Coast Community Chronicle 286

4 MAY 2022

ISSUE 286

REAL INDEPENDENT LOCAL WEEKLY NEWS

News

Albo’s backyard home equity pledge

CoastAbility, the non-profit organisation which helps children and young people with a physical disability, is now accepting applications for its 2022-23 Scholarship for both academic and athletic pursuits for registered clients.

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Out&About

Labor leader Anthony Albanese fronted a media pack of over 40 reporters, journalists and camera people in a cramped backyard on the Central Coast to pitch his federal equity loan scheme today.

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Foodies, families and fun-seekers will flock to the Central Coast hinterland over the June long weekend for the return of one of the region’s most popular annual events, Harvest Festival.

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Business

Anthony Albanese under a backyard Hillshoist explaining Labor’s housing equity scheme, flanked by Dr Gordon Reid and Emma McBride MP

Calls for super battery at old power station site Member for Swansea and Shadow Minister for the Hunter, Yasmin Catley, is calling on the NSW Government to install the state’s new super battery at the old Munmorah power station site.

“The NSW Treasurer is the sole stakeholder in the former Munmorah power station site, which was retired by Delta Electricity in 2012, before the station was demolished in 2017,” Catley said.

“The site has since remained unused.

“After the announced closure of the Eraring power station, the NSW Government committed to building the 700MW Waratah Super Battery.

Eraring is due for closure in 2025.

Earlier this year, the NSW Government invited large, grid scale battery project developers to prepare an expression of

Yasmin Catley says the battery could establish the old power station site as a manufacturing hub

interest (EOI) for the construction of Super Battery, including site locations.

Treasurer Matt Kean described the super battery as the ‘largest network battery in the Southern Hemisphere’.

“The Waratah Super Battery

will allow for more electricity to flow through the network, unlocking excess capacity and supplying the families and businesses of New South Wales a reliable and stable energy supply,” Kean said at the time.

Catley said she has written to the Treasurer and Energy Minister urging them to locate the battery at the old Munmorah site.

“The Munmorah power station site would be the ideal location for the Waratah Super

Battery, with much of the necessary infrastructure in place,” she said.

“The battery would take advantage of the HunterCentral Coast Renewable Energy Zone, which has received over $100B in investor interest and will be the beating heart of our new clean energy economy.

“This battery would not only create jobs during construction but would provide 10-14 ongoing jobs.

“The battery would help turbo-charge the potential of the site for not just renewable energy but as a manufacturing precinct.

“We want to see the Government investing in good paying, secure jobs right here on the Coast.”

Source: Media release, May 1 Member for Swansea, Yasmin Catley

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Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, says a Labor Government will invest $1.2 million to bring life back to The Entrance if it is elected.

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Sport

A single goal win over Western United in Gosford, April 30, has put the Central Coast Mariners one point away from securing a finals place – one draw from their remaining two games will now be enough to secure a finals berth.

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First whales of the season spotted

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Ling said in an interview with CCN that he expects up to 40,000 humpback whales to migrate along the coast this year, nearly back to numbers estimated during the prewhaling period in the early 1800s.

“It’s the time of year people need to dust off those binoculars and start looking at some of the best vantage points for whale watching on the east coast,” he said.

Norah Head and Soldiers Beach in the north of the region and Captain Cook lookout at Copacabana in the south are accessible and popular places to view whales throughout the northern migration, which will take place over the next 10 weeks.

The Dolphin Project is growing in

popularity as locals have been increasingly interested in keeping a lookout for whales and other marine animals.

Of particular interest recently have been local pods of bottle-nosed dolphins, as well as the long-nosed fur seals (previously call New Zealand fur seals).

Populations of these iconic marine mammals have been slowly rebounding since hunting them was banned several decades ago.

For more information, visit the Central Coast Dolphin Project Facebook page or www.dolphinresearchaustralia.org.

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Letter FROM the Editor In recent times, we’ve had a few calls and emails in relation to the papers, including our Letters to the Editor section. We regard the Chronicle as your paper and the Central Coast community as our extended family and so I wanted to share with you all a few things going on here, warts and all.

Firstly, Central Coast Newspapers (CCN) is a small, independent, locallyowned news organisation.

We’re not News Ltd, Fairfax or the taxpayer-funded ABC (which we love COMMUNITY too).

Local advertising is our only source of income and we run the business and set the prices of advertising on a break-even basis.

Our sole objective is to ensure our community has access to real, independent, local news and to avoid the “news deserts” we are seeing in other regions of Australia and the rubbish that pops up in the absence of real news journalism.

We have a team of around a dozen people including six local, experienced news journalists and two graphic designers.

We aim to restrict advertising coverage in each paper to no more than 40 per cent and to have a minimum of 24 factual, current local news stories in every weekly edition from headline news to sport.

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A humpback whale was spotted off Soldiers Beach and a minke whale was spotted off Copacabana, according to Dolphin Project coordinator Ronny Ling.

“Minke whales are a lot smaller than humpbacks Their blows aren’t as big and they’re not as visible on the surface of the water as humpbacks are so a lot of people miss these animals,” Ling said.

“We’ve also had humpback whales sighted off Soldiers Beach today.”

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The first whales of the northern migration season have been spotted by members of the Central Coast-based Dolphin Project on Monday, May 2.

That’s a lot of journalism.

Now, it will come as no surprise that during 2021 we saw a major COVIDrelated decline in advertising revenue.

On top of that, in late 2021, as a result of a global shortage of paper, our printing costs rose 70 per cent.

We have also been advised to expect a further increase of 20-30 per cent in coming months.

As a result of all that, we have had to make some changes to ensure we can stay alive.

Firstly, and unfortunately, going forward we can only publish Letters to the Editor that come to us via email.

We get many hand-written letters by post, but these require a full-time employee to read through (decipher) and type them out – we know that will upset many of you but we just can’t afford to do that anymore.

Secondly, we can’t always respond to voice messages straight away – we get hundreds a day and we are doing our best with limited resources to respond to every one as quickly as we can.

If it’s a story-related enquiry, its best to email our editorial@ centralcoastnews.net mailbox and if it’s advertising related, its best to email our sales@centralcoastnews. net mailbox.

(We discovered our sales mailbox was not working properly last week and we apologise for any

missed enquiries.)

Thirdly, and sadly, we made the tough decision in recent weeks to suspend publication of the Pelican Post.

The sole reason for this was to refocus our efforts for the community in the formerly Gosford LGA through the Coast Community News – we have increased the production run to ensure the Coast News, which also covers news on the Peninsula, also goes to every distribution point on the Peninsula.

Finally, we have had a few retirements and other staff changes in recent months and have reduced the Chronicle to 24 pages.

It feels a bit thinner of late, I know.

Rest assured, we are working on this and will be back to 32 pages, possibly 40, soon.

Most excitingly, the great Sue Murray has agreed to come out of retirement to resume her role (part-time at least) with the Chronicle – we know you’d be back Sue! Basically, I just wanted to apologize if we’ve been a little unresponsive, to ask you to bear with us as we battle through some big challenges and to assure you that we aren’t going anywhere.

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Albo’s backyard home equity pledge Labor leader Anthony Albanese fronted a media pack of over 40 reporters, journalists and camera people in a cramped backyard on the Central Coast to pitch his federal equity loan scheme today.

The Federal Labor leader was joined by Labor’s housing spokesperson Jason Clare MP, Dobell MP Emma McBride and Dr Gordon Reid, Labor’s candidate for Robertson.

The home at East Gosford was the rental property of a young couple who reportedly stretched to pay the rent and save for a home.

Mr Albanese was there to discuss Federal Labor’s proposed scheme called Help to Buy. Help to Buy is designed to help Australians buy a home with a smaller deposit, a smaller mortgage and smaller mortgage repayments.

Albanese said a Labor Government will provide eligible homebuyers with an equity contribution of up to 40 per cent of the purchase price of a new home and up to 30 per cent of the purchase price for an existing home.

The homebuyer will need to

Labor leader Anthony Albanese with partner Jody Haydon on the Central Coast

have a deposit of 2 per cent and qualify for a standard home loan with a participating lender to finance the remainder of the purchase.

The large media pack was guided into the backyard of the modest suburban property to set up while the Labor leader discussed the scheme inside the house of the young couple.

When Mr Albanese and his colleagues emerged from the home they seem genuinely

surprised to see so many people in the backyard complete with a tangle of cameras, boom microphones and lights.

After a brief welcome by local Labor candidate Dr. Gordon Reid, Mr Albanese explained the housing equity scheme to the media and why it was part of the Labor policy scheme.

Jason Clare said the biggest drop in home ownership is amongst Australians on low

and middle incomes who have been forced to give up on the great Australian dream.

According to Clare, figures from the Grattan Insitute forty years ago, almost 60 per cent of young Australians on low and modest incomes owned their own home – now it is only 28 per cent.

Under the ALP plan, homebuyers will also avoid the need to pay Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI), representing

an additional saving, depending on purchase location, of potentially more than $30,000.

During the loan period, the homebuyer can elect to buy an additional stake in the home when they are able to do so.

The homebuyer will not be required to pay rent on the stake of the home owned by the Federal Government.

Clare said the scheme will be available to Australians with a taxable income of up to $90,000 for individuals and up to $120,000 for couples who are be Australian citizens and do not currently own or have an interest in a residential dwelling.

He said Help to Buy is forecast to make money for the Government as the Federal Government will recover its equity and its share of the capital gain when the house is sold.

Albanese also responded questions on the details of the proposed scheme.

“This will help 10,000 people a year, a practical scheme that comes at the cost of around $329 million over the forward estimates, but will recoup $445 million from our plan to double foreign investment fees

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and penalties.

“This is a practical plan which is why its been supported so strongly by the House Industry Association, by the Master Builders [and] its operated effectively in West Australia for some thirty years.”

“After nine long years in Government, housing affordability has only got worse under the Liberal-National Government.”

Clare also pointed out that an eventual Labor Government will also establish a National Housing Supply and Affordability Council, to ensure the Commonwealth plays a leadership role in increasing housing supply and improving affordability.

The Council will set targets for land supply, in consultation with States and Territories. It will also collect and make public nationally consistent data on housing supply, demand and affordability.

Information sources: Press conference, East Gosford May 3, 2022 and Media Release Anthony Albanese Leader of the Australian Labor Party.

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Council adopts Greater Lake Munmorah Structure Plan Council has adopted the Greater Lake Munmorah Structure Plan (GLMSG) despite a last minute plea from resident Gary Blaschke for a moratorium on all proposed developments in suburbs near coal ash dams.

The plan was deferred in April 2020 due to concerns about the location and width of a biodiversity corridor.

The latest version has been amended to reflect the most upto-date layouts of the various Planning Proposals that have been lodged within the study area, Council said.

By that, it means it was aware of the rezoning proposal for 600 homes recently submitted to the State Government.

Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (DLALC) has applied to the Department of Planning to rezone land located on the northern side of the Pacific Highway, about 300m north east of the intersection with Elizabeth Bay Drive.

“The Greater Lake Munmorah Structure Plan establishes a framework to guide the future growth of the study area from 8,407 people to approximately 15,000 people, over a 20 year period,” the executive summary

of the plan states.

“It is guided by a vision that aims to support sustainable growth and has been developed through significant analysis and stakeholder engagement.”

The Structure Plan sets a 20year local land use framework that addresses housing and employment land supply, infrastructure provision, ecology, traffic and transport.

It takes in the suburbs of Lake Munmorah, Kingfisher Shores, Doyalson North, Chain Valley Bay and a small area of Crangan Bay. The Structure Plan has been named “Greater Lake Munmorah” due to the suburb of Lake Munmorah being the largest and most prominent within the study area, council said.

Resident Gary Blaschke addressed the Council-underadministration meeting on April 26, urging Administrator Rik Hart to call a moratorium on all proposed developments in suburbs close to or near coal ash dams until the appropriate health studies were conducted and the results published.

“The current communities within the impact zones and new residents to the region will find this council’s response, if approved or supported, to be

morally irresponsible and potentially illegal,” Blaschke said.

Very few residents understood what was proposed, Blaschke said.

“The plan is only one of many similar proposed plans that have been looked at in total isolation and simply not considering the cumulative impacts of all other plans for the future in this region, part of a development melanoma destroying our way of life and welfare,” he said.

“It is a state government driven plan that intends to have the Central Coast as part of its proposed mega city.”

He said he sent a 28 page objection outlining his concerns in April 2019 but has had no further correspondence with Council.

He said the region was heavily impacted by health issues ranging from multiple chronic health conditions to lifethreatening asthma, with a recent legislative council publicworks committee finding the immediate need for epidemiological assessments and or health risk and exposure assessments to be conducted by December 2022.

He said the same government inquiry into coal ash dams found

that the responses by both NSW EPA and NSW Health had demonstrated a complete disregard by the government towards the health of its citizens.

“The Australian Bureau of Statistics findings of three or more chronic health conditions per population has Lake Munmorah and Mannering Park residents leading the way with 16.9% of the population having chronic health conditions with Toukley at 16.8% and Budgewoi at 16.2%,” he said.

“It is obvious that the further you live from these hotspots the health conditions reduce dramatically with Avoca Beach being 8% or Sydney’s Parramatta at 3.5% of the population.

“The matter of some proposed 51,219 new homes for the northern regional loan is simply unsustainable, equating to a further 130,000 new residents for this region, with the local infrastructure unable to handle the impact,” he said.

Administrator Hart, in a press release after the council meeting, said the draft GLMSP had undergone extensive consultation with both internal and external stakeholders.

“The result is a robust plan that will assist Council in meeting the population, dwelling and

employment targets, as set by the Central Coast Regional Plan,” he said.

“The GLMSP also refines the precincts identified within the North Wyong Shire Structure Plan (NWSSP) and provides guidance for the future development of the area.”

Mr Hart added that the GLMSP will not amend any land zonings or development controls.

“Following adoption, any rezoning to facilitate the outcomes of the GLMSP will be required to be landowner-funded in accordance with Council’s Planning Proposal Procedure and relevant fees and charges set in Council’s adopted Fees and Charges,” he said.

“The Northern Districts Development Contributions Plan will be updated to accommodate certain infrastructure required to service the anticipated future population growth associated with the proposed residential development.

“It is anticipated that this Contributions Plan will be exhibited in late 2022 and in place early 2023.”

Mr Hart said with the adoption of the GLMSP, the document will now be made publicly available on Council’s website.

Meanwhile, The DLALC rezoning proposal is now open for public comment.

The State Department’s Executive Director of Local and Regional Planning Malcolm McDonald said the community could help shape Lake Munmorah’s growth, by sharing its views on the DLALC project.

“Showcasing this proposal to the public represents a significant milestone in Darkinjung’s journey, to use its land to reap economic rewards for local Aboriginal people and deliver much-needed new homes,” Mr McDonald said.

“The 55-hectare site lays the foundations for a new park and up to 600 homes at various price points, close to existing services and jobs, not just for the Traditional Owners but everyone on the Central Coast.

“The proposal balances development with environmental conservation by protecting 21-hectares of untouchable bushland, home to wildlife such as the masked owl.”

The DLALC is the largest nongovernment landowner on the Central Coast and is one of 120 Local Aboriginal Land Councils in NSW. Merilyn Vale

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Community Environment Network NEXT PLANT SALE JUST IN TIME FOR MOTHER’S DAY The Wildplant Community Nursery is holding its monthly plant sale on Saturday, May 7.

It’s a great time to buy some plants for Mum + decorated pots, gift cards and Mother’s Day

cards. Plant prices from $3.30

9am to 12pm Saturday, 7 May Wildplant Nursery, Loop Rd Ourimbah Campus

BOUDHI NATIONAL PARK ABORIGINAL WALK AND TALK Join Central Coast Waterwatch for an Indigenous walk and talk. Our guide, Tim from Girra Girra Aboriginal Experiences will take us on an easy walk through the national park.

Rich in significant Aboriginal culture, Boudhi National Park offers stunning landscapes and ocean views. You’ll be guided through the National Park to

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From the Chair You may have read or heard in the local media recently that Justice Pepper in the Land and Environment Court (LEC) ruled in favour of Verde Terra (VT), the waste operator at Mangrove Mountain Golf Course, to allow works outlined in a Court Order from 2014 to proceed without the need to obtain further development consent.

However, did you know that this is only round one of a three-round contest?

Although VT won the first round this legal battle is far from over.The reason it is far from over is VT did not win by a knockout, rather it won on a technicality.The court found “… the works proposed in the 2014 [Court Order] exceed what is necessary to remediate the breach [of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act].

Furthermore, the court did not rule on whether an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required to carry out the works outlined in the 2014 Court Order. This means that round two on deciding whether an EIS is required to carry out the works is where the contest will be fought out.

Round 2 on deciding if an EIS is required is likely to be before a Commissioner in the LEC. Before this can take place Justice Pepper granted 28 days for any party in the judgment to request clarification.

So, stay tuned for round two and three to determine what is going to happen at Mangrove Mountain golf course.

By Gary Chestnut

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Kerbside waste collections reopen Central Coast Council has lifted its temporary pause on bulk kerbside collections almost four weeks ahead of schedule, thanks to changed COVID-19 regulations.

Council announced on April 14 it had suspended the service for six weeks due to COVIDrelated staff shortages at contractor Cleanaway.

But bookings have now been reinstated through a phased process whereby collections are capped at a daily limit and residents can book the next available date.

Council’s Director Infrastructure Services, Boris Bolgoff, said the change to close contact isolation

Bulk kerbside collections

requirements allowed staff to get out of isolation and back to work sooner than expected.

“Over the last two weeks, Council and Cleanaway allocated additional trucks and

drivers to address a backlog of almost 6000 outstanding bulk collections,” he said.

“Drivers were tasked to work additional hours, including long weekends, to ensure the

service could be reinstated as soon as possible.”

Bolgoff said a phased approach to reopening bookings would help manage resource availability while

some staff shortages were still being experienced.

“Staff shortages due to COVID are a nationwide issue affecting the entire service industry, and the nature of this pandemic

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indicates this remains a constantly evolving situation,” he said.

“Council thanks the community for their patience and cooperation during this time.”

New bulk waste kerbside collection bookings can be made at 1Coast.com.au.

Residents can book the next available collection date, which may be a few weeks from the date of booking.

Do not place items out in front of properties until the day before a confirmed booking.

For details contact 1 Coast on 1300 1Coast (1300 126 278).

Source: Media release, May 2 Central Coast Council

Mow the median strips - Catley Member for Swansea, Yasmin Catley, is calling on Transport for NSW to clean up median strips along the Pacific Hwy on the Central Coast, saying grass on the strips has grown to dangerous lengths, obscuring drivers’ vision.

“While recent rain and humid weather has seen grass grow rapidly, the current state of the

median strips has drawn the ire of the community,” Catley said.

“Community members have flagged concerns over the impact it is having on driver visibility.

“On some parts of the Coast vehicles in the opposite lane are completely obscured.”

Catley said responsibility for maintaining the median strips lays with Transport for NSW.

“The current state of median strips on the Coast is just not acceptable; you need only have a look at the median strips at Lake Munmorah and Budgewoi,” she said.

“While it is understandable the recent weather would have impacted the mowing schedule, we are now in a situation where drivers’ safety is being put at risk due to the lack of visibility of vehicles in

the opposite lane.

“Community members are reaching out to me not only concerned about the safety implications of the current length of the grass but frustrated at the neglect of the area by the Government and Transport for NSW. Source: Media release, Apr 30 Member for Swansea, Yasmin Catley

The length of grass on median strips on the Central Coast is dangerous, says Member for Swansea Yasmin Catley

Mother’s Day Morning Tea We welcome you to attend our complimentary Morning Tea at Palmdale Lawn Cemetery and Memorial Park this Mother’s Day. Where: Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, Palmdale Road, Palmdale NSW 2258 When: 8:30am until Noon this Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a particularly special time of year - time to stay emotionally, spiritually and symbolically connected to our loved ones.

Visiting a memorial site can offer solace and comfort on family days like these. Our beautiful Palmdale Lawn Cemetery and Memorial Garden offer the perfect setting for ongoing reflection and remembrance.

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NEWS Page 6 Applications for CoastAbility scholarships program now open 4 May 2022

CoastAbility, the non-profit organisation which helps children and young people with a physical disability, is now accepting applications for its 202223 Scholarship for both academic and athletic pursuits for registered clients.

With $5,000 for successful applicants, the organisation is encouraging young people with physical disabilities to apply.

Accomplished para-canoeist and member of the Avoca Kayak Club, Dylan Littlehales, received funding for his trip to the Tokyo Paralympics last year through the scholarship.

“It really helped because

The annual Central Coast service to commemorate International Workers Memorial Day held on 28 April each year (also referred to as International Day of Mourning) was held at the Ourimbah Memorial Wall of Remembrance on Thursday, April 28.

The Service was well attended by family and friends who have lost loved ones because of workplace death or occupational illnesses at work.

Representatives from all levels of government attended, along with SafeWork NSW, the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia and Lisarow High School.

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$5,000 is a lot of money, especially when you are not working and focusing all your energy on making it in the sport,” Littlehales said.

“It was good to be financially stable and be able to enjoy and focus on the Games in Tokyo.”

Competing in the national team for kayaking, Littlehales’s team won two gold medals and a silver, with Littlehales himself placing fourth by just 0.1 seconds.

“It was very close, but I am going again with the national team to Canada later this year to compete, and trying for the Paris Paralympics in 2024,” he said.

“With these amazing opportunities, I would tell

Dylan Littlehales in action

anyone to get in there and apply as you never know, and it really will help you progress

your athletic career.”

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, is encouraging all

eligible young people to apply.

“CoastAbility is an incredible non-profit organisation that has long supported disabled young people in being able to achieve their dreams, whether it be to attend university or to compete on the international stage in big sporting events such as the Paralympics,” Tesch said.

“I have had the privilege of meeting so many young, talented and disabled people on the Coast who are achieving incredible things just like Mr Littlehales.

“To those interested in the opportunity, do not hesitate and apply today.”

To be eligible for the sports scholarships, you must be

aged between 10 and 23, have a primary physical or multiple disabilities, have outstanding sporting achievements or have competed at a state or national level.

To be eligible for the academic scholarships, you must be aged between 16 and 23, have primary physical or multiple disabilities, a sound academic record and acceptance or enrolment in an accredited post-school course of study, or in a course as part of high school studies.

Applications close on May 31.

For further information, visit https://www.coastability.org. au/.

Terry Collins

Workers memorial ceremony held

Speaker, musician and mourners at the deceased workers memorial at Ourimbah

Local singer-songwriter, Asha Newman, provided poignant

and heartfelt acoustic music to accompany the moving

service.

The Ourimbah Memorial Wall

of Remembrance was officially opened in 2006 to give Central Coast residents a place to remember loved ones and as a reminder that we must continue to work towards making workplaces safe environments.

Speakers included Emma McBride, Member for Dobell, former mayor of Wyong Shire, Bob Graham, Kristy Charlton from SafeWork NSW, Maree Stokes, Vice-President of the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia, and David Mehan, Member for The Entrance.

Ms Stokes, a Central Coast local resident, spoke of her husband, Edward, who tragically passed away in 2003 from mesothelioma due to

asbestos exposure during his time working as a panel beater.

“The rallying cry of Workers Memorial Day is to remember the dead and fight for the living.

I am always pleased to host this event in my electorate as a service to the whole Central Coast community.” David Mehan said.

According to data from WorkSafe Australia, as of April 21, 2022, 52 Australian workers have been accidentally killed at work so far this year. At the same time last year, it was 44.

Source: WorkSafe Australia website Media release, David Mehan MP for The Entrance

Wyong rep leads Opposition in Youth Parliament Jayden Delbridge from St Peters Catholic College, representing Wyong, has been elected Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House for the 2022 Y NSW Youth Parliament.

Jayden and more than 75 other young people from across NSW and the ACT gathered over the recent long weekend to train up for a “takeover” of the Legislative Council at NSW Parliament in July.

Other Central Coast representatives were Year 10 student Janine Southwell from Terrigal, who attends Central Coast Grammar School, and Year 11 student Matilda Halliday from Umina Beach, who attends Brisbane Water Secondary College.

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Jayden Delbridge

The Y NSW Youth Parliament Training Camp is the first step in a political education journey for the teenagers who packed their overnight bags to be

trained as members of the NSW Legislative Council.

The near year-long program for young people in years 10, 11 and 12 or of equivalent age throughout the state has been running for 20 years in 2022.

The students participating are drawn together by one common passion: they want their voices heard on issues that matter most to them and they are powerful advocates for their communities.

Jayden, who also did the program last year, said the rewards were great.

“It’s one thing to give youth a platform where they can share their ideas and their visions, but to actually see them practice and actually live it out, you just want to keep coming

back again,” he said.

“It’s my last year this year and it’s a bit sad, but you know I’m motivated to help improve the lives of my fellow young people as much as I can.

“I think that the skills we learn and meeting the members of parliament and getting connections (can be taken) back to your community and (help) make programs that really make a difference.”

Jayden said improving the lives of school students who spend 13 years of their lives at school and the education system was at the top of my wish list this year.

“I think young people … get ignored way to often and so I think a debate just for young people, where young people

are at the centre of politicians’ attention, is something really beneficial for all of us.”

YOUTH ACTION NSW CEO, Kate Munroe, said seeing the energy and insight of the young people, and their willingness to learn about an advocacy process and really engage with it, was exciting.

“I’m really glad that these young people are going to be the decision makers of the future who make decisions about me as I age,” she said.

“I’m very hopeful about what this group will do as they become future decision makers.”

Civic leaders who have emerged from Youth Parliament programs across Australia include NSW Fair Work

commissioners and State Government Ministers including Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, the Arts and Regional Youth, Ben Franklin.

This was the first step in the program for the participants, who work on their Bills through a series of committee meetings.

They will receive ongoing mentoring from state politicians and other civic leaders and advocacy professionals and will come together in early July for a week-long residential camp.

Their hard work will culminate when they debate their Bills in a four-day sitting week in NSW Parliament.

Source: Media release, May 1 Y NSW Youth Parliament

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Coast Shelter launches position paper on domestic violence

Coast Shelter has suggested six major strategies in its position paper on Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence, officially launched on April 28.

Firstly, the paper says, governments must invest in a raft of prevention strategies to stop violence, abuse and neglect before they start by tackling root causes.

“Coast Shelter does this in part through Love Bites, a respectful relationships school-based program for students aged 11-17 developed by the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN).

“The objective of the program is to equip young people with the foundations and skills necessary to develop respectful relationships, improve critical thinking, and be able to problem-solve and communicate more effectively.

“Beyond high school it is vital to design and implement evidence-based prevention and education strategies in tertiary institutions to foster a help-seeking culture and raise awareness among students.”

The paper says the second move should be a NSW-specific strategy to reduce the rate of domestic and family violence

assault re-offending.

Thirdly, the paper says, NSW needs a plan to address the lack of social and affordable housing supply.

“The lack of adequate affordable housing has a host of negative effects on communities,” it says.

“Currently in NSW almost 50,000 people are waiting for social housing, including domestic and family violence victims.”

The fourth suggestion is the creation of an Integrated Service Response, bringing services together in formal and informal ways to work flexibly and collaboratively.

“Seamless, continuous care

is vital for victims recovering from trauma and violence,” the paper says.

Perpetrator Intervention Programs should be mandated, according to the paper’s fifth strategy.

The paper calls for a focus on perpetrators, re-offending rates and early interventions plus a boost in investment for local domestic and family violence police resources.

It says offenders not completing programs or breaching Court orders should be prosecuted.

Lastly, Coast Shelter wants coercive control to become a stand-alone criminal offence in NSW.

“Coercive control behaviours have long been recognised as a precursor to intimate partner assault, sexual assault and domestic homicide in Australia,” the paper says.

Coast Shelter launched the position paper at a breakfast event on April 28 with key stakeholders from across the NSW Central Coast.

Speakers included Detective Inspector Paul Laksa from Brisbane Water Police District, Central Coast Domestic Violence Committee member Sharon Walsh, Coast Shelter Women and Children Service Manager Rachael Glasson and Coast Shelter CEO Michael Starr.

Starr said Coast Shelter

believed NSW needed a strategy to reduce the rate of domestic and family violence assault reoffending.

According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, the number of people in NSW who reoffend with a domestic violence assault, within 12 months of another domestic violence offence, increased to 1900 in May 2021.

This is the highest level since December 2015.

“We are looking forward to meeting with CEOs and other leaders from across the Central Coast to discuss how together as a group we can address the root causes of domestic and family violence here on the

Coast and help victims of violence feel safe, have a voice and recover from the trauma they have experienced,” Starr said.

Glasson said 75 per cent of people accessing Coast Shelter’s services in 2021 reported they had experienced or were experiencing domestic and family violence.

“Over the same period, Coast Shelter supported 400 women with accompanying children in our Domestic Violence Rapid Enhancement Program,” she said.

“Our biggest fear is there may be many more victims on the Coast who have not sought support from our services during recent COVID lockdowns.”

This year marks Coast Shelter’s 30th anniversary of support and care for people across the Coast.

The not-for-profit organisation provides specialist homelessness, domestic and family violence support services and crisis accommodation for young women, women with accompanying children, young people and men in the region.

Source: Media release, Apr 26 Coast Shelter

HSC Timetable released Today 76,000 NSW students will receive their personalised timetable for the 2022 written HSC exams.

HSC written exams will start on Wednesday 12 October 2022 with English Paper 1 and finish on Friday 4 November 2022.

Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the release of the HSC timetable marks the final stage of the school journey for Year 12 students.

“The release of the HSC timetable confirms for the Class of 2022 that they are on the home straight of their high school education,” Ms Mitchell said.

“These students have managed an incredibly challenging final two years of school – they should be proud of what they’ve achieved, and I wish them all the best in their HSC exams.”

Management of the HSC is no small feat, with this year’s schedule running across 18 days, involving around 76,000

students, 126 exams and 780 exam centres.

NESA CEO Paul Martin said planning the HSC exam timetable was a complex process, designed to ensure every student has an opportunity to show what they know.

“Each year, we work to ensure

that the HSC timetable for each student is as fair and equitable as possible, so everyone has the opportunity to be at their best for the written exams,” said Mr Martin.

“NESA has been working hard to consolidate the lessons we learnt from running the HSC during a pandemic and are ready to put what we have

learnt in place to further full proof the HSC for 2022.”

All 2022 HSC students can access their timetable on Students Online from 9am today.

Source: Media Release, Apr 29 Sarah Mitchell, NSW Minister for Education

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Deficit of $70M not good news

Potholes filled, thank you

It is heartening the administrator and CEO are so satisfied with the financial situation of the Council (“Audited financial reports for 2020-21 are qualified and fail three benchmarks”, CCN335), given there was an operating loss of $70M for the year.

Thank you for running my complaint regarding the (pothole) problem in Dudley Street Gorokan.

It is particularly gratifying to hear the operating loss would have been ONLY $40M had it not been for staff restructuring costs, although one wonders how long a prudent organisation can go on making losses of $40M a year, without building up a debt load that is unsustainable.

Incidentally, it would be interesting to know where $30M went in “restructuring costs”. To the average person, such a sum might seem inexplicable, since it doesn’t seem possible to note any change in the organisation to account for it.

The three benchmarks Council has failed to meet are the Operating Performance Ratio, the Debt Service Cover Ratio and the Rate and Annual Charges Outstanding Ratio, which doesn’t speak well for the efficiency of management in the period we have been under administration.

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I always had a desire to visit third world countries to see living standards and how they compare to us.

The problem hole has been filled in.

FORUM Obviously, somebody of importance at Council reads your newspaper, doesn’t like criticism and

responded immediately.

Thank you so much for your assistance in having this problem resolved.

Email, Apr 28 Frank Donaldson, Gorokan

Third world Coast Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart

FORUM well, that the Unrestricted Current Ratio has only been corrected by the borrowing of an additional $150M, which is, no doubt, a clever accounting device but doesn’t really address the problem, merely adding to the Council’s repayment and interest bill.

Our masters are “optimistic that Council would be on top of things by the end of this financial year”, ie. in three months’ time, so let us withhold judgement for another 90 days and see whether this optimism is justified.

However, the good news must be that there should be no obstacle to holding a Council election before the end of the year.

As an aside, ratepayers might wonder why it takes nine

months to produce the annual accounts. We are well past the period of Dickensian clerks scribbling in ledgers: a proper accounting system should be able to produce results virtually in real time.

In fact, if that can’t be done, what possible reliable monitoring can be carried out of the Council’s operations through the year?

We should, at the least, have quarterly updates of performance: organisations many times the size of a puny city council are able to do this, so it is clearly possible.

If we have been saddled with a system that can’t cope with a modern information flow, there should be some investigation of how this was allowed to come about.

Email, Mar 27 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

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The time has come to understand the plight of the poor and their housing problems.

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Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper It’s time for a major rethink.

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Harvest Festival returns over June long weekend Meet the alpacas at Iris Lodge Alpacas at Jilliby

Foodies, families and funseekers will flock to the Central Coast hinterland over the June long weekend for the return of one of the region’s most popular annual events, Harvest Festival.

Harvest Festival 2022 will offer a wide range of unique events and experiences across 30 event hubs on June 11 and 12.

Activities on offer in Yarramalong, Dooralong, Jilliby, Wyong Creek, Kulnura,

Mangrove Mountain, Peats Ridge and Somersby-Calga include bushtucker walkabout tours, farm and orchard tours and a range of more unusual experiences.

At The Giving Farm at Jilliby, you can pick your own flowers and veggies and pet the animals.

The Tuggerah Lakes Field archers are offering the opportunity to try your hand at archery.

You can meet the alpacas at Iris Lodge Alpacas at Jilliby,

participate in a platypus day at Yarramalong, or go on a waterways catchment crawl.

Central Coast Council Director Community and Recreation Services, Melanie Smith, said the festival was an opportunity to recognise our region’s local producers.

“This is a rare chance to take a glimpse behind the farm gate as you explore rural farming communities and their picturesque heritage villages right here on the Coast,” Smith said.

“Follow the Harvest Festival event trail to visit local farms, sample local produce, soak up live music and entertainment or join in a range of familyfriendly activities designed to show off the unique charm of our region’s hinterland.

“From paddock to plate dining experiences and wine tastings to produce picking, hands-on workshops and much more, the two-day program offers something for every taste and interest.”

Smith said a number of event hubs are offering the

opportunity to pre-book experiences in advance.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said Harvest Festival built local pride, celebrated sustainability and boosted the local economy.

“Previous events have attracted over 48,000 visitors, providing the Central Coast economy with an $8M boost, and this year’s event is anticipated to deliver similar returns,” he said.

“This much-loved event is supported by the NSW

Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW, and contributes to the continued growth and development of the Central Coast.”

Most events require prebooking.

To see the full calendar of events and pre-book your Harvest Festival experience, go to the Harvest Festival webpage.

Source: Media release, Apr 29 Central Coast Council

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Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Lego Masters (PG) [s] Explore [s] Great Australian Detour [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Travel Guides: Flinders Ranges (PG) [s] The Thing About Pam: She’s Not Who You Think She Is (M) The Thing About Pam: She’s A Killer (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] Damian Lewis: Spy Wars: Escape From Tehran (M) [s] Prison Girls: Life Inside (MA15+) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Travel Guides: Flinders Ranges (PG) [s] Space Invaders (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] NRL: Rabbitohs v Broncos *Live* From Accor Stadium [s] NRL: Knock Off (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] The Equalizer: Aftermath (M) [s] – Just as McCall considers ending her work as The Equalizer, she’s pulled back in when she takes on Detective Marcus Dante as a new client.

URBEX: Enter At Your Own Risk: Unlimited (M l) [s] Outback & Under (PG) [s] Home Shopping Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “The Sinister Surrogate” (PG) (’18) Stars: Maeve Quinlan, Jaclyn Hales, Kelly Thiebaud, Mary Beth Evans, Brooke Newton, John J. York, Lola Blanc Garden Gurus Moments [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] NRL: Panthers v Eels *Live* From Bluebet Stadium [s] NRL: Golden Point (M) [s] Movie: “Sleepless” (MA15+) (’17) Stars: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Scoot McNairy, Dermot Mulroney Deadly Drops - Eaten By An Escalator (M) [s] Home Shopping

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rage (PG) [s] Weekend Breakfast [s] rage (PG) [s] rage Guest Programmer (PG) ABC News At Noon [s] Midsomer Murders (PG) [s] Father Brown (PG) [s] War On Waste [s] Grand Designs (PG) [s] Landline [s] Federal Election Announcement [s] Tiny Oz (PG) [s] Federal Election Announcement [s] Griff’s Canadian Adventure ABC News [s] Father Brown (PG) [s] Call The Midwife (PG) [s] Barons (M d,l) [s] The Good Karma Hospital (PG) [s] Victoria: A Coburg Quartet (PG) [s] rage Guest Programmer (MA15+) [s]

6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera (PG) [s] 1:00 Surveillance Oz (PG) [s] 1:30 AFL: Round 8: Sydney v Gold Coast *Live* From The SCG [s] 4:30 Border Security International (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “The Day After Tomorrow” (PG) (’04) Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dennis Quaid 10:10 Movie: “Bastille Day” (M) (’16) Stars: Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly, José Garcia 12:30 Home Shopping

6:00 7:00 10:00 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:10

rage (PG) [s] Weekend Breakfast [s] Insiders [s] Offsiders [s] Compass [s] Songs Of Praise [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] Gardening Australia [s] The Great Acceleration (PG) Further Back In Time For Dinner (PG) [s] Tomorrow Tonight (PG) [s] Art Works [s] Federal Election Announcement [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] Federal Election Announcement [s] Compass (PG) [s] ABC News Sunday [s] Grand Designs: Ely (PG) [s] Barons (M d,l) [s] Life (M l) [s] Harrow (M v) [s] Agatha Raisin (PG) [s]

6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 1:00 Jabba’s Movies (PG) [s] 1:30 Movie: “Planet Of The Apes” (M v) (’01) Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Rot, Helena Bonham Carter 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Sydney Weekender [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Program To Be Advised 8:30 Program To Be Advised 9:30 Ivan Milat: Buried Secrets (MA15+) [s] – 7News presents more new evidence to show that serial killer Ivan Milat may be responsible for more murders than he was convicted for.

11:30 The Blacklist: Between Sleep And Awake (M) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

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Easy Eats [s] Weekend Today [s] Today Extra Saturday [s] Cybershack (PG) [s] The Rebound [s] Great Australian Detour [s] Outback & Under [s] Explore [s] Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo (PG) [s] Lego Masters: Spooktacular (PG) [s] The Garden Gurus [s] NINE News: First At Five [s] Getaway [s] NINE News Saturday [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Movie: “Mother’s Day” (M l) (’16) Stars: Jennifer Aniston Movie: “He’s Just Not That Into You” (M l,s) (’09) Stars: Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson Movie: “A Lover Betrayed” (M v) (’17) Stars: Jamie Luner Talking Honey: Representation Matters (PG) Easy Eats [s] Weekend Today [s] Sports Sunday (PG) [s] Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] Drive TV [s] Explore [s] Lego Masters (PG) [s] NRL: Sharks v Warriors *Live* From PointsBet Stadium [s] NINE News Sunday [s] Lego Masters (PG) [s] 60 Minutes (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] The First 48: The Case That Haunts Me (Part 1) (M) [s] 5 Mistakes That Caught A Killer: Mick Philpott (M) [s] – This documentary recalls the capture and conviction of the man responsible for the deaths of five of his children and one of their half-brothers.

Forensics: The Real CSI (M) Drive TV [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs

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Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Religious Programs [s] Escape Fishing With ET [s] The Offroad Adventure Show Pooches At Play [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Studio 10: Saturday [s] Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures [s] The Offroad Adventure Show Roads Less Travelled [s] Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] What’s Up Down Under [s] All 4 Adventure [s] Farm To Fork [s] 10 News First [s] Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] Football: Isuzu Ute A-League Men: Round 19: Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory *Live* From Netstrata Jubilee Stadium [s] Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs

5:30 Worldwatch 7:00 Cycling: Giro D’Italia Highlights 8:00 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Gymnastics: 2022 Rhythmic World Cup 4:00 Football: Countdown To Qatar 4:30 Cycling: Giro D’Italia Highlights 5:30 Hitler’s Holy Treasure (PG) (In English/ French/ German) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers (M) 8:30 The Boleyns - A Scandalous Family (PG) 9:40 Delphine - The Secret Princess (In English/ French) 10:40 Cycling: Giro D’Italia: Stage 2 *Live* 1:30 Movie: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (MA15+) (’11) Stars: Gary Oldman, John le Carré 3:45 VICE Guide To Film (MA15+) 4:35 Bamay

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Religious Programs [s] Farm To Fork [s] Religious Programs [s] The Living Room (PG) [s] Luca’s Key Ingredient [s] Studio 10: Sunday (PG) [s] Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] Farm To Fork [s] Program To Be Advised Program To Be Advised Basketball: National Basketball League: Final *Live* From TBA [s] Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 10 News First [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] FBI: Walk The Line (M v) [s] – When a bomb leaves three people dead, OA comes into conflict.

FBI: Leverage (M v) [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Home Shopping

5:30 Worldwatch 7:00 Cycling: Giro D’Italia Highlights 8:00 Worldwatch 1:00 Motor Sports: Speedweek 3:00 Football: FIFA World Cup 4:00 Sportswoman: Emma McKeon 4:30 Cycling: Giro D’Italia Highlights 5:30 Ain’t Many Like Lennie (PG) 5:40 VE Day - Minute By Minute (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Secrets To Civilisation: Empire And Epidemics (PG) 8:30 End Of The World: The Mayans (PG) 9:30 The Real Lawrence Of Arabia (PG) 11:10 Cycling: Giro D’Italia: Stage 3 *Live* 1:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 2:25 Gourmet Farmer 4:55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Landline [s] 12:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News At Noon [s] 2:00 Victoria (PG) [s] Smother (M l,v) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) 3:00 4:00 George Clarke’s Amazing 5:00 Spaces [s] 6:00 Program To Be Advised 7:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 7:30 Federal Election 9:00 Announcement [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 (PG) [s] Australian Story (PG) [s] Four Corners (PG) [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] My Story (M) [s] ABC Late News [s] 10:00 The Business [s] 11:00 Q+A (PG) [s] 11:30 Keeping Faith (M l) [s] 12:30 Stateless (M l,v) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Murder In-Law” (M v) 12:00 1:45 (’19) Stars: Kristen Dalton 2:00 Code Blue Murder: The Murder Of John Williams (M) [s] 3:00 4:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 6:00 Program To Be Advised 7:00 Seven News [s] 7:30 Home And Away (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised Code 1 - Minute By Minute: Terror In The City (M) [s] – In November 2018, a 30-year-old 8:50 terrorist armed with a knife went on a rampage in Bourke Street stabbing three people.

10:00 Multiple first responders recount their experiences on 10:30 11:30 that tragic day.

12:20 Nurses (M) [s] 1:10 The Latest Seven News [s] 1:30 The Resident: Viral (M) [s] Home Shopping 4:00

Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra [s] 6:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:00 Lego Masters (PG) [s] 7:30 Explore [s] Pointless (PG) [s] 8:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 12:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 1:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 2:40 NINE News [s] 3:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 3:30 Lego Masters: Window To The 4:00 Future (PG) [s] – Today our 4:30 teams are put to the test, challenged to build what their 5:00 vision of the future is.

6:30 David Attenborough’s The 7:30 Mating Game: Jungles - In 8:40 The Thick Of It (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] 9:40 100% Footy (M) [s] Manifest: Tailfin (M v) [s] 10:35 Tipping Point (PG) [s] Hello SA [s] 11:30 Home Shopping 12:30 1:30 Religious Programs

Entertainment Tonight [s] Farm To Fork [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (M) [s] Program To Be Advised Entertainment Tonight [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] FBI: Most Wanted: Whack Job (M v) [s] FBI: Most Wanted: Execute (M v) [s] FBI: Most Wanted: Deconflict (M v) [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show (PG) [s] Home Shopping

5:30 Worldwatch 7:00 Cycling: Giro D’Italia Highlights 8:00 Worldwatch 2:00 Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize 2:10 How The Victorians Built Britain 3:00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 4:30 Letters And Numbers 5:00 Cycling: Giro D’Italia Highlights 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Savings Lives At Sea (PG) 8:35 24 Hours In Emergency: Lost In Translation (PG) 10:25 SBS World News 11:00 Planet Expedition 12:00 Beneath The Surface (MA15+) (In German/ Danish) 1:10 Eurovision: Australia Decides

ABC News Mornings [s] 6:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 9:00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One 11:30 Grand Designs [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] Call The Midwife (PG) [s] Keeping Faith (M l) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) 2:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces [s] Program To Be Advised 3:00 Federal Election 4:00 5:00 Announcement [s] 6:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 7:00 Federal Election Announcement [s] 7:30 The Drum [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] People’s Republic Of Mallacoota (M l) [s] The Family Court Murders 10:00 (PG) [s] Louis Theroux’s Forbidden 11:00 America: Extreme And Online 11:30 12:30 (MA15+) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “She Made Them Do It” 12:00 1:20 (M l,s,v) (’13) Stars: Jenna Dewan, Mackenzie Phillips, 1:30 Steve Bacic, Greyston Holt 2:00 The Real Manhunter: The 3:00 Disappearance Of Maureen 4:00 Hale (PG) [s] 5:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 7:00 7:30 Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] 8:50 Program To Be Advised The Good Doctor: Rationality (M) [s] – Dr. Shaun Murphy and 9:50 10:20 the team treat a young girl whose father’s personal 11:20 research complicates their treatment plans.

The Rookie: Hit List (PG) [s] 12:10 1:05 The Latest Seven News [s] The Resident (M) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:00

Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra [s] 7:00 NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:30 Lego Masters (PG) [s] Talking Honey: Irresponsible 8:00 Money (PG) [s] 12:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 1:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 2:10 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:30 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 3:00 NINE News [s] 3:30 4:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 4:30 Lego Masters: Beginning, Middle & End (PG) [s] Matt Wright’s Wild Territory: 5:00 Sink Or Swim (PG) [s] 6:30 NINE News Late [s] 7:30 Law & Order: Organized 8:40 Crime: The Outlaw (MA15+) [s] 9:40 Murdered By Morning: 10:40 Mother’s Day Murder (M l,v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] 11:30 The Rebound [s] 12:30 Home Shopping Religious Programs 1:30

The Talk [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (M) [s] Program To Be Advised Entertainment Tonight [s] Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] The Cheap Seats (PG) [s] NCIS: Ephemera (M v) [s] NCIS: Los Angeles: Hard For The Money (M v) [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] Home Shopping

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Country Music: Beginnings (1933) (PG) 3:00 Living Black 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 Who Do You Think You Are?: Bert Newton (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 8:30 Insight: Illicit Medicine (PG) – Is the war on drugs holding us back from developing new therapies, and denying people viable treatments?

9:30 Dateline: Putin’s Child Soldiers (PG) 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News 11:00 Cycling: Giro D’Italia: Stage 4 *Live*

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Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66)

Also see: GEM (Channel 82) GO! (Channel 83/88) LIFE (Channel 84)

Also see: 10 PEACH (Channel 11) 10 BOLD (Channel 12)

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Creative Art Central winners will deliver innovative projects

OUT & ABOUT

The commissioned artists (from left): Kay Harrison, Amelia Foxton, Brigitta Oldereid, Andi Mether, Toni Houston, Sarah Beard and Aaron Trew

Four professional and two emerging local creatives have been selected to deliver innovative art works as part of Central Coast Council’s Creative Art Central program.

Creative Art Central 2021 attracted 94 registrations from local artists who each had the opportunity to pitch their idea.

The successful recipients were selected by an industry panel assessment, who recommended the commission

of six contemporary and creative projects that will engage, collaborate and/or involve the broader community.

Central Coast Council Unit Manager Community and Culture, Glenn Cannard, said Creative Art Central sought to foster innovative and contemporary work across all art-forms.

“The calibre of proposals pitched shows just how much talent and diversity we have on the Coast,” Cannard said.

“A diverse mix of artists from a cross-section of the industry have been selected this year to deliver contemporary works to help define our region as a cultural destination.

“Our six successful artists will now share their talents with the wider community.”

The successful applicants are: Andi Mether (professional), interactive installation; Kaye Harrison (professional), documentary filmmaker; Sarah Beard and Toni Houston

(professional), documentary filmmakers; Aaron Trew (professional), music composer; Brigitta Oldereid (emerging), contemporary dance choreographer; and Amelia Foxton (emerging), filmmaker.

Administrator, Rik Hart, said the annual commissioning program allows professional and emerging artists to deliver a variety of new quality projects to help promote, celebrate and activate the region.

“Fostering artistic endeavours builds the footprint of creative industries on the Coast and delivers significant flow-on benefits for our social and economic fabric,” Hart said.

“Creative Art Central invests in the local creative economy to not only nurture the growth of local artists but also strengthen creative industries on the Coast.”

Since its inception in 2011, the annual program has produced a range of new

creative initiatives that have shaped our local culture.

Two of the artists, Brigitta Oldereid and Aaron Trew, have already announced the first round of community-based workshops.

To find out more about the commissioned programs and how you can get involved, visit: centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ creativeartcentral Source: Media release, Apr 27 Central Coast Council

Celebrating mothers and small businesses in Hamlyn Terrace Hamlyn Terrace small business owner, Sarah Morgan, is hosting a Mother’s Day event to support local business and help people buy a gift for mum on Saturday, May 7.

The market stall event will be held at her home at 4 Hamlyn Road, Hamlyn Terrace, between 11.30am and 3.30pm.

Morgan said the free event is open to anyone to attend and she hopes people will choose

to pop in and meet the faces of some local business owners and buy a lovely gift for their mum.

“My mum means the world to me and if I had to give up everything for her, I would do it in the blink of an eye,” she said.

Morgan organised the Mother’s Day market mainly for mums, but also to support small business.

“Not only is it important to support small business owners to come together like we are

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doing, but together we can make a difference by helping and encouraging others to do what they love to do.”

Sarah began her own business, GrazingwithSar, one year ago during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I managed to take up GrazingwithSar full-time because of the number of people in lockdown.

“It has made me want to be more caring and helpful, so this is why I also chose to come

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Youth Week Awards honours young Coasties Seventeen young Coasties have been recognised in the first Central Coast Youth Week Awards.

Central Coast Council Unit Manager Leisure Beach Safety and Community Facilities, Phil Cantillon, said it was important to celebrate young people doing great things in the community.

“It was an honour to be part of the first Central Coast Youth Week Awards presentation night,and I’d like to congratulate all our award winners and finalists this year,” Cantillon said.

“This includes the three local schools awarded in the Nominator category, with each receiving $500 to implement a program or activity that positively benefits students.”

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said the awards were developed to acknowledge the

The Central Coast Youth Week Awards winners

contributions of local young people from diverse backgrounds and abilities.

“Each of our award winners should be extremely proud of

being recognised for their achievements and contributions that help make our home a better place,” he said.

Winners in the Luminary Leaders category were: Youth Entrepreneur of the Year, Ashlee McGonigal; Youth Leadership of the Year, Jayden Delbridge

(finalists Libby Payne and Willow Robinson); Youth Volunteer of the Year, Samantha Laundess (finalist Mathew Baxter); and Youth Volunteer

Mentor of the Year, Mikayla Maiden.

Rising Stars category winners were: Arts and Culture, Jack Williams (finalists Lucy Parle and Makayla Reilly); Community Service, Dana Patterson; Excellence in Education, Harli Grant (finalists Callan Baker and Charlotte Taylor); and Sportsperson of the Year, Makayla Reilly (finalists Nicole Duncan and Jay Kilpatrick).

Winners in the Nominator Award category were:Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College – Tumbi Umbi Campus; Lake Munmorah High School; and Brisbane Waters Secondary College – Woy Woy Campus.

For further information search “Youth Week Awards” at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au Source: Media release, Apr 28 Central Coast Council

All northern beaches clear for swimming All 18 northern Central Coast beaches are now safe for swimming, in regard to water pollution levels, according to Beach Watch NSW.

All 18 beaches on the northern Central Coast were rated with a green drop at the start of the week

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avoided a day after heavy rainfall or when lagoons are open, or for as long as stormwater is present.

The most obvious signs of stormwater pollution are water discolouration and debris in the water and on the tide line.

For more information, visit www.environment.nsw.gov. au/beachapp/ CentralcoastBulletin.aspx.

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Beach Watch reported on its website on Monday that “water quality is suitable for swimming almost all of the time, with very few potential sources of faecal contamination”.

NSW Beach Watch works with Central Coast Council to

conduct water testing at beaches and lagoons frequented by locals and visitors.

Water quality data is submitted by Central Coast Council to Beach Watch NSW each week, which then uses the data to build the accuracy of its real-time beach warnings.

As a general precaution, Beach Watch advises swimming at beaches on the Central Coast should be

about

They are slow but so poignant … not to everyone’s taste, but nothing is.

This is the story of the Garrett Family In the first chapter we meet Serena and James, a young couple that has recently started dating.

It is 2010 and they are in Philadelphia at the train station waiting for their train back to Baltimore.

They just had lunch with James’s parents.

It was Serena’s first-time meeting them and she was nervous.

At the station she thinks she sees her cousin Nicholas, but she isn’t sure.

James finds this inconceivable; how can someone not be sure of their cousin.

However, Nicolas is from David’s (see below) side of the family and for some reason they aren’t close.

The clock turns back to 1959 and we meet the Garrett clan on their very first family vacation.

The Garrett family consists of Robin, Mercy and their children; Alice who is a mature 17, Lily who is a promiscuous 15-yearold and David who is only seven but seems a little lost.

Robin Garrett runs a hardware store in Baltimore that was opened by Mercy’s father.

He claimed there wasn’t enough money before for a vacation but now the family finds themselves at Deep Creek Lake for a week of rest and relaxation.

Mercy goes off to paint.

Lily soon meets a guy and isn’t seen much.

Alice plays mother.

Robin tries to get David to swim, with disastrous results.

There are no more family vacations for the Garretts.

Time jumps ahead to 1970 and Robin and Mercy are driving David to college.

After they drop him off and are close to home Robin says, “I suppose we should kick up our heels tonight, now that we’re back to just the two of us.

Go out for a fancy meal or, I don’t know, have wild sex on the living-room floor or

something…but you know?

I’m feeling kind of let down, to be honest.”

Alice and Lily moved out a while ago.

What will life be like for Robin and Mercy without the children in the house?

Turns out Mercy can now focus her full attention on her art.

Not that she was much of a domestic goddess to begin with, but she now purposely checks out.

Little by little she moves her

possessions out of the house into her art studio, which is just a rented room above a garage.

She spends a night there, saying she is busily painting.

Eventually she spends more and more nights there, no one talks about it.

Robin never mentions it.

But the girls know that if they need to reach their mother, they need to call the studio and not the house they grew up in, the house where Robin still lives.

David never calls.

Alice has children, one of them is named Robin (a girl).

Lily has children, one of them is named Robin (a boy).

Robin decides to plan a surprise 50th wedding anniversary party for Mercy.

Alice is afraid that it will be a disaster as Robin doesn’t want any help, he wants to do this all on his own.

All he asks is that the family show up, that David shows up.

Maybe such a simple story

about a family would be boring if not for the talent of Anny Tyler.

It is now her fourth novel since she suggested that 2015’s A Spool of Blue Thread was going to be her last (and you might remember my earlier review of one of these, Redhead by the Side of the Road).

In French Braid, she makes an ordinary family seem interesting and shows us how complex people and relationships are.

My one issue is that I wondered why Serena, who is such an integral part of the story in the first chapter, is more of a side character in the rest of the book.

It threw me for a loop as I kept waiting for her part to pop up again.

Maybe the first paragraph should have been about Candle.

A lovely story told by a great writer.

Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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McBride says Labor will breathe life back into The Entrance

Emma McBride announcing the commitment at The Entrance Ocean Baths

Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, says a Labor Government will invest $1.2 million to bring life back to The Entrance if it is elected.

Speaking at The Entrance ocean baths, McBride said The Entrance was in need of significant investment to “breathe life back into area” in

the future.

“The Entrance is much-loved by our community, but the town needs a little TLC,” McBride said.

“Labor will invest $750,000 to upgrade Vera’s Watergarden, $175,000 to make the waterfront plaza playspace more accessible and $170,000 to renovate The Entrance Ocean Baths.”

The Entrance Ocean Baths

are an iconic heritage listed site that have been popular on the Coast for generations.

“This investment will improve water quality at the Baths by upgrading the pipes and pump system, so locals and visitors can swim safely and comfortably all year round,” McBride said.

As part of the promised upgrade, Labor said it will spend $40,000 to install shade

Emma McBride (centre) with Leoni Baldwin from Wyong District Tennis and Kathy Barber from Tennis NSW

sails at the Baths’ grandstand seating, and another $100,000 for the clubhouse.

Last week, McBride also announced a Labor commitment to kickstart the Baker Park Masterplan.

Baker Park is widely used by many local sports groups, including the Wyong District Tennis Club, Wyong District Netball Association, Wyong Emu’s Football Club, and

Wyong District Cricket Club.

“Labor will invest $250,000 for a Baker Park Masterplan, which will help map out planning works and the future of the grounds,” McBride said.

McBride said she had previously worked with the community to save land at Baker Park from being sold off and was a proud patron of Wyong District Netball Association.

“Baker Park has a special place in my heart - I grew up playing netball and tennis there, and it’s much-loved by our community,” she said.

“Labor will also invest $100,000 in seed funding to help the Wyong District Tennis Club renovate their clubhouse.

“This project is shovel ready and will be a major boost to the club and its players.

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Coast housing prices slow In good news for prospective home owners on the Central Coast, the surge in house prices over the past 12 months is showing signs of slowing.

Domain’s latest Quarterly House Price Report shows house price growth across the combined capital cities in Australia was 10 times slower during January-March than the previous quarter.

Price growth in regional Australia is not slowing as quickly – but is definitely on the way down.

Australia-wide, the median house price growth rate dropped to 0.6 per cent, compared with 6.3 per cent in the December 2021 quarter, and units dipped by 1 per cent, compared with 2.2 per cent in the previous quarter.

On the Central Coast, the median house price rise

dropped to 3.2 per cent from 6 per cent the previous quarter.

Things weren’t quite so bright on the unit front, with unit prices in the region rising 4.2 per cent, compared to 2.5 per cent the previous quarter.

Domain Chief of Research and Economics, Dr Nicola Powell, said prices peaked in June last year.

“The Central Coast property

market has been booming. We have seen 11 consecutive quarters of house price increases, which is a very long period of continual growth,” Powell said.

“But the region reached its peak rate growth in 2021 and what we are seeing now is a slow-down of momentum in that growth. This is in line with what we are seeing overall

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Powell said the price growth rate on the Coast, which peaked in June 2021 at 8.3 per cent for houses and 10.4 per cent for units, was largely influenced by an influx of residents to the area.

“Lifestyle, the fact the Coast is a first home buyer haven and affordability have pulled people there,” she said.

“Also, in the past couple of years we have seen new ways of working. Many people are working remotely or doing a mix of working from home and in offices and that has opened up opportunities for people to consider moving further afield from the suburbs of Sydney.”

Nationwide, Powell said the latest national quarterly statistics could ease some of the pressure, particularly for first home buyers, with annual growth at a 12-month low.

“While each city’s figures vary, we’re seeing Australia settle into a ‘new normal’, including increased interstate movements, ease of restrictions and return of international workers, which is prompting shifts in the property market,” she said.

Powell said Sydney’s rate of growth was flatlining after an extreme property boom and this was also reflected on the

Central Coast.

“Flattened house prices and declining unit prices has made Sydney’s price growth rate one of the most significant slowdowns of all the capital cities,” she said.

“A year ago, house prices were rising at 46 times the current pace, and at the same time unit prices were also increasing.

“This indicates that Sydney’s steepest upswing on record has ended, creating better purchasing conditions by providing buyers time to contemplate rather than compromise, and ultimately allowing rational decisions to be made.

“When paired with increasing supply, these current dynamics will help ease competition between buyers.”

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You have to tie up loose ends such as bank accounts, superannuation, health insurance, social media accounts, donations to charities, credit cards, car registration, the electoral roll and perhaps Services Australia.

If you have never done it before, you are vulnerable to being ripped off and paying too much as well as making decisions that you may regret later.

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Identify the executors named in the will.

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There is a registry of probates in each state that grants probate, confirming a will is valid.

Probate is essential for collecting the assets for the beneficiaries from groups such as banks and nursing homes.

Probate will be held up if anyone challenges the will.

Once the family members have agreed, they must sign the application for probate, which involves a filing fee based on the value of the assets in the estate.

Often they are relatives, but sometimes they are friends or people outside the family.

If there is an outside executor or a trustee company, be aware of the cost.

Sometimes it is an hourly rate, or a fixed fee based on a percentage of the assets of the estate that goes to probate Obtain a death certificate The funeral home usually fills

out the forms, registers the death and provides the certificate.

Make many copies of the original, then have them certified by a justice of the peace or lawyer, as you need a copy for claiming such things as life insurance.

Work out assets and debts Assets include money, houses, land, cars, shares, clothes, jewellery and other goods, but not superannuation.

Jointly owned assets, including property and bank accounts, automatically go to the surviving joint owner, regardless of what a will says.

Apply for probate Family members must first agree on the value of the assets.

Often death can be a catalyst for exposing unresolved family conflicts.

Disputed wills are common.

Sell or keep assets?

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Help in applying for Council grant funding Central Coast Council will run a series of free grantwriting workshops in May and June ahead of the opening of the 2022-23 Community Grants Program.

The information sessions and workshops will be offered online via zoom and in person at the Erina Centre, Erina Fair, and Council’s Wyong administration building.

The annual Community Events and Place Activation and Community Development Grant Programs will open on June 1 with $300,000 per program available.

The programs aim to help community organisations deliver worthwhile projects, programs and events that strengthen the Central Coast community.

Council Director Community and Recreation Services, Melanie Smith, said the sessions were designed to help applicants understand the process and improve the quality of their applications.

“Council is excited to give local community members the opportunity to build on their grant-writing skills, confidence and abilities ahead of the application period opening,” Smith said.

“Council is offering accessible information sessions, drop-in sessions and grant writing workshops that will ensure community groups applying for funding are aware of the opportunities available to them, and can confidently better their chances of success.”

Council’s 2022-23 Community Grants Program will include three separate initiatives.

The Community Development Grant Program and the Community Events and Place Activation Grant Program will both open on June 1 and close on June 30. Applicants can

apply for up to $20,000 per application with a total available annual program allocation of $300,000 for each.

The Community Support Grant Program is a small grant program open all year round and assessed monthly. Up to $5,000 is available per application with a total annual program of $300,000.

For more information and to register for the information sessions, visit www. centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ grants Source: Media release, Apr 27, Central Coast Council

Residents say they can’t afford water rises The majority of people who responded to a survey on IPART’s draft decision on Central Coast Council’s water rate rise said they couldn’t afford it.

Council wants to raise water rates by 34 per cent.

IPART countered with a draft proposal of a 19 per cent increase in the first year then 4 per cent plus inflation increases each year for the following three years.

IPART said its draft decisions would lead to typical household bills rising on average by $200 in the first year then by $49 plus inflation in each of the following three years.

Under the draft decisions, fixed water service charges would increase more than usage changes.

IPART asked residents to respond to the draft proposal in April before its final decision this month.

Eighty-three people filled in the survey and 61 said they could not afford the proposed water rate rises.

Of these, 27 said they would seek hardship provisions; 19 said they would not be able to pay on time and would have trouble with the budget; 15 said they were not sure how they would pay and 12 said they could pay but it would mean changes to the budget and they would have to spend less on other things.

Twelve respondents preferred the full price increase in the

first year while 25 wanted no increase at all.

Another five wanted prices to increase with inflation only; two suggested waiting two years before giving Council any increase.

Four offered alternative paths, such as 4 per cent per year for three years then the balance in the final year.

Ten provided comments that were not specific to the question, including that it was not acceptable to bail out the council when some managers who were there when the Council announced its financial crisis in 2020 are still there, and some accused the Council of “bleeding the community dry”.

Currently Wyong customers pay slightly less than Gosford customers, due to different wastewater pricing.

The draft decision was to accept Council’s proposal to align wastewater prices so customers in both areas pay the same.

This means the increase in wastewater prices would be higher for former Wyong Council customers than for former Gosford Council customers.

Of the 55 that agreed Gosford and Wyong customers should pay the same prices, 30 preferred this to begin from 1 July 1 this year. The rest (25) preferred prices to be aligned gradually over a few years.

Nineteen survey respondents

thought the two areas should continue to pay different prices.

Respondents to IPART’s survey included 23 pensioners and three business customers.

IPART also received 66 written submissions, including four from groups – Avoca Beach Community Association; Central Coast Plateau Chamber of Commerce; the Community Environment Network and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre – and a 129-page submission from Council.

Avoca Beach Community Association said its previous submission, which it provided six months ago, expressed concern at Council’s proposal to increase the fixed water supply service charge by far more than the unit of consumption usage charge.

“Yet, the draft IPART determination proposes an even greater disproportion in the relative price increases – over four years the fixed service charge is proposed to rise by an eyewatering 243 per cent compared to the charge applying today ($87 rising to $298 annually),” the Avoca submission said.

“We have no understanding of the criteria used by Council and IPART in determining what proportion of a specified revenue amount should be derived from fixed service and usage charges. But the end effect of that cost allocation framework produces a socially, environmentally and economically perverse outcome.

“Hence, we repeat our earlier proposal that IPART begin a process to redesign water pricing to better encourage water use efficiency.”

In another submission, one individual wrote; “The Central Coast used to be a beacon of affordability in

NSW, with housing, rates, and cost of living allowing for those not blessed with financial abundance a place to live.

“This is no longer the case, and those that are already struggling are going to be marginalised even more with rate rises, rental increases, and property prices all escalating out of control.

“While there are no easy

solutions, this is what we pay those in power for, to come up with creative, innovative solutions that allow the best outcome for all, not just the wealthy.

“Rate rises do not fit this bill, and are the Band­-Aid applied to all government shortfall situations.”

All the submissions are now up on IPART’s website for

general reading. https://www.ipart.nsw.gov. au/documents/draft-report/ draft-report-central-coastwater-prices-march2022?timeline_id=13573 IPART said it would publish its final decision in May and the new prices would take effect from July 1.

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Dobell candidates forum (with few candidates)

An election forum with a twist, held at Tuggerah’s Red Tree Theatre on Sunday, May 1, attracted over 100 community members and high-profile speakers – but not the Liberal or Labor candidates.

The event – called “Integrity and Our Future, what to know before we vote” – was hosted by community organisations including Central Coast for Social Justice, CC Friends of Democracy, Climate Future and Future Sooner.

It was an opportunity to turn the conventional candidate’s forum on its head by putting issues of high community concern and interest first then allowing candidates to respond.

Alan Sunderland, ABC editorial director from 2013 to 2019, spoke on integrity and accountability.

Sunderland noted Australia had ranked seventh in 2012 for government corruption but, by 2022 had slipped to 18th.

“We have dropped 11 places in the international rankings by a respected non-profit group,” he said.

“Never before have I lived in an environment where damning complaints about politically corrupt ways of spending our

money come to light and the response is to say … we accept those recommendations but we’ve done nothing wrong and we won’t do anything about it – except for one thing: funding to the National Audit office has been cut by about 10 per cent despite claims for it to be increased,” Sunderland said.

“When ICAC comes out in NSW and has its findings against the then-Premier, it is labelled a kangaroo court. “The (Federal) Government, as we know, has gone to great lengths not to endorse, embrace or create any kind of meaningful commission against corruption,” he said.

Referring to organisations such as the ANA, ABC and Commonwealth Ombudsman, he said: “I realise governments traditionally, and it doesn’t matter whether they are Coalition or Labor, or one day a Green government, who knows, governments find it very difficult to fund things they can’t control.”

Richard Weller from Climate Future said: “It is innately unfair and false to tout ‘business as usual’, giving false hope to communities like the Hunter coal miners. It is just not right.

A fair, safer and more equitable

approach is to have a wellthought-out transition plan.

“We’ve got enormous opportunities in renewable energy and we just need to take advantage of it. Any kind of cost-benefit analysis for the region or for Australia as a whole shows the opportunities of moving early to renewable energy far outweigh the cost.”

Gary Blaschke from Future Sooner has been a long-term campaigner on the health impacts of coal-fired power stations and coal ash dams.

He pointed out the federal electorate of Dobell covered a larger area than “the Dominican Republic, Tonga or Bahrain, so we are talking about a massive area for these people who want to represent us to be able to understand”.

Blaschke noted there were no environmental boundaries between Shortland, Dobell and Robertson and the impacts of coal mining and electricity generation affected the whole population.

“Coal communities like where I live in Lake Munmorah in the division of Shortland have endured decades of environmental destruction and human health impacts because of their proximity to the now-

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“Not only do we endure increases in particulate pollution with Vales Point recently … recording a 123 per cent increase in P10 particles and over 200 per cent increase in PM5 particles in the year 2020-21 despite generating less electricity.”

He said evidence of chronic health consequences have been swept under the carpet by politicians.

Lan Tu from the Refugee Action Coalition gave a compelling speech about the plight of those in detention because they had arrived in Australia by boat to seek asylum.

“Refugees may be elders, resistance fighters, democracy activists, journalists,” she said.

“People flee because of push factors like persecution or war.”

She said Kevin Rudd, when he became Prime Minister again in 2013, was the first to state that no asylum seeker arriving by boat would be granted asylum, contravening their human rights under UN

conventions.

She said 13,700 people were incarcerated or living precariously and giving them permanent visas would resolve the issue, noting both Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison would continue the crisis.

David Shoebridge, who has resigned from the NSW Parliament to run for the Senate, said social and environmental justice “really does start with First Nations justice”.

“There is a reason I put my hand up to run for the Greens in this election … part of what we are doing here today is not being bystanders in democracy but coming in and insisting that this is a collective job to come and fix the broken democracy that we have.”

He said the“false”competition between Labor and Liberal was proof of the broken state of our democracy and the continuing use of 19th- and 20th-century technology based around fossil fuels was damaging our health and planet.

“Both the Coalition and Labor are [committing] to actually open up new coal and gas operations and make the situation worse.”

Federal candidates who were

invited to speak at the forum but did not attend included Member for Dobell, Emma McBride (Labor), Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks (Liberal), Liberal candidate for Dobell, Michael Feneley and Labor candidate for Robertson, Dr Gordon Reid.

Two candidates, Cath Conner (Greens, Dobell) and Jeff Lawson (Indigenous Aboriginal Party, Robertson), did attend and speak.

Lawson said he was standing to represent all the people of Robertson and would focus on reforming land councils, reducing Aboriginal deaths in custody and improving health outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

“We’ve got a small period of time to really focus on the issues that at a federal level will make a difference to all of us, like climate change – because if we don’t fix it now, if we have three more years of inaction, it will be too late.”

Both candidates said they wanted to improve the availability of affordable housing and give more children and adults access to education without debt.

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One bird, three meals – Part 2 We’re back with part two of our ‘one bird, three meals’ series which aims to highlight how easy it is to stretch a whole pastureraised chicken into several days’ worth of delicious family meals.

GEORGIA LIENEMANN

This is a simple, nourishing classic and a delicious way to make use of the leftover chicken frame from your roast. The secret is to use the corn cobs to create a quick but intensely flavoured stock. If you’re pressed for time, even 30 minutes will suffice!

Last week we touched on two Asianinspired recipes that could be created from the meat and broth left over from poaching a whole chicken (a Vietnamese coleslaw and a spicy Thai Tom Kha soup).

This week we’re keeping things a little more rustic and exploring two simple ways to transform whatever is

left behind after your family have devoured a roast chicken into lunch and dinner the following day.

The good thing about most pastureraised birds is that they are much older than your average conventionally farmed chicken (which invariably means more flavour).

They’re bigger, sturdier and far healthier which means more meat and a far greater concentration of collagen in their bones and cartilage, resulting in a heartier, more nourishing broth.

And remember – broths and stocks aren’t just a way to add delicious flavour to your meals.

There’s twelve grams of protein in your average cup of broth and an abundance of natural glucosamine – the most widely used supplement after vitamins and minerals!

This is what nose-to-tail eating is all about.

The parts we’ve commonly tossed away ever since we lost touch with grandma’s kitchen wisdom are actually some of the most nutrient dense.

Saving your roast Whenever you’ve made a roast chicken, the best way to maximise the

Chicken & corn soup

Serves 3 Stock Chicken frame, cartilage and bones 3 corn cobs, kernels saved for soup 2 tsp apple cider vinegar Enough water to cover (1.25 L) Soup 1.5 Tbsp ghee 1 large brown onion, finely diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 3 waxy potatoes, peeled & large diced Corn kernels, reserved from stock

This is a tangy and refreshing salad which is delicious served in pita bread pockets or lettuce cups.

1L chicken & corn stock ½ tsp of salt (and more, to taste) Black pepper, to taste Large handful of reserved chicken meat, diced Optional: cauliflower puree to thicken

Garnish: handful of parsley, chopped To make the stock, pick the remaining meat off the chicken frame and set it aside. Place the frame and any additional bones into a medium saucepan. Remove the corn kernels

from the 3 cobs and set them aside.

Chop the cobs in half and add them to your pot with the vinegar and enough water to cover (usually around 1.25 litres), then simmer on low, covered, for 30-90 minutes. Strain the mixture,

Yoghurt, cucumber & chicken salad

It’s such a simple, one-step recipe as there’s no need to make a separate dressing!

I love using my own garlic marinated mushrooms with this one, which I’ve included the recipe for, below.

Alternatively, you can source some from your local deli or supermarket.

200g of chicken meat, diced or shredded 2/3 cup Greek yoghurt ½ cup of garlic marinated mushrooms 2 Lebanese cucumbers, diced Large handful of dill, finely chopped 2 spring onions, including greens, finely sliced 2 pinches of sea salt Zest of half a large lemon 1 Tbsp lemon juice Pepper to taste Stir together all ingredients in a large bowl until well combined. Enjoy right away or chill before serving.

Garlic marinated mushrooms This is such a simple way to enjoy

delicious, marinated mushrooms at home. If you’re going to attempt this one, please don’t skip the cooking process!

There are plenty of recipes which advocate a shortcut around this, however I don’t recommend eating raw mushrooms under any circumstances.

The only exception is if they’ve been properly lacto-fermented.

Many of the beneficial nutrients found in mushrooms are only accessible to us by using these two traditional methods of preparation.

Cooking and fermenting also help to remove the mild toxins found in mushrooms in their raw state.

This recipe makes around 1 medium jar of mushrooms that can be stored for 10-14 days in the fridge.

For optimal flavour, leave them to marinate for a few days before serving.

600g of small button mushrooms (halve larger ones) ¼ cup + ¾ cup apple cider vinegar ½ cup olive oil 5 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped 3/4 tsp salt Rinse the mushrooms well to remove any soil residue.

Place the mushrooms in a medium sized pot with enough water to cover and add the ¼ cup of apple cider vinegar.

Adding this acidity to the water will

potential of your leftovers is to salvage all the bones.

In our house, this means everyone returns their chicken bones and cartilage from their respective plates to a container in the fridge or directly into my bubbling stock-pot to create the most nourishing and flavourful broth.

We’re boiling this broth for a minimum of an hour, so there’s no chance of contamination.

I tend to pick all the meat from the carcass and save it in a separate container, ready for use the next day.

discarding the bones and cobs.

Sauté the onion in ghee over medium heat for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and continue to cook for another 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the potatoes and sauté on high heat for 5 minutes, continuing to stir occasionally, then the corn kernels, sautéing for another 3 minutes.

Add the stock, salt and pepper then simmer gently on low heat for 5 minutes or until the potatoes are just cooked through. Add the chicken meat and continue to cook for another 3 minutes.

I like to add a little cauliflower puree to thicken the soup (which I store in ice cube trays specifically for this purpose), however it is equally delicious without this addition.

Serve immediately, with a sprinkling of fresh parsley and some extra pepper or even a splash of cream to take it up a notch.

preserve the light colour of the mushrooms.

Bring it to the boil over med-high heat and continue to boil them for another 7 minutes.

Whilst this is happening, heat the remaining apple cider vinegar, oil, garlic and salt over medium heat in a small pot until it reaches boiling point, then reduce the heat and simmer for 2 minutes.

Remove it from the heat and set aside.

Drain the mushrooms and discard the water, then transfer them into a jar, leaving at least an inch of space at the top.

Once the marinade has cooled slightly, pour it over the mushrooms. Allow the jar to cool on the bench before sealing it with a lid and transferring it to the fridge.

Well, I hope this gives you some more inspiration around how to stretch your pasture-raised chicken as far as is humanly possible.

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Your Organic Pest Control Guide

CHERALYN DARCEY

Now that the rains are subsiding, we are all noticing an abundance of pests.

They are thriving in the warm, damp conditions so let’s get on top of them this week.

Why do we need pest control at all? The simple truth is, native plants growing in areas not inundated with introduced pests will thrive, but we have introduced many pests and diseases to this country, and we don’t have the natural predators or conditions to combat their challenges.

In our home gardens, we sometimes ask plants from across the world to not only adapt to the weather and environment but to everyone and everything living in our gardens.

The best way to have a healthy and pest-resistant garden is to plant natives but most of us want tomatoes, lettuce, and roses, so we need to find ways to protect them and to enable them to thrive and without causing additional problems for not only ourselves but our environment.

Other than companion planting, all other pest control measures should be only employed when the pest population is proving to be out of control.

Your pest controlling methods, even organic ones, should be stopped as soon as your garden situation improves because no matter how careful you are, unfortunately these measures can have a negative effect on native living things as well.

PLANT AND GROW HEALTHY PLANTS Healthy plants are much

better equipped to combat the invasion of pests.

They can recover quicker, and they can better resist subsequent disease challenges as well.

Water, feed and care for your plants properly as per their individual needs to keep them in tip top health.

When working in the garden clean and disinfect tools and your hands when moving on to another plant as this helps stop the spread of pests and disease.

You must remove damaged and diseased materials quickly to stop the spread as well.

TRAP THOSE BUGS Bottle traps are incredibly easy to make, cheap and they do work.

Once full, you simply throw away or wash and repeat.

Neatly cut the top third of a plastic drink bottle off (I use the 1.25l ones).

Insert the top into the bottom.

This creates a funnel that the insects will go into, attracted by whatever bait you use and be drowned in water that you need to add.

Wasps: Use mashed up fruit in about 3cm of water and make sure that a few bits of fruit stick up from the water.

Set on ground near places you have noticed wasps.

House Flies: Old raw meat in about 3cm water with some sticking out from water.

Make sure this trap is set in the sun.

Stink Bugs and Moths: a battery-operated light in the bottom of trap.

Set in a dark place in your garden.

You need to get a little craftier with fruit flies so try a bowl trap.

Into a clear glass bowl place, a chopped-up piece of ripe fruit and cover with fruit juice mixed with ¼ teaspoon of dishwashing liquid.

Cover with plastic cling film drum tight and punch about 3 to 6 holes, depending on size of bowl with a bamboo skewer or similar.

A good way to combat a slug or snail invasion and use up beer dregs is to create an

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underground trap.

If you don’t have beer around, mix up 2 cups of warm water, 2 teaspoons of sugar and a packet of dry yeast to make a beer substitute.

Use plastic containers about the size of a margarine tub with lid and cut away about a third of the lid.

You want to create a cover for the container but have enough room for slugs and snails to fall in.

Bury container to soil level, fill with beer/yeast mix and then put the lid on.

You can also use half a scooped-out orange or grapefruit in the same way but without a ‘lid’.

ORGANIC PEST CONTROL RECIPES There are now a lot of commercial products on the market that are eco-friendly but how about making your own? All of these mixtures should be tested on a small part of the plant first and never used on stressed, dry or thirsty plants.

Use in the evening and reapply as required to control pests.

The All-Rounder This is suitable for a broad range of pests and the majority of plants.

6 unpeeled cloves garlic 3 whole hot chillies ½ cup of chopped tomato plant leaves 500ml water ½ teaspoon liquid soap Blend all except soap in a blender and then mix in soap, strain into a spray bottle.

Test on a leaf first and watch for adverse reaction over 24hours.

If not noticed, spray all over plant when plant is not stressed and in the cooler evening.

Use only as needed, no more than once every few weeks.

The Sure-Shoot Mix up the above recipe and substitute the tomato leaves with any one or you could try a mixture of the following: Ants: basil, mint, pennyroyal, tansy, wormwood Aphids: coriander, dill, mint, chives Weevils: catnip Mice: wormwood Cabbage White Butterflies: tansy, wormwood Slugs and Snails: wormwood, rosemary Mosquitos: pennyroyal, lavender, rosemary Spider mites: coriander, dill Gnats: pennyroyal Fleas: wormwood, lavender Flies: lavender, pennyroyal, tansy Beetles: Tansy Moths: wormwood, tansy, lavender Cockroaches: catnip Carrot Fly: basil, chives PLANNING TACTICS Growing an abundance of natives, especially along the perimeter of your garden can help.

A lot of introduced pests find our Aussie botanical life rather uninteresting or even repulsive so they make great barriers.

Other plants below will help you send pests the other way: Aphids: Summer Savoury (Satureja hortensis), Cabbage White Butterflies: Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) and Whitefly: French Marigolds (Tagetes patula) An alternate angle that can work well is planting crops that

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your pests would rather eat than your garden treasures.

You can plant as barriers to your whole garden or around more valued plants.

Caterpillars love nasturtiums while slugs and snails.

Will be happy with their own patch of lettuce.

There are beneficial creatures and insects that you can encourage into your garden to help control pests for you.

These include other less destructive to your garden insects along with birds, frogs and lizards.

Keeping chickens will help if you can manage them.

They love snails and slugs as well as a host of insects.

Spiders and even wasps, as much as you might not like them, do a fantastic job of munching their way through a lot of annoying insects.

The local bird population will love your bug problem so invite them in as well by having a water source such as a bird bath, a pond, nesting boxes and hives/insect hotels.

This includes nettings to stop pests getting to your crops.

Just make sure they are fine, breathable and white or clear and well anchored, so they do not entangle birds and animals.

Things put on the ground that pests like slugs and snails won’t cross include crushed eggshells, nutshells or gravels.

Copper is also known to be something snails and slugs won’t cross, and you can purchase copper tapes that can be effective along the edges of raised garden beds.

While you are out there trying the easiest way of all, using your gloved hands! Get out there and pick those pesky bugs off and squash them into the rubbish bin.

Evenings are best for bug catching as most are more active then.

Also don’t leave rotting fruits, flowers and leaves on plants or fallen as these attract bugs.

Pick them up and either compost or dispose of if unsuitable due to disease.

AROUND YOUR THIS WEEK

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It is a good time to repot

succulents and cacti, to replant or plant trees and take tender perennial cuttings.

Harvest the rest of your tomatoes, capsicums, eggplants and chillies.

Pull out tomato plants that have past their prime and you could plant mustard greens of radishes for a quick soil replenishing and weed reduction.

You could plant: Asian greens, dwarf beans, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chicory, cress, kale, lettuce, mustard greens, parsnips, climbing peas, potato tubers, radish, spring onions, silverbeet, spinach, swede, turnip, calendula, cornflower, delphinium, dianthus, everlasting daisy, forget-menot, foxglove, godetia, gypsophila, honesty, larkspur, nigella, statice, chives, coriander, garlic, marjoram, oregano, parsley, rocket GARDENING GUIDE You can plant the following: culinary herbs, artichokes, broad beans, broccoli, cress, lettuce, mustard, onions, peas, radishes, shallots, spring onions, silverbeet, spinach, ageratum, alyssum, calendula, candytuft, Canterbury bells, carnation,cineraria,cornflower, delphinium, dianthus, everlasting daisy, forget-menot, foxglove, godetia, gypsophila, hollyhock, honesty, larkspur, linaria, Livingston daisy, lobelia, nemesia, nigella, pansy, poppy, primula, snapdragon, statice, stock, sweet pea, viola, Virginia stock, wallflower Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 10am live every Saturday on CoastFM963.

She is also co-host of @ MostlyAboutPlants a weekly botanical history & gardening podcast with Victoria White.

Archived articles can be found on Cheralyn’s Blog: www.florasphere.com Send your gardening questions, events, and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@ gmail.com

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Kuolity finish all but assures Mariners a finals berth

Garang Kuol scores the winning goal against Western United, Saturday April 30

FOOTBALL A single goal win over Western United in Gosford, April 30, has put the Central Coast Mariners one point away from securing a finals place – one draw from their remaining two games will now be enough to secure a finals berth.

The late goal by Garang Kuol broke the scoreless deadlock, pushing the blue and yellow four and five points clear of the finals contenders Macarthur and Sydney FC respectively.

Macarthur were subsequently defeated by the Newcastle Jets on Sunday, ruling them out for the 2022 finals series.

The win by the Mariners also dented Western United’s hopes of topping the A-League ladder.

Encouraged by the return of the Marching Band in the Central Coast Stadium stands, the Mariners brought an unmatched physicality that undermined Western’s attack from the get-go.

The Mariners also displayed an ever-growing array of goal

scoring potential with shots on target coming from four new singings this season under Head Coach, Nick Montgomery.

Beni N’Kololo and Jason Cummings brought early moments of doubt to Western’s star keeper, Jamie Young, forcing saves from the League’s leader in clean sheets.

The Mariners came close to the breakthrough initially in the 61st minute when Matheus Moresche slipped the ball neatly into the side of the net, only to be disallowed when

N’Kololo’s assist was found to have been crossed from outside the field of play.

Monty’s 74th minute substitution brought Kuol into the fray and it took the academy product seven minutes to find the winning goal.

Given space to turn onto his inside left boot off a pass from Marcos Urena, Kuol used spin and precision to swing the ball beyond Young’s reach and into the goal to score his third in six games.

Over the remaining 15

minutes, the Mariners focused on their late-game defence and prevented Western from accruing another shot on target to secure the win The blue and yellow can still reach fourth and a home final with wins in both remaining matches against Brisbane Roar, away on May 3, and the Newcastle Jets, at home on May 7.

At 36 points on the ladder and with Sydney FC now their only danger on 31 with two games to play, a single draw will

ensure the Mariners passage to the finals on goal differences.

Coash Montgomery was upbeat after the win.

“We have two games to go and we haven’t done anything yet,” he said.

“We don’t fear anybody, we go out every week to try win the game.

“We’ve got one home game to go (against the Jets) after going to Brisbane on Tuesday, but we’ll go there with the same mindset to get a result.”

Haakon Barry

Avoca Beach prevails in close encounter with Razorbacks RUGBY UNION The Ourimbah Razorbacks suffered a narrow 19-24 defeat at the hands of Avoca Beach in the match of the round at Woongarrah No. 2 Oval on Saturday, April 30.

The match was transferred north from Ourimbah Rugby Park which was unavailable to the the wet weather.

After an even encounter and a late surge from the

Razorbacks, Avoca Beach was able to lead throughout and clinch victory.

Avoca Beach opened the scoring with a converted try to Josh Parish and then quickly followed this up with a penalty goal, to take an early 10 points to nil lead.

However, the Razorbacks were able to respond before half time with their own converted try and the match was very much up for grabs at that stage.

Avoca Beach went further ahead early in the second half when Parish crossed for his second try.

But once again the Razorbacks responded.

Both teams scored two tries apiece in the second stanza to keep the scores tight.

Best players for Avoca Beach were winger Josh Parish, who scored all three tries for his team, hooker Cooper Elliott, and No.8 Fion

Henderson-Foley.

The Razorbacks were best served by winger Ryan Bender, who crossed for two tries, lock James Mann and No.8 Rob Peden.

At Ettalong Oval, The Lakes recorded a 51 points to 5 victory over Woy Woy. This match was also moved from Woy Woy Oval where a drainage issue made the oval unavailable.

The Lakes took control early

in this match and never looked back, going in at half-time up 26 points to nil and then continuing to pile on the points in the second half.

Centre Lathan HutchinsonWalters, winger Daniele Cakuseru, and flanker Peni Rauluni all had big games for The Lakes while Woy Woy’s No.8 Tali Sitani and flanker Jazper Doak-Stride provided some resistance.

In other matches, Kariong proved too strong at home for

Hornsby, winning 54 points to 10, including an incredible six tries scored by Sean Peruch, while Terrigal thrashed Gosford 93 points to nil.

In the Women’s 10’s rugby, Avoca Beach defeated Kariong Razorbacks 27-0 and Hornsby defeated The Lakes 17-5 in two high quality games of rugby.

Source: Match Report, May 1 Larry Thomson, CCRU