NIRAG meets quarterly on the 1st Wednesday of February, May, August and November at 7:00pm upstairs in the Bulli Community Centre (the old Bulli Council/Library) building.

All residents are welcome to join NIRAG and attend our meetings.
To contact us we have an email for correspondence: nirag@bigpond.com

The NIRAG Executive for 2019 / 2020 is:
        President: John Croker
        Secretary / Treasurer: Ross Dearden   (Phone: 4267 1734)

The Northern Illawarra Residents Action Group (NIRAG), was initially formed in 1984 as a reaction to proposals to construct 40 m high coal bins at Sandon Point, Bulli, about 12 km north of Wollongong. Since 1988 the group has focussed on the proposals to rezone and develop the 61 ha of largely undeveloped land east of the railway between Sandon Point, Bulli and Thirroul.

NIRAG insisted that the area should be utilised in an environmentally sensitive manner and as a result of the public outcry and the support from our community, in April 1993 additional studies of foreshore setbacks, creek treatments, dune restoration, wetlands, flooding and fill impacts were required. By being a focus for community action we helped achieve better environmental and social outcomes in our local area.

In May 1994 NIRAG became incorporated. Since then we continue to support the preservation of Open Space and the retention and enhancement of our Natural Environment, European and Indigenous Heritage.  In May 2011 NIRAG succeeded in ensuring Stockland dedicated over 3000m2 of land between the cycleway and Hill Street as public open space, as had been negotiated in 2001.

 The objectives of NIRAG are as follows:

1. To protect and enhance the Illawarra’s natural environment, particularly in those areas of the Northern Illawarra from Helensburgh to Wollongong.

2. To enable the residents of the Northern Illawarra to more fully participate in decision making on issues concerning their local area. NIRAG seeks to achieve this through cooperation with government, the public, industry, and unions in planning of the Northern Illawarra.

3. To promote Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) principles for all residential, commercial and industrial development.

4. To inform and educate residents and relevant bodies about proposed environmental changes and their likely effects on the Northern Illawarra.

5. To encourage policies which will promote long-term employment prospects in the Illawarra.

6. To promote transport policies that are safe, efficient, energy saving and which do not lower the quality of life of the residents of the Northern Illawarra.

7. To support Aboriginal Reconciliation and recognise the cultural rights of Indigenous Australians.

8. To promote research and formulate policies on areas relevant to our objectives.

9. To affiliate and liaise with organisations with similar objectives.

10.To establish and maintain a public fund to be called the Sandon Point Coastal Park Fund for the specific purpose of supporting the environmental objectives of NIRAG.