Crown Lands to assess contamination levels at Empire Bay boatshed
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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O’Neill and Wicks clash over Mountain connectivity
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…
Chance for youth to have their voices heard
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…
Sacked CEO sets the record straight
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…
Murphy highlights key omissions from 30-day report
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…
Facebook’s audacious news ban demonstrates importance of local media
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…
A referendum on wards and number of councillors proposed
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….
Three year foreshore protection and revegetation work in Wyee Bay funded
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…
Helicopters, planes, vehicles and drones to inspect powerlines
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…
Council will survey a randomly selected sample of residents about rate rise
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…
Turbine upgrade to be self funded by Delta Electricity
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…
EPA to accept public consultation over Vales Point licence renewal
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…
Ausgrid job cutting blamed for delays to power restoration
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…
Outside experts appointed to sell Council assets
Property experts from a Parramatta Council advisory committee will advise Central Coast Council on selling its under-performing assets. However, ratepayers will not know how much Council is paying the two…
$82,725 to be shared from the Chain Valley Colliery Community Funding Program
Six northern suburbs community groups will share $82,725 in the 2020 Chain Valley Colliery Community Funding Program. Gwandalan and Summerland Point Peninsula Improvement Group will receive $29,900 for fitness equipment…
Council decided to formally apply for a 15 percent rate rise
Central Coast Council decided at its February 8 meeting to formally apply to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for a 15 percent rate rise. The increase, which includes…
Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund overlooks the Central Coast
Central Coast Labor MPs took on Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, when NSW Parliament resumed in February, demanding answers to why the region has been ignored in the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery…
IPART Chair assures locals their views will be heard
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: IPART Acting Chair, Deborah Cope, has assured residents that every one of the thousands of submissions received regarding Central Coast Council’s proposed rate rise will be taken into…
Legal costs mount in Land and Environment Court dispute
A Warnervale landowner and Central Coast Council are facing their third round in the Land and Environment Court over a development application to clear land at 130-134 Sparks Rd. Landowner,…
Desalination plant back on the drawing board
A desalination plant could be back on the agenda for the region, but the former preferred site of beneath the Budgewoi dunes is off the table. Central Coast Council is…