Housing targets need funding and infrastructure
This week we have seen the NSW Government commit to building 377,000 new homes across the state over the next five years, to align with the National Housing Accord. As…
letters to the editor
Stem the tide of migration
In response to Kay Donaldson (CCN May 9) may I attempt to explain why the debate regarding over-population is barely a murmur? The ruling political parties of this country are…
New menu a winner
I’m so happy that Ettalong Diggers has just brought out a new menu and there are quite a few vegan and vegetarian options. It’s a great step forward and I’ll…
Government dismantling ethical freedoms
I understand that most people, when it comes to our government, are mostly concerned, or know about, the services they provide for our safety, comfort and living condition – community…
Election can’t come quickly enough
September 14 cannot come quickly enough. Finally we will be given the opportunity to vote in 15 councillors to Central Coast Council whose job it is to listen to their…
Air-conditioning unit an eyesore
Gosford RSL Club has created a most handsome new club building at West Gosford with great facilities. The location of the club means it is one of the most visually…
Why demolish a perfectly good building?
In regard to the proposed demolition of the Gosford Library; why would a ‘cash strapped’ council demolish a perfectly good building? Gosford City Library is perfect to be repurposed for…
Compromise on bowling club site
I attended the Central Coast Council meeting on May 8 in relation to rezoning the Council land on which the old Gosford City Bowling Club is built. The club was…
Thanks to caring medical staff
Following a GP appointment for after-effects of COVID, my wife was transported by the NSW Ambulance Service to Gosford Public Hospital. Two young, friendly, caring professional paramedics attended to her…
The dinosaurs of today
Today’s “dinosaurs” are our patriarchal and hierarchical institutions including financial, political and religious. Our financial institutions, with their focus on greed and profit for shareholders, are partly responsible for climate…
Governments, politicians ignore health concerns of power stations
We frown over the way Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are oblivious to outside scrutiny, yet are the citizens of NSW copping the same treatment from the Labor Party or…
Aircraft noise concerns
Like Tony Matheus (CCN 431), and many other residents, we are quite tired with the level of noise pollution caused by the light aircraft from Central Coast Airport at Warnervale. We…
Martin should step aside
Our local Member of the Legislative Council Taylor Martin has been expelled from the Liberal Party – the Party under whose banner he stood and which he was elected to…
Signs are up, but no roadworkers in sight
I think it is high time that Central Coast Council removed the roadworks signs on Peats Ridge Rd. These signs have been there for at least three weeks, with no…
Let’s shrink Council’s footprint
I add my voice to Bob Graham’s and support his call for a modification of Central Coast Council’s boundaries by shrinking Council’s overall footprint (CCN 433). This would make the…
Let’s see some action on petrol prices
I noticed the article “War of words over petrol pricing campaign” in CCN 431. I am sick of seeing this type of grandstanding. Most of us are struggling with most…
Bridges need widening urgently
Both the state governments over the past 20 years have ignored the urgency of widening the bridges near Gosford. Donnison St, Etna St and the Manns Rd bridge at Narara…
Silos could be tourist attraction
I was very interested to read that a board has been appointed to manage the Central Coast Wetlands (CCN 430). I have enjoyed this area for decades and I am…
We don’t want another Chernobyl
Your correspondent still appears to be Araldited to the noxious notion of nuclear energy (Mix of nuclear and renewables the way to go, CCN 430). We can have free solar,…
Huge disparity in petrol prices
On March 15 I drove from Woy Woy to Tuggerah to fuel up. Unleaded 91 fuel was $1.87.5 compared to my local $2.29.9 rounding out to $2.30 a litre. I…