If only …
[Forum] Regarding the government’s COVIDSafe app, there certainly was a lot of news about this in the last edition (245). Now, if only that tracker worked on my old iPhone…
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Stop overdevelopment on the waterfront
[Forum] Why doesn’t Central Coast Council and the State Government use a little future planning and build a multi-story car park over the existing railway line airspace between the existing…
Strategic plan … or weasel words and twaddle?
Central Coast Council’s recently released draft Local Strategic Planning Statement is a tragic reflection of what has become of our state and local planning systems. Systems which are so important…
Thank you, kind stranger
[Forum] I was standing isolated in the queue at a Point Clare supermarket waiting for my goods to travel along the conveyor when I suddenly realised that I had left…
Shhhhh!
[Forum] The last several months have shown people in the world how life quickly can change whatever that may be. It has resulted in good things and bad things. Many…
Hospital car parks are a state government responsibility
[Forum] I note that in edition 191 of Coast Community Chronicle, Kathleen Minassian, wrote about council parking, in response to my letter that appeared in the previous edition. It is…
Restorative Justice for Environmental Crime recommended
[Forum] The process of Restorative Justice for Environmental Crime has been successfully used in law as a means to have greater input into decision making, and a form of healing…
We need to give it a red hot go
[Forum] I read Sue Wynn’s letter (Chronicle, May 27) and was struck by how far we need to go to get a change in our country. We all love breathing…
Democracy is under threat
[Forum] Your various excellent publications in May have contained several references to changes in the planning regime governing developments on the Central Coast. I am concerned that the voice of…
Call for our own Central Coast University
[Forum] I am alarmed at the apparent agreement between the big parties, Labor and Liberal, that the Central Coast wants a University of Newcastle extension here, on the Central Coast….
An open letter to the NSW Government
[Forum] Dear Premier, Treasurer and Member for Terrigal; I request that you abandon your recently announced plan to offer a $1000 [inducement] as opposed to honouring already agreed upon pay…
Opposed to Council no matter what they do
[Forum] Adam Crouch manages to criticise Central Coast Council (CCN edition 243) both for opposing the government’s decision to have any contentious development application determined by an independent expert-dominated panel,…
Replacement trees need to be identified as such
[Forum] When Mannering Park Progress Association asks Central Coast Council about developments that remove mature trees, we are told that there is a two for one replacement policy. This sounds…
Remove exemptions for clubs and religious institutions
COVID-19 has turned our economy on its head, and with that, the usual way of thinking about how to collect the taxation revenue required to have everything in society working…
Councillors make welcome changes to parking plan
[Forum] In response to Vic Wulf’s letter that appeared in edition 190, parking is a Central Coast Council matter. Metered on-street parking at Gosford and Woy Woy have been deleted…
Weekly paper appreciated
Congratulations to all at Coast Community Chronicle. Bringing back a weekly newspaper is very much appreciated and fills a large gap in our lives. It’s a great read for us…
Disconnect on carers salaries
When essential services stayed open at the onset of COVID-19, two of those services were the early childhood centres and aged care providers. Federal and state leaders commended and praised…
Terrigal is a shambles
[Forum] I’ve lived on the Coast for around 40 years, so I think I qualify to be a local. Have followed the changes in various areas, some for the better…
No going back on globalisation
Recently, there has been a debate in the Forum of Coast Community News regarding the merits for Australians of industrial protectionism as against us operating in a relatively free market…
Let’s re-imagine a new and better Australia
[Forum] As we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic in six, 12 months or more, let’s take the best we have discovered about ourselves in lockdown and re-imagine a new and…