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The Latest Breaking News from Shoalhaven

Mayor reveals she won't contest next election on visit to Newcastle Hunter Community Forum

Shoalhaven mayor Amanda Findlay says her decision to stand aside is 'good for democracy'.

Newcastle Herald

Bioelektra Australia collapse prompts calls for probe into Shoalhaven Council waste contract

Bioelektra Australia has entered into voluntary administration after it was engaged to use Polish technology to divert 90 per cent of a NSW council's waste from landfill.

ABC News

NSW hit by flash flooding and intense rainfall as Queensland on cyclone watch

Sydney deluge traps people in cars, while residents evacuated from Shoalhaven aged care home

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Housing crisis prompts NSW councils to appeal to investment property owners to switch to long-term leasing

More than 20 per cent of houses in the Shoalhaven are empty while the victims of the housing crisis spend winter in tents, but the success of an appeal to investment property owners in a neighbouring shire could help to get roofs over heads.

ABC News

Kangaroo Valley access road destroyed by floods, leaving residents isolated

Shoalhaven Council says it will be several weeks before dozens of Kangaroo Valley residents can leave their home by car after floodwaters washed away their only access road.

ABC News

SES, weather bureau issue flood warnings for Shoalhaven catchments as torrential rain continues

SES warns of flash flooding, overflowing rivers and coastal erosion with torrential rain forecast across the Illawarra, South Coast and Southern Highlands until Tuesday.

ABC News

Short-term rentals, long-term anguish for Australian towns struggling to find homes for locals

Airbnb and its competitors have made tourism a year-round prospect in many places, but locals say that locks them out of the rental market

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NSW flood death as new evacuations ordered

A man has died in floodwaters southwest of Sydney as continued flooding after days of torrential rain prompts fresh evacuation orders across the city.

AAP

Ulladulla's Gateway sculpture rises up as symbol of resilience after Black Summer bushfires

After the shock and destruction of the Black Summer bushfires, artist Dora Rögnvaldsdóttir wanted to bring her community together. The result is Gateway, a sculpture created by hundreds of people to commemorate what they lost, and their resilience.

ABC News

PM says further assistance coming as ‘rain bomb’ set to cost Queensland billions – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Bundanon art museum: Arthur Boyd’s estate reimagined in an architectural feat

The artist’s home and $40m collection were almost destroyed by bushfire. Now a new sustainable gallery has risen, hoping to turn Shoalhaven into an art destination

The Guardian - AU

Illawarra Shoalhaven hospitals are down 150 staff a day due to COVID-19 exposures

Illawarra Shoalhaven hospitals are short 150 healthcare workers on any given day due to COVID-19 exposures.

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