Bernadette Clarke

Jun 22, 2024 | abc.net.au | James Tugwell |Bernadette Clarke

In 1926, a Yuin woman from Moruya on the NSW south coast sat down to pen a letter to the King. Jane Duren was writing to King George V asking for her grandchildren to be allowed to attend Batemans Bay Public School. That letter, signed and stamped, would be received by Buckingham Palace, endorsed by the Australian Governor-General, and end up as an important artefact of cultural change in the state's archives.

May 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Bernadette Clarke

Sydney has its Sculpture by the Sea, but a small town on the NSW south coast is now matching its lucrative prize pool. Sculpture for the Clyde has attracted thousands of people to Batemans Bay, and offered a first-prize purse of $100,000. Sculptor Ingrid Morley said she was so excited she felt "light-headed" when she heard her name called out as the winner. Her piece The Past is Just Behind will be permanently displayed on the Batemans Bay foreshore.

Apr 10, 2024 | abc.net.au | Bernadette Clarke |Eddie Williams

In short: An unusual oceanic event known as a halocline has occurred in Tathra off the NSW south coast. It appeared following heavy rainfall which battered the east coast of Australia on Thursday and Friday last week. What's next? An oceanographer from UNSW says her research team needs to understand more about extreme events like haloclines. When Terry Dixon wandered along his usual walking route around the Tathra headland on the New South Wales far south coast, he stumbled on a rare phenomenon.

Apr 1, 2024 | refresh.news | Bernadette Clarke

This third-generation logger says he is on the verge of bankruptcy but environmental advocates blame government inaction and say they will continue to put pressure on the industry until native forest logging is banned. Powered by the Echo RSS Plugin by CodeRevolution.

Apr 1, 2024 | abc.net.au | Bernadette Clarke

In short: NSW south coast timber workers say rolling stop-work orders are putting pressures on the industry. Stop-work orders usually last up to 40 days but were in place for 160 days in Tallaganda and Flat Rock State Forests  to protect the endangered greater gliders. What's next? In line with other states, environmentalists want NSW to put an end to native forest logging by 2025.