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Councillors sacked, new council formed and administrator appointed osford City’s 10 elected local councillors were sacked on Thursday, May 12 when the council was dissolved and a new Central Coast Council proclaimed.

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Under the Local Government (Council A m a l g a m a t i o n s ) Proclamation 2016, Gosford Council ceased to exist and the amalgamation of Gosford with Wyong Council, to form the Central Coast Council, was made a reality after almost a year of speculation.

Wyong councillors also lost their jobs.

Mr Ian Reynolds was appointed as the administrator of the newly-formed Central Coast Council in place of the elected mayors and councillors.

The new council will remain under administration until elections are held in September 2017, a full 12 months after the next local election was due.

Former Gosford mayor, Mr Lawrie McKinna said he wished to thank the community for the privilege of being able to serve them.

He was shocked by the timing of the announcement and unsure about whether he would have any formal or consultative role during the administration period.

Mr McKinna had not had any contact with Mr Ian Reynolds before or after the proclamation on May 12.

Former deputy mayor, Mr Craig Doyle said he was nonplussed by the fact he had not been personally or officially notified that he had lost his job.

“I’m feeling, as the elected representative, that the mouthpiece of the community has been taken away and what have you replaced it with?” he said.

“I’m feeling pretty disappointed,” said Cr Vicki Scott.

“It is leaving a huge hole

The new Central Coast Council has been divided into five wards

in the community and it is a huge knock to democracy, there should be some form of representation,” she said.

“We have been told we’ll get an email,” she said in relation to an earlier call from councillors to express interest in playing a role on the new council.

“It has been a real privilege to carry out this role for the last 12 years …it has shown me how we can help each other and thrive by good communication and good consultation and the importance of having elected representation to determine the voices of the community, but I’m not going anywhere,” she said.

Ms Scott said the next 16 months without elected representation marked a period when very large development applications would be coming through, a lot with large associated issues and problems.

“Without councillors, how will that work?” she said.

“I am pretty sure that the administrator will be listening to the people, but he is one person,” she said.

Cr Bob Ward said he was not surprised by the proclamation as there had

been speculation that it would be announced soon.

He said the formation of the Central Coast super council would give the region a strong and unified voice to fight for government funding.

Ms Gabby Bowles said she knew the amalgamation was coming but was surprised to find herself “turfed out” as an elected representative “given that we were told we would have the opportunity to participate.”

Mr Chris Burke said his status was not made clear when the proclamation was made on May 12 and that he still wanted to have a role with the new council.

“There’s so much work unfinished by the Council that may never bear fruit now when the new administration takes effect,” he said.

Mr Deanna Bocking said she had expressed interest in having a role in the Central Coast Council, “so hopefully I will be able to continue in some sort of advocacy role, but I am just not sure what that will be; the sense of uncertainty doesn’t mean the changes will be bad.

“We don’t know what roles will exist but if there’s absolutely no advocacy I wouldn’t be happy but we just don’t know, everything’s still speculative,” she said.

The Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds is a local government consultant based in Castle Hill.

He established Ian Reynolds and Associates in 2012 after working in the government sector for 30 years.

Since 1994 he has held a range of senior executive roles in local and state government with responsibility for urban planning, public infrastructure and financing and public policy development.

According to a statement from the new Central Coast Council, Mr Reynolds will be paid out of the Council’s budget from funds formerlyt allocated to payment of the mayors and councillors.

The interim general manager of the new Central Coast Council is Mr Rob Noble, who has been acting chief executive officer of Wyong Council since September 2015.

Mr Paul Anderson, former

chief executive officer of Gosford Council, has been named as deputy general manager of the new council.

Mr Anderson is currently on leave and unable to comment on whether he will be going forward in the role he was appointed.

The number of councillors to be elected in September 2017 will be 15 and the first mayor will be elected by councillors.

The code of meeting practice to be adopted by the new Central Coast Council is to be the Wyong Shire Council code “until it is amended or replaced in accordance with the Local Government Act”.

The proclamation carves the new Central Coast local government area into five wards, each with three councillors.

The wards are Gosford West, Gosford East, Wyong, The Entrance and Budgewoi.

It is understood that the three councillors elected to represent each ward must be residents of the ward.

The proclamation gives the NSW minister for local government, Mr Paul Toole, discretion to determine “any matter or thing requiring determination” referred by the administrator.

In turn, a wide range of matters can be referred to the NSW Office of Local Government for determination, according to the proclamation.

After the initial period, the new council will, in accordance with the Local Government Act, be able to make changes to matters such as how the mayor is elected, changes to wards or changes to councillor numbers.

Joint Regional Planning Panel appointments have been scrapped.

The proclamation gives the local government minister power to hire and fire administrators.

It also gives the administrator power to hire and fire the general

manager and deputy general manager, should the need arise, and within the terms of their employment contracts.

Staff members transferred from Gosford Council to the Central Coast Council were transferred under the same employment contracts.

There will be no onus on the first elected Central Coast Council to stick with the staff organisational structure set out in the proclamation.

Anything commenced but not completed by Gosford Council may or may not be completed by the new council.

The codes, plans, strategies and policies of the new council are to be, as far as practicable, a composite of the corresponding codes, plans, strategies and polices of each of the former councils.

The code of conduct for the new council is to be the model code in the Act (within the meaning of section 440 of the Act) until a code of conduct is adopted by the council in accordance with the Act. It is unclear, from the proclamation, how the ward boundaries for the new council were determined.

The proclamation said that it didn’t apply to rates in the 2016-17 rating year, but it did not specify a three-year rate freeze, as promised by the NSW Government.

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Land sale for railway facility deferred

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he NSW minister for finance, services and property, Mr Dominic Perrottet has initiated the latest flurry of debate about the regional performing arts centre and the former Gosford Public School land by announcing that a second office building was to be developed on that land.

A view of Turpentine Rd, Kangy Angy under water in January

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ot all Kangy Angy residents are opposed to the development of an inter-city train maintenance facility in the area.

The proposed intercity fleet maintenance site during local floods

One such resident, solution to some of those

decision to sell land at Kangy Angy to Transport for NSW that the proposal would Mr Dean Innes spoke problems. has been deferred by Wyong Council for two months to allow significantly impact on at Wyong Council on In responding to residents to make further representations to Transport for NSW endangered ecological March 23 in favour of the questions from Cr Doug communities, PCTs regarding possible alternate locations for the facility. that contain threatened proposed sale of council Vincent, a representative

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Spokesperson for the Kangy Angy Residents Action Group, Mr Tony Caldersmith spoke against the sale of the land at the Wyong Council meeting on Wednesday, March 23, describing it as ecologically sensitive floodplain land to be sold to make way for a railway fleet maintenance facility.

“There is compelling evidence that the site is unsuitable for the proposed development given the flooding and environmental constraints of the land… alternative sites without those constraints are available and should be taken up,” Mr Caldersmith said.

The land would be

rezoned to make way for the rail facility.

“No less than four endangered floodplain ecological communities occur within the site and it provides foraging and habitat for a range of threatened and critically engendered species including yellow-bellied gliders, squirrel gliders and the powerful owl.

“Also, a tributary of Ourimbah Creek flowing through the site is a known biodiversity ‘hot-spot’ for rare and threatened amphibian species such as the green and golden bell-frog and the green-thighed frog,” he said.

“We don’t want our

wildlife to be railroaded.”

According to the Environmental Issues Report prepared by Conacher Consulting, December 2015, the Land and Environment Court would be likely to find that the site is unsuitable for the proposed development.

The site also presents considerable constraints in terms of flooding and bushfire and a development of the type and scale proposed would be likely to have an unacceptable and significant impact on a number of species or their habitats.

The report found

land to Transport for NSW. “There is a group of people in the north of the street who would like to see it proceed,” he said.

Mr Innes said the development would create the opportunity for a new land bridge to deal with flooding and even a children’s playground.

According to Mr Innes, Transport for NSW had promised a landscaped buffer to make sure the facility was permanently Media release, Mar 21, 2016 hidden.

“We’ve also engaged Environmental Issues Report Summary, Dec 2015 our own planner to look Michelle Nicholson, at various ways to get Kangy Angy Residents around development Action Group restrictions in the area and this development is a

species habitat, areas that contain habitat for vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered threatened species, wildlife habitat linkages and a riparian area and watercourse of fourth order and an important wetland area.

It further states that alternative sites for the proposal which would result in a reduced impact on local biodiversity should be investigated.

of the Kangy Angy Residents Action Group, Mr Tony Caldersmith said Transport for NSW had said it was too early to discuss community benefits.

“The railway people said it was all too early; they were not going to talk about that yet, we are not down to that level of planning,” Mr Caldersmith said.

Mr Caldersmith also confirmed that Wyong Council had not, at any stage, approached residents about the idea of selling the land to Transport for NSW.

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Mr Perrottet said the NSW Government would deliver on an election pledge to relocate more than 300 public service roles to Gosford, with Government Property NSW submitting a Development Application (DA) to Gosford Council for a proposed mixed-use commercial building to be located at 20 Mann St, Gosford.

The 300 public servant jobs from the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation (DFSI), would be housed in the mixed-use building and Mr Perrottet said another 130 jobs would be created during the design, planning and construction phases, with an additional 330 ongoing indirect jobs being generated on top of the 300 permanent jobs announced by Mr Perrottet.

The DA, submitted on Monday April 18, included the new six-storey, 7,000 square metre mixed use building, with an active street front and ground floor alfresco dining.

Mr Perrottet said the DA was the first part of a broader plan that would seek to open the Mann St site to a mix of uses accessible by locals and tourists, including dining, residential, retail, accommodation, parking and public open spaces.

Mr Perrottet said the DA lodgement would give Gosford locals an opportunity for a closer look at the first step in the government’s plan for the

Senator upset by school site announcement he announcement that a second public service office is to be built on the Gosford waterfront is further proof that the Liberals ignored the wishes of the local community, according to Senator Deborah O’Neill.

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site.

“With the DA lodgement, we are starting a process that will give the local economy a real boost and deliver hundreds of jobs to the Gosford CBD,” he said.

According to Mr Perrottet, the announcement would help to energise the local economy, extend and revitalise the CBD, and increase opportunities to live and work on the Central Coast.

“The NSW Government is committed to the health and prosperity of the whole state, and today’s announcement is great news for Gosford and the Central Coast,” he said.

“The influx of new public sector workers means millions in consumer spending on local businesses every year, which will be a fantastic economic injection for the local community.

“Add to that the tens of millions in investment that development of the site will attract, and hundreds of new jobs in the construction phase and beyond, and you can see the flow-on effects of this relocation will be really significant for Gosford and the Coast.”

The DFSI building will include some street-level retail and al-fresco dining as part of a broader plan for

the sale and redevelopment of the vacant 1.16 hectares making up the former school site, with proceeds from the sale to go to Restart NSW for reinvestment into new infrastructure.

According to Mr Perrottet, Government Property NSW is engaging in ongoing consultation with community groups and organisations.

Information about the development will also be posted on the GPNSW website and the community will have the opportunity to comment on the proposal when it is placed on public exhibition by Gosford Council.

The government will also hold a community dropin day, with details to be advertised in the local media and on GPNSW’s website closer to the date.

The DA will be assessed against the normal planning criteria, just like any other development, with Gosford Council assessing the application and the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) being the responsible determining authority.

The timeframe for assessment will depend on Gosford Council, though it is expected that the DA will be determined by the end of 2016.

An Expression of

Interest (EOI) process for the government to secure a development partner is expected to be released in May. The EOI will seek a development partner for the mixed use building in the DA, together with the future development of the remaining 1.1 hectares.

Construction of the new DFSI building is expected to be completed by mid-2018, with the relocation of DFSI staff to follow.

The DA announcement coincided with the NSW Government committing to a further 10 year lease at 92100 Donnison St, Gosford, where over 620 staff from the State Insurance Regulatory Authority, Safe Work NSW, Insurance and Care NSW and Legal Aid NSW are located.

“Prior to the last election, we said we were committed to improving employment opportunities here on the Central Coast, and today’s announcements show we mean business,” Mr Perrottet concluded.

Media release, Apr 6, 2016 Dominic Perrottet, minister for finance, services and property Media release, Apr 19, 2016 Kelly Burke, NSW Finance, Services and Innovation

NSW finance minister, Mr Dominic Perrottet announced recently that a six-storey mixed-use commercial building housing 300 finance department workers would be built next to the Australian Tax Office on the old Gosford Public School site.

“The state and federal Liberals have once again proved they believe they are above consulting the people of the Central Coast, who have clearly indicated to Lucy Wicks they didn’t want the ATO building on the waterfront,” Senator O’Neill said.

“The Gosford community welcomes the jobs, but this iconic waterfront precinct is not the place for public service buildings that will lock away land promised to the public.

“There are many sites in the heart of the Gosford CBD that are begging for government buildings and the business they will bring to local commerce.”

Documents requested from the Federal Government by Senator O’Neill late last year regarding the procurement of the school site for the ATO building include a letter from Mr Perrottet to federal finance minister, Mr Mathias Cormann pitching the school land for federal projects.

“Mr Perrottet steamrolled the school site through for use for

government buildings with scant regard for the community’s vision for the picturesque site,” Sen O’Neill said.

“My office and those of state MPs David Harris and Kathy Smith have been inundated with calls from concerned citizens who demand to know who is pulling the levers to hand over a proposed arts and cultural precinct to be used for government buildings instead.

“The blame lies solely at the feet of the federal Liberals in cahoots with their NSW counterparts, and the people of the Coast have an impending opportunity to tell them what they think of such disdain for their views.”

The member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch said: ”Sen O’Neill’s hype knows no boundaries”.

Mr Crouch has held a series of meetings at his Erina office to ensure community leaders were aware of “the facts” surrounding the NSW Government’s plans for the former Gosford Public School site.

He said the combined footprint of the DomaAustralian Taxation Office building and the recently-announced state government office building was 40 per cent of the available Gosford Public School land.

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Rehabilitation centre forced to Another motor turn away hundreds of women registry closed adalba b a s e d women’s drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, Kamira, is continuing a seven year battle for increased funding to better meet the demand for its services.

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According to Kamira Director, Cr Lisa Matthews, Kamira is a unique, evidence based, rehabilitation facility designed to help pregnant women and new mothers that are experiencing drug and alcohol abuse to kick their habits and refocus their lives around the fulfilling experience of motherhood.

“Nearly all women who present to Kamira for treatment will have their children removed if they do not undergo residential rehabilitation and often present with traumatic histories such as mental health issues, domestic violence, cognitive impairments and criminal and family law matters,” she said.

To help women undergoing treatment, Kamira employs a variety of tertiary qualified clinicians such as psychologists, social workers and a 24 hour specialist team to ensure patients and their children are safely on the road to recovery.

This emphasise on motherhood as a means to recovery has put Kamira at the forefront of women’s rehabilitation in the Central Coast region, however, the facility has been struggling to

Cate Hewett of Kamira

operate at capacity due to ongoing funding issues.

“Presently, funding issues have prevented the Wadalba facility from filling half of its beds, forcing the facility to turn away hundreds of women in need and forcing the most in need onto waiting lists up to 12 weeks long,” Ms Matthews said.

Kamira chief executive, Ms Cate Hewett said the facility’s lack of funding meant Kamira cannot employ the staff it needed to run at capacity, let alone expand its services.

“Kamira is funded by both state and federal health departments on typically three year grants,” Ms Hewett said.

“However, Kamira is currently operating off a one year extension grant

which has caused huge problems with retaining staff.

“The NSW Health Department has failed to provide any additional funding since it built the Kamira facility in 2009.

“There are currently 11 beds filled out of a possible 22.

“Cost wise, to increase the number of beds filled to 13 we would be looking at $112,157 per bed.

“Based on this cost model, Kamira would need an additional $656,314 to increase its services to a minimum of 24 women and their children,” Ms Hewett said.

According to Ms Hewett, joint funding from NSW Health and the Federal Department of Health and Family

and Community Services could appropriately cover this, yet despite her best efforts, Ms Hewett’s attempts to vitalise Kamira have been falling on deaf ears for close to seven years.

“In 2011, NSW Health commissioned a business review by Ernst and Young for the facility.

“The three month review recommended additional funding be provided to Kamira to deliver a full capacity service, but this funding was not delivered.

“I’ve written to every health minister since 2009 about the incredible demand for, and the subsequent community consequences of not providing treatment to these women, and still nothing.

“It’s unbelievable how little they care about these women and their children,” Ms Hewett said.

Kamira received 620 requests for service in 2015.

Women remain on the facility’s waiting list for four to 12 weeks.

Ms Hewett also urged people to write to their local MP’s about the state of Kamira and women’s health services.

“Please urge your MP to help Kamira.

“The Government built the facility, now they need to fund it,” she concluded.

Interview, Apr 6, 2016 Lisa Matthews, Kamira Director Interview, Apr 6, 2016 Cate Hewett, Kamira Chief Executive Journalist, Dilon Luke

he Entrance Motor Registry closed its doors for the last time on Thursday, April 21.

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Member for The Entrance, Mr David Mehan MP said the NSW Government “shut down the motor registry, dismissing the concerns of residents that the closure will see not a single NSW Government office left within The Entrance electorate.”

Mr Mehan said he had opposed the closure since it was first announced.

He said he had been working with Services NSW and Wyong Council to attempt to maintain a service in The Entrance.

“The State government has refused to listen to the public on this issue,” Mr Mehan said.

“My office has been flooded with calls from people who want to know how the government

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expects to deliver a service to our area,” he said.

“As of lunchtime on Friday, April 22, more than 65 members of the community were turned away and told to go elsewhere.

“The minister clearly has never been here to see the site.

“Only someone from Sydney would believe that driving from The Entrance to Tuggerah is a short drive.

“I will continue to work with Wyong Council and the community to see a government service delivered for our area,” Mr Mehan said.

Media release, Apr 22, 2016 David Mehan, member for The Entrance

Dispute over track closures bring rail project to a halt Progress on the Woy Woy rail underpass project appears to have come to halt, with cost estimates more than doubling, because State Rail has refused to accept Gosford Council’s plans for track closures during the construction process.

Peninsula Chamber of Commerce president Mr Matthew Wales has revealed that the Chamber has learned that the project has been handed back to Transport NSW after the Council unsuccessfully tried to come up with a design for the rail bridge that would satisfy State Rail.

“Our understanding is that the option prepared by Cardno’s for Gosford Council involved three lengthy outages to the Main Northern Rail Line which proved unacceptable to State Rail, especially when State Rail have no planned outages in the foreseeable future.

“Closing the line on three separate occasions has obvious huge implications which could cause major commuter service and freight train disruptions,” he continued.

“We now understand that State Rail have come up with a method of pipe jacking under the rail line without causing major disruptions, but this comes at a huge cost which has blown the budget out to

$115 million.

“At this stage, no one has come up with any answers as to where the additional funds are going to come from in order for this project to proceed,” Mr Wales said.

“You can’t blame Gosford Council as they had no part in the estimating process and didn’t even rate the project on their forward plan of works,” Mr Wales said.

“They literally got handed an inadequate bucket of money and were told to design and implement the project “Projects of this size and magnitude need to be fully designed, quantified, estimated and approved before they ever receive funding otherwise you have no idea what the logistical problems are in implementing the scheme.

“Clearly the project was poorly conceived and grossly underfunded with the result that we now have a partly completed road with little prospect of additional funds being made available in the foreseeable future for the underpass.

“The Chamber is calling on Gosford Council, State Rail and the NSW State Government to urgently come up with a strategy to resolve the design issues and find the funding to complete the rail underpass,” Mr Wales concluded.

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n defiance of the NSW Government’s wishes, Gosford Council has determined to prepare a specific plan of management for the War Memorial and Poppy Park to ensure the areas continue to be community open space.

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Rail underpass could be closed for six months On the morning of Friday, April 8, a large truck became wedged under one of the height restriction stanchions at the Woy Woy rail underpass.

The stanchions on either side of the underpass prevent oversize vehicles that have attempted to use the underpass from hitting the actual rail bridge and potentially damaging the rail track above.

The stanchion are owned and maintained by Sydney Trains to

protect their rail bridge and track.

Sydney Trains, not Gosford Council, are responsible for repairing and replacing the stanchion so that the underpass can be reopened, according to the statement.

“Council understands that the damage to the stanchion was significant,” Gosford Council chief Mr Paul Anderson said.

“Council is working with Sydney Trains to get the underpass reopened as soon as possible.

“However, at this stage, Council has been advised by Sydney Trains that the underpass could be closed for up to six months.”

Peninsula Chamber of

Commerce president Mr Matthew Wales said the closure of the underpass was causing congestion, particularly during morning and evening peaks, because all the traffic that used the underpass via Hillview St and Dunban Rd was now being redirected through the Rawson Rd roundabout.

Mr Wales said he believed the Rawson Rd roundabout should be a high priority to be upgraded and may need to be replaced with traffic lights.

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The Woy Woy rail underpass near Shoalhaven Dr could be closed for up to six months, according to a statement from Gosford Council.

Gosford mayor, Cr Lawrie McKinna, used his casting vote on April 26 to support a motion for council to prepare a plan of management to ensure Poppy Park and the War memorial have a declared purpose.

Cr Hillary Morris put the notice of motion and said: “There has been a great deal of consternation regarding the protection of both the War Memorial site and Poppy Park.

“As both sites are owned by Crown Lands, it is appropriate for council to develop plans of management as required under the Crown Lands Act. “Currently both sites have a generic plan of management, however, a more formal plan of management should be implemented to ensure both parks receive declared purpose status.”

Long-standing arts campaigner, Ms Margaret Hardy, spoke in favour of the motion.

“I am here representing the people who want the performing arts precinct built on the former school site,” Ms Hardy said.

She noted that the NSW Government was insistent that the regional performing arts centre should be built on the Poppy Park site.

She said the War Memorial and Poppy Park both represented a “memorial and it should be honoured”.

“Given their importance, they should have a specific plan of management

Gosford Council will draft a specific management plan for the War Memorial and Poppy Park to keep them as open community spaces

developed in consultation with the community to set out how council will manage the land and how it will be conserved and developed,” Cr Morris said when speaking for her motion.

“I have heard from the community loudly and clearly that they don’t want anything else built there,” Cr Morris said.

Cr Deanna Bocking attempted to amend the motion so that the “declared purpose would include permitted uses for a performing arts centre with the land being predominantly open space, so it does have a declared purpose but doesn’t rule out having a performing arts centre there”.

The amendment was seconded by Cr Chris Burke.

Cr Bocking said there had been support to build the performing arts centre on Poppy Park since 2013 and recalled quotes from previous newspaper reports referring to it as the

“centrepiece of the Gosford waterfront” that would kick start the CBD’s revitalisation and a “game changer”.

“We are taking a gamble that we could lose any funding at all for the Performing Arts Centre,” Cr Bocking said.

“The only comment I have got from the community thus far is ‘just build it’,” she said.

“The State Government owns the school site, so I am pretty sure they want to sell it to the highest bidder to put funds back into local school improvements.

“The RSL is happy, FOPAP is happy, it is in the DCP, we have the cost of land covered in federal and state grants, so why not just get on with it?

“What people will not get over is Gosford’s ‘mode of going nowhere operation’ that we seem to be stuck in,” she said.

Cr Burke then spoke in support of Cr Bocking’s proposed amendment.

“This has been going on

for 20 years,” Cr Burke said.

“Whenever we are close to having something happen on the waterfront, we hear from a silent minority, this time 2,000 people out of 165,000,” he said.

Cr Burke said he believed that if the NSW Government and Federal Government were contributing $22 million towards the $32 million project, “they should have a say in where it should go.”

Cr Bob Ward also supported the proposed amendment.

“The amendment doesn’t say the site of the performing arts centre should be the War Memorial or Poppy Park, but that a plan of management should include that potential use,” Cr Ward said.

“Why cut off that option entirely, we might rue the day we did that,” he said.

Cr Jeff Strickson said the issue of where to locate a regional performing arts centre had been discussed for the whole eight years he

had been a councillor.

“I just want to see Gosford move forward, and if we keep procrastinating, it is not going to move forward, we are going to lose this.

“If we have alternate sites and the opportunity to negotiate with the State Government, I would encourage officers to do that sooner rather than later, because the only people who are going to suffer here are the people of the local government area.

Cr Bocking, Strickson, Burke and Ward voted for the amendment but it was defeated by Cr McKinna’s casting cost.

Gosford Council’s CEO Mr Paul Anderson said before anything could be built on the Poppy Park, council would have to take ownership of the land (which it currently manages for Crown Lands) and have any title extinguished.

He said the land had been valued at $3 million and would need to be purchased

by Gosford Council from the Department of Lands.

Mr Anderson also said that the Poppy Park site had only been used as a potential site “for the purpose of getting state government funding”.

Cr Vicki Scott also spoke in favour of the original motion.

“I don’t know how the State and Federal Governments can ignore what the people are saying because it is loud and clear that the people want the entertainment centre on the school site,” Cr Scott said.

“The State and Federal Government would prefer to put ugly office blocks on the school site so the office workers can enjoy the view,” she said.

In closing the debate, Cr Morris said: “Poppy Park showed the community what can be done when you show imagination on a piece of open space like that.

“I don’t want to lose a precious piece of open space.

“As far as I am concerned, I am happy to accept the loss of state money and hope that the Federal Government would fill the gap.

“I was never happy with the location or the design; I accepted it as a concept plan that allowed us to go out and get the funding,” she said.

Votes for and against the motion were also split at four a-piece, so Cr McKinna used his casting vote from the chair to support the motion for council to prepare a specific plan of management for the War Memorial and Poppy Park and for it to remain as open community space.

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Strategic endorsement to a regional airport has not been given

he NSW Government has not given strategic endorsement to a regional airport incorporating passenger services at he NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s review the Warnervale site or of the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996 has been any other site on the Central Coast. welcomed by Wyong Council.

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“Our central objective in growing Warnervale Airport as an aviation business hub has always been about creating jobs, attracting commercial investment and growing our local economy for the benefit of local residents,” said Wyong mayor, Cr Doug Eaton OAM. “We need the Act repealed to enable Warnervale Airport to reach its full potential as a catalyst for economic development and employment growth,” he said.

“I congratulate the State Government on taking this initiative.

“This is the only Act of its kind to regulate a single airfield and no other airport in Australia faces the same restrictions.

“Since it was enacted, the modern NSW planning controls and regulations have changed to the point where the Act is basically redundant as other more rigorous processes are in place to govern changes.

“There is simply no need for it,” he said.

According to Cr Eaton, under current NSW legislation, with or without the Act, any major proposed changes to the airport would require an extensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) and

community consultation process.

“It is important that the community understands what a game changer activation of Warnervale Airport will be for jobs on the Coast,” Cr Eaton said.

“In its current form, it can cater for a wide range of general aviation and small capacity commercial aviation,” he said.

“Right now we are in talks with an aircraft manufacturer to locate its manufacturing operation to Warnervale Airport.

“This would be the first new aircraft manufacturing facility to locate in Australia in decades, and has the potential to create hundreds of jobs.

“We have also been exploring with airlines the possibility of having passenger services to Melbourne, Brisbane and regional areas with small capacity aircraft that can operate from the airport.

“It is key infrastructure to support population growth and that’s why it was included in the NSW Government’s Your Future Central Coast Discussion Paper 2015 and Gosford City has supported the airport in its submission to the Draft Central Coast Regional Plan 2016.

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According to a ‘frequently asked questions’ document released by NSW Planning and Environment, the Warnervale Airport is not shown in the Draft Central Coast Regional Plan, the North Wyong Shire Structure Plan, Central Coast Regional Strategy or the Central Coast Regional Transport Plan.

“Wyong Council has made public statements that the Central Coast needs a regional airport and that the existing Warnervale Airport could be an option for this,” the document said.

The Department of Planning is currently investigating a noncompliance issue at the airport, the document said.

“The Department is currently investigating if the runway has been extended and as a result, if curfew and flight movement restrictions apply.

“The Department is also investigating if the vegetation cleared in the Environmental Conservation E2 zone at the southern end of the site has caused any environmental harm.”

According to the Department of Planning, Media release, Apr 29, 2016 there are no current Wyong Council media applications for the upgrade or extension of

“Council is committed to working with all parties and neighbours to ensure that the Central Coast benefits from the advantages that other regions have gained from a general aviation business hub.”

According to Wyong Council, there has been increased demand for general aviation use of Warnervale Airport.

The council is preparing to advertise for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for general aviation and industry operators seeking opportunities to expand or build their businesses on the Central Coast.

General aviation includes aviation businesses such as aircraft maintenance operators, recreational and corporate aviation, helicopter services and emergency services aviation.

Council has allocated $6 million in 2016-17 as a first step in activating Warnervale Airport’s potential as a general aviation business hub.

The funds will go towards voluntary land acquisitions and water, sewerage and road upgrades for the facility.

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The Peninsula is now under the new Central Coast Council.

Works completed by Wyong Council last year are being investigated by NSW Planning and Environment

the airport and compliance investigations would not be impacted by the review of the Act. The Warnervale Airport Restrictions Act requires the minister for planning to review it to determine whether its policy objectives remain valid and if the terms of the Act remain appropriate.

“Since the introduction of the Act, there have been a number of new planning instruments that provide for assessment of airports as well as a number of regulations applying to aviation and related activities,” the document said.

The Act came into force on June 1, 1997, as a response to proposals to expand the Warnervale Airport from a 900 metre runway to an 1,800 metre runway.

The overall policy objective of the Act is to impose restrictions on

the future of Warnervale Airport to protect the amenity of the surrounding area.

It restricts aircraft movement in the event there was a proposal to extend the runway or build a new runway.

The Act: limits the length of any runway to 1,200 metres with potential to make an application to the minister for a runway of up to 1,800 metres in length; prevents the construction of a new runway at the airport except at a site approved by the minister; and provides for a process to review any proposal to expand operations.

Stakeholders will be consulted about specific objectives and written submissions will be accepted until May 27.

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Peninsula comes under Central Coast Council Gosford Council no longer exists.

The change took place on Thursday, May 12, with a proclaimation by NSW Governor General David Hurley.

The new council will be run under administration by Mr Ian Reynolds.

The interim general manager is Mr Rob Noble, acting CEO of Wyong Council.

Gosford Council chief Mr Paul Anderson has been named his deputy.

The Peninsula will become part of the Gosford West Ward which will remain unrepresented until elections in September next year.

The Gosford West Ward covers the area from the northern side of the Hawkesbury River in the south to Buckety in the north-west.

It includes communities as diverse as Mangrove Mountain, Gunderman, Peats Ridge and the Gosford CBD. The three councillors who will eventually represent the Gosford West Ward will be required to live in the Ward.

Areas to the north of the Rip Bridge will be included in the Gosford East Ward as the southern shore of Brisbane Water is the boundary for Gosford West.

The Gosford West Ward is, geographically, the largest of the five wards that will make up the new Central Coast Council.

Under the Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, Gosford City Council ceased to exist and Gosford with Wyong Shire Council areas were amalgamated to form the Central Coast Council.

Elected councillors reported different interpretations of whether they had been stood aside or sacked.

Former Gosford deputy mayor, Mr Craig Doyle, said he believed all councillors, including the former Gosford mayor, Mr Lawrie McKinna, had been sacked.

“I can’t even say I received a bluey in the mail,” Mr Doyle said.

“The information we have received from the Minister and the

The Peninsula (dark purple) is now part of the Gosford West Ward of the new Central Coast Council. The Gosford West Ward boundaries are shown in purple, the Peninsula marked in dark purple

government has been scant,” he said.

“I received an email from the mayor,” he said.

The proclamation said that it didn’t apply to rates in the 201617 rating year but it did not specify a three-year rate freeze, as promised by the NSW Government prior to Gosford councillors making their decision about whether to vote in favour of, or against, amalgamation.

Mr Doyle said he was part of a joint delegation that met with NSW Premier Mr Mike Baird and Local Government Minister Mr Paul Toole late last year.

“It wasn’t until I eyeballed the Minister face-to-face and received a couple of assurances that I voted for amalgamation,” he said.

“One of those assurances was a three-year rates freeze and when

I went to school 2017-18 wasn’t three years away from 2016,” he said.

“Rate equalisation is going to be a very provocative thing when it happens,” he said.

The proclamation said the rating structure is to be reviewed within the first term of the new council following the first election of the council.

Mr Ian Reynolds has been appointed as the administrator of the newly-formed Central Coast Council.

Mr Reynolds is a local government consultant based in Castle Hill.

He established Ian Reynolds and Associates in 2012 after working in the government sector for 30 years.

Since 1994 he has held a range of senior executive roles in

local and state government with responsibility for urban planning, public infrastructure and financing, public policy development, rezonings and land development processes.

The new council will be run under administration until September 2017, when the first local government election for the new local government area will be held.

The number of councillors to be elected at that time will be 15 and the first mayor will be elected by councillors.

The code of meeting practice to be adopted by the new Central Coast Council is to be the Wyong Shire Council code “until it is amended or replaced in accordance with the Local Government Act”.

The proclamation gives the NSW

Minister for Local Government discretion to determine “any matter or thing requiring determination” referred by the administrator.

In turn, a wide range of matters can be referred to the NSW Office of Local Government for determination, according to the proclamation.

After the initial period the new council will, in accordance with the Local Government Act, be able to make changes to matters such as how the new mayor is elected, changes to wards or changes to councillor numbers.

Joint Regional Regional Planning Panel appointments have been scrapped.

The proclamation gives the Local Government Minister power to hire and fire administrators up until the September 2017 election.

In turn, it gives the administrator has the power to hire and fire the general manager and deputy general manager, should the need arise and within the terms of their employment contracts.

Staff members transferred from Gosford Council to the Central Coast Council were transferred under the same employment contract of employment.

There will be no onus on the first elected Central Coast Council to stick with the staff organisational structure set out in the proclamation.

Anything commenced but not completed by Gosford Council may or may not be completed by the new council.

The codes, plans, strategies and policies of the new council are to be, as far as practicable, a composite of the corresponding codes, plans, strategies and polices of each of the former councils.

The code of conduct for a new council is to be the model code in the Act (within the meaning of section 440 of the Act) until a code of conduct is adopted by the council in accordance with the Act. Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, 12 May 2016 Interview, 12 May 2016 Craig Doyle, Gosford Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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osford City’s 10 elected local councillors were sacked on Thursday, May 12 when the council was dissolved and a new Central Coast Council proclaimed.

Under the Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, Gosford Council ceased to exist and the amalgamation of Gosford with Wyong Council, to form the Central Coast Council, was made a reality after almost a year of speculation.

Wyong councillors also lost their jobs.

Mr Ian Reynolds was appointed as the administrator of the newly-formed Central Coast Council in place of the elected mayors and councillors.

The new council will remain under administration until elections are held in September 2017, a full 12 months after the next local election was due.

Former Gosford mayor, Mr Lawrie McKinna said he wished to thank the community for the privilege of being able to serve them.

He was shocked by the timing of the announcement and unsure about whether he would have any formal or consultative role during the administration period.

Mr McKinna had not had any contact with Mr Ian Reynolds before or after the proclamation on May 12.

Former deputy mayor, Mr Craig Doyle said he was nonplussed by the fact he had not been personally or officially notified that he had lost his job.

“I’m feeling, as the elected representative, that the mouthpiece of the community has been taken away and what have you replaced it with?” he said.

“I’m feeling pretty disappointed,” said Cr Vicki Scott.

“It is leaving a huge hole

The new Central Coast Council has been divided into five wards

in the community and it is a huge knock to democracy, there should be some form of representation,” she said.

“We have been told we’ll get an email,” she said in relation to an earlier call from councillors to express interest in playing a role on the new council.

“It has been a real privilege to carry out this role for the last 12 years …it has shown me how we can help each other and thrive by good communication and good consultation and the importance of having elected representation to determine the voices of the community, but I’m not going anywhere,” she said.

Ms Scott said the next 16 months without elected representation marked a period when very large development applications would be coming through, a lot with large associated issues and problems.

“Without councillors, how will that work?” she said.

“I am pretty sure that the administrator will be listening to the people, but he is one person,” she said.

Cr Bob Ward said he was not surprised by the proclamation as there had

been speculation that it would be announced soon.

He said the formation of the Central Coast super council would give the region a strong and unified voice to fight for government funding.

Ms Gabby Bowles said she knew the amalgamation was coming but was surprised to find herself “turfed out” as an elected representative “given that we were told we would have the opportunity to participate.”

Mr Chris Burke said his status was not made clear when the proclamation was made on May 12 and that he still wanted to have a role with the new council.

“There’s so much work unfinished by the Council that may never bear fruit now when the new administration takes effect,” he said.

Mr Deanna Bocking said she had expressed interest in having a role in the Central Coast Council, “so hopefully I will be able to continue in some sort of advocacy role, but I am just not sure what that will be; the sense of uncertainty doesn’t mean the changes will be bad.

“We don’t know what roles will exist but if there’s absolutely no advocacy I wouldn’t be happy but we just don’t know, everything’s still speculative,” she said.

The Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds is a local government consultant based in Castle Hill.

He established Ian Reynolds and Associates in 2012 after working in the government sector for 30 years.

Since 1994 he has held a range of senior executive roles in local and state government with responsibility for urban planning, public infrastructure and financing and public policy development.

According to a statement from the new Central Coast Council, Mr Reynolds will be paid out of the Council’s budget from funds formerlyt allocated to payment of the mayors and councillors.

The interim general manager of the new Central Coast Council is Mr Rob Noble, who has been acting chief executive officer of Wyong Council since September 2015.

Mr Paul Anderson, former

chief executive officer of Gosford Council, has been named as deputy general manager of the new council.

Mr Anderson is currently on leave and unable to comment on whether he will be going forward in the role he was appointed.

The number of councillors to be elected in September 2017 will be 15 and the first mayor will be elected by councillors.

The code of meeting practice to be adopted by the new Central Coast Council is to be the Wyong Shire Council code “until it is amended or replaced in accordance with the Local Government Act”.

The proclamation carves the new Central Coast local government area into five wards, each with three councillors.

The wards are Gosford West, Gosford East, Wyong, The Entrance and Budgewoi.

It is understood that the three councillors elected to represent each ward must be residents of the ward.

The proclamation gives the NSW minister for local government, Mr Paul Toole, discretion to determine “any matter or thing requiring determination” referred by the administrator.

In turn, a wide range of matters can be referred to the NSW Office of Local Government for determination, according to the proclamation.

After the initial period, the new council will, in accordance with the Local Government Act, be able to make changes to matters such as how the mayor is elected, changes to wards or changes to councillor numbers.

Joint Regional Planning Panel appointments have been scrapped.

The proclamation gives the local government minister power to hire and fire administrators.

It also gives the administrator power to hire and fire the general

manager and deputy general manager, should the need arise, and within the terms of their employment contracts.

Staff members transferred from Gosford Council to the Central Coast Council were transferred under the same employment contracts.

There will be no onus on the first elected Central Coast Council to stick with the staff organisational structure set out in the proclamation.

Anything commenced but not completed by Gosford Council may or may not be completed by the new council.

The codes, plans, strategies and policies of the new council are to be, as far as practicable, a composite of the corresponding codes, plans, strategies and polices of each of the former councils.

The code of conduct for the new council is to be the model code in the Act (within the meaning of section 440 of the Act) until a code of conduct is adopted by the council in accordance with the Act. It is unclear, from the proclamation, how the ward boundaries for the new council were determined.

The proclamation said that it didn’t apply to rates in the 2016-17 rating year, but it did not specify a three-year rate freeze, as promised by the NSW Government.

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he former Gosford Local Government Area will have a representation committee to provide advice on local views and issues, to be appointed by the administrator.

Implementation advisory groups will also be established to provide consolidated advice for the new council’s Implementation Plan.

There is also mention of a councillors’ committee which may give former mayors and councillors “the opportunity to help shape the future of the new council”.

Gosford’s local planning regulations will continue for the interim period.

According to the NSW Government’s new Stronger Councils website, the interim Central Coast Council will “continue to hold public council and committee meetings and be represented at civic and

community events”.

The Stronger Councils website noted that the Central Coast Council was one of 19 new councils created by NSW premier, Mr Mike Baird, and the local government minister, Mr Paul Toole on Thursday, May 12.

In answer to the ‘FAQ’ how were the administrators selected, the website said: “Each of the administrators appointed had a strong understanding or background working in the local government sector”.

The website says rate payers will have their rates protected against future increases, meaning they will

pay no more for their rates than they would have under their old council for the next four years.

As a result of the merger, the new Central Coast Council will receive $10 million under the Stronger Futures Fund to enable it to “kick start the delivery of priority infrastructure and services projects of the local community”.

There is also a New Council implementation fund that will provide between $5 million and $10 million to cover merger costs.

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nterim General Manager, Mr Rob Noble, welcomed the merger announcement saying a lot of work had already been done to get ready for the merger, so now the new Central Coast Council could hit the ground running and deliver the services the community need and want.

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“From today we are the Central Coast Council and we will represent and support the whole Central Coast community,” Mr Noble said.

“The reality is that Gosford and Wyong Councils have been working collaboratively for many years in various operational areas, so working under the one banner of the Central Coast Council won’t mean a lot of changes in the short term.

“More recently, we have had a dedicated team working on an overarching strategy to deliver a comprehensive program to transition from two Councils to one and we are well

positioned to roll-out this program immediately.

“I want to pay tribute to Mayor Lawrie McKinna and his Gosford Councillors and to Mayor Doug Eaton OAM and his Wyong Councillors for their sterling service during the last electoral period.

“In both cases, the Councillors have presided over tremendous periods of growth, creation of much needed new infrastructure and refining and improvement of services to the Central Coast community.

“The foundations of their work will be felt for generations to come.

“I also want to pay tribute

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to and thank Paul Anderson for his work as the Chief Executive Officer of Gosford City Council.

“Paul has had a challenging role in leading and managing a large and progressive organisation with distinction.

“I believe this new Central Coast Council will provide even better services, drive growth and deliver infrastructure needs of our growing community and my staff and I are certainly up for that challenge,” he concluded.

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Elected representatives replaced by unelected dictators SW Opposition leader, Mr Luke Foley said the NSW Government’s sacking of Gosford and Wyong Councils, along with 40 others across the state, was a “political gerrymander”.

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Mr Foley said a handful of councils had been spared “to appease their Coalition colleagues ahead of the Federal election.

“The sacking of 42 councils to make 19 new mega-councils is purely to advance the interests of the Liberal and National parties,” Mr Foley said.

NSW Labor vowed that if elected in 2019, communities would be allowed a democratic process to determine their future and, if they choose to do so, de-merge.

“Liberal Premier Mike Baird, Nationals Deputy Premier Troy Grant and Nationals Local Government Minister Paul Toole blindsided mayors, councillors and local government workers who are unwavering in their opposition to forced amalgamations,” Mr Foley said.

“In an effort to defuse forced mergers as a federal election issue in key marginal seats, three merger proposals have been

abandoned,” he said.

Forty two councils, including Gosford and Wyong were dissolved immediately on Thursday, May 12 and local government elections delayed until September 2017.

“This means administrators will be in place for over a year, creating prolonged uncertainty for communities,” Mr Foley said.

“Any decision on the future of these councils was not based on the concerns of the communities affected.

“Thousands of local council workers now face an uncertain future as job cuts will be inevitable.

“Elected mayors and councillors have been sacked by the stroke of a pen and replaced by unelected dictators.

“This is the savaging of local democracy in NSW by Mike Baird.

“For the next 16 months across NSW we’ll have handpicked appointees of Mike Baird implementing his policies, with local

communities cut out of any decision making.

“Boundaries are being drawn up for the Liberal Party’s electoral interest in the greatest act of boundary rigging since Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s notorious gerrymandering in the 1970s.

“The next Labor Government in NSW will allow local communities to determine their future,” he said.

Shadow minister for local government, Mr Peter Primrose said: “Mayors and councillors found out about losing their jobs on Twitter.

“That’s just insulting.

“Premier Mike Baird, deputy premier Troy Grant and local government minister Paul Toole continue to show absolute contempt for the people of NSW. “Councils in key federal Coalition marginal seats are the ones being saved, but what about everyone else?”

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Local Government NSW President slams merger process ocal Government NSW said elected Councillors unceremoniously sacked by Local Government Minister, Mr Paul Toole have every reason to feel betrayed, but that this should not get in the way of the entire sector focusing on the return of genuine grassroots representation.

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The peak body’s president, Mr Keith Rhoades said he was unsurprised at the number and nature of sackings given the highly politicised process to date.

“The process itself has been one long litany of mistakes and miscalculations and dubious dealings by the Government, and it’s telling that both IPART and now the Boundaries Commission have felt compelled to disassociate themselves from the political decisions being made,” Mr Rhoades said.

“If it wasn’t for a range

of vehement campaigns by grassroots communities and the local government sector, the Baird Government would have bulldozed through an even more extensive and undemocratic reform process long ago.

“You can’t pretend it’s not inherently political when the only councils to escape amalgamation are those that happen to fall into marginal federal electorates in the middle of an election campaign,” he added.

Mr Rhoades also said that it was now a matter for voters, who he believes will express their anger and

sense of betrayal at the ballot boxes given the first opportunity.

Mr Rhoades also urged any Mayor who was democratically elected by residents and ratepayers to keep the interests of these people close at hand and to work towards the re-establishment of local democracy and representation.

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MacDonald and Crouch welcome new council arliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald MLC and Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch MP, have welcomed a more efficient Central Coast Council.

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Mr MacDonald said residents of the new Central Coast Council will pay no more for their rates for the next four years than they would have under their old council.

“Residents will also benefit from $20 million in additional NSW Government support,” Mr MacDonald said.

“The new council will be run more efficiently and will be better able to deliver new services, improve existing services and maintain essential local infrastructure like footpaths and roads”, he said.

The new council is expected to generate savings of up to $135 million that can be directed to improving services or new infrastructure.

Mr Crouch said the $10 million provided by the NSW Government from

the Stronger Communities Fund for new infrastructure projects or services should be divided fairly between the wards.

“Just what the money is spent on will be a decision for the new council and its ratepayers,” Mr Crouch said.

“I want to congratulate the staff at both Gosford and Wyong Councils for working in a collaborative way to put the people of the Central Coast foremost during the amalgamation process” Mr Crouch said.

“We will be consulting with our local community to identify their needs and make sure these are firmly communicated to the new council,” they said.

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Some questions remain unanswered r Ian Reynolds and Mr Rob Noble have not made themselves available for interview following the proclamation creating the new Central Coast Council.

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They are expected to hold a media conference on Thursday, May 26.

However, the council’s communications team provided written responses to questions about community consultation, meetings and other issues of public interest.

The administrator Mr Ian Reynolds will be presiding over council meetings and making decisions on behalf of the community, the statement said.

Public meetings will be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month.

The second Wednesday meetings will be held at Gosford Chambers and the fourth Wednesday meetings at Wyong Chambers.

The first official Central Coast Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 25 in Wyong.

This appears to be at odds with the NSW Government’s intent in its draft Central Coast Regional Plan to make Gosford the

regional capital.

Council meetings will rotate between the two Civic Centres as will the interim general manager and administrator,” the statement said.

As for whether members of the executive teams and directors within the former councils would all keep their jobs during the administration period, the statement said: “A new interim organisation structure is being developed and will need to be adopted at a Council meeting.”

Both former councils had some major projects in play including plans to develop a regional airport at Warnervale, the Chinese theme park development, Gosford Council’s land sale strategy and the fight over the location of a regional performing arts precinct in Gosford.

In terms of how and when the community will be given an indication of what will and will not go ahead the statement said:

“Decisions will be made at council meetings that will be open to the public”.

Coast Community News also sent written questions to the new Central Coast Council concerning contradictions between the wording of the Proclamation that dissolved th old councils and created the new and the NSW Governmnet’s new Stronger Ccouncils website.

In particular, the website said that rates would be frozen for four years but the proclamation does not specify the promised freeze.

It states that the proclamation does not affect rates for the 2016-17 year.

The new council said: “That is a question for the State Government”.

The new council was also asked to provide an explanation of how the five wards within the Central Coast council were arrived at.

“Once again this is a question for the State

Government as they made the decision on the wards and configuration,” the Central Coast Council statement said.

“There was a strong community push for wards during the public enquiry stage of the merger process,” it said.

The Central Coast Council said questions about who would represent the new council on the JRPP should also be directed to the NSW Government.

Another matter of public interest for residents in the former Gosford local government area is that the proclamation is silent on the future of the Coastal Open Spaces System (COSS), a scheme to protect bushland reserves throughout the area.

Coast Community News has now directed these questions to the parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald.

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Baird and Toole say residents will benefit SW premier, Mr Mike Baird and minister for local government, Mr Paul Toole said residents of the new Central Coast Council would benefit from better services and infrastructure.

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“The NSW Government is delivering the most significant reforms of the state’s councils for more than a century and part of that is the historic decision to create the new Central Coast Council,” Mr Baird said.

“It’s time to get councils working better for local communities on the Central Coast.”

Mr Toole said it will be business as usual under the new council.

“Your library is still open when you need it, and your bins still go out on the same night they always have,” Mr Toole said.

“Over time, we expect these services to improve because building stronger councils will create stronger communities with a stronger voice to advocate on their behalf.

“Following a recommendation by the

delegate, Mr John Rayner, to proceed with the new council, I have decided to create Central Coast Council by merging the former Gosford and Wyong councils.

“The new Central Coast Council will deliver better services and provide more money for vital infrastructure such as local roads, parks, playgrounds and footpaths.

“Residents of the new council can also be assured that they will pay no more for their rates than they would have under the old councils for the next four years.”

Mr Toole said $10 million from the NSW Government’s Stronger Communities Fund will be made available to kick start new investment in long-awaited community infrastructure.

“Importantly, the new council and the local community will decide how to spend its Stronger

Communities Fund allocation, which could include projects such as pool refurbishments, new sporting grounds or improving local roads and addressing congestion pinch points,” Mr Toole said.

Following the official announcement of the merger between Gosford City and Wyong Shire Councils to form the Central Coast Council on May 12, Mr Rob Noble was appointed interim general manager and Mr Paul Anderson deputy general manager effective immediately.

Mr Ian Reynolds was appointed the new council’s administrator.

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Unions call for job guarantees for council employees

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rade unions have called on the premier of NSW, Mr Mike Baird to demonstrate that forced amalgamation of dozens of NSW councils was not about slashing local jobs and services.

The unions want Mr Baird to commit to five year job guarantees.

The United Services Union (USU), which represents 30,000 local government workers across NSW, welcomed a commitment by Christian Democratic Party leader, Mr Fred Nile, to put forward legislation enshrining the five year job protections, supported by the Shooters and Fishers, Labor and Greens.

USU general secretary, Mr Graeme Kelly said the NSW Government and its appointed council administrators should publicly commit their support for the protections.

“All too often, when the Liberal Party talks about making institutions more efficient, what they really mean is that they intend to slash jobs, reduce services, cut wages and conditions, or outsource profitable elements to their mates in big business,” Mr Kelly said.

“Enshrining in law job protections for employees

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“We welcome the sustained support that local government workers have received from the crossbench, in particular their commitment to put forward these five-year job protection provisions.

“Mike Baird must support those protections that provide certainty for workers and local communities.”

Mr Kelly said that questions remained about the process, including which councils had been selected for merger and which ones were allowed to stand alone.

Mr Kelly said the union would not accept any attempt to use the amalgamation process as a cover for increasing the outsourcing of community

services to profit-driven businesses.

“We are already seeing business interests and lobbyists circling, viewing the amalgamation process as an opportunity to take over services that are currently run for the public good,” he said.

“Local government has always been about providing quality, responsive, locallytailored services that operate purely in the public interest.

“Any attempt to use amalgamations as a smokescreen for cuts to jobs, working conditions, or service levels will be vigorously fought by the union.

“Mike Baird has an opportunity to put all of these concerns to bed by introducing legislation himself increasing employment protection to five years.”

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Kariong blackspot work shelved

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ork to fix K a r i o n g ’s notorious accident blackspot at the intersection of Langford Dve and Woy Woy Rd has been halted according to Sen Deborah O’Neill.

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The sacking of the Gosford Council by the NSW Government on Thursday, May 12 has resulted in work on the blackspot being shelved, Sen O’Neill said.

Funding for remediation work at the intersection, the scene of at least 16 accidents in recent years, was a pre-election promise by member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks and then Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

“Almost three years on and there’s not a hardhat in sight,” Sen O’Neill said.

“Now the Baird Government has thrown a spanner in the works by sacking the Gosford Council, which has dragged its heels on the project.

“Federal money was allocated to the works in the Abbott Government’s first two budgets, so where is it?

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ewly appointed administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, will preside over the first Central Coast Council meeting on Wednesday, May 25.

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up as an issue: all levels of government have failed.

“Lucy Wicks has been doing a lot of talking about the project but nothing has happened.”

Sen O’Neill met with concerned residents at the intersection on the morning of Monday, May 16.

According to Sen O’Neill, under the previous Federal Government, $405 million was allocated to build the F3-M2 missing link and $200

million to widen the Kariong interchange, a project Sen O’Neill said Lucy Wicks wrongly claimed as her own.

“The residents around that Kariong intersection say there have been 16 accidents but will also tell you there have been many more near-misses,” Sen O’Neill said.

“There are families here with young children who are rightly angry that a sod hasn’t even been turned to

fix this notorious crossroad.

“Lucy Wicks should have been down at council hammering on the door to get the project moving.

“When she moved her office out of Mann St, she forgot where the council building was,” she said.

Media release, May 13, 2016 Scott Coomber, office of Deborah O’Neill

The meeting will be held at 5:00pm at the Council Chambers at 2 Hely St, Wyong and will be open to the public.

Mr Reynolds said he was pleased and privileged to take on the role of administrator of one of the largest councils in Australia.

“We will be managing an annual budget of $800 million, and over $8 billion in assets, for over 331,000 residents, a huge challenge, but one that staff and myself are certainly up for.

“It is an exciting time to be here, the Central Coast has now been established as region in its own right and can only go from strength to strength.

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“Staff have been working hard on the transition to one council and residents should be assured that the services they expect from their local council will not only be continued but will be enhanced.

“I look forward to getting out and about and learning as much about the area as I can as soon as possible.”

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Hole in the ground gets new lease of life after 14 year old DA he notorious ‘hole in the ground’ between John Whiteway Dve and Henry Parry Dve in Gosford could finally be developed as a result of Gosford Council granting consent for modifications to an already approved, major residential development for the site.

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The changes will see 10 units and 15 car parking spaces added to the development.

The approval of these changes means the development will now comprise three residential flat buildings with 100 units and 164 car parking spaces.

The original consent for a residential flat building on the site was given in 2002, subject to deferred commencement.

The original DA was for 58 units and since that time there have been numerous modifications that have adjusted the building design, layouts and increased the number of units.

Apart from extensive excavation and the inclusion

The development site has been an eye sore for over 10 years

of some footings, the site has remained inactive for at least eight years The site was identified as “bush fire prone” but the Rural Fire Service had no objection subject to conditions included in the modified consent.

The latest Section 96 modification was the subject of seven public submissions, six of which raised objections.

A staff report to the May 10 Gosford Council meeting said: “Approval of the proposed modifications and additional units will provide opportunity for this site to be developed, which

would remove an eye sore and provide development of a scale consistent with other approvals issued in surrounding areas.

Mr Roy Whittacker, a resident of the nearby Panorama Towers for the last 20 years spoke against the latest application.

He called the multiple uses of Section 96 amendments “Tantamount to an abuse of processes.

“This is development by stealth.

“The number of applications relevant to this DA is now up to 11.

“Why should the local area

be burdened with this noncompliant building in order to ameliorate a developer’s poor business decisions?”

A speaker representing the developer responded: “Gosford has changed, the market has changed and this development has sought to keep pace with those changes.

“We all know it is a very well-known hole in the ground.

“Changes have occurred within the building envelope and the development still complies with Floor Space Ratio and particularly when it is taken into account that

bonus provisions do not apply and given the scope of development now happening in Gosford.”

Speaking in favour of granting consent for the proposed changes, Cr Gabby Bowles said: “I will be very grateful when this site is finally developed and no longer an unsightly wart on the face of Gosford.”

Cr Craig Doyle said: “I am pleased we have got a new owner and a chance of stitching up the hole for local residents and people visiting.

“We want not just an approval, we want some action and I think we deserve

it, so get on and get the job done,” he said.

Cr Vicki Scott said she too would be glad when “this hole in the ground is gone” but questioned when a development application has to become a new DA instead of a series of Section 96 amendments.

Gosford Council CEO, Mr Paul Anderson said: “The [Local Government] Act is quite specific in that Section 96 can be used for a variety of matters to reflect amendments to applications and request amendments to consents, provided the development is substantially the same development, the provisions of 96 are there for the applicant to use.”

“I hate that hole and I would love to see something happen, but I do have concerns that there have been so many section 96s... and I struggle with the impact the developement will have on traffic,” said Cr Hillary Morris Agenda GOV.41, May 10, 2016 Meeting transcript, May 10, 2016 Gosford Council ordinary meeting Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Independent commission of Inquiry ca he Community Environment N e t w o r k has joined forces with the Mountain Districts Association to continue the fight for an independent commission of inquiry into the Mangrove Mountain landfill.

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The campaign asks the community to consider information about the role played by both Gosford Council and the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in the history of the landfill and invites them to ask the NSW Government for an independent commission of inquiry into the landfill.

The landfill is currently not receiving waste, in line with 2014 Land and Environment Court orders, while the EPA finalises new licensing conditions, but a new license could be issued as early as May 20.

CEN and the Mangrove Districts Association

want to see the landfill remain closed and the site remediated.

Following the sacking of Gosford Council on May 12, the Mangrove Districts Association has written to the new Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds seeking a meeting. �Mangrove Mountain may be kilometres away from where you live, but if you live on the Central Coast, the landfill at Mangrove Mountain comes directly into your residential home,� said one of six flyers to be distributed online as part of the CEN campaign. “This is because the landfill at Mangrove Mountain is located in the upper catchment of Ourimbah Creek which forms part of the Central Coast water supply. “It is also directly affecting the ground water aquifer,� the flyer said. “Everything that happens in the landfill has the potential to affect the integrity of the Central Coast’s drinking

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water supply and local groundwater supply, now and far into the future,� the information in the CEN and Mountain Districts Association campaign material said. “What do you think should have happened when Gosford Council found that a succession of landfill operators had breached their development consent by

importing ten times more waste material than the consent permitted?� the campaign asked. “Not only had they imported more waste material, but they had also constructed an excavation pit 7.5 times larger than the council consent, and for many years neither council nor the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) noticed.�

The campaign also contends that only 15 per cent of the waste mound has an appropriate leachate membrane, so 85 per cent of the waste mound is unlined and allowing leachate to enter the local ground water aquifer. “How is that possible? “If this is not bad enough, the current waste operator installed a leachate collection pond

that is only three per cent the correct size. “This means that 97 per cent of the leachate that is being generated from the existing waste is not being captured, stored or treated. “It goes from bad to catastrophic when we realise this is all happening within the Central Coast water supply catchment,� the campaign information said.

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called to investigate outrageous activity “With such gross breaches of the development consent and the alarming environmental hazard to the integrity of the drinking water supply, you would expect council to throw the full weight of the law against the offender.

“But this has not been the case.

“Instead council has agreed to allow the waste operator to import a total of 25 times the volume of waste greater than was approved in the original consent and continue the excavation pit to be 47.7 times larger.”

CEN and the Mountain Districts Association contend this massive increase in waste would require the installation of a six million litre leachate holding pond.

The campaign outlines the facts surrounding the history of the Mangrove Mountains landfill since 1998.

That was when Gosford Council granted consent for the remodelling of Mangrove Mountain golf course.

This involved excavating 20,000 cubic metres of soil and rock on site and importing 220,000 cubic metres of fill.

Approval was given for

Ponding on top of the Mangrove Mountain waste mound in February

80,000 cubic metres of fill to be placed in ‘Area B’ and no excavation was approved to take place in Area B. In September 2012, instead of finding 80,000 cubic metres of fill in Area B, Gosford Council discovered a waste mound containing 800,000 cubic metres of material.

“What was even more alarming was the fact that an excavation pit creating a void space of 149,149 cubic metres was excavated where no excavation had been approved.

Evaporative sprinklers on the rim of the waste mound spraying leachate back onto the mound April 2016

This excavation pit is 1.9 involved removing the top times greater in size than off the waste mound and the original amount of fill gravity drainage of the which was approved to be leachate. imported into Area B. The waste operator Up to 100,000 cubic rejected the offer and made metres of soil and rock a series of counter offers was relocated from the including filling a void space excavation pit to an area of of 1.18 million cubic metres the site where no material or 1.26 million cubic metres. had been identified to be “What is perplexing is relocated. that rather than council In 2013 Gosford Council accepting one of the offers, commenced mediation in it increased the amount of the Land and Environment void space to 1.3 million Court. cubic metres,” The CEN The council’s initial offer and Mountain Districts in the mediation process campaign information said.

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The agreed void space required a further excavation of 350,000 cubic metres and the deal appears to have been a compromise for taking 7.4 metres of fill off the top of the waste mound and implementing gravity drainage for all leachate.

Then in July 2014, Gosford Council CEO, Mr Paul Anderson, wrote to the EPA alleging the waste operators Environmental Protection Licence (which allowed it to operate the landfill) was invalid and the EPA had allegedly failed in

its statutory duty to enforce its own licence conditions.

Despite this clear stance against the landfill, the community ended up with Land and Environment Court Orders in August 2014 allowing a further 1.13 million cubic metres of void space, a further 100,000 cubic metres of cover material and an additional excavation of 506,299 cubic metres of excavation.

The court orders also resulted in the height of the waste mound being reduced by six metres instead of the previously negotiated 7.4 metres.

“And after 16 years, there is still only the promise of a redesigned golf course at the end of a further 10 years,” the campaign flyer said.

The campaign also outlines the EPA’s role in the history of the Mangrove Mountain landfill.

The campaign is calling for members of the community to add their weight to the call for an independent commission of inquiry.

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Proceeds from crime account used to fund additional CCTV

Increased sanctions sought to deter illegal developments t their final meeting, Gosford councillors resolved to write to the NSW minister for planning and minister for local government seeking their support to deter illegal developments.

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The councillors wanted NSW Government assistance in changing legislation to deter illegal developments that are built without appropriate approvals.

Increased sanctions for illegal works and commencing building works without appropriate consent will be sought as part of any changes.

The move came after Warringah Council recently resolved to pursue support from other NSW

councils to highlight the growing problem of illegal developments and advocate for changes to NSW planning laws.

Currently, if the development approval process is not followed, surrounding residents are not notified of any proposed plans and have no opportunity to comment before any building works start.

Even when Council intervenes after being notified about the illegal

works, the developer is able to submit a building certificate for retrospective approval.

Plus, there is minimal recourse for residents affected by illegal development, and court decisions show that once a structure has been built, it is rare for an order to demolish to be issued.

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From left minister for justice, Mr Michael Keenan, Lucy Wicks and Brisbane Water commander Danny Sullivan at Terrigal

ember for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks MP has announced up to $560,000 from round two of the Federal Government’s Safer Streets Program to fund closed-circuit television in Terrigal and Copacabana.

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Ms Wicks was joined by the minister for justice, Mr Michael Keenan in Terrigal to make the announcement.

Under this commitment, Terrigal and Copacabana residents and businesses will benefit from up to $560,000 in funding for the installation of nine new CCTV cameras and upgrades to the existing CCTV system to boost community safety in the Terrigal and Copacabana CBD and public reserve areas.

“As part of our positive Growth Plan for the Central Coast, we’ve already secured $680,000 in the Robertson electorate for CCTV cameras in Gosford CBD, Woy Woy, Umina, Ettalong Beach, Kincumber and Kariong.

It’s fantastic to be able to extend this vital safety program further,” Ms Wicks said.

“I’d like to pay tribute to local civic leaders, businesses, residents and police who have joined

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“These are two iconic locations, which attract so many families, young people, visitors and businesses,” she said.

Mr Keenan said the funding was drawn from the Proceeds of Crime Account, money taken from criminals and reinvested into prevention of further crime.

“Only safe communities can be strong and prosperous, and the best way to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour is to prevent it from happening,” Mr Keenan said.

“I congratulate Lucy Wicks for her ongoing lobbying efforts in Canberra to deliver for her community back home, and to ensure this project became a reality for her constituents,” he said.

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Sewage odour treatment plant to be installed

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$200,000 sewage odour treatment plant will be installed on Empire Bay Dve at Kincumber between Mackillop Rd and Humphreys Rd.

An existing sewer vent in the area has long been a source of odour emissions and complaints from residents.

Following earlier interim

works, where the existing vent was replaced with a taller pipe and flow fan to better disperse any odours, an odour treatment plant is now required to further

reduce odour emissions.

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One kilometre of water mains to be renewed osford Council resolved to invest almost $800,000 to renew close to one kilometre of water mains in Kincumber, Point Clare and Terrigal, before it was dissolved on May 12.

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The work was expected to start in late May and would take around two months to complete.

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Bring Back Old Sydney Town event seeks political support family-friendly community event, Rise Up will aim at gaining support from local politicians to invest in more emergency accommodation in the local area.

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he 2016 federal budget has been described as “cruel” by the executive officer of Coast Shelter, Mr Laurie Maher.

“It offered nothing but bad news for so many in our community who are on low fixed incomes and dependent on government services,” Mr Maher said.

He said the budget included cuts in funding to mental health services such as Headspace, $40 million from Community Legal Centres and Aboriginal Legal Services, $1.2 billion from aged care, and support for homeless services will lose $115 million from the National Partnership on Homelessness Program from June 2017.

“These harsh measures will see more and more needy people turned away from necessary support services,” he said.

“Further measures freezing the Medicare rebate by a further $925 million, the previous cuts to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which will require people to pay for pap smears and blood tests, along with cuts to paid parental leave, do nothing to improve the quality of life within the community,” he said.

“In fact, it will make life more difficult to many and means that more and more people will find it difficult, if not impossible, to maintain their tenancies or pay their mortgages.”

Media release, May 4, 2016 Laurie Maher, Coast Shelter

The event will take place at The Rhythm Hut in Faunce St, Gosford.

The Bring Back Old Sydney Town group will be present and are hoping to get all tiers of government and both sides of politics behind their parliamentary petition.

There will be musical performances by Mirabooka, Novakayn, Jake Cassar, DJ Corey Deep and entertainment for the kids.

Labor candidate, Ms Anne Charlton, former Gosford mayor Mr Lawrie McKinna, Father Rod Bower and Arts Party candidate, Ms Victoria Hopkins, have all confirmed they can make it.

Other elected leaders, including member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, were yet to respond to the invitation.

Old Sydney Town style fancy dress is encouraged and entry is by donation.

This event is family friendly and strictly alcohol free with no BYO. The event will take place on June four.

Five years after helping to establish the Bring Back Old Sydney town campaign, group spokesperson, Mr Jake Cassar, is again looking for support from high places.

Mr Cassar said both sides of politics have a “serious lack of vision for the Coast” and he’s hoping the upcoming election will be the catalyst for muchneeded change.

Mr Cassar said: “Our Parliamentary petition is nearly 11,000 signatures strong, with more support coming in all the time and we now have 8,864 members on our facebook page.

Members of the group campaigning to restore Old Sydney Town as a tourist attraction “We were hoping the the Central Coast. and ancient culture that petition can be tabled and “We just need our elected was thriving here before the the matter discussed before leaders to realise that we Europeans landed in 1788. the federal election. can certainly do better than “Our group is aware that “Strangely, we have an Australian Tax Office on if the overseas owners of struggled to get any real the waterfront.

Old Sydney Town don’t support for our cause from “Our group has want to sell it, then it could our elected leaders. developed a business plan be challenging to get the “You would think that that we strongly believe attraction back in Aussie the hundreds of local jobs would make the park not hands, but perhaps the that would be generated only sustainable but allow it government could consider from re-establishing Old to thrive well into the future. leasing it from the owners Sydney Town would have “Before you even enter and engaging work for the our elected leaders tripping the town, we propose dole teams to bring Old over each other to table the to have a drive-in movie Sydney Town back to its petition. theatre in the large area on former glory.

“There would be jobs for the outside of the premises “This would be an both skilled and unskilled that plays classic Australian incredibly positive and workers and tradespeople films every night of the inspirational experience for before Old Sydney Town week, with campgrounds, participants in the work for could even be re-opened. free BBQ area, reasonably the dole program.

“Once revitalised and priced accommodation, a “As our Country becomes reopened, there would be grey nomads motorhome more and more multicultural, work in administration, park, an Aussie themed maintaining and celebrating marketing, managerial mini water park with a water our cultural identity, as positions, security, and slide in the shape of a giant diverse as that is, becomes retail. rainbow serpent and an paramount to promoting a “Also, jobs for actors, Australian cultural centre. united Australia. musicians, people in the “We have also been hospitality industry and the discussing with Indigenous Email, May 16, 2016 Jake Cassar, Rise Up list goes on and on. members of our group to “Then there’s the have a pre-1788 Aboriginal overflow on to other local camp inside Old Sydney businesses.

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ELECTION

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Lucy Wicks out on the hustings from day one ember for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks was up early on the first official day of the 2016 federal election campaign to greet people at train stations as they left on their daily commute to

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Families will be left out of pocket over childcare reform backflip

work.

“I’ve been out this morning at train stations, greeting people who leave home early in the morning and return late at night to their families, and I have to say that is the experience of around one in three working people here in my electorate,” Ms Wicks said.

“That is why I am so proud to be part of a government that is determined to drive jobs and growth, and for people on the Central Coast, that means more local jobs, here locally so people can work where they live.”

Ms Wicks said she had been fighting for the seat of Robertson and “fighting for the people of the Central Coast ever since I had the honour to stand as a candidate in the 2013 election.

“We have delivered on a growth plan for the Central Coast.

“We said we’d bring 300 new jobs into Gosford, we are delivering 600 new federal jobs into Gosford.

“We said we would fix up Woy Woy Oval and together with the NSW Government and Council we have done exactly that.

“We are building the M1/M2 missing link, we are fixing up and providing more money for local roads,

we are also delivering CCTV cameras in a number of suburbs across the Central Coast.

“There is a lot more work to be done and I’m certainly fighting every single day to stand up for Central Coast families, to stand up for Central Coast businesses and see that the Central Coast does gets the infrastructure that it deserves.”

Ms Wicks said she did not intend to take anything for granted following the boundary redistribution that did work in favour of the Liberal Party in her seat.

“I think every single vote is critical because every single person’s voice here on the Central Coast counts and it matters.”

She said her approach to the campaign would be much the same as her approach to representing the electorate since winning the seat in 2013.

“We are out and about every single day talking to people, door knocking, calling people in their homes, meeting people at shopping centres, talking to people in retirement villages, having listening posts on street corners and in cafes.

“This, I have been doing for the last two and a half

years, and I will continue to do it.

“It’s one of the great joys actually of being a local representative, that in listening to people you get to hear the heartbeat of the community, you really know what you need to stand up and fight for and deliver.

She said job creation was the most important issue for the electorate.

“Here, on the Central Coast, the number one thing that people say to me every single day, regardless of whether I’m talking to young families, people who are senior Australians, whether I’m talking to commuters, I hear the need for more local jobs, including more local jobs for our young people as well, and that is certainly something that I’m fighting for every single day.

“We know it is businesses that actually employ people here on the Central Coast.

“We want to do everything we can to ensure our businesses can grow, thrive, compete, prosper and employ even more local people here on the Central Coast.

Media release, May 9, 2016 Tim Sowden, office of Lucy Wicks

Marriage equality is the main issue rina’s Mr Robert Stoddart will stand as the Christian Democratic Party Candidate for Robertson in the upcoming election.

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Mr Stoddart moved to the Central Coast in 1983 after serving in the Vietnam War as a radio technician.

Mr Stoddart has raised his four children on the Coast and he said the number one policy issue

for this election is the preservation of traditional marriage.

Mr Stoddart staunchly believes that marriage should be between one man and one woman for life, believes the nation was

built by traditional family structures and does not support marriage equality, for the sake of the children.

Email, May 18, 2016 Ian Crook, Christian Democratic Party Candidate

NO ONE should have to

Anne Charlton (right) with Renee Moller and children

ccording to Labor candidate for Robertson, Ms Anne Charlton, hundreds of Central Coast families will be left out of pocket for childcare expenses after the Turnbull Liberal Government reneged on a promise to provide cheaper fees.

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Ms Charlton said the Turnbull Government put its promised childcare reforms on the backburner until after the election, which means families will reach the $7,500 cap on fee relief and will be unable to claim the 50 per cent rebate until the end of the financial year.

This year there are 84,000 families nationwide who face being cut off from childcare relief for 96,000 children.

“It is about this time of the year when families start to approach the $7,500 cap for relief, which means their childcare fees double from now until July 1,” Ms Charlton said.

This broken promise will place particular stress on families relying on care throughout the upcoming school holidays so that parents can continue to work.

Local specialist school holiday carers Autastic, run

by Ms Renee Moller and Ms Bianca Griffiths, said that many of their families will have reached the cap by now.

Ms Moller’s son Beau, aged 9, is autistic and attends the Aspect school at Terrigal.

“Our families have very high needs children who require specialist services and cannot attend mainstream care.

“Many of our regular families have reached the cap by this time of year and will not be able to work during the school break because they cannot afford care for their beautiful, but very high needs children,” said Ms Griffiths.

“Families with autistic children face monthly expenses that are unimaginable to the average parent.

“Without the Government’s promised childcare reforms our families are left with no choice but to stay home, with no options to return to the work force,” Ms Griffiths said.

“Once again the Liberals have broken their promise to families after they backed down from their 2013 election pledge to introduce

a paid parental leave scheme offering women six months on full pay,” Ms Charlton said.

“Time and time again this Government has made cuts that hit families and particularly low and middleincome families.

“Despite promising to deliver more flexible, affordable childcare for parents, nearly a year after announcing the $40 billion package, the government has failed to legislate the changes.

“Labor is proud of its record when it comes to action to address childcare affordability,” Ms Charlton said.

“Labor increased the child care rebate from 30 per cent to 50 per cent.

“Labor ensured parents didn’t have to wait until they received their childcare rebate once a year but instead could receive fortnightly payments,” Ms Charlton concluded.

Media release, Apr 19, 2016 Anne Charlton, Labor Candidate for Robertson

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ELECTION

Remember why double dissolution was called ndependent candidate for the federal seat of Robertson, Dr Van Davy said Mr Turnbull has called a double dissolution election so that “a government that cannot get its way will get its way”.

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“It is worth remembering just what it was that the Liberals could not get before they called the double dissolution, because these are the same things they will be keen to force on Australia’s pensioners and workers, including Liberal-voting pensioners and workers, once they get the power in both houses of parliament,” Dr Davy said Dr Davy said he could list the policies that the Coalition Government “floated” or “put on the table” prior to the prime minister calling a double dissolution election.

“They proved to be so unpopular that they know they can only win an election if they can persuade us that they no longer will pursue these policies but should we believe them this time?,” he said.

“It is fact that the Abbott and Turnbull governments wanted pension indexation to be reduced, 97,000 pensioners pushed off the pension, 200,000 with reduced pensions, and an increase in the pension age to 70.

“Meanwhile, they want no change to the widespread practice of wealthy Australians, including Turnbull, using tax escapes [havens] to hide their secret profits and to rob Australia of hundreds of billions of dollars.

“They want the abolition of penalty rates and with it, the end of weekends, but they plan to keep all ex-parliamentary perks of golden superannuation and overseas travel, amongst others.

“They intend to use 457 visas and TPP free trade agreements to force down wages while very wealthy people like Gina Reinhart minimise their tax, badmouth workers’ wages and call for punishing attacks on unions, workers and pensioners.

“They proposed a big tax cut for big business over the next few years while proposing a 15 per cent tax increase on all food and a general increase in the GST to 15 per cent, the biggest hit to pensioners and workers.

“They wanted to savagely cut back public schools and hospitals, the ABC/ SBS while preaching the virtues of small government and wilfully defending the widespread rorting practice of negative gearing and 50 per cent capital gains tax exemption.

“An eight per cent tax on Medicare was another of their ideas and so was a privatised Medicare, resulting in higher costs to workers and pensioners.

“They intend to introduce big costs, between $200 and

$400 for blood tests, X-rays, pap smears and scans, but meanwhile, pollies keep all their drippingly golden perks.

“There will be no expansion to dental care for adults while speculators at the stock exchange pay zero transaction levy/tax on stocks, shares, bonds, derivatives, futures and currencies.

“They will abolish dental services for children.

“We will see privatised universities with $100,000 degrees, while a former prime minister accepted a $60,000 ‘scholarship’ for his daughter.

“It is clear to me that, if the Liberals win both houses of parliament, they will implement all the matters I have listed.

“This DD is not about jobs and growth, it is about using the two tools of small government, deregulation of wages, penalty rates and hours and privatisation of Medicare, schools, universities, roads, hospitals and later, public parks, national parks, public beaches, and to undermine and eventually get rid of the social wage.

“This election is so important,” Dr Davy said.

Email, May 12, 2016 Dr Vanlyn Davy, independent candidate for Robertson

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he photograph on page 12 of the last Coast Community News (May 5, issue 132) was not intended for publication with that particular article.

The photograph sent through with the media release, “Gosford region will miss out on vital education

funding” was of Labor Party candidate for Robertson, Ms Anne Charlton with a group of children from Brisbania

Public School.

Coast Community News apologises for this error.

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Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specifically relating to post code iareas 2258, Government to review Airport Restrictions Act

Strategic endorsement to a regional airport has not been given

$200 million proposal from aviation manufacturer received

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s review of the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996 has been welcomed by Wyong Council.

The NSW Government has not given strategic endorsement to a regional airport incorporating passenger services at the Warnervale site or any other site on the

The main objective for expanding Warnervale Airport was not as a major passenger terminal, but for general aviation, according to Wyong mayor, Cr Doug

Residents want Airport Restrictions Act to remain

Confusion reigns over council election date

Mayoral Minute calls for submission for light rail project

The Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) (WAR) Act 1996 is the only thing protecting the communities surrounding the airport from the noise, decreased land values, water and environmental degradation that...

Confusion continues over the date of the next local government election on the Central Coast due to the proposed merger of Wyong and Gosford Councils.

A $1 billion light rail between Gosford and The Entrance could be a reality within 10 years according to Wyong mayor, Cr Doug Eaton OAM.

Conference attendance by councillors a hot issue

Unions protest outside McNamara’s office

Mayor’s tealeaves predict July 8 as merger proclamation date

A proclamation to dissolve Councillors from Wyong will A protest was held outside Gosford and Wyong Councils not be attending the 2016 the office of the member for and create a new Central National General Assembly Dobell, Ms Karen McNamara Coast Council will most likely of Local Government in on Wednesday, April 27. be made on Friday, July 8, Canberra in June. according to Wyong’s mayor, Cr Doug Eaton.

The full articles and more can be seen on our website www.CentralCoastNews.net

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Peninsula News focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2256 & 2257.

Ettalong Diggers starts tourism information centre

Surprise celebration for Rod Radford

The Ettalong Diggers Memorial Club will supply a staff member to run the tourism information centre five days a week for six months.

The Rotary Club of Umina Beach held a surprise celebration for member Mr Rod Radford to recognise his long community service record as a Rotarian and

No news on start to underpass repairs

Woy Woy GP pleads not guilty to mother’s murder

Ettalong man dies in crash

Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith has claimed that the NSW Government is refusing to say when work will start on repair on the rail underpass closed after a recent truck accident.

A 61-year-old Woy Woy general practitioner has been arrested at his Woy Woy practice and extradited to Tasmania for the alleged murder of his mother

An Ettalong man has died and a woman was injured after a four-vehicle crash near Newcastle on May 10.

Resident starts flood action group

Councillors condemn rail project uncertainty

Community land could become memorial to battle

A Woy Woy resident fed up with Gosford Council’s flood management efforts in the Peninsula has started a new community action group.

Gosford councillors have condemned the cost blow out and uncertainty surrounding the Rawson Rd Level Crossing Replacement Project.

Four parcels of land in Pozieres Avenue, Umina, could be dedicated as a memorial site to the Battle of Pozieres during World War One following a suggestion

Peninsula comes under Central Coast Council The Peninsula is now under the new Central Coast Council.

Gosford Council no longer exists.

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Painters Lane considered dangerous

Poppy Park a sanctuary is poppycock

ver the years, going back to 2006, I have amassed a substantial correspondence file on my concerns with Painters Lane, Terrigal.

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The majority of letters have been between Gosford Council, it’s Councillors, Gosford Police Station and the Gosford Traffic Committee.

Finally, after a poorly thought out questionnaire, initiated by Gosford Council in 2010 for the residents of Painters Lane, and the incompetent conclusions drawn from the analysis of the data, the dangerous situation of traffic flow in the lane was once again ignored.

I felt so strongly by this decision, that I paid out of my own pocket $1,200 to place an Open Letter in the Central Coast Express outlining my disappointment.

Following the publication of this letter, I had no communications from any of the four departments mentioned above.

Although this did not surprise me, I decided that the bureaucratic machine I had been dealing with was beyond caring for the safety of its citizens.

Subsequently, the situation, as of the last week, is that there are now multi-

FORUM Letters to the editor should be sent to: Coast Community News PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 or mail@gosfordnews.org See Page 2 for contribution conditions unit, high rise developments starting to be constructed in Painters Lane.

Whilst I am in favour of this development, it now only adds to and compounds the traffic problems in this street.

I strongly believe that the only solution to the problem is one way traffic flow, because of the narrowness of the lane.

Ideally it should be from Campbell Cres down to The Esplanade, with one side of the street allowing parking and ‘ No Parking / No Stopping ‘ on the other side.

The main reason for this flow decision is that when traffic from Painters Lane turns right into Campbell

Cres, an extremely dangerous manoeuvre is carried out.

Traffic from the left is accelerating up the hill but line of sight to the right is poor, particularly when cars are parked in that line of sight.

Vehicles coming down the hill have difficulty braking because of their load and speed as one exits Painters Lane to the right, and the vehicle has a low power to weight ratio which gives it little time to accelerate out of the way of a vehicle coming down the hill.

In other words, a potential T-bone accident on the right hand side.

As the situation exists at the moment, there are three narrow, unmarked blind corners within Painters Lane, with cars constantly having to back up to pass one another.

I have no personal agenda other than to have a safe traffic flow in the street.

Email, May 6, 2016 Tony Patrick, Terrigal

Forced council merger undemocratic

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he current State Government has now said to the people of our cities you will do as you are told.

But have they thought of the backlash to democracy?

Our councils on the Central Coast worked fairly well together and by removing them, we are now under a dictator, democracy

FORUM is now dead.

Let’s get rid of the current State legislators and ask the

Governor to dismiss them in the interest of democracy.

Long live democracy Email, May 13, 2016 Robert Findley, Point Clare

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The last time I looked, the park below the Gosford War Memorial was called Gosford City Park.

For some reason your correspondent John George (Coast Community News, May 5) seems to think its name is Poppy Park and describes it as a sanctuary and sacred site.

As one of thousands of

performing arts centre if the council so decides.

And they might consider making such a structure a War Memorial Centre for Performing Arts to complement the memorials at the top of the steps.

FORUM poppy-making contributors to last year’s Gallipoli centenary display in the park, I didn’t realise I was giving the place such a hallowed status.

Surely as Gosford City Park it could be the site of a

Email, May 16, 2016 Jon Fearon, Tascott

Why does Poppy Park need a new Plan of Management? write in response to your front page article in The Coast Community News dated May 5 (Iss.132), “Council continues to defy State Government over PAC site”.

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My understanding is that in defiance, Council resolved to prepare a Plan of Management which ensures both Poppy Park and the War Memorial have as a declared purpose, permitted use for celebratory and other special occasions and remain as open space for the community.

Interestingly, Rotary constructed the fountain and steps to the War Memorial in 1972/73.

The memorial steps were completed on Remembrance Day 11/11/1973 and handed over to the then Shire President, Mr Malcolm Brooks in December of 1973, thereafter known as the Rotary Fountain Rotary Park until April 24,2015, and Poppy Park thereafter.

FORUM A Rotary car badge was concreted into the mid-way landing and can still be seen embedded there today.

Why does there need to be a new Plan of Management when Council is in the process of amalgamation and also has been managing the Rotary Fountain and Rotary Park for 43 years?

This defies logic.

The purposes are obvious.

The now Poppy Park is Crown Land and the War Memorial is a sacred site.

I believe that the RSL also agrees.

The NSW Government and Government Property NSW have now prepared a

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Issue 85

Community members dig channel

he NSW Branch of the Australian Labor Party will soon be calling for nominations to preselect a candidate for the Federal Electorate of Shortland following Ms Jill Hall’s decision Issue 86 not to nominate.

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“It has been an absolute honour and privilege to represent the wonderful people of Shortland in Federal Parliament since 1998 as well as representing many of them in State Parliament as Member for Swansea and in Lake Macquarie as a councillor,” Ms Hall had any clothes. said.

“I want to “As the fithe rst work woman start, there are state 14 units elected to any or in our complex the federal lower and house affected by whole seat in 14 theare Hunter, I am this andtoweseewant some pleased so many communication Labor womento know now what is goingelectorates,” on. representing am feeling very down sheIsaid. about it all,” she said.

“The people of Mr Mehan said he had Shortland have been my been working with the inspiration, and and to the be local community their in Canberra company strata voice to see has been extraordinary. completed and works “I want tomoving put on record back residents my to my husband their homes. intothanks Lindsay and the rest of Mr Mehan threatened my supporting name forand shame to family me while I took on this companies insurance amazing that are job. not giving the “I know they have damaged areaalso storm the attentionmany it deserves. made sacrifices “It thehas along way.been four months “After 18since years the as storm and aSeptember Federal hail Member of locals are still struggling Parliament, I believe it is homes to right havetimetheir the to retire and repaired,” Mr Mehan said.

“All of the residents of Lancaster Gardens were fully insured, yet they are still waiting for their companies insurance to begin work on their homes.

“These houses have been sitting empty since David Mehan MP along with Barbara Champley and Phillip and Patricia Cupples view the damage September with major management Champley wants to return the mould, but since then, en, repairs yet to begin. seemed to do the same,” strata “The insurance company, according to to her own home as soon nothing has happened.

Ms Champley recalled. need to as possible, “There is no indication on companies According to Ms Ms Champley. clearly She initially stayed “I’ve lost nearly of when the work will be communicate Champley, the insurer with residents and begin was “very slow from the with her sister, then in a everything that I owned,” done. fitt outs on the houses so motel, then an apartment she said.

“I do have contents nts fi beginning”.

“Before Christmas insurance as well, but ut these people can get back At first the residents at The Entrance, and since nt to living their lives.” were “stunned” and not Christmas she has been we had a meeting that is with a different with everyone and the company, but it is not ot sure who to turn to for staying with a friend.

Media release, Feb 11, 2016 The insurance insurance company came much use yet, because I help.

David Mehan, member for Th t The E Entrance Between September company has helped with out and it all looked very haven’t got anywhere to Interview, Feb 12, 2016 and December they living costs, but at nearly promising, then we had put anything.

Barbara Champley, “I have hardly even mainly dealt with the 80 years of age, Ms workmen cleaning out Bateau Bay

Mehan outraged at delay elay in storm damage repair pair esidents of the Bateau Bay area are still struggling to repair their homes following storm that struck the area

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violent Cr Lloyd Taylor with residents who dug the channel onthe Australia Day hail

Cr Lloyd Taylor and residents with shovels in hand

oung and old turned out on Australia DayonatSeptember The Entrance to 17 last dig a channel at least one-metre wide fromyear. the ocean to the lake.

Wyong councillor Lloyd Taylor said: “It demonstrates the level of community commitment to get the channel opened and a break-wall built.

“We have all had enough of talk; now we want action,” Cr Taylor said.

“Before the last election, we had support from the local member, Mr Chris Spence and the Liberal Party, but that all seems to have faded,” he said.

“All too often we have flooding around the lake edge and opening the mouth of the channel will reduce the likelihood of the flooding we saw as recently as January of this year.

“The community know what they want and we, as their representatives, need to support them in this.

“Our lifestyle revolves around the lakes, foreshore and waterways, so it is only logical that

Member for The Entrance, Mr David

the better MP, the health of Mehan visited the lakes, the our residents of better Lancaster lifestyle.

Pde who have not yet “Whatback we into saw their on moved Australia Daybeen wasliving the units and have in a variety of rental and silent majority coming shared accommodation out in force for a solution September hail tosince savethe Tuggerah lakes. storm.

“I call on the rest of storm tocaused theThe community stand ceilings collapse and up and to support this extensive water damage community initiative,” he to the properties with said. most units in Lancaster Gardens being completely Media release, Jan 27, 2016 gutted due toSave damage.

Lloyd Taylor, Tuggerah Ms Barbara Lakes Champley Party said she had been living in her unit for the past 25 years and had never lodged an insurance

claim in her life.

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with disability as well as the great Labor idea of equality of opportunity, in everything from education to healthcare.

“As party whip, Jill carried out her duties with good humour and great patience, striking that delicate balance between maintaining discipline and encouraging camaraderie.

March rch ch 15, 2016 2 Media speculation about the preselection of Hall’s replacement started before she had announced her retirement.

The Australian Electoral Commission’s federal boundary adjustments have he DoyalsonDoyal lsono abolished the seat of RSL Wyee Wyee Hunter, currently held iss seek seeking by the ALP’s Joel to rezone ezone one ne nea nearby c Fitzgibbon, shadowvacant landfor soo itagriculture can develop d a minister 139-site te manufactured manufacture nufac uf and a key power broker hparty’s ome estate. esNSW right Jill Hall with her extended family on the announcement of her retirement of thehome s the faction. The club sees move on to the next stage expand local GP clinics; candidate. of workers and the living rezoning opportunity ningbeen as aanreports opportunit pportunity i There have “I am sure the standard of pensioners of my life. and securing funding for too ALP ensure ure its it long-term llong-ter that the has planned “I have made this a new Headspace service membership will elect an and families,” she said. viability lity and to ggive back ba k to ‘parachute’ Fitzgibbon outstanding candidate for decision in consultation in Lake Haven.

Parliamentary leader of into either comm ommunity b to theShortland community or by with Lindsay and my “I will continue to the next election. the ALP, Mr Bill Shorten that he investing $14 moved million. willg be “Labor can win the next said the party offered its family and it will be work hard in Parliament Council ncil has h into the Wyong seat of Charlton wonderful to spend more and in the electorate right election and Australia thanks to Jill Hall for her sositting stated itmember, commit commi com also is committed and its time with them in the up until the next election, will have a government service to the people of providing ing a Pat ran range ooff Labortoo backbencher lead by Bill Shorten Shortland and parliament. beautiful area where we whenever that is called. housing i ttypes.

Conroy, would be moved live,” she said.

“I remain passionate which will deliver a fair “In more than thirty to Shortland.

“This his includes inc udes In addition to her about a number of and equitable society years of service as a promoting ting more affordable affordab affo Anne Charlton has ble achievements for the national and local issues where every child can rehabilitation counsellor, housing options on sites i preselected sitees already been Hunter Region, Ms Hall and I will keep fighting have access to a quality a local councillor, a State which re well loca in to stand for are the ALPlocated in listed the highlights of for justice and fairness education and where MP and the Member terms of public transport, ublic and transport transp t, tra the seat of Robertson your access to health is for Shortland, Jill has her career in Federal wherever I can. services,” ps and has service saidd Emmashops McBride been said Parliament as: being part “There will be a rank determined by your need [strived] every day for Wyong ongformayor, Doug preselected Dobell.Cr Doug of the Parliament during and file pre-selection in and not your ability to a fairer, more equal and Eaton on OAM..

Kevin Rudd’s historic the Shortland Electorate pay. more inclusive Australia.

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“Our population is set to grow by 50,000 over the ll next 15 years andd we really do need to deliver a lot more housing,” Cr Eaton said.

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decision sell land fo NSW that directlyto related to at Kangy Angy to Transport for has beencaravans deferredandby Wyong yong Council for two months tto allow promoting residents to homes make further for NSW r representations to Transport fo manufactured as regarding possible alternate ations for the facility. affordable housing options. locations

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None of those Spokesperson for the was rezoned to make way for recommendations Kangy approved Angy Residents the rail facility. when the report Action was Group, Mr Tony considered by the “No less than four Caldersmith spoke endangered red floodplain fl oodplain Economic Employment againstDevelopment the sale of the Committee land ecological al communities at the (EEDC) Wyongin 2013.

Council occur within ithin the site and meeting A on lWednesday, des foraging and t h o u g it hprovides March recommending 23, describing habitat for a range of thatitcouncil as ecologically sensitive threatened ed and critically moved ahead with seeking floodplain land to be sold engendered species red a gateway determination to makeforway a railway includingg yellow-bellied thefor rezoning, it noted fleet maintenance facility. was gliders, squirrel gliders that the proposal “There is compelling and the powerful owl. inconsistent with the North evidence that Shire the site Wyong Structure“Also,, a tributary is unsuitable the of Ourimbah urimbah Creek The T hhee proposedd concept plan l for f the Doyalson manufactured home estate (left) and it’s location (right) Plan “as itforis proposing development flowing through the site development directly dire di tly north no h of the the long-t options and increaseproposed the residential long-term intended and site office. given on the land flooding is a known own biodiversity that and has been Doyalson-W Doy yalson-Wy on-Wye Wyee yee ee R RSL Club. purpose.

“The proposal will mix of housing types Doyalson-Wyee ‘hot-spot’ t’ for rare and for employment IItt is curr curre urrent rent entlly zoned In the ccase of Lot 7, enable Doyalson-Wyee available for the area,”environmental currently the identifiedconstraints of the in land… alternative threatened amphibian ed the long term.

RU6 Transitio R Tr ansition ioon aand would that long-te Transition long-term purpose is RSL Club to better utilise report said. without those such as the green “The timing of species the be rrezone ezoned zoned oned ne tto R RE E E2 Private a developm rezoned RE2 Wyong Council sites had development precinct its existing land holdings,” constraints are of available den bell-frog and rezoning the land and for golden R Recreation ecreati ation, on, whic hiccch would within the North Wyong the report said.

Recreation, which taken actions to minimise permit perm ermit a Man M annnufactured Shire Str The RAW challenge is the opportunity for caravan employment purposes will Manufactured Structure Plan Hom ome mee Estate Estat (MH MHE).

MH (NWSSP). proposed to be relocated to parks “to become a more be impacted by future coal Home (MHE).

The Th he site (Lo ((Lot Lot ott 49 DP The la landowner has the existing playing fields dominant part of the local extraction.

“This has an 7075866 and Lo 70 L oot 7 DP previously Lot housing offer by limiting investigated (subject to consent).

240685 24 40685) 85)) compris o prissses 21.69 developmen “The use of the site as the creation of additional indeterminate timing but is 240685) comprises development opportunities hecctaress onn th hectares the hee Pacifi fic but “due to future an MHE may be an interim non-tourist caravan parks likely to be longer than 15 Hwy at Doy Hwy D oya yalso yalson yal sonn. subsurface mining of the use until mining constraints and MHEs in Wyong years.

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The assessment Lot 49 49 currently area for ccoal, the Mine have been resolved and Shire.” conta contains ntainss two two bu bbuildings: uilddings: one Subsidence Board has this use has been given ‘in In 2003, for instance, concluded that the site is leased lease to an in nddependent objected to each proposal,” principle’ support from the Wyong Council resolved: could accommodate a independent party; tthe second ndd contains the report ex Mine Subsidence Board, “That Council records its MHE in the short term explained. amenities.

Options opposition as a matter of provided that the land has already according to the report.

The lot aalso has considered: T Future plans for the policy to the creation or the potential to be used residential cricket ricket cket keet ne nets tss an and a d remnant subdivision subdivision; retirement Doyalson-Wyee RSL will expansion of further non- for future employment vegetatio vegetation. vegetation facility; tourist be centred around health tourist caravan parks or purposes … once mining Lot 7 co contains no accommoda accommodation; mixed associated uses with manufactured home estates has been completed in the area. and residential the recently constructed within the shire.” buildings and the site tourist an “The proposal does not of the proposed home accommoda accommodation; and a gymnasium.

The resolution also village is generally clear of motel.

The club intendeds to sought to limit conversion involve community title vegetation and is used for The concept conc shows the expand the function room. of tourist sites to permanent subdivision which means the RAW Challenge. manufacture manufactured home estate It also intends to add a accommodation, which that the existing land The site adjoins Delta located with within Lot 7 with ‘pop-up’ library. reduced the number of holding will not be further land to the east (Munmorah a lit pathwa pathway linking it to The RE2 Private tourist accommodation fragmented.

Power Station) and a existing pla playing fields and Recreation permits caravan sites in the shire.

Media release, Mar 10, 2016 hydroponics establishment club facilitie facilities. parks and therefore However, in December Wyong Council media The concept plan also manufactured home estates 2012, a report on Planning to the north.

Agenda item, Mar 10, 2016 to Support RU6 zoning is a holding included walking and as well as a variety of other Controls 2.1, Wyong Council ordinary meeting Housing Affordability zone providing a limited cycling tracks, a games uses.

“These housing forms and Choice in Wyong range of uses to ensure room, indoor swimming included nine the land remains fit for pool, a manager’s residence offer lower cost housing Shire

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rail wildlife to be railroaded.”

According to the Environmental Issues prepar Report prepared by Co Conacher Consulting, December 2015, the Land and Environmen Environment Court would be likely to find that the site is unsuitable un for the proposed p development.

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community consultation in growing Warnervale process.

Airport as an aviation “It is important that the business hub has always community understands been about creating jobs, what a game changer attracting commercial activation of Warnervale investment and growing Airport will be for jobs our local economy for the on the Coast,” Cr Eaton benefit of local residents,” said. said Wyong mayor, Cr “In its current form, Issue 90 Doug Eaton OAM. it can cater for a wide “We need the Act range of general aviation repealed to enable and small capacity Warnervale Airport to commercial aviation,” he reach its full potential as said.

“Right now we are a catalyst for economic development and in talks with an aircraft employment growth,” he manufacturer to locate its said. manufacturing operation “I congratulate the to Warnervale Airport. he Entrance ce Motor Registry closed State Government on its“This would be doors for thetaking last this time on Thursday, initiative. the first new aircraft April 21.

“This is the only Act manufacturing facility of its kind to regulate a to locate in Australia singleexpects airfield and Member for The tono other deliver in a decades, and has airport in Australia Entrance, Mr David service to ourfaces area,” the he potential to create the same hundreds of jobs.

Mehan MP said the said.restrictions. it was enacted, on“We have also been NSW Government “shut “Since “As of lunchtime the Friday, modern exploring with airlines down the motor registry, gistry, April NSW 22, more planning controls andof the dismissing the concerns ncerns than 65 members the possibility of having regulations have changed passenger services to community were turned of residents that the point where Brisbane and closure will see not to a theaway and the toldActto Melbourne, go is basically single NSW Government nment elsewhere.redundant regional areas with small as other moreminister rigorousclearly capacity aircraft that can office left within The “The are inbeen place to to operate from the airport.

Entrance electorate.”” processes has never here see govern “It is key infrastructure Mr Mehan said hee had thechanges. site. is simply no from to support population opposed the closure since “There “Only someone for it,” he would said. growth and that’s why it was first announced. ed. needSydney believe to from Cr The it was included in the He said he had been According that driving Eaton, underto Tuggerah current NSW working with Services rvices Entrance is a Government’s Your NSWshort legislation, with Future Central Coast NSW and Wyong Council ouncil drive. thecontinue Act, any Discussion Paper 2015 to attempt to maintain tain or a without “I will to work proposed and Gosford City has service in The Entrance. nce.majorwith Wyongchanges Council and to the airport wouldto supported the airport in “The State government nment the community see require an extensiveservice its submission to the Draft has refused to listen to the a government Environmental Central Coast Regional public on this issue,” ,” Mr delivered forImpact our area,” Assessment (EIS) Mehan said.

Mr Mehan said. and Plan 2016.

“My office has been Media release, Apr 22, 2016 flooded with calls from David Mehan, member for people who want to know The Entrance how the government nment

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ot all Kangy Angy residents are opposed to the development of an inter-city train maintenance facility in the area.

One such resident, solution to some of those a d a l b a Mr Dean Innes spoke problems. bIn a sresponding e d at Wyong Council on to w o m e from n ’ s Cr Doug March 23 in favour of the questions drug and proposed sale of council Vincent,alcohol a representative rehabilitation land to Transport for of thecentre, Kangy Angy Kamira, Residents is continuing NSW. Action Group, “There is a group of Mr Caldersmith a seven yearTony battle people in the northfor of the said Transport increased funding for NSW street who would to like better to had meet said it was the too early see it proceed,” hedemand said. to for discuss itscommunity Mr Innes said the benefits. services. development would railway people According“The to Kamira create the opportunity for saidCrit wasLisa all too early; Director, a new land bridge Matthews, to deal they were isnota going to Kamira with flooding and unique, even a evidence talk about that yet, we based, children’s playground. are not facility down to that rehabilitation According to Mrdesigned Innes, to level planning,” Mr help of pregnant Transport for NSW had and Caldersmith said. women new mothers promised a landscaped Caldersmith also that are Mr experiencing buffer to make sure confirmed drugthe and alcohol abusethat to Wyong facility was permanently kick their Council habits andhad re- not, at approached focus theiranylivesstage, around Media release, Mar 21, 2016 hidden.

“We’ve also engaged residents about the idea Environmental Issues Report the fulfilling experience Summary, Dec 2015 our own planner to look of selling the land to of motherhood.

Michelle Nicholson, at various ways to get Transport for NSW. “Nearly all women Kangy Angy Residents around development who present to Kamira Action Group for treatment will have Cate Hewett of Kamira Continued page 3 their children removed if they do not undergo operate at capacity due to which has caused huge problems with retaining residential rehabilitation ongoing funding issues.

“Presently, funding staff. and often present with Office: “The NSW Health traumatic histories such issues have prevented Phone: 4325 7369 Fax: as mental health issues, the Wadalba facility from Department has failed to Mail: domestic violence, filling half of its beds, provide any additional E-mail: cognitive impairments forcing the facility to turn funding since it built the Website: and criminal and family away hundreds of women Kamira facility in 2009.

“There are currently in need and forcing the law matters,” she said.

To help women most in need onto waiting 11 beds filled out of a undergoing treatment, lists up to 12 weeks long,” possible 22.

“Cost wise, to increase Kamira employs a Ms Matthews said.

Kamira chief the number of beds filled variety of tertiary Ms Cate to 13 we would be looking qualified clinicians such executive, at $112,157 per bed.

Hewett said the facility’s as psychologists, social “Based on this cost workers and a 24 hour lack of funding meant specialist team to ensure Kamira cannot employ model, Kamira would an additional patients and their children the staff it needed to need are safely on the road to run at capacity, let alone $656,314 to increase its services to a minimum expand its services. recovery.

“Kamira is funded by of 24 women and their This emphasise on motherhood as a means both state and federal children,” Ms Hewett to recovery has put health departments on said.

According to Ms Kamira at the forefront of typically three year women’s rehabilitation in grants,” Ms Hewett said. Hewett, joint funding “However, Kamira is from NSW Health and the Central Coast region, however, the facility currently operating off a the Federal Department of Health and Family one year extension grant has been struggling to

that the proposal would significantly impact on endangered ecological communities, PCTs that contain threatened species habitat, areas that contain habitat for vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered threatened species, wildlife habitat linkages and a riparian area and watercourse of fourth order and an important wetland area.

It further states that alternative sites for the proposal which would result in a reduced impact on local biodiversity should be investigated.

Issue 91

Strategic endorsement to a regional airport has not been given

he NSW Government has not given strategic endorsement to a regional airport incorporating passenger services at he NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s review the Warnervale site or of the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996 has been any other site on the Central Coast. welcomed by Wyong Council.

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detailed Site Concept Study entitled Connecting the CBD to the waterfront.

This proposes that the regional performing arts centre be located on Rotary Park in arguably the most prominent position on the waterfront, obviously acknowledging the long term community efforts for such a world class facility.

Full marks to Government Property NSW. Maybe we will soon have a Central Coast Memorial Performing Arts Complex with $30 million committed by the three levels of Government plus $2 million for the Central Coast Con so far.

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and Community Services could appropriately cover this, yet despite her best efforts, Ms Hewett’s attempts to vitalise Kamira have been falling on deaf ears for close to seven years.

“In 2011, NSW Health commissioned a business review by Ernst and Young for the facility.

“The three month review recommended additional funding be provided to Kamira to deliver a full capacity service, but this funding was not delivered.

“I’ve written to every health minister since 2009 about the incredible demand for, and the subsequent community consequences of not providing treatment to these women, and still nothing.

“It’s unbelievable how little they care about these women and their children,” Ms Hewett said.

Kamira received 620 requests for service in 2015.

Women remain on the facility’s waiting list for four to 12 weeks.

Ms Hewett also urged people to write to their local MP’s about the state of Kamira and women’s health services.

“Please urge your MP to help Kamira.

“The Government built the facility, now they need to fund it,” she concluded.

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“Council is committed to working with all parties and neighbours to ensure that the Central Coast benefits from the advantages that other regions have gained from a general aviation business hub.”

According to Wyong Council, there has been increased demand for general aviation use of Warnervale Airport.

The council is preparing to advertise for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for general aviation and industry operators seeking opportunities to expand or build their businesses on the Central Coast.

General aviation includes aviation businesses such as aircraft maintenance operators, recreational and corporate aviation, helicopter services and emergency services aviation.

Council has allocated $6 million in 2016-17 as a first step in activating Warnervale Airport’s potential as a general aviation business hub.

The funds will go towards voluntary land acquisitions and water, sewerage and road upgrades for the facility.

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According to a ‘frequently asked questions’ document released by NSW Planning and Environment, the Warnervale Airport is not shown in the Draft Central Coast Regional Plan, the North Wyong Shire Structure Plan, Central Coast Regional Strategy or the Central Coast Regional Transport Plan.

“Wyong Council has made public statements that the Central Coast needs a regional airport and that the existing Warnervale Airport could be an option for this,” the document said.

The Department of Planning is currently investigating a noncompliance issue at the airport, the document said.

“The Department is currently investigating if the runway has been extended and as a result, if curfew and flight movement restrictions apply.

“The Department is also investigating if the vegetation cleared in the Environmental Conservation E2 zone at the southern end of the site has caused any environmental harm.”

According to the Department of Planning, there are no current applications for the upgrade or extension of

Works completed by Wyong Council last year are being investigated by NSW Planning and Environment

the airport and compliance investigations would not be impacted by the review of the Act. The Warnervale Airport Restrictions Act requires the minister for planning to review it to determine whether its policy objectives remain valid and if the terms of the Act remain appropriate.

“Since the introduction of the Act, there have been a number of new planning instruments that provide for assessment of airports as well as a number of regulations applying to aviation and related activities,” the document said.

The Act came into force on June 1, 1997, as a response to proposals to expand the Warnervale Airport from a 900 metre runway to an 1,800 metre runway.

The overall policy objective of the Act is to impose restrictions on

the future of Warnervale Airport to protect the amenity of the surrounding area.

It restricts aircraft movement in the event there was a proposal to extend the runway or build a new runway.

The Act: limits the length of any runway to 1,200 metres with potential to make an application to the minister for a runway of up to 1,800 metres in length; prevents the construction of a new runway at the airport except at a site approved by the minister; and provides for a process to review any proposal to expand operations.

Stakeholders will be consulted about specific objectives and written submissions will be accepted until May 27.

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Beau Marshall is a wanted man

man was charged following a fatal single-vehicle crash in Peats Ridge on the night of Friday, May 13.

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About 11:25pm, emergency services were called to Peats Ridge Rd, near the intersection of Bushells Rd, following reports of a crash.

It will be alleged, a Toyota Hilux Dual-cab was travelling north on Peats Ridge Rd, when the vehicle left the road and crashed into a power pole.

Two passengers, a 63-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy, died at the scene.

Two further passengers, a 28-year old woman and a 15-year-old boy, were treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance Paramedics

Anyone with information about these incidents should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 before being taken to Gosford Hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.

The driver, a 24-year-old man, was also treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance Paramedics before being taken to Gosford Hospital,

with non-life-threatening injuries.

Following inquiries, officers from the Metropolitan Crash Investigation Unit arrested the 24-year-old driver on Sunday, May 15.

He was taken to Gosford Police Station and charged with two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and negligent driving occasioning death.

He was refused bail and appeared at Gosford Local Court on Monday, May 16.

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Terrigal man charged with armed robbery in Terrigal

olice have appealed for information to locate a man wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant.

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Beau Marshall, aged 25, is wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for a number of drugs, firearm and property offences.

Police continue to make inquiries and are appealing for assistance from the community to locate him.

Beau Marshall is described as being of Caucasian appearance with a fair complexion, about 170cm tall and weighing 65kg to 70kg.

He is described as having a medium build, brown hair and brown eyes.

He has several tattoos

bout 9pm on Friday, May 6, a man entered a bottle shop on Terrigal Dve, Terrigal, and threatened staff with a machete, demanding cash.

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The two 21-year-old male employees handed over cash before the man ran from the store through the car park.

He was last seen running along Junction Rd toward Bellbird Ave. No one was injured during the incident.

Police from Brisbane Water Local Area Command conducted an extensive search of the area; however, no one was located.

A crime scene was established at the location and examined by specialist forensic officers.

Local detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The perpetrator was

described as being aged in his 20s, with a thin build and a light complexion.

He was last seen wearing a grey long-sleeved shirt and dark-coloured long pants, and had a blue jumper wrapped around his head, covering his face.

A man has now been charged following an investigation into two alleged armed robberies at a bottle shop on Terrigal Dve earlier this year, one of which was the May 6 robbery above.

About 9:40am on Tuesday, May 17, officers from Brisbane Water Local

Area Command arrested a 19-year-old man at a home on Anniversary Ave, Terrigal.

He was taken to Gosford Police Station where he was charged with two counts of robbery armed with an offensive weapon.

The man was refused bail and appeared at Gosford Local Court on Tuesday, May 17, where he was granted conditional bail to reappear at Gosford Local Court on July 12.

Police will allege the robberies occurred on Friday, May 6 and Friday, April 29 at a bottle shop on Terrigal Drive.

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ON THE BEAT

Beau Marshall is wanted on an outstandind arrest warrant

covering his left arm, tattoos on his right arm and on his right neck he has a tattoo of a skull.

He is known to frequent the Central Coast area.

Anyone who sees Beau Marshall is urged not to approach him, but instead contact Police immediately on 000.

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About 12pm, on Wednesday, May 11, officers from Brisbane Water Local Area Command attempted to stop a white Subaru Liberty on Karalta Rd, Erina.

When the male driver allegedly failed to pull over, a pursuit was initiated.

It was terminated a short time later due to safety concerns.

Following further inquiries, just after 2pm, police executed a search warrant at a unit on Karalta Rd. During the search, police located and seized methamphetamine, a firearm, replica pistol, ammunition and a motorcycle.

Police will allege cash and methamphetamine was found in the motorcycle’s seat.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Radiotherapy scholarships fundraiser raises $8,000

World first vaccination test underway in Gosford major national collaboration is now testing whether a safe, one-off vaccination can assist in reducing the risk of heart-attacks and strokes and Gosford is one of six centres involved in the study.

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From left Dr Aspara Windsor with Ms Yvonne Crestani

amberal Surf Club was the venue for an event on Sunday, May 1, for the Scholarships in Radiotherapy volunteer group to raise funds for higher education and international scholarships for young radiotherapists.

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The event was held to advance allied health professionals’ knowledge and to undertake research development.

Ms Yvonne Crestani and her dedicated team of volunteers put together a very entertaining day for

130 guests which included local entertainers as well as Yvonne’s team showing off their dancing and singing talents.

The guest speaker, Dr Apsara Windsor, staff specialist in radiation/ oncology at Gosford

Hospital, gave a most professional presentation on the developments and trends on the management of patients at the Central Coast Cancer Centre.

The modern centre opened in 2013 with the most up to date equipment

for radiotherapy.

Guests were enthralled as Dr Windsor carefully took them through the advancements in the treatment of cancer patients and the research currently being carried out.

The event raised $8,000 which included raffles and a silent auction.

All items were donated by local businesses and generous members of the community.

This is a staggering achievement for Ms Crestani and her team of volunteers and they are to be congratulated for their efforts.

Many thanks and compliments must go to the compere, performing artist Sandy Bigara, local entertainer Clair Hayes and singer/songwriter Shane Edwards.

Email, May 13, 2016 Syd Fabri, Scholarships in Radiotherapy

With cardiovascular disease killing one Australian every 12 minutes, the Australian Study for the Prevention through Immunisation of Cardiovascular Events (AUSPICE) is recruiting men and women aged 55 to 60 years.

Neurologist and principal investigator for the Gosford site of study, Associate Professor Jonathan Sturm, said the study will formally test whether the existing pneumococcal vaccine can not only reduce invasive pneumococcal disease, but also help to prevent heart attack and stroke.

“The evidence from laboratory studies and observational studies in humans suggests that there may be a component of the adult pneumococcal disease that looks like oxidised LDL, the bad cholesterol that builds up in the arteries of people with heart disease,” said Prof Sturm.

“The antibodies that are generated in response to the vaccine appear to bind to and reduce the buildup of cholesterol, thereby reducing vascular disease.

“The only way to definitely explore this is through a randomised controlled trial and to our knowledge this is the first and only trial registered in the world exploring this possibility.”

“If shown to be effective, it would be relatively easy to incorporate changes into clinical practice because the pneumococcal vaccine is safe and has already been used in Australia for over 20 years in a different target group,” he said.

Each trial centre is aiming to recruit 1000 participants who are asked to attend a single clinic visit for less than one hour.

Tens of thousands of letters of invitation and eligibility screening are being sent out by the Department of Human Services (Medicare) throughout 2016.

Health record linkage will be used to determine the rates of heart attack and stroke in the treatment and control groups, four to five years after vaccination.

“People with at least two risk factors for heart disease such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or overweight/obesity will be randomised to receive either the active vaccine or a saline placebo,” said Prof Sturm.

“We are asking everyone who receives an invitation for AUSPICE in their letterbox to please take the time to consider participating and to complete the eligibility screening, either in hard copy or online.”

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Free screening of award winning Australian feature film entral Coast Gambling Help, in conjunction with Bonsai Films, Scope Red, and the Responsible Gambling Fund are presenting a free screening of the award winning Australian feature film ‘Broke’, as part of Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, at the Avoca Beach Theatre on May 26.

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‘Broke’ tells the fictional story of former North Sydney rugby league star Ben ‘BK’ Kelly, whose life spirals out of control in retirement at the hands of alcohol and a gambling addiction.

Ben is taken in by a fan who helps him recover, Starring Steve Le Marquand as the fallen hero, Max Cullen as the good Samaritan, and Claire van der Boom as the love interest, the film shows the Amanda Harvey with her daughter Taylor

Ms Harvey’s five year old daughter, Taylor, was diagnosed with hearing loss at two years of age.

“Taylor was diagnosed with heart disease and a cleft palate when she was a baby, so as she grew up, any speech and language issues were attributed to that,” Ms Harvey said.

Taylor was referred to ear, nose and throat surgeon, Professor Catherine Birman, after having 20 ear infections in one year.

“Dr Birman tested and retested Taylor’s hearing and that’s when we found out she had hearing loss,” Ms Harvey said.

During this time, Ms Harvey had her second daughter Bodhi who was diagnosed with hearing loss through newborn hearing screening and began receiving support from RIDBC Gosford when she was seven weeks old.

“Having Bodhi on service with RIDBC Gosford made a huge difference,” Ms Harvey said.

“We’d had such a great experience with them that we had faith in the fact that we had the right service provider and that with early intervention, we could start getting Taylor onto a good path with good progress.”

Taylor is now learning how to listen and speak with two hearing aids.

“We put them in her ears and the first thing that came out of her mouth was ‘I can hear mummy’, it was bittersweet.

“When we started with RIDBC, Taylor’s speech was almost 12 months delayed.

“When she started to access sounds through her hearing aids, life changed,” Ms Harvey said.

“With RIDBC, it’s like there is this beautiful big umbrella of support over your entire family, everything from speech therapy to occupational therapy to assessment to diagnostics.”

Ms Harvey said that Mother’s Day means spending the day together as a family.

“My family appreciate me every day but Mother’s Day is the day where they really show me how much they love me,” Ms Harvey said.

Media release, May 4, 2016 Melissa Henningham, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children

devastation that problem gambling can wreak and the positive steps people can take to heal that devastation.

“With the recent gambling related scandals and tragedies dominating the game’s headlines, the film’s timing was never more pertinent,” explains film director, Mr Heath Davis.

“Hopefully we can create a bit of a dialogue and get some understanding of an issue that’s affecting more

and more people.”

Central Coast Gambling Help aims to facilitate this discussion by presenting a free screening of ‘Broke’, as well as a panel discussion featuring the star of the film, Steve Le Marquand, on May 26, during Responsible Gambling Awareness Week.

Media release, May 10, 2016 Caroline McNally, Uniting Care Mental Health

No nuts at school

s Amanda Harvey of Narara chose Mothers’ Day to thank the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC).

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arara Public School has a number of students who have severe reactions to nuts.

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The reactions range from skin rashes to acute anaphylactic shock requiring an EpiPen or AnaPen. School principal Mr Dave Stitt said he urged parents not to send any nut products or food containing nuts to school.

“We also ask that if your child is allergic to or has intolerance towards certain foods, you speak to your child about not sharing any food with other students,” he said.

Students identified with having anaphylactic

reactions, food allergies or intolerances are provided with an individualised Health Care Plan.

Newsletter, May 2, 2016 Dave Stitt, Narara Public School

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Report provided on traffic and parking issues around schools report on the review of traffic and parking conditions in Webb, Melbourne and Adelaide Sts at East Gosford, as well as in the vicinity of Wamberal, Erina, Avoca Beach and Gosford Public Schools, was received by Gosford Council.

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Narara Public School students enjoyed shopping for Mothers' Day at the school's stall

arara Public School celebrated Mothers’ Day 2016 with a gift stall leading up to the day, and a special breakfast, on Friday, May 6.

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The Mothers’ Day stall was held in the Narara Public School library and was organised and operated by parents.

The Mothers’ Day breakfast was wellattended.

“It did seem to grow from last year,” said Narara

Public School principal, Mr Dave Stitt.

Newsletter, May 16, 2016 Dave Stitt, Narara Public School

New parking arrangements at Kariong ew parking restrictions have been applied to the streets around Kariong Public School since the beginning of the 2016 school year.

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The changes were intended to increase student safety and access to the school.

The addition of a no parking, kiss and drop, zone has been introduced in Truscott Ave.

This no parking zone is for the quick and efficient drop off or pick up of children between 8:00am and 9:30am and also between 2:30pm and 4:00pm.

No parking means a vehicle can only remain in

the zone for a maximum of two minutes and the driver cannot move any further than three metres from the vehicle during this time.

Newsletter, Apr 29, 2016 Vicki Redrup, Kariong Public School

Model UN Assembly at Erina

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otary Clubs across the Central Coast have coordinated a Model United Nation Assembly (MUNA) to be held at the Hive, Erina Fair, May 19.

Students from public, catholic and independent schools in the region will participate in the Assembly and will debate issues discussed by the United Nations (UN) to encourage global citizenship.

Teams of students from Years 9 to 12 will represent member countries of the UN in debates aimed to

develop their research and communication skills, as well as gain a deeper understanding on prevalent global issues.

The 2016 Assembly will debate climate change, free trade agreements, refugees and internally displaced people, and individual nation’s response to the threat of terrorism.

The University of Newcastle, Central Coast is sponsoring the event, and will support the winning Central Coast team to compete at the National MUNA event in Canberra later this year.

Media release, May 16, 2016 David Mylan, Central Coast MUNA

The review followed concerns from local residents about traffic and parking issues in the vicinity of local schools.

Along with other actions taken to date, the report noted that a number of education and enforcement programs were in operation including the School Zone Enforcement and Parking Restrictions Around Schools programs.

Information sheets were set to be provided to all schools within Gosford City that detail traffic and parking rules and restrictions as well as safety issues around schools.

Cr Vicki Scott said the residents in affected streets were not happy with the report because it did not address their concerns.

Those concerns related to p-plater students from the nearby high school parking across driveways and making it difficult for residents to get in and out of their driveways.

She said a better solution would be to restrict all day

parking and implement time restrictions, but even those measures would need to be policed strictly by council rangers, as the drivers are going to test the system pretty well.

“Many residents are elderly, get parked in by p-platers, can’t get parking for service people or visitors,” Cr Scott said.

“The school seems to have precedence over older people who live in the area,” she said.

“The school could buy property and build parking for its students as other schools have done.”

Cr Craig Doyle said he believed parking restrictions needed to be part of schools’ orientation packages for year 11 and 12 students.

“St Edwards has been there a lot longer than most of the houses.

“The school was there first, a long long time ago and when you move to an area close to a school, you have to expect traffic.”

Cr Doyle said he

suggested council could work with the school community to highlight the value of car pooling.

“I will guarantee you it is not just p-platers who are the problem in these areas, they are also commuters.”

Cr Gabby Bowles said council should also request a report from staff outlining the results of the survey to be brought back to council to give councillors the ability to consider results of a survey of residents to address whether there was a need to put other measures in place to deal with parking issues.

A survey of residents in Webb, Melbourne and Adelaide Sts at East Gosford will also be developed to gauge their views on the current availability of parking and whether they would support the implementation of parking restrictions.

Agenda item CON5, Apr 12 Gosford Council ordinary meeting

Multicultural Perspectives public speaking competition underway ariong Public School will hold its in-school final of the Multicultural Perspectives public speaking competition on Friday, June 3.

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Interested students have been presenting their speech in front of their class between May 16 and 20.

Two students from each class will then present

their speech at the stage assembly on June 3.

After this, two students from each stage will represent Kariong Public School at the district level

competition on Wednesday, June 8.

Newsletter, May 13, 2016 Kerri Mullane, Kariong Public School

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inister for Education and Training, Mr Simon Birmingham took part in a coding class with local students hosted by Federal Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, on May 17.

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The Minister joined students from Years 5 and 6 at Woodport Public School in Erina, to learn how the latest coding technology and teaching was transforming schools.

“It’s great to be able to come and see the coding program at Woodport in action.

It is an example of many different coding and science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) initiatives happening around Australia,” Mr Birmingham said.

“It’s critical that we see programs like the one at Woodport rolled out in schools to give students the capacity to learn about coding and technology in a way that teaches them not just how to use or play on phones, but actually to learn how it is developed.

“These types of engaging coding programs encourage students into further study that will set them up for the jobs of the future,” he said.

Ms Wicks said the students were engaging in activities in the classroom that were not only educational, but inspiring.

“The programmes focus on subjects that we know that around 75 per cent of the fastest growing jobs are in, which is science and technology, engineering, and mathematics.

“I commend the staff and students at Woodport, and the team at ScopeIT, for their fantastic work,” Ms Wicks said.

“It’s about changing the way we teach coding and STEM through our schools, and even our preschools, to encourage students to be inspired to study.

“We’re determined to ensure young people on the Central Coast are not just users of technology; they must also learn to innovate and solve problems—and STEM skills are vital to this.

“It is absolutely critical that we are a more technologically advanced, more numerate, more scientifically aware community, and the Federal Government is focused on providing the support to schools to do that,” Ms Wicks concluded.

The coding programme run by ScopeIT has also been rolled out at local schools including Chertsey Primary School, Empire Bay Public School and Point Clare Public School.

Media release, May 18, 2016 Tim Sowden, Office of Lucy Wicks MP

Composers and rhythm are part of creative arts syllabus hildren at Narara Public School have been studying a composer of the month for creative arts during term two.

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In February, they learned about Mr John Williams, composer from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jaws, Jurassic Park and ET. In March, they learned about Ludwig Van Beethoven.

“The children will

have lots of interesting information to share with their parents about these two influential musicians,” said Narara Public School creative arts teacher, Ms Julia Brennan.

“Every week, students from years one to six

participate in a rhythm game known as The Forbidden Pattern and each week the winners are those that beat me by the highest number of points,” she said.

Newsletter, May 16, 2016 Julia Brennan, Narara Public School

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Gabrielle McIntosh with students at Eagle Arts and Vocational College in Kincumber

n alternative education platform has been introduced to the Central Coast in an attempt to provide a pathway for secondary age students who would struggle within the mainstream schooling system.

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Eagle Arts and Vocational College now operates from the Kincumber Youth Centre Complex, adjacent to Kincumber High School, and is set to cater for students aged 14 to 18 (years 8 to 12) through providing individually-paced learning in a social environment.

Principal, Ms Gabrielle McIntosh, said the college was beneficial for young adults who have either been dismissed from mainstream high school, struggled with the mainstream system or suffered from depression or anxiety which has left them unable to attend mainstream high school.

“Eagle Arts and Vocational College is a relaxed environment with more art and sport-focused activities than mainstream high school,” Ms McIntosh said.

“We cater for students who, for any amount of reasons, cannot attend regular schooling,” she said.

“We still teach these students Mathematics, English and the other compulsory subjects as at

a mainstream school, but we do so in a more casual setting.

“We are yet to reach full student capacity for this year, however, places are filling up.

Eagle College also provides a bus service to and from the students’ homes to assist parents.

“It means that if they aren’t well or are having a bad day, then we can get them home quickly and efficiently.

“We don’t need to wait for parents to leave work.

“It’s an easier process that way.

“We want to make the entire education system easier on both the students and their parents.

“It’s a good environment for everyone,” said Ms McIntosh.

As the school’s name suggests, it offers a curriculum that favours the arts and vocational studies.

The school prefers to create a family atmosphere that fosters a mutual respect between students and teachers, and encourages

project-style activities where students are expected to produce projects that make real outcomes in the real world.

Students can also produce art to be sold commercially, or develop music to be published on CDs. Student interest in creating a business is certainly encouraged.

Rules at Eagle Arts and Vocational College are minimal, which allows students personal space to identify with and pursue their most promising interests in a context of projects, discussion groups, workshops and selfdirected learning.

Upon completion of their schooling at Eagle College, students are given a certification which permits them to access most TAFE courses and apprenticeships.

Interview, Apr 28, 2016 Gabrielle McIntosh Eagle Arts and Vocational College Bella Evans, journalist

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Autumn 4 Seasons event to take place at Kariong

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he Kariong Eco Garden will continue with their free seasonal art and film event, with the autumn instalment of the 4 Seasons for Art and Film, taking place between 5-8pm on May 21.

The evening will kick off with an exhibition of local artist Patricia Smith entitled ‘Hands Off Central Coast Reserves’.

Also local Aboriginal elder, Mr Gavi Duncan, will perform the welcome to country and camp fire lighting.

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Mr Simon Officer, chief executive officer for CCRDC said the Blue Thumb volunteers are the backbone of the Mt Penang Parklands and Gardens, serving in various capacities, from gardening to running programs such as the Gardens’ guided tours, events and Mt Penang parkrun.

“We are very grateful to the Blue Thumbs who generously give their time, talents and skills.

“The incredible support of so many dedicated volunteers helps make each guest’s visit to Mt Penang

Gardens beautiful and enriching,” he said.

“Our Blue Thumb volunteers play an important part in cultivating and reinforcing Mt Penang Parklands as a place for people to meet, celebrate, play and enjoy.”

“They make our community a better place to live,” Mr Officer said.

Each year a Blue Thumb volunteer is recognised for their significant contribution and exemplary volunteer service to Mt Penang Parklands.

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the Don Crease Award, in memory of a cherished Blue Thumb volunteer, Mr Don Crease.

“I love volunteering at the Parklands and being active outdoors,” she said.

“This beautiful place is full of character, thriving with heritage and native flowers where people can appreciate nature, garden, learn about the site’s history and share stories with interesting people,” she said.

Mr Officer said: “Dianne is an incredible example of what Mt Penang Parklands is all about.

“We appreciate her countless contributions and how she continually goes above and beyond, giving of her time, connecting to our community and caring so passionately about this place,” Mr Officer said.

Media release, May 4, 2016 Stephanie Prouse, Central Coast Regional Development Corporation

will be screened.

Wildlife ARC’s Ms Jessi Grace will be on hand for a Q & A, and the last event for the evening will be Save Central Coast Reserves campaign update.

Email, May 16, 2016 John Wiggin, Kariong Eco Garden

HMAS Adelaide monument at Terrigal confirmed

Ms Dianne Greening is the 2015-16 recipient of the Don Crease Award for her significant contribution to Mt Penang Parklands

he Central Coast Regional Development Corporation (CCRDC) has acknowledged the support received from its volunteers as part of National Volunteer Week.

Later, local musician Geoff Preece will perform and a barbeque and soup dinners will be served whilst story time with Lindy the Lady of the Forest is performed.

Family Fun Nature Club kicks off later and the film of the evening, No Tree No Me,

he NSW Government has confirmed that a new monument, featuring the mast of the ex-HMAS Adelaide, will honour the ship’s service in conflict and peacekeeping operations for the Australian Navy, will be installed at Terrigal Haven.

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The mast will be mounted on a plinth of local sandstone from Gosford Quarry.

HMAS Adelaide was commissioned by the Australian Navy in 1980 and retired in 2008.

The ship was scuttled in front of a crowd of 18,000 people off Avoca Beach.

NSW minister for veterans’ affairs, Mr David Elliot said: “Thanks to the tireless efforts of the local diving community, the exHMAS Adelaide is now an artificial reef, making the area off Avoca Beach one of the most popular diving spots on the Central Coast.

“Now, the community has again come together to lobby for this unique tribute to the men and women who served on the HMAS Adelaide.

“I am pleased be able to offer a $3,000 grant to the community to help complete this project,” he said.

Mr Elliot acknowledged the Gosford Council and member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, who worked closely with the local RSL, Terrigal Marine Rescue and Terrigal Surf Club to design and plan the mast monument.

“It will be a wonderful tribute to the Australian Navy and to the crew of a ship that saw service in the 1990 and 1991 Gulf War, in

peacekeeping operations in East Timor in 1999 and 2006 and in the Arabian Gulf in 2001 and 2004.”

The mast will be restored with the assistance of the Navy Engineering Division of Fleet Support before being installed at the site.

Media release, May 5, 2016 Debra Wales, office of Adam Crouch

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New Gosford promotional video he Gosford Business Improvement District (GBID) has produced a four minute promotional video with the message ‘Gosford is alive and thriving’.

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The video was put together in collaboration between GBID, the Lederer Group and NBN Television and highlights the lifestyle, arts and retail possibilities available in Gosford City.

Footage includes shots of outrigger canoes, twilight sailing on Brisbane Water, Tai chi in Kibble Park, a variety of galleries and the world class stadium.

GBID’s Project Manager, Ms Edwina Nikora, said: “This video shows the world

what a great place Gosford is.

“It shows our cafes, restaurants and bars, our entertainment venues and all the other things Gosford has to offer.

“We are so excited about this video and can’t wait for the whole world to see it.”

Media release, May 6, 2016 Kim Leecroft, Gosford Business Improvement District

Hazard reduction burn planned at Erina hazard reduction burning will take place at Blue Hills West Kincumba Mountain Reserve, Erina, from May 20.

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The NSW Rural Fire Service Gosford District said the operation will depend on suitable weather conditions and said the notice will remain valid even if conditions were unfavourable.

The burn will simply be rescheduled if conditions

are poor.

Public access to walking trails and roads in Kincumba Reserve adjacent to the burn will be closed during the operation.

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Margaret Hardy retires after 40 years’ service to the arts entral Coast Art Society president, Ms Margaret Hardy of Saratoga, has retired after 40 years of service to artists and the visual arts on the Central Coast.

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Ms Hardy joined the Society in 1979 and her passion and dedication to the arts over her first eight years as a member, saw her eventually claim the presidency in 1987.

According to Ms Hardy, the Society has always sought to create opportunities for art to flourish on the Coast and during her time as president, Ms Hardy strived to create an inclusive and active art community.

“The Society has grown to over 200 members, ranging from beginners to professional artists,” Ms Hardy said.

“As the Society has grown, so too has our knowledge and calibre of art.

“The Society now features and produces a huge variety of art ranging from the traditional to the abstract.

“I have made so many friends during my time with the Society, broadened my world view and witnessed firsthand how art can heal and nurture a person,” Ms Hardy said.

Throughout her 40 year run as president, Ms Hardy organised numerous events and opportunities for artists to showcase their work on the Coast and campaigned to create opportunities for Gosford and the wider Central Coast, to carve out a sense of culture.

Ms Hardy started the Library of Art Books with MAC and the Society at the Arts Centre, initiated the Margaret Smith Memorial Prize at the Gosford Show, organised the Artist of the Month feature at Gosford Arts Centre when it first opened, helped judge the Grandma Moses Exhibition for the Senior Citizens’ Centre, started the campaign for Gosford That

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Art Gallery that birthed the Multi Arts Confederation (MAC) and initiated the Arts Festival held in Kibble Park for nearly nine years as a promotion of art and culture on the Coast.

Ms Hardy also worked tirelessly to create opportunities for artists on the Coast to connect with each other but also

campaigned to have the Society, and the Coast as a region, connect with its metropolitan counterparts.

“Building relationships with different art groups can be as easy as exchanging newsletters and organising a day trip to view another Societies’ gallery space,” Ms Hardy said.

Under Ms Hardy’s

presidency, the Society became a member of the Combined Art Societies of Sydney, which allowed Coast artists to display their work at the Combined Art Societies annual exhibition at the Maritime Museum in Sydney, held each January.

Ms Hardy also acted as the social and political face of the Society, representing it on council committees, the Gallery Advisory Group and other endeavours.

Ms Hardy also encouraged anyone interested in art to go along to one of the Societies’ meetings or activities.

“The Society organises exhibitions, workshops, lectures, plein air paint outs and more,” she said.

“It’s a great opportunity to socialise with likeminded people, enjoy a cup of tea and talk about art and life,” Ms Hardy added.

Ms Hardy plans to spend the rest of her retirement with her son and three grandsons.

Interview, May 4, 2016 Margaret Hardy, Saratoga Journalist, Dilon Luke

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Northern Settlement Services - Volunteers Volunteers needed for friendly visits to the elderly in nursing homes.

People with a second language encouraged to apply.

Training support provided 4334 3877 cvscc@nsservices.com.au

Probus Club of Avoca 10.15am 3rd Mon Avoca Beach Bowling Club www.probussouthpacific.org/

4340 1724 wwww.knc.net.au

Volunteering Central Coast Refer potential volunteers to community organisations.

Provide support to volunteers and community organisations.

Provide training to volunteers and managers of volunteers Information sessions “Bridge to Volunteering” held regularly.

4329 7122 recruit@volcc.org.au

Koolewong, Point Clare & Tascott Progress Association Provide resources for communication. Special guests, community involvement, heritage, diversity, education, safety and small business opportunities.

Point Clare Community Hall 2nd Thurs Bi Monthly.

0412 462 218

COMMUNITY CENTRES Coimmunity Centres provide the local community with a meeting place and hub for groups, services and information.

Gosford 50+ Leisure and Learning Centre Handicraft, Painting, Knitting, Tai Chi, Scrabble, Darts, Table Tennis, Indoor Bowls, Patchwork, Yoga, Fitness, Gentle Swimming, Line Dancing, Cards, Variety Social, Womens Group, Zumba, Crochet, Computers 4304 7065 Gosford-Narara Neighbourhood Centre School Holiday activities, playgroup, multicultural programs, community activities - Rooms for Hire admin@gnnc.com.au

4329 4477 Green Point Community Centre OOSH cave, exersize classes, school holiday programs, playgroup, arts & craft, room hire, and much more.

4367 7591 Kariong Neighbourhood Centre Early childhood clinic, free family law advice, active playgroup, computer classes, OOSH services, fitness classes, arts & crafts, over 50’s friendship group, youth group, social groups and many more services.

www.kincumber.nsw.au

admin@mingaletta.com.au

Terrigal Fifty Plus Leisure and Learning Centre Fitness, Yoga, Handicrafts, Mah jong, Bridge, Line dancing,Tai chi, Painting, Bush walking, Indoor bowls, Zumba, Computer and Ipad courses, Bingo, Concerts on 1st and 3rd Thurs.

Duffy Rd Terrigal Joan 4384 5152 terrigal50plus@outlook.com

Wyoming Community Centre Yoga & Zumba classes, Art and Craft classes, Playgroup & Vacation Care, Support groups, Book Club, Community Garden, Rooms for Hire, Work Development Orders, Centrelink Volunteer hours 4323 7483 reception@wyomingcc.org.au

HEALTH GROUPS Alcoholics Anonymous meet every Wed 12.30pm Someone cares Anglican Church 3 Mann St Gosford 4323 3890 Better Hearing Australia Central Coast Hearing loss management Support and educational group 7 groups across the coast Providing practical experience and confidence Learn the benefits to hearing aids 4321 0275 www.centralcoast. betterhearingaustralia.org.au

Central Coast Parkinson’s Support Group We aim to help individuals and their families better manage living with Parkinson’s Disease Guest speakers are a regular feature of our meetings.

2nd Tue - 1.30pm 1800 644 189 Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Gosford) Meet last Friday Month Terrigal Uniting Church 380 Terrigal Dre, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon 4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Wyong) Meet last Monday Month Toukley RSL Club Homes Ave Toukley 10.00am to 12 noon 4356 9300 www.pcfa.org.au

Dying with Dignity NSW, Central Coast Working to give those

suffering unrelievedly from terminal or incurable illness the legal right to request & receive medical help to die Quarterly Meetings 4369 8053

Kieran - 0407 267 675 khutton58@gmail.com jbthomson51@gmail.com

Duffy Rd Terrigal 4369 0302 - 4384 1490 terigalinnerwheel@gmail.com

Sydney Welsh Choir Lions Club of Woy Woy Cultural organisation performing 1st and 3rd Mon. Woy Woy at various venues to promote Leagues Club the Welsh culture with singing, Make new friends and have fun Gambling Solutions Also performing for charity fund while serving your community.

Counsellors provide free, raising.

0478 959 895 confidential, professional 4369 3378 service to gamblers, family and friends. Woy Woy, Kincumber, Rotary Club of Tempo Terrific Community Gosford, The Entrance.

Gosford North Showband 4344 7992 Active community minded club.

Active showband available Many projects focussed on to play at your community GROW Support Groups assisting youth. Support our function.

Wide ranging Small friendly groups formed to great projects, get involved with learn how to overcome anxiety, repertuore. Always seeking new our fun club. Graham Black members, come and have depression and loneliness and 0410 509 071, fun with music. Follow us on grahamblack@iprimus.com.au to improve mental health and Facebook - Every Mon 5 - 7pm well-being. Anonymous, free Kincumber Uniting Church Rotary Club of and open to all. Weekly at Woy 4365 4414 Kariong/Somersby Woy, Bateau Bay and Wyong www.tempoterrific.com International service club 1800 558 268 tempoterrific@live.com www.grow.net.au improves lives of communities in Australia and overseas. FunTuggerah Lakes Showband Meals on Wheels filled activities, fellowship and Play brass instruments, meet Delicious meals delivered free friendship breakfasts. Phillip every Tues & Thurs to rehearse .

Join us for a midday meal House, 21 Old Mount Penang crowd-pleasing music and play Help with shopping and Rd (opp Shell) - Fri 7:15am at community events cooking classes 4340 4529 Park Rd Band Hall kersuebay@philliphouse.com.au 4363 7111 Tues 7.30pm Thur 6.30pm SPECIAL INTEREST 0407 406 669 Medusa Moves Is a gentle movement class POLITICAL PARTY Brisbane Water catering for people with Caravan Club Parkinson’s Disease for Central Coast Greens located on the Central Coast Parkinsons’s sufferers & over Branch of Greens NSW, and looking for new members 50s, stretching, guided dance active regarding ecological www.bwcaravanclub.wix.com/bwcc moves sustainability, social and 4344 4363 1st & 3rd Tues. The Rhythm Hut economic justice, peace and Faunce St Gosford non-violence, grassroots Biz Plus Networking 0439 856 554 democracy and getting Association 0417 223 543 elected 3rd Thur Attention business owners - if centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au you keen to grow your business ParaQuad centralcoastgreens@gmail.com and in the process build Specialist healthcare products worthwhile relationships, attend delivered to your door, for all Australian Labor Party a Biz Networking breakfast. your continence, wound care Ourimbah/ Narara Branch Every Thur 7:15am - 9am and respiratory and nutrition Discussion/action community Erina Leagues Club requirements issues - 3 levels of Government Geoff Neilson Professional Support available Niagara Park Primary School network@bizplus.com.au 1300 886 601 7.30pm 1st Mon each month www.brightsky.com.au 0410 309 494 CCLC Bridge Club kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com HISTORY GROUPS Duplicate Bridge-partner not required for most sessions.

Politics in the Pub Central Coast Leagues Club Central Coast Family Central Coast 12.30pm Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri. History Society Inc. Discussion of important political, Sat 1.30pm Wed 7.15pm Mon Resources, information & social, economic, education, 4325 9854 advice to study your family’s and philosophy issues in a non www.cclcbridgeclub.asn.au history. 1st Sat 1pm Lions partisan manner - The Grange cclcbridgeclub@westnet.com.au Community Hall, 8 Russell Hotel 4th Thur besides Dec Drysdale St, E. Gosford.

Central Coast Cake PUBLIC SPEAKING www.centralcoastfhs.org.au Decorators Guild 4324 5164 Sugarcraft demonstrations Develop confidence by conversation and lunch Brisbane Water improving your speaking skills.

Visitors welcome Historical Society Meetings are entertaining and 4th Sat - 10am 50+ leisure and • Coach tours • School educational.

Learning Centre Gosford educational tours • Annual 4382 6236 Street Stalls • Participation Brisbane Waters Breakfast lsroe@bigpond.com.au in History Heritage Week Toastmasters Club Celebration Margaret Pearce 8:30am-10:30am Central Coast Lapidary 4325 2270 2nd and Last Sat - The Hive Club Minerals & Gems and Library, Erina Shopping Learn silverwork, Cabochons, Fellowship of First Centre Faceting, Enamelling, Stone Fleeters Central Coast 0459 240 183 Field-trips & fossicking For anyone interested in early Weekly Workshops history or early family histories.

Blue Gum Flat Tues and Thurs 8.30am Don’t need to be a First Fleeter.

Toastmasters 2.30pm. Thurs 6-10pm Wyong RSL Club Mthly meetings 1st and 3rd 10 Ourimbah Creek Rd 2nd Sat 10:30am Mon 7.15-9.30pm Ourimbah 4323 1849 Ourimbah RSL 4362 2246 4362 7227 MUSIC CCLC Indoor Bowls SERVICE GROUPS Ladies - Mon 10am Brisbane Water Brass Mixed Social - Mon & Wed 7pm Brass Band entertainment Inner Wheel Club of 2nd & 4th Sundays 1.30pm for the community playing Gosford North Inc 4363 2360 or 0403 994 313 all types of popular music Community minded women Rehearsal every Tues. who enjoy fundraising for Central Coast 7.30pm-10pm local, national and international Soaring Club Inc 0419 274 012 projects Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Regular social outings.

Instruction FREE to members JAZZLEAGUE 2nd Wed 7pm 14 and up for Training Live Jazz Bands - Come to 21 Old Penang Rd Kariong Flying at Bloodtree Rd listen, Come to dance 4362 3139 Mangrove Mountain Thur, Sat, Free - Every Sun iiw.au.gosfordnorth@gmail.com Sun ( weather permitting) Central Coast Leagues Club 0412 164 082 Gosford 2-5pm Inner Wheel Club 0414 635 047 www.jazzleague.net of Terrigal www.ccsoaring.com.au Share friendship, social activities Soundwaves as well as fundraising for local, Central Coast Pension & Men’s acapella 4 part harmony national and international Welfare Officer Network chorus - all ages 7pm Mon projects. 3rd Mon, 12noon Group of Volunteers, trained by Central Coast Leagues Club Terrigal 50+ leisure centre, DVA, to look after servicemen

& women. Ourimbah RSL Club 10:30am 2nd Fri - Feb to Nov 4322 1505 National Parks Association Central Coast Twice weekly bush walks, varying distances and grades of difficulty. Explore, enjoy scenery, fauna, floral, history. Keep fit and make friends.

4389 4423 or 4332 7378 Spirituality in the Pub A forum with Q&A and two speakers prompt conversations within to encourage dialogue about spirituality.

1st Tues March to October 2nd Tues November 7.30 to 9pm Grange Hotel Wyoming 4328 2596 - 0498 588 261

WOMEN’S GROUPS BPW Central Coast Empowering women of all ages in the areas of work, education, well-being and friendship.

Monthly dinner meetings and speaker.

Community transport available to and from centre Chris Levis 0438 989 199 bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com www.bpw.com.au/central-coast

Brisbane Water Evening View Club Social activities, outings and functions monthly.

Tours, Dinners, Lunches, Theatre/Cinema, fashion parades Dinner meeting with guest speaker 4th Tues 4325 1688 or 0466 513 600 Country Women’s Association (CWA) Quilting, patchwork, spinning, knitting, crochet and more 9am-2pm Every Fri, Opposite Terrigal Bowling Club 4385 9503 or 4384 3696 Gosford RSL Sub-branch Women’s Auxiliary Raise money for the welfare of veterans and their families. RSL Club West Gosford 4th Mon 2pm 4323 7336 Central Coast Women’s Health Centre Counseling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues. All services provided by women for women 4324 2533 www.cccwhc.com.au

Soroptimist International Brisbane Water Soroptimists speak for women and girls of all nations through awareness advocacy and action by supporting national and international programs 2nd Thur 6:45pm - Breakers Country Club, Dover Rd Wamberal 4367 6331 sibrisbanewater@siswp.org

WOWGIRLS Wave of Wisdom Inc WOWGIRLS Wave of Wisdom connects women and local businesses around a common theme of well-being. to share wisdom and explore life’s potential.

Regular Powwows, WOW Wisdom gatherings, WOW days and WOW courses check our website for activities. www.wowgirls.com.au info@wowgirls.com.au

If you would like your Community Organisation listed here, call us on 4325 7369 or see www.centralcoastnewspapers.com Entries in the Not For Profit Community Organisations Directory are free.

However, we require each organisation to subscribe to each newspaper to ensure that someone from that organisation keeps their entry up to date.

Australia Post is about to increase their postage rates by over 42% and we can no longer continue to absorb these increases.

Subscription rates have therefore needed to be increased from $50 to $75 for 25 editions.

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OUT & ABOUT

Bonnie Hawkins dies at age 94

Free public Wi-Fi in Gosford expanded rom the train station down to the waterfront, visitors to Gosford’s city centre can now enjoy even more free public Wi-Fi, thanks to Central Coast Council.

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Council has set up a series of Wi-Fi access points across the city centre that cover a number of key areas including Gosford train station, Kibble Park, William Street Mall, outside Central Coast Stadium, and along Mann Street.

“Expanding the rollout of free public Wi-Fi definitely adds another dimension to the city centre experience for residents and visitors,” Director of Community Growth, Ms Judy Jaeger said.

“There’s no doubt that easy internet access has become a vital part of

modern life, and it’s great to see that anyone can now browse the web on their mobile phone, tablet or laptop computer when they’re out and about in Gosford.

“We’ve been very keen to see Gosford turned into a Wi-Fi hotspot as part of a vibrant and bustling city centre,” she continued.

Users can access 30 minutes of free Wi-Fi daily in the city centre by logging onto the network ‘Gosfordfreewifi’ with a single-click on any device, and all without having to register or contact Council.

There is no download limit either.

“Our next step is to look at potentially providing free public Wi-Fi inside Central Coast Stadium to especially deliver an even better match day experience for sports fans,” Ms Jaeger added.

Council will continue to look at opportunities to expand the roll out of free public Wi-Fi across the entire Central Coast.

Media release, May 17, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

The Gosford Diary For events in post code areas 2250, 2260 and 2251

If you’ve got something happening in Gosford LGA area over the next few weeks, let us know about it and we’ll list it here for you, for free. Contact details are on page 2.

See the Peninsula News for events in post code areas 2256 & 2257 and the Wyong Regional Chronicle for events in post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262 & 2263

Thursday, May 19

Monday, May 23

African Dance Class, The Rhythm Hut, Faunce St, Gosford Youth in Performing Arts, 25th anniversary, Laycock Street Theatre, from 7:00pm until May 21

The Biggest Morning Tea, Gosford Uniting Church Hall, 10:00am

Saturday, May 21

Wednesday, May 25

Narara Ecovillage, Designing your Sustainable Home workshop, 9:00am to 1:30pm Kariong Eco Garden, 4 Seasons for Art and Film, 5:00pm to 8:00pm Empire Bay Tavern, Rewbies 8:30pm Wyoming Community Centre, Repurpose Workshop, Hand-Making Twine, 10:00am to 12:00pm

Gosford Bush Poets, Gosford Hotel, Cnr Mann and Erina St, upstairs from 7:00pm

Sunday, May 22 Dixie Stompers with Milton Saunders plus Jazz Futures Gosford High Stage Band from 12:00pm to 1:30pm, Central Coast Leagues Club, 2:00pm to 5:00pm Chaika and Dave Calandra and the Min Min Lights, The Rhythm Hut, Faunce St, Gosford Mental Health Counsellor Daria Florea talks about HSC success, Cnr Railway Cres. & Awaba St, Lisarow, from 1:00pm Narara Ecovillage open invitation for Heartfulness Meditation from 7:25am

Tuesday, May 24 ReviveR, an evening with Archie Rose, 7:00pm

Thursday, May 26 Green Point Community Centre Biggest Morning Tea for Cancer Council, 10:00am to 12:00pm including Jubila Singers and silent auction Melbourne Ballet Company presents Arche, Laycock Street Theatre, 7:30pm Politics in the Pub, Grange Hotel, Wyong, from 7:00pm Kincumber High School P&C fundraiser, Back To School, Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre

Friday, May 27 WOW and the Didi Foundation Fundraiser for Nepal, Wyong Community Centre, 6:30pm to 9:00pm Brothers 3 Album Tour, Laycock Street Theatre from 8:00pm

Revenge’, Central Coast Leagues Club 9:00pm Elton Jack: Elton John’s Greatest Hits at Laycock Street Theatre from 8:00pm Nelipot single launch at The Rhythm Hut Ellie Drennan and Ethan Conway, Panorama Lounge, The Entertainment Grounds, Gosford Racecourse, 6:00pm

Sunday, May 29 Narara Ecovillage open day, from 10:30am Narara Ecovillage Hemp, Wonder Plant and Building an Earthship Home talks from 2:30pm Lee Toot Ensemble, Central Coast Leagues Club, 2:00pm to 5:00pm The 5 Lands Band and Snail, The Rhythm Hut, Faunce St, Gosford Central Coast Organic Fruit and Vegetable Market, Mangrove Mountain Hall Lashes, Legs & Lyrics at Laycock Street Theatre from 2:00pm Bush Walk and Talk, Fungi Foray at Katandra Reserve, 9:30am to 11:00am

Live Music in the Scenic Lounge with ‘Baxters

ong-time Coast resident and tireless community volunteer, Ms Bonnie Hawkins, is no longer with us, but her memory will live on in the form of two community based Bonnie Hawkins memorials, and at her beloved Copacabana Beach, where the whale watch platform has been named Bonnie Lookout, by Council, in honour of Ms Hawkins.

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Her death at age 94 was unexpected as she was still very active and had only recently given up her paid work and driving licence.

Ms Hawkins was still regularly swimming in Mavis Rock Pool at Copacabana Beach and walking to and from MacMasters Beach, but her energy as ever was focused on what she could do for the community and all who lived in it.

The wall in her study attests to the recognition given her and included an Australia Day Award, and Life Governor of Australia’s oldest charity

The Benevolent Society.

Ms Hawkins had no living relatives, but her many friends celebrated her life and achievements at three public events, her funeral on April 1, a Community Celebration at Copacabana on April 6, and an Awards Fundraiser at the Avoca Theatre on May 7.

Council has also planted a tree in her memory near her seat at Cochrone Lagoon.

The annual Bonnie Hawkins Awards are funded by donation through the Copacabana Community Association, of which Ms

Hawkins was a founding and lifetime member.

Many unknowingly benefited from her countless community activities, described as ‘irreplaceable’, her quiet presence and giant heart are however missed by all who knew her.

An archive is being assembled for Gosford City Library.

Any stories or items regarding Bonnie can be sent to Copacabana Community Association.

Email, May 16, 2016 Elaine Norling, Copacabana Community Association

Playgroup at Narara playgroup is held at Narara Public School on Wednesday mornings.

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“We have a small group of parents, with toddlers, who welcome new members, including new mums with babies, dads or grandparents,” said Narara Public School principal, Mr Dave Stitt.

“Playgroup is a place

for you and your children, aged nought to six, to have fun, make new friends and develop skills through play,” Mr Stitt said.

“It is also a great introduction to school for your pre-school aged children,” he said.

“Held in conjunction with Playgroup NSW, this playgroup is open to the wider community.”

It is only run during school terms.

Newsletter, May 16, 2016 Dave Stitt, Narara Public School

Different stalls alternate weeks New stalls welcome Live music & pony rides 2nd Sunday only Call Ryan on 0405 416 289 or Margaret on 4374 1255

Wednesday, Jun 1 Getting Serious About Stroke at Gosford RSL Club, 10:00am to 11:30am

Friday, Jun 3 Saturday, May 28

Bonnie Hawkins in her study

Wild Marmalde and Declan Kelly, The Rhythm Hut, Faunce St, Gosford

EVERY MONTH ALL WEATHERS 2ND & LAST SUNDAY EACH MONTH

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Private advertisements only cost $33.

Each additional cm costs $6.60 as does colour, and a photograph or a logo.

Private advertisements need to be paid for at the time of booking.

Business rates A one off advertisement only costs $40 + GST in mono and an extra $8 + GST for colour, a logo or a photograph.

Advertising on an ongoing basis attracts discounts if paid for in full in advance.

3 months $215 + GST, 6 months $385 + GST, 12 months $700 + GST – Approximately $14 per week.

Having the same advertisement in one of the other Central Coast Newspapers as well attracts an additional 10% discount for those advertisements.

If in the third paper as well, it will attract a 15% discount which drops to $11.50 + GST per week in that paper.

Artwork is free and advertisers are encouraged to change their advertisements frequently.

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Having a Gosford classifieds premium on line advertisement plus a printed advertisement in one newspaper will only cost $495 + GST for 3 months, $695 + GST for 6 months and $999 + GST for 12 months.

Having it in two newspapers as well as online costs $595 + GST for 3 months, $995 + GST for 6 months and $1499 + GST for 12 months.

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The Troubadour Folk and Acoustic Music Club

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Central Coast Bush Dance & Music Association Experience Folk Music at its best at East Gosford Progress Hall @ 7.30pm Henry Parry Drive

May 28 at 7pm Presents Songs about Water Theme Concert CWA Hall Woy Woy Tickets $7 www.troubadour.org.au

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Minnie the Moocher to Eagle Rock and on into indie roots, beatnik jazz, backhills bluegrass and prog folk.

Available as duo, trio or band negotiable for your party, event or venue.

BOOKKEPING

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A premium VIP online business advertisement on GosfordClassifieds.com.au only costs $299 + GST for 3 months, $399 + GST for 6 months and, $499 + GST for 12 months.

It costs a similar amount to go on any one of the other nine Sydney based websites as well, or only $1699 + GST for all sites for 12 months.

The other sites cover Bondi, Manly, Newtown, Cronulla, South Sydney, St George, West Sydney, North Sydney, Wollongong and suburbs surrounding those areas.

All that we require for you to have an online advertisement such as this is: 1) Heading for the advertisement; 2) Text for the body; and, 3) Up to 3 images if required i.e. logos etc.

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Online classified advertising rates GosfordClassifieds.com.au is one of a network of 10 websites which form one of the largest independent online classifieds network in NSW with over 350,000 annual visitors, over 80,000 online advertisements and over 15,000 business advertisements.

ENTERTAINMENT

Self Defence Real solu ons to real threats Krav Maga Proven to work www.closecombat.com.au

Quality Laminate Benchtops supplied and seconds for sale

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0456 884 545 PAINTER

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Home Maintenance Maintenance Scheduling Colour Scheming 38yrs on the Coast

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OUT & ABOUT

Snail to feature at May 5 Lands Experience

nternational bestselling crime fiction author, Mr Michael Robotham, will be speaking at Erina Library on Tuesday, May 24.

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Mr Robotham has worked for newspapers and magazines in Australia, Britain and America.

In 1993, he quit journalism to become a ghost writer, collaborating with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, adventurers and show business personalities.

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TUITION - DANCE

His first novel, ‘The Suspect’, was chosen by the world’s largest consortium

TUITION - MATHS

Mathematics coaching in your home Years 4 to 12 Experienced qualified teacher $50/hr

0414 592 588 Gosford Scottish Country Dancers hold a intermediate class on Wednesdays from 7 to 10 pm at Wyoming - It’s an excellent form of exercise which brings men, women and young people together socially, learning new and old dances in a very friendly relaxed atmosphere No experience or partner necessary All ages welcome Cost $7.00 per week Contact Janice on

4388 2253

TILING

Email, May 16, 2016 Central Coast Council media

WANTED

Cash paid for good quality swords & knives. War & movie memorabilia also shop display units For large collections home visit available

Tiling Wall & Floor Property Maintenance 0439 589 426 homes2nv@gmail.com

The Shame File

Central Coast Newspapers has a very liberal credit policy for advertisers and realises that from time to time, people, businesses and organisations get into financial difficulty and may need assistance and time to get things back on track.

However, some people, businesses and organisations take advantage of this generosity they use advertising but simply don’t pay their account after several months and need to be taken to court to do so.

From time to time, as necessary, we will name these people, businesses or organisations as a warning to our readers so that they will be wary when dealing with them.

• Renotek, Tascott

of book clubs as only the fifth international book of the month, making it the top recommendation to 28 million book club members in 15 countries.

Since then, his novels have been translated into 23 languages and he has twice won the Ned Kelly Award for Australia’s crime novel of the year.

His latest novel, ‘Close Your Eyes’, is the chilling story of a mother and teenage daughter found murdered in a remote farmhouse.

• Jessica Davis - A1 Cleaning Services, • Michelle Umback - 2 Erina Funky, Terrigal • Tony Fitzpatrick • Shelley Walker trading as Futurtek Previously trading as Roofing Headmasters Hair Design, Park Plaza • Inspire P/L trading Gosford as CUP Computers formerly of Gosford

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The ladies of Snail

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he May 5 Lands Experience at The Rhythm Hut, Gosford, will be headlined by folk trio Snail on May 29.

Held on the last Sunday of each month, every 5 Lands Experience begins with a community drum circle and features live performances from the 5 Lands Band and entry is free.

The ever changing line-up of the 5 Lands Band brings together top musicians from the Coast, Sydney and Newcastle to perform improvised jams based on funk, jazz, folk and groove.

May’s feature artist is Snail, a folk trio girl group hailing from the Blue Mountains.

The trio is made up of Vanessa Caspersz, Maizy Coombes and Gaia Scarf, who incorporate harmonies, embarrassing stories and interpretive dance into their performances.

The ladies of Snail use string instruments to weave RnB, hip hop, soul and jazz styles together in their own quirky sound.

As usual, dinner drinks, snacks and dessert will

be available for purchase at The Rhythm Hut, an all ages, fully licensed venue.

No BYO.

Media release, May 13, 2016 Lou Sawilejskij, The Rhythm Hut

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Coast loose to Caldwell Cup defending champions

Old4New roving lifejacket van in Gosford area he Old4New roving lifejacket van will be stopping at 18 locations between Spencer and Budgewoi before Sunday, May 28.

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The Central Coast Rugby Union Senior representative team

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he Central Coast Seniors clashed with Illawarra during their first game of the Caldwell Cup on May 7, at the NSW Country Championships in Armidale.

Good defence by the Central Coast kept out the Illawarra side in the early stages.

However, continual attack by Illawarra saw them post the first points.

A penalty goal and a converted try saw Illawarra jump to a 10 points to nil lead at the 20 minute mark.

Illawarra was setting the pace, but the Coast side was hanging in there.

Things changed during minute 27 when Central Coast crossed for their first try.

Ourimbah halfback Matt King capped off a great movement to cross under

the posts.

The conversion of the try

by Avoca Beach fullback Nathan Brown had reduced the lead to 10 points to 7.

The remainder of the half saw Central Coast play their best rugby of the weekend.

They scored a great try soon after the first.

A break by team Gosford Captain Josh McGlynn saw several passes result in replacement Ourimbah flanker Jarrod Grange cross adjacent to the posts.

It was a wonderful 50 metre try.

The conversion of this try had taken the Coast side to a 14 points to 10 lead.

This was to be the score at the halftime break and things were looking good for the Coast.

Illawarra were the current Caldwell Cup Champions and were a very big team.

However, the second half did not start well for the Coast.

Illawarra quickly hit back and had crossed for a converted try within three minutes of the start of the half.

Central Coast fired back, with a penalty goal at the midway point of the second stanza and the scores were level at 17 points apiece.

However, Illawarra

proved too strong in the last quarter of the match and were able to cross for two converted tries Central Coast gave it their all and were right in the picture for much of the game.

It was disappointing to fade away towards the end but it was not for the lack of any effort.

Best players for the Coast team were Terrigal flanker Sam Kenny, halfback Matt King, Terrigal hooker Ethan McInnes and Avoca Beach centre Matt Anderson.

Captain Josh McGlynn was also directing play very well.

Sports report, May 7, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

This is the last chance for local boat owners to take advantage of the Old4New lifejacket upgrade program, before it ends for the season.

Old, bulky lifejackets in any condition can be traded-in for a discount on a brand new one, at the roving Old4New lifejacket van.

“Lifejackets are a vital piece of safety equipment for the estimated two million people who go boating in NSW each year and not wearing one can have catastrophic consequences,” said Transport for NSW Maritime spokesman Neil Patchett “Ninety per cent of people who have drowned while boating in NSW were not wearing a lifejacket,” he said.

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Locations in the Gosford LGA that will be visited by the van between May 15 and 22 are: Koolewong South, Davistown, Gosford, Kincumber Hotel and Terrigal.

Media release, May 2, 2016 Kris Taute, Transport for NSW

Senior’s match abandoned

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he Central Coast Senior team put in a stellar performance during their second game at the NSW Rugby Union Country Championships in Armidale on May 7.

The Seniors started this match brilliantly again with a try within the opening minutes.

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Kariong Winger Mitch Clay made a long break before passing infield to Brown who raced in for a great try.

This 70 metre try certainly got things off on the right foot.

This 5 nil score line was quickly increased with a further two penalty goals to Nathan Brown.

Central Coast led by 11 points to nil within the opening 10 minutes and things were looking great.

The team was playing aggressive rugby and the benefits were flowing.

Both teams played some very good rugby in the opening quarter of the match and both teams had their chances of posting points.

But despite the Coast’s early lead, Central North were not to be denied.

They gradually got back into the match with two tries.

With the first of these two tries converted, Central

North had quickly gained the lead with 12 points to 11.

It was a good game to watch as both teams were intent on spreading the ball wide.

A further two penalty goals and a late try saw Central North go further ahead in this half, and very quickly had jumped to a 25 to 11 lead.

They were a big team and the Central Coast team were sure they would get back into the match in the second half.

Unfortunately, the second half only lasted a few minutes after a very serious leg injury to one of the Central North players resulted in the match being abandoned.

The Central Coast had high hopes of coming home in this match but the injury did put a dampener on the match and the players.

It was a most unfortunate way to conclude the Seniors campaign.

Sports report, May 12, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

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Wins for Terrigal, Kariong and Avoca Beach in union round six

Five Terrigal Avoca players in representative squad

he Central Coast rugby competition continued on Saturday, May 14 with round six after the previous weekend’s NSW Country Championships in Armidale.

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All matches were closely fought although a couple of games saw the winning side get away on the scoreboard in the final quarter of the match.

The Match of the Day saw Terrigal defeat Gosford by 31 points to 7 at Gosford Showground.

This game was a quite even battle throughout, but it was Terrigal who were able to score four tries to one and were able to secure the vital bonus point victory.

However, for much of the match, there was nothing in it.

Terrigal probably held that little bit more of the ascendancy throughout and always seemed that little more in control of proceedings.

Much of the match was a desperate battle with play going from one end of the field to the other.

Terrigal were able to secure the win with two bursts of scoring.

They were able to cross for two quick tries just before halftime to go to a 17 points to 7 lead at the halftime break.

They then did the same thing in the final five or so minutes of the match when they were able to cross for a further two tries.

The match started very evenly.

Gosford opened the scoring with a try to flanker to Hugo Pike, who duly converted his own try.

This seven points to nil lead was just what the home side wanted.

Terrigal did respond with a penalty goal and for much of the remainder of the half Gosford led by seven points to three.

Gosford did bomb a couple of chances at scoring but it was not to be.

Terrigal five-eight Alec Herridge placed Terrigal to the advantage when a brilliant chip kick and regather saw him cover 60

ive Terrigal Avoca Black Diamond AFL players have been selected in the squad that will take on the Farrer FNL on Saturday, May 21.

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the side with the unbeaten Newcastle City leading the way with nine.

Coach Chris Bishop said he was excited by the challenge ahead.

“It is always great when you bring the best players in the league together”, Mr Bishop said.

“To have so many new players is encouraging and shows the depth now available in the Black Diamond AFL” he said.

The squad has trained at Bateau Bay before travelling to Wagga Wagga for the competition.

After having a core group of players in recent years, coach Chris Bishop will only have the benefit of five players who played in last year’s win over the NSW/ ACT under-22s, whilst 14 players will be making their debut.

Peter van Dam from Terrigal Avoca will be making an 11th appearance for the BDAFL which will make him the league’s most capped representative player.

The side has a mixture of youth and experience, with seven teenagers mixed with experienced players in Van Dam and his club mate Angus Darling.

Terrigal Avoca is one of the eight clubs that have representatives in

Media release, May 16, 2016 Garry Burkinshaw, Black Diamond AFL

Mixed results for Point Clare in Woy Woy Cup tudents from Point Clare Public School competed in the Woy Woy Cup at Rogers Park on April 28.

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Point Clare was defeated in their first game by Umina Public School, but were able to defeat Woy Woy Public School in their second match with a score of 14 to 12.

St John the Baptist School defeated Point Clare in their final match with a score of 10 to 6.

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said it was the first time Point Clare had won a game of rugby league in years and that with more training and an improved defence, the boys had a good chance of winning more games in 2016.

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Dredging dispute appears no closer to resolution The on-going dispute between Gosford Council and the State Government over dredging the Brisbane Water Channel appears no closer to resolution, with both parties denying responsibility.

The NSW Department of Primary Industries - Lands has issued a statement denying responsibility for dredging the channel, saying it was the council’s job.

Gosford Council has denied this, claiming that the State Government was responsible.

Dredging work undertaken by the council at Ettalong was for “beach replenishment … not to address navigation issues”, according to Council’s director of community growth, Ms Judy Jaeger.

The dispute has resurfaced with calls from Marine Rescue Central Coast for dredging, and warnings to the boating public of the dangers with the channel having moved and narrowed.

The Department of Primary Industry public affairs manager Mr John McClymont said the department was responsible for

dredging to maintain navigation access to government-owned maritime infrastructure.

Mr McClymont said that meant the department’s responsibilities were limited to “coastal harbours and river entrances where breakwaters have been constructed to assist in providing stable navigation conditions for boating access”.

However, according to Mr McClymont: “There is no stateowned maritime infrastructure in this area of Brisbane Water.

“Responsibility for dredging in local waterways, such as Brisbane Water, has in the past been delivered by local councils with support from the State Government.

“Gosford Council did not apply for funding for this site under the last funding round for Rescuing Our Waterways,” he said.

However, Ms Jaeger said that the NSW Department of Primary Industries (Crown lands) owns the estuary and Roads and Maritime Services is responsible for making sure channels can be navigated safely.

“The NSW Government is responsible for making sure that the Ettalong channel can be safely

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navigated by boats and other vessels, not Gosford Council,” Ms Jaeger said.

“Around two years ago, Gosford Council spent over $500,000 to dredge and move a significant amount of sand from the Ettalong Beach sandbank directly offshore from the Lance Webb Reserve as part of beach renourishment works,” she said.

“The sand was not taken from within the Ettalong channel.

“The purpose of this project was not to address navigation issues within Ettalong channel, but rather to improve the amenity of Ettalong Beach in line with Council’s foreshore and coastal zone management planning.

“We are currently looking at what options are available to complete future renourishment works at Ettalong Beach.

“However at this stage, council has ruled out buying and operating its own dredge to complete these future works,” Ms Jaeger said.

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Transport for NSW appears to be backing away from its commitment to complete the second stage of the Woy Woy rail underpass project.

Peninsula Village resident Ms Eileen Banks recently her going102nd community action around People Power on the celebrated the five issues we have identified Peninsula is a new group of birthday.

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Services NSW instructed its call centre staff not to advise the public of its shuttle bus service from Woy Woy to Gosford, Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith has claimed.

Eileen Banks recently celebrated her 102nd birthday

the last six years.”

Ms Banks said her lifetime achievement had been learning to use a computer when she was 82 years old.

“My typing skills helped me immensely.

“I enjoy playing games, sending emails to family and friends and surfing the net.

“I also like to read biographies, poetry and writing poetry.

“In my younger days I used to enjoy cooking, sewing, knitting and making jams and chutney.

“I like to keep my mind active with my computer and will often

google things of interest to increase my knowledge.

“It took me a long time to settle into life at Peninsula Village, but I’m quite happy now.

“I enjoy visits to the wellness centre and most days I do my own thing, which is to play games on my computer or iPad, emailing and Face Timing my daughters Sonja and Gillian in England.

“The staff at Peninsula Village are wonderful and very caring,” she said.

Submission, 26 Feb 2016 Eileen Banks, Woy Woy

Services NSW cancels shuttle bus Services NSW has cancelled a promised shuttle bus between the Peninsula and the Gosford Services NSW Centre due to “low patronage”.

“A shuttle bus between Woy Woy and the Gosford Service Centre was provided though was cancelled due to low patronage,” a statement from the media unit of

Services NSW said.

The statement also provided a phone number 137788, that residents on restricted licenses or who cannot get to the Gosford Services NSW Centre for other reasons, can call to make an appointment with a mobile service.

The number connects the caller with the first point of contact for all Services NSW inquiries.

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Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has claimed that the rail underpass project had been “grossly overdesigned and woefully under-budgeted”.

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“When this project was first mooted by the former Member for Gosford Mr Chris Holstein during the March 2011 NSW election, the Chamber raised questions over the original estimated cost of $30 million and the completion 4 April date 2016of 2015,” said Peninsula Chamber president, Mr Matthew Wales.

“Not unsurprisingly, we find the cost has now blown out to a staggering $115 million which is nearly four times more than the original estimates,” Mr Wales said.

“It’s one thing to make election promises but to not deliver on time or on budget is quite another.

“The Chamber is now very concerned that the project could be mothballed because the additional funds haven’t been budgeted for,” he said.

However, Mr Holstein’s daughter Cr Gabby Bowles has defended the project.

“I think it is pretty convenient that the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is having a go again,” said Cr Bowles She said the removal of the Woy Woy level crossing had been identified as a major and necessary infrastructure project by both the council and the NSW Government for 20 years.

“It is not unusual when you’ve got assets affected by different levels of government for there to be back and forth between those levels especially when a project is between major steps,” Cr Bowles said.

Mr Wales said: “We want to know who prepared the original estimates and why they were so grossly underestimated.

“We also want to know why the project was allowed to proceed without fully understanding the real cost of the works.

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Eileen celebrates Peninsula her 102nd birthday People Power starts

Mr Jack Lloyd from Umina has whichThe enabled to isbecome group’sher page “closed”aso convened the group, which at the secretary. discussions are not public and new moment has 12 members.

“I enjoyed work andto retained members need to ask join.

Interview, 18 Febmy 2016 “We are going to try and have many of the skills I learnt during Jack Lloyd, Umina a conversation and get some career,” Ms Banks said.

“My father, Robert, died when I was four years old but I still had a happy childhood,” she said.

“I used to enjoy playing in the snow and was a bit of a prankster who liked to participate in the school plays, often with the leading role.”

Media statement, 9 Feb 2016 Eileen was also a keen swimmer John McClymont, NSW Department and won many medals. of Primary Industries Media statement, 17 Feb 2016 “My youngest daughter moved Judy Jaeger, Gosford Council to Australia and had her first child.

“She wanted her mum close so Peninsula People Power has launched a Facebook page I moved to Australia in 1974 to be to campaign on local issues closer to them.

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the number and was told that appointments could be made with the mobile service each Wednesday at the Peninsula Community Centre.

Since being made available in October 2015, there have been 112 customers served out of a possible 390 booking spaces as at February 8.

Media statement, 19 Feb 2016 Dom Costello, Services NSW

The shuttle bus service has now been stopped due to lack of patronage.

Ms Smith said she discovered the “misleading and inflammatory” instruction after initially ringing the call centre as an ordinary member of the public.

Her call also revealed that call centre staff were unaware of the difference between the shuttle bus service and the “mobile service” offered at the Peninsula Community Centre, and call centre was also telling callers that a mobile service did not exist.

Ms Smith rang the call centre herself after she was told by residents that when they rang the designated phone number to make an appointment for their RMS business using the mobile service, they were advised that there was no such service and they needed to go to Gosford.

“When the phone was answered, sure enough I was informed that there was no such service available.

“Without revealing who I was, I asked the very pleasant young lady to check further.

“After waiting on hold for a while, the operator came back to me and I was informed that she had contacted the Services NSW office in Gosford and they had advised her that there had been such a service but that it had been discontinued as the bus service had never been used.

“It then became apparent that the operator was talking about a different service, not the mobile service located at the Peninsula Community Centre.

“I then identified myself as the local member of parliament and explained that I thought there was some confusion as the service was still operating.

“The officer then kindly read to me a letter that was on her

It has increased its estimates of project completion costs from $52 million to $115 million.

No progress has been made on the second stage of the computer advising staffproject that since Council bus announced there Gosford was a shuttle service last August it had started RMS preavailable to pick up qualifying construction activities on the stage customers from the old RTA site the council estimates costto$36 in Woy Woy and takewill them the million.

Gosford Services NSW facility.

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Road RailwaylackLevel Crossing “Between of advice to Replacement Project. the community of the mobile The deputy for Gosford RMS licensingmayor facility and a Cr Craig Doyle phantom shuttle said bus council service had that written to the State the community wasn’tGovernment to be told to confithere rm itsis little position in relation about, wonder that the to the project agoit service is not several as fully months utilised as and had could be.not yet received a reply.

“Months design and “A serviceago that the is not allowed to construction of the bridge was be advised to the public can hardly completely taken

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for NSW,” he said.

Since then the costings for project completion have escalated from $52 million to $115 million but no explanation or information about the increase has been provided by the department to Gosford Council.

Cr Doyle said Gosford Council still had $12 million to complete its share of the works but Transport for NSW has said that it would not have a problem if the council went ahead and spent those funds on other projects.

“Gosford Council has not slowed this project down, in fact, we are seeking to get it finished,” Cr Doyle said.

“There has been no justification of why Transport for NSW has costed its completion at two times everyone else’s costs.

“Any way you look at it this is not an acceptable position and it looks like Transport for NSW is shaking in its commitment to get the project done,” he said.

Gosford Council chief Mr Paul Anderson confirmed that responsibility for certain parts of the project were now with Transport for NSW, including the underpass.

“They have been doing a whole range of design and costing exercises,” Mr Anderson said.

“Other parts of the project are

“No one was aware of the secret THIS ISSUE contains service to Gosford.”

Ms Smith said that the mobile service came into being after the Baird Government closed RTA centre in Woy Woy, to assist the elderly living on the Peninsula.

“Unfortunately, advertising and notification to residents living on the Peninsula advising them of the service has been close to nonexistent,” she said.

“People still visit my office on a regular basis asking for help due to the difficulties they have in accessing RMS services in Gosford.

“These people are totally ignorant that the mobile service is available to them.

“It really is a bad state of affairs when our State Government is blaming the elderly in our community for not utilising services they are kept totally ignorant of.

“I fought long and hard alongside l l residents id t to t k local keep RMS service facilities on the Peninsula and that fight is far from over.

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with us including the final costing and ultimate design certification works for the road but obviously, with that sort of project, you are not going to go and do the roadworks until the rail and bridge work is done,” he said.

Mr Anderson said the required rail work would include closures and, due to the fact the level crossing is on the main north-south rail line, those closures can only occur at certain times.

“Which is why the project is a long and protracted process,” he said.

“The pedestrian underpass, before it was completed, required a couple of closures to allow that work to happen,” he said Mr Anderson said he could confirm that the overall project did involve plans for the straightening of Woy Woy Rd around the Bays.

“But that was never included in the current stages or works, it was a future stage that was announced

by Mr Barry O’Farrell when he was trying to become premier,” he said.

Gosford Council had started acquiring land to accommodate the road straightening but Mr Anderson said those acquisitions had been put on hold.

He said he did not know the time frame for the completion of the Rawson Rd rail bridge.

“The project team meet pretty regularly to talk about it,” he said.

Transport for NSW dismissed a request from Peninsula News to confirm when designs and costings would be complete, when their part of the stage two works would commence and whether they had a completion date.

“This is actually a Gosford Council project,” the Transport for NSW media unit claimed.

“They have your enquiry and will be able to give you an update on the project”.

However, Gosford Council’s director of construction and operations Mr Stan Antczak said: “Because of technical issues to do with occupation of the railway line at some future part of the stage two construction, the bridge component went back to Transport for NSW to undertake design and construct.

“At this period of time we are waiting on formal advice from the minister about where the project is heading,” Mr Antczak said.

The Rawson Road Level Crossing Replacement Project was approved by the Joint Regional Planning Panel in December 2013 and was to be completed over four stages.

The aims of the project were to address safety concerns

associated with the existing level crossing at Rawson Rd, upgrade the road and drainage infrastructure and improve traffic movement through Woy Woy. Stage one, the Rawson Rd pedestrian underpass and Shoalhaven Dve existing rail bridge augmentation were completed in 2015.

Stage two included Shoalhaven Dve along Nagari Rd to Woy Woy Rd (north).

Stage three was the upgrade of Rawson Rd to Soalhaven Dve including an upgrade to Waterview St. The final stage involved works to Woy Woy Rd (north) at Bulls Hill up to Banyo Close.

The Peninsula News has asked parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast Mr Scot MacDonald, shadow minister for the Central Coast Mr David Harris and member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith to comment on the status of the project.

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completed ompleted serve no useful purpose urpose unless the rail underpass iss constructed.

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“With that sort of money we ould have kerbed, gutter and could rained the whole Peninsula. drained “Instead we get a very expensive ead-in road with no underpass. lead-in “On top of the cost blowout, he project is already 12 months the ehind schedule with little or no behind rospect of it being completed prospect efore 2018. before “The Peninsula once again gets he raw end of the stick albeit a the ery expensive one.” very Cr Bowles called the Chamber’s riticisms unhelpful and accused criticisms it of neglecting the needs of Woy Woy’s business owners.

“I don’t think the process iss helped when you have rganisations like the Peninsula organisations Chamber of Commerce coming ut against it,” she said. out “I struggle when the Peninsula Chamber comes out and wants to riticise infrastructure projects that criticise would assist Woy Woy when many would argue the chamber has gnored Woy Woy for years. ignored “I am not going to say process as been perfect or the costing has erfect, I am not going to say we perfect, houldn’t be further down the track shouldn’t with the project but I struggle when he main critic shows a disregard the or that area of the Peninsula. for “The residents want it, the usinesses need it so shouldn’t we businesses e pushing to make it a reality and be ot nail the coffin shut?” not Cr Bowles said she had every onfidence Gosford mayor Cr confi awrie McKinna and Council chief Lawrie Mr Paul Anderson were “pushing ass hard as they can to have this nfrastructure project realised.” infrastructure Media release, 14 Apr 2016 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Interview, 14 Apr 2016

Trees Day sashes protest Council plans Residents who live around R the reserve at 195 and th 196 Brisbane Ave, Umina, 19 w wrapped trees in the reserve in sashes to mark re the International Day of the Forest and the Tree on Sunday, March 20.

A tree in Jumbuck Cres Reserve at Woy Woy was decorated for International Day of the Forrest and Tree

Their action was part of the Save Central Coast Reserves

campaign.

Bright coloured sashes were wrapped around special trees in reserves on the Peninsula to mark the community’s opposition to plans by Gosford Council to reclassify and potentially sell several reserves.

Trees in the Jumbuck Cres Reserve in Woy Woy were also dressed in red sashes for the

occasion.

Reserves in Pozieres St, Umina, Abion St Umina, Mackenzie Ave Woy Woy and Jumbuck Cres Reserve in Woy Woy are also under threat of being reclassified from community land to operational land which could result in their sale.

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Thre Three local volunteers were recognised for outstanding recog dedication in their chosen dedic field at a special Rotary Club of Um Umina dinner meeting on Wednesday, April 13.

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Julie Aitchison for her enthusiastic efforts in gaining a heritage grant, researching and recording the first 50 years history of Umina on DVD. Ms Robyn Carr was commended for her untiring efforts of service at most levels of leadership and organisation with Umina Surf Lifesaving Club.

Ms Kylie-Ann Scott was recognised as group leader of First

Woy Woy Sea Scouts.

Ms Scott has coordinated the total refurbishment of the dilapidated Scout hall as well as growing the membership from seven to 103 active and participating young members in the past two years.

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A service at Empire Bay will Traffic on Brisbane Water take place at 11am at the War Drive will also be stopped at Memorial.

The Boulevarde to allow march A number of road closures will participants to cross to the opposite also occur. side of the road.

There will be minor traffic delays Progress At Empire Bay,Woy Kendall Rdrail from $115 million. on the Woy “At this stage, no one has come on Railway St and Brickwharf Rd underpass Shelly Beachproject Rd to Sorrento appearsRd from 5:15am to allow for the dawn towill be closed duration have comefortothe halt, withof up with any answers as to where service from the station. the Anzac service atmore 11am. than the additional funds are going to cost estimates Media alert, 12 Apr 2016 come from in order for this project Blackwall Rd at Woy Woy will doubling, because Paul Anderson, GosfordState Council to proceed,” Mr Wales said. be closed to all traffic between Rail has refused to accept “You can’t blame Gosford Victoria Rd and Brisbane Water Dve for the Anzac Day march at Gosford Council’s plans for Council as they had no part in the track closures during the estimating process and didn’t even 10am. construction process. rate the project on their forward of plan of works,” Mr Wales said.

Commerce president Mr Matthew “They literally got handed an Wales has revealed that the inadequate bucket of money and Chamber has learned that the were told to design and implement Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford project has been handed back to the project Phone: 4325 7369 Transport NSW after the Council “Projects of this size and Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 unsuccessfully tried to come up magnitude need to be fully E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net with a design for the rail bridge that designed, quantified, estimated Website: www.centralcoastnews.net would satisfy State Rail. and approved before they ever “Our understanding is that the receive funding otherwise you option prepared by Cardno’s for have no idea what the logistical Gosford Council involved three problems are in implementing the lengthy outages to the Main scheme.

Northern Rail Line which proved “Clearly the project was unacceptable to State Rail, poorly conceived and grossly especially when State Rail have no underfunded with the result that we planned outages in the foreseeable now have a partly completed road future. with little prospect of additional “Closing the line on three funds being made available in separate occasions has obvious the foreseeable future for the huge implications which could underpass. cause major commuter service “The Chamber is calling on and freight train disruptions,” he Gosford Council, State Rail and continued. the NSW State Government to “We now understand that State urgently come up with a strategy to Rail have come up with a method resolve the design issues and find of pipe jacking under the rail line the funding to complete the rail without causing major disruptions, underpass,” Mr Wales concluded.

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Minister for Local Government discretion to determine “any matter or thing requiring determination” referred by the administrator.

Gosford Council no longer In turn, a wide range of matters exists. can be referred to the NSW The change took place Office of Local Government for on Thursday, May 12, with a determination, according to the proclaimation by NSW Governor proclamation.

General David Hurley.

After the initial period the new The new council will be run council will, in accordance with under administration by Mr Ian the Local Government Act, be able Reynolds. to make changes to matters such The interim general manager as how the new mayor is elected, is Mr Rob Noble, acting CEO of changes to wards or changes to Wyong Council. councillor numbers.

Gosford Council chief Mr Paul Joint Regional Regional Anderson has been named his Planning Panel appointments have deputy. been scrapped.

The Peninsula will become part The proclamation gives the of the Gosford West Ward which Local Government Minister power will remain unrepresented until Phone 4325 7369 Fax 4321 0940 to hire and fire administrators up elections in September next year. until the September 2017 election.

The Gosford West Ward covers In turn, it gives the administrator the area from the northern side of has the power to hire and fire the Hawkesbury River in the south the general manager and deputy to Buckety in the north-west. general manager, should the need It includes communities as arise and within the terms of their diverse as Mangrove Mountain, employment contracts.

Gunderman, Peats Ridge and the Staff members transferred from Gosford CBD. Gosford Council to the Central The three councillors who will Coast Council were transferred eventually represent the Gosford under the same employment West Ward will be required to live contract of employment. in the Ward.

There will be no onus on Areas to the north of the Rip the first elected Central Coast Bridge will be included in the Council to stick with the staff Gosford East Ward as the southern organisational structure set out in The Peninsula (dark purple) is now part of the Gosford West Ward of the new shore of Brisbane Water is the Central Coast Council. The Gosford West Ward boundaries are shown in purple, the Peninsula marked in dark purple the proclamation. boundary for Gosford West.

Anything commenced but not The Gosford West Ward is, government has been scant,” he I went to school 2017-18 wasn’t local and state government with completed by Gosford Council geographically, the largest of the said. three years away from 2016,” he responsibility for urban planning, may or may not be completed by five wards that will make up the “I received an email from the said. public infrastructure and financing, the new council. new Central Coast Council. mayor,” he said.

“Rate equalisation is going to public policy development, The codes, plans, strategies Under the Local Government The proclamation said that it be a very provocative thing when it rezonings and land development and policies of the new council (Council Amalgamations) didn’t apply to rates in the 2016- happens,” he said. processes. are to be, as far as practicable, a Proclamation 2016, Gosford A truck that crashed into the stanchion 17 rating year but it did not specify The proclamation said the rating The new council will be composite of the corresponding City Council ceased to exist and a three-year rate freeze, as structure is to be reviewed within run under administration until codes, plans, strategies and Gosford with Wyong Shire Council promised by the NSW Government the first term of the new council September 2017, when the first polices of each of the former areas were amalgamated to form prior to Gosford councillors making following the first election of the local government election for the councils. the Central Coast Council. their decision about whether council. new local government area will be The code of conduct for a new Elected councillors reported to vote in favour of, or against, Mr Ian Reynolds has been held. council is to be the model code different interpretations of whether amalgamation. appointed as the administrator of The number of councillors to be in the Act (within the meaning they had been stood aside or Mr Doyle said he was part of a the newly-formed Central Coast elected at that time will be 15 and of section 440 of the Act) until a sacked. joint delegation that met with NSW Council. the first mayor will be elected by code of conduct is adopted by the Former Gosford deputy mayor, Mr Reynolds is a local councillors. council in accordance with the Act. Commerce president Mr Premier Mr Mike Baird and Local The Woy Woy rail underpass protect their rail bridge and track. Mr Craig Doyle, said he believed Government Minister Mr Paul government consultant based in Local Government (Council The code of meeting practice Matthew Wales said the closure Sydney Trains, not Gosford all near Shoalhaven Dr could be councillors, including the Amalgamations) Proclamation Castle Hill. to be adopted by the new of theGosford underpass was causing Toole late last year. mayor, Mr Lawrie closed for up to six months, Council, are responsible for former 2016, 12 May 2016 “It wasn’t until I eyeballed the He established Ian Reynolds Central Coast Council is to be congestion, particularly had been sacked. during according to a statement repairing and replacing the McKinna, Interview, 12 May 2016 Minister face-to-face and received and Associates in 2012 after the Wyong Shire Council code and say evening peaks, stanchion so that the underpass morning “I can’t even I received a Craig Doyle, Gosford Council from Gosford Council. a couple of assurances that I voted working in the government sector “until it is amended or replaced because the Mr traffi can be reopened, according to the bluey in theallmail,” Doyle said.

Reporter: Jackie Pearson On the morning of Friday, April for amalgamation,” he said. for 30 years. in accordance with the Local the underpass via Hillview statement.

“The information we haveSt 8, a large truck became wedged “One of those assurances was Since 1994 he has held a Government Act”. and Dunban Rd Minister was now “Council understands that the received from the andbeing the under one of the height restriction The proclamation gives the NSW damage to the stanchion was redirected through the Rawson Rd a three-year rates freeze and when range of senior executive roles in stanchions at the Woy Woy rail significant,” Gosford Council chief underpass.

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The stanchions on either side “Council is working with Sydney of the underpass prevent oversize Trains to get the underpass vehicles that have attempted to reopened as soon as possible.

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metres to score adjacent to the posts.

Terrigal had jumped to the lead by 10 points to seven.

This was quickly followed just prior to the halftime break with another long distance try.

Hooker Ethan McInnes backed up a great passing movement for him to score a second converted try for his team.

Suddenly the momentum of the game had changed.

Those few minutes saw Terrigal leap to a 17 points to 7 halftime score.

The second half was a real battle with Gosford trying to get back into the match and Terrigal trying to cement the result.

Nothing further happened on the scoreboard for the first 30 minutes of the second half.

In the quite warm conditions, both teams were feeling the effects but were putting on a great game of rugby.

The game alternated between attack and defence for both teams and neither was able to break through.

Because of the score line, Terrigal always seemed to have things in control.

Best players for Terrigal were five-eight Alec Herridge, who crossed for three wonderful tries.

He was well supported by centre Mitch Hirst, winger Dan Sargeant, flanker Ryan Metcalfe and hooker Ethan McInnes.

Gosford had several good performers, but none were better than forwards Al Lock and Hugo Pike, while backs Josh Reid and Josh McGlynn always looked as

though they could make that vital break.

Terrigal secured the win with the final two tries in the closing minutes, both to flyhalf Alec Herridge.

It was an excellent win

by Terrigal who remain undefeated and are currently top of the competition ladder.

For the third week in a row, Gosford gave a good performance but without securing any vital competition points.

Kariong continued on their winning way when they defeated Hornsby by 42 points to 24 at Mark Taylor Oval.

This was also a quite even battle until well into the match.

Kariong did lead by 20 points to 12 at the halftime break and did deserve that lead, but Hornsby were still, at that stage, definitely in the match.

Kariong did however score six tries to three and overall that was a good indication of the flow of the whole 80 minutes.

Best players for Kariong were lock Stanley Mila, fiveeight Ryan Wallbank, hooker Justin Walker and prop Corey Holwill.

Representative player Mitch Clay was also always dangerous with the ball in hand for the entire match.

Hornsby never gave in, and very good efforts from Sam White and Tim GrahamRobertson kept the home side in the match for quite a while.

Kariong with the win have now secured three victories on the trot and are going through a real resurgence in

recent weeks.

Hornsby were most competitive on the day but just could not stop the visitors from securing their win.

Avoca Beach had a tough day at Slade Park before securing a hard fought win over The Lakes by 17 points to 3.

This was an arm wrestle from start to finish and it took a long time before Avoca Beach were safe with the win.

Avoca Beach only led by seven points to three at the halftime break, so both sides were definitely in the picture at that stage.

Both teams had periods of attack throughout the match but neither could break through for any real dominance.

Avoca Beach scored a try early in the second half to increase their lead to 12 points to 3, but for much of remainder of the half there was nothing between the teams.

Avoca Beach only felt safe in the last minutes when they crossed for the third try to get the win by 17 points to 3.

Avoca Beach maintains their undefeated record so far this season but they really did have to work hard to maintain that position in this match.

It was a very good effort

by The Lakes and they must be very close to their first victory of the season.

Best players for Avoca Beach were prop Emile Thomas, forward Peter Steele, and flanker Blake Jacob, who crossed for a decisive try.

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Back to back wins for Gosford Kariong boys

Terrigal Avoca win AFL derby ound six action in the Black Diamond Cup saw Terrigal Avoca defeat Killarney Vale in the Central Coast Derby at Adelaide St Oval on Saturday, May 14.

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May 7, to run roughshod over the nonplussed Roosters.

Played in front of an enthusiastic home crowd, the 48 to 4 victory was highlighted by a dominant display up front by prop Ben McGregor and backrowers Logan Campbell and Kyle Young.

Out wide, Gosford’s powerful left centre, Sean Peruch, cashed in on his side’s excellent go forward by charging over for a hattrick of tries.

A follow up 42 to 10 win over the combined Kincumber-Erina side on May 14 realised seven tries with half Brayden Habkouk slotting all seven conversions in a superb display of goal kicking.

Gosford led 12 points to four at half time after a keenly contested opening period.

Creative five-eighth/ lock forward, Graham Porter, continually bamboozled the Eagles defence after the break, scoring one try himself and delivering the final pass for three others.

The biggest cheer of the afternoon was reserved for Storm three-quarter Mitchell Gale who charged over for his first ever try during the game’s latter stages.

In other games: an undermanned under-10(2) s suffered their first defeat of the season falling 30 to18 to Woy Woy. The U11(1)s went down 42 to 10 to white hot premiers Terrigal, for whom gifted fullback Corban Alvarez raced away for five tries.

Wayne Oatley’s under13s have won their appeal for elevation into division two and will now look forward to mixing it with the big boys.

Media release, May 16, 2016 Andrew Stark, GosfordKariong Rugby League Club

Back at their Adelaide St headquarters for the first time this season after the completion of extensive drainage works, Killarney Vale welcomed old Central Coast rivals Terrigal Avoca, and a good game of footy ensued.

The Panthers were made to work hard by the Bombers, but led at every change to run out solid 39 point winners, 13.15.93 to Killarney Vale 8.6.54.

Ryan Webster and Thomas Head kicked three goals each for Terrigal Avoca, supported by Austin Clark with two majors.

The Panthers’ best players were Ben Lamb, second-gamer Doug Clark, Corbin Bond, James Hart and the Webster brothers, James and Ryan.

In First Division, Terrigal Avoca humbled Killarney Vale by 29 goals at Tumbi Umbi, and Singleton were made to work by Gosford before running away in the second half to win by 54 points at West Gosford.

In Second Division, there were wins for Terrigal Avoca and Gosford.

Round six action in the womens’ competition saw a win to Gosford over winless Singleton whilst Killarney Vale and Wyong Lakes went down in their respective matches.

At Adcock Park in West Gosford, the Gosford Tigers hammered the Singleton Roosters by 145 points.

Final scores were Gosford 21.19.145 to Singleton 0.0.0.

Morgan Ross continued her glut of recent goals, kicking a superb eleven majors.

Alison Parkin and Orana Eslick were good support for Ross with two goals each.

Gosford’s best players were Emily Crookes, Parkin, the consistent Eslick, Ross, Angela Beattie and Sophie Damico.

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Cassandra wins bodybuilding competition ormer East Gosford local Ms Cassandra Grul won the Bikini Novice Class Two in the International Natural Bodybuilding Association (INBA) Competition on Saturday, April 30.

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Ms Grul also placed third in the Bikini Open Class Three and will compete in the City Nationals Show on Saturday, May 28.

Ms Grul has been training for about three years but said she has been taking it a lot more seriously over the past 18 months with tailored programs and a strict diet.

“I really enjoyed training at the gym and wanted to challenge myself even further by going in bodybuilding competitions.

“I had a friend of a friend compete and it looked like something I could strive for,” she said.

This is Ms Grul’s second year competing, but the first year she has placed.

Ms Grul began her preparation in February this year saying: “It’s about a 12 week long preparation.”

Ms Grul said that she prepared for the competition by following a training program from her coach as well as a strict diet that is calculated based on

macronutrients, where all foods need to be weighed and measured precisely.

“I stay focused by checking in with my coach every week, taking progress photos and also following other fitness competitors and celebrities on social media.

“I have a very organised weekly routine that works around my work, training and nutrition, so I can stay on track,” she said.

“I think about the end goal and how the entire process will be worth it once I get there, and try to enjoy ride along the way.”

After competing last year but not placing, Ms Grul made a number of changes in her training and dieting to get a better result this year.

“My diet was very different,” she explained.

“I am eating a lot more food than last year and doing more weights and not as much cardio.

“I know what to expect this time round, as from

when I first competed and had no knowledge or experience in competing,” she said.

“I also got a different coach to help me with my posing.

“This all helped.”

Ms Grul said that the best part about competing and training has been seeing the progress in her physique as well as learning about the sport and the importance of training and nutrition.

“I have also met so many people, made friends and am now part of the fitness and bodybuilding industry.

“Also a good part is the reward afterwards, not just the medals, but a very good cheat meal too,” she said.

Ms Grul said the hardest part about competing and training is not being able to go out clubbing, drinking and going out for dinner due to a strict diet, “All my food needs to be measured and accounted for.

“Low carb diets aren’t

ideal and made me a bit moody, but it doesn’t last long,” she said.

Ms Grul said that she definitely wants to compete next year and possibly in a different federation than INBA. “I’m working even harder in this preparation than what I did for the Sydney Superbodies.

“I really want to bring home another medal but there will be lots of competition as there will be competitors from all over Australia, but I am feeling on track for the show,” she said.

“I love this sport and the bodybuilding community.

“Every individual puts in so much hard work and the people that come and watch us compete make it worth it and are very appreciative.

“I definitely recommend getting into the sport if you are looking for a challenge, not just physically, but mentally too.”

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