Time to stop and reflect, says Harris
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty and Member for Wyong, David Harris, has urged Central Coast residents to stop and reflect during Reconciliation Week (May 27-June 3). The dates of…
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Government Ministers meet local veterans
Veterans and veterans’ organisations from across the Central Coast had the chance to meet with Federal Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh, State Minister for Veterans David Harris and Federal…
Harris joins in walk to school
Hundreds of Central Coast children took part in National Walk Safely to School Day on Friday, May 19, joined by parents, carers – and even some community leaders. The annual…
Virtual care for kids expands to Coast
The Coast’s Labor MPs have welcomed the announcement that the innovative virtualKIDS Urgent Care Service is to be expanded across the state. The virtualKIDS service utilises modern technologies such as…
Gosford greyhound death sparks new calls for review
The latest greyhound death, at Gosford on April 25, has sparked calls for the State’s new Racing Minister and Member for Wyong David Harris to establish an independent review into…
Info session on Indigenous voice to parliament
On Saturday, April 15, the Central Coast Branch of ABC Friends will host an Information Morning regarding the Indigenous voice to Parliament with State Minister for the Central Coast and…
The Weekly News podcast 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News podcast 5@5 for the first week of April 2023, Easter week. In the bulletin: Adam Crouch retains the seat of TerrigalTwo Central Coast MPs into…
Two Coast MPs appointed to Minns Ministry
Two Central Coast MPs have been appointed as Ministers in the new Labor State Government. The Central Coast will have its own dedicated Minister for the first time since 2015,…
Row over energy savings heats up
Shadow Minister for the Central Coast and Member for Wyong, David Harris, has hit back at a claim by the Liberal-National Party that there would be no relief on energy…
Free hospital parking says Labor, Libs and Nats post election
Parking at Gosford and Wyong Hospitals will be free for patients, staff and visitors if either the Labor party or the sitting Liberal-National parties are elected to Govern on March…
Major parties outline plans to take the region into the future
With the State election to be held in just three weeks’ time, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch and Shadow Minister for the Central Coast David Harris addressed…
Labor plan to abolish stamp duty for many
Member for Wyong and Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, says thousands of first home buyers in the region could benefit from a new Labor plan to expand…
Funding boost for Wyong projects
The electorate of Wyong has secured $400,000 in funding for a total of 16 projects through the NSW Government’s 2022 Community Building Partnership Program. Member for Wyong David Harris said…
Mobile speed camera warning signs set to return
Warning signs are to return around all mobile speed cameras on the Central Coast and statewide from January 1 next year. The region’s Labor MPs have been agitating for the…
Community involvement key to waterfront revitalisation: Tesch and Harris
New concept plans for the Gosford waterfront have been welcomed by Labor MPs and the business sector, but they all agree the views of the community will be essential to…
Labor hits back at criticisms of its education planning
Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, has hit back at claims from the Liberal Party that the Opposition’s response to the recent State Budget shows it has “no…
Disappointment over rate rise extension decision
IPART’s decision to extend the 15 per cent rate rise for an additional seven years has been met with disappointment by the region’s State MPs and community members. Parliamentary Secretary…
Public Inquiry report released – MPs react
The 13 suspended Central Coast councillors are to be sacked and the Council is to remain in administration until the next local government election for the region following the release…
Public Inquiry report into council now with Minister
9am, March 10, 2022 NSW Minister for Local Government Wendy Tuckerman has revealed under questioning that she has the report from Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch who conducted the public inquiry into…
Harris backs calls for an inquiry into Council
In the wake of a call for a public inquiry into the financial collapse of Central Coast Council made recently by Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, Shadow Minister for the…