Key role for super in economic recovery
by Cath Sullivan, re-printed with thanks to AIST [Editorial] The superannuation industry will play a key role in Australia’s economic recovery, according to Greg Combet, who also expects the legislated…
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Seven Central Coast residents recognised by Queen’s Honours
Seven Central Coast residents were recognized in the Queen’s Birthday 2020 Honours List on June 8, with 933 awards given nationally. Governor-General David Hurley said the awards were a reflection…
Proposal for Terrigal Lagoon walking trail
A 2km walking trail planned around Terrigal Lagoon will be a “wonderful thing for the Coast”, says Marine Discovery Centre Chairman and General Manager, John Asquith. Asquith said the trail…
Extraordinary Council meeting to discuss LSPS
Councillors are meeting this Saturday June 13 to workshop next year’s budget and to discuss the changes needed to the Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) which has just been on…
Keep coral trees, says shade tree group
Central Coast Council should keep coral trees due to be removed today from a Woy Woy reserve, according to local community group Grow Urban Shade Trees. Group member Ms Debbie…
Plans released for the single biggest road investment in the Coast’s history
Initial design plans for the Central Coast Highway upgrade from Bateau Bay to Wamberal are now out for community comment. The NSW Government has committed $387M to upgrade the 3.8km…
Coast misses out on extra public transport services
The State Opposition and the Central Coast Commuters Association have slammed NSW Government plans to provide more than 3,000 extra public transport services for Sydney but none for the Central…
Stationary RBT and RDT testing resumed
Police were back out in force as stationary Random Breath and Roadside Drug Testing (RBT and RDT) recommenced across the state ahead of the long weekend. In March, the NSW…
Order of Australia for services to the air force community
After 50 years of serving the air force community, and still going, Wendy Naylor of San Remo has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General…
Thirty five shipping containers still missing
Aerial observation flights along the Central Coast were conducted on Friday, June 5, on the lookout for remaining containers and debris from the APL England cargo ship, that may have…
Black Lives Matter movement supported in Wyong
About 400 people turned out in Wyong on Saturday, June 6, to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement which has swept Australia and the globe. Tens of thousands…
Public artists sought for Pelican sculpture
The pelican has been synonymous with The Entrance for generations, and now Central Coast Council has begun to cast its net in search for a public artist to create a…
Two rescues at Crackneck Lookout in four days
Twice in the space of four days, emergency rescue teams were called to save people from the rocks below Crackneck Lookout in Wyrrabalong National Park at Bateau Bay. Just before…
Crackdown on fishing around The Adelaide
Six men have been fined and issued with warnings by NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) Fisheries Officers for illegally fishing at the protected Ex HMAS Adelaide Reserve site…
$ 19,000 facelift for Gosford Showground
Gosford Showground is to be given a $19,000 spruce up courtesy of a State Government grant. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch said the…
What to do with Covid fines?
With more than 1200 fines handed out in NSW since March 17 for breaches of social distancing rules, some of them on the Central Coast, the State Opposition is calling…
Council navigates turbulent financial impact of Covid-19
Central Coast Council expects to be in deficit by the end of the financial year by $41.6M with lost revenues and ongoing costs and impacts due to Covid events growing…
Local Government push to keep voice at National Cabinet
With the recent announcement that a permanent National Cabinet will likely replace the former Council of Australian Governments (COAG), councils are pushing for a seat at the table. Central Coast…
More full-time firies needed to avoid another Black Summer
In the wake of major bushfires which threatened the Central Coast and devastated other parts of the state late last year and early this year, the Public Service Association (PSA)…
Preferred carpark option would mean loss of coveted kids’ space
Central Coast councillors will be asked to endorse a multi-storey carpark on the western side of Central Coast Stadium as the preferred option for a solution to Gosford’s parking woes…