Not many strategies in Housing Strategy
Central Coast Council is to be congratulated on the presentation of the draft Strategic Housing Strategy for comment. This is the finest compilation of Central Coast data that I have…
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Poor choice for Peninsula pre-poll site
At the last Federal election pre-poll voting was available at the deserted National Australia Bank branch in Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy. Woy Woy is like Rome; all roads lead there….
More accessibility needed at our parks
The poor old wheelchair users and people with disabilities don’t seem to be getting much of a look in. Many millions have been spent on upgrades to parks; Bouddi National…
Nuclear power too risky
I feel the need to respond to your correspondent (Time to re-appraise nuclear power, CCN382). The correspondent claims renewable sources of energy (solar and wind) “do not constitute a full…
Nuclear power costs prohibitive
It seems any mention of cheap, clean renewables gets the dander up some areas, whether they be advocates for more coal and gas burning or, over the past two Forums,…
Teaching kids about politics
Recently I watched a program on TV about Asian high school students being taught about politics. Each student was asked to take on the role of being a politician and…
Nuclear power not feasible
Charles Hemmings (CCN332) ignores the problem with nuclear power more fundamental than disposal of waste. It remains a fact that Australia has no nuclear power station, not one. Furthermore, there…
Bring manufacturing back to Australia
FORUM: We have to turn inward and start to look after ourselves instead of depending of other nations to help out with manufacturing. The trouble started with the Whitlam Government…
Time to re-appraise nuclear power
I would like to support the comments of Mr Fell (CCN381). Blind Freddy, Mr Fell and I are in agreement about our present energy policy. It is an inconvenient truth,…
Could be time for a change on March 25
At the end of this month we are expected to go to the polls to vote for a new government in NSW and the big decision is whether we vote…
Playspaces need shade cloth
Plaudits to the Council for its plans to upgrade 10 playspaces around the municipality. However it’s vital that children are protected from the sun while spending time in these fun…
Government can fix cost of living crisis
Living shouldn’t have a cost. The expression “cost-of-living” is obscene and completely at odds with what we expect for our families and communities. There are four things humans need to…
Put election promises in writing
Just a small comment about promises by politicians that they say over the television. Would it not be better if they were honest (and) put it in writing and signed…
Landlords squeezing coffee shops out
FORUM : What is going on? I have been driving 65kms over broken and in some instances non-existent Council roads to go shopping at the Imperial Centre in Gosford for…
Policy statements give food for thought
The policy statements by Adam Crouch and David Harris (CCN380) in the run-up to the election were an interesting contrast. It was also significant that they chose to deliver their…
Super battery not so super
Forum: So now this expensive battery/stabiliser is a Waratah battery not a Munmorah one (CCN 380)? The name does not change the reality anyway. We all want reliable electricity at…
We need details of parties’ plans for future
Forum I was reading my Coast Community News last week and came to Adam Crouch’s full page ad listing his achievements. Pretty Beach Public School $40,00, Copacabana Public School $40,00…
Nuclear power is a possibility
Forum: Your front page coverage of (the super battery) project at the site of the old Munmorah coal fired power station made me smile (CCN380). By 2035 NSW will lose…
How about a community forum?
So the “Major parties outline plans to take the region into the future” (CCN issue 380). I haven’t seen any talk of community forums for voters to attend to hear,…
Make your vote count
Here we are again with an optional-preferential NSW election, in contrast to last year’s Federal election which employed its exhaustive preferential system. It saddens me, when scrutineering, to see that…