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council election needs to be held on the Central Coast before the September 2017 date currently put forward by the NSW Government, according to the state’s shadow minister for local government, Mr Peter Primrose.

Mr Primrose was responding to questions about how residents could ensure the Central Coast Council administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, could be accountable to the community for issues such as building a regional performing arts centre and regional library in Gosford, cleaning up the Mangrove Mountain landfill, reclassification and sale of community land, or progressing other major developments in the Gosford CBD. “How could you possibly expect one person to be administrator and still apply the same level of oversite and consultation as nine councillors and a mayor,” Mr Primrose said. “We have been finding that councils under administration have been putting their business papers out late, there has been far less business discussed at meetings and the administrator can’t possibly go to the dozens of meetings and talk to community groups and constituents that former councillors would have gone to. “That is where things that the community was concerned about would have been flagged and where elected councillors would have been able to test out opinions about things and know what to raise,” he said. “Those are the sorts of things that make local government local and whether or not you support the amalgamations, why on earth are the administrators continuing until September 2017?”

Mr Primrose said he had made formal requests to the Electoral Commissioner and the premier, Mr Mike Baird, under the Government Information Public Access Act 2009 (GIPA) asking them to show reasons why the elections for merged councils can’t be held until September 2017.

back to the premier.” Mr Primrose said the NSW Government and Central Coast Council could also provide the community with more information about the cost of the council merger. “We know from the past the costs and outcomes of previous mergers, so the

“How could you possibly expect one person to be administrator and still apply the same level of oversite and consultation as nine councillors and a mayor,” Mr Primrose said. “They won’t tell us…they have refused my application stating it is not in the public interest to tell me why we can’t have elections earlier so I am going to the administrative appeals tribunal,” Mr Primrose said. “Why can’t the continuing merger happen with the oversite of an elected council and mayor? “Be they sinners of saints, the administrators are not representatives of the local community,” he said. Mr Primrose said although the administrator was paid out of council (ratepayer) funds, he was accountable to Mr Baird, not the community. “They are obliged to provide voluminous reports back to the premier; initially it was weekly, but they’ve now scaled that back to fortnightly, but it is not about financial details, it is only the good news stories, so the state government can create positive headlines about its mergers,” he said. “There cannot be proper scrutiny when all the gatekeepers are reporting

department of Premier and Cabinet should be able to give estimates of current merger costs now,” he said. Mr Primrose also addressed questions about how long the community should have to wait until Mr Reynolds had received and analysed reports on controversial issues such as the former Gosford Council’s proposed Land Sale Strategy that could result in twenty five community reserves being reclassified as operational land and sold off for development. “If it was a full council, I would say a month, but you have got one individual, and it is very difficult to expect one person to do the job while they are also engaging in staff reviews and writing reports for the premier,” he said. “The proper solution is to let the local community elect its own local council,” he said. Interview, Jul 20, 2016 Peter Primrose, NSW shadow minister for local government Jackie Pearson, journalist

An artist’s impression of the mixed use development approved for 155 to 161 Mann St Gosford

section 96 application is being considered by Central Coast Council for the $17.6 million redevelopment of the Dutton’s Tavern site at 157 to 161 Mann St Gosford.

The application will see a reduction in the number of units, increased basement parking and the inclusion of the land at 163 Mann St, located between the development site and the Imperial Centre. The former Gosford Council approved DA47056/2015 in December for a 14-storey mixed use development comprised of a tavern and shop top housing. The development was subsequently acquired from Mr Bob Bourne by Mr John Singleton and the adjoining property at 163 Mann St

was acquired. The latest application to modify the development, now called Bonython, was received by Central Coast Council on May 27 and is currently working its way through a consultation process. Council granted the development a two-year consent, so work will need to be underway before December 2017 to ensure the approval for the project does not lapse. The development will include a tavern, provide new residential opportunities and has the

advantage of being located close to public transport. Gosford Council approved a minor variation in the floor space ratio for the development and made allowances for car parking. Two podium levels will include 15 residential units. Floors three through to 12 will house another 54 residential units and there will be two penthouse apartments on the top floor. Website, Jul 27, 2016 Central Coast Council Find an application, DA47056/2015

The existing Tavern

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Anne Charlton, Labor candidate for Robertson

Lucy Wicks, Liberal and incumbent Federal Member for Robertson

Road upgrades Stage 2 of Ettalong Foreshore Project Satellite Primary Care facility Scoping study Woy Woy to M1 link Umina youth programs and PCYC Blackspot Funding Killcare

Federal member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has promised Peninsula rail commuters free wiﬁ at Woy Woy train station and continuous mobile coverage all the way to Sydney if she is re-elected and the Coalition Government is returned.

Candidates Anne Charlton Lucy Wicks Liberal Labor $60 million* $2.75 million $2.5 million $2 million $500,000 $1.2 million** $60 million#

Wi Fi at train stations and continuous mobile coverage for commute to Sydney Footnotes:

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*Funding to be shared between Robertson and Dobell but predominantly Robertson ** Unspecified share of funding for Umina from statewide allocation # Unspecified share of funding for Peninsula from statewide allocation ^ To be shared between all Central Coast train stations from Woy Woy to Wyong and all mobile blackspots along rail corridor

Election promises tabulated Both Liberal and Labor Parties have been making promises to spend money on key projects for the Peninsula during the election campaign. The election promise table

(above) lists pledges made by both major parties since the election was called. The table allows readers a list to keep track of which promises have been kept by the winning party after the election.

Our election coverage, including candidate proﬁles, general information about the Robertson electorate, the location of polling booths as well as information from the parties begins on page 8.

“We will invest to upgrade and build telecommunications infrastructure to improve the lives of one in four of the adult workforce who commute long distances by train each day,” Ms Wicks said. More than 30 kilometres of rail between Wyong and Hornsby are black spots where commuters currently face little or no mobile data coverage, according to Ms Wicks. The Coalition would invest $12 million to provide continuous intrain mobile coverage along the rail corridor between Wyong and Sydney as well as wiﬁ at each train station. “This will improve the lives of thousands of Peninsula residents who leave home before dawn each day and return after dark,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “It will make work time more productive, enhance leisure time and help families and friends connect,” Mr Turnbull said. “And it’s happening because local Member Lucy Wicks, after spending hundreds of hours talking to commuters, told me this was one of the most practical things we could do for families on the Central

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Coast,” he said. The Federal Minister for Communications, Mr Mitch Fifield, said the Coalition understood that reliable mobile coverage was crucial for productivity. “The Coalition understands the importance of reliable mobile coverage so commuters can get work done and stay in touch with family or the office,” Mr Fifield said. Ms Wicks said the commitment was a game-changer which would directly benefit thousands of people every day. “This is a major, innovative commitment from the Turnbull Government which will mean more of our hard-working commuters can stay connected for longer on the daily commute, which can be a four to five hour round trip to Sydney or Newcastle,” Mrs Wicks said. The $12 million commitment was expected to leverage an additional $4 million investment from the NSW Government, Ms Wicks said. There would be an expression of interest process for mobile network providers to bid for the funding. “A re-elected Turnbull Coalition will work with the NSW Government to provide in-kind assistance to deliver the wifi and improved mobile coverage, facilitating access to land along the rail corridor and helping facilitate planning approvals for new infrastructure,” Ms Wicks said. Media release, 23 Jun 2016, Tim Sowden, Office of Lucy Wicks

Labor promises major infrastructure upgrades The Peninsula could see major infrastructure upgrades if Labor was elected to government, according to Labor’s Candidate for Robertson, Ms Anne Charlton. Ms Charlton has announced a $60 million roads package. She said the Peninsula would get the most beneﬁt from the Roads Rescue Package, with more than 40 roads in Woy Woy,

Umina, Ettalong and Booker Bay funded under a Labor Government compared with the Liberal’s commitment of $2.75 million for just three roads: one in Umina and two in Booker Bay. “This announcement is proof of Labor’s commitment to not only improving infrastructure on the Peninsula but also creating jobs to drive the economy for the next generation,” Ms Charlton said. “In three years, all the Liberals have done is cut the ribbon on

roads that Labor funded. “Lucy Wicks has not listened to the concerns of locals about the state of their roads and only came up with $2.75 million for Peninsula roads,” she added. According to Ms Charlton, the commitment by Labor recognised the neglect of important issues that the people of the Peninsula have endured at the hands of successive Liberal representatives at local, state and federal levels. “Labor will ﬁx what has now

become a patchwork of badly maintained roads,” Ms Charlton said. “This significant investment will keep motorists, cyclists and pedestrians safe. “The flood-prone Peninsula is beset by a backlog of legacy roadworks further exacerbating safety problems and congestion in the area. “These issues must be fixed and only Labor will take action on the Peninsula to grow jobs and the

economy, to improve the efﬁcient movement of small business, to meet tourist expectations, boost the local economy, and keep our pedestrians moving safely around our beautiful suburbs. “Only Labor is listening to the people of Robertson to make investments that put people ﬁrst,” Ms Charlton concluded. Media release, 21 Jun 2016 Rhys Zorro, Australian Labor Party

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Robertson Spend-O-Meter

$100,000,000

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Liberal

$500,000

Scope feasibility of straightening railway line between Coast

$90,000,000

and Sydney and building new road from M1 to Woy Woy Langford Dve-Woy Woy Rd intersection

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$70,000,000

$1,100,0000 $2,500,0000

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$10,000,000*

Commonwealth Institute of Higher Education at Gosford

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Continuous in-train mobile wi-ﬁ from Central Coast to sydney

$12,000,000**

New and upgraded CCTV cameras in Copacabana and Terrigal

$60,000,000

Footpaths Performing Arts Centre Gosford

$560,000

New Local Environment Plan

$2,500,000

Central Coast Roads

$60,000,0000^ $18,850,000

$50,000,000

Banjo's Skatepark Wamberal Central Coast Medical School and Medical Research Institute

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$32,500,000

$40,000,000

Total commitment

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$54,910,000

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The Peninsula will receive less than ﬁve per cent of the new Central Coast Council budget for capital expenditure, despite representing 15 per cent of the council’s population.

A breakdown of the two candidate preferred votes of Dobell

Performing Arts Centre funding no longer in state budget

he 2016-17 NSW Budget has invested in health facilities, schools, transport and roads to ensure the Central Coast remains a great place to live and work, according to parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald.

Mr MacDonald said the Central Coast was a growing region and the NSW Government was committed to ensuring it received its fair share of quality infrastructure and services to support its growth. Key highlights from the 2016-17 NSW Budget included: $118.1 million to continue the Gosford Hospital redevelopment and $15 million to commence the Gosford Hospital Car Park; and, completion of the upgrade to Point Clare Public School, with $7 million allocated.

“This budget demonstrates the NSW Government’s commitment to delivering the best patient care on the Central Coast, with a huge $133 million towards the $348 million redevelopment of Gosford Hospital – the biggest budget investment in regional health infrastructure across the State,” said member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch. Other infrastructure projects funded in the 2016-17 Budget include: $5.9 million for local road upgrades and improvements; $1.5 million

to continue planning the upgrade of the intersection of Empire Bay Dve and Scenic Rd and Cochrane St, Kincumber; $500,000 to plan a future upgrade to Terrigal Dve between Chetwynd Rd and Duffy’s Rd; $400,000 design of trafﬁc lights on Terrigal Dve and Tarragal Glen Ave, Erina (current roundabout at Erina Fair/McDonalds), to improve local connections and support active transport; and, $500,000 drainage upgrade on Central Coast Hwy at Wamberal. However, according to the shadow minister for the

Central Coast, Mr David Harris, crucial projects on the Central Coast have been ignored in the NSW Government’s latest budget. Mr Harris and member for Gosford, Ms Kathy Smith, have criticised the budget’s lack of funding for key Central Coast infrastructure. “Mike Baird has shown the Central Coast is not a priority for his government by failing to fund upgrades to local schools, TAFEs and train stations,” Mr Harris said. According to Mr Harris: “The NSW Government continues to over promise and under deliver when it comes to providing for the families on the Central Coast, despite the rivers of stamp duty gold ﬂowing into

treasury coffers from the property boom. “The Budget fails to address elective surgery waiting lists or cut waiting times in Central Coast emergency departments,” Mr Harris said. “In the January to March 2016 quarterly reporting period, 830 patients waited longer than seven and a half hours in the Gosford Hospital emergency department. “There was no mention of funding for the most rundown schools on the Coast including: Kincumber High School with a maintenance backlog of $1.38 million; Erina High with $1.35 million; and Henry Kendall High with $1.11 million.

“There is not a single cent for Hunter TAFE Central Coast campuses in this year’s budget,” Mr Harris said. “The Baird Government has broken its 2015 election promise of $12 million in funding for the development of the Gosford Regional Performing Arts Centre,” Mr Harris said. Media release, Jun 21, 2016 Mitchell Cutting, office of Scot Macdonald Media release, Jun 21, 2016 Kerryanne Delaney, Electorate Officer Media release, Jun 22, 2016 David Harris, shadow minister for the Central Coast

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abor’s Ms Emma McBride secured the seat of Dobell and returned Commission, Dobell had Christian Democratic Member for Dobell. “I spent this campaign the electorate to its Labor roots after ousting incumbent Liberal a 79.96 per cent turnout Party with 2,128 votes out listening to our and a 5.71 per cent and 2.59 per cent. MP Ms Karen McNamara at the polls on July 2.

With 89,339 votes counted, a 7.62 per cent swing vote placed Ms McBride ﬁrmly ahead of Ms McNamara with 55.6 per cent of the vote to 44.4 per cent on a two party preferred basis as of 4.30pm on July 4. Ms McBride, who lost the 2013 election to Ms McNamara by 1000 votes, dedicated her victory to her father, former Member for the Entrance and Minister for Gaming and Racing, Mr Grant McBride and said she would endeavour to reﬂect his approach to politics in her own.

“In the 2013 election I was a candidate for 28 days. “This time around, I was able to spend six months out listening to our community and talking to families on the Coast about what they wanted to see in their local representative. “Labor made strong commitments to funding our healthcare and hospitals as well as delivering needs based funding for our schools. “I am excited to be part of a team who are committed to improving health and educational

outcomes for our community. “My father was a well-respected local representative for our community and fought hard to get the funding and outcomes the Central Coast deserved during his time as the State Member for The Entrance. “I saw from a young age what it takes to work hard to represent your community. “He always put the community ﬁrst and that's what I would like to do as well,” Ms McBride said. According to the Australian Electoral

informal vote. First preference count voting for Dobell placed Ms McBride and the Australian Labor Party ahead with 37,082 votes and 44.02 per cent of the vote. Second was Ms McNamara and the Liberals with 31,343 and 37.21 per cent. Third place surprised many with Mr Carter Edwards of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation receiving 7,169 and 8.51 per cent, followed by Ms Abigail Boyd and the Greens with 4,654 and 5.52 per cent and Mr Robert Ervin of the

Dobell has traditionally been a Labor stronghold on the Central Coast, with Labor’s Mr Michael Lee holding the seat for 17 years, from Dobell’s first election in 1984 to 2001. While, Ms McBride was celebrating her win on July 2, Ms NcNamara refused to concede defeat and was relying on the then (July, 2) 21,000 prepoll and postal votes yet to be counted. Ms McBride said she would continue the listening tour that was a core aspect of her campaign as one of her first official acts as

community who had been let down by the Turnbull Government “I want to continue that conversation with the people in Dobell and make sure I am able to be the best representative for our community,” Ms McBride said. Ms McNamara did not respond to questions about the result.

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s Lucy Wicks announced her win in the seat of Robertson at her local park in Springﬁeld on Wednesday, July 6.

$939,379 will be spent on improving Murray St, Booker Bay

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oth major parties, Liberal and Labor, have been making promises to spend money on key projects for Robertson throughout the election campaign.

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To make it easier for voters to see the totals pledged and what they are for, Coast Community News has put together a spend-o-meter to illustrate the value of pledges made by both major parties since the election was called eight weeks ago. The Robertson spend-o-meter will also give readers a list of what to look out for in the future to keep track of how many promises have been kept by the winning party. Our major election coverage, including candidate proﬁles, general information about the Robertson electorate, the location of polling booths as well as the latest and ﬁnal information from all the parties as they relate to Robertson begins on page 10.

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$438,5549 will be spent on Ettalong’s Ferry Rd Wharf

The budget includes a total of $7.79 million in capital projects for the Peninsula, but only $3.61 million – less than half – comes from council revenue. The majority comes from government grants. Outside the Peninsula, the council contributes more than $3.35 for every dollar of grant money spent on capital projects. The council contribution to Peninsula projects represents less than one per cent of its consolidated income of $556 million. At the same time, the council expects Peninsula ratepayers will be paying more in rates, with many paying an increase greater than inﬂation (see separate report). The council budget does not show anticipated income from the Peninsula,. However, if the Peninsula pays rates, charges and other council income at the average per capita rate for the council area, it would be contributing $76 million to council coffers. The 2016-17 budget and operational plan were adopted at an extraordinary general meeting of the council held at Wyong council chambers on June 29. The plan and budget will deliver

$540 million in services and $183 million in infrastructure – a total expenditure of $724 million across the Central Coast. Total income, however, is expected to be only $598 million, with $556 million in council income from rates and charges and the like, and $42 million from grants. Budgeted spending has been focused on roads and drainage, water and sewerage, waste management, waterways and playgrounds and sporting ﬁelds, according to the council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds. The budget included funds for road and drainage upgrades at Horsﬁeld Bay and Umina and the upgrade of Umina’s McEvoy Oval. The budget and operational plan priorities for the Peninsula were set by the former Gosford Council. Reviews will be undertaken during the next 12 months to bring the plan “into greater alignment to represent the Central Coast Council”. “This may result in a change to actions, projects and programs,” the operational plan said. It is unknown whether those reviews and changes would result in more or less infrastructure funding for the Peninsula. The progressive construction of Murray St, Booker Bay, is the largest capital works item in the operational plan for the Peninsula. The work, from Eastern Rd to Flathead Rd, will cost the council $939,379 in 2016-17.

A total of $543,707 will be spent on the ongoing Cockle Bay sewerage project. Wharf safety improvement works will be undertaken at Ferry Rd Wharf in Ettalong including the replacement of deck, pylons and fenders for $438,549. The council will improve sporting field drainage at Rogers Park ground 2 and 3 in Woy Woy which will cost $400,000. Another capital works project earmarked for the Peninsula will be the final capping of the Woy Woy tip external cells with clay or geo-textile to meet Environment Protection Authority requirements at a cost of $350,000. Works will also be undertaken on Mt Ettalong Rd from Sylvania Rd towards Berrina Crescent for a total of $420,853, of which $229,853 will come from council coffers. The McEvoy Oval upgrade is another large Peninsula capital works project. It will include the replacement of the amenities building, improvements to the car park and sporting field surface. The total cost will be $756,000 with $220,000 from council funding and $536,000 from the federal government. The $1 million progressive reconstruction of Umina’s Lone Pine Ave will be advanced with $180,000 of council funds spent on the project between Haynes Ave and Ocean Beach Rd. Another $180,000 will be spent

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on improvements to Springwood St, Umina, between Albion St and Lagoon St. The progressive reconstruction of the intersection at Woy Woy Rd and Banyo Close Horsﬁeld Bay will continue. The total project cost is $810,000 with $675,000 from Roads to Recovery government funding and council budgeting $135,000. In other measures for the Peninsula, the operational plan undertakes to identify an alternative management and operations plan for the Peninsula Theatre to increase future usage and community engagement. The performance measure is that the Peninsula Theatre will have improved business operations and increased usage by June 2017. A disability inclusion action plan is also to be developed by the end of 2016-17 along with a Positive Aging Plan and an Aboriginal Development and Reconciliation Plan implemented to facilitate the former Gosford Council’s Aboriginal Employment Strategy. The council also expects to achieve 85 per cent direct expense recovery from the Peninsula Leisure Centre while providing low-cost services and programs to the community. It also aims for 75 per cent of leisure centre users to be satisﬁed in the level of service and quality of facilities. The Patonga Caravan and Camping area is to be managed

and maintained to meet the NSW Crown Lands requirement of a 30 per cent net profit by June 30 each year. The Brisbane Water Floodplain Risk Management Plan Action Plan should be completed by December 1, according to the operational plan. The current first phase of the Central Coast Council is the “merger period” which will end when councillors are elected in September 2017, the operational plan said. During the merger period the administrator, Mr Reynolds, and chief executive officer, Mr Rob Noble, are expected to ensure that the council is able to maintain seamless service delivery to the community. They are also expected to embrace opportunities to improve services and infrastructure while bringing together and building on the strengths of staff, systems, strategies and structures. The community, staff and other partners are supposed to be engaged in planning and implementing change during the merger period through information and involvement. The plan aims to ensure “ethical, open and accountable governance and administration. Operational Plan 2016-17 Central Coast Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson Photos: Noel Fisher Peninsula rates rise expected - Page 4

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The Robertson vote proved to be a close race, with a small margin of 2093 votes putting the incumbent, Ms Wicks, ahead of the Labor Party’s candidate, Ms Anne Charlton. Ms Wicks won 51.18 per cent of the two-candidate preferred vote, which was a swing of 1.91 per cent against her when compared with the 2013 result. The Labor Party’s Ms Charlton won 48.82 per cent of the two-candidate preferred vote. The Greens candidate, Ms Hillary Morris won 8 per cent of the first preference count for the electorate, which was a 2.4 per cent swing to the Greens compared with their result in 2013. Independent, Dr Van Davy, who ran on a “clean labour” ticket won 2.81 per cent of the first preference count in his first attempt at winning the seat. He was followed by Mr Robert Stoddart of the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) on 2.66 per cent.

Above, Ms Lucy Wicks MP with her daughter Molly-Joy and son Oscar Photo: Noel Fisher

there was a 3.97 per cent swing away from Ms Wicks and Ms Charlton gained a swing of 11 per cent.

for independent, Dr Davy, was Wyoming, where he secured 3.87 per cent of the vote. “My pledge to the people of Robertson will be that I will continue to listen, I will continue to advocate and I will continue to ﬁght for every single person here on the Central Coast to make sure that we build a better future,” Ms Wicks said, when claiming the victory in the seat. “It is an extraordinary privilege I have to say, to put yourself forward to sit to serve the community, so I thank all of the candidates who ran and who gave up their time and efforts to this community,” she said.

“I do pledge to continue to work every single day to ﬁght with every ﬁbre of my being for a better future for the people of the Central Coast.” - Lucy Wicks

Above, ﬁnal two-candidate preferred result for Robertson

Postal votes appear to have favoured Ms Wicks who attained 52 per cent of postal ﬁrst preference votes. The strongest individual polling booths for Ms Wicks were Terrigal, where she achieved a swing of 8.49

per cent to the Liberals compared with 2013, followed by a swing in her favour of 6.72 per cent at Pretty Beach. The result was less favourable at booths such as West Gosford where

Kariong was another strong booth for Ms Charlton, where she grew the Labor Party’s vote by 9 per cent. Some of the strongest booths for The Greens were Copacabana and Avoca and Gosford City. One of the best booths

“I do pledge to continue to work every single day to ﬁght with every ﬁbre of my being for a better future for the people of the Central Coast.” “I would like to let people know their votes do count, their votes do matter and their votes will change the

future, I believe, of life here on the Central Coast.” Ms Wicks said 600 new jobs would be available in the Gosford area by the end of 2017, creating many more opportunities for people in this region. She reaffirmed her promise to fund a medical campus in the heart of Gosford and said it was “a game changer for this region”. Ms Wicks said she intended to oversee the plans for a “world class performing arts centre in Gosford. “We have a great couple of years to look forward to,” Ms Wicks said. “I just love this job and I love this community and now we can actually fight to see that the projects underway are actually completed,” she said. The seat of Robertson had 108,509 people enrolled to vote for the July 2 federal election and achieved a turnout of 86.1 per cent of which, just over five per cent voted informally Media conference, Jul 6, 2016 Lucy Wicks, member for Robertson Caitlin Lavelle, Emma Hawes, journalists Australian Electoral Commission Tally Room Robertson, Jul 12, 2016

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“I want to thank my s Anne Charlton, Labor Party candidate for the seat of Robertson in the July 2 federal election, conceded defeat in a dedicated and tireless campaign team, and the media statement on Wednesday, July 6.

“This morning I called Lucy Wicks to congratulate her on winning the seat of Robertson,” said Ms Charlton. “For more than nine months, I have had the privilege of being out and about in the community I love, speaking with

thousands of locals about the issues that matter to them,” she said. “The Central Coast is my home, and I will always work to make our region an even better place to live, work and raise a family. “Thank you to the people of Robertson who voted

for me, and put their trust in me to stand up and be their voice in the federal parliament. “Locals showed their support for our campaign by voting to protect Medicare, support increased education funding, and create steady and secure job.

passionate members of the union movement who spent every day speaking with locals about how this Liberal Government has hurt the Coast. “It has been a great honour to represent the Labor Party, and stand with a movement that has for

more than 120 years fought for a better deal for working people. “I will continue to stand against threats to privatise Medicare, cuts to education, and tax cuts that will only beneﬁt big business while working families get left behind,” Ms Charlton said. Media release, Jul 6, 2016 Anne Charlton, Labor candidate for Robertson Anne Charlton

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LL, a major real estate investment company, has been engaged by Central Coast Council to sell a landmark 87.95 hectares of land at Kiar Ridge.

The land was acquired by the former Wyong Council from Terrace Towers in June 2014 for $10 million and became the preferred site for a Central Coast Regional Airport with the capacity to expand to the status of an interstate and international terminal. The site is situated immediately west of the M1 motorway and bounded by Hue Hue and Sparks Rds. According to JLL, the site includes 56 hectares of DA-approved developable industrial land in a 69 lot masterplan. If developed, the land would yield a total ﬂoor area of 556,400 square metres. According to Mr Laurie Eyes from the Central Coast Regional Airport Action Group, the purchase price paid by the Wyong Council in 2014 was double the NSW Valuer General’s valuation and the land was purchased without obtaining an independent valuation. At the time of acquiring the land, former mayor, Mr Doug Eaton OAM said: “There is no demand for industrial land as has been proved by the fact that the existing Terrace Tower land has been vacant and undeveloped for at least seven years.”

An expressions of interest sign has been erected on the land acquired by Wyong Council in 2014 as the site for a Central Coast regional airport

The land is zoned IN1 for industrial use and E2 Environmental and is now being sold as a site for industrial development. Expressions of interest close on Thursday, August 25. Central Coast Council’s newlyappointed group leader of Assets, Infrastructure and Business, Mr Mike Dowling, was general manager of the Terrace Towers group before he was appointed director of property and economic development by Wyong Council in January 2015. Kiar Ridge was abandoned as the preferred site for a Central Coast Regional Airport by Wyong Council in a conﬁdential council session in October 2015. The history of Wyong Council’s proposal to develop an airport at Kiar Ridge was revealed in the conﬁdential business

paper discussed by councillors on October 28. “Investigations into the proposed CCRA [Central Coast Regional Airport] Kiar Ridge site indicate that the development cost is very high due to property acquisition and site preparation costs to remove Kiar Ridge,” said the confidential report, prepared by the council’s Property and Economic Development directorate. “The site also carries significant ecological obligations for council with an Environmental Offset requirement of the order of 1,400 hectares,” the confidential report said. According to the report, financial modelling indicated that the Kiar Ridge proposal would not have generated a positive cash flow within the first 15 years of operation. The confidential business paper outlined

the history behind council’s acquisition of the Kiar Ridge land. “In March 2012, the State and Federal Government’s second Sydney Airport Site Selection Study… identified Wallarah as one of five potential Type 1 (International) airport sites. “Council subsequently included the proposed airport site at Kiar Ridge in the Draft 2013 Wyong LEP,” the confidential report to Wyong Council said. “The Wallarah site proposal was not feasible as it crossed the Local Government boundary, required the realignment of the M1 motorway and had some terrain issues which would affect runway suitability.” As a result, Wyong Council concluded the airport proposal required further investigation and

was subsequently taken back out of the 2013 LEP. Council then resolved to investigate the feasibility of a smaller domestic and regional airport at Kiar Ridge. “Investigations have included site proving and engineering cost estimates, passenger demand forecasts, ecological studies, preliminary master planning, community consultation plan and economic impact studies,” the report said. “The 2013 Central Coast Regional Airport Project Plan established the airport development as a signiﬁcant catalyst for economic development and employment generation,” it said. In June 2015, council also endorsed the investigation of alternative options including “do nothing” and developing the existing aerodrome at Warnervale. In March 2015, Wyong Council took over the management and operation of Warnervale Airport from the Central Coast Aero Club. The aero club had managed the site for 25 years and the new deed provided for council acquisition of the aero club’s property on the airport, with provisions to relocate its facilities to another site on the airport. The alternative option to develop Warnervale which resulted in the Kiar Ridge land being listed for sale, was not deemed to offer “the longterm capability of the CCRA Kiar Ridge site

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for the operation of larger aircraft” but “it could be viably developed into a signiﬁcant regional airport offering regional intrastate and interstate airline services.” The October 28 conﬁdential meeting subsequently determined to abandon the Kiar Ridge site for an airport and focus on moving forward with developing a general aviation hub and regional airport at Warnervale. A further $6 million has been allocated in the 2016-17 budget for stage 1 development of the Warnevale Airport western precinct and acquisition of eastern land for the airport development. Speaking after a recent Central Coast Council meeting, Mr Dowling said the development of the regional airport at Warnervale provided opportunities for employment growth. “It has always been the intention of this council to acquire a strong general aviation hub including aircraft repair, design and providing hangars for general aviation,” Mr Dowling said. He said demand for such services outside of Sydney was strong.

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Commercial fisher apprehended with illegal catch A commercial fisher from Umina has been apprehended in possession of illegallytaken lobster and mulloway. NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries acting compliance director, Mr Tony Andrews, said the Central Coast team was joined by Statewide Operations and Investigations Group officers in June in an operation to crack down on compliance within the “estuary general fishery” off Patonga. “The 36-year-old commercial fisherman was found in possession of 44 live Eastern Rock Lobsters and 12 prohibited size mulloway,” Mr Andrews said. “He also admitted to oversetting his meshing nets, which is a separate offence as Estuary General Fishers are prohibited from retaining Eastern Rock Lobster caught in meshing nets,” he said. “This fisherman has breached five regulations of the Act, including possessing illegally taken fish and

unlawful use of a net or trap,” Mr Andrews said. The fisherman was apprehended and the Eastern Rock Lobsters were returned to the water by officers. Under the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the fisherman faces maximum penalties of between six months and 10 years imprisonment and up to $44,000 in fines. “Stealing fish and black marketing, as well as damage to fish habitats are serious problems that can impact on the sustainability of our fish stocks across NSW. “We encourage anyone who sees illegal fishing activity to report it to their nearest Fisheries office, phone our hotline or make an online report,” said Mr Andrews. Commercial fishers in the region were reminded to adhere to the fishing regulations for Eastern Rock Lobsters and estuary fish species. Media release, 19 Jul 2016 Mel Hamling, NSW Department of Primary Industries

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For sale: Bullion St car park The Bullion St car park in Umina is for sale. Expressions of interest have been called for the 0.53 hectares of land between Bullion St and Alfred St. Described by Wilsons Estate Agency at Woy Woy as: “A landmark opportunity in the Umina CBD”, the land is zoned B2 for “mixed use” which means it can be developed for a mix of commercial and residential purposes under the 2014 Gosford Local Environment Plan. Wilsons selling agent Mr Jim Martin said the council had the community’s interests at heart by putting a “positive covenant” on the land to ensure that any new development included 160 public car spaces. Mr Martin said the impetus behind council’s decision to sell the land for development was coming from the NSW Government’s vision for the Central Coast over the next 20 years. “The NSW Department of Planning released a document about the rapid increase in population that is going to occur between Sydney and Newcastle over the next 20 years,” Mr Martin said. “It will be one of the most popular residential corridors in Australia where people will want to live and that will increase the

region’s population by 80,000 in two decades,” he said. According to Mr Martin, 40 per cent of those new residents will want to live on the Peninsula, in the area between Umina and Woy Woy. That is one of the reasons why the Gosford Local Environment Plan of 2014 reviewed all zoning, including in town centres and CBDs, to allow mixed use. In the town centres of Umina, Ettalong and Woy Woy, this could result in in-fill developments that included a ground floor of commercial and retail premises with up to five storeys of residential accommodation above, he said. According to Mr Martin, the Bullion St car park is one of the only consolidated pieces of land in the Umina CBD that could accommodate a larger mixed-use development. “When you look around the Umina CBD, just about all of the allotments are the regular 560 square metre blocks so you can’t get the height to build anything lofty around that area,” he said. Even though the Bullion St land includes 10 individual titles, Mr Martin said the council’s intention was to sell it as one parcel to accommodate a development with the potential to “revitalise the Umina CBD”. “Essentially the developer has

the option of doing the whole of the car parking underground and then building three handsome towers on the site,” he said. “Or they may decide to put parking in one area and then build two mixed use towers towards the West St end of the land.” The closing date for expressions of interest is September 16, to give prospective purchasers the opportunity to view the land, work out affordability and work with planning consultants and council representatives to put a proposal forward. Mr Martin said he was very optimistic about the current attitude of the new Central Coast Council. “They are displaying a very futuristic attitude that is a 100 degree turn around on what we had ﬁve or 10 years ago. “They are starting to speak the right language. “The way the council is approaching the future is that we have got to move forward to mobilise all centres on the Peninsula. “We can’t be dogmatic and the council is wanting to see nice developments for the area,” he said. Website, 14 Jul 2016 Realcommercial.com.au Interview, 19 Jul 2016 Jim martin, Wilsons Real Estate Woy Woy Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Mr Primrose was responding to questions about how residents could ensure the Central Coast Council administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, could be accountable to the community for issues such as building a regional performing arts centre and regional library in Gosford, cleaning up the Mangrove Mountain landfill, reclassification and sale of community land, or progressing other major developments in the Gosford CBD. “How could you possibly expect one person to be administrator and still apply the same level of oversite and consultation as nine councillors and a mayor,” Mr Primrose said. “We have been finding that councils under administration have been putting their business papers out late, there has been far less business discussed at meetings and the administrator can’t possibly go to the dozens of meetings and talk to community groups and constituents that former councillors would have gone to. “That is where things that the community was concerned about would have been flagged and where elected councillors would have been able to test out opinions about things and know what to raise,” he said. “Those are the sorts of things that make local government local and whether or not you support the amalgamations, why on earth are the administrators continuing until September 2017?”

“How could you possibly expect one person to be administrator and still apply the same level of oversite and consultation as nine councillors and a mayor,” Mr Primrose said. “They won’t tell us…they have refused my application stating it is not in the public interest to tell me why we can’t have elections earlier so I am going to the administrative appeals tribunal,” Mr Primrose said. “Why can’t the continuing merger happen with the oversite of an elected council and mayor? “Be they sinners of saints, the administrators are not representatives of the local community,” he said. Mr Primrose said although the administrator was paid out of council (ratepayer) funds, he was accountable to Mr Baird, not the community. “They are obliged to provide voluminous reports back to the premier; initially it was weekly, but they’ve now scaled that back to fortnightly, but it is not about ﬁnancial details, it is only the good news stories, so the state government can create positive headlines about its mergers,” he said. “There cannot be proper scrutiny when all the gatekeepers are reporting

department of Premier and Cabinet should be able to give estimates of current merger costs now,” he said. Mr Primrose also addressed questions about how long the community should have to wait until Mr Reynolds had received and analysed reports on controversial issues such as the former Gosford Council’s proposed Land Sale Strategy that could result in twenty five community reserves being reclassified as operational land and sold off for development. “If it was a full council, I would say a month, but you have got one individual, and it is very difficult to expect one person to do the job while they are also engaging in staff reviews and writing reports for the premier,” he said. “The proper solution is to let the local community elect its own local council,” he said.

section 96 application is being considered by Central Coast Council for the $17.6 million redevelopment of the Dutton’s Tavern site at 157 to 161 Mann St Gosford.

advantage of being located close to public transport. Gosford Council approved a minor variation in the ﬂoor space ratio for the development and made allowances for car parking. Two podium levels will include 15 residential units. Floors three through to 12 will house another 54 residential units and there will be two penthouse apartments on the top ﬂoor. Website, Jul 27, 2016 Central Coast Council Find an application, DA47056/2015

Interview, Jul 20, 2016 Peter Primrose, NSW shadow minister for local government

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Doma Group development manager, Mr David Carey, said the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) upon granting deferred commencement consent at the end of June, had set three conditions that the developer had to comply with before it could get operational commencement consent. According to Mr Carey, the three conditions related to the design of the building’s plant room, relocation of the electrical kiosk to save a tree and the submission of updated plans to provide 13 additional car spaces along the extension of Baker St. “We have addressed those three issues and submitted the additional information required to Central Coast Council so we are hopeful the formal go-ahead will come soon,”

Mr Carey said. Although no construction work has commenced on the site to date, Mr Carey said remediation work is underway at the development site on the corner of Georgiana Terrace and Mann Street. Once Central Coast Council is happy that Doma has complied with the three additional JRPP consent conditions, Doma will need to acquire a construction certificate before the development can commence. Mr Carey said he anticipated that process would be relatively quick because, as part of the JRPP review process, Central Coast Council had recommended approval of the development and had pointed out the areas that required additional work

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from the developer. “We have already appointed a certifier and we are already working through the certification process,” Mr Carey said. He said as a result of the certification work that has already been done, Doma were hopeful that construction on the site could commence within the next six to eight weeks. Mr Carey confirmed that none of the additional conditions set by the JRPP had been related to issues raised by the community regarding the ownership of the land or the former Gosford Council’s intent to make it part of a dedicated performing arts precinct. Interview, Jul 27, 2016 David Carey, Doma Group Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Council evicts progress association from their hall he Macmasters Beach Progress Association have warned that the Macmasters Beach Progress Hall may have seen its last community function, as the new Central Coast Council has issued the Association an eviction notice to take effect on August 7.

Local man, Mr Led Waddington, celebrated his 95th birthday in the Hall on July 23, and part of the festivities included a public meeting to discuss the state of the Association’s affairs with Council, which was attended by over 90 people. The Macmasters Beach and District Progress Association president, Ms Barbara Wills, conducted the meeting to provide feedback to the Macmasters Beach community and alleged Council has failed to address any of the Association’s concerns in regards to conditions about its new licencing agreement. Ms Wills provided the meeting with a timeline of Council’s actions and the Association’s responses.

“All of this has come about because the Central Coast Council has tried to force a new licence agreement onto the organisations that manage community halls on Council’s behalf,” Ms Wills said. “In the case of the Macmasters Beach Hall, the proposed licence agreement is onerous, completely unsuited to this particular hall, and endeavours to transfer Council’s responsibilities to a community organisation,” she added. During the meeting, Ms Wills outlined the reasons the Association could not sign the agreement including issues with rent, site management, and liability. “In the new agreement, Council increased the annual rent by 400 per cent,” Ms Wills said. “While the total dollars are not huge, the Association does not have the income to meet the costs, and office holders cannot commit the Association to expenditure that is not covered by income. “Council has also included a rent escalation clause that provides for annual rent increases of CPI plus 3 per cent,” she said.

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Ms Wills also said that Council was “demanding” that the Association double its public liability insurance (twice the amount required by the Associations Incorporation Act). She said the agreement required the Association to indemnify Council against any action arising from use of the Hall and its grounds. The Hall is located on a small section of the Corribeg Reserve and according to Ms Wills, the Association were not presently responsible for any part of the Hall or grounds, and said that the Association were just building tenants under an occupancy agreement. “Clearly this will increase the insurance burden on the Association as the reserve is

a busy public thoroughfare,” she said. Ms Wills said the proposed agreement required the Association to pay GST on the rent which suggests Council is now defining the Hall as a commercial building. “It also appears that the agreement requires the association to pay 100 per cent of outgoings,” Ms Wills added. “The agreement essentially makes us responsible for a public reserve. “How can Council do that?” Ms Wills said. According to Ms Wills, the Hall has been managed by the Progress Association for more than 60 years. “In that time, the hall has

been used for community purposes and functions. “These functions have always been a focal point to enable the local community to get together to raise money for charity and needy community groups,” she said. Ms Wills said the matter is further complicated by the distinctive character of the Hall. “This Hall is tiny, the seating capacity would max out at about 12 people. “The usual activities community halls get hired for do not suit the Macmasters Beach Hall and it’s very disappointing to see Council treat the Hall and the community in this way,” Ms Wills continued, saying she anticipated a “huge sense of loss” in the community if the Hall was successfully tendered by another organisation or group. “Council has stonewalled the concerns of the Association and it so upsetting to see the community being treated this way. Ms Wills said the Association would continue to dispute the conditions of Council’s agreement and that the group would meet with Member for Terrigal, Mr

Adam Crouch, on August 1, to discuss the situation and would be seeking legal advice on aspects of the agreement they feel were “vague” and “confusing”. A statement from Council said due high demand for community facilities, Council has adopted a new licencing policy to improve their use, availability and long-term sustainability. “The revamped policy makes sure the use of community buildings is fairer and transparent,” the council statement said. It said around four months ago, Council provided the Macmasters Beach and District Progress Association with the first opportunity to take a new licence for use of the Hall. “Given the association has decided not to sign a new licence, it is now expected that a tender will be called for other community groups and organisations to use the Hall. “The association will be able to tender for use of the hall as part of this process,” Mr Slade said. Email, Jul 25, 2016 Barbara Wills, MacMasters Beach Interview, Jul 25, 2016

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Narara Valley Precinct Park opened he new $370,000 Narara Valley Precinct Park will be opened by the Central Coast Council on July 28, with a community gathering and barbecue.

The new park and playground, on Willari Ave, features nature play opportunities, grassed areas, modern play equipment and sculptures. Council’s Group Leader of Customer and Community Relationships, Ms Judy Jaeger, said it was pleasing to see that the Narara Valley community now has access to the precinct park it deserves. “With the new Narara Valley Precinct Park funded from the sale of the area’s old community hall, this is a great example of how council is reinvesting funds into vital community services and facilities,” Ms Jaeger said. “The spacious, multi-use playground is located in a large reserve with plenty of open space for recreational and group activities. “We’re very proud of the playground’s strong focus on nature play and the highly vegetated environment the

park provides for children to explore,” she added. Narara Valley Precinct Park offers great accessibility for a broad range of ages and capabilities, as well as fantastic complementary facilities including public amenities, barbecues and picnic furniture. “This new park and playground truly has been a collaborative community effort, with over 200 local residents leaving their mark on the facility either via hand printing in the pathways or tree planting,” Ms Jaeger said. “We’d like to see as many people from the Narara Valley area down at the community get together to celebrate this wonderful piece of community infrastructure,” she concluded.

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Tiny Homes pilot project DA approved our ‘tiny homes’ will be built at 25 Racecourse Rd, Gosford following council approval of a development application for a Tiny Homes Foundation pilot project on the site.

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Mr David Wooldridge, CEO and co-founder of the Tiny Homes Foundation said the organisation was still working with a certifier on final construction specifications before a construction certificate could be granted and the development commenced. The former Gosford Council entered into an arrangement with the Tiny Homes Foundation in October 2015 to provide land for a pilot Tiny Homes project to be developed that could potentially be rolled out nationally as an affordable housing solution. “Being a revolutionary concept to provide Australia’s first approved multi Tiny Homes solution for homelessness, with tenant equity participation, there has been a lot of work to get it right and replicable,” he said. The pilot project in West Gosford will be an Australian

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first to transition people experiencing homelessness to home ownership at a built cost of approximately $15,000-$20,000 per home. The Tiny Homes Foundation (THF) is a notfor-profit organisation dedicated to providing socially, environmentally and economically sustainable affordable housing solutions and support for people experiencing homelessness. The THF aims to work within a collaborative supported service model that seeks to address the needs of people

experiencing, and at risk of, homelessness. The pilot program will comprise four tiny homes, a shared laundry and common space offering amenities and meeting facilities for the provision of welfare and education services. The site for the pilot comprises Lot 6 in DP 11569 and is known as 25 Racecourse Rd, Gosford. It is rectangular in shape and has an area of 930 square metres with a frontage of 15.25 metres to Racecourse Rd and 61 metres to Showground Rd.

The site is relatively flat but elevated from both streets with a timber retaining wall and metal balustrade running the full length of both street frontages. It is well screened by dense vegetation along Showground Rd and located approximately 450 metres north of Gosford Railway Station and approximately 100 metres east of Gosford Hospital. The land is owned by council and historically contained a dwelling and several outbuildings that

accommodated the Gosford Family Centre. All buildings have been demolished and the site is currently vacant. Council has approved the construction of four ‘tiny homes’ to be used as self-contained boarding accommodation for four lodgers that will have access to a common laundry and lounge/meeting room. Remaining land will be used for common open space, landscaping and vegetable gardens. Each ‘tiny home’ is designed around passive

solar principles to maximise year round thermal comfort. The site will be managed in partnership with a local social and community housing provider, Pacific Link Housing (PLH) which has over 30 years of experience in providing social and community housing, with over 900 properties and 2,000 tenants on the Central Coast and in the Hunter Region. “It is this partnership that will ensure the successful management of the site, in accordance with an adopted Management Plan,” according to a Statement of Environmental Effects submitted as part of the DA. The tiny homes will provide lodgers with a place of residence for a minimum of three months. Mr Wooldridge said commencement of the Gosford project is still some months away. Interview, Jul 21, 2016 David Wooldridge, Tiny Homes Foundation Email, Oct 21, 2015 Gabby Bowles, former Gosford Council Website, Jul 26, 2016 DA49365/2016, Gosford Council Find an Application Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Kathy Smith granted extended leave abor’s Member for Gosford, Ms Kathy Smith, has been granted extended leave from the Parliament while she undergoes medical treatment for a serious health condition.

Member for Wyong, Mr David Harris, said it was well known in the community that Ms Smith was a cancer survivor. As the former chairperson of Cancer Voices NSW, Ms Smith was a community advocate and champion for the delivery of a dedicated cancer treatment centre at Gosford Hospital. The electorate office in Woy Woy remains open, with staff available to assist with local matters. “Kathy has the support of the entire Labor caucus and our heartfelt wishes for a speedy recovery are with Kathy and her family during this difficult time,” said NSW opposition leader, Mr Luke

Foley. “I would ask that Kathy’s privacy be respected,” Mr Foley said. “I know Kathy’s intention is to fully return to work, there has been no mention of her doing otherwise and certainly no mention of the need for a by election,” Mr Harris added. The NSW parliament arranges pairs for circumstances such as an extended absence. This means Ms Smith’s absence from parliament

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does not have an impact on the outcome of votes in the lower house. Mr Foley said this means Mr Harris, who is also the shadow minister for the Central Coast, can represent the interests of the residents of the Gosford electorate. Interview, 23 Jun 2016 David Harris, shadow minister for the Central Coast Media release, 18 Jul 2016 Luke Foley, NSW leader of the opposition Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Council proposes to reduce public meetings to one per month ublic council meetings on the Central Coast may be reduced to one per month under the merged Central Coast Council.

Webcasting of meetings may also be trialled for six months. Section 365 of the Local Government Act specifies that a council must meet at least 10 times per year, each time in a different month, so the proposal to meet monthly is within the bounds of the Act. A Draft Code of Meeting Practice was expected to be adopted by administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, at council’s ordinary meeting on Wednesday, July 27. That version of the code did not contain the proposed monthly meetings or webcasting trial. The additional proposed changes – the move to monthly meetings and trial of live streaming -have resulted in further amendments to the code. The latest amended draft code will go on public exhibition for 28 days and the community will be given 42 days to make submissions. If the amendments are passed at the end of the 42 days (no earlier than September 7), between October 2016 and September 2017, the Central Coast Council proposes to meet in Gosford five times only, on: October 26; January 25; March 22; May 24; and July 26. Alternate monthly meetings will be held in the Wyong chamber. During the same period in previous years, the former Gosford Council would have met on no less than 10 occasions and Wyong Council would also have had at least 10 meetings

depending on the Christmas break. “Improved internal efficiencies have resulted in a reduction of the complexity and number of matters determined at meetings of the council,” a report from council’s governance department to the July 27 meeting said. “There are significant costs and resources associated with the preparation of business papers for council meetings, and having less frequent meetings where each conducts more business will result in further significant efficiencies,” the report said. No submissions were received by council during the public consultation period (not advertised in this paper) to examine the first version of the draft code of meeting practice that was expected to be adopted on July 27. That version of the code included council meetings on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, rotating between Gosford and Wyong chambers. That arrangement will stay in place until or unless the subsequently amended version of the draft is adopted after (or on) September 7. The change to monthly meetings, to be held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, would enable the administrator to utilise the second Wednesday of each month for staff briefings, according to the governance department’s report. It was further recommended that the

draft code be amended to provide for meetings to be webcast. CEO, Mr Rob Noble, has been authorised to undertake the necessary procurement, budget allocation and other steps needed to undertake a webcasting trial and to report outcomes of the trial back to council. The report to the July 27 ordinary council meeting from council’s governance department recommended that council trial internet streaming of meetings via a streaming service at an estimated cost of $100 per month. “It is recommended that council implement a low cost-low tech solution in the first instance as a proof of concept,” the report said. “This will allow a number of things to happen: test the viability and appeal of webcasting without significant upfront cost; identify and remedy logistical bugs without having committed to a full system and upgrade; measure audience size, as information from other local councils suggests that the audience size for webcasts, after an initial interest, whether live or on demand, is relatively small; and, obtain and consider feedback from viewers.” The six-month live streaming trial would require the installation of one or two fixed static cameras in each (Wyong and Gosford) chamber at an estimated cost of $1000 per camera. Agenda item, Jul 27, 2016 Central Coast Council ordinary meeting

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Crown Lands Inquiry public hearing in Gosford

public hearing into the NSW Legislative Council’s Inquiry into Crown Lands will be held on August 8 in Gosford. The meeting will be held at the Central Coast Leagues Club. Shadow minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, had called on the community to make submissions as part of the current NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Crown Lands in NSW, but the closing date for submissions was July 24. Mr Harris said organisations that could be affected by the inquiry, and the new Crown Land legislation that is being proposed by the NSW Government, might include preschools, Scout and Guide groups, nursing homes and some community halls,” he said. “This new legislation will affect many community groups across the Central Coast,” Mr Harris said. According to a Gosford Council land register dated September 2014, around 130 locations (plus those on the Woy Woy Peninsula) either have “Crown” as part of their common name or are owned by the Crown.

111 grant applications recommended for funding he 2016 annual funding program of the former Gosford Council received 185 applications requesting a total of $1.19 million in funding.

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The vast majority of those are currently classified as being for community recreation, open space, environmental or conservation and include several community or neighbourhood centres, but they may have other active uses. For example, a childcare centre in Green Point is on land owned by the Crown, classified as operational and zoned as R2 Residential. Mr Harris said the inquiry will be examining the extent of Crown Land and the benefits of active use and management of that land to NSW. It will be looking into: the adequacy of community input and consultation regarding the commercial use and disposal of

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can write to the committee asking for permission to speak. Mr Primrose said the future and management of Crown Land in NSW was “very complex stuff. “Most people are not aware of the great range and tenure of Crown Land available,” he said. “Most beaches are Crown Land, for example, and then there are Crown Roads. “As shadow minister for local government, I am very concerned about what is going to happen to Crown Roads,” he said. Mr Primrose said his concerns were based on the extent of cost shifting that the NSW Government has undertaken in recent years. Local Government NSW has estimated that the NSW Government is currently shifting $860 million each year across the state off its books and adding it to the costs of local councils that do not have adequate funding to deal with the additional burden, Mr Primrose said. Website, Jul 20, 2016 NSW Parliament Inquiry into crown lands Media release, Jul 15, 2016 Jake Allen, office of David Harris Interview, Jul 20, 2016 Sam Griffith, Legislative Council GPSC6 Interview, Jul 20, 2016 Peter Primrose, NSW shadow minister for local government Gosford Council Land Register, Sep 16, 2014 Jackie Pearson, journalist

Of the submitted applications, 111 have been recommended for funding by specialist panels drawn from across council staff. The total amount recommended to be allocated to those applications was $436,052 out of the annual funding program budget of $473,000. The remaining $36,948 was recommended to be retained to assist with additional and unforeseen costs of project delivery, and for a second round of heritage grants following completion of council’s current Community Based Heritage Study. The 2016 Community Funding Recommendations Summary and Report were confidential in accordance with Section 10A (2) (a) of the Local Government Act 1993, for the reason that it contained personal information of particular individuals. The former Gosford Council’s annual Community Funding Programs included nine categories: community development grants; sponsorship; heritage grants; Aboriginal grants; sister city grants; recreation assistance grants; place making small grants; community facility support program council-owned; and community facility support program noncouncil owned. Council is currently finalising the Community Based Heritage Study for the former Gosford Local Government Area. This study is recommending a further 213 properties be added to Schedule 5 of the Gosford Environmental Plan 2014. The Heritage Grants program has been promoted in the community engagement phase for the study as one of the incentives for heritage listing. Although not formally heritage listed as yet, three of the property owners who

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have readily agreed to the heritage listing have also applied for grant funding. It is recommended that the $15,590.00 from the total Heritage Grants budget of $80,000 be retained and a second grant round be opened once the heritage listings are finalised. This grant round would be for newly-listed heritage items only. A report prepared by council’s customer and community relationships department recommended that administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, adopted the assessment panel’s recommendations for awarding the 2016 Community Funding Programs. Recipients of the community development grant program, Aboriginal grants program, sponsorship program and place making small grants program are required to sign a funding agreement prior to funds being made available. Assessment of all applications occurred throughout June and all applications were assessed against eligibility criteria in line with each funding program’s guidelines. The assessment panel for each program consisted of a minimum of three staff members from relevant sections of council. The funding programs were promoted on Council’s website and in a local newspaper but were not advertised in this newspaper or Peninsula News. Six information dropin sessions were held throughout the former Gosford Local Government area, but again they were not advertised in this newspaper or in Peninsula News. Overall, only 70 representatives of local organisations attended these information sessions.

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Temporary reprieve for Information being released by Wamberal Memorial Hall council has reduced by 75% he community has been told it is business as usual at the new Central Coast Council but administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, has halved the number of items dealt with at the new council’s first three meetings.

Based on the last 12 meetings held by the former Gosford Council, which was dismissed on May 12 and merged with Wyong Council to create the new Central Coast Council, an average business paper for an ordinary meeting amounted to 210 pages of reports and recommendations. The size of the business paper distributed in advance of the 12 last former Gosford Council ordinary meetings ranged from a low of 69 pages on February 10 to a high of 600 pages for the last 2015 meeting held on December 8. Those numbers do not include procedural items or any additional reports, such as mayoral minutes and urgency motions that would further inflate the numbers. The average number of business items dealt with by the former council was 23 but the range was from a low of 11 in February to 47 in both December and October. Similarly, the former Wyong Council also met twice a month and their business papers averaged 288 pages per meeting over the same period and 19 business items dealt with. It is early days for the Central Coast Council, but across the first three ordinary meetings, Mr Reynolds has dealt with an average of 11 business items and reduced the business papers to around 126 pages.

This means that the information now being put out to the community through business papers has dropped from a combined average from the two former councils of just under a 1,000 pages a month to just over 250 pages a month. Similarly, the number of business items dealt with by the two former councils totalled 84 per month compared with only 22 items per month now. The duration of meetings has been reduced from hours to less than 30 minutes. Two extraordinary meetings have been excluded from the numbers, along with procedural items. The absence of councillors, with partypolitical agendas and community interests to represent, as well as the absence of reports from committees, is the most obvious reason for the small agendas and short meetings. Councillors could ask for items to be included in the business papers for discussion if there was a justifiable reason for doing so. The rules for setting what does and does not get discussed at an open council meeting have not, however, changed as a result of the amalgamation, according to a statement from the new council’s media team.

The content of the business paper is determined in accordance with clause 240 Local Government (General) Regulation 2005. That is part of Division 3 of the regulations, procedures for the conduct of council meetings. Regulation 240 states that it is the general manager’s (or CEO’s) responsibility to make sure the agenda includes all matters arising out of former council meetings. When it proclaimed the formation of the new Central Coast Council, the NSW Government provided the administrator with all the functions of the council and its mayor. As a result, the CEO must also see to it that the agenda includes any topic or matter Mr Reynolds, as meeting chair, proposes to put to the meeting. The agenda must also include any business of which due notice has been given. Mr Noble, as CEO, could decide not to include an item for which due notice has been given if it is his opinion that to do so would be unlawful. If he does decide to leave anything off the business paper for that reason, he must report the exclusion to the next meeting. The regulation also says the agenda must be prepared “as soon as practicable before the meeting”. The details of any item of business covered by Section 9(2A) of the Local Government Act, items to be dealt with in a confidential session, must be included in the business paper. Various Acts, including but not limited to Section 377 of the Local Government Act 1993, prescribe matters that must be determined by the governing body (currently the administrator) of the council. It is not clear whether those matters need to be dealt with in a public meeting. Section 377 includes a list of matters that the governing body can delegate to, for instance, the CEO, including, setting rates and charges, borrowing money and land sales. Media statement, Jul 15, 2016 Central Coast Council media Jackie Pearson, journalist

he future of the Wamberal Memorial Hall appears to be a little more certain following recent steps taken by Central Coast Council to review its status as a community asset.

According to an article on the Wamberal Community Group’s website: “In a stunning turn of events, the general counsel at the new Central Coast Council, Mr Brian Glendenning, has found that the previous Gosford Council had no power to change Wamberal Memorial Hall from community land, that cannot be sold, to operational land that can be sold. “In 1994, in a simply staggering decision, Gosford Council resolved that the Wamberal Memorial Hall, park and playground should be classified as operational land,” the article said. “That decision was simply wrong. “Operational land is for Council depots, sewerage plants and the like. “Just why Gosford Council resolved that the Wamberal Memorial Hall, park and playground more closely

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resembled a works depot or sewage plant than it did a community facility will forever remain a mystery,” the article said. Mr Richard Wells, spokesperson for the Wamberal Community Group said he had been contacted by the council’s heritage officer, Ms Rebecca Cardy, to organise a visit to the hall and a meeting with the hall’s management committee. Mr Wells said the hall was used every day for meetings, dance schools and for other community activities. “It needs maintenance, the guttering needs work and there are some little maintenance jobs,” he said.

Mr Wells said he was looking forward to the meeting with Ms Cardy, the council’s heritage architect and members of the Wamberal Memorial Hall committee to discuss the future of the community facility. “So for the time being, Wamberal Memorial Hall has been saved from immediate demolition thanks to the hard work of the general counsel of the new Central Coast Council,” he said. Website, Jul 13, 2016 Wamberal Community Group Interview, Jul 22, 2016 Richard Wells, Wamberal Community Group Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Reptile Park has stopped the real threat of extinction of the Tassie Devil

uly 2016 marks 20 years since Australia’s Tasmanian devil population fell into crises with the emergence of the Devil Face Tumour Disease.

The disease ravaged the population, and by 2008, almost 90 per cent of the Devil population had gone from Tasmania. To stop the real threat of extinction, The Australian Reptile Park, Somersby, began a flagship breeding program to create an insurance population free from Devil Face Tumour Disease (DFTD). The program started in 2006 with 10 founder devils and has grown into Devil Ark, the only mainland conservation breeding program for Tasmanian devils, housing 52 per cent of the mainland Australian devil population on its site in Barrington Tops. Determined to save the species from the fate of the Tasmanian tiger, the directors of Devil Ark have made a commitment to double their insurance population of healthy devils, from 180 to 360, by 2020. After years of successfully breeding devils at The Reptile Park, the Park’s general manager, Mr Tim Faulkner, was able to expand upon the conservation efforts surrounding the species by securing $1.2 million in development funding for Devil Ark when he was awarded the 2015 Australian Geographic Australian Conservationist of the Year for his work with and commitment to Tasmanian devil conservation. The funding allowed

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for Devil Ark to become a standalone facility solely focused on producing an insurance population of Tasmanian devils and has since successfully bred up to 150 healthy, cancer free, and genetically robust devils for eventual release back into Tasmania. Mr Faulkner, who is also general manager of Devil Ark, said the work at Devil Ark and the insurance population it was amassing were a matter of national responsibility given mainland Australia having the worst record of mammal extinction in the world and the losing battle against DFTD. “The devil is in no better shape now than in 2008, and a Tasmanian solution is seemingly about politics rather than the species’ recovery. “Science and research have failed to find a solution and sadly we risk losing the most researched animal in

history,” he said. Mr Faulkner also warned about the potential damage to the Australian ecosystem losing the devil, a top tier predator, would have on maintaining balance. “Losing the devil would pave the way to lose even more native species,” Mr Faulkner said. According to Mr Faulkner the devil was extremely important to the food chain as one of the only native predators capable of dealing with introduced threats that unbalance the ecosystem like feral cats. Despite the devil’s significance as an Australian icon and its role in the Australian ecosystem, Devil Ark faces a real challenge to deliver on its breeding commitments. As a standalone not for profit organisation, Devil Ark will need to raise $1.5 million in funds to cover the expansion of its facilities to accommodate the doubling

of its devil population. It is starting an every cent counts campaign and is reaching out to Australian conservation groups, businesses and schools. “It has been a wonderful thing that The Australian Reptile Park, and the people of the Central Coast who supported it, fostered the Tasmanian devil into the future,” Mr Faulkner said. “Now Australia needs to see Devil Ark for what it is, a national responsibility and get on board,” he concluded. As of July 25, Devil Ark has received $250,000 in donations of their $1.5 million goal. Media release, Jul 24, 2016 Lizzie Doyle, The Australian Reptile Park Interview, Jul 25, 2016 Tim Faulkner, The Australian Reptile Park/Devil Ark Dilon Luke, journalist

It is known as Sewage Rising Main C10 and was damaged during upgrade works to sewage pump station C10. A temporary main was laid across the bed of the lagoon so that the sewerage system could continue to operated. The temporary main has operated successfully while council investigated the most feasible option for repair, according to a report from council’s Assets, Infrastructure and Business Department to the July 27 ordinary meeting. According to the report from council staff, the project has drawn some public interest as it relates to the amenity of Terrigal Lagoon. “Letters have been submitted to local residents to keep them informed on the progress of this project,” the report said Two preferred options for repair were identified, both of which included lining the existing internal diameter of the existing main. Tenders were called for the design and construction of the rising mains rehabilitation. Tenderers had to demonstrate how they would keep sewer pump station C10 operating whilst

repairs to the rising main were undertaken and how the temporary main would be decommissioned and disposed of whilst ensuring no sewage was spilled into Terrigal Lagoon. Organisations tendering for the work were also required to demonstrate how they would complete construction works including civil works to interconnect the mains at the eastern and western shores of Terrigal Lagoon. The tender was advertised in April and closed on May 10 resulting in council receiving three submissions. The contract has been approved under Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and a level 2 environmental assessment undertaken by a council officer. Council has determined to go ahead with the contract as the option of not accepting an offer from any of the tendering parties was not recommended “due to the risk of sewage discharge and disruption to the public amenity of Terrigal Lagoon”, the report said. Agenda item 2.1, Jul 27, 2016 Central Coast Council ordinary meeting

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a d a l b a 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. 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

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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.

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 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.

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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.

“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. Media release, Apr 29, 2016 Wyong Council media

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Wyong to Councils Strategic endorsement ment a and created the new Central Coast Council did not ot provide beendetailgiven regional airport has not on how

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 Interview, Apr 6, 2016 reach its full potential as Lisa Matthews, Kamira a catalyst for economic Director development and Interview, Apr 6, 2016 employment growth,” he Cate Hewett, Kamira Chief said. Executive “I Motor congratulate David Mehan outside The Entrance Registry the Journalist, Dilon Luke State Government on taking this initiative. “This is the only Act Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford of its kind to regulate a Phone: 4325 7369 Fax: 4321 0940 single airfield and no other Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 airport in Australia faces E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net the same restrictions. Website: www.centralcoastnews.net “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

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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

meetings would be conducted during the administration period. In announcing the first meeting, a media release from the Central Coast Council said: “Newly appointed administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, will preside over the first Central Coast Council meeting on Wednesday 25 May.” 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 Works completed by Wyong yong Council last year are being that staff and myself are investigated by NSW W Planning and Environment upoffor.Warnervale the future the airport and compliance ce certainly “It is an exciting time to protect investigations would uld Airport the not be impacted by the he tothebe amenity here, the of Central surrounding review of the Act. Coast has area. now been It restricts The Warnervale ale established as a aircraft region in the Airport Restrictions Act inmovement its own right andevent can theregowas a proposal requires the minister ter only from strength toto for planning to review ew extend the runway or it to determine whether her build a new runway. The Act: limits the its policy objectives es remain valid and if the he length of any runway terms of the Act remain ain to 1,200 metres with potential to make an appropriate. “Since the introduction on application to the minister of the Act, there have ve for a runway of up to been a number of new ew 1,800 metres in length; planning instruments that hat prevents the construction provide for assessment nt of a new runway at the of airports as well as a airport except at a site number of regulations ns approved by the minister; applying to aviation and nd and provides for a process related activities,” the he to review any proposal to expand operations. document said. Stakeholders will be The Act came into nto specifi fic force on June 1, 1997, as consulted about specific a response to proposals als objectives and written to expand the Warnervale ale submissions will be Airport from a 900 metre tre accepted until May 27. runway to an 1,800 metre tre Document, April 2016 runway. Review of Warnervale The overall policy Airport Restrictions Act objective of the Act is to Frequently Asked Questions impose restrictions on

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sewerage and stormwater drainage fees and charges for 2016-17 in respect to the former Gosford Local Government Area; and the proposed transfer of land at Kangy Angy to Transport NSW. Meetings of the new Central Coast Council will be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of most months and will alternate between the chambers at Wyong and Gosford. The Wyong meeting will be held on the fourth Wednesday of each month and the meetings held on the second Wednesday of the month will be located in Gosford. The new council is also expected to agree that all future meetings will be audio recorded and, in the future, podcasting of meetings will also be considered. The former Wyong Council did record its meetings; Gosford Council did not. Under the Proclamation which dismissed the former councils and created the new Central Coast Council on May 12, clause eight stated that the code of meeting practice of the former Wyong Council was to be the new council’s code. However, the former Wyong code would have meant that all meetings of the new Central Coast Council would have been held in Wyong, hence amendments were

required. An amended code of meeting practice is also likely to go on public exhibition for 28 days and submissions can be made for at least 42 days from the date the draft code goes on exhibition. Alternating the meeting venue between Gosford and Wyong: “Will provide the public with J more June une e 7, 7 equitable 20166 access to and participation in council meetings,” a report from the interim general manager, Mr Rob Noble, to the May 25 meeting said. Other amendments to be made to the code The former Wyong Council chamber will be the venue for the of meeting practice first meeting of the new Central Coast Council on May 25 he ew were the inclusion of new strength. were dismissed on May the Extraordinary Council Central the definition of anCoastt “Staff have been 12 and replaced with an meeting is available on administrator C to oclarify u n cto i l ’ s working hard on the administrator. both the former Wyong the community and staff dministrator, administrator, Mr Ian transition to one council The new council’s Council and Gosford how the code applies to d and residents should be communications team Council websites. Reynolds, has agreed, the administrator, and first assured that the services said the administrator, Items to be discussed at tthe council’s clarifipublic cation of meeting meeting on they expect from their Mr Ian Reynolds, would at the meeting include n venuesMay to local council will not perform the role of administrative and d iin 25, tto specify sell land addresses. only be continued but mayor and councillors by governance matters such Orchard Rd, Kangy A further report will will be enhanced. considering reports from as: a code of conduct Angy to the NSW be provided to council “I look forward to directors. and related matters; to build Government on July 27 to allow getting out and about and The administrator committees of the former a multi-million the council to considerdollar learning as much about may ask questions of Gosford and Wyong e train maintenance submissions and whether the area as I can as soon the relevant director in Councils; interim salary facil the amended facility. to adopt as possible,” he said. relation to a report or arrangement for council; residents code. Kangy Angy resident A statement from the recommendation. code of meeting practice fighting ng have been Central Coast Council Members of the public and location of council Mediathe release, 17, 2016 he an Maysale h land and the said the public could can still apply to address meetings; and, the interim Business paper, May 25, 2016 ent proposed development attend the meeting. the meeting about a organisational structure Extraordinary Council about abou since they learned Wyong Regional particular item. for the new council. Meeting it in September. Agenda item 3.7, Chronicle asked the At the end of the According to the Transport Tr Mayt 25,for 2016 NSW Central Coast Council discussion of an agenda business paper, the Central Coast Council the has also announced to explain the format item, the administrator meeting will also make extraordinary meeting view of Environmental Review the meeting would take, will make a decision as determinations in Media statement, Faactors Factors (REF) and given that the former to whether to approve, relation to: a quarterly May 17, 2016 oncept c ptCouncil concept planmedia for the Central Coast mayors of Wyong and amend, defer or refuse a budget review for the publi facility will be on public Jackie Pearson, journalist Gosford Council and report’s recommendation. former Gosford Council; bition from m June Ju 6 to exhibition all elected councillors A business paper for determination of water, ul 4. 4 July Ms Michelle Nicholso M Nic Nicholsonn m the Kangy Angy from Residents Action Group ro p Residents Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford W said Transport for NSW Phone: 4325 7369 Fax: 4321 0940 resentatives ntatives met with w representatives Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 sidents on Friday, Friday Frida residents E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net fulfil fil their May 27 “to fulfi Website: www.centralcoastnews.net obligations to engage in community consultation. “When we raised our concerns about the flooding the project director said it was ‘their i k’ risk’. “We believe this is not their risk to take, as they are also risking our tax payer dollars, the endangered species, and worsening the flooding in our area,” Ms Nicholson said. The land was identified by the former Wyong Council as an alternative site to land at Warnervale for Transport for NSW to

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

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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to contact my office, so that we can discuss other programs that may be relevant to them.” Mr Sun confirmed there were several Fellowships that artists on the Coast were eligible for, including: The Visual Artist Fellowship (Emerging), Visual Artists Fellowship (Established), Aboriginal Arts Fellowship, Rex Cramphorn Theatre Fellowship and Writers Fellowship (Early Career) open to all NSW residents.

workers residing in Local Government Areas outside of the metropolitan and metropolitan fringe regions of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong. “The Central Coast is located in a metropolitan fringe region,” Mr Sun said. Media adviser to Mr MacDonald, Mr Mitchell Cutting, confirmed the slip up was caused by an internal communication error that was supplied to a small number of Members’ offices and that these offices were sorry for any inconvenience or disappointment caused to Central Coast artists who applied for the Fellowships. Mr MacDonald said, “I encourage any artists whose applications were declined due to their region

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Issue 94

Wyong rates to increase by 6.9 per cent

LL, a major real estate investment company, has been engaged by Central Coast Council to sell a landmark 87.95 hectares of land at Kiar Ridge.

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Road upgrades (general) Improving your local parks and environment program funding Blackspot funding EDSAAC Grandstand d Better Beach access for the disabled Wyong Hospital Upgrade meeting. Package M1 Productivity “Resident, Mr Neil CCTV cameras Bolte and Community Hospital equipment Network Environment Kamirarepresentative, funding Mr Mike

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ntre Central Coast Community given reasonable timeLegal to Centre voice Kangy Angy Berkeley Valethe Oval residents’ Lakes concerns Estuary about Tuggerah theBay transfer Bateau PCYC of the land,” Ms Nicholson said. Roads rescue Package “Tonight’s decision by Footpaths Central Coast Council’s Totals:new administrator to

“It is like likely the State Governmen Government would have moved to compulsorily acquire tthis land if council had not agreed to sell it. “This decision guarantees the best for council and outcome fo residents.” Mr Reynolds Re said would the new facility f have the potential to create hun hundreds of local construction jobs and constructio ongoing em employment. “The dec decision I had to make was about the land transfer,” Mr Reynolds said at a media me conference after the me meeting. “There is a separate question aabout whether the facilit facility should be developed and that is part of a planning process,” he said. In responding to comments from residents that as an appointee of

the NSW Government, Mr Reynolds was simply doing its bidding, he said: “The decision was would I agree to sell the land. “I am independent of government inﬂuence, I am not here to do the government’s bidding, I am here to serve the council,” Mr Reynolds said. “Business goes on. “We have to deal with business as usual and the state government said if we don’t sell it, it will be compulsorily acquired,” he said. Central Coast Council CEO, Mr Rob Noble: “You could align the decision about the Kangy Angy land with the Sword of Damocles that came down with the immediate sacking of all councillors. “We have had a sword held over our heads,” Mr Noble said.

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offlinoad ood from prone, * Already FederalflBudget 2013 environmentally sensitive oth major parties, for Liberall and Labor, have been making p promises land to Transport to spend money key projects ojects for Dobell throughout the eelection NSW to build a on $300 campaign. million train facility is irresponsible and is detrimental to the To make it easier forKangy er will also give general information informati about -O-Meter andthe Ourimbah voters Angy to see totals area. electo readers a list of what to the Dobell electorate, the pledged “Let’s and whathope they the look out for in the future location of polling pollin booths la and are for,reckless Wyongdecision Regionaltonight to keep track of how as well as the latest is not a sign of things Chronicle has put together many promises omises have been final information from all come from a list oftopledges made the by new th relate kept by the winning party. the parties as they “Council has been amalgamated council. to Dobell begins on page “Residents will forced into a situation of agreeing to sell or forced continue to fight the to accept terms that may proposed development not be beneficial to the that is being built in a ridiculous location. community. “The facility would “It is really sad when potential impacts arise on have no access in, would the people of that area,” be built by filling in a wetland and wasting our he said. Mr Noble said he tax payer dollars. “Transport’s would defend the decision to keep the sale price of consultants put forward the land confidential until eight preferred sites and Kangy Angy was not one the deal was finalised. “The price will of them. “Transport for NSW eventually become public but … commercial in need to rethink their illconfidence is a really conceived plan.” important element of Email, Jun 2, 2016 business deals when Michelle Nicholson, Kangy money is involved,” Mr Angy Residents Action Noble said. Group Agenda item 3.4, May 25, “We are shocked by 2016 the decision made by the 25, administrator,” Kangy Meeting transcript, May2016 Angy Residents Action Central Coast Council Group spokesperson, Ms extraordinary meeting Jackie Pearson, journalist Michelle Nicholson said following the council

Flooding Fl looding of the Kangy Angy access a road near the proposed train maintenance site on June 4 and 5

maintenance use s ass the mai intenance and nd stablingg facility fac facility for its new ew w intercity inter te fleet. fleet. Document Do Documents ocum obtained Government under nder er the Gov vernment Information f Public (GIPA) Access A c (GIPA PA A) Act indicate that T Transport for NSW want ted their wanted built facility to be buil lt on land at Warnervale bu ut Wyong but Council discoura aged that discouraged location as it iinterfered with the former council’s plan to developp Wyong W as a business and education precinct. i t In September, Transport for NSW named the fl flood-prone ood-prone Kangy Angy land as the preferred location to establish the new Fleet Management Facility. In making his fi first rst planning decision in the position of administrator with the newly-formed Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds said:

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In essence, this decision by the new council means that Wyong rates will increase by up to 6.9 per cent instead of 3 per cent in 2016-17. In June 2013, the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) determined council’s application for a special rate variation. The IPART determination at the time said: “We have determined that Wyong Council may increase its general income … resulting in a cumulative increase of 30.59 per cent over the next four years, or 17.6 per cent above the rate peg. “These annual increases incorporate the rate peg to which the council would otherwise be entitled,” the determination said. At the time, that rate peg was projected to sit around 3 per cent, in line with official inflation forecasts. Based on IPART’s projections, that annual increase in general income for the 2016-17 financial year would be over $5 million. However, at the April 27 ordinary meeting

of Wyong Council, seeking advice from councillors determined the Office of Local that they wished to Government, councillors give a dividend back to noted that they considered July 5, 2016 the community by not the merger guidelines and collecting the SRV in its formed the view they did not apply and stated its final year. That would have reasons why. However, since the resulted in rates in the former Wyong formation of the Central Council and local government area Coast increasing by the IPART dissolution of the former rate peg of 3 per cent Wyong council, the only, and not by the SRV. decision regarding the According to the special rate variation has minutes from the April been reversed. 27 meeting of Wyong In a media conference Council, councillors following the Central moved to remove the final Coast Council’s June 8 year of the special rate ordinary meeting, CEO variation of 6.9 per cent Mr Rob Noble said: from its draft strategic “That was an expression plan and replace it with a of intent by the former rate increase capped at 3 Wyong Council. per cent. “It hadn’t actually been During the debate adopted by virtue of the over whether to collect fact the former Wyong the SRV or not, some Council never did adopt councillors argued that its operational plan for the decision should have 2016-17,” he said. been sent to the Office “So the new operational of Local Government to plan incorporates the ensure a decision not to proposed original SRV. collect the SRV would be “It will be on public in line with the merger exhibition (but not in this guidelines that decisions advertised of the former Wyong newspaper) and we will Council were subject to wait for the public’s in the period before the feedback on that,” he merger. said. According to the Continued P3 minutes, instead of

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by the former Wyong Council from Terrace Towers in June 2014 for $10 million and became the preferred site for a Central Coast Regional Airport with the capacity to expand to the status of an interstateIssue and international terminal. The site is situated immediately west of the M1 motorway and bounded by Hue Hue and Sparks Rds. According to JLL, the site includes 56 hectares of DA-approved developable industrial land in a 69 lot masterplan. If developed, the land would yield a total ﬂoor area of 556,400 square metres. According to Mr Laurie Eyes from the Central Coast Regional Airport Action Group, the purchase price paid by the Wyong Council in 2014 was double the NSW Valuer General’s valuation and the land was purchased without obtaining an independent valuation. At the time of acquiring the land, former mayor, Mr Doug Eaton OAM said: “There is no demand for industrial land as has been proved by the fact that the existing Terrace Tower land has been vacant and undeveloped for at least seven years.”

Dobell reclaimed by Labor

Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford Phone: 4325 7369 Fax: 4321 0940 abor’s Ms Emma McBride secured the seat of Dobell and returned Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 the electorate to its Labor roots after ousting incumbent Liberal MP Ms Karen McNamara at the polls on July 2. E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net Website: www.centralcoastnews.net for our “In the 2013 election outcomes With 89,339 votes counted, a 7.62 per cent I was a candidate for 28 community. “My father was a swing vote placed Ms days. local “This time around, well-respected McBride firmly ahead of Ms McNamara with I was able to spend six representative for our 55.6 per cent of the vote months out listening community and fought to 44.4 per cent on a two to our community and hard to get the funding party preferred basis as of talking to families on the and outcomes the Central Coast about what they Coast deserved during his 4.30pm on July 4. Ms McBride, who wanted to see in their time as the State Member for The Entrance. lost the 2013 election local representative. “I saw from a young “Labor made strong to Ms McNamara by 1000 votes, dedicated commitments to funding age what it takes to work healthcare and hard to represent your her victory to her father, our former Member for the hospitals as well as community. “He always put the Entrance and Minister delivering needs based community first and that's for Gaming and Racing, funding for our schools. “I am excited to be what I would like to do as Mr Grant McBride and said she would endeavour part of a team who are well,” Ms McBride said. According to the to reflect his approach to committed to improving Electoral health and educational Australian politics in her own.

Issue 96

Sale of Kiar Ridge land marks the end of the ﬁrst regional airport

he former Wyong Council determined at one of its last meetings to take the ﬁnal year of its special rate variation (SRV) out of its draft 2016-17 operational plan, but the new Central Coast Council has decided to continue to charge the SRV in 2016-17.

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An expressions of interest sign has been erected on the land acquired by Wyong Council in 2014 as the site for a Central Coast regional airport

A breakdown of the two wo candidate preferred votes of Dobell

Commission, Dobell had a 79.96 per cent turnout and a 5.71 per cent informal vote. First preference count voting for Dobell placed Ms McBride and the Australian Labor Party ahead with 37,082 votes and 44.02 per cent of the vote. Second was Ms McNamara and the Liberals with 31,343 and 37.21 per cent. Third place surprised many with Mr Carter Edwards of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation receiving 7,169 and 8.51 per cent, followed by Ms Abigail Boyd and the Greens with 4,654 and 5.52 per cent and Mr Robert Ervin of the

Christian Democratic cratic Party with 2,128 votes and 2.59 per cent. Dobell has traditionally onally been a Labor stronghold ghold on the Central Coast, with Labor’s Mr Michael ichael Lee holding the seat at for 17 years, from Dobell’s bell’s first election in 1984 84 to 2001. While, Ms McBride Bride was celebrating herr win on July 2, Ms NcNamara amara refused to concede defeat and was relying onn the then (July, 2) 21,0000 prepoll and postal votes es yet to be counted. Ms McBride said she would continue the listening tour that was a core aspect of her campaign as one of her first official acts as

Member for Dobell. “I spent this campaign out listening to our community who had been let down by the Turnbull Government “I want to continue that conversation with the people in Dobell and make sure I am able to be the best representative for our community,” Ms McBride said. Ms McNamara did not respond to questions about the result.

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The matter was listed in the business papers for the July 27 council meeting in accordance with the Local Government Act. The reasons given for considering the matter in a confidential session were that it was a personnel matter concerning a particular individual. The NSW Government proclamation that sacked the former Gosford and Wyong councils and replaced them with the merged Central Coast Council, created the position of interim general manager. Mr Noble was named as the person to take on that interim position. Mr Noble had been working as acting chief executive officer of Wyong Council following the resignation of general manager, Mr Michael Whittaker in September. The former Wyong Council did not consider it appropriate to recruit a permanent replacement for Mr Whittaker because of the possibility that the council would be merged with Gosford Council. Gosford Council CEO,

Mr Paul Anderson, was overlooked for the interim general manager’s position and given a deputy’s role. He subsequently decided not to take up a role with the new council. Mr Noble grew up in Newcastle and completed a Bachelor of Commerce, with honours, at Newcastle University. He came to Wyong Council having had a broad range of local government experience at senior executive level in Queensland and NSW. Mr Noble was acting general manager of Newcastle City Council in

2011 and Acting CEO of Liverpool Council. Mr Noble had been manager of Caboolture Shire Council, a regional council just north of Brisbane, for 11 years before it was amalgamated with the City of Redcliffe and Shire of Pine Rivers in 2008 to form the Moreton Bay Region, which became the third largest council in Australia. Agenda item 1.5, Jul 27, 2016 Central Coast Council Media release, Aug 27, 2015 Wyong Council media

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Fairview Homestead DA lodged 20 months ago still not determined

18 former councillors appointed to Local Representation Committee ormer Gosford mayor, Mr Lawrie McKinna, is the only sacked councillor who has not been invited to join the Central Coast Council’s new Local Representation Committee (LRC), appointed by administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds.

Fairview homestead in its recent sorry state

Fairview was an example of early colonial architecture

he long running fight to save heritage-listed Fairview Homestead at Mangrove Creek remains stuck, despite Gosford Council’s dismissal and replacement with the Central Coast Council.

Fairview Homestead Association president, Mr Warren Andrews, said a development application lodged by the association on December 2, 2014, still had not been determined. All attempts by the association to arrange a meeting and presentation to the new council have fallen on deaf ears, Mr Andrews said. He said the lack of action by the former Gosford Council has now been mirrored by the new Central Coast Council. “Central Coast Council has chosen not to respond to written, email and telephone requests for a meeting,” he said. “The association has decided to take its frustrations to others and has written to NSW premier, Mr Mike Baird and ministers, Mr Rob Stokes (Planning), Mr Mark Speakman (Heritage) and parliamentary secretary Scot MacDonald (Central Coast) in the hope of a fair hearing.” In its letter to Mr Baird,

the association said the former Gosford Council had considered a proposal from its staff in late 2006 to demolish the historic and now heritage property in the Mangrove Creek valley. A number of concerned community members chose to oppose the demolition on the basis of the location and the building being representative of early Australian history. “This area was settled in the first decade of the 19th century (about 1807) and served the early Sydney settlement as a producer of vital food supplies. “It also became the site of the first road access into the Central Coast,” the letter to Mr Baird said. Council decided to consult with the community and an informal committee grew until Fairview Homestead Association was registered as a charity and gained endorsement as a deductible gift recipient. A business plan was developed for the restoration program and the

future use of the property, including school history excursions, retirement village outings and visits by historic societies. “Council has yet to make decisions on our proposals, including our submission of a development application in December 2014, and we firmly believe that we are the victims of delay by neglect and have not been given any opportunity to present our case for decision,” the letter to Mr Baird said. “We have recently emailed the administrator and general manager of the Central Coast Council but have not been afforded a response. “The fact that this has been going on for close to 10 years without decision, that our DA has not been determined some 20 months after lodgement with council, that we have not been given an opportunity to present our case all indicate a malaise within Council which does it no credit. “In fact it is shameful.”

The association’s letter asked Mr Baird to intervene “to overcome the apparent attitude of council to leave us stranded without determination of our long standing development plan and business plan”. The letter to Mr Baird also referred to earlier correspondence with former Gosford mayor, Mr Lawrie McKinna regarding the council’s refusal to waive DA fees. “That request was refused on the basis that council would consider donating the fees back to us but, despite our payment of the fees and our written request for that donation, no funds have been received from council,” an earlier letter to Mr McKinna said. It is our opinion that we have been unfairly dealt with over our nine years of dealing with this issue, unreasonable delays and inaction have occurred relative to our proposals and we consider that council has performed a major injustice to us,” it said. Email, Jul 26, 2016 Warren Andrews, Fairview Homestead Association

Mr Reynolds was expected to adopt a recommendation to appoint 18 former Gosford and Wyong councillors to the representation committee at an extraordinary meeting of the Central Coast Council on Wednesday, June 29. Former Gosford councillors who will be members of the committee are: Ms Deanna Bocking, Ms Gabielle Bowles, Mr Chris Burke, Mr Craig Doyle (former deputy mayor), Mr Jim McFadyen, Ms Hillary Morris, Ms Vicki Scott, Mr Jeff Strickson and Mr Bob Ward. They will be joined by former Wyong mayor, Mr Doug Eaton OAM, deputy mayor, Ms Lynne Webster and councillors, Mr Greg Best, Mr Bob Graham, Mr Ken Greenwald, Ms Lisa Matthews, Mr Lloyd Taylor, Mr Adam Troy and Mr Doug Vincent. Mr Lawrie McKinna has decided to return to football and has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer with the A-League’s Newcastle Jets. Expressions of interest were received from each of the 18 former councillors who have been given positions on the new advisory committee. “The 18 expressions of interest were carefully considered against the draft terms of reference,” a report from the Central Coast Council’s governance department to the June 29 meeting said. “All of those who expressed an interest in being a member of the LRC committed to the success of the new Central Coast Council and had both

willingness and ability to assist the administrator by providing advice on local views and issues.” Given the size of the new committee, the report also recommended that council establish three working groups, each with six members of the committee and each with one of those members appointed chair of the group. The three groups will cover environment, economic and community issues. Group chairs will be appointed by administrator, Mr Reynolds. All 18 members of the new committee will be remunerated at a rate equal to their remuneration as former councillors. The terms of reference for the new representation committee were also redrafted prior to the June 29 council meeting to include the names of the committee’s original members and to incorporate the three working groups. The powers of the administrator in relation to the committee have also been bolstered in the revised version of its terms of reference. For example, the rewritten terms include statements such as: “The administrator may, at his absolute discretion, chair and/or attend any meeting of the LRC”. The Local Representation Committee must hold its first meeting in July and the working groups must meet once every calendar month. Agenda item 2.1, Jun 29, 2016 Central Coast Council extraordinary meeting

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entral Coast Council met with representatives from Darkinjung Aboriginal Land Council on June 22 to discuss the Land Council’s projects on the Central Coast.

The meeting came on the eve of NAIDOC Week and recognised the importance of the Land Council to the future of the Central Coast. Council’s Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said he welcomed the opportunity to meet with such a key landholder on the Coast so early in the life of the new council. “Darkinjung have a number of projects in the pipeline in support of Indigenous people on the

Central Coast,” Mr Reynolds said. “The projects are also aimed at supporting the need in our community for housing and other facilities to meet the needs of our growing population. “I look forward to working with them in a cooperative manner as they progress their planning program.” D a r k i n j u n g ’ s Chairperson, Ms Tina West, and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sean Gordon,

said that as the largest private land owner in the region, the relationship between Darkinjung and the newly formed Central Coast Council is significant in terms of future planning and development for the Aboriginal community socially, culturally and economically. Media release, Jun 22, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

New storm water drain at Somersby tender has been awarded for the installation of a storm water drainage system in the Old Pacific Highway at Somersby.

The drainage is part of a deed of agreement entered into by Central Coast Council under the National Stronger Regions Fund program for infrastructure upgrades within Somersby Industrial Park.

The contract has been awarded to Delcare Constructions Pty Ltd, which was one of five companies who submitted tenders for the work. The work involves the piping of a 130 metre

length of open drain along the Old Pacific Highway with 1500mm diameter reinforced concrete pipes. Agenda item, Jul 13, 2016 Central Coast Council meeting

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n 11,500 litre bitumen sprayer owned by the former Gosford Council has been replaced in line with the 2015-16 fleet services plant replacement schedule, funded from the 2015-16 plant replacement budget.

“The bitumen sprayer is critical to operations, enabling delivery of services to the community,” a report from council’s customer and community relationship department said. “This equipment enables the efficient and practical spraying of bitumen emulsion material for the construction and maintenance of both private and publicly owned roads in an economical and safe manner,” the report said. “Consultation with

fleet personnel at the former Wyong Council has confirmed that their equipment does not include this item of equipment. “It has also been ascertained that the former Gosford Council has previously used this equipment to perform services for a number of current and former councils, including the (former) Wyong Council, Hornsby Council, Singleton Council, Lake Macquarie City Council and Cessnock City Council.”

The tender was advertised in May and tenders closed on May 31. Two submissions were received and BFP Engineering Pty Ltd was chosen as the successful tenderer. No local business submitted a tender for the item, which included supply and delivery of the sprayer. Agenda item 2.2, Jul 27, 2016 Central Coast Council ordinary meeting

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Black Spot Program funding welcomed

he Central Coast Council has secured over $800,000 from the Australian Government to tackle road safety issues at seven notorious black spots.

The funding was approved by federal minister for infrastructure and transport, Mr Darren Chester, under the 2016-17 Black Spot Program. The program focuses on road safety projects in Somersby, Wyoming, Lisarow, Gosford, Patonga, Narara and Avoca Beach. Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said support from the Australian Government for these works was pleasing. “With this much needed funding now signed and sealed, we’re keen to get on with delivering these vital safety improvements so that the benefits are passed on to road users as soon as possible,” Mr Reynolds said. “Improving the road surface and installing new

safety barriers and signage at these black spots will make sure motorists, cyclists and pedestrians are safer when they’re out and about on the Coast’s local roads. “I would especially like to thank the member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, and minister for infrastructure and transport, Mr Darren Chester, for delivering this funding, as well as NSW Roads and Maritime Services for supporting these black spot nominations,” said Mr Reynolds. The latest approved projects will see: $55,000 to install a safety barrier and signage on Debenham Rd (west of Kowara Rd) at Somersby; $35,000 to upgrade the intersection of the Pacific Hwy and Cary

St at Wyoming; $207,000 to install a safety barrier and improve the road surface and signage on The Ridgeway (east of Bishendens Rd) at Lisarow; $95,000 to improve the road surface and signage on Mann St (near Gertrude St) in Gosford; $185,000 to improve the road surface and signage on Patonga Dve (south of Karool Rd) in Patonga; $77,000 to improve the road surface and signage on Mangrove Rd (south of the Pacific Motorway) at Narara; $163,000 to install a safety barrier on Avoca Dve (west of The Round Dve) in Avoca Beach. Media release, Jun 17, 2016 Central Coast Council media

NSW government confirms $20 million fund to cover merger costs entral Coast Council will receive $20 million from the NSW Government to help fund vital infrastructure, community projects and merger costs.

Ten million dollars has been allocated under the Stronger Communities Fund (SCF). One million dollars of this fund will be used to provide grants of up to $50,000 to kick-start community projects that build more vibrant, sustainable and inclusive local communities. The other $9 million dollars in the SCF will be used to fund larger scale priority infrastructure to deliver long term economic and social benefits. The remaining $10 million has been provided under the New Council Implementation Fund (NCIF) to help fund the costs associated with merging two councils. Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said the

NSW Government had delivered on its promise to provide extra funding to councils who merge and the benefits to the community would be immense. “Our community believes in this new council,” Mr Reynolds said. “They want it to succeed,” he said. “This funding will help ensure we are able to deliver the services and infrastructure our growing community needs now and into the future. “I am particularly pleased that $1 million has been allocated for local projects that will directly benefit our community, that is a pretty substantial grant program. “It will lead to a hive of activity amongst our passionate local community

groups who will be able to apply for grants to upgrade local sporting facilities or buy new equipment or give their facility a facelift. “This has the potential to transform our community and ensure we stay active and connected.” Council must establish a Stronger Communities Fund Assessment Panel to assess applications and planning is well underway. Community groups will be able to apply for up to $50,000 once the panel is established. Further information will be released in July. Media release, Jun 15, 2016 Central Coast Council media

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Former Wyong Council directors dominate new senior executive positions nly two members of the former Gosford Council’s senior management team have been appointed to executive positions on the new Central Coast Council.

On June 16, the new council announced an interim leadership team to deliver the newly merged Council’s plans for the Coast. The appointments follow an intensive, merit based, internal recruitment process, according to Council’s chief executive officer, Mr Rob Noble, who said that the new leadership team was created to best support the outlook and vision of the new Central Coast Council. “My vision is to build on the tradition of strong leadership of the two former councils as we move to a new era for the Central Coast,” Mr Noble said. “I have chosen leaders who are customer-focused, collaborative, passionate and professional, and

can lead and support this Council and our community through this change, creating an organisation that cares about people, places and quality of life on the Central Coast.” The new executive team for the Central Coast Council includes Ms Judy Jaeger in the role of group leader, customer and community relations. The other appointee drawn from the ranks of the former Gosford Council was Ms Janine McKenzie, who has filled the role of executive manager, transition and business performance. Five other appointments were drawn from the former Wyong Council, and the role of chief information officer has yet to be filled.

Four senior staff have chosen to leave the organisation altogether, including Mr Paul Anderson, former general manager of Gosford Council, who has decided to pursue opportunities outside of the public sector. Mr Noble said he had nothing but thanks and praise for the senior staff who have served the community so well for many years. “Each and every one of them has made a significant and lasting contribution to the Central Coast community and I thank them for that.” Media release, Jun 16, 2016 Central Coast Council media Jackie Pearson, journalist

Greyhound Racing Club pleased with support

he Gosford Greyhound Racing Club has joined the NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Alliance and will be represented at a rally against the NSW Government’s decision to ban racing from July 1 2017.

Gosford Greyhound Racing Club operations manager, Ms Rachael Harrington, said the local industry had been overwhelmed by community support for their endeavours to overturn the government’s decision to ban racing. Ms Harrington said the free gate meeting held at the Gosford Showground track on July 19 was attended by around 500 people when ordinary meetings

usually attract around 120 attendees. The club’s record attendance was 1500 for the Gosford Gold Cup in 2015. She said local breeders, owners and trainers would be attending a rally organised by the new industry alliance to be held at Hyde Park North on August 2. The new NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Alliance has launched a new website

which sets out the industry’s rebuttal to the NSW Government’s decision to shut down the industry based on the report from the Special Commission of Inquiry released on July 7. Interview, Jul 27, 2016 Rachael Harrington, Gosford Greyhound Racing Club Website, Jul 27, 2016 racingtoarespectedfuture. com.au Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Sale of Kiar Ridge land marks the end of the first regional airport

Tall Timbers Hotel at risk due to highway widening

Biocertifi cation strategy underway for Warnervale employment zone Council has engaged Eco Logical Australia (ELA) to prepare a biodiversity certiﬁcation and offset strategy, to be completed in August, to ensure current

JLL, a major real estate investment company, has been engaged by Central Coast Council to sell a landmark 87.95 hectares of land at Kiar Ridge

The future of the popular Tall Timbers Hotel in Ourimbah is uncertain, as the widening of the Paciﬁc Highway threatens to close the hotel.

Former councillors to form local representation advisory committee

Information being released by council has reduced by 75%

Administrator visits community organisations

All former Wyong councillors have been appointed to the Local Representation Committee of the new Central Coast Council.

The community has been told it is business as usual at the new Central Coast Council but administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, reduced the amount of business dealt with at the new council’s ﬁrst

Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, and the new executive leadership team embarked on a road trip recently to gain an understanding of the range of

Long standing JRPP chair ‘stands down’

Community reserve to be named

Glenning Valley Development Group determined to fight on

Mr Garry Fielding, who has A process is under way for Two men, one from Long been chair of the Central a community reserve on Jetty and one from Kanwal, Coast Joint Regional the southwestern side of have been charged as part Planning Panel (JRPP) for Toukley Bridge to be ofﬁcially of the investigation into seven years, has decided not named the Vietnam Veterans’ The Say No to Glenning to renominate for a further Memorial Park and land on Valley Development Group the northwestern side of the is working with other local term. The full articles and more can be seen on our website www.CentralCoastNews.net

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Commercial fisher apprehended with illegal catch

For sale: Bullion St car park

Council to appoint four senior managers

A commercial ﬁsher The Bullion St car park in Four senior management positions, each with a starting from Umina has been Umina is for sale. salary of at least $88,000 per apprehended in possession annum, have been created of illegallytaken lobster and by Central Coast Council to mulloway. report to the g group p p leader of

Landcare group presents woodcut petition

Council land sell-off meetings well attended

Marine Rescue vessel capsizes

Peninsula ratepayers may ﬁnd their rates will increase this year by more than the “pegged” increase of 1.8 per cent, despite a “rates freeze” associated with the council merger.

Members of Ettymalong Creek Landcare group met with ofﬁ cials from the ofﬁce of the Member for Gosford, Ms Kathy Smith, to ask her to advocate for the withdrawal of the government’s Biodiversity Conservation

A Marine Rescue Central Coast vessel capsized on the bar at Little Box Head on July 7.

Kathy Smith granted extended leave

Six-storey 53-unit development proposed

Labor’s Member for Gosford, Ms Kathy Smith, has been granted extended leave from the Parliament while she undergoes medical treatment for a serious health condition.

A six-storey “mixed-use development” costing $11.6 million, with 53 units for permanent or tourist accommodation, has been proposed for the old

Pet snake confiscated A man has had his pet snake conﬁscated at Woy Woy train station after revealing it to fellow passengers on a northbound train.

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No obligation on the State Government to have local government obert Findley’s contention that the swing against the Turnbull Government can be attributed to LGA amalgamations (“Listen to the people”, 14/7/16) doesn’t seem to be based on any factual knowledge.

In fact, pre-polling found conclusively that the amalgamations were not a factor in voter thinking, apart from a cynical view of Baird’s cancellation of amalgamations in a number of marginal Liberal seats, opprobrium he could have avoided, since the action seems to have been unnecessary. If there was any impact of the issue, one would have expected it to manifest itself in Gosford, but the sitting member has been returned with a minimal swing against, and that can easily be attributed to other local issues. As for the argument that it was undemocratic for the State Government to decide on amalgamations without a referendum, the first point to be made is that local government is a creature of the State. There is no obligation on the State Government to have local government at all, and the provisions of the Local Government Act give the Minister the power

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 to act as he did, without any need for consultation. As our Prime Minister is fond of reminding us, governments are elected to govern and not to bend to every passing fancy of the electorate (except in the case of marriage equality, of course), and it is absurd to suppose that any government should call a referendum on every administrative decision it makes (the result would be governmental paralysis). In a parliamentary system, the recourse of anyone disgruntled with a governmental decision is at the next ballot box.

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We witnessed the same violent protestation during the significant amalgamations of the 1940s, but none of the dire predicted consequences came to pass, the local government machinery rolled on, and hardly anybody even remembers the shape of local government prior to that time. It is amusing that much of this year’s most vocal opposition came from councils that only exist because of those previous changes, yet we are asked to believe that the present system was created so perfect that any further changes must result in the collapse of society, the reduction of the populace to serfdom and the institution of a permanent dictatorship of the unelected. I predict that, by September 2017, nobody will even remember what the fuss was about. As for the point made by Vic Wulf (“Why sack people and then re-hire them?”), I am sympathetic to his view that most of these people probably weren’t worth electing in the first place, but, since they were elected and have been displaced by ukase (not for any particular wrongdoing, as he seems to imply), asking them for advice (most of which, it is to be hoped, the administrator won’t take), is a reasonable palliative political manoeuvre to salve injured feelings. My only fear is that many of these people will stand again and could easily be elected to the Central Coast Council next year, proving that the electorate likes complaining about councillors’ performance but hasn’t the imagination to envision an alternative. Email, Jul 19, 2016 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy.

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Failure of management results in honest people being negatively impacted nce again we see this Baird Government showing its total lack of ability to manage anything.

This is evidenced by the cover up tactics of making changes to legislation, rather than taking the proper steps of investigation and prosecution of those breaching the law. The most recent example is the closure of the greyhound racing industry in NSW. Why is that Baird and Co take the easy road? All those legitimate, lawabiding members of the greyhound racing fraternity (the majority I would suggest) have now been penalised by the few who have broken the law. This is not how a sociallyresponsible country should act. Taxes are paid to provide a police force to investigate breaches of the law and prosecute those who break it. What we seem to have is a police force that is focussing its efforts on raising revenue by hiding around corners waiting for someone to drive past at 5km over the limit or other such lame breaches. This is not the police force’s fault, but those who

FORUM give it direction. Some other examples of changes to legislation/ regulation made to cover up this government’s failure to manage include CTP Insurance changes to be made due to a supposed failure of management of the system by the insurers to prevent fraudulent claims by a few; here again honest people will be negatively impacted. Workers’ compensation insurance changes were made due to a failure of management of the system by the insurers to prevent fraudulent claims by a few; here again honest people will be negatively impacted. In this case, there was never any effort made to address the shortfalls in premium collection by those same insurers, thus ensuring the funding to support the system. Sydney’s alcohol laws once again have punished the majority. The State Government should do its job of providing an adequate

police presence and the necessary laws to punish those who break the law. Why should everyone suffer? Coastal legislation has been another rushed change without proper consideration. Statutory vehicle writeoffs were introduced to control unsafe re- birthing of stolen vehicles, by the thieves. This affected those honest operators who legally repaired damaged vehicles. I am sure there are many more that can be added to the list. Are we now waiting to see if the horse racing industry will be closed, along with all dog shows, regional shows, the Easter Show, petting zoos, etc? I am not even going to mention the selling of all assets, including community land, on the Central Coast. I am entitled to my whinge, because I am worried for my family now and in the future. Email, Jul 8, 2016 Bruce McAlpine, Lisarow

Point Clare blackspot ignored ast week (July 11-17) there was another accident on the corner of Brisbane Water Dr and Talinga Ave.

How many more do we have to put up with until the RMS do something about it and stop people speeding in the area? In the last 40-50 years, we have had six dead and numerous injuries around

FORUM the area from Tascott to Point Clare, but the RMS does not care or are negligent in trying to stop speeding.

Over and over again they have been told but still no results. They only keep records of accidents for five years, how stupid is that? Email, Jul 18, 2016 Robert Findley, Point Clare

Not doing enough for our young people

ver the past thirty or so years I have seen our country go down the tube, because of state and federal governments not doing enough for our young people or for tradesmen and women for all our industries.

TAFEs closing down, school manual arts being ignored, school home duties being stopped. I wonder where we are going as a nation. The only way forward is to restore our education to the top of the world. This must be done by

FORUM the national and state governments to rethink and get this nation back on track. The political parties are out of touch with the majority of the voting citizens.

The Prime Minister has said “we need innovation, so let’s get going.” It is up you PM and your government to do this or we fail our children and grandchildren forever. Email, Jul 24, 2016 Robert Findley, Point Clare

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P Plater caught drunk and speeding excessively Woy Woy P Plate driver was caught drink driving at 130km in 60km zone by officers attached to Brisbane Water LAC.

At about 10pm on Friday, July 15, Brisbane Water Highway Police observed the Person of Interest (POI) travelling well in excess of the sign posted 60kph speed limit. At this time police estimate the speed of the accused to be no less than 100kph and no more than 120kph. Police turned around and subsequently caught up to the POI checking his speed to be no less than 130kph in

the sign posted 60kph area. Eventually police pulled over the POI and removed the keys from the ignition. Police spoke with the POI regarding his speed and instantly noticed the POI appeared to be well affected by alcohol. The POI, a 24 year old Woy Woy man on P Plates, was subsequently subjected

to a roadside breath test which returned a positive result. The accused was placed under arrest and conveyed to Gosford Police Station where he underwent a breath analysis providing a mid-range reading. He was subsequently charged with: one count drive with mid-range PCA second offence; one count class A motor vehicle exceed speed over 45 km/h; one count not comply P2

Gosford man charged with possessing ﬁrearms and drugs man has been charged after police seized a gun, drugs and ammunition at a home in Gosford on July 20.

At about 3:40pm (July, 20) officers from Brisbane Water LAC stopped a man riding a bicycle outside a home on Donnison St. The 37 year old man was arrested and searched, with police allegedly finding two rounds of ammunition on him. Following his arrest, officers executed a search warrant at a home on Donnison St where they allegedly located a shotgun, a homemade silencer, two

firearm scopes, various ammunition, an amount of drugs believed to be cannabis and other undisclosed items. All items were seized and will undergo forensic examination. The man was taken to Gosford Police Station where he was charged with possess prohibited firearm, possess ammunition, and

possess prohibited drugs. He was refused bail and appeared before Gosford Local Court on July 21. Website, Jul 20, 2016 Brisbane Water LAC

Man found with multiple stab wounds olice are

investigating a stabbing at Gosford.

Emergency services were called to a unit on Gertrude St just before 3:30pm on July 17, where they found a man with multiple stab wounds. The 26 year old man was taken to Gosford Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Officers from Brisbane Water Local Area Command attended and have established a crime scene. An investigation is underway and police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. Media release, Jul 18, 2016 NSW Police Media

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olice are investigating after a fatal single vehicle crash in Wamberal on July 17.

Just before 9:30pm, emergency services were called to Willoughby Rd, Wamberal, following reports a vehicle had crashed into a power pole. 17 year old male passenger and Lisarow High School student, Jackson Williams was treated by NSW Ambulance Paramedics, but died at the scene. A 16-year-old male passenger was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a serious condition. The 17 year old P-plate driver and two other passengers were also treated for less serious injuries at the scene before being taken to Gosford Hospital. Following the incident, a petition was launched on Change.org, entitled ‘Stop deaths on Willoughby Rd, Wamberal, install chicanes and level roadway at causeway’, by Terrigal resident Ms Lindy Hewett, calling for work to commence on Willoughby Rd to have the dangerous stretch of road referred to as the ‘dip’ levelled out. Ms Hewett’s petition on Change.org and her Facebook page state: “A

Anyone with information about these incidents should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 young man’s life was lost when the car that he and four other teenagers were traveling in hit a pole. “Help stop this waste of life. “Help prevent any more deaths on Willoughby Rd Wamberal. “Please sign this petition requesting the need to have the road dip removed by levelling the road and have chicanes installed in the area between Windsor Rd and Selma Cls Wamberal.” Jackson William’s mother, Ms Michelle Williams, commented on the petition’s page on Change.org and said she was heartbroken by the loss of her son. “My son Jackson died in the car accident on July 17. “I am heartbroken and

devastated and hurt so much I can’t handle it at times. “I hope and pray that no parent goes through what I am right now. “I hope and pray that this petition makes a difference for the future and gives solace to my son’s friends who were also hurt in the accident. “As a resident of the Coast all my life, I am aware of the dip on the road and the notoriety of it. “I want to scream but who will hear me?” Ms Williams wrote. Ms William’s ended her comment by asking people to sign the petition to prevent more tragedy on Willoughby Rd. The petition, which aims to receive 5,000 signatures, will be presented to Federal Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks. As of 1pm July 22, the petition has been signed 4,410 times and only needs 590 more signatures. Media release, Jul 18, 2016 NSW Police Media Website, Jul 18, 2016 Lindy Hewett, Facebook Website, Jul 22, 2016 Lindy Hewett, Change.org

Woy Woy man arrested following second pursuit fficers attached to Brisbane Water Police arrested a Person of Interest (POI) in Woy Woy on July 18.

Police attended an address in Dunban Rd, Woy Woy, in regards to information about a POI wanted for a police pursuit. The pursuit commenced on July 16, after the POI rammed police cars in a vehicle using stolen plates before escaping on foot. Upon attending Dunban Rd, police saw the POI, who immediately took off on foot, and a foot pursuit commenced. Subsequently, police used a vehicle to block his

path and affect an arrest, a light fence being damaged in the process. The POI was arrested and conveyed to Gosford Police Station where he was subsequently charged with: one count resist officer in execution of duty; one count carry cutting weapon upon apprehension; one count police pursuit not stop drive recklessly second

offence; one count use offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention; one count drive motor vehicle during disqualification period; and one count not give particulars to other driver. The POI was refused bail and appeared in Gosford Local Court on July 19. Investigations are ongoing with further charges expected. Website, 19 Jul 2016 Brisbane Water LAC Facebook page

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elationships and disability expert, Ms Liz Dore, visited Options Disability Support Kariong, on July 22, to guide staff on navigating the needs adults with a disability have in regard to their personal and physical relationships.

Options Disability Support Chief Executive Officer, Ms Denise Stingmore, said the disability service had many requests from participants and their families for help to develop the skills to form positive relationships. “Our participants want the skills to communicate their feelings and need support to understand their

unning in a blind panic from terror inducing zombies could be just the thing to get inactive Central Coast residents moving at the Mt Penang Parklands, says Zombie Dash Fun Run organiser, Mr James Musgrave.

Zombie Dash, a 5km fun run in the dead of night where participants are followed by horrifying zombies, is the first of its kind to grace the Central Coast when it kicks off on October 15. The Dash is unique in the sense that those not too fussed on the idea of running terror stricken through the dark, also have the option to inspire terror instead, being able to register as a Parkland zombie instead. Those that register to become a zombie can live out their The Walking Dead fantasy when they are transformed into a snarling, bloody zombie through Zombie Dash’s “Zombie Academy”, which will teach potential undead wannabees how to growl,

gurgle, lurch and just generally be a terrifying zombie on the night, Mr Musgrave said. Zombies will also be given the undead treatment by professional makeup and special effects artists. However, runners will have a fighting chance to survive Zombie Dash, as this new fun run differs from other zombie themed runs held in NSW with it being focused more on running for your life. “Other zombie run events usually focus more on runners being eliminated by zombies through the use of Oz-Tag style tags or a gentle blood chilling tackle to take you away from the realm of the living,” Mr Musgrave said. “Zombie Dash is more

about challenging yourself to complete the run whilst having that extra motivation of a hoard of hungry zombies scattered along the route,” he added. Runners will also receive a “survival pack” at the beginning of the run which includes a head torch, racing bib and a wave time wristband. As Zombie Dash operates on a wave schedule, registration is essential. There will be entertainment, food stalls and a few zombies lurking around the event compound to keep runners, family and friends entertained while the waves take to the course. Website, Jul 27, 2016 Zombie Dash

rights and responsibilities in an intimate relationship,” Ms Stingmore said. Ms Dore, known for hosting dating events for people with a disability in Sydney, and for offering her expertise on the ABC’s 7:30 and SBS’ Insight programs, has more than 20 years of experience in the disability sector. “The desire to love and

be loved, whether as a friend or an intimate companion, is a drive that defines a person in a way that no disability ever can,” Ms Dore said. “Positive relationships make us happier and knowledge increases safety,” she said. Media release, Jul 14, 2016 Kate Moore, Options Disability Support

Organ donors need to register ederal member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has encouraged residents to put their good intentions about organ donation into effect by registering and sharing their decision online during DonateLife Week.

Ms Wicks said the majority of Australians support organ and tissue donation, with almost 70 per cent saying they were willing to become organ and tissue donors, yet only onethird of adults had joined the national register. “Many have not registered because they haven’t made time or are unsure about how to register,” said Ms Wicks. “During DonateLife Week residents are being asked

to make the time to register online and to share their decision with family and friends,” she said. “Registration is important because it leaves your family in no doubt of your decision to save lives.” Increasing rates of organ donation enabled a record 707 Australians to receive lifesaving transplants in the first six months of 2016. A new annual record was also set in 2015, of 1,241 organ recipients.

Currently around 1,500 Australians are waiting for a lifesaving transplant, with a further 12,000 people on dialysis waiting for a new kidney. “If you’re willing to one day save lives as a donor, make sure you join the Australian Organ Donor Register and share your decision with loved ones. Media release, Jul 26, 2016 Tim Sowden, office of Lucy Wicks

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iverside Dental Spa was awarded the Excellence in Small Business Award at the Coastal Chamber of Commerce Awards on July 2.

The awards ceremony was held at Gosford RSL Club and brought over 900 attendees and sponsors together to celebrate local businesses. Owner and principal dentist at Riverside Dental Spa, Dr Kyle Mervin, said it was a mixed feeling of privilege and pride to be recognised in the region. “Riverside Dental Spa, in West Gosford’s Riverside Business Park, opened in December 2013 and has rapidly grown into one of the most recognised dental surgeries on the Coast. “In addition to traditional dentistry, we were the first dental surgery on the Coast to move into skin treatments by including facial injections in our range of services,” Dr Mervin said. Dr Mervin said he has been offering these treatments for five years and is now a clinical trainer for the Australasian Academy of Dento-facial aesthetics (AADFA), educating other dentists in this new field. The features that set Riverside apart from other dental surgeries on the Coast are the luxurious designer, spa-like atmosphere and exceptional customer experience. Dr Mervin said their special focus is improving the comfort and convenience for the patient while delivering the best clinical outcome. This is achieved by using modern technologies and an ongoing commitment to continuous training for all staff. “The award is important for our staff and patients alike” Dr Mervin said. “Our team is committed to providing the best service for our patients and the

nspiring the Coast, a group of local mums dedicated to making a difference in the community, have decided to support White Ribbon Australia s work to end domestic violence.

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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

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Committee structure to give community a voice meetings will be audio recorded and the public will be able to access those recordings using the Government Information Public Access Act (GIPA). Mr Reynolds is also moving ahead with the creation of a Local Representation Committee that will Mr Reynolds said all the be made up of former councillors committees of the former Gosford from Wyong and Gosford as Council no longer existed and another way of ensuring all he had asked for a report from communities within the new LGA CEO Mr Rob Noble by June 8 to have a voice. determine what the new council’s “I have already spoken with committee structure will be. all the councillors bar one,” Mr Wyong Council’s committees Reynolds said. have also been dissolved, Mr “The best way to keep them Reynolds said. involved is to give them a seat at “There were stacks and stacks the table,” he said. of committees across the north Mr Noble said the NSW and the south of the new LGA,” Mr Government had provided the Reynolds said. Edition 395 16 May 2016 administrator with a template terms According to a register of the of reference for the establishment committees of the former Gosford of the Local Representation Council, the council had 29 Committee and that Mr Reynolds committees. was expected to make a decision Wyong Council had a different at the next council meeting about structure with 12 committees, five the terms for the committee. groups, two working parties and 12 All former councillors have been external bodies or groups. given written notice that they will The register of Gosford Council be invited to express interest in committees lists the names of being part of the committee. community representatives, who However, Mr Reynolds would appear to have been included on not comment the number of n Peninsulaonresidents wanting the vast majority of the former available. from to buy local al seafood fro om and other bodies, and ensure that Central Coast Council meetings positions council’s Ministercommittee. for Local Government going to look like,” he said. “Yes, weretailers are a newmay council, but not local al soon o Mr Noble’s recommendation to future committees of the Council held in the former Wyong Council The database of Wyong Council discretion to determine “any matter therebe are issues north south able to do so,and as changes n committees lists determination” community the first Central Coast Council’s are directed to addressing the chambers. or thing requiring have a history with them “The government proclamation that tto commercial mmerc fishing ing g in representatives on only one meeting stated: “There is a need to needs of the whole community of referred by the administrator. the former councillors will urgently review those committees the Central Coast.” meant all meetings would be and NSW cut in, according to committee, Tuggerah In turn, athe wide range of Lakes matters their contacts within the “We are now the Central Coast, held in Wyong and I think that is still have and other groups, and to identify a Patonga P fisherman n from estuary. can be referred to the NSW for improved we are all part of a big new thing,” inappropriate so I changed the community,” Mr Reynolds said. It fice is uncertain if any,for opportunities a family amily m y with than n 40 Offi of Local which, Government “The purpose of themore committee engagement with the community Mr Reynolds said. rules so we can meet in Gosford ofdetermination, the committees of the former according to the rs in the industry. is to years get feedback,” he said. of the Central Coast. “Part of my role is to make sure and Wyong,” Mr Reynolds said. Gosford Council will be kept. proclamation. Interviews, 26 MaySecretary 2016 Parliamentary ecretary “That review must carefully the council reaches out to the “I don’t expect people to come “We need Mr the Noble Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Council After the data initialfirst,” period new for the Central Coast, Mr Scot Sco cot consider the current legal status of whole Central Coast,” he said. from Patonga to Wyong, for Rob Noble, Central Council said. council will, in accordance with MacDonald, hasCoast said the changes es those committees and bodies, the In addition to getting committees instance, unless they want to come Centralsupport Coast Council “Ian will get the list of committees the Local Government Act, be able would local fiagenda shers and d potential legal consequences of up and running, Mr Reynolds said to speak and I would encourage item 3.5, 25 May 2016 and reviewchanges it with senior staff but to make to matters such ensure of locally caught, nsure re the supplyy o caught, Reporter: Jackie Pearson right now the we don’t know what it is any alteration to the constitution or he had already changed the NSW that,” he said. as how new mayor is elected, high quality seafood continued into into membership of those committees Government’s decision to have all All Central Coast Council changes to wards or changes to the future. ut councillor numbers. However, owever, fisherman Mr Dane Da Joint Regional Regional Van Der Neut said the opposite e Planning Panel appointments have was as true and he believed the th been scrapped. changes could be the death knell knel e ell forr local operators. The proclamation gives the Local Government Minister power He said at least four ur off ssix operators in Patonga were ere underr to hire and fire administrators up threat. until the September 2017 election. Mr Van Der Neut said he had d In turn, it gives the administrator said in a statement issued on May to high vehicles as well as crash The Woy Woy rail underpass to complete. been fishing ng for a living for 10 years years arrs has the power to hire and fire The department still has not 13. beams on either side of the bridge, will openmanager to traffic bydeputy the and his father had been working iin f thebe general and confirmed the cost of the repairs to “This cost will be for the new designed to protect the bridge from end of manager, August,should according the industry o out of Patonga for ov over e er general the need the underpass: bridge protection, which will potential vehicle collision,” the toarise theandlatest 40 years. within update the terms from of their “We will confirm the costs within include clearance frames on both statement Transport forcontracts. NSW. “He spent the past th three three employment the next few weeks, following road approaches to the bridge, Previously, it had stated the decades fighting for his job through d through thro Staff members transferred from further planning,” the department designed to act as early warnings work could Council take up to six consecutive he ve governments,” governm governments, rn Gosford themonths Central said. Coast Council were transferred contains 54 articles - Read more news items for this issue at www.peninsulanews.info Mr Van Der Neut said the under theTHIS sameISSUE employment latest te NSW Government reform reform contract of employment. package package ka was about a corporatising There will be no onus on export the e industry and targeting exp the first elected Central Coast Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford the markets. m Council to stick with the staff Phone: 4325 7369 Mr MacDonald said the key organisational structure set out in Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 changes es would see the NSW N the proclamation. E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net Government investing in fishing Anything commenced but not Website: www.centralcoastnews.netbusinesses and providing local completed by Gosford Council fishers with the tools to better may or may not be completed by manage their business and ensure the new council. what is caught continues to be The codes, plans, strategies done so sustainably. and policies of the new council “The changes will provide more are to be, as far as practicable, a certainty and support for fishers composite of the corresponding their tto invest i t in i th i businesses, b i codes, plans, strategies and and cement the future of the polices of each of the former commercial fishing industry for councils. years to come,” he said. The code of conduct for a new Mr Van Der Neut, who fishes council is to be the model code Hawkesbury River squid and in the Act (within the meaning Broken Bay school prawns, said of section 440 of the Act) until a estuary prawn trawl fishers have code of conduct is adopted by the been given until July 2017 to raise council in accordance with the Act. their minimum shareholding to 200 Local Government (Council or th they will be able ill nott b bl tto access Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, 12 May 2016 their fisheries. Interview, 12 May 2016 “There is no guarantee that Craig Doyle, Gosford Council those shares will be available. Reporter: Jackie Pearson “We have been given no guarantee of any access at all because, in 2019, a committee will

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protect their rail bridge and track. Commerce president Mr Sydney Trains, not Gosford Matthew Wales said the closure Council, are responsible for of the underpass was causing repairing and replacing the congestion, particularly during stanchion so that the underpass morning and evening peaks, can be reopened, according to the because all the traffic that used On the morning of Friday, April statement. the underpass via Hillview St 8, a large truck became wedged “Council understands that the and Dunban Rd was now being under one of the height restriction damage to the stanchion was redirected through the Rawson Rd stanchions at the Woy Woy rail significant,” Gosford Council chief roundabout. underpass. Mr Paul Anderson said. Mr Wales said he believed the The stanchions on either side “Council is working with Sydney Rawson Rd roundabout should of the underpass prevent oversize Trains to get the underpass be a high priority to be upgraded vehicles that have attempted to The Peninsula is now under reopened as soon as possible. and may need to be replaced with use the underpass from hitting the Coast “However, at this stage, Council the trafficnew lights. Central actual rail bridge and potentially Media statement, 28 Apr 2016 has been advised by Sydney Council. damaging the rail track above. Paul Anderson, Council Gosford CouncilGosford no longer Trains that the underpass could be The stanchion are owned and Interview, 28 Apr 2016 exists. closed for up to six months.” maintained by Sydney Trains to Matthew Wales, The change took Peninsula place Peninsula Chamber of of Commerce on Thursday,Chamber 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 Media release, 27 Apr 2016 diverse as Mangrove Mountain, Matthew Wales, Peninsula Gunderman, Peats Ridge and the Chamber of Commerce The Woy Woy rail underpass has been closed on many occasions Gosford CBD. PHOTO youtube The three councillors who will eventually represent the Gosford 68 articles - Read more news items for this issue at www.peninsulanews.info West Ward will be required to live in the Ward. Areas to the north of the Rip Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford Bridge will be included in the Phone: 4325 7369 Gosford East Ward as the southern Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 shore of Brisbane Water is the boundary for Gosford West. E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net The Gosford West Ward is, Website: www.centralcoastnews.net 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

$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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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

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Wicks promises continuous mobile coverage on our trains Federal member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has promised Peninsula rail commuters free wiﬁ at Woy Woy train station and continuous mobile coverage all the way to Sydney if she is re-elected and the Coalition Government is returned. “We will invest to upgrade and build telecommunications infrastructure to improve the lives of one in four of the adult workforce who commute long distances by train each day,” Ms Wicks said. More than 30 kilometres of rail between Wyong and Hornsby are black spots where commuters currently face little or no mobile data coverage, according to Ms Wicks. The Coalition would invest $12 million to provide continuous intrain mobile coverage along the rail corridor between Wyong and Sydney as well as wiﬁ at each train station. “This will improve the lives of thousands of Peninsula residents who leave home before dawn each day and return after dark,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “It will make work time more productive, enhance leisure time and help families and friends connect,” Mr Turnbull said. “And it’s happening because local Member Lucy Wicks, after spending hundreds of hours talking to commuters, told me this was one of the most practical things we could do for families on the Central

Coast,” he said. The Federal Minister for Communications, Mr Mitch Fifield, said the Coalition understood that reliable mobile coverage was crucial for productivity. “The Coalition understands the importance of reliable mobile coverage so commuters can get work done and stay in touch with family or the office,” Mr Fifield said. Ms Wicks said the commitment was a game-changer which would directly benefit thousands of people every day. “This is a major, innovative commitment from the Turnbull Government Edition 397 which will mean more of our hard-working commuters can stay connected for longer on the daily commute, which can be a four to five hour round trip to Sydney or Newcastle,” Mrs Wicks said. The $12 million commitment was expected to leverage an additional $4 million investment from the NSW Government, Ms Wicks said. There would be an expression of interest process for mobile network providers to bid for the funding. “A re-elected Turnbull Coalition will work with the NSW Government to provide in-kind assistance to deliver the wifi and improved mobile coverage, facilitating access to land along the rail corridor and helping facilitate planning approvals for new infrastructure,” Ms Wicks said.

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we may have to do it all over again and the difference will be the Government in 2019 won’t need new regulations to make the changes, they will already be in place.” “My belief is it is all about export (above) Our election coverage, including above) lists pledges made by Ou Both Labor and I feelLiberal what is and happening is both candidate profiles, general oth major parties since the candi Parties haveoverseas been want making other countries our election information about the Robertson lection was called. inform product to beto on spend their tables and promises money electorate, the location of polling The table allows readers a list to electo I on don’tkey blameprojects them because for we the booths as well as information from keep eep track of which promises have booth have the bestduring seafood. Peninsula the election parties begins on page 8. been een kept by the winning party the pa “But the consumer is going to campaign. Media release, 23 Jun 2016, after fter the election. loseThe if they don’t wake up andtable do election promise Tim Sowden, Office of Lucy Wicks something about it. “Commercial fishermen per $438,5549 will be spent on Ettalong’s Ferry Rd Wharf electorate are in minute numbers so we don’t stand a chance politically so we need to tell the Umina, become a patchwork of badly economy, to improve the efficient mina, Ettalong and Booker Bay roads that Labor funded. The Peninsula consumers to tell their MPs tocould look “Lucy Wicks has not listened to maintained roads,” Ms Charlton movement of small business, to unded under a Labor Government “Lu after seafood. infrastructure funded see our major meet tourist expectations, boost ompared with the Liberal’s the cconcerns of locals about the said. “In 2017 weif won’t know how upgrades Labor was compared commitment ommitment of $2.75 million for state of their roads and only came “This significant investment the local economy, and keep our many commercial shers will be elected to figovernment, Peninsula will receive just with $2.75 million for Peninsula will keep motorists, cyclists and The pedestrians moving safely around $540 million in services and $183 ust three roads: one in Umina and up wit endorsed becausetowe don’t know according Labor’s less than suburbs. five per cent million in infrastructure – a total two wo in Booker Bay. roads roads,” she added. pedestrians safe. our beautiful how many shares are available. Candidate for Robertson, Ms Coast According to Ms Charlton, the “This announcement is proof Ac “The flood-prone Peninsula of the “Onlynew LaborCentral is listening to the expenditure of $724 million across “There are only two fishers in Anne Charlton. off Labor’s commitment to not only comm commitment by Labor recognised is beset by a backlog of legacy Council people of Robertson to make the Central Coast. budget for capital Patonga as we speak with enough Total income, however, is Ms Charlton has announced a improving mproving infrastructure on the the n neglect of important issues roadworks further exacerbating expenditure, investments that put people first,” shares. despite expected to be only $598 million, $60 million roads package. eninsula but also creating jobs that tthe people of the Peninsula safety problems and congestion in representing Peninsula Ms Charlton concluded. “So if the shares are available 15 per cent of She said the Peninsula would to Media release, 21 Jun 2016 with $556 million in council income o drive the economy for the next have endured at the hands of the area. we might see those existing fishers theRhys council’s population. get the most benefit from the generation,” Zorro, Australian Labor Party from rates and charges and the eneration,” Ms Charlton said. succe successive Liberal representatives “These issues must be fixed continue, that is of course if they The budget includes a total of like, and $42 million from grants. Roads Rescue Package, with at loc local, state and federal levels. and only Labor will take action on can access the funds to buy those $7.79 million in capital projects Budgeted spending has “La “Labor will fix what has now the Peninsula to grow jobs and the shares because what this will do is for the Peninsula, but only $3.61 been focused on roads and increase the share price beyond million – less than half – comes drainage, water and sewerage, ains 5 53 3 articles artiicles - Read Read more mo news items for this issue at www.peninsulanews.info our range.” THIS ISSUE contains from council revenue. waste management, waterways According to Mr MacDonald, The majority comes from and playgrounds and sporting the new program will give fishers government grants. fields, according to the council’s the option to grow their business or Office: 120c Erina Street, GosfordOutside the Peninsula, the administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds. choose to exit the industry “through Phone: 4325 7369 council contributes more than The budget included funds for a range of supportive measures $3.35 for every dollar of grant road and drainage upgrades at Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 including: low-rate loans; grants money spent on capital projects. E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net Horsfield Bay and Umina and the for retraining or for independent The council contribution to upgrade of Umina’s McEvoy Oval. Website: www.centralcoastnews.net business advice; subsidies for Peninsula projects represents less The budget and operational buyers and sellers of shares; or than one per cent of its consolidated plan priorities for the Peninsula fixed payments of $20,000 for income of $556 million. were set by the former Gosford fishing business buyouts.” At the same time, the council Council. The NSW Government has also expects Peninsula ratepayers will Reviews will be undertaken extended its cap on management be paying more in rates, with many during the next 12 months to bring fees. paying an increase greater than the plan “into greater alignment Assistance is also available for inflation (see separate report). to represent the Central Coast fishing cooperatives. The council budget does not Council”. The NSW Government will show anticipated income from the “This may result in a change to also invest $400,000 as part of Peninsula,. actions, projects and programs,” a campaign to promote NSW However, if the Peninsula pays the operational plan said. caught seafood as sustainable rates, charges and other council It is unknown whether those and fresh and work with industry income at the average per capita reviews and changes would result to implement an origin- labelling rate for the council area, it would in more or less infrastructure scheme for cooked seafood across be contributing $76 million to funding for the Peninsula. the state. council coffers. The progressive construction Media release, 31 May 2016 The 2016-17 budget and of Murray St, Booker Bay, is the Hannah Eves, office of operational plan were adopted at largest capital works item in the Scot MacDonald an extraordinary general meeting operational plan for the Peninsula. Interview, 7 Jun 2016 of the council held at Wyong Dane Van Der Neut, Woy Woy The work, from Eastern Rd to council chambers on June 29. Reporter: Jackie Pearson Flathead Rd, will cost the council The plan and budget will deliver $939,379 in 2016-17.

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day. da “Then they’ve redistributed the efforts of those active fishers in a ef Communist way over all the shares Co in a share class so now the active fissher’s shares have a lot less value,” he said. va Mr Van Der Neut uses the example of a five-member family ex who operated as a combine. wh Their combined catch in the last year was 25 tonne of mud crabs. ye Under the new rules their quota has been capped at 1400kg per ha fissher or a combined quote of seven tonne which means their se business is no longer sustainable. bu If that family is forced to sell its sh shares and exit the industry, there’s nothing stopping someone with a no latent endorsement from buying up lat their shares and then profiting from th the demise of the active fishers. th “At this point of time, we import 87 per cent of the fish products we eat but I will be shocked if in 10 years’ time you will be able to purchase locally caught seafood. pu “This sort of reform has already happened in the lobster industry ha in NSW where you already have catch shares linked to a quota. ca “I have already read reports from places like Columbia and smaller fishers are forced out of the industry through increased prices and after that it gets consolidated. “When governments start to talk about sustainability we are talking

about the amount of fish we take out of the ocean. “That is the worst type of management we can do. “The public does not understand that every time you have a shower, wash up, wash clothes that have micro plastics in them, that all goes in the drain and into fish habitat so while we are restricting what we can take out of the water we are still impacting on fish productivity. “Commercial fishing is one of the only user groups of the marine environment that have a fishery management strategy underpinned by environmental impact studies. “We’ve got all that. “We also have the tick of sustainability. “The only thing we don’t have the tick for is export which is a good thing from my point of view because it keeps seafood in the local community.” According to Mr Van Der Neut around six commercial fishers are still operating out of Patonga and most are sole traders. “My dad got shares a long time ago because he was in business pre-dating any reform. “With most businesses you can make an educated gamble on the business, on what you are buying, there are no guarantees out of this. “It is just a gamble that we will be buying more or less guaranteed access until 2019 and in 2019

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Commercial fisher apprehended with illegal catch unlawful use of a net or trap,” Mr Andrews said. The fisherman was apprehended and the Eastern NSW Department of Primary Rock Lobsters were returned to Industries Fisheries acting the water by officers. Under the Fisheries compliance director, Mr Tony Andrews, said the Central Coast Management Act 1994, the faces maximum team was joined by Statewide fisherman Operations and Investigations penalties of between six months Group officers in June in an and 10 years imprisonment and up operation to crack down on to $44,000 in fines. “Stealing fish and black compliance within the “estuary marketing, as well as damage to general fishery” off Patonga. “The 36-year-old commercial fish habitats are serious problems fisherman was found in possession that can impact on the sustainability of 11 July 2016 our fish stocks across NSW. of 44 live Eastern Rock Lobsters “We encourage anyone who and 12 prohibited size mulloway,” sees illegal fishing activity to report Mr Andrews said. “He also admitted to oversetting it to their nearest Fisheries office, his meshing nets, which is a phone our hotline or make an separate offence as Estuary online report,” said Mr Andrews. Commercial fishers in the General Fishers are prohibited from retaining Eastern Rock region were reminded to adhere to Lobster caught in meshing nets,” the fishing regulations for Eastern Rock Lobsters and estuary fish he said. “This fisherman has breached species. Media release, 19 Jul 2016 five regulations of the Act, including Mel Hamling, NSW Department possessing illegally taken fish and of Primary Industries

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be established b d to determine how should manyy boats sh ould be left fishing,” he said. a “There There here are different d issues with governments,” different re ent g go govern nments,” he said. Governments “Labor abor bor G are predominantly redominantl edomina na green, whereas the National Liberal an and nd Na nd ational Governments about are re e mor more ab bout corporatising, removing emoving tthe smaller operators who support ort th the e local communities and turning them into larger businesses, moving m them into larger ports and d starting to work on export deals.” According to o Mr Van Der Neut, the latest N NSW Government reforms “were e asked for by a minority group in the industry who wanted to link their shares to the amount they could co catch. “Some of that minority group had good intentions, i they wanted to buy more shares and run more traps or more nets. “Ultimately what happened is the process got hijacked by a smaller minority group who had been buying up shares for years.” He said the industry was now split between active fishers and “latent endorsements” who may hold a certain class of shares (such as for crab pots) but are not actively fishing. He said the NSW Government has used the catch history of active fishermen to come up with its caps on kilos allowed to be caught per

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and maintained to meet the NSW Crown Lands requirement of a 30 per cent net profit by June 30 each year. The Brisbane Water Floodplain Risk Management Plan Action Plan should be completed by December 1, according to the operational plan. The current first Seized phase Eastern of the Rock Lobsters Central Coast Council is the “merger period” which will end THIS ISSUE contains 69 when councillors are elected in September 2017, the operational plan said. During the merger period the administrator, Mr Reynolds, and chief executive offificer, Mr Rob Noble, are expected to ensure that the council is able to maintain seamless service delivery to the community. They are also expected to embrace opportunities to improve services and infrastructure while bringing together and building on the strengths of staff, systems, strategies and structures. The community, staff and other partners are supposed to be engaged in planning and implementing change during the merger period through information and involvement. The plan aims to ensure “ethical, open and accountable governance and administration administration.

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award vindicates their enormous efforts. “Winning this award also shows the general public that we have been recognised for excellence in what we do and it doesn’t get better than that,” he

added. “We are deliberately ‘un-dentisty’ but proud to be recognised as the best dentists we can be for our community” Dr Mervin concluded. Riverside Dental Spa now

gains automatic entry to the state Business Chamber Awards to represent the best of the Central Coast. Media release, Jul 13, 2016 Hayley O’Hara, Riverside Dental Spa

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Harris accused of fear mongering

Liberal definition of TAFE reform is destroy and dismantle - Harris hadow minister for the Central Coast Mr David Harris has described the latest NSW Government changes to TAFE as “continuing its disgraceful attack on NSW TAFE.

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entral Coast Labor MPs have been accused of causing alarm in the community and spreading false information about the future of local TAFE campuses.

The thrust of the latest changes being made to TAFE will make it “competitive and modern” according to the parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald. “These reforms have naturally generated debate and that is healthy,” he said. “What is not healthy is the Labor shadow minister, Mr David Harris, and other Central Coast Labor MPs, spreading fear and misinformation,” he said. According to Mr MacDonald, NSW minister for skills, Mr John Barilaro, addressed staff and students at the Gosford campus of TAFE recently. “The minister took questions and it became clear a number of people were alarmed by comments by Mr Harris inferring Gosford or other Central Coast campuses were

closing now or in 2017,” Mr MacDonald said. “From the moment the reforms were announced, the Government had been crystal clear that no campuses were closing,” he said. “It is to the great shame of the ALP that they routinely resort to negativity and falsehoods. “The NSW Government has committed record expenditure of nearly $1.9 billion to vocational education in this state. “But as Mr Barilaro announced, TAFE has to be competitive and modern,” he said. “It needs a better digital platform and its cost structures have to be as efficient as possible. “School leavers have many choices and there are close to 400 private providers to choose from

in the vocational education sector. “It would be irresponsible to ask TAFE to maintain unused or not fit for purpose assets. “It would be irresponsible to burden TAFE with unnecessary administrative costs and layers of bureaucracy. “TAFE has much to be proud of. “It remains a trusted, valued provider of education and training. It has an important role in the Central Coast community. “We will give it the tools, structure and resources to build on that strong reputation now and into the future,” he said. Email, Jul 22, 2016 Scot MacDonald, parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast

Grandparents’ Day at Wyoming ur Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School’s Grandparents’ Day will be held on July 29.

All grandparents of students are invited to attend a 20 minute liturgy in the Wyoming school hall. After the liturgy, all

grandparents are invited to listen to their grandchild/ren read in their classrooms. Following the reading sessions will be a cake and

morning tea. Newsletter, Jul 20, 2016 Frank Cohen, Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School

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He said the proposal to centralise TAFE would result in “more cuts, more campus sell-offs and a reduction in face-to-face teaching”. According to Mr Harris, the announcement was “a move that foreshadows a widespread sell-off of campuses across the state”. The Labor MP said the changes would result in more teaching online rather than face-to-face. The announcement comes off the back of damning figures in the latest state budget that spell out the destruction of TAFE, according to Mr Harris. He issued a list of what he considered to be the failures of the current NSW Government in relation to

Hunter TAFE: sacking at least 120 staff at Hunter TAFE, with more to come; enrolments down from 64,403 in 2012 to only 24,205 in 2016; wasted over $500 million on failed IT software, $269 million over budget and now scrapped; and finally, the announcement that they will scrap Hunter TAFE altogether, and centralise administration in Sydney. “Complex trades will be taught via a computer screen rather than in the TAFE workshop,” Mr Harris said. “Bringing all the TAFE institutes under the control of a centralised organisation also denies local campuses the flexibility to offer courses

to suit the local population, businesses and industry,” he said. “Changes to the HunterCentral Coast TAFE campuses will make it easier for the NSW Government to hide falling student enrolments, reduced course offers, cuts to teaching positions, and downgraded campus services. “It will mean the State Government can slice up any regional campus. “The Liberal definition of reform is destroy and dismantle,” Mr Harris said. Media release, Jul 14, 2016 Jake Allen, Office of David Harris, Shadow Minister for the Central Coast

Urgent steps sought to address traffic safety concerns at Point Clare he residents of Scott St, Point Clare, are calling for the Central Coast Council and NSW Government to take urgent steps to address their concerns about pedestrian and traffic safety around Point Clare Public School.

“We met with the principal of Point Clare School, Mr Scott Campbell, to discuss matters of concern to everyone regarding the state of our street, and road safety for the children in general,” said long-term Scott St resident, Mr Anthony Buckley AM. “Mr Campbell advised us that as of November, a double main gate to the school will be installed facing Brisbane Water Dve near the bus stop,” Mr Buckley said. “We feel now is the time to see a 40km per hour zone established on Brisbane Water Dve, with a pedestrian crossing and lights, to enable school buses to drop off on both sides of the road,” he said. Point Clare Public School Parents and Citizens Association has been campaigning for at least the past decade for the school to have a 40 km per hour zone in Brisbane Water Dve and a proper pedestrian crossing at the school, either in Takari Ave or on Brisbane Water Dve. Point Clare is one of the only primary schools on the Central Coast that does not have a pedestrian crossing. Scott St, which runs parallel to Takari Avenue, has always been an

“overflow area” at drop off and pick up times. Many parents prefer to park in Scott St to drop off or pick up their children to avoid the congestion of Takari Ave, which is currently where school buses are required to drop off and pick up the children. The school is currently undertaking a major redevelopment which is adding to residents’ concerns about traffic and pedestrian safety. “Traffic on Brisbane Water Dve at school dropoff and pick-up times travels between 60 and 70kph continuously,” Mr Buckley said. “The eastern side bus stop cannot be used because it is unsafe to cross the road at this point and parents have to walk their children all the way to the lights at the station and then all the way back to the school,” he said. “Buses need to be able to drop off their passengers and children safely on both sides of Brisbane Water Dve instead of being forced to traverse back streets by making dangerous righthand turns. “The principal of the school fully supports this proposal.” Scott St has no kerb and

guttering and is also prone to flooding, which further exacerbates traffic issues. Mr Buckley said residents planned to petition the council’s new administrator to have the drainage of Scott St reinstated and kerb and guttering constructed on both sides of the street, with footpaths. “Drainage and kerb and guttering will enable safe drop-offs at the Scott St entrance to the school and for ourselves to be able to reach our homes safely,” he said. “At the moment cars are forced to double-park between 8:45am and 9:15am and 2:45pm and 3:15pm and parents and children are forced to walk on the road. “The rest of the time we residents have nowhere to walk but on the road, endangering our lives every time we do so. “We are urging fellow residents to sign the petition to support the establishment of a 40 km per hour school zone on Brisbane Water Dve with a pedestrian crossing and lights, and kerbing and guttering of Scott St with footpaths,” Mr Buckley said. Email, Jul 18, 2016 Anthony Buckley, Point Clare Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Maria to assist at New York Fashion Week

Makenzie completes a four-day Bella Momentum art workshop igh School student, Makenzie Dorratt- Mavin from Springfield, was one of 10 students who completed a four-day Bella Momentum art workshop run by The Smith Family children’s education charity and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA).

Bella Momentum is staged twice each year for selected students supported by The Smith Family who are currently studying art subjects, or who have a strong interest in artistic pursuits, to hone their interests and inspire their post-school artsrelated career options. Between July 12-15, students from Years 10 and 11 from NSW and the ACT stayed in Sydney’s CBD to participate in the workshop held at the MCA. During the workshop, students were immersed in a range of contemporary art exhibitions, artistic talks and had the opportunity to explore a range of creative

techniques and mediums including drawing, textiles, digital media, stencil art, zine making, installation and sculpture. The workshop was conducted under the guidance of MCA Artist Educators and exhibiting artists who assisted students to create a body of artwork and build a portfolio. The Smith Family’s CEO, Dr Lisa O’Brien, said: “Bella Momentum offers students a fantastic opportunity to explore their artistic talents with like-minded individuals, in one of Sydney’s peak creative environments.” “It’s opening doors for students to build selfconfidence, develop

their creative interests and explore career paths available in the art world. “The art workshop is now in its fourteenth year, thanks to funding made available through the Macquarie Group Foundation and Perpetual,” Dr O’Brien said. At the workshop’s completion on July 15, students presented their works at a professional gallery exhibition at the MCA’s National Centre for Creative Learning, for family and friends. Media release, Jul 19, 2016 Catherine Cavill, The Smith Family

NAISDA Dance College to receive $70,000 grant AISDA Dance College will receive $70,000 through Arts NSW through the Arts and Cultural Development Program (ACDP) and the Negotiated Aboriginal Strategic program.

Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, said the funding aims to grow and promote Aboriginal art and culture throughout NSW. NAISDA will use the funding to engage and mentor young Aboriginal people from across NSW in cultural and contemporary dance while providing a pathway to explore dance as a career option, and

audition for the college. The 2016 Garabara Ngurra program will select participants from across NSW to attend the weeklong camp which includes cultural and contemporary dance, Torres Strait Island dance and hip-hop workshops. “The NSW Government acknowledges the important role art plays in Aboriginal

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culture and through the Arts and Cultural Development Program we want to create opportunities for Aboriginal artists, arts workers, communities and audiences,” Mr Crouch said. “We are thrilled with the generous support we have received from the NSW Government for this important educational and cultural opportunity,” said NAISDA Chief Executive Officer, Ms Kim Walker. “NAISDA has been proud to host Garabara Ngurra over the past six years,” she said. Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts, Mr Troy Grant said the Government is proud to invest in a vibrant and distinctive Aboriginal arts and cultural sector, supporting local artists in regional and remote NSW to tell the stories of their community. “Our state is fortunate to have a vast array of Aboriginal artistic talent across art forms including visual art, dance, theatre, literature and music,” Mr Grant said. Media release, Jul 19, 2016 Debra Wales, Office of Adam Crouch MP

ariong resident, Maria Ganeko, completed her HSC at Kariong Mountains High School in 2015 and now she’s off to New York City for Fashion Week.

“I spent most of Year 12 dreaming about being in the fashion industry, but I wasn’t thinking about it seriously until I found a diploma course at the Fashion Institute,” Ms Ganeko said. She will complete her full-time Business Fashion Diploma at the end of 2016 and, as part of the course, will spend September in New York with opportunities to work as an intern at the city’s fashion houses and back stage during New York Fashion Week. Maria’s ultimate goal is to be a fashion designer with her own label but, at the moment, she is happy to be undertaking studies that give her exposure to the whole range of activities

and career options available in the industry. She knows she has chosen a tough and competitive industry to break into, so she is not waiting to graduate before gathering as much work experience as possible. “At the beginning of the year, I was an intern at Girlfriend Magazine, working on styling and preparing for photo shoots in the magazine,” she said. “I am now at Mink Pink which is a young brand and I am doing that internship for design experience,” she said. The trip to New York is part of her course with the Sydney-based Fashion Institute and includes

a range of different opportunities to do work experience throughout her stay in the city. Assisting at Fashion Week will certainly be the climax of the trip for Maria. “A lot of opportunities are being offered by the institute’s careers manager and I am looking for a New York design internship. “Fashion Week will be incredibly exciting because I will be assisting at shows, dressing models and taking part in all the back stage activity,” she said. Email, Jul 21, 2016 Bryce McIntosh, The Fashion Institute Interview, Jul 25, 2016 Maria Ganeko, Kariong Jackie Pearson, journalist

Kariong Mountains Learning Community Day of Excellence

arents, carers and community members are invited to the Kariong Mountains Learning Community Day of Excellence, held at Kariong Mountains High School’s school hall, on August 3.

There will be performances from a number of students from Somersby Public School, Peats Ridge Public School, Kulnura Public School, Central Mangrove Public

School, Kariong Public School and Kariong Mountains High School. Kariong Public School’s choir and senior dance groups will also be performing.

Celebrations commence at the hall from 9:30am. Newsletter, Jul 22, 2016 Justine Abell, Kariong Public School

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The Rhythm Hut to have a big third birthday party he Rhythm Hut is celebrating three years in their space on Faunce St with three big live performances on August 12.

The Strides, the Rhythm Hunters and The Kava Kings will all perform for the Hut’s biggest gig of the year, along with DJs, drum circle, food and bar, chill out lounge and a few extra surprises on the night. The Strides are a new force for Reggae music. Fronted by roots man Ras Roni from Barbados via London, Fijian MC LTL GZeus and Sierra Leonian ragga powerhouse Blacker C, The Strides deliver a musical experience that is as powerfully explosive as it is authentic. With three acclaimed albums already under their belt, a European label signing, festival appearances across the country and having graced the stage with many stars, The Strides’ music faithfully builds on the foundations of classic roots reggae with a hip-hop edge, forging a sound that brings together modern dance hall, dub beats and reggae-pop. The Strides have forged a truly global sound melding a diversity of cultures

The Strides will rock The Rhythm Hut's third birthday and instrumentation under the one universal consciousness. A dynamite force in world roots music, adored for their frenetic drum choreographies and infectious dance grooves, Rhythm Hunters bring cutting edge physical percussion, western horns,

Asian flute, deep grooves and electro beats, making them one of Australia’s most exciting festival acts. Rhythm Hunters is an assault on the senses and cannot be translated to an audio only experience. This is true for their visually captivating and signature all female Islamic percussive dance finale, renowned for leaving

audiences screaming for more. Drawing from the cultures of northern Australasia, to the traditional folk songs of Indonesia, and the electro beats of cyber culture, Rhythm Hunters is a unique musical and visual act that easily slides into many genres including world, folk, groove, electronic and cultural genres.

Rhythm Hunters have played alongside acts such as Nahko and Medicine for the People, Evermore, Blue King Brown and The Melbourne Ska Orchestra. Festival slots include The Woodford Folk Festival, Peats Ridge, The Dreaming, The National Folk Festival, National Multicultural Festival, Winter Magic, Psyfari, Moomba, Jungle

Love Festival, Subsonic, Mullumbimby Music Festival, Island Vibes, Illawarra and Cygnet Folk Festivals. Hailing from the South of Sydney, The Kava Kings bring a fresh new sound with their loose mash up of Gypsy, Rock, Reggae and Dub. Within two years, The Kava Kings have been headlining shows all over the country and their highly energetic performances have helped them earn a solid reputation. Amongst these shows they have played with many great International and Australian acts such as Mat McHugh and the Beautiful Girls, The Skatalites, Ash Grunwald, OKA and many more. The boys have just released their sophomore E.P ‘No Time to Lose’, described as the full gamut through melodic psychedelia, summertime guitar-pop vibes, and trippy jam sessions featuring big horns, phat dub-reggae, upbeat gypsy ska and atmospheric indie-rock. Tickets are essential. Media release, Jul 18, 2016 Lou Sawilejskij, The Rhythm Hut

The Escalators to perform in the Lounge Room he Lounge Room, Gosford will host South Coast music group, The Escalators, on September 9.

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“The Escalators all discovered the power of music in our teenage years, punk, reggae or jazz, and music has been a positive force in our lives ever since. “Those stories will form part of this unique show,”

Mackenzie concluded. With more grooves than a record store, The Escalators tip their fedoras to the sophistication of Swing, the funk of New Orleans, and the rhythmic pulse of Jamaica.

The Escalators excel at cross-pollinating great jazz standards with groovedriven genres, and grafting original compositions onto their swing, soul and reggae roots. Media release, Jul 19, 2016 Will Small, The Lounge Room

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he NSW Government has announced over $13,500 of funding for projects designed to help improve safety for Central Coast residents and visitors who use Macmasters Beach and the Erina Men’s Shed.

Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, said over $12,000 of grant funding would help rebuild the steps at Macmasters Beach while over $1,500 of support for the Erina Men’s Shed would help cover the cost of an on-site defibrillator. “The financial assistance for the steps at Macmasters Beach will help the Central Coast Council cover half the cost of rebuilding the steps which lead to the rock

pool,” Mr Crouch said. “The steps are in urgent need of repair and currently pose a safety risk, particularly for the older members of the community. “And having a defibrillator on site at the Erina Men’s Shed may end up saving a life given the advancing years of some of its members. “I am pleased to see the NSW Government supporting community

projects in the Terrigal electorate.” Minister for Regional Development, Mr John Barilaro, said support for these community projects reflected the Government’s commitment to regional NSW. Media release, Jul 20, 2016 Debra Wales, Office of Adam Crouch MP

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Find rare Pokemon for your collection in Kibble Park on July 30

he Imperial Centre, Gosford, will be luring Pokémon to the five Pokéstops in Kibble Park and encourages any aspiring Pokémon trainers using the Pokémon GO app to head down to the Park on July 30, in search of rare Pokémon.

Pokémon GO is a global phenomenon that fuses the nostalgia of finding, training and battling Pokémon from the franchises’ game and anime series from the 90s, with a real world setting. Players are encouraged to be active by logging on and then travelling on foot to find Pokémon, visit Pokéstops (real world locations and landmarks where players can get free items to help them progress in the game) and complete various other tasks like

hatching Pokémon eggs by walking a certain distance or battling other players’ teams at Pokémon Gyms (special locations where players from Pokémon GO’s three different factions can battle for territory). The Poké craze has also swept across social media with players utilising Facebook and other popular social media outlets to discuss Pokémon statistics, locations and other helpful tips and tricks. The Imperial Centre

will also be utilising social media on the day, posting regular updates on their own Facebook page about where in the Park a rare Pokémon was sighted, so people using the centre can quickly duck out to the Park and catch any rare Pokémon missing from their collection. Media release, Jul 22, 2016 Jenny Slattery, Imperial Centre Dilon Luke, journalist

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NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS DIRECTORY ARTS & CULTURE Art Studios Gallery & Cooperative Artworks by members and local artists through solo and group exhibitions and community events. Classes available. 4339 3349 www.artstudioscooperative.org

Central Coast Art Society Lectures, demonstrations and discussion. Weekly paintouts Tuesdays 4349 5860 for locations Workshops - 4363 1156 9.30am - 12.30pm 1st and 3rd Wed Social Meetings 1.30pm 4th Wed Gosford City Arts Centre. 4325 1420 publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au

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4382 3372 Seniors Computer Club Central Coast Inc. Classes Mon to Fri for over 50 Basics: Mon , Tues and Thurs 10am to 12noon Different programs every day, 10am - 12noon or 1-3pm Apple-Mac: Mon, Tues, Wed All at Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre 02 4369 5692 Terrigal Wamberal RSL Sub-Branch At Breakers Country Club pension and welfare officers available to assist with DVA compensation claims and benefits Wed & Fri 10am – Midday Meetings 2nd Sat 10am 43842661

Central Coast Handweavers, Spinners rsl@breakerscc.com.au and Textile Arts Guild Spinning and weaving, U3A Central Coast patchwork and quilting, felting and other fibre and fabric crafts, Mature age people are invited community quilting bees - Day to participate in a wide range of courses to broaden the mind and Night Groups and make new friends 4325 4743 www.cottagecrafts.net.au 0408 704 701 www.centralcoast.u3anet.org.au

Fellowship of Australian Writers A friendly and supportive group for new and old writers. Encouragement and critique of work. Workshops and competitions 10am 3rd Sun Conference rm. Gosford Hotel 4363 2627

Gosford Gumnuts Playgroup Parents and children meet socially. Make friends, learn more about parenting. 0 to 5 yrs Wed - Fri 10am-12noon Gosford Uniting Church Hall 129 Donnison St Gosford 4325 3695

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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. 4340 1724 wwww.knc.net.au

Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre • Exercise classes • Yoga for adults and children • Community eco garden • Room hire • Health support groups • Counselling • After school activities 4363 1044 www.kincumber.nsw.au

Mingaletta Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Corporation A meeting place and referral hub for education, health, wellbeing and cultural programs through consultative services and community programs. Mon-Fri 9am-4pm 6 Sydney Ave Umina 4342 7515

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

Soundwaves Men’s acapella 4 part harmony chorus - all ages 7pm Mon Central Coast Leagues Club Kieran - 0407 267 675 khutton58@gmail.com jbthomson51@gmail.com

Sydney Welsh Choir Cultural organisation performing at various venues to promote Gambling Solutions the Welsh culture with singing, Counsellors provide free, Also performing for charity fund confidential, professional raising. service to gamblers, family and 4369 3378 friends. Woy Woy, Kincumber, Gosford, The Entrance. Tempo Terrific Community 4344 7992 Showband Active showband available GROW Support Groups to play at your community Small friendly groups formed to function. Wide ranging learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and repertuore. Always seeking new members, come and have to improve mental health and fun with music. Follow us on well-being. Anonymous, free and open to all. Weekly at Woy Facebook - Every Mon 5 - 7pm Kincumber Uniting Church Woy, Bateau Bay and Wyong 4365 4414 1800 558 268 www.grow.org.au

Meals on Wheels Delicious meals delivered free Join us for a midday meal Help with shopping and cooking classes 4363 7111

Inner Wheel Club Group of Volunteers, trained by of Terrigal DVA, to look after servicemen Share friendship, social activities & women. Ourimbah RSL Club as well as fundraising for local, 10:30am 2nd Fri - Feb to Nov national and international 4322 1505 projects. 3rd Mon, 12noon Terrigal 50+ leisure centre, National Parks Association Duffy Rd Terrigal Central Coast 4369 0302 - 4384 1490 Twice weekly bush walks, terigalinnerwheel@gmail.com varying distances and grades of difficulty. Explore, enjoy scenery, Lions Club of Woy Woy fauna, floral, history. Keep fit 1st and 3rd Mon. Woy Woy and make friends. Leagues Club 4389 4423 or 4332 7378 Make new friends and have fun while serving your community. Spirituality in the Pub 0478 959 895 A forum with Q&A and two speakers prompt conversations Rotary Club of within to encourage dialogue Gosford North about spirituality. Active community minded club. 1st Tues March to October Many projects focussed on 2nd Tues November assisting youth. Support our 7.30 to 9pm great projects, get involved with Grange Hotel Wyoming our fun club. Graham Black 4328 2596 - 0498 588 261 0410 509 071, grahamblack@iprimus.com.au

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Rotary Club of Kariong/Somersby International service club Tuggerah Lakes Showband improves lives of communities Play brass instruments, meet in Australia and overseas. Funevery Tues & Thurs to rehearse . filled activities, fellowship and crowd-pleasing music and play friendship breakfasts. Phillip at community events House, 21 Old Mount Penang Park Rd Band Hall Rd (opp Shell) - Fri 7:15am Tues 7.30pm Thur 6.30pm 4340 4529 0407 406 669 kersuebay@philliphouse.com.au

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

Medusa Moves bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com www.bpw.com.au/central-coast Is a gentle movement class catering for people with POLITICAL PARTY SPECIAL INTEREST Brisbane Water Parkinson’s Disease for Terrigal Fifty Plus Leisure Evening View Club Parkinsons’s sufferers & over Central Coast Greens and Learning Centre Brisbane Water Social activities, outings and 50s, stretching, guided dance Branch of Greens NSW, Fitness, Yoga, Handicrafts, Caravan Club functions monthly. moves centralcoastfaw@live.com active regarding ecological Mah jong, Bridge, Line located on the Central Coast Tours, Dinners, Lunches, 1st & 3rd Tues. The Rhythm Hut gumnutsguc@gmail.com sustainability, social and dancing,Tai chi, Painting, Bush and looking for new members Theatre/Cinema, fashion COMMUNITY GROUPS Faunce St Gosford economic justice, peace and www.bwcaravanclub.wix.com/bwcc walking, Indoor bowls, Zumba, parades 0439 856 554 Volunteering non-violence, grassroots 4344 4363 Computer and Ipad courses, Dinner meeting with guest 0417 223 543 Central Coast ABC - “The Friends” democracy and getting Bingo, speaker 4th Tues Refer potential volunteers to Support group for Public elected 3rd Thur Biz Plus Networking Concerts on 1st and 3rd Thurs. 4325 1688 or 0466 513 600 ParaQuad community organisations. centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au Broadcaster. Association Duffy Rd Terrigal Specialist healthcare products Provide support to volunteers centralcoastgreens@gmail.com Aims. safeguard ABC’s Attention business owners - if Joan 4384 5152 Country Women’s delivered to your door, for all and community organisations. independence, funding, & you keen to grow your business terrigal50plus@outlook.com Association (CWA) your continence, wound care Provide training to volunteers Australian Labor Party standards. Meetings through and in the process build Quilting, patchwork, spinning, and respiratory and nutrition and managers of volunteers Ourimbah/ Narara Branch worthwhile relationships, attend the year + social afternoons Wyoming knitting, crochet and more requirements Information sessions “Bridge Discussion/action community Well-known guest speakers a Biz Networking breakfast. Community Centre 9am-2pm Professional Support available to Volunteering” held regularly. issues 3 levels of Government 4341 5170 Every Thur 7:15am - 9am Yoga & Zumba classes, Art Every Fri, Opposite 1300 886 601 www.fabcnsw.org.au 4329 7122 Niagara Park Primary School Erina Leagues Club and Craft classes, Playgroup Terrigal Bowling Club www.brightsky.com.au recruit@volcc.org.au 7.30pm 1st Mon each month Geoff Neilson & Vacation Care, Support 4385 9503 or 4384 3696 Big Futures in school 0410 309 494 HISTORY GROUPS network@bizplus.com.au groups, Book Club, Community Koolewong, Point Clare kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com mentor program Garden, Rooms for Hire, Work Gosford RSL & Tascott Progress Become a volunteer mentor CCLC Bridge Club Development Orders, Centrelink Sub-branch Central Coast Family Politics in the Pub Association 2 hrs/ week, Free Training, No Duplicate Bridge-partner not Volunteer hours Women’s Auxiliary History Society Inc. Central Coast Provide resources for qualifications needed required for most sessions. 4323 7483 Raise money for the welfare of Help and advice with your Discussion of important political, Be a young persons champion communication. Special guests, Central Coast Leagues Club reception@wyomingcc.org.au veterans and their families. RSL family history research. Tue social, economic, education, community involvement, 0413 624 529 12.30pm Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri. Club West Gosford to Fri, 930am to 2pm Lions and philosophy issues in a non HEALTH GROUPS www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org.au/ heritage, diversity, education, Sat 1.30pm Wed 7.15pm Mon 4th Mon 2pm Community Hall, 8 Russell bigfutures partisan manner - The Grange safety and small business 4325 9854 4323 7336 Drysdale St, E. Gosford. Hotel 4th Thur besides Dec opportunities. www.cclcbridgeclub.asn.au Alcoholics Anonymous www.centralcoastfhs.org.au Central Coast Point Clare Community Hall cclcbridgeclub@westnet.com.au meet every Wed 12.30pm PUBLIC SPEAKING 4324 5164 Central Coast Women’s 2nd Thurs Bi Monthly. Social Group Someone cares Health Centre 0412 462 218 Central Coast Cake Social contact, Anglican Church Brisbane Water Counseling, therapeutic and Develop confi dence by Decorators Guild entertainment events, new COMMUNITY CENTRES 3 Mann St Gosford Historical Society social groups, workshops, improving your speaking skills. Sugarcraft demonstrations friendships, for 30’s-60’s 4323 3890 • Coach tours • School domestic violence and abuse Meetings are entertaining and conversation and lunch Live music, house parties, educational tours • Annual issues. All services provided by educational. Coimmunity Centres Visitors welcome Better Hearing Australia dinners, BBQs, picnics, Street Stalls • Participation women for women provide the local community 4th Sat 10am 50+ leisure and Central Coast in History Heritage Week trips away etc. 4324 2533 Brisbane Waters Breakfast with a meeting place and Learning Centre Gosford Hearing loss management Celebration Margaret Pearce www.cccwhc.com.au Monthly Meet & Chat Toastmasters Club hub for groups, services and 4382 6236 Support and educational group 4325 2270 0422 243 101 lsroe@bigpond.com.au 8:30am-10:30am information. 7 groups across the coast Soroptimist International email cco30s@live.com.au 2nd and Last Sat - The Hive Providing practical experience Fellowship of First Brisbane Water Central Coast Lapidary and Library, Erina Shopping Gosford 50+ Leisure and and confidence Fleeters Central Coast Soroptimists speak for women Central Coast 50+ Singles Club Minerals & Gems Centre Learning Centre Learn the benefits to hearing For anyone interested in early and girls of all nations through Social Group Learn silverwork, Cabochons, 0459 240 183 Handicraft, Painting, Knitting, aids history or early family histories. awareness advocacy and Invites Ladies & Gents for Faceting, Enamelling, Stone Tai Chi, Scrabble, Darts, 4321 0275 Don’t need to be a First Fleeter. action by supporting national dinner, dancing - BBQs & Field-trips & fossicking Blue Gum Flat Table Tennis, Indoor Bowls, www.centralcoast. Wyong RSL Club and international programs socialising each w/e. Weekly Workshops Toastmasters Patchwork, Yoga, Fitness, betterhearingaustralia.org.au 2nd Sat 10:30am 2nd Thur 6:45pm - Breakers Friendly group monthly Tues and Thurs 8.30am Mthly meetings 1st and 3rd Gentle Swimming, Line 4311 6254 Country Club, Dover Rd programme all areas 2.30pm. Thurs 6-10pm Mon 7.15-9.30pm Dancing, Cards, Variety Social, Central Coast Prostate Wamberal 4367 6331 4396 3640 10 Ourimbah Creek Rd Ourimbah RSL Womens Group, Zumba, Cancer Support Group MUSIC sibrisbanewater@siswp.org 0437 699 366 Ourimbah 4362 7227 Crochet, Computers (Gosford) 50pssg@gmail.com 4362 2246 4304 7065 Meet last Friday Month WOWGIRLS Wave SERVICE GROUPS Brisbane Water Brass Terrigal Uniting Church of Wisdom Inc Northern Settlement Brass Band entertainment Central Coast Gosford-Narara 380 Terrigal Dre, Terrigal WOWGIRLS Wave of Wisdom Services - Volunteers for the community playing Soaring Club Inc Inner Wheel Club of Neighbourhood Centre 9.30am to 12 noon connects women and local Volunteers needed for friendly all types of popular music Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Gosford North Inc School Holiday activities, 4367 9600 businesses around a common visits to the elderly in nursing Rehearsal every Tues. Instruction FREE to members Community minded women www.pcfa.org.au playgroup, multicultural theme of well-being. to share homes. 7.30pm-10pm 14 and up for Training who enjoy fundraising for programs, community activities wisdom and explore life’s People with a second language 0419 274 012 Flying at Bloodtree Rd local, national and international Central Coast Prostate - Rooms for Hire potential. encouraged to apply. admin@gnnc.com.au Mangrove Mountain Thur, Sat, projects Cancer Support Group Regular Powwows, WOW Training support provided JAZZLEAGUE 4329 4477 Sun ( weather permitting) Regular social outings. (Wyong) Wisdom gatherings, WOW 4334 3877 Live Jazz Bands - Come to 0412 164 082 2nd Wed 7pm Meet last Monday Month cvscc@nsservices.com.au days and WOW courses check listen, Come to dance Green Point Community 0414 635 047 21 Old Penang Rd Kariong Toukley RSL Club our website for activities. Free - Every Sun www.ccsoaring.com.au Centre 4362 3139 Homes Ave Toukley www.wowgirls.com.au Probus Club of Avoca Central Coast Leagues Club iiw.au.gosfordnorth@gmail.com OOSH cave, exersize classes, 10.00am to 12 noon info@wowgirls.com.au 10.15am 3rd Mon Gosford 2-5pm Central Coast Pension & school holiday programs, 4356 9300 Avoca Beach Bowling Club www.jazzleague.net Welfare Officer Network www.pcfa.org.au playgroup, arts & craft, room admin@mingaletta.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

Three new exhibitions by local artists

New Audi dealership holds open day udi Alto Central Coast announced plans to create more job opportunities on the Central Coast at an open day held at its new facility in North Gosford on July 10.

Alto Group managing director, Mr Anthony Altomonte, said the facility, which already employs a total of 25 trained staff, will expand its current number of apprenticeships from four to 10 in the near future. “To support bestpractice customer service, we look forward to rolling out the industry-leading Audi Modern Apprentice program, working with young Central Coast trainees who have aspirations of becoming future technicians,” Mr Altomonte said. “We find that many young people want to develop these valuable skills and learn a trade, however they have to commute long distances to find the right opportunity. “Our new dealership

presents a wonderful opportunity for up to 10 locals to train and learn valuable skills right here on the Central Coast, working with an internationallyrecognised brand. “Our goal is to fill all positions with local talent, ensuring that we are supporting the community that will support our new business,” he added. The Audi Alto Central Coast facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, and it features a fully-tiled workshop, seven workshop bays, two handover bays and a direct reception bay. All features of the new building have been designed around offering convenience and professional service to Central Coast residents. Audi Alto Central Coast’s

dealer principal, Mr George Severino, confirmed the dealership’s intention to become an engaged and responsible member of the local Central Coast community, with plans not just for boosting local employment, but also undertaking several local sponsorships of community organisations. “Our Open Day was the first step in building lasting relationships with the Central Coast community. “I’m looking forward to meeting the members of our community and showing them what it means to experience the Audi lifestyle,” Mr Severino said. Media release, Jul 4, 2016 Aaron Henry, Brilliantlogic PR

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, Jul 29 Ben Woodham at Kincumber Hotel from 7:00pm Gosford Musical Socitey presents The Music Man at Laycock Street Theatre, various times, until Aug 13 Brand New Star 2016 will be held at the Central Coast Leagues Club, Scenic Lounge Family Support services at Central Coast Leagues Club, Parkview Room from 9:30am to 2.30pm

Saturday, Jul 30 Back to School at Kincumber High School, special guests include Donald McAlpine, Ian Herbie Hemphill, Dr David Isaacs and Nina Angelo, revisit what it was like to be at school, 9:00am to 5:00pm, Bungoona St, Kincumber Christmas in July, Car boot sale, sausage sizzle, pizza, karaoke and Finnian Johnson will be preforming from 10:00am to 7:30pm Ben Woodham at Avoca

Bowlo from 6:00pm Music Concert for Kids with Heather Price, Gosford Gumnuts Playgroup, at Gosford Uniting Church from 2:00pm to 3:00pm Pokemon Go Valet Serivce at Imperial Centre and Kibble Park 9:00am to 4:00pm Live Bands at Central Coast Leagues Club, Scenic Lounge from 9:00pm

Tuesday, Aug 2 Spirituality in the Pub will be hosting My Spirituality: Challenges & Surprises at The Grange Hotel Function Room from 7:30pm

Saturday, Aug 6 BluesAngels are playing at Hotel Gosford from 7:00pm Ben Woodham at Wallarah Bay Rec from 8:00pm

Wednesday, Aug 10 Paul Cincotta and Lisa

Lombaro in Euro Lationo showing at Laycock Street Theatre from 11:00am

Thursday, Aug 11 Guide Dog fundraising stall at Gosford Imperial Centre from 9:00am to 2:00pm

Saturday, Aug 13 Australian Plants Society meeting at Phillip’s house, 21 Old Mount Penang Rd, Kariong from 2:00pm Star 104.5 presents the Panorama Lounge Series at Central Coast Leagues Club, doors open 6:00pm Central Coast Creative Craft Group craft day, Studio 2 and 3, Gosford Regional Gallery, 36 Webb St East Gosford, 9:30am to 4:00pm

Friday, Aug 19 The Johnny Cash Show Presents The Greats of 1970’s Country Music at Laycock Street Theatre from 8:00pm

Jocelyn Maughan speaking at the launch of her exhibition An Artist Survey

n July 23, Gosford Regional Gallery opened three new exhibitions by local artists, aimed to further strengthen the region’s reputation as a centre for artistic excellence.

The exhibitions are: An Artist Survey by Jocelyn Maughan; Room for Art, 23 Central Coast artists by Helene Rosanove; and, Indigo Blue by Maureen Locke-Maclean. Patonga artist Jocelyn Maughan was encouraged to draw from an early age, and at 15, left school to begin five year’s study at the National Art School. Gosford Regional Gallery’s exhibition An Artist’s Survey presents an exhaustive examination of the subsequent six decades of Maughan’s work, revealing her dedication to form and composition across a variety of mediums. As an Art Educator and finalist of both Wynne and Archibald Prizes, Maughan has always delighted in painting and drawing on site, or in plein air. Her paintings and drawings are not simply pictorial observations, but a detailed understanding of what transformations must take place in the act of composition, or as Maughan likes to put it, an understanding of knowing “what to do with it all”. This careful attention to getting the right composition, often results in numerous re-workings of people and figures. Gosford Regional Gallery’s Mr Tim Braham, explained that one of the

earliest works featured in the exhibition is a study of construction workers. “This subject matter holds a special fascination for Maughan. “She has revisited it many times throughout her career, returning to examine and relentlessly sketch figures of tradesman and labourers,” he said. Maughan is one of many professional artists who call the Central Coast home, and the private world of the artist studio is the subject of a second exhibition opened on the same day. Room for Art: 23 Central Coast artists by Helene Rosanove, is a photographic essay featuring the creative working spaces of 23 Central Coast artists. Each black and white image reveals the artist’s personality through their tools, space and chosen working environments. “The exhibition offers a rare insight into the unique and creative characters of many Central Coast artists including Margaret Fortey, Paul Haggith and Janet Hoyer Cobb. As participants in the 5 Lands Art Studios Trail, each artist’s studio is made available to the general public for tours and viewing three times a year. “The exhibition invites us to trespass behind the closed doors of artists’

workspaces and provides a fascinating glimpse into the intriguing worlds beyond,” Mr Braham continued. The third exhibition, Indigo Blue, is by Maureen Locke-Maclean, also a Central Coast-based artist, who works from her studio ‘The Dyeshack’ at Wamberal. Locke-Maclean has been fascinated by traditional art forms and the culture of Japan for over 30 years. On her first visit to Japan in 1985, she learnt the practices of making and dyeing silk, using natural indigo dye and traditional Shaped Resist Dyeing techniques of Shibori. She has since become renowned for her use of colour in creating fantastic textile forms and wearable art. Indigo Blue is a celebration of the indigo dye and traditional Shibori techniques. An Artist Survey by Jocelyn Maughan, is open until September 4. Room for Art: 23 Central Coast artists by Helene Rosanove, is open until September 11. Indigo Blue by Maureen Locke-Maclean, is open until August 17. Media release, Jul 21, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

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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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Online only 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. 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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Teams in mad scramble for top five positions nly three rounds remain before the 2016 Central Coast junior rugby league semi-finals kick off and a mad scramble for top five positions is in full swing across the various age divisions.

The Gosford Kariong Storm have half a dozen teams that remain in strong contention for a finals berth with the U10(2)s, U12(2)s and U16(2)s appearing to be best placed to give plenty of cheek to the heavyweight clubs come late August. A thrilling 28 all draw played out between the Storm boys and the second placed Woy Woy during round 11 of the U10(2) competition, highlighted just how close the race for the Brian McGee Shield is this season. A Roosters’ conversion after the final bell levelled the scores in what was a tremendous game of junior

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rugby league. An injury and suspension ravaged Storm U15(2)s fought back from a 12 point deficit early in the second half, to record a gutsy 20 all draw against Toukley in an entertaining round 12 clash. Byron Buckley capped a fine individual performance when he threaded a last minute kick into the south western corner for Chris Murphy to pounce on for the match levelling try. The Gosford U12(2)s notched a crushing 56-0 win over St Edwards and look to be on a preliminary minor semi-final collision course with the Blue Haven Raiders. While U13(2)s speedster Nash Dorratt-Mavin won the purple heart as the clubs busiest player of round 12. The representative threequarter starred in his side’s 28-8 win over Umina at Kincumber in the morning, before filling in for the U14(2) s who were edged out 18-16 by Wyong. Later in the afternoon, young Nash laced up the boots for his third game of the day, holding down a wing spot in the U15(2)’s exciting draw against the Hawks at Terrigal. The Gosford U11(3)s are well out of finals contention, however they received the biggest cheer of the round 10 weekend after storming home to claim their first victory in over eighteen months, defeating Erina 32-30. Trailing by ten at the break, and 30-14 soon after, the Gosford boys rallied magnificently to score the final three tries of the contest. A dash into the left corner

Neni Aho grabs hold of an Eagle during the U9s game at Narara

Storm U15(2)s five eight Jayden Findlay goes wide during the thriller against the Hawks

The indefatigable Nash Dorratt-Mavin who sampled a win a loss and a draw all on the same day Photos - Andrew Stark

by playmaker Lyndon March levelled the scores with just a few minutes remaining before Matt LeMaistre stepped forward to calmly add the telling conversion; pushing the battling Stormers into the unfamiliar confines of the winners’ circle.

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Gosford women win coveted pennant

osford City Women’s Bowling Club have proven winners are grinners after securing a pennant flag after 31 years of trying.

The Women’s team will represent Gosford at the State Titles in August. The pennant the ladies

already secured flies proudly at the Bowling Club on Tuesdays and Thursday.

Letter, Jul 25, 2016 Blanche Woodbury, Springfield

Cyclones’ National Gridiron League matches played at Gosford entral Coast Stadium will be hosting six American football games later this year as part of the newly-formed National Gridiron League.

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The National Gridiron League consists of four teams in Queensland and four teams in New South Wales, including the Central Coast Cyclones. In its inaugural season, the League will feature top American football athletes from North America, Australia and around the world. Tickets are now on sale for the first ever American football games to be played at Central Coast Stadium, which are: Sunday, October 30, Sydney Express verses Newcastle Miners, at 1pm and Central Coast Cyclones verses Wollongong Devils at 6pm. Sunday, December 4, Sydney Express verses Brisbane Outlaws, at 1pm and Newcastle Miners verses Logan Wolverines at 6pm. Sunday, December 11, Wollongong Devils verses Gold Coast Kings, at 1pm and Central Coast Cyclones verses North Coast Heat at 6pm. Residents and visitors can experience the excitement of two professional American football games as well as, a live concert between games on a single ticket. Media release, Jul 18, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

Liesl Tesch to defend her gold medal in her 7th Paralympic Games iesl Tesch has been named on the 2016 Australian Paralympic Team after the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) officially announced the Sailing Team that will head to this year’s Paralympic Games on July 15.

It will be the seventh Paralympic Games for 47 year old Tesch, as the sport makes its final planned appearance in the Paralympic programme this September. Tesch made her debut in sailing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games with crewmate, Daniel Fitzgibbon, where the pair took gold in the SKUD 18 boat class. It was Australia’s first Paralympic gold in the sport since Sydney 2000. “Every single time you put on the green and gold it is like the first time,” Tesch said. “Getting the uniform out of the bag is part of a symbolic journey on the way to represent our country, and there is the same amount of joy for the first time as the seventh. “I’m looking forward to defending the gold in Rio. “I’m always aiming to sail a great regatta, and eliminate errors, be smart and do it well. “The motivation to compete has always been

part of the team momentum, and I think I’m a lot more efficient at my preparations for the games than I was at the beginning”, she continued. “Every race, and every training session is about giving it our all. “Rio is a really tricky course and we’ll be doing the best we can out there.” Tesch discovered a love of Para-sport during her rehabilitation from a bike accident as a 19 year old which left her with incomplete paraplegia. The Central Coast local first competed in wheelchair basketball at the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games, and went on to lead the Gliders to two silver and one bronze before switching to sailing in 2011. “For me, competing is a way of life. “It is about setting goals and aiming to be the best you possibly can at what you’re doing. “It is about physical and mental wellbeing and feeling energised and alive,” Tesch said.

Australia has won four medals in sailing at the Paralympic Games, two gold (including one from Tesch and Fitzgibbon at London 2012), one silver and one bronze, since it was introduced as a Paralympic sport at the Sydney 2000 Games. Chef de Mission of the 2016 Australian Paralympic Team, Ms Kate McLoughlin, hopes to see Australia continue to shine in Rio. “I would like to congratulate Liesl on her selection to the 2016 Australian Paralympic Sailing Team,” McLoughlin said. “Liesl has shown she has what it takes to make it to the podium, and I look forward to watching as Liesl and Dan defend their Paralympic title in Rio,” she added. The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will take place from September 7-18. Media release, Jul 15, 2016 Sascha Ryner, Australian Paralympic Committee

Important wins for Terrigal, Kariong and Avoca Beach in Union ound 15 of the Central Coast Rugby Union Competition kicked off on July 23, with teams desperate to secure a place in the finals.

There were some superb performances on the homestretch, with Terrigal toppling Gosford, Kariong ousting Hornsby and Avoca Beach demolished The Lakes. Terrigal returned to the winners circle with their comfortable win over Gosford by 32 points to 10 at The Haven Oval. Terrigal got away to an excellent start and dominated much of the early stages of the match. They were playing the better rugby and were controlling things on the paddock and on the scoreboard. Terrigal led by 10 points to 3 early on in the match and even had chances to post further points. They were playing controlled rugby and they were reaping the benefits. It was the period just prior to halftime that proved critical. Terrigal were able to cross for two converted tries in that period and these 14 points had jumped Terrigal to a very handy 24 points to

3 lead at the halftime break. The game was all but over at that stage. Gosford did have some short periods of good attack in the first half but simply were unable to post any further points. Gosford made a far better effort in the second half and the final 40 minutes only saw Terrigal outscore Gosford to the tune of 8 points to 7. There was nothing in this half but it was all too late for the visitors. Terrigal were best served by No.8 Josh Vainikolo, centre Tom Lowe and halfback Sekope Meaa. They were controlling proceedings and leading from the front. Gosford never gave up and tried to get back into the match. Their best players in this period were forward Al Lock, winger Adam Howe, who crossed for their try, and centre Tim Hill. It was a good win by Terrigal and more or less ensured them of the Minor Premiership this season.

Gosford’s chances of making the Top four this season have all but ended. Kariong had to battle hard to secure their win over Hornsby at Kariong Oval, running out winners by 27 points to 22. Kariong had the better of the first half and went to the halftime break leading by 17 points to 7. Many thought that they would go on with it and continue their great recent form. But Hornsby had other ideas and put in a very strong second half. Hornsby scored early in the second half to make the score 17 to 12 in Kariong’s favour, so everyone at that stage knew a battle for victory was on. This remained the situation for much of the second half. A penalty goal each and a try apiece in the final stages, fmade the final score 27 to 22. Media release, Jul 24, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

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Karaoke fundraising night for injured player Peter Downie

ariong Rugby Club will host a karaoke fundraising night for injured player Mr Peter Downie.

Mr Downie was injured earlier in July and was rushed from the field to hospital with suspected neck and spinal injuries. The extent of Mr Downie’s injuries are unknown, but doctors have confirmed he fractured a C7 vertebrae. Despite still having feeling in his fingers and toes, there is still no telling how long Mr Downie will need to spend in hospital, whether or not he will need surgery or how long any rehabilitation he may need might take. Mr Downie is the father of two children, both under the age of two, and is the sole income earner in his household. The Club came together to support Mr Downie in his time of need, organising a Go Fund Me page that as of July 22, has raised $7,635 out of its goal of $10,000. Mr Downie’s best friend, Mr Ryan Bush, who organised the Go Fund Me page, wrote that Mr Downie was always willing to help others but too stubborn to ask for help himself. Mr Bush also wrote about Mr Downie’s family history and claimed that Mr Downie and his family needed the support of their community as the family has only just recovered from one of their children being born with cancer and spending all of 2015 in and out of hospital. “I have known Pete for almost 20 years, and during that time, he has always

been a huge help to me and all of his other friends and family. “During the past two years he has been doing it a bit tough. “His first child was born with a rare form of cancer and spent the first year and a bit of her life in and out of hospital and receiving chemo. “She was only just given the all clear earlier this year, just in time for them to welcome their second child into the family. “During this time, Pete was an absolute trooper, and didn’t complain a bit about working double shifts, the constant commutes to the Children’s Hospital in Camperdown and basically doing whatever it took to make sure his family was looked after. “Just as things seemed to be on the up for them, this happens. “To face a tragedy such as they did with their first born would be enough for any family in one lifetime. “To have this happen to them so soon after everything seemed to be on the up is devastating, not only to them but their friends and family too. “To see him lying there in hospital, unable to move and unsure of when he can get back on his feet to help his family is heartbreaking. That’s why we need your help,” Mr Bush wrote on the Go Fund Me page. The Karaoke fundraising

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night will be held at The Hill, Kariong Oval on July 30, from 6:30pm. There will be karaoke all night along with a performance from local muso Jake Casar. There will also be raffles and a great range of items up for auction during the night to raise funds. The cost will be adults $15 and kids $5. There will be some food provided and a bar to buy drinks.

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Wilkinson and Buchan eliminated in Round 3 of South African surf event

Email, Jul 20, 2016 Ryan Bush, Fox Network Group Website, Jul 22, 2016 Ryan Bush, Go Fund Me Matt Wilkinson competing at J-Bay 2016 Photo by Kelly Cestari World Surf League

Students to participate in Olympics Chat to a Champ Program

oth Central Coast hopefuls for the prestigious Jeffreys Bay Open, more commonly known as Jay Bay, in South Africa, were knocked out of contention during Round 3 of the competition.

2016 Men’s Championship Number 1, Matt Wilkinson, formerly of Copacabana (now Sydney) and Number 11, Adrian Buchan of Avoca Beach, were both eliminated in their respective heats despite high hopes for both surfers. Wilkinson’s early exit after falling off a crucial wave in Round 3 came as

a particular shock which opened up the competition for Hawaii’s John Florence and Brazil’s Gabriel Medina to shoot up the rankings, claiming third and second place in the 2016 rankings respectively. Buchan also fumbled in Round 3, being outscored by surfing legend Kelly Slater by a final score of

5.20 to 11.73. Website, July 22, 2016 World Surf League J-Bay 2016 Rankings Website, July 22, 2016 World Surf League J-Bay 2016 Profiles Website, July 22, 2016 World Surf League J-Bay 2016 Results Journalist, Dilon Luke

tudents from Kariong Public School’s 3/4P have been selected to participate in the Chat to a Champ Program.

The program will connect students with Australian athletes participating in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, throughout the Games, live from the Athletes Village. Last term, students from 3/4P were able to send artwork to Rio to decorate the Australian Olympic Athletes’ Apartments, along with letters of support and a group message. Prior to the Game’s commencement, 3/4P have been following athletes online; reading their blogs, looking at personal images and videos, following competition performances and chatting in web video conferences. Last term 3/4P watched a live chat with Caroline Marton, an Australian Olympic Taekwondo Athlete. This term 3/4P will have their own video conference with the Rugby 7s Australian Olympic Team. Newsletter, Jul 22, 2016 Justine Abell, Kariong Public School

Adrian Buchan from Avoca Beach competing at J-Bay 2016 Photo Kelly Cestari World Surf League

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