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Council: Millions unaccounted for Mayor Neil Reilly and CEO Jane Stroud have begun the difficult task of explaining to residents of the Blue Haven Independent Living Units (ILUs) that their deposit money they thought was in a trust has been used over many years for other purposes, including building Blue Haven Bonaira. Mayor Reilly says their message is, “We will do everything we can to ensure their future is going to be as they planned it.” While a total of $122 million is unaccounted for, residents have been assured that now the truth is known serious steps are being taken to improve the situation. Details were first outlined in Council’s draft Long Term Financial Plan, endorsed at last week’s extraordinary meeting. It was through asking questions about that plan that The Bugle became aware of the extent of the problem through an interview with the Mayor and CEO. Meetings had already been arranged with residents to discuss the situation. “Being honest about it for the first time in our Long Term Financial Plan is both controversial and difficult, but absolutely necessary because now we know about it we don’t want to hide this from anybody,” says Mayor Reilly.

“How can we fix it if we just keep it under the covers? “We want to come out of this with a couple of objectives achieved – one is to make sure we put in place plans that are not only going to remedy this but avoid decisions being made by others, for example an administrator. “The other is that we have a plan in place to pay people back when we need to, including our ILU residents and TCorp [Council’s banker].” At the end of the 2021 financial year, $92.5 million was owed for the ILUs and $29.5 million was owed for the Residential Aged Care Deposits (RAC). All of this is now showing up in the balance sheet as a current liability, with the figure of over $122 million being shared with the public for the first time. Of this, only $4.4 million is held currently in restricted reserves for the RAD scheme, but RADs, unlike ILUs, are underwritten by the Federal Government. Although no retirement facility holds all of its deposits available, there are usually records to show how it is being used, and clear policies that let consumers know what money is held and where money is to be spent. At Blue Haven, there has been no money held separately for the ILU deposits,

to refund when required and to be used for repairs, maintenance and renewal. The exception is for those ILUs built at the Blue Haven Bonaira facility, where the TCorp loan required all sales deposits and payments to be withheld for the loan repayment. “Council’s Aged Care Prudential Standards Policy painted the picture of the money that Council was paid in deposits being held in a trust, and that picture resulted in a belief by our ILU residents that we hold and have retained their deposits. This is not the case,” says Ms Stroud. “As we know now that’s not to be the case, the question of where the deposit monies

been spent is a really good one and a lot more work needs to be done to be able to answer that in detail.” The answer may never be completely known. “It has become clear that over the years the money has just gone into one pot,” says Mayor Neil Reilly. “At some times Council has subsidised Blue Haven, particularly in relation to the construction of Blue Haven Bonaira, and at other times Blue Haven as contributed back to Council. “Because it all came back into one bucket it is almost impossible for us to tell how that has come about. “Now we have the Forensic Report, and KPMG has been working with our team to

give us a picture of what has happened. “Along the way, the community and the councillors and a lot of staff have been misled and misdirected as to the financing of the building of Blue Haven Bonaira and some of our overall operations. “First of all there was a blanket statement made within the last five years that said that Blue Haven and Council were separate business entities, and no ratepayer’s money had ever been used on Blue Haven, and vice versa. That wasn’t right. “The accounts were artificially extracted from Council’s main account. We were told they were the

Even though her seat was still in doubt, Fiona Phillips was invited to attend the first Labor Caucus after the election as an observer. “I was in a cafeteria in Parliament House when someone saw a tweet from Katharine Murphy [of The Guardian] that NSW Labor had called Gilmore for me. “The whole place erupted with congratulations.” At time of writing, Mrs Phil-

lips, the sitting Member, is just 301 ahead of her Liberal opponent Andrew Constance. “The trend has changed my way and the people who analyse these things tell me that it is mathematically impossible for me to lose now,” says Mrs Phillips. She says she has already earnt the nickname of 77, for winning one seat more than the 76 Labor needed to form a majority government.

Mrs Phillips says she’ll have a special focus on affordable and social housing and health. As part of this she is looking forward to delivering on the commitment for headspace in Kiama. “It is good to be part of a Federal Labor Government that has the opportunity to do so many good things.” Recounts only occur automatically with a difference of 100 votes or less in the result.

official accounts, and they are just not.” The process underway to separate the books is proving difficult, but is still on track to have standalone ledgers for the new financial year. Most recently, some of the $122 million appears to have been used to assist in the construction of Blue Haven Bonaira, which overran its initial budget of $59 million to come in currently at $107 million. “It is also quite clear that some of the $122 million has gone towards funding Council’s operations,” says Ms Stroud. In August next year, a further $45 million needs to be paid back to TCorp, although

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$2.1m upgrade to Our future is part Harbour foreshore of a Greater City Long awaited repairs to the eastern Kiama Harbour walkway and retaining wall will begin soon, with the announcement of a $2.1 million upgrade by the NSW Government. The upgrade work will include new, much higher seawall retaining walls, new street furniture and a seating area, a new accessible ramp, stainless steel handrails and balustrades, and landscaping. The boat ramp and trailer parking area will be retained. There was no public consultation on the imposing design. “The upgrade will improve the stability of the

seawall and provide stronger protection against storm surges to safeguard Black Beach Reserve,” says a press release from Department of Planning and Environment – Crown Lands. With the Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council, it has commissioned artwork that will see a whale pattern embedded as a feature on the seawall. The Department has appointed Land and Marine Ocean Engineering Pty Ltd to deliver the project. Work is expected to be completed in about four months, depending on the weather.

Without much fanfare, the Kiama LGA has become part of the new IllawarraShoalhaven City and is set to combine with five other regions (all known as cities) to The new walkway and rock wall create a ‘megacity’. is significantly higher than the This happened rest of the harbour promenade. in April when the Greater Sydney Below: The area is sorely in Commision morphed need of an upgrade into the Greater Cities Commission (GCC). It is a NSW Government planning initiative to ‘create a globally competitive city region’ along the lines of San Francisco, Greater London, Netherlands’ Randstad and China’s Pearl River Delta, to service an expected nine million residents by 2050. The Six Cities include the Illawarra-Shoalhaven City (sometimes referred to in

Call for options on Blue Haven An Extraordinary Meeting of Kiama Council on 23 May resulted in a motion asking for more reports and information on the various options for Blue Haven be given to councillors before a decision to sell is made. Representations were made before the meeting by union members and residents of Blue Haven, as well as by former Mayor Sandra McCarthy. Councillors Renkema-Lang, Larkins, Draisma, Keast and Rice reworked the original motion, which was facing rescission, to include as much as possible to make sure it would be debated. The motion passed looks

to engage in community consultation, as well as calling for more background on the need to disposal of community assets. It includes an executive summary of the confidential Forensic Accounting Report to be released ahead of its eventual full release, subject to further legal advice. In delegating the authority to the CEO to proceed with working on the sale of Blue Haven, the motion calls for all options (lease, sell, joint venture or retain) to be considered for the councillors to choose from. Mayor Reilly and Councillors Croxford, Brown and Steel voted against the

rescission motion, in an attempt to have the original motion stand. “I was stunned that a rescission motion to prevent the sale was amended to support the sale, but at a later time and subject to a number of reports,” says Councillor Matt Brown. “This will delay the inevitable and cost council extra along the way.” “We have not seen the analysis of what [all] our options are around disposal of assets to help us sort through this problem,” says Cllr RenkemaLang. “Which of those would have least impact on the community?”

Budget to be cut by $3m As currently exhibited, Council’s budget shows that if the status quo of services and operations is maintained it is facing a loss of $7.5 million for 2022/3. For this reason, CEO Jane Stroud is currently going through the budget line by line with her managers to cut a further $3 million in expenditure before the budget and associated documents are presented to the June Meeting of Council for endorsement. All of these decisions will be guided by the Community Strategic Plan, which is also on exhibition.

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GCC publicity as Wollongong), the Central Coast City, the Lower Hunter and Greater Newcastle City, the Western Parkland City, the Central River City and the Eastern Harbour City. Kiama’s Mayor Neil Reilly has been appointed, along with mayors from Wollongong, Shellharbour and Shoalhaven, to select a Commissioner to represent our region on the Commission. GCC Chief Commissioner Geoff Roberts AM (former head of the Greater Sydney Commission) says this megacity initiative will mean “more people in the six cities working within 30 minutes of where they live, increased access to homes that families can afford and more equal access to higher education and training opportunities. “The move will deliver economic and lifestyle benefits to millions of people, supporting growth with fit-for-life infrastructure and allowing more people to enjoy our enviable waterways and natural environment.” Mayor Reilly says the Commission will provide strategic oversight and co-ordination

across Government agencies and councils. “In areas like Wollongong, which lost their planning in 2008, they will assist the Wollongong Local Planning Panel (WLPP) who make decisions. In our area, planning will be retained as it is.” Asked if he might be worried whether the veto presently enjoyed by local councils over targets (specifically housing) might be removed by the GCC, he responded, “The legislation says that across the Six Cities housing targets will be set to manage the chronic housing shortage in most areas. “As we have areas around us who need housing desperately, they will advocate to our eventual Commissioner for this. I will seek guidance from our community via our housing strategy and consultation as to how we will form a strategy that suits us.” A critic of the GCC who has a strong planning background but did not wish to be named, says, “This is the amalgamation you are having when you are not having an

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Two former mayors are saying that without the evidence being before them they are skeptical of the claims made by Mayor Neil Reilly and Council’s CEO Jane Stroud about the $118 million hole in Council’s balance sheet (see page 1). Both believe it is related to the desire to build a case to sell Blue Haven. Brian Petschler says you can’t look at liabilities without looking at assets. “The residents should rest easy the money is not missing,” he said. “I’d like to stress that; the residents should note their money is not missing but it’s held in bricks and mortar rather than in cash. “The process of using reserves for the expansion of Blue Haven has occurred in the past.” He is keen for more information to be released to enable a fair assessment of the situation. “I think the reporting is skewered to moving straight to a sale of Blue Haven,” he says. As to the separation of the accounts, Mr Petschler says that in his time, while there was a global accounting system, it was easy to separate out the Blue Haven figures. “We had auditors that said that it was fine.” Sandra McCarthy agrees that assets might not be valued as they should be, and sees it all as being linked to a desire to sell Blue Haven. “A budget isn’t all about cash, it is about the value of

the assets as well,” she said. “I don’t think there should be any commentary on the sale of Blue Haven until the reports requested by the amended motion are sought and options [to sell, hold, lease or joint venture] are explored.” Both are calling for more information to be released. Former General Manager Michael Forsyth says loan licence agreements are able to be used for expansion and development. “I can only speak for my time, but I don’t believe there are any holes as statements were prepared by accountants and approved by auditors – the State Auditor or a very reputable auditing firm,” he said. “I am not aware of any of those reserves being used for operational purposes [during his time]. They were used for capital expansion or development, including Bonaira and Stage 5. “That is how retirement villages operate.” When told of these criticisms, Mayor Neil Reilly said, “My feeling is that the information that I have received is accurate and that I have an obligation to try and fix a very, very difficult situation. “Others may believe what they like. “They can feel free to GIPA any information they feel is incorrect. “On behalf of our community and our councillors that represent them, we have undertaken to remedy this situation.”

FROM THE EDITOR I reported on this issue after having spoken in length with the Mayor and CEO, with the assistance of an independent financial interpreter. They were clear that the use of the money has simply not been accounted for. Without being privy to the information in the Forensic Review, and other investigations, the community can only rely on what is being released by Council as being a true assessment of the situation. This is particularly given the involvement of the Office of Local Government, the Auditor’s Office and accounting consultants, and the duty of public officials not to mislead the public or elected representatives. After first publishing this story on The Bugle App, given the doubt expressed, I contacted the Mayor and the CEO to confirm that I had correctly reported what was told to me. Consequently our lead article is the same as appeared on the App, albeit with a revised headline for clarity. This issue is continuing to unfold, and will be reported as it happens on The Bugle App. I urge you to download it to find out the latest news on this and other issues.

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Council is seeking to renegotiate the terms. “Considering a sale of Blue Haven is more to do with the on-going losses [at the Residential Aged Care Facility],” says Mayor Reilly, after a loss of $3.9 million in its first year and $3.6 million this year. “I think we were given a business model that was out of date way before we even started to build Blue Haven [due to the Royal Commission and aged care reforms] and we have stuck with that business model and been

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was a going concern. “To some extent those artificially extracted reports revealed that everything was quite good.” Amongst other things, a number of operational costs were never factored into the plan and there was no asset management plan to predict and manage what could be substantial on-going costs. Even without the extra costs associated with COVID, it has been a difficult period for aged care providers. “There is a reason why so many aged care operations owned by councils have been disposed of,” says Mayor Reilly. “Even some major providers of aged care have had to rationalise because they are all experiencing troubles. That isn’t unique to Blue Haven. What is unique is it is owned by Council and hasn’t been run like a proper business should. “Separating the books is just the start of it. Then we are going to have to make

a business plan for it for the councillors to consider should Council be in aged care as a core part of our business? “Other councils across NSW have said not. “I think if our community is going to have to lose an enormous amount of services to support Blue Haven, we won’t be doing our job.” A valuation of Blue Haven Illawarra’s worth is yet to be done, with only the insured value being used in the ten year projections despite it being sold as a going concern. In another example of how restricted reserves have been used for other than their proper purpose, the March Ordinary Meeting of Council also transferred $4.8 million back into the developer contributions fund where they rightly belong. “My job and the whole job of the Council is to get us in the position that we are a going concern and are comfortable we can pay our bills,” says Mayor Reilly.

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William Campbell College: a dream coming true for Bill Bill Campbell’s long held dream to establish a purposebuilt special purpose school to support the children who would otherwise be left behind, due to being unable to cope in mainstream schooling environments. “We know it will be a success because it has already been a success,” says Mr Campbell, referring to a temporary school for 10 children that ran between 2011 and 2014. “The children that will come here can’t sit in class-

room for 40 minutes at a time. It just doesn’t work. All they want to do is escalate their behaviour to a gold pass of expulsion. “We are here to change all that. We know we can because we have changed it in the lives of the children we had in the temporary school. “We learnt so much during that time, but the funding was very minimal for the work we were doing and we build a special purpose-built had to unfortunately let it school to accommodate go. The timing wasn’t right these children. because we knew we had to “We know we have changed the lives of the children we had in the temporary school, so know this new school will be a great success.” Operating under the State curriculum, the Christian college will provide a holistic approach towards the education of children and young people, including education, health, welfare, social, cultural, emotional and spiritual. “We recognise that there are times when children require additional support in their academic learning, emotional development and evolving of social skills that is not always available in mainstream schools,” says Mr Campbell. Sonia Liddicoat, CEO of William Campbell Foundation and Amanda Cox, the College’s Curriculum and Policy Developer Outdoor educational

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be completed in November this year, with the Stage One providing education for 20 primary students in Term 1 2023. A further two stages will increase the total number of students to 60. William Campbell Foundation currently provides foster care to over 130 children in our region, with the help of over 100 carers. Its founder, Bill Campbell lives in Minnamurra and has received an OAM for his work. A fundraising dinner will be held at The Pavilion Kiama on 7 October. To find out more about the initiative, go to www. williamcampbellcollege.org.au

Ward still a serving MP A report of the NSW Parliament’s Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics has concluded the Member for Kiama, Gareth Ward, should continue to receive his remuneration, and all other entitlements, despite his suspension from Parliament while he faces criminal charges (which Mr Ward denies). While the suspension means that he can’t enter Parliament House, Mr Ward says that he is still working seven days a week. “My diary is still full, my phone still ringing off the hook. Ministers are still talking to me as are departments. “People can judge me on the outcomes I am delivering.” One of the avenues he is frequently using is asking Questions on Notice. “They are tabled on the floor and formal responses are required by ministers,” he says. “It is a good way to put the Government on notice about things you are seeking for your community, or questions you want answered. “As far as I’m concerned what is important is getting outcomes for my community by pressing the Government on important issues as an independent member.” Mr Ward says he has yet to decide whether to run again.

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dark roofs, reduce the urban heat effect and enhance walkability.” The State Member for Kiama, Gareth Ward, who has asked for a briefing on the GCC, says that when he stood for election in 2011, the then O’Farrell Government promised to return planning powers to local communities. “Over the last few years, I have seen a greater centralisation of planning powers into the hands of bureaucrats. These moves run totally contradictory to the pledge made by the O’Farrell Government. “Communities have every right to have a say in the future of our urban environment. The South Kiama re-zoning is a perfect example of where the community feel like our voices are not being heard on a major land re-zoning. “Good planning starts at the local level and I want to commend Mayor Neil Riley for working with me and our community to oppose over-development.” Kiama’s Peter O’Neill, who is behind the citizens action group for redevelopment of the Bombo Quarry, is concerned that if our Council is not proactive, planning decisions will be made for us by the Commission. “This could include additional rezoning of rural areas to meet possible increased housing targets,” he says. “We need to hold onto our green rolling hills. We need to encourage the Commission to see that we are the green lungs of the southern area, that we have strong tourism potential and that we fulfil their need for liveability.” He says the Kiama community needs to work with the councillors now to start a discussion around what planning will look like under the GCC. “The Bombo quarry could be our saviour in providing more housing sites,” he says. “We don’t want the new Planning Minister and Minister for Homes, Anthony

Roberts, to look at Kiama and decide we are not pulling our weight.” Part of the GCC’s remit is to include better transport facilities in the mega region as the aim is for more people in the six cities to work within 30 minutes of where they live. However, the IllawarraShoalhaven region is still waiting for a faster more efficient transport system. “At the last election, the NSW Coalition promised a report into faster rail,” says Mr Ward. “This report was to investigate four lines into regional NSW, including the South Coast. I have moved motions in Parliament and asked questions on notice about it. “To date, the Government has not released this report and in the interests of transparency, the Government must release this Report and tell the public what plans it has to improve public transport in our region.” Mayor Reilly says that in a recent meeting with the GCC, he raised the topic of improving transport in this region. “It’s on the agenda. I also spoke of the inadequacy of our east west connections.” Cllr Renkema-Lang says,

“On a positive note, I am pleased that the Mayor is on the front foot with regard to the GCC. “As members of the Illawarra-Shoalhaven Joint Organisation, the Mayor, the CEO and I are well placed to act co-operatively with our neighbouring councils to ensure we understand the impact it will have on local governments and to determine how we can work together to affect the best possible outcomes for Kiama and the region.” GCC Chief Executive Elizabeth Mildwater has said the Commission would focus on bringing stakeholders together to collaborate on future planning for a new city region that benefits local communities. “Each of the six cities will build on its own signature strengths and character. We’ll keep what’s working well today in each city and supercharge this with the combined power that comes with being part of the larger world-class city region.” The Commission will develop a Six Cities Strategic Plan for discussion in mid-2022, before the finalisation of a new Region Plan by the end of 2023.

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Rather than rest on their laurels after a successful season at The Kazador, Tamara and Dave from Laughterhouse Entertainment are already planning their next Kiama event – Bike the Comedy Kiama. The concept was born during COVID when they wanted to find a way for events to go ahead in a COVID safe manner. It is based on an event they had performed at in Holland many years ago, where the audience moved in small groups, on their bicycles between the performance locations. Wollongong was the first to host their idea, during COVID, but the pair always thought the beautiful Kiama coastline was perfect for a moving festival. With the help of funding from the NSW Office of Sport, the dream will be a reality on 3 July, for free! Starting at Black Beach and moving via shared pathways to Bonaira Reserve and back again, there will be five performances on route in different natural settings. “It will be the perfect combo of outdoors, culture, comedy, play, natural beauty, cycling and family fun,” says Tamara. “The 8km route is not a race, but it will have its pace set by laughter, joy, intrigue and the delight of natural beauty.” More detail in next issue or register now at fb.me/e/1JkOJ7OBx

The Draft Community Strategic Plan 2022–2032, Draft Delivery Program 2022–2023 and Operational Plan 2022–23 and Budget, and Draft Long Term Financial Plan 2022–2032 are currently on exhibition until 4.pm on Tuesday 21 June 2022. These documents are part of the Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework and set out Council’s strategic direction in supporting our Municipality. The documents and community survey to gather feedback are available on Council’s website: www.kiama.nsw.gov.au/your-say/csp You can also mail submissions to: Chief Executive Officer Kiama Municipal Council PO Box 75, Kiama NSW 2533 Submissions close 4pm, Tuesday 21 June 2022. Address all correspondence to: Chief Executive Officer 11 Manning Street (PO Box 75), Kiama 2533 Phone: 4232 0444 Website: www.kiama.nsw.gov.au RESPECT • INTEGRITY • INNOVATION • TEAMWORK • EXCELLENCE

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Savings to come Tough decisions on from bulk buying where to tighten the renewables Kiama Council’s large scale sites and street lighting will be powered from renewable energy sources once a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), made in conjunction with Shoalhaven and Shellharbour Councils, is agreed upon. The three councils have agreed to combine tendering for a PPA to provide economies of scale, attract more energy retailer interest and obtain better pricing for the agreement. Kiama Council currently uses around 4 GWh p.a of electricity, Shoalhaven Council around 30 GWh p.a and Shellharbour around 5 GWh p.a. Large scale site and street lighting account for around 80 per cent of Council’s electricity consumption. Its current supply contract expires at the end of the year. The purchase of renewable energy will help Kiama Council reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, achieve emissions reductions targets, support renewable energy generation projects within NSW and work towards its 2031 net zero emissions targets.

CEO Jane Stroud says it is essential for extra savings to be found in Council’s 2022/3 Draft Budget that is on exhibition until 21 June. “The Draft shows what it costs to run Kiama Council today, which puts us in a $7.4 million hole after a 2.5 per cent rate rise. “The challenge that we are having is that the NSW Audit Office has ‘going concern’ issues with the organisation and they will not accept a deficit budget of that size. “It would be madness on our behalf to continue with it as is.” Ms Stroud has the challenge of cutting $3 million from expenses of $80 million (after depreciation and amoritisation and borrowing costs are taken out). The task is made more difficult by every council experiencing significant increases in costs for materials and contracts, given supply chain shortages and delays and a high demand for specialist consultants. “I am having a series of by Jack Wallner meetings with the directors and each manager and I will be going through their budget line item by line item and pulling it back wherever

“We are working closely with our regional partners and other councils to get a better deal for our electricity costs,” says Jessica Rippon, Kiama Council Director Environmental Services. “This agreement will allow us to have reduced costs overall which is a benefit to us. “We’re expecting a significant saving.” Kiama, Shoalhaven and Shellharbour Council have engaged Presync to assist them in completing a request for tender process, which is currently underway. “The savings would come about immediately,” says Ms Rippon. “We are going through a process at the moment of speaking to tenderers and getting an idea of what deal we will have.” Council’s CEO, Jane Stroud, has been delegated authority, only if needed due to time constraints, to award the tender and execute the contract on Council’s behalf.

I can,” she says. “It may mean that some planned work programs have to stop or some services will have a reduction in hours of operation or the staffing model that we currently have. “It won’t be easy.” Mayor Neil Reilly agrees, but knows it has to be done. “It will be difficult for staff that have put a lot of groundwork into these programs over successive years. “In some cases we are just going to have to direct some programs to stop. “Alternatively some of the programs might be extended over a longer period so that things still happen, but maybe a little bit slower.” These cuts still need to be made even though it is possible that the sale of Akuna Street and a residential block in Irvine St may happen at the same meeting in June. While the document estimates the net gain from these sales to be $23.4 million (using a mid-point between the Akuna St offers), it cannot be used in projections until the sale is approved. “We have to wait for Council to resolve to make the sale, rather than preempt the decision,” says Ms Stroud.

“It is also possible that sale money may be used towards loan repayments.” The information in the exhibition documents only gives a big picture view of the expenses by function: • Administration • Public order and safety • Health • Community services and education • Recreation and culture • Transportation and communication • Economic affairs • Governance • Construction. The capital works schedule is also listed. Ratepayers are being encouraged to give their input on what services and programs they value, or important capital works. “When the budget goes up to Council in June, there will be a list of any community commentary, including from the Finance Advisory Committee and the Blue Haven Advisory Board,” says Ms Stroud. “The report in the Business Paper will note any savings identified.” People also have the opportunity to comment on the Long Term Financial Plan,

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which presents to scenarios: • a Base Case that represents Council’s current operating environment and actions being taken under the Strategic Improvement Plan • a Specific Scenario that takes into account the potential sale of Blue Haven without any further actions to improve the cash or operating position. Neither scenarios are judged to be operationally sustainable. It should be noted that in these projections the sale of Blue Haven is included at its insured value, $135 million, as no assessment has been done of its value as a business. Also on exhibition is a draft of the new 10 year Community Strategic Plan, which is the Municipality’s highest level strategic document. The Draft brings together the aspirations and values highlighted in community workshops, to create a vision to guide Council’s work. An online survey is open on Council’s Have Your Say page, to gather more feedback on the draft. The financial documents are also accessed from there.

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Just ahead of the premiere of her first solo show at The Kazador, homegrown comedian Diana McLaren was presented with a Creative Spirit Scholarship from the International Women’s Day Illawarra Committee. “I first heard about the award back on International Women’s Day in March, but nothing beats the thrill of being able to accept it on stage in front of 1000 people,” she says. Each year, the Committee awards seven individual scholarships of $2,000 each to encourage women in our region, who might not otherwise have the opportunity, to expand their knowledge, skill and experience in a field of their interest or in which they have shown great potential. This is only the second year the Creative Spirit Scholarship has been awarded, and it is believed to have attracted the most number of applications. Diana has put her scholarship towards getting her first solo show, called Delicious, back on track after it was rudely interrupted by COVID. After a couple of years working hard as a stand-up

Go Vita Shellharbour – Wild About Health recently had the honour of winning a prestigious National award from over 140 Go Vita stores across Australia. The Barrie Richards Memorial award is for ‘going above and beyond’, it epitomises the professionalism and dedication of their healthcare practitioners and qualified staff in assisting the local community to better health. With influenza on the rise, the Wild About Health Naturopaths/Herbalists offer a range of pre-made herbal formulas including Cold & Flu; Cough & Lung and Immune Support formulations. These liquid tonics are the comedian, Diana was getting “I was also navigating my most potent formulas on the ready to do her first solo parents’ divorce, a parent’s market. show and take the world by ill health, had to move from With naturopaths available daily, one of the health care storm when COVID changed home, and to top it all off professionals could tailor the landscape of performing my car was stolen and then make a formula to suit your arts forever. The business its replacement was rear health condition. she had developed running ended.” Now is the time to “keep five Illawarra comedy rooms, Her frank and outrageous taking your vitamin C, D and Cocoa & Butter Productions, show was received warmly at zinc” says store Owner, Jodie immediately went into freeits Kiama launch. Smith. fall as the industry collapsed. Diana is planning on “Not only is it important to Only three of the rooms leveraging off the opportuni- keep the level of these vital nutrients in your body at survived the storm: Sweet As ty created by The Kazador optimum levels, herbs like Comedy Open Mic, She’ll Be project to polish her show Echinacea, Andrographis, Right Variety nights and Not and then take it to Sydney Olive Leaf and Elecampane Bad Comedy. and Melbourne. are all essential supporting However, Diana says that in For her day job, she runs herbs during the winter some ways COVID was the running a digital marketing months. least of her problems. agency, Dems Designs.

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Analysis in on coastal risk Kiama Council has released the Stage 2 report of its Coastal Management Program, which shows which assets are at risk from coastal erosion, coastal inundation, tidal inundation and cliff and slope instability over four time periods – now, and in 20, 50 and 100 years time. Stage 2 has involved a detailed study to identify, analyse and evaluate risks, vulnerabilities and opportunities, so that long term decision making and planning can be based on scientific evidence. “We will be putting the report on exhibition for at least 28 days, and will be holding drop-in sessions and an on-line survey to encourage people to have their say,” says Council’s Director Environmental Services, Jessica Rippon.

Following the public exhibition of Stage 2, Stage 3 will identify and evaluate management options for the identified hazards and risks. Its development will involve community, agency and stakeholder consultation to identify and assess management options for the identified high priority. “At this stage all we have is the information, and this next stage is about what we do with it – what actions do we need to take to protect different areas? “We will be looking at different management options we may take, so inputting into the consultation process is important to start some of those discussions. “Are there controls or planning changes we need to make to certain parcels of land? “We need to work through what reasonable management options can occur – who is responsible for those actions, and how do they occur from a financing budget perspective?” Other management options include introducing planning controls or planning changes for

certain areas of land. Ms Rippon wasn’t personally surprised by the findings. “We really feel that Kiama is pretty lucky compared to other coastal councils, as we really don’t have that many properties that have been identified as being impacted, and for those that are impacted, it won’t be for some time. “The vast majority of impacted properties are located on public owned foreshore land. “There aren’t a lot of private properties that have been identified as being impacted at all.” While some of the inundation maps look alarming over time, they show which areas may be inundated by water at some point, depending on the event. “It means an area that will experience impact, but not all the time,” says Ms Rippon. The forecasts are based on a median sea level rise of 0.38 metres.

by the end of the year,” says Ms Rippon. “Implementation is going to be long term as there will be things that require grant funding and take time to do.” Fact sheets are being prepared to aid the consultation. The key coastal hazards are from: • Coastal erosion, which is loss of sand from a beach system via a combination of coastal processes. • Coastal inundation occurs when a combination of marine and atmospheric processes raises the water level at the coast above normal elevations, causing land that is usually ‘dry’ to become inundated by sea water. • Tidal inundation is the flooding of land by tidal action under average A register of affected assets meteorological conditions and level of risk from the hazand the incursion of sea ard has been generated for water onto low lying land each of the relevant hazards that is not normally inun(ie. coastal erosion, coastal dated, during a high sea inundation, and tidal inundalevel event such as a king tion). A summary is shown in tide or due to longer-term the box below. SLR. Council will be speaking to • Cliff and slope instability Sydney Water and Transport NSW about what the findings The report is available in mean for their assets. Council’s May Business Papers “We would like to have all on its website, and will soon be of the documentation [for in the Your Say section. management options] tied up

Significant trees slip Back in 2019, Councillor Kathy Rice’s request for a Significant Tree Register ended up with a motion to create an informal one, to save time and money. However Council’s May Meeting heard that somehow a further motion in 2020 to continue developing the spreadsheet had been overlooked, leading to little progress. The last of the twelve trees was added in August 2021. There is no current record of significant trees in the Municipality and Cllr Rice believes a significant tree register, even if it is an informal or draft register at the moment, is important so they can be noted and kept track of. Cllr Rice is now encouraging community members, to notify her and Council of trees that they believe are significant to the area. “Probably the first thing Council needs to establish before they add anything to it even in draft form is what criteria they’re going to use to determine what a significant tree is,” she says. “I think the trees have to be healthy, living, old and a good specimen but I also think trees that are contributing to local history as well are quite important.”

The Report’s summary of the key areas impacted by the three hazards assessed (ie, coastal erosion, coastal inundation, and tidal inundation): • Jones Beach

Has a medium risk rating for coastal inundation. The shrubland behind the beach, some stormwater pits/outlets and the Kiama Downs SLSC have a high risk of being impacted by coastal inundation at 2120. • Bombo Beach Bombo Beach and dunes are predicted to be impacted by all three hazards. Coastal erosion and inundation have been rated as having the greatest impacts though (extreme risks for several sections for all timeframes). The beach and dunes are very important features as they provide a protective buffer to the trainline and station, major highway, and several key assets including sewer and water for the Kiama area that are located behind the beach area. In the southern area of Bombo Beach, the South Coast Rail Bridge (over Spring Creek), and several sewer mains and stormwater pits have also been given an extreme to high risk rating for coastal inundation impacts, for all timeframes, and will be a focus for the next stage of this CMP • Kiama Boat Harbour The boat harbour is impact

at all timeframes), including ed by only coastal and tidal the beach environment itself inundation, however both (including the seawall under hazards have been found beach), Easts Beach Holiday to result in a high – exPark, and several sewer/ treme risk to several assets water mains. within the area (for all timeframes), including the • Werri Beach helipad, infrastructure and Werri Beach is predicted to services within the Robbe impacted by all three of ertson Basin, Kiama boat the hazards, and each have ramp, Shoalhaven Street, been found to provide a Blowhole Point Access high – extreme risk to severRoads, several stormwater al assets within the area (for pits/pipes, sewer mains/ differing hazards, but at all pipes and the Fisherman’s timeframes), including the markets. beach and dune environment itself, the shrubland • Surf and Kendalls Beaches behind the beach, and Both these beaches are Pacific Avenue (south of impacted by all three of the Werri Beach Holiday Park). hazards, and each have been found to provide a • Gerroa high – extreme risk to sevSeveral areas around the eral assets within the areas entrance to the Crooked (for differing hazards, but River have been predicted at all timeframes), including to be impacted by coastal the beaches themselves, and tidal inundation hazKiama SLSC, Saint Peter and ards, and each have been Paul Catholic Church/parts found to provide a high of the Primary School lands, – extreme risk to several Coronation Park, Kendalls assets within the area (for on the Beach Holiday Park, differing hazards, and most several sewer mains/pipes, timeframes), including the and several stormwater pipes. Seven Mile Beach and dune environment itself, several • Easts Beach residences along Burke Easts Beach is predicted to Parade, Seven Mile Holiday be impacted by all three of Park, and several key biodithe hazards, and each have verse habitats (inc. Eucalypt been found to provide a Forests, Native Grasslands, high – extreme risk to sevShrubland/Heathland, eral assets within the area Floodplain Forest). (for differing hazards, but

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Knitters of the world unite

On Saturday June 11, Kiama knitters will pick up their needles and yarn to celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day at Blue Haven Bonaira. They invite everyone to come, have a knit or just enjoy a Devonshire tea and buy some of the crafts on sale. Kiama’s Mayor, Councillor Neil Reilly, will open the event at 10am. “In return, the Kiama Knitters Guild and Wrap with Love will present him with a pair of knitted fingerless texting mittens,” says event organiser Boni Maywald – a suitably useful handmade mayoral gift. The Kiama Worldwide Knit in Public Day is one of hundreds held around the world. This annual global event

shows that knitting is for all ages, not just for grannies. Knitting is fun, especially when you are doing it with friends, and you can make things you can be proud of. Two dozen local handmade blankets will be on display at Bonaira and a couple of blankets will be prizes for a raffle. The day is not just a celebration of knitting, but also a chance for Friends of Bonaira, family and supporters of the Bonaira Care Home and ILU Residents to get together once again. Residents from Blue Haven Terralong and Blue Haven Bonaira have been busy making craft which will also be available for sale at the Bonaira event. Over the past year, Kiama’s craftspeople have been busy knitting squares to be sewn together to make wraps and blankets. COVID has meant that while group knit-ins have been restricted, it hasn’t stopped the solo knitter from being busy. “Through the past two years of COVID many local community groups have been through difficult closures and restrictions,” says Boni. “But through it all,

our locals have kept on making and contributing what they can in their homes, including hand-stitched blankets for distribution through Wrap With Love, to support those in need of warmth and TLC.” Boni and husband Peter Maywald gather up these blankets and squares and drive them up to the Wrap With Love warehouse in Alexandria. From here, the blankets are sent out to people in need in countries such as Armenia, Cambodia, Syria and Ukraine and more recently to bushfire and flood affected people in Australia. “Each year our area do-

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nates around 440 finished blankets,” says Boni. “This year we will display two dozen of the best locally made blankets on Worldwide Knit in Public Day to share some of the skills and joy in making, once again in a public event, especially for those so severely impacted by rolling lockdowns of the care home over the past two years.” BH Terralong crafters have been supporting residents of the care home for many years, through fundraising organised under the Friends of Blue Haven, more recently renamed (with the 2019 move of the care home) to Friends of Bonaira. Carers, friends and family

of those living in Bonaira Aged Care will be encouraged to help their loved ones share in the event (a fete by any other name) in whatever way they are able, as arrangements at Matterson Hall will optimise their inclusion and access. Worldwide Knit in Public Day: Craft sales, Raffle, Devonshire Teas, Meet the Makers. Saturday June 11, 10am, Matterson Hall, Blue Haven Bonaira, by Perrie Croshaw

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Surfing at the Museum Gerringong Library and Museum (GLaM) is the new home for a display of local surfing memorabilia, movies and photos from the 70s, 80s and 90s, and this is going to be celebrated at the next Night at the Museum. “This night came about from a chance meeting with Mike Farrell two years ago,” says Jeff McCarthy, one of the founding members in 1981 of the Werri Beach Boardriders’ Club. “Mike, an early Secretary of the Club, had a Super 8 camera and water camera and took lots of photos. He told me he had 1,400 feet of film and didn’t know what to do with it. “From there we had the idea to convert the film to MP4 format with funding from the Boardriders’ Club.” Jeff and other exhibition organisers, including Keith Sawers who edited the footage, will talk about the places and faces of the early surf culture. “The night at GLaM will be a celebration of these early days of the surfing community and the social life centered around Werri Beach,” says Jeff.

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Already they’ve learnt to cook a range of recipes including French toast, hummus and tortillas. All of the theory work and cooking materials are provided by Ozharvest. “It’s a STEM based unit so we incorporate science and technology, health, English and maths into it,” says Ms Groves. This is the first time the school has run the program and there has been such a positive response from all of the students and their parents that they plan to run it again. The Ozharvest volunteer who has been helping out at the school, Pip Aitken, says the program is open to any other local school and encourages them to contact Ozharvest to get involved.

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New book encourages us Get your garden ready to take care of ourselves Chelsea Pottenger – an international motivational speaker, mindfulness and meditation coach from Gerringong – has just released her first book. The Mindful High Performer is designed to give you the tools to refresh your mind, reduce stress, reframe negative thinking and bolster your resilience, so you can operate at a high-performance level without feeling overwhelmed, overworked or simply over it. “Self-care isn’t selfish, it’s self-preservation,” she says. This just might be the perfect wellbeing tonic after a global pandemic. A leading authority on mental health, Chelsea is the founder and director of EQ Minds an ambassador for R U OK? and the Gidget Foundation Australia. She has worked with some of the world’s largest global brands including Google, eBay, Uber, Macquarie Bank and Estee Lauder, training more than 90,000 professionals every year to take charge of their mental wellbeing. Chelsea says we can change ourselves and the world “one deep breath at a time”. “For me, it took hitting rock bottom to finally look into the science and research behind mindfulness tactics in order

to be able to sustain being a high performer,” she says. “Before that, I fell into the same trap that I see so many others fall into. The trap of being in a cycle of being busy and not taking care of your mental health.” Six years ago, Chelsea experienced severe post-natal depression, so severe it landed her in a psychiatric hospital. “As a self-described high performer, the last place I thought I’d be nine weeks into motherhood and my maternity leave was somewhere with padded walls.” In her journey to recovery, she dived headfirst into a psychology degree, devoured books about neuroscience, mental health, productivity and gut health. “I radically shifted my priorities to put my mental health first, adopting habits and tools that made my daily performance not only more effective but also infinitely more enjoyable.” In The Mindful High Performer Chelsea has used all of this experience to create a toolkit to help strengthen

your mental and physical health. It is a guide for those who want to perform at their best in work and in life, with a focus on mental fitness. “So many entrepreneurs experience burnout and severe health issues because they are taught to be productive and selfless for work and for others in their lives. However, if we don’t take care of our mental health and we don’t practise mindfulness, it will be hard to be a high performer in any aspect of our lives.”

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The Kiama Garden Club’s motto is When the Going Gets Tough – the Tough Get Gardening and this is particularly apt considering the deluge of rain we have experienced. Given how long it may take to whip your garden into shape, the Club has recently launched its Spring Garden Competition. The Competition categories are: Garden over ¼ acre; Garden under ¼ acre; Edible Garden; Predominantly Native Garden; Balcony/Indoor; Courtyard; Senior Living Complex Garden; Children’s Garden. Even though you have until the end of September to enter, the advice is to start now to see results then. Here are some tips from the experts to get your garden looking its best for the judging in October. Elizabeth Burnett, Burnetts on Barney: It’s too close to winter now to feed or rehabilitate your plants. But if plants are stressed give them a tonic such as worm castings, worm wee or seaweed concentrates. People who have clay can put some gypsum in. But forget about those soggy areas. Instead, knowing that it’s going to be a wet winter, bring your pruning schedule forward to reduce the chance of fungus.

Prune plants away from the house to reduce mould and get as much light and air into both your plants and your house. Concentrate on your indoor garden. Luke Maitland, owner of Native Grace nursery and garden design studio: Don’t rush to replant. Noone wants to see a gap in the garden but until we get some nice sunny days before replanting. Work with what you have and look at what your soil is doing now. A lot of plants that will handle the wet will handle the dry whereas the reverse isn’t necessarily true. Keep good hygiene in the garden, removing dead plants and dead foliage as wet weather will bring fungal problems. Consider plants that will provide habitat and shelter for native birds and animals, ones which don’t require sprays and ones which will flower all year round. John Gabriele, horticulturist and Competition judge: Don’t be too tidy in your garden. Scruffiness, in some respects, can be part of the garden’s charm. It’s vital, however, to make sure your edges are clean and sharp, because like a good picture, good edges provide a framework for the garden.

The use of whimsy is wonderful. Tuck ornaments among the plants to draw attention, but don’t over do it and don’t clutter the garden. Don’t mow the lawn the day before judging. Give it a high nitrogen fertilizer a couple of weeks beforehand to green it up. Mow it the week before judging to allow it to settle back in so it looks lush and a verdant green. With plant selection, create a vertical lift with strap-leaf plants. Remove lower leaves on these plants to get better definition. Use annuals to infill but consider groups or mass planting. Don’t do confetti gardening – choosing just one of those and one of these. Just before judging, put a light layer of mulch to tidy everything up. Entries close 23 Sept, with the judging 10-14 Oct, and presentation on 28 Oct. Entry forms from Burnetts on Barney, Kiama Library and Elders Jamberoo or from the Club’s facebook page Enquiries to the Club Secretary via kiamagcsecretary@gmail.com or phone Ursula on 0451 115 972 by Perrie Croshaw

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A chance to talk about death

POSTCARD HOME Greetings from Germany where I’ve been for nearly two weeks now touring my new album, My Paris. It’s going exceptionally well and I couldn’t be happier having won Album of the Week for Classic FM UK, Berlin RRB Radio and Sr radio Germany already! I write you from Hamburg during a break from concerts and the press… staying in a little cottage on the edge of the Bismarck forest in Schleswig-Holstein region. I landed in Frankfurt on the 16 May after 32 hours flying with a four year old on our laps (asking ‘are we there yet’… which started while still on the tarmac in Sydney!). She went off with her father to stay with his parents, and I started my tour. Jet lagged in body but ready to roll in mind, I had a six hour rehearsal in Munich before taking another five hour train to a festival at Koblenz on the Rhine river. I stayed in the most incredible house built in c.1520!!! White asparagus (it’s asparagus season), German potatoes, ham and hollandaise sauce for dinner – we were off to a very good start. Koblenz was followed by Bonn. My first time ever in the former German capital. I was thrilled to perform in the prestigious concert hall associated with the

Beethoven House, as Bonn is Beethoven’s birth town and where he spent much of his life. Then Hamburg, Potsdam, Berlin… Radio, TV, concerts, fighting jet lag but grateful to be on the road again. Many people ask me how is the COVID situation and how has it effected my industry. While the tour was is a success, the music industry, particularly classical music, is still looking very grim. COVID dramatically affected all performing arts but particularly classical music as its audience is predominantly in the higher risk category. Promotors Germany-wide are finding it hard to get the public back out and into the concert halls. Many fear COVID has changed the attitude and habit towards live performance for good, but we live in hope this is not so. I can’t close without saying the war feels very close. The train stations host many refugees, there are Ukrainian flags and meeting points everywhere, and the train station commentary is in Ukrainian signaling these poor exhausted people where to go. One fights tears to see these poor people clutching their belongings, having said goodbye to so much,

With an objective to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives, Death Cafés have become a worldwide movement for people to get together and talk about death and their own mortality. A Death Café organised by the Illawarra-Shoalhaven Compassionate Community will give locals a safe space to discuss death with no agenda, objectives or themes. “We’re trying to demystify death,” says Roe Kitchin. “Death has become much more of a taboo topic in today’s community particularly compared to hundreds of years ago when death was much more a part of life. not knowing when they will to their father and is clinging Now we can preserve life a lot longer, so most people are return home… and return to to their tired mother in a what? foreign country’s train station facing their first death in the When will their country looking for accommodation. family much later in life.” The first Death Café was be free, and peaceful again? Most of them don’t have held in England in 2011 and When will their country be suitcases but their belongsince then, there have been operational again? They look ings in plastic bags. so broken. How lucky we are. Ana de la Vega, Kiama over 11,000 held in over 73 countries. To be Australian. “This Death Cafe may be It’s one thing to read the If you’d like to share your bigger than the ones we’ve news and see the pictures, travel story, send your held before in Jamberoo and but it’s quite another to look postcard to: news@ Kiama,” says Roe. in the eyes of a tired scared thebuglenewspaper.com.au “We will sit in a large circle, child who has said goodbye

like a friendship circle, and a person will introduce the afternoon and speak about being comfortable with what you’re prepared to share and how it is not a counselling session but a group directed discussion. There are no questions barred. “People have sometimes said a Death Café sounds like an awful topic but that’s what it’s about - let’s not hide it.” The Illawarra-Shoalhaven Compassionate Community will also be holding a Dying to Know Day event at Gerringong Library and Museum on 9 August, using a slightly different format. Friday 10 June, Kiama Library from 2pm. To register, visit: www.trybooking.com and search ‘death café kiama’ by Jack Wallner

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