There'll be no Liberal candidates on the ballot for the Shoalhaven local council elections, after the NSW Liberal honchos failed to meet the deadline to register nominations.    So what do local Libs - Serena Copley, Paul Ell and Luka Sekora - really think about having their political ambitions smashed by their own party?  

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The stats say it all.. women make up 39% of homeless Australians! In this episode, the boss of Salt Ministries - one of the Shoalhaven’s smaller but critical players in emergency accommodation - fears it may have to close its doors as politicians baulk on funding promises.

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Retiring Shoalhaven councillor Greg Watson has spent half a century actively shaping the Shoalhaven from a shire of little coastal villages into the thriving city it is today. 

And he's hoping those taking the reins will preserve the essence of his favourite place on the planet. 

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Nowra's  Craig Murphy has never known anything but the funeral business.  His expertise in embalming and other complex post-death procedures has taken him into some of the world's most horrific events, including the 2002 Bali bombings. Yet, Bali has been his proudest moment. 

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She's the captain of Australia's Hockeyroos, but right now,  27-year-old Grace Stewart is miles away from 7 Mile Beach. Grace is bunkered down in Paris with the rest of the Australian Hockeyroos squad, for what will be this talented young lady’s 3rd Olympic Games. 

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German backpacker Anna Mueller has led a community-focused campaign to boost the breeding rates of the Little Tern - a cute and hardy shorebird that flies thousands of kilometres ever year from Asia to the Shoalhaven to nest on our beaches.  

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Aunty Ruth Simms has seen a lot in her 83 years. She’s one of the most respected indigenous elders in the Shoalhaven. So Naidoc Week seems the perfect excuse to sit down and acknowledge exactly how much she has contributed to our region. 

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The Shoalhaven's Jennifer Robinson is without doubt, the legal world's "IT girl", having assisted with the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange last month. But her dad, well-known Berry horse trainer, Terry Robinson always sensed his daughter was destined to do amazing work. 

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She's been 16 years in local politics, and now Shoalhaven's feisty Mayor has decided it's time to find a new calling, far away from the nastiness of keyboard warriors. 

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Extreme paraglider Ken Hutt from Berry thinks BIG!    From a near-death Everest expedition to sailing solo around Tasmania,   this feisty 63-year-old puts his body on the line for the good of helping others. 

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