Feral cats of Kangaroo Island are part of its ecosystem — Dr Bittar, 2015.04.15

April 15th, 2015

Kangaroo Island Council not functioning properly — interview of Cr Walkom, 2014.07.11

July 12th, 2014

Kangaroo Island Council dire financial situation, part 2 – Interview of Cr Walkom, 2014.07.07

July 10th, 2014

Storm in a cup of tea – Ombudsman’s contribution to a saga involving Cr Walkom — Bittar 2014.07.05

July 5th, 2014

How to undermine a conscientious councillor — Interview of Cr Walkom, 2014.07.04

July 4th, 2014

Sewerage planned for Penneshaw, prudential review: 5 major problems unaddressed — Knight, Shirley, 2014.07.01

July 1st, 2014

Kangaroo Island would be well inspired to adhere to the slow-food movement — Pr. Higgins-Desbiolles, 2014.06.05

June 7th, 2014

KIFA’s narrow objectives are those of government and tourism developers — Cr Walkom, 2014.05.18

May 19th, 2014

Gastroenteritis and Kingscote sewage – Council does not address the matter — Cr Liu 2014.05.07

May 8th, 2014

KIpolis will not be drawn in the censuring and silencing of Cr Walkom — G. Bittar, 2014.02.08

February 8th, 2014

Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size — Stephenson et al 2014

January 18th, 2014

The educational and moralising role of urban animals – Benson 2013

December 12th, 2013

Bats die massively at wind farms — Hayes 2013

November 17th, 2013

An experimental investigation into the effects of traffic noise on distributions of birds — McClure et al. 2013

November 11th, 2013

An invasive daisy can be favourable to local pollinators — Prasad and Hodge 2013

October 18th, 2013

Garden plants do not have to be native to help most pollinating insects — Garbuzov and Ratnieks 2013

October 18th, 2013

From Dubos to the 21st century: Reconciling conflicting perspectives for biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene — Kueffer and Kaiser-Bunbury 2013

October 15th, 2013

“Green energy” vs nature and the environment – news from Germany, 2013.03.12

October 13th, 2013

Germany: mutiny in the land of wind turbines – 2013.07.12

October 13th, 2013

Wind turbines fiasco: the news from Germany — Dr Bittar, 2013.10.13

October 13th, 2013

Why is Council in financial and management trouble ? — Short interview of Cr Walkom, 2013.09.29

October 1st, 2013

Without feral cats, Kangaroo Island would be a Rat Island — Dr G. Bittar 2013.09.30

September 30th, 2013

No benefit from drilling for Kangaroo Island, only possible catastrophe — Bittar G. 2013.05.13

May 17th, 2013

Council does not have the resources to identify and manage the bushfire buffer zones as defined within its own plan — Cr Walkom’s QoN 2013.03.13

April 24th, 2013

Cygnet River fire: Council NOT interested in learning from it — Cr Liu’s QoN 2013.04.10

April 24th, 2013

Penneshaw : the LGA CWMS committee (2013.03.25) is not prepared to subsidise the full scheme

April 19th, 2013

Bushfire risks: Sapphiretown/Island Beach Association demands Council action — Carey, Ian, 2013.02.22

February 25th, 2013

Time for a ministerial enquiry into Kangaroo Island bushfire matters — Dr Bittar, Gabriel, 2013.02.18

February 18th, 2013

Council disregards bushfire expert opinion and votes: NO to community input, NO to improved communication, NO to Council responsibility, NO to improved fire safety – 2013.02.13

February 18th, 2013

A bushfire expert comments on Kangaroo Island fire prevention situation — Fenwick, Roger, 2013.02.13

February 15th, 2013

Does Council understand its legal and moral fire obligations? – G. Bittar on Cr Walkom’s unanswered QoN, 2013.01.26

January 26th, 2013

Council’s doors close on the last few shards of openness and transparency — Cr Gr. Walkom, 2013.01.16

January 16th, 2013

Council administration censors Councillor’s Question on Notice — Bittar G. 2013.01.11

January 12th, 2013

Major loss of large trees with cavities — Bittar, Gabriel 2013.01.07

January 7th, 2013

The controversy over Codes of Conduct – Councils of Ceduna and Kangaroo Island — Bittar, G. 2013.01.07

January 7th, 2013

The planned destruction of Penneshaw’s Aleppo trees — QoN by Cr Liu 2013.01.16

January 7th, 2013

Kingscote tap-water unsafe for drinking — Freedom of Information request from SA Water, 2012.10.15

October 15th, 2012

The three large Aleppo pines in Penneshaw should not be cut down — Shearman, Elizabeth, 2012.09.17; UPDATE 2013.06.10

September 17th, 2012

KIpolis’ objectives — questions to its founder, Gabriel Bittar, by Charlie Canning, 2012.07.29

August 8th, 2012

Questions on Notice – a QoN by Cr Walkom, 2012.08.08, numbers-comments by the CEO… and KIpolis

August 7th, 2012

KIFA usurping KI Council’s prerogatives? — Cr Walkom’s QoN, 2012.08.08

August 5th, 2012

Plaque and statue commemorating French explorer Nicolas Baudin — Baudin Beach, 2012.07.15

July 15th, 2012

For freedom’s sake — Councillor Chirgwin’s resignation statement, 2012.07.11

July 12th, 2012

Request for Display of design plans for Penneshaw CWMS — A petition to Council, Knight, Shirley, 2012.07.07

July 8th, 2012

What is the controversial sewerage plan for Penneshaw about? — Shirley Knight answers Charlie Canning’s questions, 2012.06.24

June 24th, 2012

Councillors who speak up have no protection against litigation — A legal analysis by Jacobsen, Jim, 2012.06.01

June 1st, 2012

The kind of “future” KIFA is brewing for Kangaroo Island — an in-depth article by Liz Melling, 2012.05.31

May 31st, 2012

Codes of Conduct — Canning, Charlie, 2012.05.26

May 26th, 2012

Kangaroo Island threatened by oil drills – a call to act by the Prideaux couple

April 30th, 2012

Culling seals would benefit neither fish stocks nor little penguins – Prof. Doroudi answers questions by Cr Walkom, 2012.04.23

April 23rd, 2012

The proposed Code of Conduct is illegal and unconstitutional — Cr Liu, 2012.03.31

March 31st, 2012

Penguins quite comfortably co-exist with their fury counterparts — Dr McKenzie, Jane, 2012.02.21

February 21st, 2012

Wilderness is no garden, and NZ fur seals are as “Australian” as the sea lions — Dr Bittar, 2012.02.05

February 8th, 2012

Unexpurgated letter of Councillors Chirgwin, Liu and Walkom regarding the attacks on them – 2011.10.26

October 26th, 2011

Councillors Walkom, Liu and Chirgwin respond to the orchestrated attacks on them – their full media statement, 2011.10.26

October 26th, 2011

The Invasive Ideology – Biologists and conservationists are too eager to demonize non-native species — Chew and Carroll 2011

September 9th, 2011

Speed and wildlife on roads are key contributors to road crashes on Kangaroo Island

August 16th, 2011

Letters to the CFS by Dr Bittar, Gabriel, and Councillor Walkom, Graham, in relation to the absence of a firebreak to the north and north-east of the very-high bushfire-risk town of American River

May 12th, 2011

Councillor Liu’s questions re Council legal expenses for investigating alleged Code of Conduct breaches by elected members, 2011.05.04

May 4th, 2011

Proposals for lowering the large and growing numbers of roads kills on Kangaroo Island – letter to MPs and PMs, by Dr G.Bittar, D. Lanthois, Pres. Baudin Beach Progress Association, K. Liu and G. Walkom, councillors – 2011.05.01; responses received

May 1st, 2011

Censorship by the mayor and administration — Unexpurgated Personal Statement made at Kangaroo Island Council by Councillor Walkom, Graham, on the 13th of April 2011

April 13th, 2011

The Bushfire Management Committee is NOT LISTENING. Letter by Dr Bittar, Gabriel, 2011.02.24, referring to Councillor Walkom’s motion on the need for bushfire safe precinct classifications to be achieved

February 24th, 2011

When will the firebreak to the north of the town of American River be implemented? Letter to the Kangaroo Island Bushfire Management Committee, by Dr Bittar, 2011.01.26

January 26th, 2011

When finally will council make the towns of American River and Parndana bushfire safe precincts ? Letter by Dr Bittar, Gabriel, 2011.01.20, referring to council’s unsatisfactory answer to Councillor Walkom’s question on the achievement of higher bushfire protection for exposed communities

January 20th, 2011

Introduced birds help Hawaiian rainforests — Foster and Robinson 2007

November 9th, 2009

Domestic cats – wildlife enemy number one or convenient scapegoats ? – Hartwell 2004

November 1st, 2009

Macquarie Island vegetation devastated because of extermination of its cats, Bergstrom et al. 2009

March 31st, 2009

Bats die massively at wind farms — Voigt et al. 2015, 2012

February 17th, 2015

Penneshaw sewerage update — Cr Liu 2014.10.21

October 21st, 2014

The Islander did not publish council candidate Nada Clark’s answers, so here they are — 2014.10.19

October 19th, 2014

Nada Clark IS candidate, whatever Council says — 2014.09.25

September 25th, 2014

The strange injunction from the mayor on candidate Walkom — 2014.09.20

September 20th, 2014

Financial situation of council – a motion for improving it turned down — 2014.06.11

June 11th, 2014

Kangaroo Island watergap motion, comments censored by Council – Cr Walkom, 2014.06.11

June 8th, 2014

Hands Across the Sand on Kangaroo Island 2014.05.17 — Tilbrook, Lara

May 14th, 2014

Evidence of wrongdoing has now become routine in Council – Cr Walkom, 2014.05.05

May 6th, 2014

Censored QoN for Council meeting 2014.04.09 — Cr Walkom

April 9th, 2014

Misleading CEO report against councillor — Cr Walkom, 2014.04.04

April 4th, 2014

Phytophthora fungus on Kangaroo Island: presentation, Tuffnell and Tilbrook, 2014.04.07

April 2nd, 2014

Issues with Penneshaw CWMS Consultation Outcomes Report, QoN – Cr Liu, 2014.04.09

March 28th, 2014

Dangerous T-junction between Hog Bay Rd and Elsegood Rd — letter to the Minister — Cr Liu. 2014.01.08

January 18th, 2014

Kingscote new street numbering scheme — QoNs and motions, Cr Liu 2014.01.22

January 18th, 2014

KI flooded roads – How much exactly did Council spend on addressing the issue ? QoNs Cr Liu 2014.01.22

January 11th, 2014

Credibility of the prudential review process for Penneshaw planned sewerage – QoNs Cr Liu 2013.12.11

December 3rd, 2013

Sewerage plans for Penneshaw, prudential review — comments by Shirley Knight, 2013.11.30

November 30th, 2013

Councillors Liu and Walkom position has been unfairly represented — Knight, Shirley 2013.09.24

September 24th, 2013

Council opts for handouts rather than fixing roads — Cr Walkom 2013.09.22

September 22nd, 2013

Penneshaw sewerage dam safety questions need an answer — Cr Liu 2013.09.13

September 3rd, 2013

Complaint against Kangaroo Island Council for failing to answer a question — Cr Liu 2013.06.28

September 3rd, 2013

Transparency and respect for community by Kangaroo Island council are at low ebb — Knight, Shirley, 2013.07.27

August 6th, 2013

CWMS Management Committee meeting 2013.06.17

August 5th, 2013

Penneshaw sewage dam location: why did the CEO omit an important document? — QoN Cr Liu 2013.08.14

August 5th, 2013

Earthquake impact on a planned sewage dam overlooking Penneshaw — QoNs Cr Liu, 2013.07.10

August 2nd, 2013

Upgrade or downgrade of Kangaroo Island airport? A reality check and a letter to Min. Albanese — Cr Walkom, 2013.07.13

July 13th, 2013

Your ruse is to suggest you do not understand the questions and pose hypotheticals which you then answer yourself in a vitriolic attack on me — Cr Walkom, 2013.07.01

July 1st, 2013

Where is the “strong, respectful debate“, Mayor Bates? — Chirgwin, Rosalie, 2013.06.24

June 24th, 2013

Penneshaw sewage plans: health, environmental and financial issues — QoNs Cr Liu 2013.06.12

June 12th, 2013

The man-hours spent not seeing the obvious has been a drain on the finances of this council — Knight, Shirley, 2013.05.25

June 3rd, 2013

Hands across the Sand 2013.05.18: say NO to offshore oil close to Kangaroo Island — Tillbrook, Lara

May 10th, 2013

Penneshaw planned sewerage dam, QoNs by Cr Liu 2013.04.10 — and sort of answers

April 19th, 2013

Council shooting the messenger — Knight, Shirley, 2013.04.14

April 14th, 2013

Aerodrome expansion debate — comment and QoN by Cr Walkom, 2013.04.10

April 10th, 2013

Sewerage endless plans for Penneshaw: years later, the public is still kept in the dark — QoN Cr Liu, 2013.03.13

March 20th, 2013

Fire plan ‘flawed’ — Black, Shauna, 2013.02.28

March 3rd, 2013

Penneshaw threatened by proposed sewage dam — Knight, Shirley, 2013.03.03

March 3rd, 2013

Community support for bushfire concerns of Crs Walkom and Liu — Knight, Shirley, 2013.02.22

February 22nd, 2013

Ratepayers need questions and answers printed in the Council Agenda — Knight, Shirley 2013.01.28

January 30th, 2013

Victims of driving cars on beaches — debate, 2013.01.23

January 24th, 2013

KI ‘Strategic Plan’: many items moved to operational – which ones? – QoN by Cr Walkom 2012.12.01

December 1st, 2012

Finances of mooring facility at Christmas Cove marina — QoN by Cr Liu for 2012.11.14

November 28th, 2012

Think local, act global! — McDonald, Scott, 2012.09.24

September 24th, 2012

Camping grounds net cost to Council: more than $130’000 pa – Cr Liu’s QoN, 2012.09.12

September 16th, 2012

The worm woman and the wriggling politicians – A story by Shirley Knight, 2012.08.11

August 12th, 2012

About missing Penneshaw jetty timber — Cr Walkom’s QoN, 2012.08.08

August 7th, 2012

What about community land on the market? — CEO answers Cr Walkom’s QoN, 2012.08.08

August 5th, 2012

Sewerage plans for Penneshaw — Cr Walkom’s QoN 2012.08.08

August 4th, 2012

SeaLink Penneshaw terminal and the town’s future — Cr Walkom’s QoN 2012.08.08

August 4th, 2012

Council watchdog association needed — Davis, Linda, 2012.07.30

July 30th, 2012

Christmas Cove is threatened by unfinished council works — QoN by Cr Liu for 2012.08.08

July 28th, 2012

About threatening someone with defamation case, then “forgiving” — Davis, Linda, 2012.07.23

July 25th, 2012

Upcoming interviews on Kangaroo Island’s Community Radio Station, 90.7 KIX-FM, July 29th and Aug. 19th, 6pm

July 24th, 2012

Council’s plans for a sewerage in Penneshaw: Now is the time for the people of Penneshaw to be let into the council’s secret — Knight, Shirley, UPDATE2 2012.07.25

July 8th, 2012