Draft DCP overrides too many previous regulations
[Forum] I would like to express my concern and objection about the short time frame that Central Coast residents have been given to study and reply to the rather complex draft…
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Proposed changes in DCP are of serious concern
[Forum] I am deeply perturbed with what I have seen happening in Gosford CBD of late, and the draft Development Control Plan (DCP) exhibited. Issues of concern are: Traffic flow and…
Safe pedestrian access only half completed
[Forum] It is not hard to see the lovely sandstone where half a path has been constructed along Brisbane Water Dve, Point Clare, for safe pedestrian access. However, the second half…
Time to tell the truth about school funding
[Forum] Education is too important to be hijacked by politics and spin. The fact is that there are no cuts in Commonwealth school funding, in fact there are year on-year increases….
Council has not done enough with ferry services
[Forum] Many residents joined together on Tuesday, September 18, to protest about the fact that Central Coast Council has not done enough to ensure the continuing service of the Palm Beach…
A mobile phone is now a must
[Forum] Our house has a lift originally installed for disabled use, and in the old days of landlines and ADSL, the lift telephone continued to work in a power blackout as…
The council, and we as citizens, can’t afford to sit and do nothing
[Forum] In regards to the video news interview with Coast Shelter’s, Laurie Maher, re affordable housing, it is not enough to provide even a massive increase in transitory housing for rough…
Koolewong boating area only half done
[Forum] Congratulations on the fantastic new boat ramps and pontoons at Koolewong, but please tell me the rest of the potholed and the derelict car park is going to be resurfaced….
The world’s gone mad
[Forum] After reading some of the newspapers lately, I’ve come to the conclusion that our country is now out of control with stupid political correctness. Is there anything now called…
Return our local government planning powers
[Forum] We did not ask for a Coordinator General for the Central Coast. I thought that only yesterday, in the wreckage of the Wagga by-election, our Premier said she was listening…
Wrong place to grow water-hungry crops
[Forum] Call me heartless, but I am afraid that I have very little sympathy for ‘Big Irrigation’, who also steal water by by-passing their meters, who insist on growing water-hungry…
Not too late to move Oyster Festival
[Forum] Our association, the National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association of Australia, fully supports the Vietnam Veterans and Mr Bill Jackson from Ettalong Beach Diggers in their opposition to holding…
There needs to be massive development of Social Housing
[Forum] It is not enough to provide even a massive increase in transitory housing for rough sleepers who wish shelter. As things remain, the number of homeless will just keep rising….
Gosford could become a gridlocked nightmare
[Forum] I would like to echo the sentiments of other writers (Forum; Aug 16) on the need for politicians to respond to the concerns of their electorates, rather than currying…
Bus chaos at Gosford Interchange
[Forum] Never mind the train chaos in Sydney last Saturday, I moved away from the place nearly two decades ago and never looked back, what about the bus chaos at Gosford…
Surely Council can help with a few dollars
[Forum] The Peninsula Recreation Precinct near Jasmine Greens Kiosk is such a wonderful asset to the whole community and a facility we all can be proud of. It is used by…
Focus on domestic violence not terrorism
[Forum] Domestic violence is the real terrorism here in Australia. Politicians bay like werewolves about the risks and evils of terrorism and spend billions of dollars fighting terrorism and American wars….
Public interest journalism appreciated
The Progress Association would like to congratulate you on the community interest inclusions in the Coast Community Newspaper. Your focused reporting of issues throughout our community is sincerely appreciated by…
Are attacks on the ABC indefensible?
[Forum] On the evening of Friday, August 3, a public meeting was held at the Gosford Leagues Club by Friends of the ABC to discuss the apparent attack by the present…
Politicians need to connect with their electorate
[Forum] Where are the politicians of yesteryear? Politicians such as Tony Doyle, Malcolm Brooks and Barry Cohen. These local members served their local people and community with the added bonus that…