Australia Post offer $10,000 community grants
Not-for-profit community organisations on the Central Coast are being encouraged to apply for a 2020 Australia Post Community Grant, with up to $10,000 available to each recipient. This year the…
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Fears over fast-tracking of controversial project
Kincumber and Picketts Valley Community Action Group (KPVCAG) is concerned that a controversial over 55s residential development at Kincumber could be pushed through the approval process under the State Government’s…
Social media policy adopted by (majority of) Councillors
A social media policy, referred to by some Central Coast councillors as a “gag order” was adopted at Council’s meeting on June 22 to be reviewed in a year despite…
Weekly Video News 5@5
5@5_26 June 2020 – The latest news from around the Central Coast. Council Rates Rise – Darkinjung Development pushback – More mountain bike clashes – Malcolm Brooks passes – Women’s…
Commuters and truckies fear high tolls for NorthConnex
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, joined Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Premier Gladys Berejiklian earlier this week for a sneak peek at NorthConnex, set to shave 15…
Feud over mountain biking in COSS land intensifies
Members of the Central Coast mountain biking community have hit back at calls to have mountain biking disallowed in COSS lands and say they have just as much right to…
Concerned citizens form planning watchdog
A group of concerned and informed residents from all over the Central Coast has established a planning watchdog group and wants to see more community involvement in major planning decisions….
Phegans Bay clifftop rescue
On the evening of Wednesday, 24 June 2020, members of Fire and Rescue New South Wales branches in Umina and Gosford were involved in a helicopter rescue of an injured…
Indigenous community split over Darkinjung development aspirations
Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (DLALC) has hit back at claims by community group Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA) that its proposal for a major housing development on Woy Woy Rd…
Better Planning Group formed to advocate on behalf of communities
As a result of multiple planning issues facing the region, community representatives from each ward within the Council have come together to form the Central Coast Community Better Planning Group…
Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plans adopted
A Mardi Creek detention basin and levee on Anzac Rd, Tuggerah are the two key options to manage flooding trouble spots in Wyong. These are just two recommendations in the…
Proposed solution to flooding referred to expert panel
A proposal by a coastal engineer to trial a low-cost sandbag wall in order to keep open the mouth of The Entrance Channel has been reffered by Central Coast Council….
Rail facility reaches a major milestone
Another major milestone has been met in the construction of the intercity rail fleet maintenance facility at Kangy Angy, and the project scores an Australian first in recycling of single-use…
Pipeline uses trenchless technology
Work is powering ahead on the Mardi to Warnervale water pipeline, with crews commencing boring activities and pipe laying at Mardi. Installation is underway of a section of pipeline using…
Free Tuggerah Lakes video available
A video detailing the science of Tuggerah Lakes has been developed by Central Coast Council’s Estuary Management Team. Viewers can take a close-up look at the workings of the complex…
Wyong Coal deny impact on koalas
It’s coal versus koalas, as community group Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA) hits back at Wyong Coal, operators of Wallarah 2 Coal Project, over suggestions that the group was “misrepresenting the…
Coal projects fast-tracked…
Proposed changes at Chain Valley Colliery, Mannering Colliery and Vales Point Power Station have been fast tracked by the NSW Government to inject $65M into the economy and boost employment…
2.6 percent rate rise adopted
Councillors at their ordinary general meeting on June 22, voted to apply the 2.6 percent rate rise allowed by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal. Rate notices will include an…
Council to develop Disaster Resilience Strategy
In the wake of last summer’s devastating bushfire season, Central Coast Council is getting ready to cope with any future disasters in the region with the preparation of a Disaster…
Olympian returns to Terrigal High
Central Coast Council is again teaming up with Illuminate Future to deliver the IGNITE Business Launchpad program for young people aged 12 – 24. Designed to help young people learn…