We now live in the land of the poor and neglected
Forum – In 2017/18, of the seven merged metropolitan councils, only two reported a surplus, while 13 of the 14 small non-merged councils reported a surplus, according to a report…
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Uni campus to anchor new Gosford CBD education precinct
A new university campus is to be established on the old Mitre 10 site in Gosford to form the heart of an Education and Employment Precinct set to be a…
Rule change allows short-term rental owners to side-step local approval process
Changes to State Government laws on short-term rental accommodation (STRA) have seen a Wamberal homeowner withdraw an application from the Local Planning Panel meeting this week. The applicant wanted to…
Responsibilty for funding channel dredging resolved
The long-time controversy over just who is responsible for funding dredging of the Ettalong channel has finally been resolved, with the waterway designated as a “key investment location” under the…
We don’t need more political propaganda
Forum – I usually ignore the constant political point scoring put out by Senator Deborah O’Neill but for her to criticise the Government which suspended the Mayor and councillors and…
Government wants to do more business with SMEs
Business NSW Central Coast has welcomed an invitation from the State Government for business owners, industry groups and members of the public to have their say on how to make…
NSW Plastics Action Plan coming – Crouch
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, has hit back at claims by NSW Labor that the State Government is dragging its feet on the issue of banning single-use…
Labor put forward a three point plan to resolve Council mess
NSW Labor is demanding that the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, put her hand up and take responsibility for the mess on the Central Coast created by her Government’s…
Government support sought for more upgrades and trails
MOUNTAIN BIKING – A fresh call for government support could soon get the wheels turning on further upgrades to the trail network at Ourimbah Mountain Bike Park. The push comes…
Calls for plans to improve indigenous health outcomes
NSW Labor is calling for the State Government to detail its plan to improve health outcomes for Indigenous people living in rural and regional NSW, with Shadow Minister for Aboriginal…
Majority vote for jobs closer to home
A total of 132 ideas were posted to the State Government’s Planning for the Economic Future of the Central Coast website. Public comments closed at 8am on January 25 and…
State government to take back control of many major roads
The NSW Government has committed to take back up to 15,000km of council-managed roads in rural and regional areas because, it says, the move will ease the burden on local…
State works through ‘complex process’ of taking back local roads
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, has accused NSW Labor of scaremongering over claims that State Government plans to take back 15,000km of rural roads throughout the state…
‘Stop selling public assets’ – Tesch
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch is calling on the State Government to stop privatising public assets, saying the sale last year of land bordering Gosford Hospital could pave the way…
Yasmin Catley calls for a stronger stance on masks
NSW Labor is demanding that the Government take a stronger stance on masks, instead of relying on goodwill to contain the growing threat of the Northern Beaches COVID-18 cluster. Acting…
RidesAssist program set to resume
Cycling enthusiasts who need assistance are now able to jump back on a bike, with the Central Coast Bicycle User Group (CCBUG) re-starting its tandem RidesAssist program. The program offers…
Wage costs were lower because of unfilled vacancies
The State Government’s Fit For The Future program might have meant that councils, including Central Coast Council, tried to improve their positions to meet the criteria set out in the…
Waste levy funds collected are not being reinvested
Central Coast Council is calling for waste levy funds collected by the State Government to be reinvestment into the local government area (LGA). A Council spokesperson said the LGA was…
Who will implement recommended actions?
Forum – Let’s face the facts; the selected administrator is only going to change the icing on the cake. He is not intending to create a new cake with all…
Tutors, final year Uni students wanted
The State Government is looking for university tutors, students undertaking their final year of university study and casual and retired teachers on the Central Coast to take part in its…