COVID-19

Peninsula pool remains closed

SWIMMING – Gosford and Wyong outdoor Olympic Pools reopened on Monday, September 27, with COVID health restrictions in place but the Peninsula Leisure Centre will remain closed for the time…



Long Jetty patients make way for COVID surge

Long Jetty Hospital will be temporarily repurposed as a COVID-19 response unit from mid-October to support the potential increase in patients with the virus requiring hospital care. Central Coast Local…


Double-demerits dropped for long weekend

Motorists will be given a reprieve this October long weekend with a hold placed on traditional double-demerits for driving infringements. Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott, said the…



Freedom coming

Premier Gladys Berejiklian stopped short of calling it Freedom Day but after 16 weeks of stay-at-home orders on the Central Coast that’s exactly what it will be on October 11…


Help to get community sports clubs back on their feet

Community sports clubs are facing serious concerns around financial instability, declining participation and declining volunteering according to research from the Australian Sports Foundation (ASF). The ASF conducted a second national…





More Pfizer finally arrives on Coast

Central Coast MPs met with NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, and Central Coast Health District CEO, Brad Astill, last Friday, September 17, to discuss growing COVID cases, vaccination…






COVID-positive man refused to isolate

A Terrigal man has been placed into special health accommodation in Sydney, along with one of his housemates, after testing positive to COVID-19 and refusing to self-isolate. Parliamentary Secretary for…


Leader must face questions as Delta peaks

Forum – It is disgraceful that Premier Berejiklian has decided to discontinue daily briefings on the COVID outbreak, just as the epidemic is reaching its peak and authoritative information is…




Daily leadership needed as epidemic peaks

Forum – It is disgraceful that Premier Berejiklian has decided to discontinue daily briefings on the COVID outbreak, just as the epidemic is reaching its peak and authoritative information is…