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Beneath the Surface: Bleak future for our beaches without action now

By Iain Watt
January 12 2022 - 6:00am
ACTION: Erosion at Bagnalls Beach. Iain Watt says it's time to "consider alternatives to the business as usual approach to erosion".
ACTION: Erosion at Bagnalls Beach. Iain Watt says it's time to "consider alternatives to the business as usual approach to erosion".

The iconic beaches of Port Stephens took a hammering in 2021. Given the escalating impacts of climate change with increased frequency and intensity of storms on shoreline stability, it can only get worse.

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