Highlands Residents Association

04/05/2023

With rates continuing to rise is this adequate or do you believe council could do better?
This is drainage on Centenial Road.

01/04/2023

The HRA was notified about the terrible state of Centenial Road. Maybe our new local MP, Judith Hannan might like to follow this up?
Take care everyone!

29/03/2023

Plasrefine meeting at Wingecarribee Shire Council Chambers on April 5. Make sure to book as numbers are limited!

Please join us for an update on the Plasrefine proposal.

21/03/2023

The HRA received news yesterday that two sacked councillors, Graham McLaughlin and Peter Nelson have been handing out for Labor at pre-poll. How does this make you feel?
For the sake of transparency maybe someone from Labor can make a comment if this is true.

14/02/2023

Last week the HRA conducted polling in regards to the communities support for ‘Cars and Coffee’. It was overwhelming to see how many people responded (approximately 1.3k) and of those respondents 99% support the day continuing. This was a landslide result and Berrima Residents Association should pay close attention to this!

Below is the email that has been forwarded to council and we also CC’d the BRA, let’s see if they pay any attention to the community they claim to represent. We will keep you updated if and when we receive a response.

Dear Ms Miscamble,

I wish to contact you about the consultation session held in Berrima on Monday 6 February 2023 relating to the future of ‘Cars and Coffee’ in the village. Firstly, the Highlands Residents Association was deeply concerned to find out that there are moves within community being orchestrated, largely by the Berrima Residents Association to have the event cancelled.

The HRA believes it would be detrimental to remove ‘Cars and Coffee’ from Berrima due to the income it generates for surrounding business, the boost it gives to tourism across the region and the fact that a majority of the participants drive responsibly and respect their surroundings. The Hume Highway Patrol even expressed their support on the evening for ‘Cars and Coffee’ and wish to participate in the future. We do accept that some of the points raised in relation to safety were valid, particularly in regards to traffic and pedestrian management and look forward to council undertaking a proactive approach in relation to this. However, a lot of the opposing points raised by the Berrima Residents Association were exaggerated and couldn’t be validated when asked. We also note that this association has opposed a number of positive economic developments for the village under the guise of ‘heritage’ most recently being the sale of Berrima Gaol.

The HRA has conducted polling which has determined that an overwhelming majority of the community support ‘Cars and Coffee’ remaining in Berrima. Approximately 1,300 individuals participated in the poll which saw 99% of the participants in favour. It is essential that this day continues in Berrima and that council supports it. I will also highlight that the Southern Highlands won’t survive without tourism.

14/02/2023

Only 25 seats left. Come along and get to know the candidates for Wollondilly and Goulburn.
There will be questions from the floor and towards the end of the event offer each candidate the opportunity to ask one candidate a question.
Peach Robb MC
Cristian King - Fact checker

Meet the candidate event for the upcoming 2023 State Election, hosted by Southern Highlands Express weekly newspaper.

06/02/2023

FYI

31/01/2023

Wendy Tuckerman has confirmed she is running for a second term in Goulburn.