Referendum

Referendum an atrocious result

Population of the Northern Territory is 255,000; number of MPs in NT parliament 25 – population of Central Coast is 351,000; number of councillors 15. It appears once again Central…



Libs advocate No vote in referendum

The Liberals will support the status quo on councillor numbers for Central Coast Council, says The Liberal Party Central Coast Local Government Committee President Godfrey Franz. That means voting no…


Vote no at the referendum

Why is Central Coast Administrator Rik Hart telling local community groups to vote yes in the upcoming referendum to reducing the number of councillors and wards in the local government…





Newcastle Anglican urges people to vote Yes

Newcastle Anglican has issued a statement offering its unequivocal support to a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament. “The referendum offers us the opportunity to bring healing to our nation,”…



‘No’ case for referendum

Forum – The Central Coast prior and past the amalgamation had community representation on the Council via councillors who stood for the communities that voted them in. To read that…






Referendum an affront to democracy

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,…





Does a referendum really cost $1.75M?

Forum – Could we get it cheaper? Well, I think so. It would appear that when the NSW Electoral Office advised it was unable to supervise/conduct our completely unnecessary referendum…