Fourteen children removed from harmful situations
Australian Federal Police laid an additional 80 child abuse charges on a 29-year-old Wyong man, Justin Radford, when he faced Wyong Court on Tuesday, August 4. Radford was arrested by…
Articles by Lucillia Eljuga
Rotary Park upgrade completed
Terrigal Rotary Park now offers a safer and more welcoming play space following the installation of shade sails and new soft-fall surfaces. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member…
Take 3 upgrades online education for surf life savers
Take 3 for the Sea will be rolling out a new online education program next March for Surf Life Saving Clubs (SLSC) across Australia, after the organisation was awarded a…
Woolworths shares the dignity
Three Woolworth stores on the Central Coast have partnered with the charity Share the Dignity to help collect sanitary item donations which will go to those experiencing period poverty in…
Energy bill advice offered by phone
A free energy bill support service has started by phone on the last Tuesday of the month at the Peninsula Community Centre. The service, provided by the Energy and Water…
Oh what a feeling!
Food rescue organisation, OzHarvest, has expanded to the Central Coast to meet community demand increases due to business shutdowns and hardship caused by COVID-19. The need for food and supplies…
Men’s sheds share in $4,090
Gosford Men’s Shed and the Wood Glen Workshop at Erina will share $4,090 in funding from the Federal Government in the latest round of the National Shed Development Program. Men’s…
Simply Cups Program diverts 12 million coffee cups from landfill
Two hundred thousand coffee cups have been diverted from landfill since last August through Erina Fair’s coffee cup recycling program. In August 2019, the centre partnered with Closed Loop and…
Book Review – Friends and Strangers
Author: J. Courtney Sullivan – Publisher: Two Roads – Elisabeth and Andrew and their infant son, Gilbert have moved from Brooklyn to a college town in upstate New York. “Before…
Three in a row
RUGBY LEAGUE – The Central Coast Roosters have recorded three wins on the trot in NSWRL’s elite women’s competition with a solid 20-4 victory over the Wests Tigers at Morry…
Welcome back to Planet Earth … and thank you for flying SpaceX
It may seem timely, against a backdrop of climate change and a global pandemic, that this week’s successful mission by the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft raised the prospect of safe,…
Whither the benefits of amalgamation?
I’m hoping to understand what I was told by many including the State Government that amalgamations were to reduce the waste of money and services. Why are prices going up?…
Building a JobKeeper and JobSeeker “heat map” for the Central Coast
Over 47 per cent of Central Coast businesses, some 11,453 organisations in total, were receiving JobKeeper payments in May. The JobKeeper data, compiled by local data analytics company, See Change,…
COVID-19 compounds social housing shortfall
With recent data revealing 1,000 people are homeless on the Central Coast, welfare groups are adding their voice to calls for more social housing in the region during Homelessness Week…
Koalas, breeding like rabbits
Bringing a glimmer of hope, nine adorable koala joeys have been born at the Australian Reptile Park following the terrible bushfire season which devastated much of the state, including areas…
Strike Force Harle nets regional drug syndicate
Police executed eight search warrants and arrested 15 people on July 31 following an investigation into an illicit drug distribution syndicate on the Central Coast. In February officers from the…
Car crashes with Fire and Rescue Truck
No serious injuries were sustained when a Mazda collided with a Fire and Rescue truck on Mans Rd, Gosford, at about 3.30am on August 2. The fire truck was travelling…
Occupants escape house fire in Narara
Central Coast Fire and Rescue NSW crews were successful in putting out a house fire in Tanunda Cl, Narara, on July 31. Just before 1pm emergency services received numerous Triple…
24/7 mental health triage service privatisation denied
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, has labelled Labor MP’s claims that the Central Coast’s 24/7 mental health triage service was at risk of being privatised by the…
The dangers of local government debt
We should all be concerned that Central Coast Council ran a $5M deficit in 2018/2019 and a $40M deficit in 2109-20 and is now projecting a $13M deficit in the…