Can you tell me of one major intersection on the Pacific Highway which has a roundabout?

I can think of one only. We who live in the locality are being short changed again by bleeding heart bean counters who in a few years will want to upgrade to a flyover which should be introduced know, not 15 years down the track.

Yesterday our community witnessed the wanton destruction of trees on the Huskisson Church site that Indigenous people tell us were marker trees for the burial of their ancestor known as King Budd Billy. The disrespect is breathtaking. The developer said publicly that he has 'done nothing wrong'. We suppose he thinks 'nothing wrong' means 'nothing unlawful'. This may be true. But everything is wrong about what is happening on this site.

The trees came down under council's pernicious 45 degree rule that gives owners enormous latitude to fell trees. It only exists in the Shoalhaven. When he moves the church to a different part of the block the rule can be used to fell more trees. The next move may be to move it, and this will allow more trees to be felled. All this is happening before there has been settlement on the sale of the land, before the land is rezoned and before any development approval has been given and before sale of the land has been settled. The Anglican Church owns it. We have asked council over and over for public consultation. So has the Jerrinja Land Council, owners of the adjoining block. An unholy trinity of council, church and developer. Culturally sensitive use of the land could create decent jobs but council is stuck in the tired old groove of mindless development at any social cost. A 16 metre high building. Really? A hotel built over a graveyard. Really?

The 1970s: Scientists become increasingly aware earth's climate is changing.

Severe winters in Asia and the US lead press to conjecture that the world is getting colder.

This is not what science was saying. Instead the World Meteorological Association issued a warning in June 1976 that a significant warming of global climate was probable.

The 1980s: The effects of acid rain (discovered in the 17th century) become more noticeable from the 1970s as population and industrialisation grow.

Through the 1980s scientists work with governments and clean air acts are put in place, limiting sulphur and nitrogen emissions.

Because of this action acid rain levels have dropped 65 perf cent since 1976.

The 1990s: the hole in the ozone layer was discovered in 1982.

Scientists discover the cause is human made chemicals and that its depletion would be harmful to all life on earth.

Governments worked together to create an international treaty that everyone abided by and the ozone began to recover in the 2000s.

The 2000s: The world becomes very aware of 'Global Warming' (term coined in 1975 by Columbia University) and 'Climate Change' (1979 by the National Academy of Science). Both terms mean that science is telling is its getting hot out there.

The five warmest years on record, globally and in Australia, are the most recent five years.

Predicted by Garnaut in 2008 that we would start to feel the effects by 2020.

We need to learn the value of listening to science and working co-operatively.

That will give our children hope.