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…
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Marathon six-hour Council meeting to deal with financial crisis
Following a marathon six-hour meeting about its financial crisis on Monday, October 12, Central Coast Council will now focus on its 100-Day Action Plan to financial recovery, seek State Government…
Council budget severely effected by State Government cost shifting
Central Coast Council expects to pay the State Government $32.5M in waste levies this 2020-21 financial year. In return, the State Government will grant Council about $300,000 this year from…
Eight new grants awarded
Eight local organisations including schools, a sport club and Marine Rescue volunteers will receive a share of $192,041 from the State Government’s Community Building Partnership program. Parliamentary Secretary for the…
Mixed reactions to small business grants
Business NSW Central Coast has welcomed a $750M fund set up by the State Government to provide grants for small and micro businesses impacted by the coronavirus, but the Opposition…
Our additional water can only come from waste water recycling
[Forum] Malcolm Brooks’ call for “conserving the Coast’s dwindling water supplies and controlling development ahead of a huge projected population boom” (“Unchecked population growth will have a dramatic impact on…
Elected council should retain ultimate control & planning powers
[Forum] The State Government has appointed a team of expert overseers made up of the Government Architect, a Coordinator General, and a re-purposed, but unelected, Central Coast Regional Development Corporation,…
State governments are superfluous
As much as I hate to agree with the Big L Liberal flag flying Robert Findley, I must. His observation (Remove state government, Forum, Nov 4) is something, although a…