Calculations on how much residents would pay with a proposed 15 percent rate rise rose to 42 percent for some ratepayers, Central Coast Council has conceded, if you include rate...

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Forum – I am trying to find the family of Robert (Bob) Thompson, son of John and Elizabeth Thompson who lived at Kikoria NSW. Robert and Joan, with their three...

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Davistown Progress Association is urging residents to attend a public meeting to be held later this month on a draft floodplain study for the area. Central Coast Council has drafted...

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Two years after the project was first announced and following a construction phase of more than 12 months, the revamped Leagues Club Park in Gosford is set to officially open...

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Former Central Coast Council CEO, Gary Murphy, has joined the chorus of people calling for a fuller inquiry into how the financial crisis occurred. In his interview, Murphy set out...

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Thousands of Central Coast residents are anxiously awaiting a decision on the renewal of the PEP 11 permit for oil and gas drilling 5km off the coastline. The permit came...

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[February 19, 2021] Coming up this week: Facebook bans news, Gary Murphy strikes back, Bruce McLachlan speaks out, IPART explains proposed rate rise, Airport Restrictions lifted, a new Australian track...

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With a decision still pending on whether or not the Empire Bay boatshed will be demolished, an assessment is to be conducted to examine the site’s contamination levels and to...

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As connectivity problems in Mangrove Mountain continue, Senator Deborah O’Neill told the Senate that the Mountain community had been abandoned by the Federal Government, by the NBN rollout and by...

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Central Coast students can now apply for the 2021 Y NSW Youth Parliament program, designed to empower youth interested in politics. Those in Years 10, 11, 12, or of the...

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In an exclusive interview with Coast News, former Central Coast Council CEO, Gary Murphy, has accepted responsibility for his actions, says he has been denied “natural justice” and has added...

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In an exclusive interview with Central Coast Newspapers, Murphy said there were a number of omissions from the Administrator’s 30-day report into the Council’s financial crisis and outlined three of...

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EDITORIAL: Local news really does matter, as demonstrated by our publishing of dozens of news stories about the current Council crisis. That is why Facebook’s audacious ban on news media...

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If the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, doesn’t sack our current crop of councillors, then Central Coast residents will vote in the local government elections slated for September 4....

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Foreshore protection and revegetation work in Wyee Bay on Lake Macquarie will start in July. The work will include rehabilitation of the saltmarsh and Swamp Oak floodplain as well as...

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Residents in the north of the region might notice helicopters, planes, vehicles and drones around the area between now and June 7 looking for bushfire hazards. They are part of...

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Central Coast Council will survey a randomly selected sample of residents to ask what people think about the proposed 15 percent rate rise going to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory...

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Delta Electricity has withdrawn its application for federal government funding for a turbine upgrade at its Vales Point Power Station. Delta initially submitted an expression of interest for efficiency related...

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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has agreed to public consultation before determining whether to let Vales Point Power Station extend its Environment Protection Licence for another five years. A...

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Electrical Trades Union (ETU) delegates are calling on Ausgrid to stop cutting jobs, with now fewer than 100 people employed at the sole remaining regional depot at Ourimbah. They say...

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