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Documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal damning evidence of neglect o c u m e n t s obtained by the Mountain Districts Association from the NSW Office of Water, show the landfill at Mangrove Mountain has flouted legal requirements necessary to protect natural water resources, since at least 2005.

The association used the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 to access documents that tell a damning story of malfeasance by two landfill operators, the Gosford Council and the NSW Environmental Protection Authority, in relation to their responsibility to keep the Central Coast’s water supply safe. The documents show that officers from the NSW Office of Water, within the Department of Primary Industries (and its former equivalents), have been raising concerns about the operation of the landfill for at least 10 years (2005 to 2015). Despite concerns raised by the Office of Water, Gosford Council, as consent authority, and the EPA as the licencing authority, continued to allow the landfill to operate. The Mountain Districts Association has been requesting a meeting with the former Gosford Council, and the new Central Coast Council, since January 2016. The new Central Coast Council has finally agreed to meet with the Mountain

An Office of Water photo from 2012 showing poor management of ground and surface water at the landfill

Districts Association on August 23 to discuss the landfill. The EPA, although it has agreed to an independent review of the landfill’s operations, continues to work with the operator to apply new licencing conditions which would allow the site to recommence taking waste. The EPA has informed the Mountain Districts Association that, during the week from August 1 to 5, the EPA and Office of Water met the landfill operator at the site to again discuss water licencing and approvals. The GIPA documents outlining past failures to deal with water licencing and approvals are extensive and detailed. This article includes only key points in the documents,

but the facts uncovered support the Mountain Districts Association’s call for a full commission of inquiry by the NSW Government, the immediate closure of the landfill and full remediation of the site.

2015 Documents from 2012 to 2015 relate to future activities proposed at the landfill if the EPA issues new licencing conditions. The most recent document from the Office of Water was dated September 2015, following an inspection of the landfill site by officers which confirmed recent construction work undertaken to reshape a sediment dam wall and construct a new spillway. “Recent works are not to an acceptable standard and

likely to fail,” the document said. This work was subject to the Land and Environment Court Consent of 2012 but, according to the document,

unsatisfactory. According to the report: “It appears that no formal …review has been required to consider the potential groundwater impacts of this development. “The nature of the activity, and the magnitude and sensitivity of the location warrant an assessment of the potential impacts against the Aquifer Interference Policy ‘minimal impact considerations’, should the development proceed [under yet-to-be finalised new EPA licencing conditions],” the document said. In terms of whether the existing landfill has had any impact on groundwater, an August 2012 site inspection by the Office of Water concluded: “Evidence gathered onsite indicates that the groundwater table has been intercepted by excavation with seepages noted up to approximately half the height of the pit.

“Recent works are not to an acceptable standard and likely to fail.” had been carried out without Controlled Activity Approval being granted by the Office of Water.

2014 In January 2014 the Office of Water commented that proposals for groundwater monitoring at the site were

“Inspection of the river and the waterfront land along the northern boundary indicates significant harm caused by sedimentation and uncontrolled runoff. “The wall of the basin appears likely to fail and cause additional major harm to the river. “Leechate seepage entering surface water stormwater drains

indicates high potential for contamination of surface waters and groundwaters.” The officer who completed the site inspection recommended immediate compliance action for the extraction of groundwater, damage to waterfront land and to refuse an application for controlled activity approval. The “waterfront” referred to was described by the Office of Water as “forming part of the headwaters of the Wyong River”. The landfill operator (Verde Terra) responded by supplying the Office of Water with information that Gosford Council had granted a Section 96 amendment to its original development consent and an addendum to a Landfill Environmental Management Plan. Verde Terra was told they had no consent under the Water Management Act 2000 to undertake proposed works.

2012 According to the Office of Water documents, Gosford Council did not express concerns to the Office of Water about the landfill’s activities being potentially in breach of its development consent until August 2012. The years 2011 and 2012 represented a period of heightened correspondence between the Office of Water, Gosford Council and the landfill operator. Continued Page 8

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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A commercial ﬁsher from Umina has been apprehended in possession of illegallytaken lobster and mulloway.

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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Commercial fisher apprehended with illegal catch

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

For sale: Bullion St car park The Bullion St car park in Umina is for sale.

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?”

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

August 2, 2016

he Australian Coal Alliance is organising a public meeting to inform the northern Central Coast community about the latest developments in their long-running campaign to stop the Wallarah 2 coal mine.

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. 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

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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

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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

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Director of the alliance’s Water Not Coal campaign, Mr Alan Hayes, said the meeting would be held at Wyong RSL on August 10. The Korean mining company KORES has lodged an amended development proposal that includes plans to build a conveyor belt and alter the route of the rail spur to avoid having to reach an agreement with the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council. Plans have been modified relating to the rail loop, rail spur line and train load out facility. The project has been modified to realign the sewer connection. The State Significant Development was recently lodged with the Planning Assessment Commission and is on public exhibition (but not advertised in this newspaper) for six weeks, with a closing date of September 6. According to Mr Hayes, the Planning Assessment Commission did not approve the coal mine in 2014, but stated that there may be justification to approve the mine if all the commission’s

The Greens NSW mining spokesperson, Mr Jeremy Buckingham, has called on NSW premier, Mr Mike Baird, to intervene to stop the Wallarah 2 underground coal mine project. “The Coalition made a solemn promise not to allow the Wallarah 2 coal mine to go ahead,” Mr Buckingham said. “Former premier, Mr Barry O’Farrell, told a crowd that the mine would not go ahead ‘no ifs, no buts, a guarantee’. “Yet years later, the NSW Coalition Government has failed to implement this promise,” Mr Buckingham said. “This coal mine is a risk not only to the water catchment of the The latest plans include a relocated rail loop (shown in purple) Central Coast, but to the the main access to the credibility of the Liberal other concerns could be plans. Party when it makes Mr Hayes said the new development. addressed. proposal Mr Hayes said that in commitments to the Those concerns development included the mine’s would see the conveyor 2014, Dr Peter Lewis, electorate. “It should fulﬁl those impact on the Central belt transporting coal 200 the clinical director of the Coast’s water supply, metres from the south- Central Coast integrated commitments and reject subsidence and the health western boundary of the care program, said the the mine. “The Korean Blue Haven residential expected mortality rate effects of coal dust. has The Darkinjung Local area and as far north as for coal dust related to the Government Wallarah 2 mine could be announced a restructure Aboriginal Land Council Wyee. of its state owned resource “Tooheys Rd would one on 100,000. took the matter to the “Wyong CBD is ﬁve companies that will see Land and Environment disappear because that Court, which ruled that road does not have a wide kilometres from the them withdraw from resource the mine could not go verge on either side and proposed coal handling international ahead without permission KORES doesn’t own any facilities, Blue Haven projects, so it is unclear to utilise Darkinjung land in that area, so they and Lake Haven are why the government would be wanting the even closer, and there should approve a mine land. The new proposal does conveyor to run along the are schools, hospitals and plan for a company likely not include Darkinjung carriage way,” Mr Hayes aged care facilities,” Mr to leave the market. “There is no need to said. Hayes said. land. The Darkinjung “The Planning build this coal mine. CEO of the Darkinjung “The community are LALC, Mr Sean Gordon, Local Aboriginal Land Assessment Commission bitterly opposed. declined to comment Council already has has rejected four coal “The company doesn’t on the impact the latest approval for a 500 lot mines already this year Wallarah II proposal may residential sub-division because of their proximity want to build it, it just have on the Darkinjung that would be impacted to residential areas,” he wants an approval to sell. “It’s a dud mine, with land and development because Tooheys Rd is said.

no future, that Mike Baird should knock on the head. “The proposed coal conveyor belt and coal loading area are unacceptably close to the existing residential neighbourhood of Blue Haven and may impact on plans by the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council for residential development in the area.” Central Coast Council concerns about the effect on the drinking water catchment, environment and residential areas, will be central to its review of modiﬁed plans for the Wallarah 2 Coal Project. The former Wyong Shire Council opposed the mine in February 2014 due to the potential impacts on the drinking water catchment areas. The former Gosford City Council also opposed the project in March 2014. Council has stated it intends to closely review the revised plans with a view to lodging a submission. Council has also encouraged community members to take this opportunity to have their voice heard. Information regarding the project is available from NSW Planning’s major projects website. Media release, Jul 26, 2016 Central Coast Council media Media release, Jul 26, 2016 Max Phillips, ofﬁce of Jeremy Buckingham Interview, Jul 29, 2017 Alan Hayes, Australian Coal Alliance Jackie Pearson, journalist

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The Peninsula is becoming the granny flat capital of the Central Coast, according to Peninsula Chamber of Commerce president Mr Matthew Wales. At the same time, during the past two years, it has experienced a medium density development slowdown, he said. Mr Wales said onerous mediumdensity development control plans were the reason for the trend. He said the evidence was that council had reported no increase in Section 94 contributions during that period. “Most unit developments on the Peninsula are from older approvals before the Development Control Plans were changed for medium density requirements,” Mr Wales said. He said he believed investors were finding it more lucrative to build granny flats than to build units for sale. According to Mr Wales, granny flats on the Peninsula were generating investment returns of between five and six per cent. In most locations a home on the Peninsula with a granny flat would achieve a sale price of around $800,000, Mr Wales said. High demand for rental properties made it possible to purchase a granny flat, have it constructed and tenanted within 10 weeks. The investment outlay for an attractive granny flat would be between $120,000 and $140,000 and weekly rentals can vary from $300 to $450 per week. Weekly rental income on a Peninsula investment property with a granny flat in the back garden could be as high as $800 – a much better return than currently on offer from term deposits or shares. The popularity of granny flats

did have its down side, according to Mr Wales. It was possible to construct a granny plan without lodging a development application with council under State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009. By providing a granny flat that would be deemed to be affordable housing, all that was required was a complying development certificate, which meant no council involvement. The need for a development application could be triggered if the person building the granny flat needed to remove a tree or put in drainage, Mr Wales said. The granny flat tenants put pressure on local roads, town centres, infrastructure and amenities but the development “did not put a single cent into council coffers”, he said. A granny flat was not rated separately, the council did not earn any Section 94 contributions from its development and the developer did not have to provide any parking, he said. As a snapshot, applications for 20 granny flats on the Peninsula were determined during July 2016. That’s around 240 additional dwellings on the Peninsula per year that did not pay rates. If council was to introduce a Section 94 contribution of $5000 per granny flat, they would earn $1.2 million per year to reinvest in Peninsula infrastructure. Interview, 3 Aug 2016 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Reporter: Jackie Pearson Peninsula News has asked council for verification of the level of Section 94 contributions and medium density development applications and will report its response in the next edition.

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ocuments obtained by the Mountain Districts Association from the NSW Office of Water, show the landfill at Mangrove Mountain has flouted legal requirements necessary to protect natural water resources, since at least 2005.

New safety warnings are difﬁcult to miss when using the rail underpass

Rail underpass re-opened The Woy Woy Road rail underpass re-opened on August 1, following the completion of emergency repair works by Sydney Trains over the last three months. Sydney Trains ﬁnished constructing protection columns around the rail bridge’s support structures and installing new, 2.5

metre height restriction bars on both sides of the underpass. Central Coast Council was putting the ﬁnishing touches on Sydney Trains repair works over last weekend (August 6-7) by installing median strips on the approaches to the underpass. The council has asked motorists to be aware that the underpass’ height limit has been reduced to 2.5 metres.

Anyone towing a caravan, carrying oversized objects on roof racks or driving a truck must use an alternate route. Sydney Trains closed the underpass in April after a large truck attempted to use it and became wedged underneath one of the previous height restriction bars. Media release, 1 Aug 2016 Ron Noble, Central Coast Council

The association used the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 to access documents that tell a damning story of malfeasance by two landfill operators, the Gosford Council and the NSW Environmental Protection Authority, in relation to their responsibility to keep the Central Coast’s water supply safe. The documents show that officers from the NSW Office of Water, within the Department of Primary Industries (and its former equivalents), have been raising concerns about the operation of the landfill for at least 10 years (2005 to 2015). Despite concerns raised by the Office of Water, Gosford Council, as consent authority, and the EPA as the licencing authority, continued to allow the landfill to operate. The Mountain Districts Association has been requesting a meeting with the former Gosford Council, and the new Central Coast Council, since January 2016. The new Central Coast Council has finally agreed to meet with the Mountain

An Ofﬁce of Water photo from 2012 showing poor management of ground and surface water at the landﬁll

Districts Association on August 23 to discuss the landfill. The EPA, although it has agreed to an independent review of the landfill’s operations, continues to work with the operator to apply new licencing conditions which would allow the site to recommence taking waste. The EPA has informed the Mountain Districts Association that, during the week from August 1 to 5, the EPA and Office of Water met the landfill operator at the site to again discuss water licencing and approvals. The GIPA documents outlining past failures to deal with water licencing and approvals are extensive and detailed. This article includes only key points in the documents,

but the facts uncovered support the Mountain Districts Association’s call for a full commission of inquiry by the NSW Government, the immediate closure of the landﬁll and full remediation of the site.

2015 Documents from 2012 to 2015 relate to future activities proposed at the landfill if the EPA issues new licencing conditions. The most recent document from the Office of Water was dated September 2015, following an inspection of the landfill site by officers which confirmed recent construction work undertaken to reshape a sediment dam wall and construct a new spillway. “Recent works are not to an acceptable standard and

likely to fail,” the document said. This work was subject to the Land and Environment Court Consent of 2012 but, according to the document,

unsatisfactory. According to the report: “It appears that no formal …review has been required to consider the potential groundwater impacts of this development. “The nature of the activity, and the magnitude and sensitivity of the location warrant an assessment of the potential impacts against the Aquifer Interference Policy ‘minimal impact considerations’, should the development proceed [under yet-to-be finalised new EPA licencing conditions],” the document said. In terms of whether the existing landfill has had any impact on groundwater, an August 2012 site inspection by the Office of Water concluded: “Evidence gathered onsite indicates that the groundwater table has been intercepted by excavation with seepages noted up to approximately half the height of the pit.

“Recent works are not to an acceptable standard and likely to fail.” had been carried out without Controlled Activity Approval being granted by the Ofﬁce of Water.

2014 In January 2014 the Ofﬁce of Water commented that proposals for groundwater monitoring at the site were

“Inspection of the river and the waterfront land along the northern boundary indicates signiﬁcant harm caused by sedimentation and uncontrolled runoff. “The wall of the basin appears likely to fail and cause additional major harm to the river. “Leechate seepage entering surface water stormwater drains

indicates high potential for contamination of surface waters and groundwaters.” The officer who completed the site inspection recommended immediate compliance action for the extraction of groundwater, damage to waterfront land and to refuse an application for controlled activity approval. The “waterfront” referred to was described by the Office of Water as “forming part of the headwaters of the Wyong River”. The landfill operator (Verde Terra) responded by supplying the Office of Water with information that Gosford Council had granted a Section 96 amendment to its original development consent and an addendum to a Landfill Environmental Management Plan. Verde Terra was told they had no consent under the Water Management Act 2000 to undertake proposed works.

2012 According to the Office of Water documents, Gosford Council did not express concerns to the Office of Water about the landfill’s activities being potentially in breach of its development consent until August 2012. The years 2011 and 2012 represented a period of heightened correspondence between the Office of Water, Gosford Council and the landfill operator. Continued Page 8

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Gosford Waterfront Alliance to challenge JRPP decision in Land and Environment Court o s f o r d Waterfront Alliance Inc has announced it will commence proceedings in the NSW Land and Environment Court to challenge the development consent to build an Australian Taxation Office (ATO) on the former Gosford Public School site.

The consent to proceed was given by the Central Coast Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) on June 30. The Alliance will seek a declaration that the consent is legally flawed to the extent that it cannot be allowed to stand. This follows pro bono advice received from Mr Matthew Fraser, a barrister who specialises in judicial challenges in the Land and Environment Court. Mr Fraser acted for the residents opposed to the demolition of the old Windsor Bridge, on heritage grounds. President of the Gosford Waterfront Alliance (GWA), Ms Claire Braund, said a challenge had to be mounted

The site of the DomaTax Office development in Gosford

as the ATO development represented a significant underuse of the former Gosford Public School site. “We have a prime location at the apex of Brisbane Water that could be a thriving and integrated cultural, recreational and tourism precinct,” Ms Braund said. “Instead we get a modest box-like ATO office building with tight security specifications that make it far more suited to other locations in the CBD,” she said. “People may not be aware that the current plan is for a row of blank shopfront windows at ground level.” Ms Braund said the

blank ground floor windows did not meet the condition imposed by the JRPP that: “The Georgiana Terrace and Baker Street frontages shall retain an open and active street frontage”. “If the Federal Government is serious about delivering jobs and growth to Gosford, it would buy an appropriate site and develop it accordingly, not rely on a cheap land deal from the NSW Government,” she said. Ms Braund said the Alliance was a group of progressive community and business people seeking to defend the city against poor planning practice. “GWA Inc is committed

to working with the future Central Coast Council, which we trust will be elected early next year, to defend the vision for Gosford outlined in the 2010 Our City, Our Destiny Masterplan,” Ms Braund said. “We need a strong planning document that reduces the potential for conflict and contention and creates a real vision for the future.” Ms Braund said GWA Inc. would lodge a challenge in the NSW Land and Environment Court before the end of August. Courtesy letters outlining the intention to challenge have been sent to the CEO and administrator of Central Coast Council and the developers. The Alliance has also opened another front in its campaign to keep the waterfront in community hands by raising public awareness of the proposed changes to Leagues Club Park. According to Ms Braund, the park will be reduced by about an acre with the imminent development of the ATO and proposed State Finance Office. “The access road for both

buildings is an extension of Baker St, which will run between Georgiana Tce and Central Coast Hwy, right through the football fields, park amenities, flood lights and established trees,” she said. “In total, 4800 square metres will be lost.” According to Ms Braund, the park is heavily used by sports clubs, schools, visiting performance groups and for celebrations such as New Year’s Eve. “What this does is surround the park by roads, which will make it less safe as a recreation space for families and community members. “This is a further erosion of the public lands on the waterfront in particular, when there are other spaces in the CBD for office blocks.” Ms Braund reiterated that GWA Inc is very much pro the regeneration of Gosford and has no objection to the ATO and NSW Finance Office buildings and the employment they will bring. “However, these offices should rightfully be built in the Central Business District and close to the railway station not on our iconic waterfront.”

On August 5, the shadow minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, gave notice of a motion to the NSW Parliament to call on the Baird Government to immediately suspend the sale of the remainder of the former Gosford Public School site and commit to building the promised performing arts centre as indicated in the Our City, Our Destiny Master Plan. “The Baird Government has failed to listen to the concerns of our community,” Mr Harris said. “Instead they are holding us to ransom.” He said the master plan was the product of two years of community consultation that the Baird Government had ignored because the government had a “money driven agenda” for the old school site. He also called on the member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, to read the master plan before making incorrect public comments. Media releases, Aug 4 and 8, 2016 Claire Braund, Gosford Waterfront Alliance Video, Aug 5, 2016 David Harris, shadow minister for the Central Coast

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Pop up eateries made unviable due to additional council requirements lans to build ‘pop up’ eateries on the waterfront near Brian McGowan Bridge have had a setback, according to the man behind the concept, Mr Tim Gunasinghe, from Commercial HQ.

“Originally, when we did the construction budget, we thought it would cost around $2 million, but then council put a whole lot of conditions on the development, to

raise it 1.2 metres above the natural ground level, and to bring all services to the site i.e. sewer, water, gas and electricity, at our own expense,” Mr Gunasinghe

said. “When we went back to re-price the project, the cost blew out to $3.6 million,” he said. Mr Gunasinghe said

council could assist to make the project viable by extending the terms of the lease over the land to 20 years, instead of the current five years plus two five-year renewals. “If they increase the lease to 20 years and I increase the rents slightly, the whole

project will work,” he said. Mr Gunasinghe said discussions with the new Central Coast Council had been slow “but not dead in the water”. “We’ve got the 10 tenants wanting to get there, we want it to go ahead. “We are developers, but

this was always a bit of a love job to get Gosford off the ground. Interview, Aug 10, 2016 Tim Gunasinghe, Comemrcial HQ Jackie Pearson, journalist

Community Environment Network oncerns raised with new Administrator & CEO

The CEN was pleased to have Central Coast Council Administrator, Mr. Ian Reynolds, the CEO, Mr. Rob Noble, attend a meeting of members on 28 July. Over 60 people attended the meeting. A key part of the evening allowed for groups to ask questions and raise concerns. There were many issues to be raised - here are just a few: Council’s position on the proposed Wallarah mine - CEN members are strongly opposed to the mine in our drinking water catchment. Mangrove Mountain Landfill - the on-going saga of the Mangrove Mountain Golf Course being used as a landfill and the impacts on residents and the environment Warnervale Airport - local communities are opposed to this folly of the previous Wyong Council Sell off of public lands in former Gosford LGA - many local groups have formed to try to protect their local green space The importance of our agricultural lands on the mountain - and how this land is going to be rated by the new Council Concerns about Council’s abolition of advisory committees which included significant expertise provided by the community We appreciate the time given by the CEO and Administrator. They responded to many questions, undertook to meet with some of our member groups or to provide a reply to CEN’s list of questions. We hope for further meaningful collaboration to ensure that the Central Coast environment is protected and valued in future decision making. Jane Smith, CEO

Looking to the future of COSS he Coastal Open Space System (COSS) is a network of reserves that are managed by Council for a number of environmental and community values.

COSS lands provide important habitats and essential linkages (wildlife corridors) for diverse plants and animals. These natural areas are also popular places for leisure and relaxation with residents and visitors alike. The COSS scheme is unique to this Council and was established in 1984. Areas identified as having significant environmental, cultural and historical value were earmarked for future protection and conservation by the council. Existing COSS lands have been voluntarily acquired by the former Gosford Council for the benefit of the community. Approximately 70% of those lands identified have now come into public ownership . COSS is an important legacy and there is still more to do. We believe with the Council amalgamations that COSS should also be expanded into the north of the Shire.

The Friends of COSS group aims to inform and engage our community to enjoy, protect and conserve these important natural areas, now and into the future. We coordinate events and activities such as: Guided Bushwalks in COSS reserves Bush regeneration Promoting research activities Working with neighbours of COSS lands to create wildlife friendly landscapes Increased community involvement in caring for our COSS

Friends of COSS events calendar - 2016 Sat, 28 August Botannical Photography Walk & Talk 9:30-12:30pm, Kincumba Mountain

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Threats to COSS? Bush Regeneration Workshop in There are many threats to COSS our COSS lands - with changing 9:30-11:30am Councils it’s difficult to know how Location to be confirmed much the new Council is committed to COSS. The former Council got rid of the COSS Committee, changed funding allocations and An evening of Talks, Wine & Cheese allowed a road to be widened into 6:30-8pm, Kincumber COSS lands. There is a current (date subject to confirmation) push for mountain bike riding in our COSS lands - which is a threat to the environmental values and Friends of COSS events are open to passive recreation goals of COSS. anybody. The biggest threat of course is not caring - so please join the Friends For most events there is a small of COSS! charge. These charges vary so

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Mariners Plaza development stalled pending decision on incorporation of performing arts centre ifteen months into a two-year development consent, the Mariners Plaza development, on the corner of Mann St and Donnison St, Gosford, appears to be at a standstill.

The Joint Regional Planning Panel approved the $175 million development application on Thursday, May 14, 2015, by four votes to one. Spokesperson for the Chinese consortium behind the development, Ms Louise Lin, said rumours the site was for sale were false. “We have not engaged anybody to sell the site,” Ms Lin said. “We have engaged a local consultant to market the property for off the plan sales,” she said. Ms Lin said the developer was working towards submitting a Section 96 application to amend the development consent “to make the project more commercially viable”. She said the developer had been invited by former CEO of Gosford Council, Mr Paul Anderson, to submit a

Photomontage view from the corner of Mann and Donnison St

concept plan to incorporate a performing arts centre into its development. Ms Lin said the project’s backers had engaged their own architect, at their own expense, to put a performing arts centre concept together, including an 800-seat theatre. “The concept plan was submitted to Ms Judy Jaeger in June and we haven’t heard back,” Ms Lin said. She said she was aware of the council amalgamation but said: “We would appreciate support from council to have the performing arts centre as part of our development or something there. “It is quite important to us; we want to include a four or five-star hotel, and the performing arts centre would give us a unique edge and ensure a market for the hotel. “Gosford has no attraction, it is quite run down and this is our first project, so we are quite aware of the market risk and have to convince people to buy in Gosford.” Ms Lin said she understood that the

developers must have believed in the project’s potential before being asked to incorporate plans for a performing arts centre, but she said the market had changed since then. “Our building is a very expensive building,” she said. Ms Lin said that, during discussions about incorporating a performing arts centre, Mr Anderson had expressed concerns about the viability of making a large capital outlay for such a centre on the Gosford waterfront. “Mr Anderson said he was aware of the risk of building a white elephant on the waterfront but incorporating the performing arts centre into a commercial development would give it leverage,” Ms Lin said. According to the JRPP’s determination and statement when it approved the development, the principal reason for the decision of the majority of the panel was that the proposed development was in the public interest. Continued Page 6

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The DA significantly exceeded the maximum height and floor space ratio under Gosford Local Environmental Plan 2014. However, the panel was satisfied the applicant had addressed the requirements of the Gosford Local Environmental Plan 2014 by “satisfying that there were sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify contravention”. According to the JRPP, the proposed development was consistent with the direction of state and regional planning policies, particularly the development of housing and jobs in existing centres with good access to services and transport. “The proposal was developed through a competitive design process and reflects a development that exhibits design excellence worthy of landmark tower status for Gosford Town Centre,” the JRPP determination and statement of reasons said at the time of its approval. In its report to the JRPP in support of the project’s approval, Gosford Council’s governance

and planning directorate described the project as a mixed use development with commercial and retail, including a supermarket, hotel and shop top housing. The proposed building would consist of a podium with two towers above and was called the Mariners Plaza. Gosford Council said its reasons for supporting the DA were that the design was an innovative approach to the site with three street frontages. Council’s report to the JRPP said it “achieved design excellence through a high standard of architectural design featuring active street fronts, articulated facades, variation in external materials and finishes, stepping the building back at higher levels and landscaping at street level and above.” But will the “iconic structure to identify the Gosford City Centre” ever come to fruition? Mr Tim Gunasinghe at Commercial HQ said the original development application had been approved before the Chinese consortium behind the proposed development

had acquired the land. “The land sale has been settled and the Chinese consortium now owns the site,” Mr Gunasinghe said. “What they are telling us is that they are preparing to get a Construction Certificate so they can get on site and activate the DA,” he said. “That is what they have told us but we have heard rumours that they are trying to sell,” he said. A statement from Central Coast Council said: “Council’s understanding was that it was being sold to a developer but that appears to have stalled at this stage.” Interview, Aug 10, 2016 Louise Lin, Mariners Plaza Interview, Aug 10, 2016 Tim Gunasignhe, Commercial HQ Determination and Statement of Reasons, May 21, 2015 Jason Perica, Joint Regional Planning Panel Assessment report, May 21, 2015 Central Coast Council Media statement, Aug 8, 2016 Central Coast Council Jackie Pearson, journalist

Committee working party membership announced nformation about the Central Coast Council’s Local Representation Committee has been made available on the council’s website.

The 18 former Gosford and Wyong councillors who were chosen to join the committee have been split into three working groups. Former Gosford councillors who are members of the Economic Working Group are Ms Gabby Bowles, Mr Jim Macfadyen and Mr Jeff Strickson. They are joined by their Wyong colleagues, Ms Lynne Webster (chair) and former Mayor, Mr Doug Eaton. Former Gosford deputy mayor, Mr Craig Doyle, has been appointed chair of the Environment Working Group. Other former Gosford councillors on the Environment Working Group are Mr Chris Burke and Ms Hillary Morris. The final sub-group is the Community Working Group, also chaired by a former Gosford councillor, Mr Bob Ward.

Ms Deanna Bocking and Ms Vicki Scott are also members of the Community Working Group. Some of the Representation Committee members’ contact details are also available on council’s website. According to the website, the Local Representation Committees are advisory bodies. The complete committee will meet quarterly, and the smaller working groups will meet during the months between the full committee meetings. The inaugural quarterly meeting was held on July 20, and the working groups will meet on August 17 and September 21 before the next full quarterly committee meeting on October 19. The committee’s agenda and “record of meeting” have also been made available online. The July 20 meeting was held at the Bara Barang

Centre at Kariong and, according to the agenda, the meeting discussed the role of committee members, including media interaction, communication pathways and remuneration. It is understood that committee members cannot speak to the media on behalf of council or anything discussed by the committees but minutes of meetings will be published on line. Mr Stephen Naven, Central Coast Council’s chief financial officer, then presented the plan to transition the two former councils into the Central Coast Council, including work undertaken so far, the current status and future steps. Email, Aug 8, 2016 Central Coast Council media Website, Aug 8, 2016 wyong.nsw.gov.au/aboutcouncil/local-representationcommittee

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Through this period, the Office of Water appears to have been seeking assurances from both Gosford Council, as consent authority, and the operator, that activities at the site were compliant. In September 2012, Gosford Council commenced Class 4 proceedings in the Land and Environment Court. In October, 2012, the Office of Water refused to further consider Verde Terra’s application for Controlled Activity Approval. Earlier that year, in May, a NSW Office of Water groundwater project officer said “detailed work was urgently required to identify the highest potential groundwater table.” Until the highest groundwater table was known, it was not possible to determine appropriate base pit levels at the landfill and “limit the potential for direct groundwater contamination issues. “As this is a drinking water catchment for a large population, consideration is warranted in changing the pit level to a higher elevation that would allow for a conservative buffer between the base of the pit and the highest predicted groundwater table. “The investigative work put forward thus far only identifies that a significant risk is present and that detailed work is urgently required,” the memo said. “From the evidence outlined… it can be concluded that once the pit is filled, there is a high likelihood that groundwater

Another Office of Water photo from 2012 showing black coloured noxious smelling leachate flowing into a surface water drain

table/levels will recover above the base pit level, and there will be hydrostatic pressure build up at the base of the liner. “Under this hydrostatic pressure, there can be movement and heave in the landfill, resulting in a high risk of breaching the liner. “Additionally any sharp objects in the landfill would exacerbate potential for breaching the integrity of the liner. “Direct contamination of the groundwater resource would occur under such conditions.”

Those concerns relate to the future cells that the current operator plans to line and fill with waste, however, a significant amount of the existing landfill is unlined.

Earlier Concerns expressed by experts within the Office of Water about the existing landfill, dated back to at least 2005. In January 2005, the then operator, Planet Earth Support Company, applied for a 3A Permit under the Rivers and Foreshores

Improvement Act 1948, required for all works in or within 40 metres of streams and lakes on freehold land. In reviewing the application, an Office of Water employee (then part of the NSW Department of Natural Resources) said: “Information provided is sufficient to determine that there will be a significant impact on existing creeks and, as such, a permit under Part 3A of the Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act 1948 should be refused.” In a more detailed memorandum about the 3A Permit application, another officer said: “Site inspections undertaken in 2005 by Department of Natural Resources officers, with staff from Gosford City Council, have indicated that the current works are not in accordance with the approved Landfill Environmental Management Plan, 1997 or the Environmental Impact Statement 1992. “Principal areas of concern were: area proposed to be filled, and volume of material to be brought in has increased significantly; waste materials onsite were not inert building materials, but largely consisted of general, non-putrescible waste, of which council’s Woy Woy Waste Management Site

“Evidence gathered onsite indicates that the groundwater table has been intercepted by excavation with seepages noted up to approximately half the height of the pit.” was the largest supplier. “This was seen as a potential conflict of interest on behalf of council.” According to the GIPA documents, as early as 2006, it was evident that the landfill was operating outside the terms of its approved development consent and that Gosford Council was aware of the situation. The Office of Water employee’s critique of the landfill operator’s proposed future plans for the site was scathing: “The ... information does not accurately depict the actual works being currently undertaken on site; is not sufficiently detailed to allow assessment of the proposal; does not adequately describe how any impacts are to be mitigated; is not of a professional or enforceable standard.

“The proposal will generate leachate which has the potential to cause environmental harm. “The leachate proposal control measures in place are totally ineffective. “The Plan of Works does not adequately address how effective control is to be implemented. “The proposal is likely to intercept shallow ground waters. “Whilst there does not appear to be intent to extract this groundwater for use, the groundwater will possibly seep through the deposited waste material and contribute to the leachate potential. “Infiltration of surface waters and the seepage of groundwater also has the potential to contaminate receiving waters with leachate.

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“The Plan of Work does not adequately address the management of groundwater or the potential for contamination.” At the time, the landfill operator proposed to completely fill a first order stream which formed the head waters of an unnamed creek and gully in the north west of the property. “This will result in the total loss of all existing values of the creek, including flora and fauna habitat, water quality values and hydrological function,” an Office of Water assessment said. The officer said the proposal had a high risk of environmental harm particularly to the quality of surface and ground waters, required a long-term monitoring and auditing program and suggested it may have been necessary to seek a long term bond or security to enable any long term issues to be addressed. In the subsequent history of the landfill, including the change of ownership to the current operator, there is no evidence those suggestions were implemented. In fact, against all their own officers’ advice and recommendations, a 12-month 3A Permit was granted to the operator by the Department of Natural Resources in June 2006, on

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A photo taken by the Office of Water in 2005 showing the extent of “inert waste” dumped at the site

the grounds that Gosford Council had granted development consent and the EPA had issued an environmental protection licence. The documents sourced under GIPA indicate that the permit was extended in 2007 and the new operator, Verde Terra, applied to renew it in 2008. As part of the 2008 renewal process, the then Department of Water and Energy required Verde Terra to provide written evidence from Gosford Council that the works proposed were consistent with its development consent. Gosford Council provided

a letter stating: “Council is of the opinion that the proposal is generally in accordance with council’s development consent 23042/1998”. The correspondence between Verde Terra and the Department of Water and Energy also indicated that the EPA issued amended Environment Protection Licences for the landfill. The later applications relate to a further proposal by Verde Terra to start work on subsequent stages of the Mangrove Mountain Golf Course remodelling project using clean fill on further parcels of land at the site. Whilst the department approved the proposals, an officer warned: “I believe

insufficient detail has yet been provided regarding progressive restoration and revegetation of each stage”. By November 2008, the Department of Water and Energy was writing to Verde Terra regarding its failure to submit progress reports every three months to demonstrate that its activities at the site complied with a Controlled Activity Plan issued in April 2008. One progress report was received in February 2009 and the department again wrote to the operator in July 2009 requesting reports. Controlled Activity Approvals under the Water Management Act 2000

continued to be granted by the department up until 2011. In considering Verde Terra’s 2011 permit application, the Office of Water wrote to the general manager of Gosford Council seeking council’s advice as to whether current and proposed works were consistent with the approved development consent. The letter to Gosford Council said: “Recent documentation supplied by the applicant…as well as recent site inspections … indicate the scale and nature of current and proposed works may not be consistent with the original

development consent. “It appears that the proposed volume of fill has been increased approximately 10 fold, the duration of activity has extended to 2022, the original construction design has been modified and the nature and type of landfill has been modified,” it said. Further documents from 2005 and 2006 provided evidence that sediment and erosion controls were inadequate and sediment basins were not lined or that the lining was inadequate. In 2006, an Office of Water representative reported that a number of cells already had waste deposited in them, but the “location, extent and depth of these cells is not supplied”. The officer described the rehabilitation plan as inadequate: “There is missing information, particularly in the area of groundwater and maintenance. “It is difficult to determine the impact, particularly in terms of interception or any impacts that may occur or as a result of a surface/ groundwater connection. “The connection between ground and surface water has not been investigated. Continued Page 10

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Office of Water inspecting ground water seepage in 2012

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“In short, a lot of assumptions of nonimpact have occurred both during and post works. “The description of flow directions and rates as well as the physical and chemical characteristics of aquifers is missing.”

The deal Based on the information obtained through GIPA, the Mountain Districts

Association (MDA) has again called into question the deal struck between Gosford Council and Verde Terra in the Land and Environment Court in 2014, which would allow a further 1.317 million cubic metres of waste and a further 10 years of operation at the Mangrove Mountain Landfill. According to association spokesperson, Dr Stephen Goodwin, the GIPA documents provided evidence that both the

present and former owners of the landfill failed to obtain necessary water licences and approvals. “Yet the EPA continued to renew the operator’s licence, and the former Gosford Council continued to maintain that the owner was operating within the 1998 consent orders,” Dr Goodwin said. Dr Goodwin said evidence from GIPA showed Gosford Council had contributed 17,000 cubic metres of waste to the landfill by moving material from its Woy Woy site. He said by allowing the landfill to continue to operate clearly beyond the 1998 council approval, the former Gosford Council allowed the Mangrove Mountain Landfill to change from being a golf course remodelling project to a regional landfill facility. “Hopes rose when the

Office of Water photo of seepage and springs along the western wall of pit 2012

Central Coast Council was created and new brooms had the opportunity to correct this major injustice. “But the silence suggests it is in the too hard basket. “Are they not thinking how much worse this can get with all the extra rubbish approved? “Do they just think it will all go away if they keep their heads in the sand?” The EPA was collecting substantial fees through the environmental waste levy, in the millions of dollars, according to Dr Goodwin.

EPA review “To give the EPA due credit, two officials have been meeting in good faith with the MDA since March, and have acted on some of its concerns. “A request for an independent consultant to examine the present and future operation of the landfill has been approved and the preferred consultant

has been selected. “Through all this though, the EPA has not far deviated from its intention to set conditions which will allow the operator to start up business again. “The history of successive landfill operators is that rules are broken with no penalty and little oversight.

Action “A public inquiry is needed to uncover the facts of how this mega dump in the water catchment has been allowed to proceed unchecked since 1998, and what multi-agency steps are needed to stop this type of wayward development”, Dr Goodwin said. “We are resolute in our call to have the landfill closed down immediately and remediated. “Human nature being what it is, the risk cannot be mitigated so long as profit and expediency are the

prime motivators.” A public meeting held in Gosford in June demonstrated massive community endorsement for closing down and cleaning up the landfill. “But, despite recent EPA community consultation, we continue to meet with silence from others in local and state government whose responsibility it was and remains to protect our health and the environment,” Dr Goodwin said. Media release, Aug 8, 2016 Marilyn Steiner, Mountain Districts Association GIPA documents, 20052015 NSW Department of Primary Industries Office of Water Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Saratoga development attracts over 70 submissions n application for the staged development of two residential flat buildings on the corner of Mimosa Ave and Village Rd in Saratoga has attracted over 70 submissions to council and over 400 signatures to an online petition.

Residents opposed to the development application (DA) have argued that it is not in keeping with the character of the village of Saratoga. The developer and Central Coast Council are currently involved in a Land and Environment Court conciliation process over the DA. The community has called on council CEO, Mr Rob Noble, to urgently review any agreements being made between council and the developer and consideration of the correct usage of Zoning 2B. They also want council to ensure any proposed development on the land meets local character rules. “As residents, we are not privy to the negotiations being made and have no

Some of the residents opposed to the Mimosa Ave development gathered at the site

input or say in what happens to our suburb,” said Ms Lorna Walters, who lives in Saratoga and also owns a property in Mimosa Ave. “We are concerned that the process is only reviewing the easily measurable issues such as height and setbacks, a multitude of which are not met by the development application,” Ms Walters said. “There are many other, harder to measure issues, such as view sharing, land usage requirements for neighbourhood centres and desired character contained in the Development Control Plan (DCP) and Local Environmental Plan (LEP)

that are of great importance and should result in this development application being rejected,” she said. “This development is completely at odds with the character of our village of Saratoga. “It will result in nearly every tree on the property needing to be removed and replaced by a concrete block. “Every planning document for the council states that developments need to meet character statements set by Council including leafy, non-uniform buildings and retail usage for this property and these requirements are not met.

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“There were over 70 submissions to this development made by residents, nearly all of whom mentioned the character of our village and that this type of development will have a detrimental impact and bring no benefits to the village character of our suburb. “The developer is trying to fit so many apartments in the block that some of them don’t meet sunlight requirements, something you would expect in a major city development, not our small village.” Ms Walters said at a recent conciliation meeting held to consider view

sharing, the council town planner advised residents that the development met height restrictions. “We cannot comprehend how this is the case when the proposal is for three storeys and the DCP residential flat buildings (3.3.3.1.2) states only two storey developments are allowed,” she said. “The length of this extends for over 71 metres, surely something that needs consideration over and above the standard building rules and regulations. “This is not compatible with the predominant pattern across the surrounding neighbourhood. “We are also concerned that minimum setbacks below the DCP and SEPP 65 requirements will be agreed to. “Our views will be obliterated by this development,” she said. Ms Walters said an official photographer gathering evidence as part of the current Land and Environment Court process placed his camera tripod on top of a barbecue to take photos of the site. “This would show less impact than a person standing or sitting at normal height.

“The town planner also advised that all the developer had to do to meet the requirement that the land was no longer required for community use and was suitable for 100 per cent residential usage was to submit a small paragraph in their application. “This makes us feel that our community is receiving no consideration at all in this process. “We are currently experiencing a large growth in young families, as experienced in the growth of the local primary school, and the elderly. “In the last few years we have had a new dental practice, medical centre and music education centre move to the shops. “There is no child care centre is Saratoga or other health care services such as podiatrists. “How can a small paragraph to tick a box write off any future requirements of our village community?” Email, Jul 29, 2016 Lorna Walters, Saratoga Website, Aug 9, 2016 Central Coast Council DA tracking DA48856/2015

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Management of hall seized by Council anagement of the Point Clare Community Hall has been awarded to Wyoming Community Centre following an expression of interest process by Central Coast Council.

The hall had been under the management of the Point Clare Community Hall Association, which was incorporated in the early 2000s to take care of the hall. Central Coast Council recently completed renovations at the hall, which were funded via an interestfree state government loan. “We had the official opening when the renovations were completed, and within a week after that, we received an email to say we would have to apply by an expression of interest to run the place,” said Point Clare Community Hall Association member, Mr Robert Findley. According to Mr Findley, the hall had been managed by a Section 355 Committee of Gosford Council from the late 1960s until 2000. “Then the rules changed, and we were told by council that we had to stand alone, so we set up our own incorporated association to run the hall,” he said. “Then in July of this year, we were virtually told our services were no longer required. “The organisation is gone, it is finished, and our community is up in arms,” he said. “This council has put a knife in the community’s back and council staff have

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been very antagonistic,” he said. Upon announcing that it had been appointed by the Central Coast Council to manage the hall, the Wyoming Community Centre posted on a new Point Clare Community Hall Facebook page that the hall had “been a significant part of the local community for many years and has been managed by a wonderful group of volunteers, the Point Clare Community Hall Association. “A huge vote of thanks to all of the wonderful people who have been part of this group. “However, things change, and from mid July, Wyoming Community Centre will be taking over the management of the hall. “There will be no change to existing arrangements and we look forward to working with the local community to raise awareness of the issues that matter to you,” the new facebook page stated. Executive officer of the Wyoming Community Centre, which has been rebranded Gosford Regional Community Services,

Ms Kathy Sokk, said the organisation was very happy to be chosen to manage the Point Clare Hall and it was a “very good fit for us”. Ms Sokk said the hall would continue to be used by Brisbane Water Dance, a play group and the Koolewong to Point Clare-Tascott Progress Association Inc, which had been using other venues for its meetings during renovation. Ms Sokk said an open day was being held at the hall on August 13 to reintroduce the facility to the community. “We are trying to get a book group going and have an art show,” she said. “We are aiming to keep prices low for small community groups who can’t afford to pay for other community spaces such as those made available in clubs,” she said. Ms Sokk said the new management would work with community groups and support those who had programs or services that would be of value to the community. Mr Findley said he had doubts as to whether

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Central Coast Council did, in fact, own the hall. “The land was dedicated to the community in 1903 and the original hall was built in 1915,” Mr Findley said. “It was handed over to the council by the department of lands in the late 1960s, but I want to find out what right the department of lands had to hand it over when the land didn’t belong to them in the first place,” he said. “Recently the hall has undergone some extensive renovations”, Ms Sokk said. “With these recent

changes, we felt it was an ideal time for local residents to come and check out the newly renovated hall facilities. “These facilities are available to community, individuals and interest groups for function and meeting hire. “Brisbane Water Dance school will be demonstrating their skills and there will be information from a range of community organisations including the Koolewong to Point Clare-Tascott Progress Association. “Of course, there will be the obligatory sausage sizzle.” Vice president of the Koolewong to Point Clare-Tascott Progress Association, Mr Ken Janson, said the progress association considered the hand over of the hall’s management “an excellent thing” “Ms Sokk has got paid people who can manage the bookings and keep everything centralised,” he said. According to Mr Janson, the new management

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he Koolewong to Point Clare-Tascott Progress Association will host a community forum to discuss Brisbane Water Dr safety improvements at the Point Clare Community Centre on August

11.

The forum will feature guest speakers Roads and Maritime Project Managers, Newcastle, Mr Adam Thomas and Ms Bronwyn Boss. The speakers will outline pedestrian and vehicle movement issues and a discussion on Brisbane Water Dr will commence. The Progress Association’s secretary, Ms Helen Orchard, said the Association has records of complaints about Brisbane Water Dr dating as far back as 1993, to both the RMS

and the former Gosford Council. “With the predicted increase of traffic by Central Coast Council at the Koolewong Foreshore Reserve, when the new foreshore jetties are in place, and the completion of the Boathouse Marina, no improved roadworks have seemingly been allowed for, with no reconfiguration of the culvert crossing on Brisbane Water Dve into the parking bays of the boat ramps at Koolewong Foreshore Reserve,” she

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structure will make it easier for community groups to access the hall. “Because we have a role within the community we will only have to pay a very small amount to use the hall and we are a very busy and active group so we are very pleased we can now use the hall,” he said. Mr Janson said the progress association would be holding its first meeting in the Point Clare Community Hall on Thursday, August 11 with a guest speaker from NSW Roads and Maritime Services regarding the future of Brisbane Water Dve.

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added. “At present, boaters wishing to use these boat ramps continue south along Brisbane Water Dr and make a right hand turn at the Koolewong Station level crossing to U-turn and come back again to obtain the right degree of angle on Brisbane Water Dr to enter the boat ramp parking bays,” Ms Orchard said. Email, Aug 2, 2016 Helen Orchard, Koolewong to Point ClareTascott Progress Association

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Administrator to decide on his own attendance at conference he chief executive officer and the administrator of the Central Coast Council will both attend the Local Government NSW annual conference in Wollongong from October 16 to 18.

At the ordinary council meeting held in Gosford on August 10, administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, was expected to adopt a recommendation that council authorise him and CEO, Mr Rob Noble to attend the LGNSW annual conference. Mr Reynolds was also expected to adopt the recommendation that council pay the reasonable expenses of the administrator and CEO incurred in attendance at the conference. A report to Mr Reynolds from the Central Coast Council’s governance department said: “The LGNSW Annual Conference is the annual policy-making conference for Local Government in NSW. “It is a significant event for the local government year, where local government officials come together to share ideas and debate issues that shape the way local councils are governed,” the report said. According to the report, all members, including newlymerged councils which are LGNSW members, are able to put forward motions to be considered at the conference. Mr Reynolds may, at a later time, consider whether to put forward motions at the conference on behalf of the newly-formed council. However, LGNSW will not permit delegates of merged

councils to participate in voting at the conference. As a way of getting around this, there is a proposal for the conference to move into committee, which would allow administrators to participate in debate on policy motions and make recommendations to the organisation’s board for ratification. Voter entitlements of the committee would be redistributed to address rural/regional and metro/ urban imbalances caused by the dissolution of the merged councils. The report concludes that the conference; “is an opportunity for council to debate issues of concern and to network with other council representatives from throughout NSW”. The conference agenda includes councillor training sessions to understand the changes to the Local Government Act and briefings for general managers. Mr Mike Baird, premier of NSW, will address the conference on Monday, October 17, and the minister for local government, Mr Paul Toole, will address the conference on the following day and answer facilitated questions. Agenda item 2.5, Aug 10, 2016 Central Coast Council ordinary meeting

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5,000 signature petition to fix The Dip at Wamberal ember for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has vowed to take up the cause to fix the notorious strip of Wamberal’s Willoughby Rd called The Dip.

According to Ms Wicks, there have been 20 accidents at The Dip, including the July crash, which caused the death of teenager, Jackson Williams. Ms Wicks was responding to the online petition started by local nurse, Ms Lindy Hewett, which has now gathered well over 5,000 signatures. “I am always struck by this community, but particularly when something happens like this, the way we work together, back each other, and in something like this, a horrific tragedy that no one wants to ever see happen,” Ms Wicks told ABC Central Coast in an interview on July 29. “5,000 people have put their name to this petition and it is still growing,” she said. “We know it is not going to be fixed overnight, but I am certainly not going to rest until it is done and I know this community won’t allow us to rest until it is done either. “I am really pleased to see the way three levels of government are working together. “I think we all want to see a safer traffic solution here, so we will be fighting for this, every single day, until we see a black spot actually no longer a black spot on Willoughby Rd.” Ms Wicks said Jackson’s death had been “an unfortunate, horrific situation you wouldn’t wish upon any family or any community. “I think all of us feel, particularly if you have kids, I think you feel that great sense of grief, and I grieve and I know that many others in this community are grieving along with parents, Michelle and Mark, and with their family for Jackson, even though we didn’t know him.” She said: “Every single community leader on the

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Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks receiving a copy of the petition from Ms Lindy Hewitt

Central Coast is united in our determination to ensure something does happen.” Ms Wicks said she has been working with the Central Coast Council, the member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch and the relevant federal minister to

secure funding to fix The Dip. Mr Crouch has been liaising with the NSW minister for transport, Ms Wicks said. “I will be taking the petition to Canberra as one of the first things I do when

parliament resumes, and I will be fighting to get this road fixed every single day until it is,” she said. Interview transcript, Jul 29, 2016 Lucy Wicks, member for Robertson

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Paciﬁc Link to manage innovative housing for disabled young people osford based Pacific Link Housing has won a contract to provide asset m a n a g e m e n t services to the Summer Foundation, a not for profit agency working on innovative housing models to suit young people with disability now trapped in nursing homes because there is nowhere else for them to go.

The Summer Foundation has developed two demonstration projects to show how housing suitable for people with disability Can be included in commercial residential projects. The first, in Melbourne, includes six fully accessible apartments in a 59 unit apartment building. Now Pacific Link Housing has won a key contract for a second, larger project, in the Hunter, where Summer Foundation has designed 10 fully accessible apartments peppered through a new 110 unit apartment complex. Known as the Hunter Housing Demonstration project, it also includes two additional apartments that will be open for six months to allow government, developers, builders and others with an interest in best practice disability design, to review design innovation and experience the smart home technology used in these projects. “The Summer Foundation has ceaselessly advocated for the rights of young people trapped in nursing homes and other institutions,” said Pacific Link chairman, Mr David Bacon. “They have given them a voice and supported them by creating housing and support models that can be replicated and scaled up across Australia to meet their needs, making

he Local Employer Council (LEC) is a newly formed initiative focussed solely on encouraging Central Coast businesses working together to boost the ongoing development of the Central Coast labour force.

From left: Jennifer Freund and Fiona Rossendell from Pacific Link Housing with Summer Foundation CEO, Dr Di Winkler, Lori Kontogiannis from Pacific Link, and Summer Foundation tenant Tania Lewis (front)

it possible for them to lead meaningful lives as independent members of our communities,” he continued. Pacific Link CEO, Mr Keith Gavin, said the whole project is a remarkable achievement. “Not only will it make a major contribution to the design of future living for people with disability, but it comes at a time when the roll-out of the NDIS makes funding for new housing models available to turn conceptual housing into mainstream models for the future. “Designing apartments for people who are often confined to large, motorised wheelchairs, is no easy task, but the Summer Foundation has proved it can be done, and at a reasonable cost. “Their research has been extremely strong. “They have collaborated with others across the board. “They are client focused

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Issue 91

June 7, 2016

Strategic endorsement to a regional airport has not been given

“Our central objective in growing Warnervale Airport as an aviation business hub has always been about creating jobs, attracting commercial investment and growing our local economy for the beneﬁt of local residents,” said Wyong mayor, Cr Doug Eaton OAM. “We need the Act repealed to enable Warnervale Airport to reach its full potential as a catalyst for economic development and employment growth,” he said. “I congratulate the State Government on taking this initiative. “This is the only Act of its kind to regulate a single airﬁeld and no other airport in Australia faces the same restrictions. “Since it was enacted, the modern NSW planning controls and regulations have changed to the point where the Act is basically redundant as other more rigorous processes are in place to govern changes. “There is simply no need for it,” he said. According to Cr Eaton, under current NSW legislation, with or without the Act, any major proposed changes to the airport would require an extensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) and

community consultation process. “It is important that the community understands what a game changer activation of Warnervale Airport will be for jobs on the Coast,” Cr Eaton said. “In its current form, it can cater for a wide range of general aviation and small capacity commercial aviation,” he said. “Right now we are in talks with an aircraft manufacturer to locate its manufacturing operation to Warnervale Airport. “This would be the ﬁrst new aircraft manufacturing facility to locate in Australia in decades, and has the potential to create hundreds of jobs. “We have also been exploring with airlines the possibility of having passenger services to Melbourne, Brisbane and regional areas with small capacity aircraft that can operate from the airport. “It is key infrastructure to support population growth and that’s why it was included in the NSW Government’s Your Future Central Coast Discussion Paper 2015 and Gosford City has supported the airport in its submission to the Draft Central Coast Regional Plan 2016.

“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

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

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he new Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, has agreed, at the council’s ﬁrst public meeting on May 25, to sell land in Orchard Rd, Kangy Angy to the NSW Government to build a multi-million dollar train maintenance facility.

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Kangy Angy residents have been fighting Issue the land sale and 92 the proposed development since they learned about it in September. Transport for NSW has also announced the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) and concept plan for the facility will be on public exhibition from June 6 to July 4. Ms Michelle Nicholson from the Kangy Angy required. Action Group Residents amendedfor code of saidAnTransport NSW meeting practicemet is with also representatives likely to goon on Friday, public residents exhibition 28l days May 27 “toforfulfi their and submissions can be obligations to engage in made for at consultation. least 42 days community from the date the draft “When we raised code goes on exhibition. ourAlternating concerns about the the flmeeting ooding venue the between project director it was ‘their Gosford said and Wyong: risk’. “Will provide the public “We more believe equitable this is with not their riskparticipation to take, as access to and they are alsomeetings,” risking oura in council tax the reportpayer from dollars, the interim general manager, Mr Rob endangered species, and Noble, to the theflooding May 25 worsening in meeting said. our area,” Ms Nicholson Other amendments said. to The be land madewas to identifi the code ed of the meeting by former practice Wyong were the inclusion of Council as an alternative the defi definition finition of an site to land at Warnervale administrator to clarify to for forand NSW to the Transport community staff

Central Coast Council il to hold its ﬁrst public meeting eting

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

the future of Warnervale Airport to protect the amenity of the surrounding area. It restricts aircraft movement in the event there was a proposal to extend the runway or build a new runway. firstlimits meeting The he Act: the the runway new length ofof any to 1,200 metresCoast with Central potential to an Council is make to be application to the minister an Extraordinary for a runway Meeting and ofit up willto 1,800 length; be heldmetres at theinWyong prevents the construction Civic Centre on of a new runway the Wednesday, Mayat 25 airport except at a site at 5:00pm. approved byGovernment the minister; The Local and provides for a process (Council Amalgamations) to review any proposal Proclamation 2016 thatto expand operations. dissolved Gosford and Stakeholders be Wyong Councilswilland consulted specific created the about new Central objectives and didwritten Coast Council not submissions be provide detail will on how accepted until May 27.be meetings would conducted during the Document, April 2016 administration period. Review of Warnervale In announcing the first Airport Restrictions Act meeting, a media release Frequently Asked Questions from the Central Coast Council said: “Newly appointed administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, will Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford preside over the first Phone: 4325 7369 Fax: 4321 0940 Central Coast Council Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 meeting on Wednesday E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net 25 May.” Website: www.centralcoastnews.net Mr Reynolds said he was pleased and privileged to take on the role of administrator of one of the largest councils in Australia. “We will be managing an annual budget of $800 million and over $8 billion in assets for over 331,000 residents, a huge challenge, but one that staff and myself are certainly up for. “It is an exciting time to be here, the Central Coast has now been established as a region in its own right and can only go from strength to the airport and compliance investigations would not be impacted by the review of the Act. The Warnervale Airport Restrictions Act requires the minister for planning to review it to determine whether its policy objectives remain valid and if the terms of the Act remain appropriate. “Since the introduction of the Act, there have been a number of new planning instruments that provide for assessment of airports as well as a number of regulations applying to aviation and related activities,” the document said. The Act came into force on June 1, 1997, as a response to proposals to expand the Warnervale Airport from a 900 metre runway to an 1,800 metre runway. The overall policy objective of the Act is to impose restrictions on

July 5, 2016

Issue 93

Council’s ﬁrst property decision angers residents

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.

The former Wyong Council chamber will be the venue for the ﬁrst meeting of the new Central Coast Council on May 25

strength. “Staff have been working hard on the transition to one council and residents should be assured that the services they expect from their local council will not only be continued but will be enhanced. “I look forward to getting out and about and learning as much about the area as I can as soon as possible,” he said. A statement from the Central Coast Council said the public could attend the meeting. Wyong Regional Chronicle asked the Central Coast Council to explain the format the meeting would take, given that the former mayors of Wyong and Gosford Council and all elected councillors

were dismissed on May 12 and replaced with an administrator. The new council’s communications team said the administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, would perform the role of mayor and councillors by considering reports from directors. The administrator may ask questions of the relevant director in relation to a report or recommendation. Members of the public can still apply to address the meeting about a particular item. At the end of the discussion of an agenda item, the administrator will make a decision as to whether to approve, amend, defer or refuse a report’s recommendation. A business paper for

the Extraordinary Council meeting is available on both the former Wyong Council and Gosford Council websites. Items to be discussed at the meeting include administrative and governance matters such as: a code of conduct and related matters; committees of the former Gosford and Wyong Councils; interim salary arrangement for council; code of meeting practice and location of council meetings; and, the interim organisational structure for the new council. According to the business paper, the meeting will also make determinations in relation to: a quarterly budget review for the former Gosford Council; determination of water,

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

how the code applies to the administrator, and clariﬁ ﬁcation of meeting venues to specify addresses. A further report will be provided to council on July 27 to allow the council to consider submissions and whether to adopt the amended code. Media release, May 17, 2016 Business paper, May 25, 2016 Extraordinary Council Meeting Agenda item 3.7, May 25, 2016 Central Coast Council extraordinary meeting Media statement, May 17, 2016 Central Coast Council media Jackie Pearson, journalist

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

use as the maintenance and stabling facility for its new intercity fleet. Documents obtained under the Government Information Public Access (GIPA) Act indicate that Transport for NSW wanted their facility to be built on land at Warnervale but Wyong Council discouraged that location as it interfered with the former council’s plan to develop Wyong as a business and education precinct. In September, Transport for NSW named the flood-prone Kangy Angy land as the preferred location to establish the new Fleet Management Facility. In making his first planning decision in the position of administrator with the newly-formed Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds said:

“It is likely the State Government would have moved to compulsorily acquire this land if council had not agreed to sell it. “This decision guarantees the best outcome for council and residents.” Mr Reynolds said the new facility would have the potential to create hundreds of local construction jobs and ongoing employment. “The decision I had to make was about the land transfer,” Mr Reynolds said at a media conference after the meeting. “There is a separate question about whether the 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.

“Council has been forced into a situation of agreeing to sell or forced to accept terms that may not be beneficial to the community. “It is really sad when potential impacts arise on the people of that area,” he said. Mr Noble said he would defend the decision to keep the sale price of the land confidential until the deal was finalised. “The price will eventually become public but … commercial in confidence is a really important element of business deals when money is involved,” Mr Noble said. “We are shocked by the decision made by the administrator,” Kangy Angy Residents Action Group spokesperson, Ms Michelle Nicholson said following the council

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Issue 95

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A breakdown of the two candidate preferred votes of Dobell

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estate investment company, Democratic Member for has Dobell. abor’s Ms Emma McBridee secured the seat of Dobell and re returned Commission, Dobell had Christian bycampaign votes engaged “I spent this the electorate to its Laborr roots after ousting incumbent Liberal a 79.96 per cent turnout Party with 2,128been Council to our and a 5.71 per cent and 2.59 per cent. Central Coast out listening MP Ms Karen McNamaraa at the polls on July 2. informal vote. Dobell has traditionally who had been to sell community a landmark he 2013 election outcomes “In the for our First preference count been a Labor stronghold let downofbyland the Turnbull 87.95 hectares I was a candidate for 28 community. voting for Dobell placed on the Central at Coast, Government Kiar Ridge. “My father was a

With 89,339 votes counted, a 7.62 per cent

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oth th h major j parties, ti t Liberal Lib l and Labor, have been makin making promises to spend money on key projects for Dobell throughout the election campaign. -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 infor the Dobell electorate, the e location of polling booths p as well as the th latest and ﬁ nal information from all ﬁnal informa the parties as they relate to Dobell begins on page 12.

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

to 44.4 per cent on a two to our community and of Wyong Council, partyseeking preferredadvice basis as from of talking too families on the the onOffi ce 4.of Local Coast about what they councillors determined 4.30pm July Government, that they wished to Ms McBride,councillors who wanted to see in their they election considered local representative. give a dividend back to lost noted the that 2013 presentative. guidelinesbyand “Labor the community by not to the Msmerger McNamara or made strong the view they did commitments collecting the SRV in its 1000formed votes, dedicated ments to funding applyto and final year. her not victory her stated father,its our healthcare and That would have reasons why. former Member for the hospitalss as well as However, since the resulted in rates in Entrance and Minister delivering ng needs based the former Wyong formation of the Central for Gaming and Racing,and funding for our schools. local government area Coast Council Mr dissolution Grant McBride and “I am m excited to be increasing by the IPART of the former saidWyong she wouldcouncil, endeavourthe part of a team who are rate peg of 3 per cent 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 guidelines that decisions advertised in this 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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well-respected local representative for our f community and fought hard to get the funding and outcomes the Central Coast deserved during his d time as the State Member for The Entrance. Entrance “I saw from a young age what it takes to work hard to represent represe your community. “He always put the community ﬁ rst and ﬁrst a that's what I would like to do as well,” Ms McBride McBri said. According to the Australian Electoral E

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

with Labor’s Mr Michael to continue The land “I waswant acquired Lee holding the seat with by for the that formerconversation Wyong 17 years, from Dobell’s people in Dobell and Council the from Terrace first election in 1984 to inmake am able to Towers June sure 2014I for 2001. be the representative $10 million andbest became While, Ms McBride for our Ms the preferred sitecommunity,” for a was celebrating her win Coast McBride said. Central Regional on July 2, Ms NcNamara McNamara did Airport withMs the capacity refused to concedetodefeat to questions expandnottorespond the status and was relying of on the the result. an about interstate and then (July, 2) 21,000 preinternational terminal. Jul 4, 2016 poll and postal votesThe yet site is Websites, situated Electoral Australian to be counted. immediately Commission west ofTally Room Ms McBride thesaid M1 motorway and Dobell she would continue An expressions of interest sign has been erected on the bounded by Emma Hue Websites, Hue and Jul 4, 2016 McBride Facebook the listening tour that Rds. land acquired by Wyong Council in 2014 as the site for a Central Coast regional airport Sparks Interview, Jul 4, 2016 was a core aspectAccording of discussed by the history behind to JLL, Emmathe McBrideThe MP land is zoned IN1 paper her campaign as one of forLuke industrial use and E2 councillors on October 28. council’s acquisition of Journalist, site includes 56 hectares ofDilon her first official acts as “Investigations into the the Kiar Ridge land. DA-approved developable Environmental and is now “In March 2012, industrial land in a 69 lot being sold as a site for proposed CCRA [Central industrial development. Coast Regional Airport] the State and Federal masterplan. second Expressions of interest Kiar Ridge site indicate Government’s Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford If developed, the land Phone: 4325 7369 Fax: 4321would 0940 yield a total floor close on Thursday, August that the development Sydney Airport Site Study… cost is very high due to Selection Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 area of 556,400 square 25. E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net Central Coast property acquisition and identified Wallarah as metres. Website: www.centralcoastnews.net newly- site preparation costs to one of five potential Type According to Mr Council’s Laurie Eyes from the appointed group leader remove Kiar Ridge,” said 1 (International) airport Central Coast Regional of Assets, Infrastructure the confidential report, sites. “Council subsequently Airport Action Group, and Business, Mr Mike prepared by the council’s the purchase price paid Dowling, was general Property and Economic included the proposed by the Wyong Council manager of the Terrace Development directorate. airport site at Kiar Ridge “The site also carries in the Draft 2013 Wyong in 2014 was double the Towers group before he ecological LEP,” the confidential NSW Valuer General’s was appointed director of significant valuation and the land property and economic obligations for council report to Wyong Council was purchased without development by Wyong with an Environmental said. “The Wallarah site obtaining an independent Council in January 2015. Offset requirement of the Kiar Ridge was order of 1,400 hectares,” proposal was not feasible valuation. as the the confidential report as it crossed the Local At the time of acquiring abandoned Government boundary, the land, former mayor, preferred site for a Central said. According to the report, required the realignment Mr Doug Eaton OAM Coast Regional Airport modelling of the M1 motorway and said: “There is no demand by Wyong Council in financial for industrial land as has a confidential council indicated that the Kiar had some terrain issues would affect Ridge proposal would not which been proved by the fact session in October 2015. The history of Wyong have generated a positive runway suitability.” that the existing Terrace As a result, Wyong Tower land has been Council’s proposal to cash flow within the first Council concluded the vacant and undeveloped develop an airport at Kiar 15 years of operation. Ridge was revealed in The confidential airport proposal required for at least seven years.” the confidential business business paper outlined further investigation and

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people. The leaflet is titled “4 Steps to Employing an Apprentice or Trainee,” and contains the basic steps to help businesses that are unsure of the most effective methods to securing an apprentice or trainee, find the right candidate. “If every Central Coast business was to employ one trainee or apprentice, the youth unemployment level would plummet,” Mr Booth said. “With the collective thoughts and actions of the members of the Local Employer Council, we aim to be able to increase employment opportunities for youth on the Coast,” Mr Booth said.

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Director of the alliance’s Water Not Coal campaign, Mr Alan Hayes, said the meeting would be held at Wyong RSL on August 10. Issue 96 The Korean mining company KORES has lodged an amended development proposal that includes plans to build a conveyor belt and alter the route of the rail spur to avoid having to reach an agreement with The latest plans include a relocated rail loop (shown in purple) the Darkinjung Local other concerns could be plans. the main access to the Aboriginal Council. ofaddressed. was subsequentlyy taken for Land the operation larger Mr Hayes said the new development. Plansaircraft” have butbeen proposal Mr Hayes said that in 013 LEP. back out of the 2013 “it couldThose be concerns development modifiedviably relating to the included the mine’s would see the conveyor 2014, Dr Peter Lewis, Council then resolved developed into a rail spurregional line impact significant ficant to investigatee rail theloop, signifi airport on the Central belt transporting coal 200 the clinical director of the and train load out facility. feasibility of a smaller offering regional Coast’s intra- water supply, metres from the south- Central Coast integrated The project has been domestic and regional state and interstate subsidence airline and the health western boundary of the care program, said the modified to realign the effects of coal dust. Blue Haven residential expected mortality rate dge. airport at Kiar Ridge. services.” sewer connection. The TheSignifi October 28Darkinjung Local area and as far north as for coal dust related to the “Investigations have The State cant Aboriginal Wallarah 2 mine could be Land Council Wyee. fidential was meeting included site proving confi Development “Tooheys Rd would one on 100,000. took the matter to the and engineeringg recently cost subsequently determined lodged with the “Wyong CBD is five assenger estimates, passenger the KiarLand Ridgeand Environment disappear because that Planningto abandon Assessment Court, which ruled that road does not have a wide kilometres from the demand forecasts, site for Commission and an is airport on the and mine could not go verge on either side and proposed coal handling ecological studies, focus on moving forward public exhibition (but ahead without permission KORES doesn’t own any facilities, Blue Haven preliminary master with developing not advertised in this a general to utilise Darkinjung land in that area, so they and Lake Haven are mmunity planning, community aviation and regional newspaper) for sixhub weeks, would be wanting the even closer, and there land. an with consultation plan and a airport Warnervale. closingat date of The new proposal does conveyor to run along the are schools, hospitals and economic impact studies,” SeptemberA 6. further $6 million not include Darkinjung carriage way,” Mr Hayes aged care facilities,” Mr the report said. has been According to allocated Mr land. in Hayes said. said. “The 2013 Central budgetCEO for of the Darkinjung Media release, Jul 26, 2016 Hayes, thethe2016-17 Planning “The Planning The Darkinjung Central Coast Council media Coast Regional Airport stageCommission 1 development of Mr Sean Gordon, Local Aboriginal Land Assessment Commission Assessment LALC, Media release, Jul 26, 2016 tablished Warnevale Project Plan established did notthe approve the Airport declined to comment Council already has has rejected four coal Max Phillips, office of coal mine 2014, on and elopment westernin precinct the airport development Jeremy Buckingham the impact the latest approval for a 500 lot mines already this year that there talystbut acquisition of eastern as a significant catalyst for stated Interview, Jul 29, 2017 Wallarah II proposal may residential sub-division because of their proximity Alan Hayes, Australian Coal may be elopment land justifi for cation the have airport economic development on the Darkinjung that would be impacted to residential areas,” he Alliance to approve the mine if land and development because Tooheys Rd is said. ployment development. and employment Jackie Pearson, journalist commission’s d. all the Speaking after a recent generation,” it said. In June 2015, council Central Coast Council also endorsedd the meeting, Mr Dowling Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford ternative said the development investigation of alternative Phone: 4325 7369 Fax: 4321 0940 ng “do of the regional airport options including Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 veloping at Warnervale provided nothing” and developing E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net drome at opportunities for the existing aerodrome Website: www.centralcoastnews.net employment growth. Warnervale. “It has always been the In March 2015, Wyong Councill took intention of this council to ment and acquire a strong general over the management arnervale aviation hub including operation of Warnervale Airport from the Central aircraft repair, design and providing hangars Coast Aero Club. ub had for general aviation,” Mr The aero club managed the sitee for 25 Dowling said. ew deed He said demand for years and the new provided for council such services outside of he aero Sydney was strong. acquisition of the club’s property on the Media release, Jun 14, 2015 rovisions airport, with provisions Wyong Council media ilities to to relocate its facilities Website, Jul 18, 2016 another site on thee airport. http://rca.jll.com.au/ The alternativee option property-land+developmentnsw--502012306 to develop Warnervale which resulted in the Agenda item 7.1, Oct 28, 2016 Wyong Council Kiar Ridge land being ordinary meeting listed for sale, was not Interview notes, Jun 29, 2016 deemed to offer “the longMike Dowling, Central Coast Council term capability of the Jackie Pearson, journalist CCRA Kiar Ridge site

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Dobell reclaimed by Labor meeting. “Resident, Mr Neil Bolte and Community Environment Network representative, Mr Mike Campbell, were both given reasonable time to voice the Kangy Angy residents’ concerns about the transfer of the land,” Ms Nicholson said. “Tonight’s decision by Central Coast Council’s new administrator to offload flood prone, environmentally sensitive land to Transport for NSW to 21, build2016 a $300 June 201 million train facility is irresponsible and is detrimental to the Kangy Angy and Ourimbah area. “Let’s hope the reckless decision tonight is not a sign of things to come from the new amalgamated council. “Residents will continue to fight the proposed development that is being built in a ridiculous location. “The facility would have no access in, would be built by filling in a wetland and wasting our tax payer dollars. “Transport’s consultants put forward eight preferred sites and Kangy Angy was not one of them. “Transport for NSW need to rethink their illPromise conceived plan.”

once a year. “They lead impoverished lives. “For decades, they have been forgotten, ignored and left without any future hope of change,” Dr Winkler said. Under their contract, Pacific Link Housing will work alongside Summer Foundation’s team of project specialists to provide community housing management, liaison and support services. Where appropriate, Pacific Link will also work with Summer Foundation to provide additional support and quality of life programs to residents. This will give residents access to Pacific Link’s range of award-winning tenant programs focused on providing new opportunities, increased community participation and support for life-long education to help tenants reach their personal goals.

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and forward thinking. “They began by putting their ideas into practice, went on to establish best practice, and are now setting future standards that will again advance best practice,” he said. “We are delighted to be part of the team working with the Summer Foundation on this project. “It will enhance our own understanding of the disability housing sector and enhance our ability to collaborate on future projects,” he concluded. Summer Foundation CEO, Dr Di Winkler, founded the organisation in 2006 after working with young people in the sector and being moved to action by their plight. “Young people living with disability in nursing homes are one of the most marginalised and isolated groups in our society,” Dr Winkler said. “More than half receive a visit from a friend less than

Local employers from a range of industry sectors are involved and are collaborating to help increase employment opportunities on the Central Coast. Booth’s Motor Group is one such business working with the LEC to generate youth employment by employing more apprentices and trainees throughout the business. Booth’s employs a total of 11 automotive technician apprentices, one parts interpreter apprentice, two trainee sales cadets and two school based trainee technicians. Hyundai Dealer principal and LEC member, Mr David Booth, said the LEC has created a leaflet to assist businesses in the task of employing more young

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18,000 people do Five Lands Walk

Les Arndell – 100 and still driving osford North Rotarian, Mr Les Arndell, still lives on his own, has his driver’s licence, is very active in Rotary and is really enjoying life after his 100th birthday.

In 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip landed in Botany Bay. On board Friendship was Dr Thomas Arndell. Five generations of Arndells later, on June 27, 1916, Mr Les Arndell was born in Armidale. When he was three, tragedy struck as his mother died in a house fire. Unable to provide for the three children, Mr Arndell’s father placed them in St Joseph Cowper Street Orphanage, on the Clarence River, near Grafton. The orphanage was run by the Sisters of Mercy and Mr Arndell was there until the age of 14. A strong bond was formed between Mr Arndell and the Head Nun, Sister Deppazi. Mr Arndell was put to work on the farm and was educated in the convent school. Before her death, Mr Arndell’s mother had saved 100 pounds for her three children. The nuns invested the money, and by the time Les left the orphanage his share of 33 pounds 6 shillings and 8 pence had compounded to 50 pounds. The three children moved back with their father, who had re-married. For various reasons, this arrangement did not work out and Mr Arndell and his brother moved into a boarding house. Mr Arndell worked with his father for “five bob a week” and became a competent motor mechanic. In 1929 the Depression had hit and his father “went broke”, as did another garage Mr Arndell worked for. Mr Arndell used the fifty pounds to purchase a seven-seater Dodge with two dickie seats. As well as running a delivery service for outlying

farms, he drove the police around the country side. They relied on horseback and had no qualms about giving the lad a licence. Mr Arndell also cleaned pig trucks for threepence a truck. The Second World War followed the Depression. Working for the Civil Construction Board, Mr Arndell went to Darwin and used his motor mechanic skills to maintain army trucks. While still in Casino, Mr Arndell married. Mr Arndell and wife Ivy had a son, Barry James. Their happiness was short-lived and tragedy again struck in Mr Arndell’s life. Barry only lived for three months. The couple lived in Sydney, working for the Department of the Interior. Mr Arndell drove trucks and helped build an underground munitions storage at St Marys. He also worked for the Ford Company at Lidcombe, making bren-gun carriers. The Arndell’s moved to the Central Coast, for his first job working for the Red Bus Company as a mechanic and conducting tours. He borrowed 500 pounds from the bank and started Midway Motors, having a dealership for Land Rovers. Midway Motors became a very successful business on the site of the current former Mitsubishi dealership at North Gosford. Mr Arndell was able to indulge in other pursuits. He was a very good golfer, was the Captain of Gosford Golf Club and is now their Patron. Mr Arndell learned to fly, owning a Piper Cherokee, and once a year he flew to Coffs Harbour to play golf with his partner, the

legendary Kel Nagle. In 1972 a new and very important part in the life of Mr Arndell was about to begin. Mr Arndell was approached to become the first President of a new Rotary Club about to be formed, Gosford North. With no knowledge of what Rotary was, he declined, but did become the second President. He is one of three Charter members still in the Club. The number of successful projects during his Presidency were remarkable. Les held many Board positions in Rotary, but it was in the International field where he excelled, being the District International Chairman for several years. He twice visited New Guinea on Rotary projects. Mr Arndell also often flew District Governors to many parts of the country. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and remains very active and generous with his advice in Rotary matters. Mr Arndell is now one hundred and shows no signs of slowing down, attending Rotary nearly every week. Few Rotarians achieve 100 per cent attendance and his club believe he has achieved this by averaging participation in a Rotary project every week over the past year. Mr Arndell still lives alone, having lost his wife years ago. He has a very strong support base of friends who love him for his positive attitude and the ability to make them all feel special. This was clearly proven by the attendance of over 250 people at two functions to celebrate his hundredth birthday. Email, Jul 7, 2016 Graham Black, Gosford North Rotary

Some of the festivities at the Five Lands Walk

ore than 18,000 people participated in 2016s 5 Lands Walk from MacMasters Beach to Terrigal.

The 2016 Walk, which took place on June 25, was the eleventh annual 5 Lands Walk event. The 10km Walk started at the MacMasters Beach Surf Club before heading north to the Surf Clubs at Copacabana, Avoca Beach, North Avoca and headlands and bush tracks to arrive at Terrigal Surf Club.

The Walk is becoming an increasingly popular event for its combination of fitness, leisure, art and culture. One of the organisers, Mr David Fellows, said the event was enjoyed by many because it offered so much to do and see. “Some came for the athletic challenge and

others for the scenery,” Mr Fellows said. “Some simply enjoyed the arts, cultural entertainment programmes and the opportunity to witness the Central Coast,” he concluded. Media release, Jun 29, 2016 David Fellows, 5 Lands Media

Terrigal Centre to hold fete

errigal Fifty Plus Leisure and Learning Centre has embarked on a project to reach 1,000 members.

The centre celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2015 and currently has over 800 members, participating in all kinds of activities. Membership is only $5 and the centre’s motto is that there are no strangers, only friends you have yet to meet. It runs fitness classes, yoga classes, Zumba gold classes and bushwalking for those who like to add a bit of movement into their day. For the less energetic, there is painting, craft, bridge, mah-jong and Bingo once a week.

On the first and third Thursday of each month the centre runs concerts, including morning tea and great performers for $5. The dining room is staffed by volunteers and offers affordable, tasty hot meals, salads, sandwiches and desserts. Terrigal Fifty Plus Leisure and Learning Centre holds its annual fete in September and the 2016 date is Saturday, September 3. There will be cakes, preserves, white elephant stall, books, clothing and plant stalls.

The fete’s chocolate wheel is very popular and has great prizes, along with the raffle. A sausage sizzle and Devonshire teas are also available. All monies raised go back into supplying amenities for the centre’s members, for example, a refrigerated water cooler has just been installed so members can have a free cool drink during their visit. Email, Aug 8, 2016 Gillian Blackford, Terrigal Fifty Plus Leisure and Learning Centre

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19Twenty to perform on Adam Crouch appointed as temporary speaker the mountain

peaker of the House of Legislative Assembly, The Hon Shelley Hancock, announced before Parliament that Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, has been appointed as temporary speaker, on August 2.

“This appointment has come as a surprise and an honour to be appointed by the speaker of the house,” Mr Crouch said. “I hope that I can fulfil my role with the utmost respect and decorum as befits the position, and follow in the

steps of many since the first appointment of Sir Daniel Cooper in 1856,” he continued. “The Hon Shelley Hancock MP is the first female speaker in the history of the New South Wales Parliament, elected

in May 2011, and one of our finest and well respected speakers in our NSW Parliament today,” Mr Crouch concluded. Media release, Aug 2, 2016 Debra Wales, Office of Adam Crouch

Rotary Club members to deliver aid to Madagascar team from Gosford North Rotary Club will travel to Madagascar to deliver much needed aid to those affected by natural and man-made disasters later this year.

19Twenty will headline Blues on the Mountain in September

fter a massive year performing at major festivals all over Australia, popular blues and roots act, 19Twenty, will be performing a special one off show at the iconic Mangrove Mountain Heritage Hall on Saturday, September 10.

This will be a rare opportunity to catch one of Australia’s most exciting live acts at such an intimate venue and is also 19Twenty’s only Central Coast show before heading interstate to perform at the Mitchell Creek Rock ‘n Blues Festival. The band’s high energy performances and engagement with their audience has packed festival venues from Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland to Blues at Bridgetown in WA, where the band picked up the festival’s people’s choice award two years running. Featuring Syd Green

(Leonardo’s Bride) on drums, Kane Dennelly on lead guitar, vocals, acrobatic dance moves, and Johnny G’s thumping double bass lines, 19Twenty are described by online music publication, Tone Deaf, as “one of the most exciting riff and groove based blues and roots acts emerging from Australia”. The band has also received airplay on Triple J, for their single YOLO, and wide spread acclaim for both their debut album Zion and recently released selftitled album. Supporting 19Twenty at Blues on the Mountain will be 2015 Home Grown

Acoustic Award winner, Toby Wells. Toby has supported acts such as Thirsty Merc, with his band Stranger Than Paradise, and also performed as a soloist alongside well known blues and roots musicians, such as Genevieve Chadwick, Grizzlee Train and the PJ O’Brien band. All profit raised from the night goes towards the upkeep and restoration of Mangrove Mountain Heritage Hall and Fairview Homestead. Media release, Aug 9, 2016 Ryan Howard, Blues on the Mountain

Team leader, Mr Peter Pearce, and Gosford North Rotary Club volunteer teams, have visited Madagascar seven times since 2011. Mr Pearce was previously deployed by the organisation ShelterBox to deliver 448 aid boxes to flood ravaged areas of Madagascar. ShelterBox is an organisation which responds to natural and

manmade disasters across the world through delivering boxes of aid to those in need. The Rotary Club has donated items including; medical equipment, wheelchairs, solar lights, children’s school satchels, hospital linen, sewing machines, new and used power and building tools, defibrillators, computers and blankets and other essential equipment for

displaced persons. Mr Pearce said that the project had been so successful over the years due to the fact that all items are “personally and directly delivered to the recipients” by the volunteer team, Madagascar Project. Email, Jun 27, 2016 Peter Pearce, Madagascar Project Website, Aug 8, 2016 ShelterBox Australia

Music and dance mentoring programs available usicians Making A Difference are encouraging young people in and around Gosford to get involved with their music and dance mentoring programs.

Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD) have four programs running during the second half of 2016, including: Sound Foundations, Break Free, STAR and Street Dreams. The Sound Foundations music and mentoring program runs every Wednesday at the MMAD HQ at 342 Mann St, Gosford across the school term. Sound Foundations features a 10 week studio

course and mentoring where participants will learn the basics in song writing, production, studio and performance skills. Break Free is a street inspired support group where young people can take part in a supportive and inspirational environment to wrap up their week on a positive note and learn the tools to break free from negative cycles. The Sony STAR six

month mentoring program is a partnership between MMAD and The Sony Foundation that mentors 10 young people to find their voice. Street Dreams is a new dance mentoring program launching across the Coast through MMAD and will offer junior and senior classes. Media release, Jul 27, 2016 Evan Lawrie, Musicians Making A Difference

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Four homeless people have already died in 2016 ore than 100 people attended Coast Shelter’s annual Memorial Service for those who have died from homelessness.

The event was held at the Coast Community Centre on August 2. Coast Shelter’s Executive Officer, Mr Laurie Maher, said the service was particularly relevant to the Gosford community, where four homeless people have already died in 2016. “It’s a national disgrace that Australia is not taking more action to end homelessness,” Mr Maher said. “Three out of five people who look for crisis accommodation in one of Coast Shelter’s refuges across the Central Coast are turned away every day as there is ‘no room at the inn’. “Many end up on the street or living in their cars, in caravans, squats, or sleeping on friends’

couches. “Ever increasing numbers of our fellow Central Coast community members live in these miserable and often dangerous conditions”, he continued. According to Mr Maher, homelessness is a complex issue, with each person having a different story and journey into homelessness. “Homelessness is often the pointy end of a chain of life events, and the people who are homeless are not who you may think,” he said. Close to half the homeless population are female, many with young children and nearly half of all homeless are under the age of 25. Domestic and family violence is the biggest

single contributor to homelessness. Other major contributors are unemployment, poor mental health, family breakdown, debt, poverty, lease expiry, violence and abuse, chronic gambling and substance addiction and leaving State Care or leaving prison. “Homelessness could happen to anyone, people often just don’t realise how close to the edge they are walking,” Mr Maher said. “Lose your health, lose your family, your job, your mind. “Homeless is you, homeless is me,” he concluded. Media release, Aug 3, 2016 Laurie Maher, Coast Shelter

Deborah O’Neill re-elected as a Labor Senator for New South Wales

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Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262, & 2263.

Wallarah 2 coal mine decision now only a few weeks away

Australia China Theme Park’s latest development application under consideration

Council lodges DA for council to approve

The Australian Coal Alliance is organising a public meeting to inform the northern Central Coast community about the latest developments in their long-running campaign to

The latest development application for the Warnervale Chinese Theme Park was lodged with the Central Coast Council on July 7.

The Central Coast Council has lodged a development application to change an existing sub-division of council-owned land at Warnervale.

Minister agrees to meet angry Kangy Angy residents

Report on water rate levy options for retirement village residents being

The NSW Government minister for transport, Mr Andrew Constance, has agreed to meet with Kangy Angy residents impacted by the proposal to build a major rail maintenance facility in the middle of their community,

A report is being prepared on the options available to Central Coast Council to address the concerns of local retirement village residents about how their water rates are levied.

Guaranteed five-year job protections not guaranteed

Serious aggravated robbery at Golf Club

Future of the local fishing industry under threat Central Coast ﬁshermen will be forced to buy extra shares to continue to ﬁsh in the region after July 1, 2017.

Man hit by his own truck

One hundred and seventy Manager of Shelly Beach An investigation is underway ﬁve jobs could be lost from Golf Club, Mr Peter Doherty, after a 46-year-old man the Ausgrid Ourimbah depot was threatened at knife point, was hit by his own truck in unless the NSW Government covered in petrol and cable Warnervale. agrees to close a loophole in tied to a metal vent during a the legislation that was put in robbery on July 24. place to guarantee ... The full articles and more can be seen on our website www.CentralCoastNews.net

enator Deborah O’Neill said she was “honoured” to have been reelected as a Labor Senator for New South Wales, as announced at the declaration of the Senate on Friday, August 5.

“I would like to congratulate all the senators who have been elected to the nation’s Upper House, the house of review,” Sen O’Neill said. “Our politics may differ considerably, but our appointment by the people is testament to our shared belief in the democratic process,” she said. “I look forward to working with the Labor team in the Senate, led by Sen Penny Wong, and particularly

my NSW colleagues, Sen Sam Dastyari, Sen Jenny McAllister and Sen Doug Cameron, to uphold the values and goals that our party represents. “Labor has fought for, and will continue to fight for: a commitment to fairness in society; a recognition of the importance of growth for our economy; and a determination to build a better future for our nation. “My colleagues and I are committed to needs-based

funding for our schools, safeguarding Medicare, protecting penalty rates and investing in infrastructure, such as the real NBN, to expand our economy and create local jobs. “I would also like to acknowledge the hard work and sacrifice of our volunteers and the diligence of our staff,” Sen O’Neill said. Media release, Aug 8, 2016 Rhys Zorro, office of Deborah O’Neill

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

Peninsula becoming ‘granny flat capital’, says Chamber

Rail underpass re-opened

The Peninsula is becoming the granny fat capital of the Central Coast, according to Peninsula Chamber of Commerce president Mr Matthew Wales.

The Woy Woy Road rail underpass re-opened on August 1, following the completion of emergency repair works by Sydney Trains over the last three

Three new sections of pedestrian and cyclist shared paths have been completed on the Peninsula.

Carpark sale ‘push for economic stimulus and growth’

Rotary members travel to New Guinea

Marine Rescue finds boat hard aground The radio room at Marine Rescue Central Coast received a phone call around noon on July 30, from the skipper of a 6.5m motor cruiser.

Central Coast Council’s decision to sell the Bullion St carpark in Umina was part of a push to embrace new opportunities for economic stimulus and growth on the Peninsula.

Members of the Rotary Club of Umina Beach have travelled to Papua New Guinea to arrange the installation of solar panels and water tanks at the Vakuta Island School.

Underpass closure shows need for project completion

Umina resident hopes to re-establish Rotaract

NSW Transport has done a “stellar job” of repairing and reopening the railway underpass but now it needs to complete the Rawson Rd level crossing replacement

Umina resident Alanna Julian is hoping to re-establish a Rotaract Club on the Central Coast.

New shared bike paths completed

Chamber supports community land sale Letting go of some community land could resolve the Peninsula’s infrastructure backlog, according to president of the Peninsula Chamber of

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Reasons for public land Less business paper sale are flawed content and less meetings I causing concern

wish to object to the sale of every park, reserve and hall currently on ‘the list’ and future lists for proposed reclassification and sale by council.

am writing about the Central Coast Council’s proposal at its July 27 ordinary meeting (agenda item 3.1) to amend the Code of Meeting Practice to reduce the number of council meetings and introduce a trial of webcasting.

During the term of Mr Ian Reynold’s administration, it has become apparent that significant streamlining has occurred. Council meetings have many fewer items and are much briefer than previously, potentially leading to significant efficiencies and cost savings. Per se, efficiencies and cost savings are desirable; however, there needs to be a balance with the equally desirable objectives of community engagement in decision-making and open, transparent governance engendering community confidence in both the process and the decisions made. In various community groups, I have recently heard numerous expressions of concern that under the ‘no councillors’ regime, there appears no way for individuals or groups to be part of or influence forthcoming decisions and policies of council. Many people are feeling somewhat disenfranchised, some are disengaging: “they’ll do whatever they want, no matter what we think”; or becoming rather angry at what is perceived to be anti-democratic topdown control. These include many people who have been volunteers and made real contributions to our community over many years. I alluded to examples of both of these expressions of community concern when I addressed council recently on the formation of the Local Representation Committee. I provided examples of

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at least 12-15 issues where the community is becoming frustrated and angry with what is seen as a lack of consultation and perceived out-of-touch council decision-making process. The following are relevant contributing factors: loss of councillors with whom many residents and local groups having had effective contact over many years; business papers no longer generally being printed or posted to community groups; business papers are no longer available in libraries and printed copies are not always available at council meetings; the publication of large (full page) lists of DAs across both former LGAs is, for many, a little overwhelming; the reduction in the number of items being brought to Council and reduced discussion of issues in the public forum; and confusion between ‘on exhibition’ and Have Your Say’. Added to these factors, the community now faces two proposals, resulting in a further reduction of community engagement in decision-making: to effectively halve the number of council meetings, with a meeting in each of the

former chambers only every second month; and to deal with all development matters with fewer than 100 objections by delegated authority (Item 1.6 Mayoral Minute July 27). If council wishes to halve the number of formal meetings, it needs, in my view, to explore an effective means of community engagement during the ‘no councillor’ period; be that via submissions directly to the administrator or CEO or some other mechanism. If that is not done, council will have to manage significant reputational risk, should such a decision exacerbate the growing perceptions of ‘council doesn’t care about us” and “council will keep doing whatever it wants, bugger us”. I am certainly not opposed to a trial of webcasting, but, with respect, that is akin to watching an execution without any knowledge of the process of a trial. I applaud council’s desire to find the most efficient way of dealing with issues, but it should be within the overall context of effectiveness, which must include inclusiveness of our community in genuine consultation and a process of open, transparent decision-making. I note also, with concern, that this matter does not appear in the relevant ‘on exhibition’ web pages of either the former Gosford Council or Wyong Council, nor has it been part of the ‘Have Your Say forum. Email, Aug 6, 2016 Kevin Armstrong, West Gosford

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I find the reasons for the sale to be flawed. I find the comments made by former Gosford mayor, Mr Laurie McKinna, at the time of the initiation of this sell off, also to be incorrect. While it was claimed Gosford Council had over 3,000 blocks of land, on closer examination I can clearly see these blocks included Mardi Dam, drainage reserves, resumed house blocks due to flooding, Crown Land, bequeathed land, Section 94 contribution land, Bushfire Brigade buildings, land privately leased long term, and future youth centres (Cnr. James Sea Dve and Green Point) where the block is marked as a Youth Centre while in fact it is bush land. I have been a long term resident of the area and have always been interested in public land. Once the blocks I know to be essential for services are removed from the list, Gosford Council may well fall very short of parks and reserves needed for the current residents and for future residents. On the current list is 50 Wells St, East Gosford. This green space is close to my family home and I have enjoyed the space for more than 35 years. To sell off this space would cause more danger while driving along Lushington St due to the poor edging of the road, the narrowness of the road and the geography of the area. There would also be danger with residents and guests parking on Wells St due to a long area of no stopping along that section of Wells St and the further congestion at the intersection of Russell St. There is also a natural creek which flows on this block and at times the flow of water off the hill is quite heavy. This block is perfect as it is to facilitate the safe flow of water and prevent

FORUM flooding in neighbouring houses. With the current zoning of this area, there should be more parks created rather than being sold off. Also on the list: 40A George St, East Gosford. This block is on the inside of a sweeping corner and would be unsuitable to develop. The road accommodates the current flow of traffic, but with projected increases in population, there may well be a future need to widen this section of the road. To sell it off now would only result in the need, in the not too distant future, to buy it back. This block is a prefect space for future residents of the area to have a community garden. It is my belief council should not only be catering for the current needs of residents, but also considering the future residents of the area. Another space includes 1 Hely St (corner of Fielder and Hely) West Gosford. Clearly this space is a perfect space for a future ‘pocket park’ which will serve the needs of residents in the West Gosford area. This is a safe space for residents to relax in a green space and for children to run about. While there is a walk way through the mangroves nearby (across the Central Coast Highway), it is not suitable for small children to play, nor is it safe to cross the six lane highway for residents to walk there. This space is needed for current residents in the many units surrounding this park and for future residents of the future units likely to be built in the area. Further sites are 6 Isis St and 12 Jerribin St, Wyoming. Both of these parks have been part of the Wyoming community for many years.

While they are open green space amongst well established homes, there has not been any recent purchases of land in the area to justify any sale of these blocks. If council seriously looked at the socio-economics of this area, they would in fact provide facilities in these parks for the community, rather than even consider any sale. The reserve at 32A Dover Rd, Wamberal (Benjamin Parker Reserve) is also on the list. This park was bequeathed to the Wamberal community How can council consider the sale of this park and at the same time hope there are future gifts of property to the council? This park is enjoyed by all in the community. A reserve at 2 Kateena Ave, Tascott also features on the list. Tascott is a suburb with a number of homes which do not receive a lot of sun in winter and a suburb with many sloping blocks. Residents deserve an open, green, level space to enjoy the sun. This has been a green space for many years and there is no change in the community or increase in purchase of alternate level green space to justify the sale of this land. In writing this objection to all the blocks on this list, I need to express my deep disappointment with the poor execution of this land sales strategy at each and every stage. This exercise has left many residents angry and upset with the lack of information and the misinformation supplied to them. Hopefully council will reconsider this poorly executed, haphazard sell off and consider residents and their needs for parks, reserves and halls in the future. Email, Jul 20, 2016 Joy Cooper, Green Point

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Progress on the Woy Woy rail underpass project appears to have come to halt, with cost estimates more than doubling, because State Rail has refused to accept Gosford Council’s plans for track closures during the construction process. Peninsula Chamber of Commerce president Mr Matthew Wales has revealed that the Chamber has learned that the project has been handed back to Transport NSW after the Council unsuccessfully tried to come up with a design for the rail bridge that would satisfy State Rail. “Our understanding is that the option prepared by Cardno’s for Gosford Council involved three lengthy outages to the Main Northern Rail Line which proved unacceptable to State Rail, especially when State Rail have no planned outages in the foreseeable future. “Closing the line on three separate occasions has obvious huge implications which could cause major commuter service and freight train disruptions,” he continued. “We now understand that State Rail have come up with a method of pipe jacking under the rail line without causing major disruptions, but this comes at a huge cost which has blown the budget out to

$115 million. “At this stage, no one has come up with any answers as to where the additional funds are going to come from in order for this project to proceed,” Mr Wales said. “You can’t blame Gosford Council as they had no part in the estimating process and didn’t even rate the project on their forward plan of works,” Mr Wales said. “They literally got handed an inadequate bucket of money and were told to design and implement the project “Projects of this size and magnitude need to be fully designed, quantiﬁed, estimated and approved before they ever receive funding otherwise you have no idea what the logistical problems are in implementing the scheme. “Clearly the project was poorly conceived and grossly underfunded with the result that we now have a partly completed road with little prospect of additional funds being made available in the foreseeable future for the underpass. “The Chamber is calling on Gosford Council, State Rail and the NSW State Government to urgently come up with a strategy to resolve the design issues and ﬁnd the funding to complete the rail underpass,” Mr Wales concluded.

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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 statement. the underpass via Hillview St “Council understands that the and Dunban Rd was now being damage to the stanchion was redirected through the Rawson Rd significant,” Gosford Council chief roundabout. Mr Paul Anderson said. Mr Wales said he believed the “Council is working with Sydney Rawson Rd roundabout should Trains to get the underpass be a high priority to be upgraded The Peninsula is now under reopened as soon as possible. and may need to be replaced with Coast “However, at this stage, Council the trafficnew lights. Central Media statement, 28 Apr 2016 has been advised by Sydney Council. Paul Anderson, Council Gosford CouncilGosford no longer Trains that the underpass could be Interview, 28 Apr 2016 exists. closed for up to six months.” 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 diverse as Mangrove Mountain, Gunderman, Peats Ridge and the The Woy Woy rail underpass has been closed on many occasions Gosford CBD. PHOTO youtube The three councillors who will eventually represent the Gosford 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

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

On the morning of Friday, April 8, a large truck became wedged under one of the height restriction stanchions at the Woy Woy rail underpass. The stanchions on either side of the underpass prevent oversize vehicles that have attempted to use the underpass from hitting the actual rail bridge and potentially damaging the rail track above. The stanchion are owned and maintained by Sydney Trains to

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Mr Reynolds said all the committees of the former Gosford Council no longer existed and he had asked for a report from CEO Mr Rob Noble by June 8 to determine what the new council’s committee structure will be. Wyong Council’s committees have also been dissolved, Mr Reynolds said. “There were stacks and stacks of committees across the north and the south of the new LGA,” Mr Reynolds said. 16 May 2016 According to a register of the committees of the former Gosford Council, the council had 29 committees. Wyong Council had a different structure with 12 committees, five groups, two working parties and 12 external bodies or groups. The register of Gosford Council committees lists the names of community representatives, who appear to have been included on Peninsula e residen residents idents wanting wan g the vast majority of the former to buy uy local loca seafood seafood from and other bodies, and ensure that Central Coast Council meetings council’s Ministercommittee. for Local Government going to look like,” he said. local al retailers may soo soon oon not 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 be able to do so, s as changes chang committees lists determination” community the first Central Coast Council’s are directed to addressing the chambers. or thing requiring “The government proclamation to commercial commerci fishing fish ing ng in n representatives on only one meeting stated: “There is a need to needs of the whole community of referred by the administrator. urgently review those committees the Central Coast.” meant all meetings would be NSW cut in, according accordi acc to committee, Tuggerah In turn, athe wide range of Lakes matters “We are now the Central Coast, held in Wyong and I think that is and other groups, and to identify a Patonga fisherman herman erma from er m estuary. can be referred to the NSW for improved we are all part of a big new thing,” inappropriate so I changed the It fice is uncertain which, if any,for opportunities a family amily il with ith h more mor than h 40 0 Office of Local Government Offi engagement with the community Mr Reynolds said. rules so we can meet in Gosford ofdetermination, the committees of the former according to the years rs in the industry. industt of the Central Coast. “Part of my role is to make sure and Wyong,” Mr Reynolds said. Gosford Council will be kept. proclamation. Parliamentary mentary Secretary Secre cretary “That review must carefully the council reaches out to the “I don’t expect people to come “We need Mr the Noble After the data initialfirst,” period new forr the Central Coast, Coa Mr Scot cot ot consider the current legal status of whole Central Coast,” he said. from Patonga to Wyong, for said. council will, in accordance with MacDonald, acDonald, ald, has said the changes ch ges those committees and bodies, the In addition to getting committees instance, unless they want to come “Ian will get the list of committees the Local Government Act, be able would and uld d support local ocal fishers sh d potential legal consequences of up and running, Mr Reynolds said to speak and I would encourage and reviewchanges it with senior staff but to make to matters such ensure caught, e the supply of locally l caugh caughtt, t, 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 ity seafood seafoo continued continu into int nto o membership of those committees Government’s decision to have all All Central Coast Council changes to wards or changes to the future. futur councillor numbers. However, owever, ver, fifisherman sherman Mr Dane ne Joint Regional Regional Van Der Neut said d the opposite oppo it Planning Panel appointments have was as true and d he believed belie tthe th been scrapped. changes nges could be the h death d knell knel forr local The proclamation gives the ocal operators. operators Local Government Minister power He said at least leas four o off sixx operators erators in Patonga were w un under u to hire and fire administrators up threat. until the September 2017 election. Mr Van Der Neut sai said he had In turn, it gives the administrator been fishing for a living for f 10 years years has the power to hire and fire and his father had been working workin king in n the general manager and deputy the industry over ustry out of Patonga Patong for ov er er general manager, should the need 40 years. years arise and within the terms of their “He e spent s the past pa three thre employment contracts. decades ghting for his job decades es fifighting j through throu th gh Staff members transferred from consecutive governments,” ecutive ve gove governments, govern ts,” he he Gosford Council to the Central said. said Coast Council were transferred contains 54 articles - Read more news items for this issue at www.peninsulanews.info Mr Van an Der Neut said the e under theTHIS sameISSUE employment latest stt NSW Government G rnment reform reform contract of employment. package was about corporatising package age wa corporatisin c corporat sing There will be no onus on ta eting export targetin expor ort rt the first elected Central Coast Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford the industry and targeting markets. marke Council to stick with the staff Phone: 4325 7369 Mr MacDonald MacDonal ald said the key ke organisational structure set out in Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 changess would see the NSW NSW the proclamation. E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net Government overnment vernment investing in i fishing ing Anything commenced but not Website: www.centralcoastnews.netbusinesses usinessess and providing local loca completed by Gosford Council fishers shers with wit the tools ools to better b may or may not be completed by manage their business and ensure busine a the new council. what is caught caug continues to be b The codes, plans, strategies done d e so sustainably. su sustainably t i bl and policies of the new council “The The he changes will provide more are to be, as far as practicable, a certainty for fifishers shers certaint ainty and d support s pport pp she composite of the corresponding to invest t i t in i their 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 they th will ill nott be b able bl to t 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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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

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 be made up of former councillors from Wyong and Gosford as another way of ensuring all communities within the new LGA have a voice. “I have already spoken with all the councillors bar one,” Mr Reynolds said. “The best way to keep them involved is to give them a seat at the table,” he said. Mr Noble said the NSW Government had provided the Edition dition o 395 39 5 a template terms administrator with of referenc

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Wicks promises continuous mobile coverage on our trains Federal member for Coast,” he said. The Federal Minister for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has promised Peninsula Communications, Mr Mitch Fifield, rail commuters free wifi at said the Coalition understood that reliable mobile coverage was Woy Woy train station and crucial for productivity. continuous mobile coverage “The Coalition understands all the way to Sydney if she is the importance of reliable mobile re-elected and the Coalition coverage so commuters can get Government is returned. work done and stay in touch with “We will invest to upgrade family or the office,” Mr Fifield said. and build telecommunications Ms Wicks said the commitment infrastructure to improve the lives was a game-changer which would of one in four of the adult workforce directly benefit thousands of who commute long distances by people every day. train each day,” Ms Wicks said. “This is a major, innovative More than 30 kilometres of rail commitment from the Turnbull between Wyong and Hornsby are Edition Government 397 which will mean more black spots where commuters of our hard-working commuters currently face little or no mobile can stay connected for longer on data coverage, according to Ms the daily commute, which can be Wicks. a four to five hour round trip to The Coalition would invest $12 Sydney or Newcastle,” Mrs Wicks million to provide continuous in- said. train mobile coverage along the The $12 million commitment rail corridor between Wyong and was expected to leverage an Sydney as well as wifi at each train additional $4 million investment station. from the NSW Government, Ms “This will improve the lives of Wicks said. thousands of Peninsula residents There would be an expression who leave home before dawn each of interest process for mobile day and return after dark,” said network providers to bid for the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. funding. “It will make work time more “A re-elected Turnbull productive, enhance leisure time Coalition will work with the NSW and help families and friends Government to provide in-kind connect,” Mr Turnbull said. assistance to deliver the wifi “And it’s happening because and improved mobile coverage, local Member Lucy Wicks, after facilitating access to land along the spending hundreds of hours talking rail corridor and helping facilitate to commuters, told me this was planning approvals for new one of the most practical things we infrastructure,” Ms Wicks said. Media release, 23 Jun 2016, could do for families on the Central

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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 we for 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. 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, ainss 53 articles artic cles - 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. w 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 la 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 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 11 July 2016 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

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established be establis b establish shed ed d to determine how should man many ny boats atss ssh hould be left fishing,” he said h said. i “There “T “Th Th Th here ere ar are re d different issues with governments,” different different ent gover go ern nments,” he said. ““Labor Lab abor or Governments G are predominantly predomin pr redomin edominantly ntly tlyy green, whereas the National Liberal Lib al and an a Na ational Governments a about are more a mor a b bout corporatising, removing remov remo emoving g the e smaller operators who supp who sup support port po p ort ort th tthe he local communities and turning tturn turnin urn rning ning ng them into larger businesses, busin busine nes esses sses, es, ss, moving m them into and larger po ports orts ts a nd d starting to work on expo deals.” export de eals.” ls ls.” According tto Ac Accordin o Mr Van Der Neut, the latest N NSW Government reforms “were e asked for by a minority group m p in the industry who wanted ed d to linkk their shares to the amountt they the hey could co catch. “Some “S “Som Some S ome of of that minority group had good go oo od 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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f f i c e r s attached to Brisbane Water Local Area Command are seeking assistance from the community to identify a male seen trying car doors in Kallaroo St, Bensville on the evening of July 24.

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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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New endoscopy centre about to be built onstruction is poised to begin on Gosford Private Hospital’s new endoscopy centre following the project receiving approval from the NSW Ministry of Health in July.

The Chertsey Signing Choir

earing Awareness Week (August 21-27) is an annual event that aims to highlight the issues faced by people with hearing loss including the stigma, isolation and associated health issues that are often experienced.

Better Hearing Australia Central Coast (BHACC) is holding an Expo during Hearing Awareness Week on August 24, from 9:30am to 12pm, at the Anglican Church, 3 Mann Street, Gosford. The Expo will feature information about tinnitus, hearing aids and other assistive listening devices available to people living

with hearing loss. The Chertsey Primary School Signing Choir will be performing. Guest speakers include: Audiologist, experienced clinician, researcher, international speaker and advisor Dr Celene McNeill; Audiometrist and Telex Hearing Care’s Ms Lindsay Gillespie, and, Printacall Communications

Technology’s Mr Andrew Stewart. Relevant hearing loss management services will also be in attendance to provide information. The Expo is a free event and a free morning tea will be served. Media release, Aug 8, 2016 Julie Asprey, Better Hearing Australia

Free Autism workshops for parents spect will be running a series of parent workshops as part of the Helping Children with Autism program.

These Early Days Workshops provide information to parents about Autism, the impact it may be having on their child and how they can help their child. Children do not need to have a diagnosis for their families to attend. These courses are

free and provide a light lunch, however, there is no childcare provided. Workshops will be run in the Gosford area from September-December. Workshops include: My Child and Autism (introduction) on September 8; Progression to School, on September 9;

Early preparation works have already begun to clear the space located on the bottom floor of the North Gosford Medical Centre which is attached to the hospital. The new endoscopy centre is due to be complete and commissioned in December 2016. Healthe Care Chief Executive Officer, Mr Steve Atkins, said: “This new centre in Gosford will meet the local community’s rapidly growing need for endoscopy services,” he said. Gosford Private Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Mr

Understanding Behaviour, on November 8; Play and Social Learning, held on November 9; and Tips for everyday Skills, held on December 6. Newsletter, Jul 25, 2016 Dave Stitt, Narara Public School

Matt Kelly, said the new facilities would allow them to treat more patients in a timelier manner and also improve theatre capacity for more complex procedures in the hospital. “We have done more than 5,000 colonoscopies and gastroscopies at Gosford Private Hospital in the past year and that number is expected to grow to 7,500 by 2020,” he said. The plans for the purpose built facility include two procedure rooms, seven first-stage recovery beds and 11 second-stage recovery chairs. “This will allow us to see

up to 50 patients each day,” Mr Kelly added. Part of the approved plans also include the refurbishment of one of Gosford Private Hospital’s operating theatres, theatre six, to expand its size and update the space for surgeries requiring more room and instruments such as neurosurgery and orthopaedics. This development will increase overall theatre capacity for local surgeons and patients by March 2017. Media release, Jul 29, 2016 Lauren Nicholls, Gosford Private Hospital

Adoption Connection meeting to be held

he Benevolent Society’s Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC) will hold an Adoption Connection meeting at The Erina Centre, Erina, at 6pm on August 16

The meeting is open to anyone affected by adoption, whether they are adopted or are an adoptee. Any other family members seeking advice or support are also welcome. “About one in 15 people are affected by adoption in some way in Australia, and we’re finding more and more people are contacting us to ask for information, support or counselling, or for help with finding and contacting family members,” says PARC Counsellor, Ms Fiona Cameron. Some of the issues to be discussed at the meeting include: How do I find out about my or my child’s adoption?

How do I search for my parents, siblings or child? Do I have the right to find my father? How do I go about creating a reunion? “It can be a very emotional experience to search for and try to contact your child who was raised by another family, or a parent you have never met,” Ms. Cameron said. “We help people to be discreet in the way they make contact, and prepare for the range of possible reactions,” she added. One of the speakers on the night will be Ms Erika Berzins. Ms Berzins has been a PARC client and volunteer

for many years and she is an adopted person who has a successful reunion with her family. “We have run Adoption Connection meetings all over NSW and we find one of the main benefits is the opportunity it gives people to meet and talk with others who have gone through similar life experiences. “We also understand the importance of discretion, and that for many people their experience of adoption is something very private,” Ms Cameron concluded. Media release, Aug 1, 2016 Melanie King, Benevolent Society

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JDRF One Walk at Davistown

hair of the Central Coast Local Health District Board, Mr Paul Tonkin, has announced the appointment of Dr Andrew Montague as the new chief executive for the district following the resignation of Mr Matt Hanrahan.

“Andrew has extensive clinical and senior management experience within the health sector in both Queensland and NSW and is currently the executive director operations for Northern Sydney Local Health District, where he also acted as the chief executive for an extended period,” said Mr Tonkin. “His clinical, managerial and operational skills will be a significant asset to the district,” he said. Mr Tonkin said the Board was delighted that an executive of Andrew’s calibre had been attracted to the position. “We look forward to the contribution he will make,” he said. Dr Montague studied medicine at the University of New South Wales and has a Masters in Health Administration from UNSW. He is a fellow of both the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Royal Australasian

College of Medical Administrators. He has held the roles of director of medical services, Northern Beaches Health Service, and deputy director of medical services, Royal North Shore Hospital. Prior to this he worked in Queensland where he worked clinically as a general practitioner and held a number of management positions including Director of Medical Services for Mercy Health and Aged Care, Central Queensland. He also lectured at the University of Queensland’s rural clinical School in Rockhampton. Andrew will commence in the role of chief executive on Monday, August 15. Prior to his commencement Ms Kerry Stevenson, executive director strategy and innovation will act as chief executive. Media release, Jul 27, 2016 Jill Warwicker, Central Coast Local health District

Senator Deborah O’Neill at the 2015 JDRF One Walk

Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, at last year's JDRF One Walk

The Central Coast Mariners’ Pirate at last year’s One Walk

he fourth annual Central Coast JDRF One Walk will take place at the Davistown waterfront near the Progress Hall, on Sunday September 11.

The Walk raises funds for research to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes and is an annual, national event. Over the past three years the Central Coast has managed to raise approximately $60,000 through the annual Walks. 2016’s Walk is set to be a family fun day out with exciting new entertainment and raffle prizes. New things happening on the day include market stalls, a jazz band, Tempo Terrific, appearance by the Viva la Vintage Pin-up Girls with photo shoots available, fun things for the kids, Star

104.5, and, Archery Tag. Event organiser, Ms Margaret Sheridan, who lives with Type 1 Diabetes herself, said she knew first hand how much the Walk meant to people living with diabetes. “I know what it is like to

live with such an insidious disease. “It is a daily battle to live 100 per cent normally. “There are so many ups and downs, which is why I want this year’s Walk to be the most successful Coast Walk ever,” she said.

2016’s walk is a 6km waterfront pathway walk from Davistown Ferry Wharf to Kincumber and back. The walk is dog, pram and wheelchair friendly. Media release, Aug 4, 2016 Margaret Sheridan, Central Coast JDRF One Walk

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Responsible students rewarded

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ariong Public School students who attributed the school’s value of the month were acknowledged with a special morning tea in July.

The school’s value of the month was responsibility, and students who were able to consistently demonstrate that they: were prepared and punctual for all school activities; looked after their belongings and the school environment, and worked and played safely, throughout July, were recognised for their

responsibility at a special morning tea. At the celebration morning tea, students were joined by teachers Ms Rayner, Ms Hoyle, Ms Drabsch and relieving principal Ms Taylor. According to Ms Taylor, in her principal’s report, teachers commented on how responsible these

students were and what a wonderful experience it was to be with the students in the staffroom to hear their stories of what they do to demonstrate the value of responsibility. Newsletter, Jul 29, 2016 Amanda Taylor, Kariong Public School

he Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre will present a marine discovery talk entitled the Story of the Hawkesbury River on August 11.

The talk will encompass the history of the Hawkesbury and will include guest speakers: Mr Peter Rea, Ms Rebecca Mooy and Mr John Asquith. Mr Rea will discuss the maritime history of the river, including the history of the HMAS Hawkesbury I, Juno Point Defences, West Head Fort, history of the two Hawkesbury Rail Bridges and wreck sites of the two WWI warships HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Swan. Mr Rea is a local historian who established a group called History and Heritage, Hunter to Hawkesbury Research. Ms Mooy will speak about the Hawkesbury’s saltwater wetlands including strategies for conservation.

Free Hip Hop dance class

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The Street Dreams program is an early intervention and mentoring initiative deriving from a

joint effort by Musicians Making a Difference and The Salvation Army. The dance class aims to

inspire young people while fostering community ties and improving the wellbeing of Central Coast youth.

Classes are held Thursday from 4:00pm to 5:00pm. Media release, Jul 27, 2016 Angela Thomas, MMAD

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significance of Peat Island as well as current proposals surrounding the Island. Mr Asquith will also discuss community efforts to save Peat Island and its role as a gateway to the Hawkesbury. Email, Aug 5, 2016 Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre

CORRECTION - Early learning centre no longer on Crown Land n July 28, an article published on page 10 of Coast Community News (Crown Lands Inquiry Public Hearing In Gosford), included a photograph of the Woodport Early Learning Centre, which stated that the Centre was located on land owned by the Crown.

The statement was made based on information contained in the former Gosford Council’s Land Register as of September 2014. According to new owner Mr James Murphy, the caption was incorrect. “Please be advised that after a successful tendering process in November 2013, the former Gosford Council accepted the tender from the GE Murphy and SJ Murphy Partnership for the purchase of the former Papayla Childrens Centre,” Mr Murphy said. “The freehold purchase agreement included the

land (2 to 6 Woodport Cl, Green Point) and childcare centre business. “The childcare centre has since been renamed as Woodport Early Learning Centre and is locally owned and operated as a family business.” “We have already contacted the Council and requested that the incorrect listing of our property be removed from the Crown Land Register,” Mr Murphy said. Email, Aug 5, 2016 Graeme Edward Murphy & Steven James Murphy, Woodport Early Learning Centre

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he 2016 Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) will take place in Term 3.

The NCCD on students with a disability provides Australian schools, parents/ carers and authorities with community information about the number of students with a disability in schools, where they are located and the adjustments they receive. The NCCD reinforces the existing obligations that schools have towards students under the Commonwealth Disability

Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005. It counts the number of students who are provided with cognitive, physical, sensory or social/emotional learning adjustments. These adjustments are based on the professional judgement of teachers and their understanding and knowledge of their students. The NSW Department of Education will provide

data to the Australian Government from all NSW public schools in such a way that no individual student or school will be able to be identified. In this way, we will ensure the privacy and confidentiality of all students. Newsletter, Aug 2, 2016 Dave Stitt, Narara Public School

Mandarin on the curriculum at Wyoming tudents in Years 3 and 5 at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School will have the opportunity to learn a new language when it is introduced into the curriculum.

Students will have the opportunity to learn Mandarin over a six week period with 45 minute sessions.

Technology willing, students will get to learn Mandarin through a direct link with Beijing.

Newsletter, Aug 3, 2016 Frank Cohen, Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School

Book Week parade at St Philip’s t Philip’s Christian College will be hosting its annual Book Week parade on August 24.

The Year 5 and 6 students will also be providing a minicarnival for junior students after the parade.

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Gosford based LGBTI activist Mitchell Gordon (front row fourth from left) at a previous Safe Schools Rally

tudents and teachers from schools across the Central Coast will converge outside Sydney Town Hall to demand safer schools for LGBTI students, in a rally on August 13.

Students and teachers from Gosford High School, Lisarow High School, Brisbane Water Secondary College, Tumbi Umbi High School, Henry Kendall High School and Wyong High School will join the rally from 1pm to protest sweeping reductions made by the Federal Government to the Safe Schools Coalition. Gosford based activist, Mr Mitchell Gordon, said the Central Coast will not tolerate homophobic bullying or attacks on a program created to combat

it. “The rally aims to put pressure on the federal government to reinstate the Safer Schools Program in its entirety and restore funding levels to those previously initiated by Labor in 2013,” Mr Gordon said. According to Mr Gordon LGBTI young people experience verbal and physical homophobic abuse and other forms of homophobic attacks including cyber bullying and social exclusion. Mr Gordon also said that

LGBTI youth were far more likely to suffer from mental health issues and to attempt suicide than their peers. During the rally, politicians, prominent activists, teachers and students from Newtown Performing Arts High School will address the gathering, which will be followed by a march through Sydney’s CBD. Interview, Aug 5, 2016 Mitchell Gordon, Community Action Against Homophobia Dilon Luke, journalist

Assistant principal promoted ur Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School will farewell assistant principal Mr Greg Cumming at the end of the year.

Mr Cumming has been appointed as Principal at St Paul’s Gateshead in Newcastle. “This is a wonderful achievement for Mr Cumming after many years of dedicated service as assistant principal at Our

Lady of the Rosary and in other surrounding schools”, principal Mr Frank Cohen said. An advertisement for the new permanent assistant principal has been placed for the Wyoming school. A replacement is

expected to be found by the end of term. Media Release, Jul 27, 2016 Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Wyoming

For FITNESS, FUN and FRIENDSHIP GOSFORD SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCERS holds a class every Wednesday from 7 to 10pm at the Church of Christ Hall, Henry Parry Drive, Wyoming

No partner necessary No special clothes - just soft shoes Lively music New dancers welcome

Janice on 4388 2253 Sandra on 4392 8716

$7 per Night Come and join in on the fun!

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Australian Reptile Park events raise $94,000 for Coast Shelter

Photos: Noel Fisher

Local Woolworths store managers participated in the 2016 executive zoo and snooze

Mr Laurie Maher from Coast Shelter with Ms Julie Goodwin from Sea FM’s breakfast show

Front from: left Kaitlyn Rossendell, Ariel Stone, Ben Gilligan and Jasmine Gilligan. Back from left: Darren Stone, Fiona Rossendell, Jemma Gilligan, Jacquie Gilligan.

he Australian Reptile Park played host once again to the Executive Zoo Snooze, and this year added the Family Give Up Your Bed to help raise funds for Coast Shelter.

Held on two separate nights, the events raised over $94,000 to support the

work of Coast Shelter. Star 104.5 FM morning duo, Rabbit and Julie

Mr Mick Goodwin, serves on the board of directors. This was the Goodwin family’s fourth year at the executive sleep out, the Goodwin, supported the third as a major sponsor. events. Many companies on Ms Goodwin cooked the the Central Coast were meal for the Friday night represented, including all executive sleep out and the Woolworths managers Rabbit and his son joined in the area, from Morisset to Participants in the family sleep the families on Saturday Umina, raising $12,359. out to raise money for Coast Shelter night. This is the first year that Ms Goodwin and her the Give up your Bed event OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD family have been supporters was held at the park, CENTRAL COAST CENTRAL COAST and of Coast Shelter for many it was a huge success, years, PRESENTS volunteering in the according to PRESENTS THE THE Ms Vicki de kitchen, and her husband, Carle, Coast Shelter’s events coordinator. Friday August 26th 2016 OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD CENTRAL COAST CENTRAL COASTsaid: “We Greenway Chapel, Ms de Carle 460 Avoca Drive, Green Point NSW would have been happy had PRESENTS THE PRESENTS THE just two families turned up, We invite you to a concert of traditional music from SYDNEY MALE CHOIR but we had 10.” India where the senses can unite with the soul through Ms de Carle said the deep rendition of raga, featuring… family event would definitely be held again in 2017. Families enjoyed a sausage sizzle, kid’s games, music and the opportunity to DELIGHTING AUDIENCES FOR OVER experience what it feels like for some in our community 100 YEARS AND BRINGING JOY that may not be as lucky. Many families that THROUGH SONG TH participated BY MUSICAL28DIRECTOR 2PMLED SUNDAY AUGUST 2PM asked SUNDAY how 28TH AUGUST they could help out at Coast DR HOUSTON DUNLEAVY Pandit Shubhendra Rao Vidushi Saskia Rao de Haas Shelter according to THMs de TH Bobby Singh ACCOMPANIED BY PIANIST DEWI LIU 2PM SUNDAY 28 AUGUST 2PM SUNDAY 28 AUGUST Carle. Each of these musicians have learned their music in the traditional On both nights, the Guru-Shishya Parampara and their expression flows from that WYONG CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM groups were entertained unique tradition. and educated by the park’s 100 ALISON ROAD WYONG Tickets are $30+ booking fee, available online Ranger Mick, his favourite (INCLUDES CHRISTMAS AFTERNOONCHILD TEA) TICKETS: ALL PROCEEDS$25 TO OPERATION ALL PROCEEDS TO OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD https://www.stickytickets.com.au/39909 Tickets are $30+ booking fee, available online alligator Rosie and a host of AVAILABLE AT: ALL PROCEEDS TO OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD ALL PROCEEDS TO OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD orhttps://www.stickytickets.com.au/39909 $35or cash other creatures. $35 cashonly only atat thethe door.door. www.trybooking.com/199167

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Green royalty at Kibble Park

East Marries West in a classical Indian music concert nternational musicians Pandit Shubhendra Rao and Saskia Rao-de Haas will present their renowned collaboration ‘East Marries West’, at the Greenway Chapel, Green Point, on August 26.

Rao-de Haas is a pioneer in the world of music for introducing her instrument, the Indian Cello, to Classical Indian music. Sitar Maestro and composer, Shubhendra Rao, is bringing India’s classical music into a brave new era. He is an unmatched master at his instrument whose playing reminds the listener of the masters of yore transformed into today’s era. Distinguished as passionate collaborators, the couple has worked with musicians across cultures and diverse ensembles. They have also been commissioned to create compositions for dance, film

and theatre. ‘East Marries West’ is a vibrant amalgam of folk traditions from across the world, Classical traditions from the East and West and the infinite world of rhythms. It is a depository of the duo’s musical journey through the years, suffused with their rich musical imagination. The couple have performed their program ‘East Marries West’ internationally at prestigious concert halls, jazz festivals and open-air festivals such as The John F Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts in Washington DC, Edinburgh Festivals in Scotland, The National Arts Festival in South Africa, Esplanade

in Singapore, the Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, Fajr International Music Festival in Tehran and the Musee Guimet in Paris. In India, they are invited regularly to perform at prominent music festivals such as Legends of India, Doverlane Music Conference in Kolkata, Baba Harivallabh Sangeet Mahasabha in Jalandhar, Saptak Festival in Ahmedabad, Vasanta Habba in Bangalore, and the Mysore Dusshera Festival amongst others. The pair will be accompanied by Bobby Singh. Media release, Aug 5, 2016 Daya Saraswati, Green Point

The King and Queen of Green paid a royal visit to Kibble Park to spread the word about plastic Photo Noel Fisher

royal visit, of sorts, came to Gosford’s Kibble Park on Friday, July 15 as the King and Queen of Green paid a visit to promote Plastic Free July.

They distributed reusable shopping bags, each made from three recycled plastic bottles, and water bottles to encourage the re-filling of bottles. Queen of Green said: “Plastic is a real issue in coastal areas.” She said they wanted to

encourage “people to start thinking about how they use plastic.” The King and Queen of Green hail from the Illawarra and travel all over Australia, and have even been as far as Brazil, talking about all things environmental. Their small theatre

company works towards all facets of environmental education for adults and children and spends a lot of time in regional NSW. Article, Aug 9, 2016 Noel Fisher, photo journalist

FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH

RESIDENT BAND

BLUESANGELS

This month’s special guest artist

Phil and Trudy Edgeley FRIDAY AUGUST 12, 6PM

Women of Blues, Jazz & Roots

SEP 3rd - 7pm till 11pm

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4382 3372 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

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

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Neighbourhood Centre School Holiday activities, playgroup, multicultural programs, community activities - Rooms for Hire admin@gnnc.com.au

4329 4477 Green Point Community Centre OOSH cave, exersize classes, school holiday programs, playgroup, arts & craft, room hire, and much more. 4367 7591 Kariong Neighbourhood Centre Early childhood clinic, free family law advice, active playgroup, computer classes, OOSH services, fitness classes, arts & crafts, over 50’s friendship group, youth group, social groups and many more services. 4340 1724

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Wyong) Meet last Monday Month Toukley RSL Club Homes Ave Toukley 10.00am to 12 noon 4356 9300

email cco30s@live.com.au

Central Coast 50+ Singles Social Group Invites Ladies & Gents for dinner, dancing - BBQs & socialising each w/e. Friendly group monthly programme all areas 4396 3640 0437 699 366 50pssg@gmail.com

Northern Settlement Services - Volunteers Volunteers needed for friendly visits to the elderly in nursing homes. People with a second language encouraged to apply. Training support provided 4334 3877 cvscc@nsservices.com.au

Probus Club of Avoca 10.15am 3rd Mon Avoca Beach Bowling Club

animals. 24hr/day, 7days/ week. Come join us. Gen Meeting 3rd Sun Wyoming Community Centre, Maidens Brush Rd Wyoming at 10am

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

02 4325 0666

COMMUNITY CENTRES Coimmunity Centres provide the local community with a meeting place and hub for groups, services and information. Gosford 50+ Leisure and Learning Centre Handicraft, Painting, Knitting, Tai Chi, Scrabble, Darts, Table Tennis, Indoor Bowls, Patchwork, Yoga, Fitness, Gentle Swimming, Line Dancing, Cards, Variety Social, Womens Group, Zumba, Crochet, Computers 4304 7065 Gosford-Narara

Better Hearing Australia Central Coast Hearing loss management Support and educational group 7 groups across the coast Providing practical experience and confidence Learn the benefits to hearing aids 4321 0275 www.centralcoast. betterhearingaustralia.org.au

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Gosford) Meet last Friday Month Terrigal Uniting Church 380 Terrigal Dre, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon 4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

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

www.centralcoastfhs.org.au

Alcoholics Anonymous meet every Wed 12.30pm Someone cares Anglican Church 3 Mann St Gosford 4323 3890

www.jazzleague.net

www.pcfa.org.au

Central Coast Handweavers, Spinners rsl@breakerscc.com.au and Textile Arts Guild Spinning and weaving, wwww.knc.net.au U3A Central Coast patchwork and quilting, felting and other fibre and fabric crafts, Mature age people are invited Kincumber community quilting bees - Day to participate in a wide range of Neighbourhood Centre courses to broaden the mind • Exercise classes and Night Groups and make new friends 4325 4743 • Yoga for adults and children www.cottagecrafts.net.au 0408 704 701 • Community eco garden www.centralcoast.u3anet.org.au • Room hire Fellowship of • Health support groups Gosford Gumnuts Australian Writers • Counselling Playgroup A friendly and supportive • After school activities www.grow.org.au Parents and children meet group for new and old writers. 4363 1044 socially. Make friends, learn Encouragement and critique www.kincumber.nsw.au Meals on Wheels more about parenting. 0 to 5 yrs of work. Workshops and Delicious meals delivered free Wed Fri 10am-12noon competitions 10am 3rd Sun Mingaletta Aboriginal Join us for a midday meal Gosford Uniting Church Hall Conference rm. Gosford Hotel Torres Strait Islander Help with shopping and 129 Donnison St Gosford 4363 2627 Corporation cooking classes centralcoastfaw@live.com 4325 3695 A meeting place and referral 4363 7111 gumnutsguc@gmail.com hub for education, health, wellCOMMUNITY GROUPS being and cultural programs Medusa Moves Volunteering through consultative services Is a gentle movement class Central Coast ABC - “The Friends” and community programs. catering for people with Refer potential volunteers to Support group for Public Mon-Fri 9am-4pm Parkinson’s Disease for community organisations. Broadcaster. 6 Sydney Ave Umina Parkinsons’s sufferers & over Provide support to volunteers Aims. safeguard ABC’s 4342 7515 50s, stretching, guided dance and community organisations. independence, funding, & admin@mingaletta.com.au moves 1st & 3rd Tues. The Provide training to volunteers standards. Meetings through Rhythm Hut Faunce St Gosford and managers of volunteers the year + social afternoons Terrigal Fifty Plus Leisure 0439 856 554 Information sessions “Bridge Well-known guest speakers and Learning Centre 0417 223 543 to Volunteering” held regularly. 4341 5170 Activities include fitness, yoga, www.fabcnsw.org.au 4329 7122 bridge, mahjong, zumba gold, ParaQuad recruit@volcc.org.au line dancing, tai chi, painting, Specialist healthcare products Big Futures in school craft and computer classes. delivered to your door, for all Koolewong, Point Clare mentor program Please phone 43845152 for your continence, wound care & Tascott Progress Become a volunteer mentor more info and respiratory and nutrition Association 2 hrs/ week, Free Training, No requirements Provide resources for qualifications needed Wyoming Professional Support available Be a young persons champion communication. Special guests, Community Centre 1300 886 601 community involvement, 0413 624 529 Yoga & Zumba classes, Art www.brightsky.com.au www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org.au/ heritage, diversity, education, and Craft classes, Playgroup bigfutures safety and small business HISTORY GROUPS & Vacation Care, Support opportunities. groups, Book Club, Community Central Coast Point Clare Community Hall Garden, Rooms for Hire, Work Central Coast Family 2nd Thurs Bi Monthly. Social Group Development Orders, Centrelink History Society Inc. 0412 462 218 Social contact, Volunteer hours Help and advice with your entertainment events, new 4323 7483 family history research. Tue Wildlife ARC reception@wyomingcc.org.au friendships, for 30’s-60’s to Fri, 930am to 2pm Lions We rescue and care for Live music, house parties, Community Hall, 8 Russell HEALTH GROUPS injured and orphan native Drysdale St, E. Gosford. dinners, BBQs, picnics,

trips away etc. Monthly Meet & Chat 0422 243 101

JAZZLEAGUE Live Jazz Bands - Come to listen, Come to dance Free - Every Sun Central Coast Leagues Club Gosford 2-5pm

4324 5164

projects Regular social outings. 2nd Wed 7pm 21 Old Penang Rd Kariong 4362 3139

Central Coast Pension & Welfare Officer Network 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 Spirituality in the Pub while serving your community. A forum with Q&A and two 0478 959 895 speakers prompt conversations within to encourage dialogue Rotary Club of about spirituality. Gosford North 1st Tues March to October Active community minded club. 2nd Tues November Many projects focussed on 7.30 to 9pm assisting youth. Support our Grange Hotel Wyoming great projects, get involved with 4328 2596 - 0498 588 261 our fun club. Graham Black 0410 509 071, grahamblack@iprimus.com.au

POLITICAL PARTY

SPECIAL INTEREST

Central Coast Greens Branch of Greens NSW, active regarding ecological sustainability, social and economic justice, peace and non-violence, grassroots democracy and getting elected 3rd Thur

Brisbane Water Caravan Club located on the Central Coast and looking for new members www.bwcaravanclub.wix.com/bwcc

4344 4363

Biz Plus Networking Association Attention business owners - if you keen to grow your business Australian Labor Party and in the process build Ourimbah/ Narara Branch worthwhile relationships, attend Discussion/action community a Biz Networking breakfast. issues - 3 levels of Government Every Thur 7:15am - 9am Niagara Park Primary School Erina Leagues Club 7.30pm 1st Mon each month Geoff Neilson 0410 309 494 network@bizplus.com.au centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

PUBLIC SPEAKING

www.ccsoaring.com.au

iiw.au.gosfordnorth@gmail.com

Rotary Club of Kariong/Somersby International service club Tuggerah Lakes Showband improves lives of communities Play brass instruments, meet every Tues & Thurs to rehearse . in Australia and overseas. Funcrowd-pleasing music and play filled activities, fellowship and 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

Politics in the Pub Central Coast Discussion of important political, social, economic, education, and philosophy issues in a non partisan manner - The Grange Hotel 4th Thur besides Dec

Mangrove Mountain Thur, Sat, Sun ( weather permitting) 0412 164 082 0414 635 047

CCLC Bridge Club Duplicate Bridge-partner not required for most sessions. Central Coast Leagues Club 12.30pm Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri. Sat 1.30pm Wed 7.15pm Mon 4325 9854 www.cclcbridgeclub.asn.au cclcbridgeclub@westnet.com.au

Central Coast Cake Brisbane Water Develop confidence by Decorators Guild Historical Society improving your speaking skills. Sugarcraft demonstrations • Coach tours • School Meetings are entertaining and conversation and lunch educational tours • Annual educational. Visitors welcome Street Stalls • Participation 4th Sat - 10am 50+ leisure and in History Heritage Week Brisbane Waters Breakfast Learning Centre Gosford Celebration Margaret Pearce Toastmasters Club 4382 6236 4325 2270 8:30am-10:30am lsroe@bigpond.com.au 2nd and Last Sat - The Hive Fellowship of First and Library, Erina Shopping Central Coast Lapidary Fleeters Central Coast Centre Club Minerals & Gems For anyone interested in early 0459 240 183 Learn silverwork, Cabochons, history or early family histories. Faceting, Enamelling, Stone Don’t need to be a First Fleeter. Blue Gum Flat Field-trips & fossicking Wyong RSL Club Toastmasters Weekly Workshops 2nd Sat 10:30am Mthly meetings 1st and 3rd Tues and Thurs 8.30am 4311 6254 Mon 7.15-9.30pm 2.30pm. Thurs 6-10pm Ourimbah RSL 10 Ourimbah Creek Rd MUSIC 4362 7227 Ourimbah 4362 2246 SERVICE GROUPS Brisbane Water Brass Brass Band entertainment Central Coast for the community playing Inner Wheel Club of Soaring Club Inc all types of popular music Gosford North Inc Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Rehearsal every Tues. Community minded women Instruction FREE to members 7.30pm-10pm who enjoy fundraising for 14 and up for Training 0419 274 012 local, national and international Flying at Bloodtree Rd

WOMEN’S GROUPS

BPW Central Coast Empowering women of all ages in the areas of work, education, well-being and friendship. Monthly dinner meetings and speaker. Community transport available to and from centre Chris Levis 0438 989 199 bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com www.bpw.com.au/central-coast

Brisbane Water Evening View Club Social activities, outings and functions monthly. Tours, Dinners, Lunches, Theatre/Cinema, fashion parades Dinner meeting with guest speaker 4th Tues 4325 1688 or 0466 513 600 Country Women’s Association (CWA) Quilting, patchwork, spinning, knitting, crochet and more 9am-2pm Every Fri, Opposite Terrigal Bowling Club 4385 9503 or 4384 3696 Gosford RSL Sub-branch Women’s Auxiliary Raise money for the welfare of veterans and their families. RSL Club West Gosford 4th Mon 2pm 4323 7336 Central Coast Women’s Health Centre Counseling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues. All services provided by women for women 4324 2533 www.cccwhc.com.au

Soroptimist International Brisbane Water Soroptimists speak for women and girls of all nations through awareness advocacy and action by supporting national and international programs 2nd Thur 6:45pm - Breakers Country Club, Dover Rd Wamberal 4367 6331 sibrisbanewater@siswp.org

WOWGIRLS Wave of Wisdom Inc WOWGIRLS Wave of Wisdom connects women and local businesses around a common theme of well-being. to share wisdom and explore life’s

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Gosford’s previously lost history uncovered for all to see

Happy Feet has 16 more feet to look after

three volume reference book detailing much of the previously unknown history of Mann St’s buildings, businesses and people is now available at Gosford Library.

After 16 years of research and with the help of grants from Central Coast Council, local historians Ms Pamela Williams and Mr John Lewis have completed the first three volumes of ‘Mann Street Gosford in the Age of Steam 1881–1960’. Council’s Local Studies Librarian, Mr Geoffrey Potter, said the important story this publication tells about Gosford’s local history cannot be underestimated. “Through exhaustive research of land records, newspapers, directories, photographs and council records, as well as interviews with residents, Pam and John have pieced together much of Gosford’s

previously lost history,” Mr Potter said. “These two dedicated and patient local historians have documented in detail the when and where of Mann St’s buildings, who owned them, the people who lived there, and the businesses that were the lifeblood of the town in its formative years. “It traces the story of Mann St’s individual building lots from the approval of the Homebush to Waratah railway link in 1881 through to the arrival of the electric train in 1960,” he said. The publication’s first three volumes cover Paul’s Corner to Georgiana Terrace and both sides of Mann

St between Erina St and Faunce St. “Both Pam and John have a close affinity with Mann St, having started work there in local banks in 1955,” Mr Potter added. “They are already working on several further volumes that will eventually detail from Gosford Park through to Racecourse Rd,” he concluded. Reference copies of ‘Mann Street Gosford in the Age of Steam 1881–1960’ are available at Gosford Library. Media release, Aug 5, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

Award winning author to speak at social justice dinner entral Coast for Social Justice will be holding its next Welcome to Our Place dinner on Saturday, August 27.

Guest speaker will be Robin de Crespigney, author of the award winning book ‘The People Smuggler’.

The event will be held at the Gosford Anglican Church.

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The Gosford Diary For events in post code areas 2250, 2260 and 2251

Wildlife Walkabout keepers with the new arrivals Photo Noel Fisher

ustralia Walkabout Wildlife Park at Calga has welcomed its newest arrivals, eight baby emus, hatched on July 29.

The chicks weer fathered by the Walkabout Park’s famously friendly emu, Happy Feet, “who is also known to love a good cuddle with visitors to the park,” said Ms Tassin Barnard, the park’s general manager. Ms Clare Day, a volunteer ranger at the park, said: “We knew Happy Feet was sitting on a nest but we didn’t know where.” It is the male emu’s job to sit on the nests and nurture the chicks. As an open range park that has many native Australian species

wandering around freely, interacting with guests and visitors from all around the world, it can be difficult to track down nest sites. Visitors to the native Australian Wildlife sanctuary can explore the tracks that criss-cross the 80 acres of natural bushland which is protected by a special fox, dog and cat-proof fence, keeping all of the freeroaming species of local marsupials, reptiles, birds and amphibians safe from introduced predators. Park rangers tried, without success, a number

of methods to try and find out where Happy Feet was hiding the nest, including raking fine sand over trails to track his foot prints. It wasn’t until the tiny chicks were running around with their father that park staff knew they had hatched. Weighing in at only 330gms each, they don’t even look like their much larger parents, sporting a striped fuzzy coat. Article, Aug 9, 2016 Noel Fisher, photo journalist

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, Aug 11 Guide Dog fundraising stall at Gosford Imperial Centre from 9:00am to 2:00pm Amazing Art Sale at 391 Mann St, North Gosford, from 11:00am, til Aug 14

Friday, Aug 12 Street food market in Terrigal, Crown Plaza from 5:00pm to 10pm August Global Film night will be hosted at Erina Youth Centre from 6:30pm

4:00pm Country Music Festival, Memorial Park The Entrance till Aug 14th. Markets at the Fair, Erina Fair from 10:00am to 3:00pm Riot Squad at Central Coast Stadium till Aug 14th Juicy Red Apple Over 30’s Night, Scenic Lounge, Central Coast Leagues Club Point Clare Community Hall Open Day from 10:00am to 2:00pm

Sunday, Aug 14 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

The Great Gatsby Orchestra playing live at Central Coast Leagues Club from 2:00pm

Wednesday, Aug 17 Quizzical art exhibit by Helen Mortimer, 391 Mann St, Gosford runs till Aug 28

from 8:00pm BluesAngels are playing at Foghorn Brewhouse in Erina from 8:30pm

Saturday, Aug 20 Family Triva Night at Kariong EcoGardens from 5pm to 8pm Retro Rewind, Scenic Lounge, Central Coast Leagues Club from 9:30pm

Sunday, Aug 21 Rally for a Remedy, Erina Fair The Robbers Dogs playing live at Central Coast Leagues Club from 2:00pm

Tuesday, Aug 23 Exhibition An Artists Survey opening at Gosford Regional Gallery, runs till Sep 4th

Harvest Trail information evening to be held n information evening for the Central Coast Plateau Harvest Trail and Tourist Drive will be held at Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club and Golf Course from 6.30pm till 8.30pm, August 19.

Hawkesbury Harvest Board’s, Mr Ian Knowd, will talk about the final stages in launching the Harvest Trail, outline how people can get involved and answer any questions that anyone may

have. The developments, which have taken place over the past two months, and the future opportunities they can bring to our region will also be discussed during

the evening. Media Release, Aug 5, 2016 Lorraine Wilson, Central Mangrove

Different stalls alternate weeks New stalls welcome Live music & pony rides TWICE A MONTH Call Ryan on 0405 416 289 or Margaret on 4374 1255

Thursday, Aug 25 Friday, Aug 19 The Johnny Cash Show Presents The Greats of 1970’s Country Music at Laycock Street Theatre

Guide Dog fundraising stall at Wyoming Shopping Cenre from 9:00am to 2:00pm

EVERY MONTH ALL WEATHERS 2ND & LAST SUNDAY EACH MONTH

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ound 17 of the Central Coast Rugby Union Competition saw the race for the finals tighten yet again on August 6, with Kariong ousting Gosford, Terrigal toppling Warnervale and Avoca Beach beating Hornsby.

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Kariong maintain their spot in the Top Four and also sees Gosford now unable to make the Finals Series. It was a hard fought struggle and it was played in very damp and muddy conditions. Despite this, both teams put on a very good display of open rugby, with plenty of action from start to finish. Kariong opened the scoring with a penalty goal before Gosford crossed for a try to take the lead 5 points to 3. Kariong regained the lead

through a penalty goal and then increased their lead just before the break with a try, to go to the halftime break leading by 13 points to 5. It was a tough first 40 minutes, and at the break, both teams knew they were still in the battle. Both teams were only able to score a try apiece in the second half, but this allowed Kariong to maintain their lead and hold on to win. Kariong scored 3 tries to 2, but the goal kicking

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of Kariong half back Scott Hanley proved the difference giving the final score a larger margin. Best players for Kariong were flanker Brent Bovis, who scored a try, prop Corey Holwill and half back Scott Hanley. Gosford were best served by five-eight Josh McGlynn, halfback Joel Wagner and flanker Vince Stewart. There was nothing in this match, but the result sees Kariong still in contention of a top two finish. Gosford finished the season strongly and will rue several results early in the season. Terrigal had to battle all the way to defeat Warnervale at Woongarrah Oval, running out winners by 37 points to 29. Terrigal scored 6 tries to 5, and it was only their final try in the dying minutes of the match that saw them safely home to victory. Warnervale gave them a real and genuine scare. Terrigal controlled the first half and went to the halftime break leading by what seemed a comfortable 19 points to 10. However, Warnervale came out in the second stanza and played a hard, physical style of rugby and all but caused an upset result. Terrigal hung on for another victory. Best players for Terrigal were hooker Ethan McInnes, who was outstanding for

the whole game, appearing all over the paddock at all times. He was well supported by prop Nathan Simpson, who scored 2 tries, and No.8 Josh Vainikolo. Avoca Beach came from behind to defeat Hornsby at Mark Taylor Oval by 32 points to 13. The first half was a totally even affair with both teams playing some concerted rugby. In fact Hornsby went to the halftime break leading by 13 points to 12, and things were certainly nervous in the visiting camp at that stage. However, a very strong finish by Avoca Beach saw them outplay Hornsby in the second half, and this period saw them post 20 points to nil in that final 40 minutes. It was a reassuring win to the Avoca Beach team and certainly sees them go to the final week of the competition in a position where they can cement a Top Four spot this season. Hornsby continued to finish the season strongly and are troubling all opposition teams in the final few weeks of the season. Best players for Avoca Beach were fullback Nathan Brown, who posted a personal 17 points, and prop Josh Meadham. Media release, Aug 6, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

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Junior Speedway round 7 Gosford’s AFL win all but guarantees finals berth won by Jack Miles

Harrison Ryan leads Aiden Phillips, Junior Speedway Winter Series Photo David Lamont

ound 7 of the Junior Speedway Winter Series, kicked off at Allen Park Raceway, Somersby, on July 30.

A quality field of young 125cc junior riders from all over NSW competed over five hotly contested rounds, with the top eight point scorers qualifying for the finals. Warnervale hopeful, 12 year old Harrison Ryan, was a close second to eventual winner Jack Miles in his semi-final heat, but just lost out to fast gating Miles from

Kurri Kurri and Aiden Philips from Kearsley in the A final. “This was the most exciting and competitive meeting we have seen at Allen Park this season, and a perfect showcase for the many spectators and budding two wheel dirt track stars who came along to see junior speedway for the first time,” club spokesman, Mr Terry Starbuck, said.

Media release, Aug 1, 2016 Terry Starbuck, Central Coast Junior Motorcycle Club

entral Coast Council announced that the National Gridiron League has moved the start of its inaugural season to October 2017.

in October and December 2016, as part of the League, have been cancelled. Central Coast residents

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In First Division fixtures, Gosford all but guaranteed themselves a finals berth with a 47 point win over Warners Bay, which was helped by Terrigal Avoca going down to Maitland by 26 points. In Second Division, Terrigal Avoca also struggled, losing the derby against The Entrance Bateau Bay. Gosford also hit a wall, with their chances of making the finals dwindling

“On the day, we were approached by a number of Central Coast families keen to find out how their kids could get a start in Junior Speedway,” he added.

National Gridiron League launch postponed for 12 months Unfortunately, this means that the first ever American football games scheduled at Central Coast Stadium

he second part of Split Round 14 of the BLK Black Diamond Cup had mixed results for teams from the Coast.

that have already purchased tickets to any of the games at Central Coast Stadium will need to visit Ticketek Australia’s website for information about how to obtain a refund. Council would like to apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. Media Release, Aug 5, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

after losing their bout with Warners Bay in a third quarter comeback by the opposition. In the BDAFL Womens’ Competition, Gosford produced a very good defensive display that masked profligate shooting in their 31-point victory over Warners Bay. Final scores were Gosford 3.14.32 to Warners Bay 0.1.1. League-leading goal kicker, Morgan Ross, kicked

two goals for Gosford and her ever-present sidekick Emily Crookes kicked the Tigers’ other goal. Gosford’s best players were Jasmine Mandy, Crookes, representative ruck Svenja Mueller-Byrnes, Angela Jones, Pheonix Drewell and Amy Hessell. Media release, Jul 24, 2016 Garry Burkinshaw, Black Diamond AFL

MacDonald and Crouch both to vote to ban greyhound racing industry

arliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, and member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, have announced they will both be voting to ban the greyhound racing industry in NSW.

“In politics, an issue sometimes comes to the fore that clearly defines values and principles,” Mr MacDonald said. “I regard the announcement by NSW premier, Mr Mike Baird, of the closure of the Greyhound industry in NSW, as one of those landmark moments,” he said. According to Mr MacDonald, Central Coast residents “need to be absolutely clear on how the Central Coast members of parliament sit on this matter and the consequences of their votes. “The Labor MPs David Harris, David Mehan and Yasmin Catley are proposing to vote against the banning of the sport and transition measures,” Mr MacDonald

said. “Kathy Smith MP is on extended sick leave. “My colleague Adam Crouch MP and I will be voting to ban the industry. “The 2013 NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Greyhound Racing and subsequent Special Commission of Inquiry into the Greyhound Racing Industry both found systemic, institutional governance failures, covering up or failing to address on-going animal welfare abuse, including live-baiting in training. “Much of the media has focused on Greyhound deaths. “To my mind, the litany of injuries is at least as shocking. “The NSW Government

acknowledges there are many owners who care very much for their animals. “They should direct their frustration at the leadership of their sport. “Of course the legislation will not impact owners who keep Greyhounds as companions. “So we know from past inquiries and history, the ALP decision to fight the ban, if successful, would lead to horrific dog injuries and deaths and most likely underground activities including live-baiting (using cats, rabbits and possums),” Mr MacDonald said. Email, Jul 31, 2016 Scot MacDonald, parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast

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Gosford Kariong has six teams in finals series

Wallabies train at Central Coast Stadium prior to Bledisloe Cup match

he Qantas Wallabies held a week-long training camp on the Central Coast using Central Coast Stadium for in field training.

The camp ran from Monday, August 8, and includes a free open session for fans on Thursday, August 11 at 3:00pm. Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said it was a privilege to host the Wallabies while they train for the upcoming Bledisloe Cup series against the New Zealand All Blacks. “This is the first time the Wallabies have taken advantage of the Central

Coast’s sporting facilities to train for such a major, international rugby series,” Mr Reynolds said. “To have the team at Central Coast Stadium as they prepare for one of international rugby’s biggest rivalries is a major coup for our region. “With many of our residents participating in local rugby union, this camp will also give them the chance to hopefully meet some of their heroes at the

open training session.” Fans will be able to get their favourite player’s autograph as well as enjoy other activities and giveaways at the Thursday open training session. Parking and entry for the open training session will be available under Brian McGowan Bridge.

he Central Coast Mariners wish to advise its members, fans and the media that the club has parted company with head coach, Tony Walmsley, effective immediately.

Walmsley was appointed head coach of the Mariners in April, 2015. Club officials, John Hutchinson, Matthew Nash, Brice Johnson and Ben Cahn, will continue the club’s pre-season preparations until a permanent head coach has been appointed before the start of the Hyundai A-League 2016/17 season. The Mariners will commence the recruitment process for its new head coach immediately and will advise its members, fans and the media when a

successful candidate has been assigned. “It’s time for me to move on to explore a number of opportunities,” Walmsley said. “I’m happy with my contribution to the club over a number of years. “Last year was particularly tough and I sacrificed a lot, but I’m confident the work undertaken will bear fruit. “I believe in the group of players I’ve assembled for this season and the new coach will be coming into a much healthier environment than the one I inherited,”

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Mariners in the hunt for new head coach

Hooker Dylan McKay charges into the Bunnies warren

Walmsley said. Central Coast Mariners’ executive vice chairman, Peter Storrie, thanked Walmsley for his commitment to the club and wished him the best in his future endeavours. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank Tony Walmsley for the level of commitment, dedication and passion that he gave to this club,” Storrie said. “Under Tony’s tutelage, most recently as the club’s head coach, and originally as head of youth development, many young players have been exposed to the Hyundai A-League. “Tony has been crucial to the major steps forward this club has taken in regards to fan engagement that was made evident during his continuous availability to initiatives such as member functions, pre-game Skype calls and genuine interest in fan/media engagement,” he continued. “Tony’s reign at the club was through a difficult period of restructuring of the team, which he carried out with no complaints, like a true professional, and got on with the job. “We wish him every success in the future,” Peter Storrie concluded. Media release, Aug 8, 2016 Tyson Scott, Central Coast Mariners Media

Creative U16s five eighth Graham Porter shows the ball during a recent clash

The Gosford U15s defence gets a tad over zealous against Wyong during Round 13

n a tremendous feat, the Gosford Kariong U16s, U15s, U14s, U13s, U12s and U10s have all booked their places in this season’s local junior rugby league semi-finals which kick off at Toukley from August 20-21.

It is only the second time in the 55 year history of junior rugby league on the Central Coast, that Gosford has managed to provide six semi-final teams in the same season, with the only other occasion being that of the winter of 1967. The magnificent purple half dozen will likely all line up in elimination semi-finals on August 21, although the U10s, 12s and 13s still maintain slim hopes of forcing their way up into coveted top three positions via a series of favourable results falling kindly into place during the final round. U12s coach, Mr Greg Eather, will be keen to get his team back on the paddock following a bye and then a wash out, which created an untimely three week layoff. The Storm boys will re-enter the fray against the undefeated Tigers,

kicking off “R U OK? Day” at Carrington Street Oval, Narara on August 13. The U10(2)s appear destined to face Warnervale in their knockout semi-final. Gosford managed to edge out the Bulls 26-22 in the dying minutes of a thrilling contest just a fortnight ago; a game in which dynamic dummy half Benji Keene-O’Keefe scored four tries, pushing his season’s tally to 20 from just 9 appearances. The talented U16s squad faces competition leaders Ourimbah in the final round before heading to Toukley for a knockout semi-final against Warnervale eight days later. Wayne Oatley’s U13s have been buoyed by a remarkable form reversal, that saw a 50 point loss to Blue Haven during mid June, morph into a 38-28

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victory against the same side just five weeks later. Representative players, Jake Martin and Nash Dorratt-Mavin, along with Blake McDonald, were particularly prominent in a spirited Storm performance. The Gosford U14s and U15s will go into their semifinals as underdogs against Kincumber and Terrigal respectively. The Ed Gale coached 15s have suffered heavy losses to the Sharks in the most recent of clashes between the two sides and the irritable nature of the Round 11 loss at Terrigal, in which two Gosford forwards were marched, has the Storm boys primed for a big effort. Media release, Aug 6, 2016 Andrew Stark, Gosford Kariong Storm RLFC

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