Loyalty and Leaks: The Untold Gilmore Story, a television documentary put together by well-known local cameraman and producer Michael Pignataro, exposed many of the amazing comings and goings, not only during the campaign, but in the lead-up to the election

Pignataro spent fours years capturing and editing footage for the final product.

The three-part documentary which has already been screened once on Sky News on WIN, took us behind the scenes and is now back for an encore run.

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The documentary will again run for three weeks on Sky News on WIN from Saturday, August 22 at 8pm.

The man affectionately known as Piggsy said he was thrilled the documentary was getting a second airing.

"It was popular when it was first screened and is back for a second run." he said.

"I know a lot of people saw it but a few have told me they missed particular episodes, so now they have the chance to watch it all again. To see what they might have missed."

It features the four main local Liberal Party players - then Shoalhaven Mayor Jo Gash, State MPs Shelley Hancock and Gareth Ward and incumbent Gilmore member Ann Sudmalis.

"They were the big players locally," he said.

But when alliances started to fracture, party lines gave way to a messy, and at times bloody campaign.

Ms Sudmalis missed out on Liberal federal pre-selection, the long-serving Gilmore Federal Electoral Conference (FEC) was replaced, Grant Schultz gained Liberal Party endorsement which then wasn't confired by the state executive, Prime Minister Scott Morrison parachuted former Labor boss Warren Mundine in as the Liberal candidate, Jo Gash and Anne Sudmalis threw their support behind Nationals' candidate Katrina Hodgkinson.

All the while Labor candidate Fiona Phillips went about her work, continued her campaigning and eventually won Gilmore.

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Like many members of the local media Piggsy was along for the ride as this amazing campaign played out, very publicly at times.

"It really was incredible how it all played out," he said.

"I didn't set out to make a documentary. Initially I just started filming for work, collecting interviews and archiving them.

"It wasn't until ScoMo parachuted Mundine in that we knew we had a unique story.

"And we had the backstory all there on film.

"When the parachute dropped WIN really became interested in me putting something together for broadcast, not just here but on a national stage.

"We had the 'Awesome Foursome' - Gash, Sudmalis, Ward and Hancock - four strong Liberals, but they aren't the 'Awesome Foursome' any more.

"It just imploded in front of our eyes and made for some great television.

"A lot of people couldn't believe what we captured them all saying at different times.

"We were often asked 'did they really say that?'

"I didn't have an agenda or theme for the project. I just wanted it to be a real behind the scenes look, very candid and we managed to capture that.

"Everyone was very forthcoming with what they had to say and in taking part.

"At some stages they were angry how everything was playing out in the mainstream media and we were able to capture that. They were trying to present their messages but we were able to get in behind the scenes."

He said despite that, the "main players" were happy with the final production.

"It really didn't paint any of them in a good light," he said.

"Their reactions to the documentary was one of the things I was worried about.

"But they were all pretty happy, they thought it was balanced and fair in its storytelling.

"There were some shenanigans and we exposed some.

"One of my favourite quotes was when Gareth Ward described Neil Reilly as the 'oldest teenager in the Illawarra' - Neil was even happy with that and found it funny."

Piggsy has been covering local news with WIN for 14 years and says the recent goings on at Shoalhaven City Council has also provided him with plenty of footage.

"I've covered council for a number of years and at the moment they are pretty colourful meetings," he said.

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"My goal is to get a three hour meeting down to a 1 minute 20 second news segment.

"I'm certainly not having that much trouble at the moment the way things are playing out.

"And I think our role now is even more important with COVID restrictions etc the meetings are closed so we can at least shed some light on what is going on.

"This is politics and it's playing out that way.

"Everyone wants the top job and that's what Loyalty and Leaks was about. The fight for the top job. Everyone wanted it - Shultz, Mundine, Phillips, Hodgkinson.

"They all wanted it and that's like council, everyone wants to be mayor and are doing anything to bring the current mayor down.

"At the moment it's making for great television.

"Who knows there may be a Loyalty and Leaks Part 2?"