Viva la anti-plastics revolution
[FORUM] After viewing the ABC Four Corners episode “Plastic Wars” (August 10) with mounting anger and embarrassment, I hereby announce I am now a plastics recycling apostate.
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Bush walkers have far less impact on COSS lands
[FORUM] I read with interest your article entitled “Council rejects motion to keep mountain bikers out of COSS lands” and noted a number of anomalies.
People don’t understand just how serious this illness is
[Forum] Following up on my previous comments (Forum edition 198), I spent a bit of time doing research into shoppers using hand sanitizer available at my local supermarket’s entryway. Thirty-five…
What we always wanted – graphics, colours, words
[Forum] On top of everything else, we now have to cope with a Place Activation Framework for the Peninsula (“Activation framework and identity package for Peninsula”, PN 499). Since there…
An airport by any other name…
[Forum] What can we make of this Council’s renaming of Central Coast Airport to Warnervale Aircraft Landing Area (ALA)? Well, it’s about perception. It removes the emphasis from a Central…
Where did all the street numbers go?
A few days ago, I had to collect some books from Central Coast Newspapers, but I wasn’t quite sure where number 86 – 88 Mann Street was. I parked the…
Libraries are much more than books
[Forum] I write in support of the forward thinking proposal to build a regional library in Gosford. Modern libraries are about much more than books. They are resource centres, study…
Debt and deficits
[Forum] And we are supposed to be surprised; no way; but yes, it was to be expected; the Central Coast Council running up a huge multi million dollar debt. And…
Getting back to normal
[Forum] I have watched our economy going backwards over the past 40 years. The major problem I think is that executive salaries are going too high, company directors want too…
Where’s your mask, young man
I read with interest your article on page 1 and 5 (CCN August 7) re masks being used by Woolworths staff. When I visited (mask on) the Umina Beach store…
Full of news … and dry too
[Forum] It has taken me a while to write this, but I was determined to do so. Since I discovered this paper in Erina Fair and picked up a copy,…
Choose the best person, man or woman, for the job
[Forum] On Friday, we learnt that only 43 per cent of Australian women with a VET certificate ever reach the threshold annual income level of $46,620 that would apply for…
Why the Mariners are important to the Coast whether you support football or not
PERSPECTIVE: The Central Coast has always struggled for a regional identity because of government policies, movements of population for employment and the way the Coast developed as a cheap holiday…
Will Council buy some paint, or prosecute me?
[Forum] For many months, I have noticed the deterioration of the painted timber privacy screens outside the front of Gosford Council Chambers. It is estimated the refurbishment of the building…
Whither the benefits of amalgamation?
I’m hoping to understand what I was told by many including the State Government that amalgamations were to reduce the waste of money and services. Why are prices going up?…
The dangers of local government debt
We should all be concerned that Central Coast Council ran a $5M deficit in 2018/2019 and a $40M deficit in 2109-20 and is now projecting a $13M deficit in the…
Time to buy Australian
[Forum] When you are in the supermarket aisle it is difficult to read the miniscule print on the labels. You are conscious of social distancing and taking up space with…
All that is missing are security guards brandishing Kalashnikovs
[Forum] With the threat of COVID-19, the completion and handover of the rail maintenance facility at Kangy Angy should be muted, no hand shaking, no back slapping and masks should…
Public money for public coastal erosion response only
[Forum] In response to the Wamberal coastal erosion articles that appeared in edition 252, I would argue for public money for public coastal erosion, and private money for private coastal…
Don’t blame the Council
[Forum] I am little suspicious at residents of Wamberal blaming local authorities for the disaster on the beachfront. It is not a council problem – it is a State and…