Train disruptions becoming more frequent
[Forum]Once again, on February 10, we experienced a disrupted chaotic journey to the city from Woy Woy: People left queuing with buses coming every 30 minutes during peak hour on…
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TAFE is an important alternative pathway
Over the past decade or so, the emphasis in public discourse has been disproportionately on university as the route to a successful career, while TAFE as a pathway, has been…
Hang glider rescued from cliff
A hang glider was rescued from a cliff off Bateau Bay’s Crackneck Lookout after crashing his glider. Emergency services were called to the lookout, located in Wyrrabalong National Park, at…
Climate action rejected for 40 years
Climate change action has been rejected by the three levels of government since at least the 1980s. The ramifications of this apathy have reached crisis level years in advance of…
Our future is being decided by faceless bureaucrats
[Forum]I was one of about 50 residents who attended Central Coast Council’s Deputy Mayor, Jane Smith’s, meeting on planning for the Coast on January 16, and I think those active…
Angry Kangy Angy residents say “I told you so”
[Forum] Minister Andrew Constance said he is a changed man after his experience fighting the bushfires around his home. Although no one would wish such trauma on anyone, the residents…
Australia is a mere vassal of the USA and UK and complicit in their cover-ups
[Forum] This is an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. I would like to know what specific efforts you, your Foreign Minister or diplomats, have made to bring the…
It’s crazy to base council strategic planning on wards
[Forum] Councillor Mehrtens is right in claiming (edition 219), that it is crazy to base council strategic planning on wards. They are just artificial bureaucratic creations, constructed to put about…
Some councillors have a brain
How refreshing it was to read your article in edition 223 regarding Central Coast Councillors, Troy Marquart, Greg Best and Chris Burke, for showing the intestinal fortitude to vote for…
Our additional water can only come from waste water recycling
[Forum] Malcolm Brooks’ call for “conserving the Coast’s dwindling water supplies and controlling development ahead of a huge projected population boom” (“Unchecked population growth will have a dramatic impact on…
Fracking is not the answer
[Forum] The new ‘climate fix’ seems to be fracking, now in the Northern Territory and spreading Australia wide. No mention of the huge amounts of water needed, much of it…
NSW voters vote without looking at the past
[Forum] I read with interest a letter from Robert Findley dated December 6, 2019, regarding 100,000 men and women needed to be trained for all emergencies. In the war years…
Roundabouts safer than traffic lights
[Forum] The Central Coast Council is proposing to convert the Rawson Rd/Ocean Beach Rd roundabout to a traffic light controlled intersection at a significant cost and disruption to the locale….
Transport staff went the extra mile
A special thank you to the Wheelchair Taxi Wyong-Newcastle Interchange staff, the light rail and Stockton Ferry staff. You made our 60th wedding trip a great success.You all went the…
Public complacent about regional plans
[Forum] The audacity and ignorance of Central Coast Council to lay it upon the residents to submit their concern to a plethora of plans and policies, continually amazes me. It…
Anti airport group accused of scare tactics and fake news
[Forum] The latest fiction rant from the Laurie Eyes anti-airport mob (WRC Forum 22/01/20) conjures up a heap of alternate facts and fake news. It is pointless to pick the…
Warnervale Airport is not an airport but an Aeroplane Landing Area
[Forum] I write in reference to the article ‘Public forum to be held on Central Coast Airport’ (Chronicle, January 22). It may come as a surprise to Adam Crouch (Parliamentary…
Social housing: What is the alternative?
[Forum] Recently I have noticed an understandable degree of concern at recent social housing developments, specifically at Pacific Link near Rawson Rd and Ocean Beach Rd. Full disclosure: I live…
Doctor is harder to see than the Queen
[Forum] Recently, I had need to see my local GP, but to my frustration, I could not see my doctor for 10 days. By the time my appointment came, my…
We need unity for community
[Forum] This is an open letter to all Central Coast Councillors. Due to a number of private issues that have grounded me for much of the last 12 months, I’ve…