Kiama Community Radio's Podcast

In this podcast you can hear Melinda Lawton and Jordan Casson-Jones  from Group E .  KCR has interviewed the first person on all tickets who have nominated as candidates in the upcoming Council elections on September 14th.  All candidates were asked the same questions, and candidates did not know in advance what the questions would be. There were 9 questions and candidates were given a maximum of...

In this podcast you can hear Mike Cains from Group F.  KCR has interviewed the first person on all tickets who have nominated as candidates in the upcoming Council elections on September 14th.  All candidates were asked the same questions, and candidates did not know in advance what the questions would be. There were 9 questions and candidates were given a maximum of either 1 or 2 minutes to respo...

In this podcast you can hear Yasmin Tatrai and Gail Morgan from Group G  KCR has interviewed the first person on all tickets who have nominated as candidates in the upcoming Council elections on September 14th.  All candidates were asked the same questions, and candidates did not know in advance what the questions would be. There were 9 questions and candidates were given a maximum of either 1 or...

In this podcast you can hear Mark Croxford who is running with a team of 4.  KCR has interviewed the first person on all tickets who have nominated as candidates in the upcoming Council elections on September 14th.  All candidates were asked the same questions, and candidates did not know in advance what the questions would be. There were 9 questions and candidates were given a maximum of either 1...

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Councillor Jodi Keast, who is retiring from Council at the the upcoming election.  Recorded 6.8.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Councillor Karen Kenkama Lang, who is retiring from Council at the next election.  Recorded 13.8.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Craig Castree is a horticulturalist from Werribee, west of Melbourne and has grown his own food for as long as he can remember . Craig is also the vice president of the Werribee Park Heritage Orchard and has written a number of books about growing food and edible gardens.  Craig wants to make growing food easier for all of us by explaining we should not plant vegetables in rows, turn the soil, app...

Phil Lavers left the corporate world in 2006 and bought Moonacre Farm in the Southern Highlands where he uses biodynamic principle to grow 44 acres of vegetables.  Phil says he started as a vegie farmer, then realised he was a soil farmer and now thinks of himself as a microbe farmer. Phil made this presentation as part of Books in the Garden at Burnetts on Barney  for the Kiama Readers’ Festival,...

The Kiama Readers' Festival was launched at Kiama Library by Fred Smith, the 'singing diplomat' and well-known raconteur who  kept the audience captivated with his stories, songs and footage.   In his other life Fred is a diplomat and his latest book  The Sparrows of Kabul , is his personal account of Australia’s mission to evacuate visa and passport holders from Kabul International...

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Mayor Neil Reilly. Recorded 30.7.24.  KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Currently the Mayor of Kiama is elected by the Councillors for a 2 year term.  The upcoming Council elections on September 14th will include a referendum to decide whether or not, from the 2028 Council election, the Mayor will be directly elected by the voters in the Kiama Municipality, rather than by the Councillors.  On 30th July 2024 The Bugle Newspaper organised a debate to present the argumen...

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Councillor Matt Brown.  Recorded 16.7.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Councillor Stuart Larkins. Recorded 23.7.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Mayor Neil Reilly.  Recorded 25.6.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Glenn Shepherd talks all things Council with Mayor Neil Reilly.  Recorded 11.6.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Councillor Stuart Larkins.  Recorded 18.6.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Councillor Matt Brown. Recorded 18.6.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Glenn Shepherd talks all things Council with Councillor Karen Renkama Lang. Recorded 4.6.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

This presentation about Kiama born writer Charmian Clift is an informative and fascinating talk by Nadia Wheatley, Charmian’s renowned biographer and editor ( The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift , published 2001).   Nadia’s talk coincides with the recent release of Charmian’s latest and never-before- published “The End of the Morning”, based on Charmian’s childhood in Kiama.  Nadia was instrumenta...

Ebenezer Hamilton lived on a property called Seaview in Croome, and from June 1897 to December 1913 he recorded every monetary transaction he undertook in a cashbook; 270 pages with about 11 entries per page. The cashbook has been handed down to Ebenezer’s great granddaughter, author Lorraine Neate, and at the April meeting of the Kiama Historical society,  Lorraine took the audience on a tour of...

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Mayor Neil Reilly . Recorded 7.5.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Mayor Neil Reilly. Recorded 14.5.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Councillor Karen Renkema Lang.  Recorded 9.4.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Mayor Neil Reilly .  Recorded 16.4.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

Bernie Hems talks all things Council with Mayor Neil Reilly, with a brief appearance from our Federal member Gareth Ward. Recorded 23.4.24 KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au