Central Coast Council has adopted a policy that sets minimum standards for keeping animals in residential areas. Administrator, Dick Persson, said the policy allowed people in residential areas to keep…
Vandalism of trees and vegetation is now being managed in a consistent approach across the region following the adoption of a Central Coast policy at Council’s meeting on February 23….
Forum – So, Gary Murphy wasn’t even there when it happened or, if he was there, nobody told him what was going on or, if anybody mentioned it to him,…
Forum – If this is to remain the Central Coast Council and Gosford is considered to be the capital of the Central Coast by many (Work Cover and taxation buildings,…
Forum – Despite a whopping 75 per cent of Central Coast ratepayers responding to a Council survey declaring they want no rate rise to pay for catastrophic Council debts not…
The Grow Urban Shade Trees (GUST) group is urging residents to report tree vandalism, including historic cases. The call comes after Central Coast Council adopted its Tree and Vegetation Vandalism…
The story behind Central Coast Council’s financial crisis is “quite simple”, according to Acting CEO, Rik Hart. In his second exclusive video interview with Coast Community News, Hart outlined the…
A summary of a forensic audit into Central Coast Council’s financial issues blames problems before amalgamation and general poor financial management practices. The report concludes that with the forensic audit…
The Curby soft plastics recycling trial program run by Central Coast Council has seen close to five tonnes of soft plastics diverted from landfill since the trial started in November…
Scores of people were at a community rally in The Entrance on Tuesday, March 9, to voice their anger about the loss of essential services in the township and plans…
The first Mayor of the amalgamated Central Coast Council, Clr Jane Smith talks to Central Coast Newspapers about the amalgamation, the Administrator’s reporting, the council’s financial collapse and the Local…
The week’s top stories from the Central Coast’s largest newsroom, March 5, 2021. David Farmer is the new council CEO, Labor calls for a council reform, PEP11, Rik Hart explains…
Central Coast Council’s total actual debt is now down to $458M. Administrator, Dick Persson, had forecast a $565M debt in his 30-Day Report in December 2020, but Chief Financial Officer,…
A year after Coast Community News reported an uncontrolled weed infestation at the Springfield Wetland, residents are frustrated that a solution is still not in sight. The iconic wetland is…
One Saratoga women is doing her bit to keep the community safe, spray painting circles and love hearts around potholes in her neighbourhood. Jennifer Hartich said unfinished road works on…
The future of the former Broadwater Hotel site on Mann St, Gosford, hangs in the balance, with Central Coast Council resolving to decline all tender submissions for demolition and continue…
David Farmer, an accountant by profession, and with almost 40 years’ experience in local government in NSW and Queensland, is the new Chief Executive Officer of Central Coast Council. His…
NSW Labor is demanding that the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, put her hand up and take responsibility for the mess on the Central Coast created by her Government’s…
The cost of implementing an IT system for a proposed new Central Coast Council was $70M back in 2015. The former Wyong and Gosford councils prior to merger identified that…
Peninsula residents have been assured any submissions sent to IPART on Central Coast Council’s proposed 15 per cent rate rise will be taken into consideration before the regulator makes it…