Water rates to rise
Central Coast residents can expect their water, sewerage and drainage charges to rise by 2.2% for the next financial year, which Council estimates will see a rise of just over…
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Whither the HMAS Adelaide’s mast?
A second development application to place the HMAS Adelaide Mast at the Haven at Terrigal has been withdrawn from Council after an independent assessor would not recommend the plan. Council…
Central Coast Video News 5@5
Central Coast Video News long weekend edition from June 5, 2020: Tourism on the Central Coast set to rebound – Wage Freeze proposal for nurses defeated in parliament – Leagues…
Government offers 10,000 new home loan guarantees
Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, has reminded Central Coast residents that a further 10,000 guarantees will become available to first home buyers under the Federal Government’s First Home Deposit Scheme…
Operation Soap in Public Toilets
With regional travel restrictions recently relaxed and more visitors arriving on the Coast, a small but dedicated band of residents is determined to take personal hygiene into their own hands…
NorthConnex to shave 15 minutes off trip to Sydney
Central Coast commuters who drive to Sydney could shave 15 minutes off their trip by avoiding multiple sets of traffic lights, once NorthConnex opens in a few months’ time, says…
Couple charged over alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a child
A man and woman have appeared in Wyong Local Court after being charged over the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a child. In October, 2019, detectives from the State…
Council’s deficit to increase to $41.6M
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 non-COVID events growing…
The struggle for disabled people to find real work
For people with a disability, the prospect of finding open, engaging employment on the Central Coast was already limited, and that was before COVID-19 brought further dislocation to the job…
Recycling a feature in M1 upgrade
One of Australia’s biggest concrete recycling projects has helped turn more than 200,000 tonnes of the old cracked surface of the M1 Pacific Motorway between Tuggerah and Doyalson into a…
APL England held in detention
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has laid charges against the Master of the APL England cargo ship which lost about 50 shipping containers overboard, causing debris and mangled shipping…
M1 now three lanes north bound from Kariong to Doyalson
Traffic jams on the M1 Motorway between Tuggerah and Doyalson should soon be a thing of the past with the opening of all three lanes in the northbound section on…
Health workers protest over proposed wage freeze
Almost 15 percent of the Central Coast workforce will be affected by the 12-month wage freeze for public servants announced on May 27 by NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian is passed…
Significant sites to be preserved through Heritage Grants
The shingled roof of Henry Kendall Cottage at West Gosford is to receive a $10,000 makeover thanks to the latest round of grants through Central Coast Council’s 2019-20 Heritage Grants…
Minister gives Council scope to use developer contributions to create jobs
Central Coast Council is compiling a list of projects it could spend developer contribution funding on, and the list will go to the State Planning Minister within six weeks for…
Council loses over $2.7M in DA fees so far
The State Government has picked up $2.7M so far this financial year from development application fees that Central Coast Council would have received in the past. The fees were for…
Kibble Park re-think
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Central Coast Council has temporarily moved all community consultations online to obtain feedback about upcoming projects and strategies. The latest project up for comment…
Council to act on lagoon plan, seven years later
Central Coast Council is planning to implement three of nine actions in the Pearl Beach Lagoon Coastal Zone Management Plan, seven years after it was developed in 2013. The Plan…
Woy Woy to be ‘high density’ residential and office area
Woy Woy’s classification as a Strategic Centre in the draft Local Strategic Planning Statement allows it to have “high density” residential and office buildings. The Statement does not define what…
Strong local content in Leagues Club Field project
Central Coast tradies are playing a significant role in the ongoing transformation of Leagues Club Field into a regional play space, says Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch….