Not only have they have they got national attention for their campaign, with high profile names enlisted to back their cause, but they've also got the fight in front of the federal environment minister, who will now review the case.

For any campaign to be successful, it has to be consistent and considered, which is exactly how Manyana Matters has played it. After we published an opinion piece putting the other side of the argument - that halting the development would damage the local economy - Manyana Matters responded with a convincing and calm counter-argument.

Development has been the talk of the town in Milton too after we told the story of an elderly resident who was concerned the country character of the town was being eroded by unsympathetic development. His concerns weren't new but they certainly reignited an important conversation about how we embrace progress without sacrificing the very things that make our part of the world so attractive.

It's a conversation that's likely to continue in the post-COVID world as more city people migrate to the regions, including ours.