Grow your own way
After a tumultuous 12 months of fires, floods and pandemics, NSW Premier Gladys Berejikilian says the Central Coast is poised for growth, not as part of a Greater Sydney, but…
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EPA approves Council’s application authorising dredging of the channel
Central Coast Council has gained approval from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to commence dredging of The Entrance Channel. The Entrance MP, David Mehan, said he had been notified that…
Airport response from Council includes a name change
Central Coast Airport at Warnervale has been renamed as the Warnervale Aircraft Landing Area (ALA), in response to a proposed repeal of the Warnervale Airport Restrictions (WAR) Act. The NSW…
Wyong Hospital redevelopment reaches major milestone
NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, was on the Central Coast on Tuesday, August 9, for the Topping Out ceremony at Wyong Hospital and to mark the start of construction of a…
Who would have thought?
Who would have thought that 21 years ago, a 12-page newsletter produced once a month would become the Peninsula’s only newspaper.
Weekly video News 5@5
Central Coast weekly news wrap: Bicycle booby trap, Covid-19 developments, Hotel bans Sydney siders, JobKeeper and Jobseeker breakdown, Home care growth, Artificial reef suggestions for Wamberal, Mariners for sale, Women’s…
Building a JobKeeper and JobSeeker “heat map” for the Central Coast
Over 47 per cent of Central Coast businesses, some 11,453 organisations in total, were receiving JobKeeper payments in May. The JobKeeper data, compiled by local data analytics company, See Change,…
COVID-19 compounds social housing shortfall
With recent data revealing 1,000 people are homeless on the Central Coast, welfare groups are adding their voice to calls for more social housing in the region during Homelessness Week…
Counting koalas
Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA) founder, Jake Cassar, has welcomed news that Central Coast Council will progress its Koala Survey program with field surveys scheduled to be completed during the koala…
Bouddi booby trap
Shadow Minister for the Central Coast David Harris has ramped up his call for a Mountain Bike Plan of Management for the region following the discovery of a booby trap…
Let’s paint the town red
Visual artists and creative groups are being asked to share their ideas about adding some flair to vacant spaces in town centres around the Central Coast. Central Coast Council is…
The use of face masks in public spaces strongly recommended
NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said on Sunday, August 2, that the next few weeks will “make or break” the state in its battle to keep COVID-19 under control, as she…
Weekly Video News 5@5
Central Coast July 31, 2020. The week’s top stories from across the region; We’re NOT Sydney says Mayor, Wamberal taskforce established, Warnervale Airport takes off, Woolies workers Strike and locked…
Hey, Annastacia, we’re not Sydney
Central Coast Mayor Lisa Matthews has said the inclusion of the Central Coast in a travel ban imposed on residents of “greater Sydney” by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk this week…
COVID-19 and amalgamation drive Council deeper into deficit
Central Coast Council will increase fees and charges, shelve capital works projects and borrow up to $50M as it tries to navigate the impact of COVID-19 and high amalgamation costs….
Desalination plant off the table for now
A desalination plant at Lakes Beach, Budgewoi, is no longer a proposal being considered by Council as a water security project. Director, Jamie Loader, let it slip that the desalination…
Council amalgamation has cost $49M to date
It has cost Central Coast Council almost $39M more to amalgamate on top of the $10M it got from the NSW Government’s implementation fund. The costs were an estimation given…
Contractionary operational budget passed after a fiery debate
This year’s operational budget was passed on the Mayor’s casting vote after a fiery debate that lasted almost two hours at Central Coast Council’s July 27 meeting. The outcome could…
Hundreds of tonnes of rock will only provide a temporary solution
More than 900 tonnes of basalt rock and 220 tonnes of sandstone has been placed in front of homes along The Entrance North Beach as part of Central Coast Council’s…
Central Coast Airport flight cap to be repealed
The NSW Government has today announced it will support all recommendations of an independent review into the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996 (the Act), including providing certainty to the community by immediately…