Shadow Minister attended local Climate Roundtable
A group of local environmental activists met with Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, in Umina last week to discuss the impacts of climate change at a…
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Campaign to close off choices for Wamberal
Forum – It is disturbing that the Wamberal Taskforce is downgrading the issue of sand renourishment in its agenda (“Wamberal community says sand nourishment must stay on agenda”, CCN 319),…
Extension for coastal zone planning welcomed
Central Coast Council has welcomed news that a Coastal Management Amendment Bill is to be presented to State Parliament extending the timeline for councils to provide Coastal Management Programs (CMPs)…
Transition to Coastal Management Plan may leave us vulnerable
The Central Coast could be left vulnerable and unable to respond if it experiences a major storm event as Central Coast Council transitions to a new Coastal Management Plan. With…
Wamberal Beach SOS guarded over sand nourishment plan
The community group Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) has stopped short of endorsing Central Coast Council’s proposal to nourish Wamberal Beach using crushed sandstone from the Sydney Metro West…
The Entrance North Beach is being eroded
A Hutton Rd resident says that he is watching with growing uneasiness as the ocean scours the rock wall on The Entrance North Beach and more of the beach is…
Sand nourishment plan may carry environmental risks
A staff report on the use of sand from the Sydney Metro West Tunnel to nourish Wamberal Beach listed potential risks including environmental impacts, temporary water quality changes and public…
Council supports Metro West Tunnel sand being used for Wamberal Beach nourishment
A proposal to “nourish” Wamberal Beach using sand from the Sydney Metro West Tunnel project has been given in-principle support by Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart. “This sounds like…
Erosion work ineligible for funding as state government did not certify plan
With Central Coast Council still footing a bill of almost $1.9M for erosion mitigation works at The Entrance North and Wamberal, NSW Labor is demanding that the State Government explain…
Wamberal seawall debate continues
As debate continues over a permanent solution to ongoing erosion issues at Wamberal Beach, the Wamberal Protection Association (WPA) has defended the option of a seawall, saying much “misinformation and…
No money for Wamberal Beach erosion fix – Administrator
Central Coast Council Administrator, Dick Persson, says Council has no money for any of the erosion mitigation works proposed for Wamberal Beach. He was responding to a resident who spoke…
Govt should buy Wamberal beachfront houses
[Forum] The solution (to erosion at Wamberal) is simple. State and Federal (governments should) back land and knock down the housing. Adopt the sensible model of not building on “sacrificial”…
Government avoids paying for emergency works
Central Coast Council does not intend to take the State Government’s decision not to fund emergency works at The Entrance North, following a severe erosion event in July, lying down….
$1M in funding for Wamberal Beach protection works
Central Coast Council has been awarded close to $1M to help fund emergency coastal protection works at Wamberal Beach, following storms which decimated the coastline and saw beachfront homes evacuated…
Drop-ins to source local feedback on Wamberal Beach solutions
Drop-in sessions will be held later this month as the first round of community engagement begins on possible solutions to ongoing beach erosion issues at Wamberal Beach. The State Government…
Coast residents deserve better
This latest Wamberal disaster should be the final nail in Central Coast Council’s coffin after causing major damage to ratepayers’ homes again.
Questions a-plenty over Wamberal
While I sympathise with the owners of the dwellings on the eroded/eroding sand dunes at Wamberal the articles raise several questions.
Workers Navigate tides for temporary fix at Wamberal
Central Coast Council CEO Gary Murphy said finding a permanent solution for Wamberal was “complex”.
Calls to declare Wamberal Beach erosion a natural disaster
Central Coast Council has declared a local emergency and given direction on what emergency work residents at Wamberal and North Entrance can do on private property in the wake of…
Man vs Ocean
Residents from 18 beachfront homes at Wamberal remain locked out of their properties as the State Government and Central Coast Council install emergency measures to prevent even more erosion after…