More people eligible for free bowel cancer screening
More Australians will be able to access life-saving bowel cancer screening thanks to a $38.8M commitment in the Federal Budget. The pledge will see funding for bowel cancer screening continue…
Federal Budget
NAISDA welcomes $13M budget funding uplift
NAISDA has welcomed the Federal Government’s Budget commitment towards the eight national arts training organisations, commonly known as the Arts8. The announcement included $13M operational funding over four years for…
Does this budget do enough?
EDITORIAL – No-one is going to knock back a rebate of $300 on their energy bills, as announced in Tuesday night’s Federal Budget. But one has to wonder if that,…
Moderate but welcome budget relief for small business
Further energy bill relief, a continuation of the instant asset write-off and a partial extension in employer incentives for apprentices are the most welcome short-term measures for small to medium…
30,000 Coasties to benefit from cuts to student debt
More than 30,000 people on the Central Coast will benefit from the Federal Government’s decision to cut student debt. The move will wipe about $3 billion in student debt nationwide–…
NAISDA welcomes almost $1M in extra funding
NAISDA Dance College has welcomed Federal Government’s funding of $957,025 announced in the recent federal budget as part of its $9M commitment to eight national training organisations for next financial…
The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News 5@5 for the last week of October 2022. In the bulletin this week: Federal budget targets the CoastHistoric hand back of Peat IslandGosford Waterfront gets…
Reid hits back at pre-budget criticism
With the Federal Budget set to be handed down next week, Member for Robertson, Gordon Reid, has hit back at claims by the NSW Government that the state will be…
Local disappointment with Federal Budget
Last week’s federal Budget was met with disappointment from local organisations after Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said it delivers the next stage of the Government’s plan to build a…
Budget ‘winners’ haven’t really won
To describe motorists, low-income earners and first house buyers as “big winners” in the federal Budget requires an extraordinary leap of faith (“Budget wins for motorists, low- to middle-income earners…
Labor MPs: Federal Budget ‘misses the mark’
Last week’s Federal Budget has received a mixed reaction on the Coast, with Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, saying it delivers the next stage of the Government’s plan to build…
Coast business community welcomes Budget measures
Business NSW Central Coast has praised the Federal Budget, handed down on March 29, for providing targeted support for businesses as they grapple with skills shortages, the pandemic recovery and…
Budget wins for motorists, low- to middle-income earners and first home buyers
Big winners on the Central Coast from the Federal Budget, handed down on March 29, included low to middle income earners, working parents, first home buyers and motorists. There was…
Governments characteristically deal with social housing stock very badly
Forum – Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, is correct that the Government’s approach to housing supply, both in the current budget and long-term, is pathetically inadequate (“Budget failed to…
Budget does nothing for stagnant wages
Forum – Scomo from Marketing and his sidekick, Josh from Finance, have delivered a big spending Budget that contains all this help for women who were the hardest hit financially…
Business Chamber gives a tick to Federal Budget
Business NSW Central Coast has hailed the Federal Budget, delivered on May 11, for supporting “a business led economic recovery from the depths of the COVID pandemic”. Regional Director, Paula…
Jobs, tax breaks and doughnuts … a budget for all
The Daily Dough Co is just one Central Coast business which will benefit from measures announced in the Federal Budget, handed down last week. Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small…
Budget leaves Northern end of Central Coast behind again – McBride
Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, said there were clear winners and losers in the 2021/22 Budget, but the northern end of the Central Coast had been left behind again….
Benefits to the community from Federal Budget summarised – Molan
Low and middle income earners and business emerged as the big winners in the 2021/22 Federal Budget, handed down by Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, on May 11, according to Senator Jim…
Budget failed to invest in social housing – McBride
Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, says the Federal Government missed a “massive opportunity” by failing to invest in social housing in its 2021/22 Budget. The Budget was handed down…