Central Coast Labor MPs will call for an urgent meeting with newly appointed Minister for Local Government, Wendy Tuckerman, to discuss the fall-out following the 2016 amalgamation of Gosford and…
Forum – The Central Coast Friends of Democracy (CCFoD) is very critical of the poor planning and the lack of infrastructure in Central Coast (“Communities need to take the lead…
Forum – I suspect like many ratepayers to the Central Coast Council, I found your rather comprehensive article covering the State Government’s response to the organisational and financial crisis the…
Forum – There has been lots of very interesting insights from the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council’s financial troubles, which has been described as the biggest financial failure in…
As people around NSW prepare to vote for their local councils, the Central Coast Local Government Committee is calling for a clear answer on whether or not our councillors will…
Central Coast Council has joined forces with 53 other councils to oppose what Local Government NSW (LGNSW) calls a “cash grab” to rob communities of vital infrastructure. LGNSW President, Linda…
Central Coast Council reached the end of July 2021 with around $110M less debt than expected. The total debt appears to be about $455M as of July 31. This was…
Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, has come out strongly in favour of local government reform. “The framework local government operates under is archaic, restrictive and conflicting,” Hart said. Particularly…
Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, has written to the Local Government Minister, Shelley Hancock, questioning the decision to keep all submissions made to the Public Inquiry into…
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart has come out strongly in favour of local government reform. “The framework local government operates under is archaic, restrictive and conflicting,” Hart said. Particularly…
If Central Coast Council elections are held in September 2022, as mooted by Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, residents will be voting for 15 councillors over five wards, regardless of…
Forum – On December 4, people across NSW will be voting for their representatives in Local Government. But NOT on the Central Coast. Here, unlike other citizens across the state,…
An influx of people to regions like the Central Coast seeking to take advantage of affordable housing and better lifestyles has underpinned a regional renaissance in 2020-21, according to the…
Forum – What exactly does Jane Smith mean by “restoring local democracy” and why do we need a working group to tell us how to go about it (“Jane Smith…
It might be Rik Hart’s first stint as a Council Administrator, but he comes to the job with a wealth of experience in local government. Hart, who took over as…
Dick Persson officially retired from his position as Central Coast Administrator on Wednesday, May 12, but not before he took one last parting shot at the suspended councillors. He has…
Local Government Minister, Shelley Hancock, ruled out a judicial inquiry into the Council’s financial woes. A period of administration was instituted by Hancock in October 2020 for a three month…
A NSW Government committee looking into how grants are allocated to councils is scathing in its interim report which was tabled in State Parliament on March 30. The committee uncovered…
Forum – Can Mr Crouch please advise at least one legal reform his “Government can make to prevent local government gross mismanagement re-occurring? I’m tired of bleating and finger pointing…
Despite Central Coast Councillors being suspended from office on October 30 last year, they had a number of their resolutions adopted by the local government peak body at its annual…