Bruce leads a walking tour of Woy Woy’s lumpen eyesores
Forum – I think that Council CEO, David Farmer, must go everywhere in a car, if he thinks that Woy Woy can be transformed into a walkable neighbourhood any time…
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Slur on community ‘not acceptable’
Bureaucracy put before community
National interest missing from PEP11 stance
Elderly dog owners ‘ignored’
Implementation of plans is the real problem
Appeal for pedestrian safety
State Government needs to own and fix mess
Tilting freedom
Campaign to close off choices for Wamberal
Forum – It is disturbing that the Wamberal Taskforce is downgrading the issue of sand renourishment in its agenda (“Wamberal community says sand nourishment must stay on agenda”, CCN 319),…
Asking vaxed questions
Forum – Following 18 months of our new normal you’d think the message would have gotten out to all and sundry. No, it appears. You can’t imagine how disappointed and…
Some things can’t be learned online
Forum – So, the NSW Government is forcing TAFE to move to online courses (“Labor MPs protest ‘gutting’ of TAFE to move to online learning”, Chronicle p8 Nov 10). How…
Executive performance ‘difficult to pass off as sound management’
Forum – There has been lots of very interesting insights from the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council’s financial troubles, which has been described as the biggest financial failure in…
Buckley’s chance of protecting coal
Forum – As part of agreeing to Climate Change legislation, some of our politicians have demanded “protection for the mining industry”. Australia mines many things such as iron, aluminium, lead,…
Beaches a better bet than moribund city centre
Forum – I am all for an optimistic outlook, but isn’t Paula Martin flogging a dead horse, with her goal of making Gosford “the most attractive destination for events, tourism…
Jab better than ventilator
Forum – I read your correspondent’s letter (“Policy ‘not in step with global experience”, CCN318) with a degree of astonishment bordering upon incredulity. He seems to object to alleged “experimental”…
Finding fault with technocrats
Forum – Administrator Rick Hart’s suggestion that some Councillors should be appointed by bureaucrats rather than elected is closer to the system imposed on Hong Kong by China than the…
Nothing beats pub garlic bread
Forum – I visited the brand-new Hotel Gosford outfit this week and was pleasantly surprised at the renovation. It’s quite lovely … it reminds me of the speakeasies my Aunty…
Speak up for the ABC
Forum – This additional Senate Inquiry into the ABC is in fact not a routine majority Senate Inquiry as we are led to believe by the Morrison Government. It has…
Watercolour painting denial questioned
Forum – What a bunch of miserable sods our Central Coast Council are … I refer to the full-page article on Page 13 (PP035) ‘Watercolour Picnic’. A wonderful story about…