No incident in last three years helped by bridge project
Forum – With the St Hubert’s Island bridge project’s funding through the Urban Congestion Fund, it is very difficult to see how this proposal contributes to “supporting upgrades to the…
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Erina’s Wood Glen to get a Men’s Shed
Wood Glen Retirement Village at Erina is to get its first Men’s Shed, thanks to an injection of more than $2,000 in funding from the Federal Government. A group of…
Two projects receive bushfire recovery funding
Two projects have been selected to support bushfire recovery on the Central Coast as part of a Federal Government grants program to help our native wildlife and habitat recover from…
‘Because We Care’ Boutique to launch a teen empowerment program
Wyong Neighbourhood Centre’s ‘Because We Care’ Boutique is to launch a teen empowerment program after winning the June round of the Greater Central Coast community funding program. Established by the…
More funding for Gosford Showground
The State Government is set to spend $58,850 on a new driveway entrance for Gosford Showground as part of a COVID-19 stimulus package. The move follows an announcement in June…
Funding for Westpac Rescue Helicopter pilot training
Renewed support from Glencore, one of the world’s largest resource companies, will see Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service pilots receive state of the art training to ensure they remain equipped to…
Council receives funding to tackle bushfire recovery issues
Even though the coronavirus pandemic has dominated community life over recent months, Blue Haven residents are still recovering from the New Year’s bushfire which swept through the area. Central Coast…
Crouch defends childcare support package
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, has hit back at criticism from the State Opposition over delays in the delivery of the $82M Council childcare package pledged by…
$ 1M funding boost for local emergency services
Central Coast Council will soon be more than $1M better off, thanks to a State Government decision to fully fund the local government increase in the Emergency Services Levy (ESL)…
$4.3m in funding for community projects
More than 20 community projects in the Coast Community News circulation area have secured a total of more than $4.3M in funding through the State Government’s 2019 Community Building Partnership…
Schools get $7.7M facelift
More than $7.7M was spent on maintenance works at government schools across the Central Coast over the April school holidays according to Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member…
Seven local projects receive council funding
Almost $30,000 has been allocated to seven local projects by Central Coast Council. Council voted on March 23 to allocate $27,697 to seven projects which met the criteria for support…
Funding eligibility claims refuted by Auditor-General
[Forum] It takes some chutzpah for Lucy Wicks to reiterate Scott Morrison’s lie, that every project funded by the CSI program was eligible for funding (edition 183), when the Auditor-General…
$5.3M Central Coast waterways package announced
Avoca Lagoon is set to receive a $300,000 restoration as part of a $5.3M Central Coast waterways package announced by the Federal Government on March 11. The Avoca Lagoon component…
Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements
Disaster assistance has been made available to help people and businesses heavily impacted by recent storms and flooding across the Central Coast, through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding…
Emergency relief and -financial counselling funding cuts affect those most in need
Neighbourhood Centres at Wyong and San Remo are feeling the squeeze since the Federal Government cut funding by $9M a year from emergency relief and financial counselling. Federal Member for…
Sports grants allocation bias denied
Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, has denied a claim by Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, that many sports clubs in the region “never had a fair chance” of receiving grants…
The Entrance dredging monies secured
[The Entrance] Central Coast Council has secured $600,000 in state government funding for emergency dredging of The Entrance Channel and will match it with a further $600,000 dollars of it’s…
Proposal to divert dredging funds
Funds earmarked for dredging the Ettalong channel could be diverted to dredge The Entrance Channel. Central Coast Council voted at its December 9 meeting to ask Member for Terrigal Mr…
Peninsula receives two out of 36 grants
Council has allocated more than $148,000 in funding to 36 community projects across the Coast that retain, conserve and promote local heritage and enhance community life. However, only two projects…