayward a local scientist and resident, to present “Climate Change –…
The next stage in the submission process that Council is undertaking to make a rate increase was Carried on Thursday 2nd February. The obstructive Rescission Motion mounted by the Independents following a long debate the previous evening was defeated after…
The Shoalhaven City Council has joined the growing numbers of councils that publicly support marriage equality in Australia. By a vote of 8 to 5, councillors last night agreed to a motion supporting marriage equality, after a debate described as…
Nina Cheyne, Greens councillor for Ward 1, is Chair of the Shoalhaven Council Access Advisory Committee. One of her early successes in this role was a successful application to NSW Department of Family and Community Services FundAbility Program for funds to…
The new Shoalhaven Council has been sworn in, breaking with tradition by beginning with a smoking ceremony, led by local Aboriginal elder Uncle Paul McLeod, a welcome song by Shakeela Williams composed with William Barton, and a welcome to country from…
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