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…
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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?…
View from the lifeboat
Forum – It would appear we are facing a Federal Election in the very near future if the amount of campaign advertising appearing in my letterbox is any gauge. This…
Government watered down unanimous inquiry findings
Forum – The NSW Government’s response to the Legislative Council Public Works Committee inquiry into Costs for Remediation of Sites Containing Coal Ash Repositories has just been released and is…
Putting Porter vote through the pub test
Forum – The Coalition Government recently used its majority in the House of Representatives to vote down a Labor push to refer Christian Porter to the privileges committee to determine…
A tribute to two young ladies
Forum – About a month ago I went into BWS at Woy Woy. A gentleman was being given medical assistance by Nicole and Jess, a staff member from the next…