It’s Good Friday so there’s a sense of calm and quiet through the streets of Robertson but candidate nominations closed a week ago and the ballot draw has been held. The federal election is only 15 days away and it is time to think seriously about how you will vote. […]
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When the late great John Lennon sang, “Nobody told me there’d be days like these,” he could not have foreseen life in 2025 with Donald Trump in the White House playing nasty and cynical games with the wellbeing of humanity and the planet – so don’t waste your money trying […]
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It has taken some time for Australia’s mainstream corporate media to pick up on this news piece from the UK but, on April 2, the UK Parliament’s Defence Committee launched an inquiry into AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia. By Jacquelene […]
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Political campaigns can be a fine art – direct mail, town hall meetings, corflutes, social media, well-honed funding promises and the recent phenomenon of the wobble board. By Jacquelene Pearson This is our third edition of View from a Bellwether. Here we are in sunny Point Clare, on the NSW […]
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The streets of Robertson are lined with corflutes but not everybody thinks they should be plastering the fences of the main train line – and I thought this was the cost of living election. By Jacquelene Pearson By Jacquelene Pearson I’ve decided to keep this weekly commentary about the federal […]
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Some communities, and politicians, have had the foresight to save and protect wetlands – the Central Coast Wetland on the site of the former Pioneer Dairy, south of the Wyong River, is one such fairy tale come true. By Jacquelene Pearson The Central Coast Wetland, on the site of the […]
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Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has called the federal election for Saturday, 3 May – that’s only 36 days away – let’s take a look at what you need to do to make your vote count. By Jacquelene Pearson I’m writing this from my home on the Central Coast of […]
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The old timers call it Porters Lake because it resembles a massive lake when flooded – a sight to behold. But over recent decades Porters Creek Wetland has been suffering death by a thousand cuts. A promised Biodiversity Stewardship Agreement may change that for the better, or it may not. […]
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Why would a council sell a wetland for less than its market value and even hide its biodiversity value from its own valuer – it doesn’t make sense but that is exactly what happened on the NSW Central Coast in 2021 – then, in 2022, the land was unlawfully cleared. […]
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Tackling small fires before they become uncontrollable bushfires, excluding fire from recovering forests, and sabotaging beetle mating rituals – these are just some of the strategies proposed to save Australia’s iconic snow gum. Snow gum woodlands are the iconic vegetation community of mountain environments in south eastern Australia and are […]
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