Ecological sustainability Good economic management means taking care of our earth — not treating our most precious resources like a giant business in liquidation: ‘everything must go!’ The levels of pollution in our atmosphere mean business-as-usual will no longer work…
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…
Read More “Democracy Most Important for Gilmore” says Carmel
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…
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 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…
Confirmed on Sunday 17th September by NSW Electoral Commission, THREE Greens councillors join Amanda Findley, the first Green Mayor for the Shoalhaven. Together with the Labor councillor Annette Alldrick, one third of the new Council will be pursuing progressive policies…
News arrived during the Greens monthly meeting in Bomaderry on 15th September - Amanda Findley had been informed that Jo Gash had conceded the position of Mayor of Shoalhaven City Council. After preferences from the third candidate had been distributed, figures…
