Four Central Coast residents test positive
BREAKING NEWS: Four Central Coast residents have tested positive. The announcement came as part of the Premier’s press conference today, Saturday July 24, 2021. Four Central Coast residents have been…
Coronavirus Central Coast Updates
The Weekly News 5@5
You’re watching Central Coast Community News 5@5 July 23, 2021. Coming up this week: A Current Affair sent packing, Calls for a Coast to reopen , Local vaccination plans a…
Labor Senator calls for tradies to return to work on Friday
Labor Senator, Deborah O’Neill has weighed in on local COVID-19 restrictions to the construction industry, calling on the NSW Government to allow Central Coast tradies to return to work on…
A Current Affair’s local blunder
There’s been community backlash from this week’s A Current Affair article on a Wyoming gym manager that allegedly broke the public health orders. The ACA crew came from the big…
Confusing health orders cause extra stress for fragile families
The rules under current NSW Public Health Orders have been labelled confusing for separated or blended families attempting to follow custody and visitation arrangements. Under the Orders, a person may…
Time to put people before economic benefits
Forum – Having a son overseas, who I have not been able to see in person for two years, I am very interested in the situation of stranded Australians. The…
MPs offer lockdown advice
As the Coast ends its fourth week in lockdown, Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, has called for the Federal Government to reintroduce JobKeeper and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast,…
Locals have their say on restrictions
STREET TALK: Central Coast Newspapers’ reporter Skaie Hull hit the streets this week to talk to locals about the current health orders applicable across the region. Skaie Hull interviews locals…
Tools down for Central Coast tradies
The new health order that came into effect overnight have some local builders concerned that the blanket approach is unnecessarily hurting local tradespeople. Central Coast tradies have spent the weekend…
Public transport timetable changes cause frustration
Lockdown update: From Monday 19 July, all public transport services within Greater Sydney including the Central Coast will run to a reduced timetable. School services may be impacted according to…
Essential council work will continue
Central Coast Council is assuring the community that essential services will continue in line with the additional COVID-19 restrictions recently announced by the NSW Government. Lists of which services that…
COVID forces uni classes online
The University of Newcastle has moved the first two weeks of Semester Two classes online due to the increasing COVID-19 risk in NSW. Across all University of Newcastle campuses, all classes…
Tradies to stay at home, more retail closures
[July 17, 2021] The Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced today a round of new restrictions for Greater Sydney, including the Central Coast in response to stubbornly high community exposure rates…
Schools restart online learning
Central Coast schools will begin remote operations today, in line with advice from NSW Health and the current stay-at-home orders. Central Coast Parents and Citizens Association President Sharryn Brownlee said…
Coast builder tests positive
[Sunday July 11, 2021] A Central Coast resident has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The case was included in today’s NSW numbers and is linked to a known case at a…
Virus fragments in Bateau treatment works
Fragments of the COVID-19 virus have been detected at the Bateau Bay Sewage Treatment Plant according to a media statement released by the Central Coast Local Health District late on…
Public health order specifics
[Friday July 9, 2021] Given the growing number of infectious cases in the community and unlinked cases of community transmission, COVID-19 restrictions will be tightened across Greater Sydney including the…
Political stoush continues over speed of vaccine rollout
More than 500 General Practices (GPs) across Australia, including two on the Central Coast, are set to administer the Pfizer vaccine. Federal Liberal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said the…
Protest over mandatory vaccines in aged care
Police responded in numbers to a protest against mandatory vaccinations for aged care workers in Erina on Monday morning. A 27-year-old man was taken into custody as the Central Coast…
Little known about progress of vaccine rollout on Coast
Concrete information about the proportion of Central Coast health workers and residents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 is currently unavailable, according to the Hunter, New England and Central Coast…