Local Employer Council formed
The Local Employer Council (LEC) is a newly formed initiative focussed solely on encouraging Central Coast businesses working together to boost the ongoing development of the Central Coast labour force….
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Damning evidence of neglect at mountain dump – FOI reveals
A 2012 NSW Office of Water report – ‘Evidence gathered onsite indicates that the groundwater table has been intercepted by excavation with seepages noted up to approximately half the height…
Committee working party membership announced
Information about the Central Coast Council’s Local Representation Committee has been made available on the council website. The 18 former Gosford and Wyong councillors who were chosen to join the…
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal damning evidence of neglect
Documents obtained by the Mountain Districts Association from the NSW Office of Water, show the landfill at Mangrove Mountain has flouted legal requirements necessary to protect natural water resources, since…
Temporary reprieve for Wamberal Memorial Hall
The future of the Wamberal Memorial Hall appears to be a little more certain following recent steps taken by Central Coast Council to review its status as a community asset….
Council proposes to reduce public meetings to one per month
Public council meetings on the Central Coast may be reduced to one per month under the merged Central Coast Council. Webcasting of meetings may also be trialled for six months….
Narara Valley Precinct Park opened
The new $370,000 Narara Valley Precinct Park will be opened by the Central Coast Council on July 28, with a community gathering and barbecue. The new park and playground, on…
Council evicts progress association from their hall
The Macmasters Beach Progress Association have warned that the Macmasters Beach Progress Hall may have seen its last community function, as the new Central Coast Council has issued the Association…
Council election needs to be held before September 2017 – Primrose
A council election needs to be held on the Central Coast before the September 2017 date currently put forward by the NSW Government, according to the state’s shadow minister for…
Avoca Theatre conciliation conference adjourned
A conciliation conference has been held in relation to Mr Norman and Ms Beth Hunter’s appeal to the Land and Environment Court about the former Gosford Council’s refusal of…
Paper tickets for public transport soon to be eliminated
The final transition towards a modern integrated electronic ticketing system for NSWs public transport system will occur on August 1, 2016, when the last of the old paper tickets will…
Rate rises to follow existing paths
NSW minister for local government, Mr Paul Toole, said he promised ratepayers would not face any “exorbitant increases” in rates over the next four years. Mr Toole made the guarantee…
Report criticises handling of repairs to Hawkesbury River Rail Bridge
Shadow Minister for the Central Coast Mr David Harris MP, and Member for Gosford, Ms Kathy Smith MP, criticised the Baird Government for its handling of the repairs to the…
State government proposes TAFE re-structure
A modernised structure for TAFE NSW will reduce overheads, direct more resources to frontline teaching and guarantee TAFE is meeting the training and skills needs of the Central Coast…
Malcolm Brooks calls for CCRDC and JRPP to be sacked and mining abolished
The Central Coast Regional Development Corporation (CCRDC) should be sacked, along with the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP), future plans for mining in this region abolished and the new council…
Community to fight to save Wamberal Memorial Hall and park
The Wamberal Community Group has started a petition to save Wamberal Memorial Hall, according to group spokesperson, Mr Richard Wells. The petition was launched on July 2 to seek the…
Abrahams calls for all parties to support NBN rollout audit
Regional businessman and past chair of the region’s Broadband Infrastructure Group, Mr David Abrahams, has called for a full audit of the NBN rollout on the Central Coast for the…
Natural disaster relief available
NSW Premier Mike Baird has announced the appointment of a State Recovery Coordinator to oversee the clean-up effort in communities affected by the storm that swept across the state at…
Beaches hit hard by East Coast low
Terrigal, Wamberal and Avoca Beaches were among the local areas most affected by the East Coast low that hit on June 4 and 5. The storm was described as the…
Councillors want very fast train on the drawing board
State and federal members of parliament as well as local federal election candidates will be asked by Gosford Council to confirm their party’s support for a high speed rail project…