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…
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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…
More transparency needed
Forum – I just wanted to ask: how do we know if the Administrator is aware of the politicking between the State Government and Central Coast Council and/or will simply…
Government avoids paying for emergency works
Central Coast Council does not intend to take the State Government’s decision not to fund emergency works at The Entrance North, following a severe erosion event in July, lying down….
Public housing vacant for eight years
A boarded-up and neglected townhouse duplex at Bateau Bay is one of 58 vacant public housing properties across the Central Coast. The two townhouses at 5 and 6 Faye Cl…
New infrastructure and initiatives funding available
Businesses and residents are now eligible for funding for new infrastructure and initiatives that will drive economic recovery, thanks to the State Government’s $250M Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund. The…
Public inquiry required prior to suspension of councillors
Forum – Democracy is under threat on the Central Coast. The community’s right to have local matters subjected to local democratic processes is being undermined by the State Government’s threat…
State Government will not pay for The Entrance North emergency erosion control
A squabble is brewing over who should pay for the emergency works that held back coastal erosion at The Entrance North and Wamberal. Central Coast Council says the State Government…
Financial crisis … nothing another Committee can’t fix
Forum – Can we take Adam Crouch’s word for it that the State Government will neither stump up a $100M loan to provide Central Coast Council with enough cash to…
Taking David Attenborough’s lead
Forum – I have decided my successful campaign to restore the façade of the Council Chambers in Gosford will not be a one-off event. I am in the process of…
No bail out, No exemptions
The State Government will not bail Central Coast Council out of its financial hole and there will be no legislative exemptions, which effectively puts the kybosh on any attempt by…