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…
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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…
Still waiting for access
Forum – In October 2020, CCN printed a media release from the Representatives of both Deepwater Plaza’s manager Dexus and owners of The Pavilion which stated that agreements were being…
Rates up and still waiting for infrastructure
Forum – My rates bill just came in with an increase of 30 per cent. This is a jump of $100 per quarter. Now my bill is for $438 and…
A need to look at performance and culture
Forum – Your front page story highlighting that Central Coast Council plans to employ 72 additional employees in its water and sewerage department within a year of forking out millions…
Imagine nuclear waste stored at Katandra Reserve
Forum – There will always be environmental problems with energy generation, transformation, transport and consumption. Probably the main problem will be energy conversion efficiencies as energy losses from the conversion…
Armchair exploration of the ethics of pork barrelling
Forum – What we are seeing at ICAC is, for many of us watching, uncomfortable. Who enjoys viewing an almost forensic public stripping of another’s private thoughts? But what we…
Lip service leads to less trust
Forum – In the October 28 forum, Bruce Hyland clearly outlined the details of how we are being tricked by full-page political advertising from Lucy Wicks and the Morrison Government…
Choosing to be part of the solution
Forum – At the beginning of the pandemic people looked out for each other. As we progressed through the “nightmare” and people spent more time on the internet checking on…
Make sure increases are justified
Forum – The administrator Dick Persson was put in to sort out Central Coast Council’s finances and in doing so he recommended and got a 15 per cent increase in…
Survey those who matter
Forum – I would like to put a call out to the Chief Executive Officer of Central Coast Council to do the right thing and survey the people who are…
Public Inquiry a ‘waste of funds’
Forum – Why would anyone want to pay for home building approvals at great expense with long delays if Central Coast Council turns a blind eye to the chosen ones?…