by Mitchell Harley | Dec 13, 2025 | Blog
Back On The Myall Myall lakes and rivers hold many secrets. It is an area blessed with relatively unspoilt landscapes and tannin-colored waters. North from Port Stephens on the NSW coast, the Lower Myall River winds its way between two sand barriers within the...
by Mitchell Harley | Nov 22, 2025 | Blog
River Estuary of Death – Fish Kill on the Richmond River At the NSW Coastal Conference in November 2025, held at Ballina on the Richmond River, much was heard of the impact of recent flood events. In opening the conference before the 260 participants, the Mayor...
by Mitchell Harley | Nov 9, 2025 | Blog
Environmental Reforms: Opportunities That Must Not Be Missed The Australian Parliament has another opportunity to reform laws that will address the huge array of issues confronting the degradation of Australia’s environment. Since 1996 successive State of Environment...
by Mitchell Harley | Oct 21, 2025 | Blog
Marine Conservation in Australia My attention has been drawn to a paper just published with the very forthright title” Marine conservation leadership: does Australia walk the talk” (C. Klein et al., 2025, Conservation Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13147). It...
by Mitchell Harley | Oct 1, 2025 | Blog
Coastal Management in NSW – Auditor General Report September 2025 The Auditor-General in NSW has recently released a report on coastal management in NSW. The specific objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Climate Change, Energy,...
by Mitchell Harley | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog
Climate Change Risk To Our Coastal Cities Confronting the nation’s coastal urban cities as it approaches 2055, 30 years on, will be both higher sea levels and air and water temperatures. And 50 years from now (in 2075) sea levels will be substantially higher (and...