Leash-Free Zone for Local Watchdog

If you don't already follow Steve Prothero's various Eye on Shoalhaven Council paths to criticism and commentary on our local government, now might be a good time to take that watchdog for a walk.

Shoalhaven Council remains in news headlines for all the wrong reasons and tonight's Council meeting is likely to provide more bones for Prothero to chew on.

Eye on Shoalhaven Council started as a Facebook group less than a year ago and quickly grew to a community of more than a thousand "followers" with a hunger for truth, justice and intense scrutiny of the Shoalhaven Independent Group whose majority in Council has given the party almost unchallenged control of decisions on both the big expensive developments and the tediously small operations that affect us all.

It takes just seven votes to determine our future - and those seven votes are typically laden with more political agenda than fact or reason.

This reality doesn't sit well with Prothero who bares his teeth at the muzzle.

His bark is sometimes too loud for the Facebook pack, so Prothero's detailed summaries, topical explainers and pointed criticisms of Shoalhaven Council functions recently extended to YouTube and Substack where topics buried in social media feeds are more easily dug up.

Here are a few bites from those "Eye" platforms pertinent to controversies set to be discussed and debated in Shoalhaven Council chambers tonight from 5:30pm.

But first, grab a cuppa or something stronger because Council meetings can sometime feel like an impenetrable maze and Prothero (with his prolific AI comrades) doesn't hold back on Council's distracting shenanigans or bureaucratic dead ends.

The Latest Resignation: Councillor Natalee Johnston

Another Voice Silenced in the Shoalhaven Chamber - the talented Cr Johnston - meanwhile we are left with the Inarticulate, blowhards, the deranged, and a patsy

Cr Natalee Johnston Resigns, Citing Toxic Culture and Block Voting

Eye on Shoalhaven CouncilSteve Prothero

The Heritage Stitch-Up: Simplifying it or setting up for a fight?

SIG’s Heritage Strategy “Reaffirmation” – A Downgrade in Disguise

The “Reaffirmation” Myth

Eye on Shoalhaven CouncilSteve Prothero

The Apprentice CEO: Who can it be now?

The Spin Machine: How Mayor White’s ABC Interview Skated Around the Truth

Patricia spins on the ABC this morning - 4 August 2025

Eye on Shoalhaven CouncilSteve Prothero

Narrawallee Dogs Bite Back: Lifting a leg on the sand, or grass

Political Analysis – What the Narrawallee Dog on Beach issue Timeline Tells Us About SIG’s Governance Style

The “Boiling Frog” Strategy

Eye on Shoalhaven CouncilSteve Prothero

Dogs, Drama, and Due Process: How SIG Turns Compliance into a Political Circus

If there’s one thing the saga of Narrawallee Beach dog access has taught us, it’s that politics in the Shoalhaven can turn even the simplest compliance matter into a circus.

Eye on Shoalhaven CouncilSteve Prothero

Peter's Pipers Picked up Pickleball: But beware netball mums

Commentary: Pickleball Motion More About Political Positioning Than Urgent Governance

Do we have the third stooge here with us - ah Peter good to see you, come on up to the mike.

Eye on Shoalhaven CouncilSteve Prothero