Suburbs on Lake Macquarie should be part of Lake Macquarie Council
Forum – Here we are again, facing a third week of lockdown and more with tighter restrictions because we live in the Central Coast Council boundary even though we are…
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Kalib Toko is a wanted man
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man wanted on a revocation of a parole warrant. Kalib Toko, aged 21, is wanted for an assault offence. Officers attached…
Operation Safe Skippers campaign carried out
NSW Maritime was out on the water in Lake Macquarie and Tuggerah Lakes over the weekend of January 9 and 10 for its Operation Safe Skippers campaign, with a focus…
Colliery modification 4 is just another nail in the coffin
Forum – The proposed modifications to Chain Valley Colliery, Modification 4 (Chronicle p3 Dec 9), is just another nail in the coffin for our community and an extension of life…
Meeting at power station is not likely to be good news
Forum – The northern Central Coast and lower Lake Macquarie regions have a lot to be concerned about when Sunset Power International Limited (trading as Delta Electricity) recently invited their…
Annual Dolphin Chaser Regatta draws young sailors from afar
Sailing – Junior sailors from around the state descended on Lake Macquarie over the weekend of November 21-22 for Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club’s fifth annual Dolphin Chaser Regatta. Open…
New Lake Macquarie Marine Rescue base
A new $1.8M search and rescue co-ordination centre for Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie is now operational, equipped with the latest marine communications and search and rescue technology. It is specifically…
Is Lake Macquarie lost to heavy metals?
There was bad news this week for the thousands of Central Coast residents who enjoy water activities on the beautiful Lake Macquarie at the north of the region. The Out…
300 tonnes of pollutants will leach into Lake Macquarie
The Out of the Ashes II report by Hunter Community Environment Centre estimates that 302 tonnes of harmful heavy metal pollutants will leach into Lake Macquarie from the region’s two…
Evidence of heavy metal pollution in Lake Macquarie to be presented
Hunter Community Environment Centre (HCEC) will present evidence of heavy metal pollution in Lake Macquarie at a public hearing on September 1, as part of the NSW Government Inquiry into…
Where is the best location for the new air quality monitor?
[Forum] Mannering Park Progress Association wishes to thank Lake Macquarie MP, Greg Piper, on behalf of the residents of the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie, for obtaining the new air…
Independent air quality monitor to be installed
[Lake Macquarie] After a decade of lobbying and community campaigning, an independently operated air quality monitor will be installed in the local area. Lake Macquarie MP, Greg Piper, said he…
5@5 – this week’s video news wrap
This week’s ‘must know’ news stories in a compact audio/video format. This week; The rains arrive, MP tables parliamentary petition, Lake Macquarie seismic, Terrigal Lagoon pollution, funnel web spider record,…
Community rallies against coal mine’s seismic mapping of Lake Macquarie
[Gwandalan] Environmental Group, Save Our Coast (SOC), has just had a “win” to stop 3D seismic testing in ocean waters off the Central Coast, but is now facing another challenge…
Flood liable suburbs have been dumped by Gosford Council – Aiken
Flood liable suburbs have been dumped by Gosford Council according to the NSW Coastal Alliance which has questioned Council’s coastal and flood management plans. According to NSW Coastal Alliance secretary…