COVID-19 and amalgamation drive Council deeper into deficit
Central Coast Council will increase fees and charges, shelve capital works projects and borrow up to $50M as it tries to navigate the impact of COVID-19 and high amalgamation costs….
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Panel rejects West Gosford residents’ concern over 24-hour Hungry Jacks
The Central Coast Local Planning Panel has deferred a decision on a revamp of the West Gosford Shopping Centre, requesting more information on proposed landscaping for the centre’s carpark and…
Desalination plant off the table for now
A desalination plant at Lakes Beach, Budgewoi, is no longer a proposal being considered by Council as a water security project. Director, Jamie Loader, let it slip that the desalination…
Council amalgamation has cost $49M to date
It has cost Central Coast Council almost $39M more to amalgamate on top of the $10M it got from the NSW Government’s implementation fund. The costs were an estimation given…
Carters Rd carpark will help but is not the answer
Lake Munmorah Progress Association Secretary, Stuart Durie, has welcomed plans for an extra car park in Carters Rd, but isn’t sure that it will alleviate traffic flow. The Progress Association…
Construction started on the ING purpose built office
Construction started on July 20 on the ING purpose built office in Wyong, which is due to open in 2022 and provide 400 jobs. ING Australia’s CEO, Uday Sareen, said…
Council budget severely effected by State Government cost shifting
Central Coast Council expects to pay the State Government $32.5M in waste levies this 2020-21 financial year. In return, the State Government will grant Council about $300,000 this year from…
East wall of war memorial may be safe but no guarantees yet
The Entrance MP, David Mehan, has called on the Minister for Transport to give an assurance that the eastern wing wall of the Ourimbah War Memorial will not be removed…
Second coastal low causes widespread storm damage
Residents in the northern suburbs have been on high alert for almost two weeks with two low pressure systems leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Only days after…
Stop work action results in distribution centre lockout
More than 500 workers at the Woolworths Distribution Centre at Warnervale took legal industrial stop work action for 24 hours on July 24 after negotiations over pay and conditions broke…
Hundreds of tonnes of rock will only provide a temporary solution
More than 900 tonnes of basalt rock and 220 tonnes of sandstone has been placed in front of homes along The Entrance North Beach as part of Central Coast Council’s…
Central Coast Airport flight cap to be repealed
The NSW Government has today announced it will support all recommendations of an independent review into the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996 (the Act), including providing certainty to the community by immediately…
JobKeeper hits the mark and will continue to provide support
[Editorial by Josh Frydenburg] Since JobKeeper was announced on the 30th March it has provided a massive economic and psychological boost to the nation. At a cost of $70 billion…
Labor calls for a top-up to disability and carer support payments
Central Coast based Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill has added her voice to calls from the Australian Greens for extra economic support for people on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and…
In defence of libraries
When Central Coast Council discussed the proposal for a new regional library proposed for Gosford CBD at its July 13 meeting, Cr Bruce McLachlan questioned whether the community really wanted…
Weekly Video News 5@5
[Central Coast, July 24, 2020] In this week’s edition; Wamberal Beach dominates the news, Job Keeper & Job Seeker extended, ING bank expands in Wyong, Community Groups struggling, Mariners &…
Details of $3M tobacco haul in April released
A haul of illicit tobacco worth more than $3M was seized at Peats Ridge in April and destroyed in a major operation by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The crop…
Authorities mull engineering options for Wamberal Beach
Several options for a long-term solution to erosion at Wamberal Beach, including a revetment wall along the beachfront, are under consideration as Central Coast Council weathers accusations of inaction on…
Calls to declare Wamberal Beach erosion a natural disaster
Central Coast Council has declared a local emergency and given direction on what emergency work residents at Wamberal and North Entrance can do on private property in the wake of…
Man vs Ocean
Residents from 18 beachfront homes at Wamberal remain locked out of their properties as the State Government and Central Coast Council install emergency measures to prevent even more erosion after…