Crouch criticises shark net removal trial backflip
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch has criticised the NSW Government for cancelling its planned shark net removal trial, which would have seen three beaches, including one on the Central Coast,…
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Shark net debate continues to enmesh the Coast
Shark nets were set to be installed at the region’s beaches this week, despite no decision having yet been reached on a Central Coast location for the State Government’s trial…
One shark net to go – but which one yet to be decided
Which Central Coast shark net will go? That’s a decision Central Coast Council has flicked back to the State Government to make. Council has agreed to participate in the NSW…
Shark net removal trial set for one Central Coast beach this Summer
A trial to remove shark nets from one Central Coast beach this Summer has been welcomed by marine scientists, conservationists and a growing chorus of local leaders, as the State…
Crouch calls for trial removal of shark nets on the Coast
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch has renewed calls for the NSW Government to commit to removing shark nets from Central Coast beaches, ahead of the release of the 2025/26 NSW…
Shark nets to come down a month early
Shark nets at 11 patrolled beaches on the Central Coast will be removed on March 31, one month earlier than in previous years. The change, directed by the NSW Government,…
Rally against shark net deployment
Sunday, September 1, was a sad day for ocean lovers, marine conservationists, and many residents who gathered at The Entrance to protest the deployment of shark nets along Central Coast…
Rally to protest shark nets at The Entrance
This Sunday, September 1, a rally will be held at The Entrance Memorial Park protesting the NSW Labor Government’s decision to reinstate shark nets on Central Coast beaches this Summer….
Petition to end shark nets tabled in Parliament
A petition organised by Central Coast group the Friends of Kurrawyba, calling for the permanent removal of shark mesh from NSW beaches, has been tabled in the NSW Legislative Council…
Minns government on notice over shark nets
Animal Justice Party (AJP) representatives have hand-delivered more than 300 individually signed letters from the community to AJP MP Emma Hurst at NSW Parliament, calling for urgent legislative action to…
Petition calls for an end to shark nets
New Terrigal-based community group Friends of Kurrawyba has launched a petition calling for the NSW Government to permanently remove shark meshing from NSW beaches from the end of April in…
Abolishing shark nets a “no brainer”
Following the recent announcement that shark nets will be introduced at Central Coast beaches for the coming Summer season, Humane Society International and the Envoy Foundation have joined forces to…
Opposition to shark nets ramps up
Dozens of residents gathered at Terrigal Beach on Sunday, August 27, to oppose the use of shark nets off Central Coast beaches in the wake of a NSW Government announcement…
Shark nets to return this Summer
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch and Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart have slammed a State Government decision to reintroduce shark nets at Central Coast beaches this Summer despite strong…
Shark net kills unacceptable
As pressure mounts for the NSW Government to scrap shark meshing on the Central Coast, latest figures from the Department of Primary Industries reveal some alarming statistics. They reveal that…
Shark net tenders have locals shaking their heads
Despite unanimous political support for the removal of the shark netting program across the Central Coast, tenders have been issued by the Department of Primary Industry. Marine Wildlife Rescue Central…
The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News 5@5 for the first week of Spring 2022. A selection of lead stories, direct from our newsroom in Gosford. In the bulletin this week: Sharks and shark…
The Weekly News 5@5
The Weekly Video News 5@5 feature some of the lead stories from the newsroom of Central Coast Newspapers. In the bulletin this week: A call for a wholistic plan for…
Shark nets set to go from Central Coast beaches
The Central Coast could be the first region in NSW to completely decommission shark nets if a final push by Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch is successful….
Drumlines deployed across Coast to deter sharks
Thirty SMART drumlines are to be deployed across the Central Coast in coming months in an effort to deter sharks. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said installation…