Media coverage

Sandon Point has received substantial coverage in the mainstream press, for more than a decade. Included here is a small fraction, covering a range of issues. This collection is illustrative of the breadth and depth of community support for SPATE and the protection of Sandon Point.

Sandon Views - Notice of Development Approval

Stockland Other 7 January 2010

Dear Resident,
We would like to inform you that Sandon Point North has been approved for development by the Department of Planning. Stockland intends to develop an integrated master planned community in this location, whilst maintaining the area's important environmental and Aboriginal heritage.

Sandon foes digging in

Laurel-Lee Roderick Illawarra Mercury 17 December 2009

Project approval not the end, vow campaigners
Sandon Point campaigners have vowed to keep fighting development of the former industrial site after the State Government yesterday announced its approval of Stockland's 181 lot residential subdivision.

Gov'ts green light for Sandon Point

Laurel-Lee Roderick Illawarra Mercury 16 December 2009

Keneally gives go-ahead for $22m project
Stockland's $22 million residential subdivision at Sandon Point has been approved by the State Government, paving the way for more than 180 houses and 80 apartments to be constructed on the controversial site.

Bid to overturn rezoning decision

Laurel-Lee Roderick Illawarra Mercury 15 December 2009

A Sandon Point lobby group has called for a rethink of the State Government's decision to rezone two-thirds of the site for residential development.
The Save Sandon Point Coalition has accused NSW Premier and former planning minister Kristina Keneally of ignoring the adivce of experts and says the footprint approved for redsidential is more than twice the area recommended for rezoning by the Commission of Inquiry in 2003.

Last act: Keneally approves rezoning

Laurel-Lee Roderick Illawarra Mercury 10 December 2009

Sandon Point has been rezoned under new legislation quietly passed by the State Government in Premier Kristina Keneally's final week as Minister for Planning.

The new legislation, passed on November 27, overrides Wollongong City Council zonings and other state planning policies.

Dykes may be vital in stemming Venice effect

Mathew Moore The Sydney Morning Herald 14 November 2009

DYKES, seawalls and other barriers may have to be built to save thousands of coastal properties, many of them in Sydney and Melbourne, according to a landmark study.

The first attempt to assess the risk that climate change poses to the nation's coastal communities estimates that between 22 and 35 per cent of 711,000 coastal properties around Australia are at risk. Sixty per cent of those vulnerable houses are in NSW and Queensland.

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