Ask GPs not pollies how to get more doctors to the region
Forum – Lucy Wicks (Federal Member for Robertson) has form, when it comes to promising new jobs for the Central Coast. Does anybody remember the thousands of new jobs that…
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Locals in your hands
Forum – I am a local and shop regularly at Coles, Toukley. With COVID 19 appearing on the Central Coast in this second outbreak and calls for greater caution, I…
Politics and vaccines don’t mix
Forum – How could the rulers of our society not plan for supply of vaccines to out strip demand? (“Locals furious about vaccine theft” Chronicle, page 1, August 4). Dark…
Government should pay for council failure
Forum – In his haste to get the government’s mandate (for a rate rise), the Administrator is now telling us a different story. The 13 per cent increase is now…
People can’t afford to pay higher rates
Forum – Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, wants to increase our rates for at least three years at 15 per cent each year and obviously David Farmer, the new…
Hart must clarify ‘unlawful’ matters
Forum – I received my rate notice and with anticipation I opened it and saw that the proposed increase had started, however it was the glossy brochure enclosed that caught…
One happy rate payer
Forum – I have some good news for Wyong ratepayers. I have just received my latest annual rate notice with a total cost of $1856, a saving of $163. Note…
COVID’s silver lining – family relationship never stronger
Forum – It was week two of the COVID-19 lockdown and my family had followed all the rules and decided to go further and wear face masks at home. My…
Just observe the rules
Forum – The idea that road safety will be improved by heavier driver penalties for rule infringements has no logical support. (“Disguised speed camera cars won’t save lives”, Chronicle Forum,…
Patient left out when books closed
Forum – I have been going to a family doctor practice in Wyong for the past 58 years and in that time its name has changed, it has changed location,…
Off-leash dog areas worthy of discussion
Forum – Council’s dog ownership policy and companion animal working group are, once again, examples of councils undemocratic attitude to ratepayers. Who makes up this group or committee? Are they…
Hyland Bytes: Omelette or scrambled eggs?
Forum – It is astonishing that people you would expect to think in better than one-issue terms, apparently, imagine that demerging Gosford and Wyong is the most important problem we…
No real advantage from selling reserve
Forum – The proposed rezone and sale of the public reserve greenspace at 1 Austin Butler Ave should not go ahead. If this reserve is sold for a carpark it…
Are we being penalised for doing the right thing?
Forum – I am deeply distressed that the NSW Government decided to re-allocate the Central Coasts Pfizer injections. My son aged 40 desperately wants the vaccine. Unfortunately, he has suffered…
Hyland Bites: No more, please!
Forum – We have the Department of Planning telling us how to direct city growth for the next 20 years. We have Regional Development Australia Central Coast to tell us…
Sophistry of the highest order
Forum – I would like to respond to (Council Administrator) Rik Hart’s suggestion that the rate rise (of 15 per cent) is needed beyond three years (CCN301). He has accused…
The not-so-public inquiry
Forum – Why is the so called “public” inquiry into Central Coast Council being conducted largely in secret (“Nine suspended Councillors make submissions”, CCN 6 August)? The only reason given…
Who’s standing up for us?
Forum – An open letter to Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch. I write on two matters. Firstly, the need for border checkpoints at the Hawkesbury River –…
Planning controls fail on three counts
Forum – The ink is barely dry on our updated Development Plan, and, to mix a metaphor, the cracks are already showing (“Residents push back against Brick Wharf proposal”, “Proposed…
Rates notices strengthen demerger calls
Forum – I found the article about the de-merger interesting but it was just a pity the poll wasn’t answered by more people. I wonder if the information on my…