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‘Hit and run victims’ pay for repairs

FORUM – “Cracked Sydney trams no longer under warranty” is the latest shipwreck of the “going-forward” NSW Liberal Government. Decapitating or sinking ferries, cladding falling off buildings, fire hazards, destruction…



Some company to be in

Forum – For Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, to describe the Government’s climate “plan” as weak is by way of classic understatement (“Government’s emission plan described as weak”, Chronicle…


In favour of vaccine passports

Forum – I would like to make a comment on the vaccines. A few weeks ago, as I sat on my balcony watching the anti-vaxxers protest it made me think…


Not vulnerable enough for early booster

Forum – Today I took my disabled 79-year-old partner to Wyong Hospital to obtain an early booster COVID 19 vaccine. He had his second AstraZeneca in August. We went to…


Not one shovel has hit the dirt

Forum – As the Central Coast comes back to life after COVID lockdown, we are again reminded of the incompetence and the broken promises of this inept NSW Government. At…


Village character gone forever

Forum – I am sorry to have to say it, but it seems to me that any campaign to preserve the Ettalong waterfront is a lost cause (“Chamber says Esplanade…


‘No’ case for referendum

Forum – The Central Coast prior and past the amalgamation had community representation on the Council via councillors who stood for the communities that voted them in. To read that…


Applying common sense to schools

Forum – Re the recent teachers strikes: as Charles Dickens implied, it still is “the best of times and the worst of times” and that certainly includes in schools. Everyone…


Please use bins provided

Forum – As a long-term resident of the Central Coast, I am often dismayed, during holiday periods, as I walk along our beautiful beaches, at the amount of polystyrene coffee…


The people are not fools

Forum – There are tens of thousands of people in a similar situation to myself that do not agree to mandatory vaccinations or secondary boycotts being imposed by many Central…



Speak up now on regional plan

Forum – The Central Coast Regional Plan 2041 has been released for comment (CCN 322). On the principle of never using one word when three will do, the Plan covers…



Looking for honest leadership

Forum – The ongoing and total mismanagement of the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie regions has seen the possibility of a stealth takeover from both Sydney and the Hunter. The…


Wracked with frustration

Forum – I am extremely frustrated with Central Coast Council. I live in Toukley with a lake side property. We have higher assessed property value as a result of our…


Coal demise ‘greatly exaggerated’

Forum – Colin Paulson not only exaggerates but also ignores the facts. (“Buckley’s chance of protecting coal”, Chronicle Forum, Nov 17) The Government has simply signalled that it will not…



Feeling unsafe

Forum – I would say the vast majority of people I see on the Central Coast are either not wearing a mask and seemingly daring anybody to ask them why…


Park it and find another goodie

Forum – With respect to the chimerical Woy Woy carpark, Mr Franz may be misinformed, when he says that “originally our Council was tasked with identifying sites, getting control and…