Send back the Union Jack
Forum – I totally agree with Richard Ryan regarding the Union Jack being removed from our flag. What the British did to the Aborigines in the almost 233 years has…
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Congrats CCN
Forum – I spent a weekend at Gosford and discovered your very excellent newspaper. It is truly a community newspaper and I found it very informative and unbiased in its…
Hardys Bay water feature
Forum – Yet another burst water main in Araluen Dr, Hardys Bay last night. This is the 23rd break in the street over the last few years. While the emergency…
St Huberts Island bridge fence
Forum – Driving on the roads of our beautiful Central Coast we are so fortunate to be treated to water views, ocean views , the sound of bellbirds and so…
Congrats CCN
Forum – A huge congratulations on your first edition. So interesting, so well put together with dedicated journalists. As a Peninsular person for 50 years I am so proud of…
Pelican Post photo a climate change high water mark?
Forum – Congratulations on your new name and feature photo – Pelican Post Please take and preserve your feature photo of the Pelican on the post in digital and dated….
Airport costs to Council could be zero
Forum – I write in reply to Susan Wynn’s Forum comments (Chronicle Nov 4) that “it is interesting that the NSW Government is pushing ahead with the repeal of the…
Has lost money been spent to benefit ratepayers?
Forum – Will the ratepayers foot the cost of covering Central Coast Council’s loss of $89M? Has this money been spent to benefit ratepayers? Will the persons involved in creating…
Mask, or mask-not?
Forum – I have a couple of underlying illnesses, putting me at high risk of dying from COVID-19. So, I wear a mask every single time I leave my house….
What should and shouldn’t be off the table
Forum – I note that our esteemed (suspended) Mayor has said that nothing is off the table. Well, one thing that should be off the table is the rape and…
Thank you
Forum – I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to Palliative Care, Community Service and Pegasus Health Group for the outstanding help which was given to me recently…
Such a relief that no one is responsible for the Council debacle
Forum – The astonishing thing about the Council fiasco is that not a single councillor is responsible for it. Our temporarily-ex-Mayor and councillors don’t seem to have the faintest suspicion…
A case for proportional representation
Forum – In reference to a letter from D. Horsfall, in issue 266; Horsfall assumes that Robertson MP Lucy Wicks will not speak up for the 80% of voters in…
Mobile phone discrimination
Forum – If you don’t have a mobile phone you are now the victim of discrimination. You can no longer access accounts and websites that you used to because they…
Reality check for councillors
Forum – Reading Mayor Matthews’ article declaring “Say goodbye to democracy” after her suspension along with fellow councillors, she needs to face up to reality. Matthews failed to acknowledge Council’s…
Is $500M spent on the War Memorial well spent?
The Federal Government has committed half a billion dollars to expand the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and include the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts. The War Memorial has had a…
Didn’t hand councils Cartier watches but a poisoned chalice
Forum – It is quite obvious that councillors in the 16 out of 18 failing amalgamated councils are not to blame for this financial hornet’s nest, however much they might…
Union Jack should not be on the Australian flag
Forum Our Aussie flag needs a new design. The Union Jack on the Australian flag is a symbol of the horrors of conquest to the original inhabitants of this land….
Bruce Hyland could be our Nostradamus
Forum – I have sparred with Bruce Hyland in Forum a few times over the past several years, but I more often than not share his views. I was researching…
Keep a successful administrator on permanently
Forum Our suspended Mayor says “goodbye to democracy” (Chronicle, p1, Nov 4) and states she’s had 21 years in local government. Surely, with that experience she should have been more…