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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…



Gosford Council wharf is a disaster

Forum – What a great pity and eyesore the Gosford council wharf and The Coast Bar and Restaurant have become. It is the first thing in Gosford visitors see and…



Free ecotourism forum

Tourism business operators will meet to explore ways to promote ecotourism across the Central Coast region. In partnership with Ecotourism Australia, Destination Central Coast will outline benefits and opportunities available…


Glenworth Valley to host eco-tourism forum

Tourism business operators on the Coast are invited to an Ecotourism Morning Tea at Glenworth Valley on Friday, May 28. In partnership with Ecotourism Australia, Destination Central Coast will outline…






Healthy people on a sick planet?

Forum – Many leaders in industry, politicians, religious leaders, educators and economists continue to try to solve today’s problems with the same thinking that created them. They are down at…


Avoid blaming the easy targets

Forum – So much has been written about the financial crisis that has occurred with our local government. Many have fallen into the trap, perhaps gratuitously, of joining a witch…


NSW Government sleepwalking

Forum – Contrary to the views of Lucy Wicks, Adam Crouch and the Administrator, I am sure that the Liberal Party Central Coast Council amalgamation was a failure of their…


Community land should not be sold

Forum – Letter to Dick Persson I, along with many residents and ratepayers of the Central Coast, have long written about why we live on our Coast. I have raised…



An inquiry won’t change the facts

Forum – For months now, we have all been reading about the predicament we find ourselves in with Central Coast Council. The money has gone. Money we didn’t have, is…


Doing the math on homelessness

Forum – Adam Crouch says that the Together Home programme has transitioned 26 homeless people into housing (“Housing programme sets homeless on new pathways”, PP 011) and that this has…


Scrutiny needed

Forum – Former Councillor Hogan’s recall of how basic accounting information had been withheld or controlled by Council staff (Chronicle pg1 Apr 14) should instigate questions on the role of…