Week-long festival to mark International Women’s Day
There will be a week-long festival to mark International Women’s Day on Monday, March 8, with a wide raft of events planned until March 17. This year’s theme is: Women…
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Central Coast Council has a new Chief Executive Officer
David Farmer, an accountant by profession, and with almost 40 years’ experience in local government in NSW and Queensland, is the new Chief Executive Officer of Central Coast Council. His…
Community feedback on Point Clare Station invited
Residents have until March 3 to provide feedback on proposed accessibility and safety upgrades at Point Clare Station. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch,…
Revetment wall for Macmasters Beach
The crew at Macmasters Beach Surf Life Saving Club is delighted that the State Government has given a $320,700 grant to Central Coast Council to build a revetment wall at…
Weekly News 5@5
The ‘must know’ stories from across the Central Coast. This week: Facebook ban reversed, E-petition reaches over 20,000 signatures, 42% rate rise for some possible, Premier visits Coast, nurses appeal,…
New Coast Shelter CEO pushes for more social housing
Coast Shelter’s new CEO Michael Starr is a man on a mission. Starr took the helm early this year and is determined to agitate for more social and transitional housing…
Woy Woy Newcastle Permanent to close
Woy Woy’s Newcastle Permanent branch will close on March 26 following a decline of in-person services at the Railway St branch. The bank said an expiring lease and a near…
Molly Picklum wins her first World Surf League pro series
SURFING – The first event in the World Surf League’s (WSL) 2021 Vissla NSW Pro Surf Series came to its conclusion on Friday, February 19, with Shelly Beach resident and…
Proposed rate rise is 42 percent for some ratepayers
Calculations on how much residents would pay with a proposed 15 percent rate rise rose to 42 percent for some ratepayers, Central Coast Council has conceded, if you include rate…
Avoca Beach Picture Theatre calls for JobKeeper encore
Avoca Beach Picture Theatre has managed to navigate its way through COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions, but with JobKeeper set to cease at the end of March, theatre owners Beth and…
Weekly Video News 5@5
[February 19, 2021] Coming up this week: Facebook bans news, Gary Murphy strikes back, Bruce McLachlan speaks out, IPART explains proposed rate rise, Airport Restrictions lifted, a new Australian track…
Sacked CEO sets the record straight
In an exclusive interview with Coast News, former Central Coast Council CEO, Gary Murphy, has accepted responsibility for his actions, says he has been denied “natural justice” and has added…
Murphy highlights key omissions from 30-day report
In an exclusive interview with Central Coast Newspapers, Murphy said there were a number of omissions from the Administrator’s 30-day report into the Council’s financial crisis and outlined three of…
A referendum on wards and number of councillors proposed
If the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, doesn’t sack our current crop of councillors, then Central Coast residents will vote in the local government elections slated for September 4….
IPART Chair assures locals their views will be heard
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: IPART Acting Chair, Deborah Cope, has assured residents that every one of the thousands of submissions received regarding Central Coast Council’s proposed rate rise will be taken into…
Desalination plant back on the drawing board
A desalination plant could be back on the agenda for the region, but the former preferred site of beneath the Budgewoi dunes is off the table. Central Coast Council is…
$70M shortfall for essential services
Four Director positions and their departments have been cut from Central Coast Council as part of cost-cutting, but Administrator, Dick Persson, says an extra $70M a year is needed to…
Weekly News 5@5
12 Feb, 2021 – The ‘must know’ stories from across the Central Coast: PEP11 in limbo, an e-petition is launched for a judicial inquiry in the council, Dick Persson says…
Council to press ahead with rate rise
Despite a flood of community opposition, Central Coast Council will formally apply to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for a 15 per cent rate rise next year. The…
Blindsided by Centrelink closure
Residents have been blindsided by an announcement that Ettalong Beach’s Centrelink office will close its doors on February 12. The Ettalong centre, on Ocean View Rd, will be vacated after…