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Chris Hartcher found by ICAC to have acted with the intention of evading election funding laws he former Member for Gosford and Terrigal, Mr Christopher Hartcher, has been found by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to have acted with the intention of evading election funding laws by failing to properly disclose political donations worth “hundreds of thousands of dollars”; by accepting donations from property developers; and by breaching caps on political donations that applied after January 1, 2011.

The ICAC report called for the DPP to be asked to consider prosecuting Mr Hartcher for an alleged offence of larceny. The ICAC’s Operation Spicer investigation exposed prohibited donations, fund channelling and nondisclosures in the NSW Liberal Party’s 2011 state election campaign and identified Mr Hartcher as a key player in a considerable number of transactions for campaigns in his seat of Terrigal and for the seats of Wyong and The Entrance. The Commission did not uncover any irregularities in the seat of Gosford, at that time held by Mr Christopher Holstein. The Commission’s report, Investigation into NSW Liberal Party electoral funding for the 2011 state election campaign and other matters, was made public on Tuesday, August 30. The ICAC made factual findings but could not make findings of Corrupt Conduct in relation to conduct that “only relied on a breach of the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981”. The Commission was not able to make corrupt conduct findings in cases of failure to comply with the requirements of the election funding laws where, although those failures could have affected the exercise of official functions of the

then Election Funding Authority of NSW, officers of that authority were not involved in any wrongdoing. The Commission’s report noted that at the relevant time, proceedings for an offence under the election funding laws had to be commenced within three years from the time the offence was committed. “As the Operation Spicer public inquiry did not conclude until September 2014, and the matters canvassed in the

NSW Liberal Party totalling $4,000. “They were received by Mr Hartcher for the benefit of the NSW Liberal Party for the March 2011 state election campaign. “In November 2011, some eight months after the election, Mr Hartcher arranged for the cheques to be paid into the trust account of Hartcher Reid, a legal firm, and for that firm to draw a cheque for $4,000 in favour of Mickey Tech, a business owned by the partner of Mr Raymond Carter, an

After the $4,000 was deposited into the Mickey Tech account, it was allegedly withdrawn in cash by Mr Carter and given to Mr Hartcher, according to the ICAC report. report occurred mostly from 2009 to 2011, a prosecution for relevant offences is now statute barred,” the statement said. In relation to the alleged offence of larceny, the ICAC report said: “The Commission is of the opinion that consideration should be given to obtaining the advice of the DPP with respect to the prosecution of Mr Hartcher for an offence of larceny in relation to his dealings with … three bank cheques payable to the NSW Liberal Party totalling $4,000,” it said. According to ICAC, in March 2011, Mr Hartcher received three bank cheques payable to the

electorate officer working for Mr Hartcher. According to the ICAC, Mr Carter had been a member of the NSW Liberal Party since 1972 and had held a variety of offices, including presidency of the Liberal Party Green Point Branch. “There was a long connection between Mr Carter and Mr Hartcher, and it was quite apparent that Mr Carter felt a deep sense of loyalty toward Mr Hartcher.” the ICAC report said. “In the end, the Commission believes that Mr Carter’s evidence at the public inquiry was honest and reasonably accurate. “Mr Carter was also a very successful fundraiser,

with extensive connections on the Central Coast.” After the $4,000 was deposited into the Mickey Tech account, it was allegedly withdrawn in cash by Mr Carter and given to Mr Hartcher, according to the ICAC report. “These steps are inconsistent with an intention on the part of Mr Hartcher to apply the $4,000 for the benefit of the NSW Liberal Party,” the ICAC report alleged. “Mr Hartcher gave evidence under a section 38 declaration and therefore his evidence is not admissible against him in criminal proceedings other than proceedings for an offence under the ICAC Act.” The ICAC report argued, however, that other evidence would be admissible, including the evidence of Mr Carter, Mr Sriwattanaporn, Sebastian Reid, Marie Neader, Annette Poole, associated bank records, and internal documents of Hartcher Reid. In addition to the larceny allegation, the key factual findings in the ICAC report included the use of the business of Mr Timothy Koelma, who commenced work as an electorate officer for Mr Hartcher in 2009, called Eightbyfive, to receive and channel political donations for the benefit of the 2011 campaigns of the NSW Liberal Party, Mr Hartcher, and other Central Coast Liberal candidates. The use of Eightbyfive, according to ICAC, was with the intent of evading the election funding laws. “Mr Timothy Koelma directly benefited from

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the donations through Eightbyfive, as he was able to draw from those funds to give himself a salary, thereby, enabling him to work for Mr Hartcher

Eightbyfive and took an active part in using it to channel donations for the 2011 campaign from Australian Water Holdings Pty Ltd ($183,342.50

The use of Eightbyfive, according to ICAC, was with the intent of evading the election funding laws. on the 2011 NSW state election campaign. “Mr Koelma subsequently obtained full-time employment in Mr Hartcher’s ministerial office after the 2011 election.” According to the ICAC report, Mr Hartcher was involved in the establishment of

between April 2009 and May 2011), Gazcorp Pty Ltd ($121,000 between May 2010 and April 2011) and Patinack Farm Pty Ltd ($66,000 between July 2010 and March 2011) Continued Page 10

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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.

August 11, 2016

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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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Wallarah 2 seen as a threat on many levels ember for W y o n g and NSW Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, will speak at a Water Not Coal meeting to be held at the Blue Haven Community Centre on August 18, following his call for the NSW Government to buy back the Wallarah 2 exploration licence.

The latest proposal from South Korean mining company KORES could see a coal conveyor belt, rail spur, and coal stock pile, located within 200 metres of Blue Haven homes. A nine-storey coal loader would also be visible from Blue Haven and would come within 300 metres of houses in the new residential suburb to be developed by the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council. The amended development application and Environmental Impact Statement are currently on public exhibition. Mr Harris said he called on the NSW Baird Government to buy back the Wallarah 2 exploration licence after the government conﬁrmed they would pay BHP $220 million to buy back their mining licence for the proposed Caroona mine in the Liverpool plains. “The Baird /O’Farrell government promised to stop Wallarah 2 in 2011 as an election commitment,” Mr Harris said. “The proposed Wallarah 2 project would be beneath our water

An underground shearer that grinds coal from the seam, dumps it on a conveyor and lets the roof of the mine fall down behind it that could cause subsidence and damage to the water aquifer

catchment, a catchment that supplies water to 320,000 people,” he said. He said KORES, the Korean Government owned mining company that holds the mining exploration licence, is reportedly suffering ﬁnancial issues, raising more doubts about the viability of the proposed project. “The Wallarah 2 mine proposal has been a major election issue since 2011 at both a state and Federal level. “It featured heavily most recently in the 2016 Federal election, when Labor won the seat of Dobell on a platform opposing the mine. “Mike Baird was the Shadow Treasurer in 2011, and must have supported the infamous Liberal ‘No ifs, no buts, a guarantee’ election

promise. “If the Baird government can … use taxpayers’ money in Caroona, then we have every right to expect the same here, particularly given their previous election promises. “To continue to ignore their solemn commitment is nothing more than political bastardry.” An earlier Australian Coal Alliance meeting was held at Wyong RSL on August 10 to update the community about the latest attempts by KORES to have the Wallarah 2 underground coal mine approved by the NSW Planning Assessment Commission as a State Signiﬁcant Development. The meeting was attended by around 180 locals who came from as far aﬁeld as The Entrance and Terrigal.

Spokesperson for The Greens Central Coast, Ms Kate da Costa, who attended the meeting, said: “The proposal is that the conveyor belt and stock pile will be operating 24 hours and seven days a week for 30 years, so freight trains will be loading coal from an un-covered conveyor belt around the clock.” According to Ms da Costa, the only part of the development application that KORES has changed is the mechanism for getting the coal from the mine to the train. She said the NSW Government’s requirement for the Planning Assessment Commission to “prioritise economic outcomes” when assessing developments, meant the mine’s approval was still a possibility.

“But the commission even found KORES’ economic argument for the mine overblown and not particularly compelling,” she said. The clincher, for Ms da Costa, was that KORES’ own Environmental Impact Statement conceded that a coal mine in such a populated area “could increase mortality by one in 100,000 people per year. “There are over 300,000 people living on the Central Coast so that is three deaths per year,” she said. According to Ms da Costa, community members at the August 10 meeting expressed a sense of frustration that they had been ﬁghting the Wallarah 2 coal mine for 11 years. “This is an important ﬁght to win, and the Blue

Haven meeting is an important step, because I am sure that there are many people in Blue Haven and other nearby areas that do not know this thing is going to be on their doorstep,” she said. The Australian Coal Alliance has also raised concerns about mine subsidence, air extraction from the proposed mine and that approval of the project could allow dumping of water into local lakes and/or the ocean. “The best analogy I can come up with is that it would be the same as allowing an underground coal mine in the Sydney Hills District with a coal loader in the middle of Castle Hill,” said the Australian Coal Alliance’s Water Not Coal Campaign Director, Mr Alan Hayes. “When you talk about coal dust, you are talking about ﬁne micro particles (micron) that can’t be seen by the naked eye but are carried many kilometres by the wind and will get into your lungs and cause all sorts of respiratory problems,” Mr Hayes said. “The NSW Government wants the whole northern area of the Central Coast zoned for housing, but if you had a young family, would you go to coal mine central to raise your children?” he said. Media release, Aug 12, 2016 Zachary Harrison, ofﬁce of David Harris Interview, Aug 12, 2016 Kate da Costa, Central Coast Greens Interview, Aug 12, 2016 Alan Hayes, Australian Coal Alliance Jackie Pearson, journalist

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A survey of fuel prices has shown Peninsula prices are comparable with the rest of the Coast. Prices collected by Mr Rod Munson of Ettalong have provided a comparison of Peninsula priceswith the lowest prices available on the Coast and in Newcastle and Sydney. The most expensive fuel on the Central Coast was found in Woy Woy at Shell and BP with E10 costing 119.9 cents per litre, 16 cents more per litre than Woolworths Umina. Woolworths Umina and Caltex in Blackwall did have some of the

Prices gathered by Rod Munson on August 13 at midday and from comparethemarket and NRMA on August 15

cheapest E10 prices on the Central Coast in the 104.9 cents per litre or less. Only six petrol stations across the Central Coast had E10 petrol at less than 104.9 cents per litre. Caltex Foresters Beach, Caltex Star Mart Long Jetty, 7 Eleven The Entrance and BP Tumbi Umbi also had E10 prices at 104.9 cents per litre and under. For all fuel types, Caltex Blackwall had the best average prices on the Peninsula. Caltex appeared to offer the best priced fuel anywhere on the Central Coast. Mr Munson conducted his price checks on August 13 at around midday. The cheapest E10 fuel was located at Woolworths Umina, priced at 103.9 per litre. The cheapest regular unleaded was an eight- minute drive away at United in Empire Bay priced at 110.7 per litre. Since the survey was undertaken, the price at Woolworths Umina dropped to 99.8 cents last Friday. The cheapest diesel on the Peninsula was at Caltex Woy Woy and Blackwall at 116.9 per litre. However, Empire Bay’s regular unleaded is seven cents cheaper than any of its competition. Peninsula drivers appear to be paying the highest fuel prices on the Central Coast but the whole Coast is still paying more than its northern or southern city neighbours. Newcastle and The Hunter, for example, had over 20 fuel options at under 103.9 a litre. Newcastle residents, by comparison, have the potential to ﬁll up at under 98.9 per litre for E10 at some stations, with the maximum price compared to the Central Coast six cents cheaper at 113.9 cents per litre. As of August 15, Sydney had the cheapest fuel prices in NSW according to the NRMA with Newcastle coming in at ﬁfth. The Central Coast was ranked 10th, up six places since August, 7. Email, 15 Aug 2016 Rod Munson, Ettalong Websites, 18 Aug 2016 Comparethemarket.com.au Nrma.com.au Reporter: Cole Newman

August 25, 2016

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osford City is facing a parking crisis, with uncertainty, confusion and c o n g e s t i o n surrounding the city’s major car parks.

Residents of Empire Bay gathered to discuss key infrastructure issues

Residents gather for action on roads More than 70 residents from Empire Bay and Bensville attended the inaugural meeting of the Empire Bay and Districts Roads Action Group to participate in a Future Directions Workshop on August 2. The workshop discussed the major issues residents wanted addressed by governments. A Residents’ Committee was formed to work on a document to present to Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, at the bi-monthly Empire Bay Progress Association meeting. “All of the views expressed at the meeting will be included in the report under main headings. “Long term residents explained that, over the last decade or so, they had been frustrated by Council not doing work to remediate the terrible condition of the roads and stormwater drainage or to invest in pedestrian safety improvements such as pathways, even though studies had been made and money allocated to do much of the work,” Mr Olsen said. “During the meeting we split into

small groups to discuss the main areas of concern and each group was invited to report to the whole assembly. “Very soon three main issues appeared namely, the non-existent drainage, poor and dangerous condition of our roads neglected over many years and the need for safe pedestrian access to the Empire Bay Public School via Greenﬁeld Rd.” Mr Olsen said, as the meeting progressed the general mood became one of hope. “Residents came away from the meeting with the understanding that we need to be a strong and committed community, determined to get the change we want,” he said. According to Mr Olsen, the group agreed that their vision was for a wider coalition of the geographically-linked communities of Empire Bay, Bensville, Daleys Point and South Kincumber and that each locale needs to put before Council their speciﬁc needs and be supported by the other areas. “We see ourselves in cooperation not competition for the resources required to improve the

amenity of our district, going into bat for each other when the need arises,” Mr Olsen said. The Empire Bay Progress Association is having its bimonthly meeting on August 16, at the Empire Bay Progress Hall from 7:30pm. Mr Crouch, will be attending. “The ﬁrst meeting highlighted that we really need to have a member of Council attend the bimeeting because the matters that need addressing require the cooperation of both State and Local Government,” Mr Olsen added. Mr Olsen also said the Action Group would be requesting the attendance of a Council representative at the bi-monthly meeting. “A document outlining the residents’ concerns will be presented to Mr Crouch and we expect action for these matters,” Mr Olsen said. According to Mr Olsen, many of the issues raised by residents had been known to Council for decades without appropriate responses. Interview, 2 Aug 2016 Gregory Olsen, Empire Bay and Districts Roads Action Group Reporter: Dilon Luke

With the fate of the 400 free car parks atop Kibbleplex (formerly Marketplace) unclear, commuters already fed up with Gosford’s parking situation are concerned about the city’s lack of dedicated free parking. The potential loss of the free Kibbleplex parking is not the end of Gosford’s parking woes, with commuters questioning the safety and useability of the Baker St car park, and outright dismissal of the free commuter parking opposite Gosford Train Station, which is nonexistent after 6am. To make matters worse, with the controversial ATO building poised to begin construction on the waterfront, the political promise of 600 jobs may prove disastrous for commuters when an army of temporary workers and the building’s permanent staff descend on the city’s highly sought after parking spaces. The ATO, which has already soured residents who believed the former Gosford School site was better suited to a Performing Arts Precinct, was revealed to have a shortfall of onsite parking for future employees. In June, the Joint Regional Planning Panel found that the ATO’s developer, Doma, would need to add 13 extra parking spaces for the public in Baker St. Despite the JRPP’s ﬁndings, it is unclear whether this will be enough to accommodate the dramatic increase in activity and trafﬁc to and around the site, and according to former Gosford Councillor, Ms Vicki Scott, the ATO is

The commuter car park opposite Gosford Train Station

not the only development in the city that has the potential to tip the parking issue over the edge. Ms Scott said the CBD and the immediate surrounding areas of West Gosford, North Gosford, East Gosford and Point Frederick, are deﬁnitely facing a parking shortfall, and that residential developments approved, despite not providing adequate parking allocation, were to blame. “Parking issues are more than just availability of commuter parking. “Many of the residential developments that have been approved in the CBD and immediate surrounds are for two or three bedroom units, but the parking allocation has only been one per unit, not one spot per bedroom. “So if a three-bedroom unit becomes share housing, one resident will have a car park within the development but where will the other two residents park?

“They will be looking for spots on the street,” Ms Scott said. Ms Scott also said that the problem is already evident in areas like Point Frederick and East Gosford, where ﬂat buildings have come online and street parking is still an issue. “Although the former Gosford Council discussed and intended to come up with a CBD parking strategy, I have checked and there isn’t one. “There is nothing in place. “What will happen when all the big developments come online and what will happen to parking if they all start at the same time? “Where will the parking be?” Ms Scott questioned. According to Ms Scott, during discussions with the former Gosford Council, she brought up issues of trafﬁc and parking management multiple times, including: “The acceptance of a number of large developments in the CBD without having adequate

parking for residents of those developments and others; cramped parking around developments in Point Frederick (Lynn Ave) and other sites in North and West Gosford; the lack of common sense in agreeing to allow developments of two and three bedroom apartment buildings to be constructed with only one car space per unit at best (Ms Scott said there was an expectation that people will walk or take the bus to the station); the narrow streets in some of these areas and the existing parking problem; and, consideration for the huge impact when the new developments are completed. “I had suggested we should do a trafﬁc management study for the area with these concerns in mind, but there appeared to be minimal interest in my concerns,” Ms Scott added. On the concerns surrounding Baker St car park, Ms Scott said the former council had

endeavoured to add more ﬂoors onto the car park but said there were issues with the building being able to support extra ﬂoors and that she was unsure as to whether or not any further action surrounding Baker St car park occurred after the initial idea tanked. However, Ms Scott said she could understand commuter concerns over the safety of using Baker St car park, especially after hours. Ms Scott also said that aside from the future of Kibbleplex, no other discussion took place amongst the former Gosford Council in regards to parking in the CBD and that despite her own questions about the future of parking in Gosford City, there has been no satisfactory response. The issue is further complicated by the interrelation of parking as a social issue and a State Government responsibility. “There is an element of responsibility for the State

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Government in this. “Rail transport, as a form of commuter travel, is the responsibility of the State Government and there is some expectation that that government takes an active interest in the problem. “However, socially, it is seen as a Local Government matter, and the public expects Local Government to play a part in it as well. “To my knowledge, there were no plans or strategies discussed between the last council and the State Government to address the issues of commuter parking,” Ms Scott said. “I hope the current council takes these concerns and acts on them before any more development is approved. “The city CBD and the surrounding suburbs is a small area. “The CBD has three streets taking the trafﬁc through it. “These streets are cramped between a mountain and the water. “There is no apparent way to solve the problem, and increased parking demand is just exacerbating it. “The fact that the DA for the ATO was allowed without sufﬁcient parking is also going to exacerbate the problem,” Ms Scott continued. “I don’t know what the council can do about this, but it certainly seems that the Federal and State Governments are failing in their responsibilities in this matter. “I think, if the commuter car parking at Kibbleplex is stopped without a solution from the State and the council, and the ATO and other developments are actually built, car parking in the CBD, including commuter car parking, will be a disastrous problem that will take far too long to solve, if ever,” Ms Scott concluded. Continued Page 8

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Members of the Say No to Glenning Valley Development group held a peaceful vigil after learning the DA was now in the hands of the Land and Environment Court

the proposed be a Class One and will “Even if the council to he developer of a proposed 264-lot residential subdivision at be dealt with, at least Glenning Valley has lodged a Deemed Refusal application with was going to refuse or development. “The community at initially, by a mediator, pass the development all the NSW Land and Environment Court.

The developer has taken the step because Central Coast Council took longer than the 40 to 60 days it is legally given to consider a development application. By dragging its feet, Central Coast Council has given the developer, GV Nominees, the opportunity to ask the Land and Environment

along, they can look like Court to consider the DA. him at a Community the good guys if the Land Ms Kylie Boyle from Environment Network and Environment Court the ‘Say No to Glenning meeting,” Ms Boyle said. makes the decision,” she The Central Coast said. Valley Development’ has not group said the ﬁrst Land Council Following the and Environment Court announced any intentions announcement of in relation to the position the Deemed Refusal date was September 29. “We found out about it will take on the future application, protestors the Deemed Refusal of the development when and residents again directly from the it reaches the Land and rallied peacefully at the Central Coast Council Environment Court. edge of Glenning Valley’s “They are sitting on the bushland on August 14 Adminstrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, when we met fence,” Ms Boyle said. to show their opposition

Glenning Valley will not stand down,” Ms Boyle said. “We are prepared to ﬁght and do whatever it takes to stop this development. “We are hoping that Council will represent us and stand with us in saying no at the meeting with the LEC,” she said. According to Ms Boyle, the matter will

but the community group has been given no details about what will take place on September 29. “I have had other developers tell me they would not touch that land because it is so ecologically sensitive,” Ms Boyle said. Media Release, Aug 15, 2016 Kylie Boyle, Glenning Valley

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Chamber opposes Bullion St carpark sale Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has come out opposing the proposed sale of Umina’s Bullion St carpark. It could be devastating to West St and the Umina Town Centre, according to Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales. “There will be trafﬁc chaos and businesses will suffer,” Mr Wales said. The Central Coast Council has called for expressions of interest from parties wishing to acquire and develop the land, which is currently zoned B2 for Local Centre. The former Gosford Council placed a covenant over the land before calling for expressions of interest, in an attempt to protect the 160 parking spaces. Mr Wales said the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce intended to seek an urgent meeting with Central Coast Council chief Mr Rob Noble. “We will request that the Council abandons the current expression of interest process and consults with Umina businesses and the community to come up with a positive covenant that works for the town and not just for the Council,” he said. “My view is the current expression of interest, including the positive covenant, is totally inadequate,” Mr Wales said. “Too many people have raised concerns directly with me as president of the Chamber, including business owners, and this current expression of interest fails to protect the interests of business owners and the future viability of West St,” he said. “West St is successful because it has got the Bullion St carpark.” The positive covenant, Mr Wales said, “has fatal ﬂaws”. Gosford Council’s application for the covenant to be placed over the land was made by its Manager of Property and Economic Development Mr Christopher Redman on April 8 under the delegated authority of the then chief Mr Paul Anderson. “It is intended that the land be sold,” Gosford Council’s application for the positive covenant said. “This order is made to ensure

The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is concerned businesses with rear access to the Bullion St Carpark could suffer if the land is sold and developed

that sufficient public parking is provided on the land for the community of Umina. “…parking for 160 motor vehicles must be made available on the land at no charge to members of the public between 7am and 9pm seven days per week,” the covenant said. However, the first flaw in the covenant, according to Mr Wales, was that it allowed for reduced public parking during construction. “Where the owner undertakes construction for a development, the owner may reduce the parking available on the land to the members of the public to assist in the construction of the development where it obtains permission from council”. “From the moment the developer gets a construction certificate until completion of the development, the car parking is lost to the town centre and that would be devastating to the main street of Umina,’ Mr Wales said. “People will make a decision to go elsewhere to do their shopping and it would create the traffic chaos in Umina that Terrigal is faced with

today. “I won’t stand by and see Umina lose 160 parking spaces,” Mr Wales said. He said the covenant, in its current form, could see the carpark closed for up to two years and that would be a reasonably positive scenario. “What if a developer acquired the land, commenced construction and then went broke? “I don’t believe it is possible for the developer to substitute 160 car spaces in another location for the duration of a development. “The land cannot be developed in the way council is proposing because it cannot guarantee the community would not lose its parking.” Mr Wales said if the Central Coast Council wanted to continue with the proposed sale of the Bullion St land it would need to provide Umina Town Centre with a multi-storey car park elsewhere to guarantee the existing 160 free parking spaces and have capacity for future growth. The second ﬂaw in the current positive covenant, according to Mr Wales, was that it provided the

new land owner with the ability to charge for the parking if it obtains permission to do so from council. “The owner may request permission to charge for public parking and council will not unreasonably withhold or refuse permission if a period of at least five years has elapsed since the date of the final occupation certificate for the most recent development of the land and the land has been developed in excess of 50 per cent of the maximum intensity allowable under the zoning for the land,” the covenant said. The final flaw was that existing West St businesses that back on to the Bullion St carpark could lose their rear access if Bullion St was sold and the land developed. “At the moment there is no formal roadway; the existing laneway forms part of the property that runs right up to the back of the businesses,” he said. Mr Wales said several of those existing businesses had development consents that had to provide rear access to their buildings for commercial reasons and for fire egress. Some businesses had their

own parking that could become inaccessible if the carpark was sold and developed right to its boundary with the existing West St buildings. Business owners in the area were not notified by council prior to the Expressions of Interest being called. Because the land is classified as “operational”, the council did not have to consult the community before it decided to sell it. The diversion of delivery vehicles to West St from the “informal” laneway at the boundary of the Bullion St land would be a traffic nightmare for Umina Town Centre, according to the Chamber. “It would be like telling Umina shoppers the council was going to put paid parking metres in; there will be a worse revolt than the Ettalong boarding house proposal,” Mr Wales said. The Gosford Council did hold discussions with the Peninsula Chamber in 2014 about the future of the Umina Town Centre. “We did say that the Bullion St Carpark was important to the town centre and held prospects for future development for community benefit but at no time did we agree to its wholesale sale,” Mr Wales said. “Umina is unique and successful because of Bullion St. “There is no other town centre in the former Gosford local government area that has a grid system to give traffic access to and from the town centre, the offers kerbside parking and the parking in Bullion St with its direct links to businesses. “Then we have excellent public transport in the form of buses so if you play around with that mix of unique circumstances you could ruin the town centre. “Every other town centre that is suffering retail problems has a shortage of parking. “We did not spend a decade encouraging businesses to come to Umina to see it ruined,’ Mr Wales said. Interview, 30 Aug 2016 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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he former Member for Gosford and Terrigal, Mr Christopher Hartcher, has been found by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to have acted with the intention of evading election funding laws by failing to properly disclose political donations worth “hundreds of thousands of dollars”; by accepting donations from property developers; and by breaching caps on political donations that applied after January 1, 2011.

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the donations through Eightbyfive, as he was able to draw from those funds to give himself a salary, thereby, enabling him to work for Mr Hartcher

Eightbyfive and took an active part in using it to channel donations for the 2011 campaign from Australian Water Holdings Pty Ltd ($183,342.50

The use of Eightbyﬁve, according to ICAC, was with the intent of evading the election funding laws. on the 2011 NSW state election campaign. “Mr Koelma subsequently obtained full-time employment in Mr Hartcher’s ministerial office after the 2011 election.” According to the ICAC report, Mr Hartcher was involved in the establishment of

between April 2009 and May 2011), Gazcorp Pty Ltd ($121,000 between May 2010 and April 2011) and Patinack Farm Pty Ltd ($66,000 between July 2010 and March 2011) Continued Page 10

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Department of Finance Services building to go before JRPP he Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) will meet to consider a Government Property NSW application to build a second mixeduse commercial development on the former Gosford Public School site.

The application has been lodged as a Crown application which means the JRPP cannot impose conditions or refuse the application without the agreement of the applicant or the Minister for Planning. The JRPP meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 15, and will be held in the Gosford Council Chambers in Mann St at 5:00pm. The building would be located at 32 Mann Street, next to the DomaAustralian Taxation Office development which is currently the subject of a Land and Environment Court challenge. The Central Coast Council has submitted an assessment report to the panel recommending that it grants “deferred commencement consent subject to conditions”. The proposed development would include a six-storey A-grade commercial building with

three levels of basement parking. “The ground floor is to include uses such as café, retail and business services to activate the street frontage along Mann St with traditional office space above,” according to the JRPP meeting notice. The JRPP website lists the capital investment value of the project at $34.2 million. The public exhibition period closed on May 29 and 57 submissions were received including 28 in favour of the development and 29 against. The proposal would see pedestrian access to the new building from Mann St and vehicular access from Baker St. It would include 7,700 square metres of commercial floor space and 104 car parking spaces. According to the Central Coast Council’s assessment report to the JRPP: “The building height and floor

space ratio are below the maximum permitted by the Gosford Local Environmental Plan 2014 and the proposal complies with the building setbacks and the car parking rates required. “The proposal is to accommodate 300plus jobs from the NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation.” According to the Central Coast Council’s report, the proposal is consistent with the Gosford City Centre Masterplan and Chapter 4.4 Gosford Waterfront, except for issues relating to active street frontage to Baker St, sharing vehicle access, location of disabled parking, visibility of vehicle entrance door/elevation from Baker St and the waterfront. Submissions in support of the project pointed to the economic benefit of the creation of 300 jobs to help revitalise the Gosford city centre. Reasons for objection

A photo montage of the State office building were mainly due to the belief that the site should be retained and used for public and community use, such as a performing arts centre. Central Coast Council stated its reasons for supporting the proposal as: it is a permissible use, the design complies with the GLEP and GDCP objectives; and the additional employment (300 plus jobs) will activate the currently vacant site, promote investment and help to revitalise the city

centre and waterfront. According to the report from Council, requirements for design excellence were considered in its assessment of the application and considered it “consistent with the requirements”. “In particular, the proposal offers a good standard of architectural design, which is appropriate for the area, and employs design features in the front elevation that enhance the appearance of the development and are

consistent with creation of interesting and active pedestrian environments. “Future development on the western side of the site will screen the western elevation. “Until that time, landscaping is being provided to improve the visual impact from the waterfront and Baker St,” the council report said. Continued Pag 4

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“There are no towers proposed on the site, and the street frontage height and building height comply with the maximum limits.” The council’s assessment report also looks at the development in relation to the 2010 Our City Our Destiny Masterplan and acknowledges that the site is in the Waterfront Precinct. The report acknowledged that the Master Plan identified the Waterfront as “the jewel in Gosford’s crown”.

According to the report: “A new land use framework for the Gosford Waterfront has been established through an amendment to Gosford’s Local Environmental Plan. “The new framework rezoned parts of the Gosford Waterfront, and introduced new development standards (floor space and height) and other controls to promote the orderly, economical and sustainable revitalisation of the Gosford Waterfront. “The new land use framework provides an opportunity to expand the previously identified extent

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of the Gosford Waterfront by incorporating part of the Arts and Entertainment Precinct. “In addition, the new framework underpins and strengthens two existing key streets, Mann St, and a newly extended Baker St, and provides high quality connections to a series of new and reconfigured development zones on and adjacent to the Gosford Waterfront.” The Central Coast Council concluded: “The proposed development generally complies with the GDCP Chapter 4.4

Gosford Waterfront… is also consistent with the Urban Structure Map which identifies this subject land as part of development footprint location. “It is considered that the proposed development will complement the locality and meet the desired future character of the area. “The proposal is permissible under the B4 zoning and complies with the maximum height and FSR required under GLEP 2014. “The proposal provides adequate on site car parking and access.

“The existing road system can cater for the additional traffic generated subject to construction of the extension of Baker St. “The proposed development will create significant employment (300 plus jobs) in the City Centre which will act as a catalyst for other developments and increase demand for other goods and services within the city. “The location of this building will not prevent the balance of the site (about 1.1 ha) being developed for other purposes. “The issues raised

in public submissions objecting to the proposal relate mainly to the use of the site for a commercial building rather than a community use such as a performing arts centre. “Employment generation is essential to create a liveable city with resident population which is supported by appropriate access to goods and services.” Website, Sep 7, 2016 Joint Regional Planning Panel, Ref: 2016HCC028DA Assessment report and recommendation, Sep 5, 2016 R A Eyre, Central Coast

Community Environment Network Biodiversity - we can’t live without it! Spring has sprung and September is Biodiversity Month - a great time of year to get outdoors and celebrate the biodiversity of the Central Coast. We are fortunate to have magnificent National Parks and COSS lands (Coastal Open Space Scheme) as well as wetlands, waterways, rock platforms and marine environments - just to name a few of the diverse landscapes at our doorstep that you can explore for free!. It’s easy to think that there is not a problem - but that’s not the case. The IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) Red List evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species globally. (IUCN Website) When comparing places on the IUCN Red List, Australia is in the top five for extinction of animals and plant species, and the top 10 for endangered and threatened species. (ABC Fact Check). The Central Coast also has a long list of species under threat. Threatened Species day is also on 7 September. Many people curse threatened species - apparently they get in the way of development - although there are very few instances where a threatened species has stopped development. Environmentalists are also dismayed by threatened species. The fact that we have pushed so many species of plants and animals so close to the point of extinction or past that point, is inconceivable to many.

Helping the endangered Bush Stone-curlew Over the last 15 years there has been a dramatic decline in the local population of Bush Stone-curlews living around Brisbane Water. Locally, the Bush Stone-curlew can be found in suburban and open bushland areas in and around Brisbane Water. The Bush Stonecurlew, Burhinus grallarius, is similar to a large shore or wading bird, It stands tall, about 55 cms, with long legs that have thickened knee joints, and large feet. It is often the Bush Stone-curlew's call that catches the attention and stays in the memory of those who come into contact with the bird. In field guides and other texts the call is usually verbalised as ‘weer-loo’. To listen to a Bush Stone-curlew call go to www.bushstonecurlew.com.au In NSW, the Bush Stone-curlew is "Endangered", which means that it is considered to be in danger of extinction if the present conditions that threaten its survival continue. The breeding season begins with a noisy courtship around August-September and has generally finished by March. Nests are frequently recorded in areas lacking in native vegetation, such as mown lawns, ploughed paddocks and paddocks cut for hay, grazed paddocks, dirt and gravel roads, seaweed on beaches, playing fields, and vacant lots. Locally, a group called the Friends of Bush Stone-curlew, continues to monitor the population, raise awareness and educate the community. If you would like to join the group - then please email: cen@cen.org.au. The Friends group is currently supported through CEN’s Urban Wildlife Project. This is supported with funding from the NSW government through its Environmental Trust.

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Wildlife Protection Area still being sought after 20 year delay n May 2016, Saratoga and District Sport and Recreation Association (SDSRA) issued a written request to Central Coast Council to consider, as a matter of urgency, the establishment of a Wildlife Protection Area throughout parts of Saratoga, Davistown, K i n c u m b e r , Kincumber South, Bensville, Empire Bay and St Huberts Island, for the protection of the local population of Bush Stone Curlews.

This proposal was presented to the former Gosford City Council by SDSRA in 1996 for the staged re-development of the recreation area within Crown Reserve R64760, on the western tip of the Saratoga Peninsula, that initially brought to the fore the presence of Bush Stone Curlews on the Central

Mother Bush Stone Curlew with its chick Coast. The subsequent plans for the re-development of the reserve were substantially modified to ensure the sustainability of the Bush Stone Curlews’ habitat. Despite Bush Stone

Curlews having occupied Reserve R64760 continuously throughout living memory, the resident birds abandoned this location in December 2015. Bush Stone Curlews are fairly large nocturnal grounddwelling birds classified as

being endangered within NSW. The plight of the Bush Stone Curlews within Reserve R64760 highlights the stressful situation that the entire population of Bush Stone Curlews on the Central Coast is currently

enduring, partly as a consequence of projects such as the redevelopment of the recreation area within Reserve R64760 and the construction of the cycleway link between Saratoga, Davistown and Kincumber, but primarily

due to the pressures of increasing human-related activities in general. Protection, enhancement and management of known Bush Stone Curlew habitat, particularly the long-established territories of breeding pairs, are key issues for council to address. Those concerned about Wildlife Protection Areas are imploring Central Coast Council to consider the protection of native wildlife. However, those trying to bring back the Bush Stone Curlew are irritated with the council’s handling of the issue in the past two decades. A case for the establishment of a Wildlife Protection Area over Bush Stone Curlew country on the foreshores of Brisbane Water is presented in a brochure currently being distributed by SDSRA. Media release, Aug 31, 2016 Alan Skinner, Saratoga and Districts Sport and Recreation Association

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Rola project soon he future of the heritage-listed C r e i g h t o n ’s Building in Mann St Gosford will soon be back in the hands of the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP).

Amended plans were received by Central Coast Council in July from the Rola Property Group Pty Ltd. They were placed on public exhibition (but not advertised in this newspaper) and submiclosed on August 12, but the JRPP has not yet listed a date for the determination of the amended DA. It is two years since the original development application for a mixed use development from 27A to 37 Mann St Gosford was lodged. The original DA called for the demolition of all existing buildings and structures on the land, including the Creighton’s Funeral Parlour (Gosford Heritage Item 37). It was to be replaced with a mixed use building with two levels of basement parking, ground floor retail, restaurant and car park, level one commercial and parking and, from level 2 to 15, 127 apartments and two external car spaces at level 2. The DA was amended in September, October and December 2015. The amendments retained the Creighton’s Funeral Parlour with the exception of one wall which was to be replaced due to structural inadequacy, demolished

The Creighton's Funeral Parlour and garage has been incorporated into the latest design all other existing buildings and structures and erected a 17-storey mixed use building of 17,180 square metres of gross floor area. The building would include: 134 residential units; 1060 square metres of commercial space and 503 square metres of retail floor space; 210 square

metres of restaurant space and 224 car spaces. The Joint Regional Planning Panel considered the amended DA on December 17, 2015 and decided to defer its decision to enable further amendments. The JRPP asked for the developer to address

the bulk and scale of the proposed development to “appropriately minimise the impacts on the heritage item and to appropriately address view sharing impacts in relation to the nearby Broadwater Apartments in Parlour Lane”. The developer was

also asked to “reduce the busyness and flamboyance of the development and provide a quieter façade treatment in order to improve design excellence outcomes”. The planning panel asked for: further consideration to be given to design criteria; an

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to return to JRPP In addition to the former ‘Creighton Funeral Parlour’ at 37 Mann St, the subject land is currently occupied by: a two storey office building at 35 Mann St; a two storey shop and residence at 33 Mann St; a two storey office building at 31 Mann St; a two storey shop and residence at 29 Mann St; a two storey shop and residence at 27 Mann Street; a cottage fronting Parlour Lane; and a dwelling house at 125 Georgiana Terrace. An Architectural Design Statement (June 22) prepared by Thrum Architects contained an overview of the amended development application which involved retention of the Creighton’s Funeral Parlour for use as a ground floor restaurant/ bar and the existing level one, two bed sole occupancy apartment. All other existing buildings and structures are to be demolished and replaced by a new 19-storey (plus two basement levels) mixed use building of gross floor area 13,205 square metres. The latest proposal for the tower would comprise:

two basement car parking levels (total 130 spaces plus car wash); ground floor retail and car parking (47 spaces); level one commercial and 28 car spaces; level two residential apartments; heated swimming pool; garbage store and collection and external podium; and levels three to 18 residential apartments. The development would include a total of 132 apartments (131 in new building and 1 in the retained heritage building); and 205 car spaces. In the design process, the tower was moved eastwards by a short distance to this position in order to increase the visual separation of the new tower from the heritage building. Within the Mann St frontage, the proposed development has a maximum height above ground level of 60 metres, exceeding the 46.8m maximum permitted building height by 29 per cent at the highest point of the roof element. The proposed development complies with the maximum height requirements for its Parlour

Lane frontage. The subject land is partly subject to maximum permissible floor space ratio development standard of 4:1 and partly 3:1 (rear of the land fronting Georgiana Terrace and Parlour Lane). However, the gross floor area of the proposed development is located almost entirely within the Mann Street frontage where the maximum permissible FSR of 5.2:1 applies. The FSR for the proposed development is 6.9:1 which exceeds the maximum permissible. The amended development application was accompanied by a Statement of Heritage Impact. The statement concluded: “the significance of the Creighton building will be conserved by the proposal as it would be fully retained along with the majority of the side garage whose primary sandstone façade would be interpreted in the new design via contrasts between old and new fabrics. “Generally, the new development would stand

to the rear and side of the Creighton building and would conserve its prominence and landmark status in the streetscape. “It would also merge within its existing surroundings via a front two storey section in line with the parapet style of the Creighton building. “The amended proposal offers a positive solution to conserving the cultural significance of the heritage building meanwhile responding to a need to increase amenity in the town centre of an expanding Gosford.” In considering whether development exhibits design excellence, the statement of environmental effect (SEE) submitted with the latest version of the DA said: “the proposed development will result in an improvement to the visual amenity of the public domain (streetscape) by replacing the existing aged building stock with a building and landscaping of contemporary design quality and retaining the heritage item located on the corner of Mann St and Georgiana Tce”. “Other than in respect to

the proposed exceedance of the maximum permitted building height and floor space ratio development standards, the proposed development is consistent with all applicable provisions of Gosford Local Environmental Plan 2014,” the statement of environmental effects said. In relation to view sharing, the SEE argued that the latest design “improves view sharing outcomes for the residents of Broadwater Apartments”. The Visual Impact Statement prepared by Richard Lamb and Associates concluded: “As the site is directly west of the Broadwater Apartments and in a direction in which scenic views are possible and desirable, it is inevitable that a new building will cause some view loss. “The footprint has been cut back consistent with the location and angle of the potential view lines which were analysed from a centrally located apartment. “The cut back tower had been decreased in floor plate area by approximately 150 square metres. “The cut back solution

along with the floor plate shape and location of the tower element, adopts an appropriate approach to minimising impacts of view loss, in the context of the development standards and controls that apply to the site. “Notwithstanding, view loss will occur in relation to the Broadwater Apartments. “The design approach taken and its further refinement … including the reduction in width of the tower component as viewed from the Broadwater Apartments, have improved view sharing outcomes. “In my opinion the approach taken to minimise view loss … successfully minimises potential visual effects and impacts of the proposed development in relation to views from the Broadwater Apartments. “In this context, I consider that the proposed development can be supported on view loss grounds.” Website, Sep 6, 2016 Gosford City DA tracker, DA46209/2014 Various documents Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Council’s Group Leader of Customer and Community Relationships resigns entral Coast Council’s Group Leader of Customer and Community Relationships, Ms Judy Jaeger, is leaving Council after almost forty years of dedicated service in Local Government.

Ms Jaeger has led the delivery of many of Council’s most popular and important community services including libraries, sport and recreation, arts and culture and community and economic development, as well as some of its critical business operations like information technology procurement, fleet and property management. Council’s CEO, Mr Rob Noble, said he has known Ms Jaeger for many years and is personally and professionally sorry to see her leave the organisation. “I wish Judy nothing but the very best as she moves on to the next stage of her life,” Mr Noble said. “I thank Judy from the bottom of my heart for her tremendous commitment, passion and service to the Central Coast Council, its people and the broader community. “She has left a lasting legacy due to her

commitment to delivering projects that enrich the lives of the community and have made the Central Coast a better place to live, work and play,” he added. Ms Jaeger has led key projects for the Central Coast including the Gosford Regional Library, Woy Woy Oval upgrade, redevelopment of Ettalong Beach foreshore reserve, Lisarow Sporting Precinct and the successful Gosford Smart Work Hub. Ms Jaeger was instrumental in finalising an ongoing agreement with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage for critical conservation work in Rumbalara Reserve to ensure this unique part of the Central Coast is protected for future generations. A new Disability Inclusion Action Plan is underway and will ensure people with a disability have equal access to Council’s essential services, thanks to Ms

Jaeger’s strong leadership in this area. “I know Judy would say that one of her proudest achievements, amongst many at Council, is facilitating the first Tiny Homes pilot project in Australia, right here on the Central Coast,” Mr Noble continued. “Houses specifically for the homeless, will be built on land Council has provided delivering a real and lasting solution to the growing problem of homelessness on the Coast. “Many other Councils said no to the project, but not Judy, she championed the project and in the next few weeks it will be a reality. “That is the ultimate legacy,” Mr Nobel concluded. Ms Jaeger’s last day at Central Coast Council will be September 9. Media release, Sep 7, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

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Save Central Coast Reserves members meet with Reynolds and Noble

Mr ian Reynolds (left), Central Coast Council Administrator, with Ms Sue Chidgey from Save Central Coast Reserves

everal members of Save Central Coast Reserves attended the Central Coast Council’s community engagement session at Wyoming Shopping on Thursday, August 25.

Save Central Coast Reserves has now been campaigning for 12 months to protect 24 local urban reserves, parks and green spaces which the council proposes to reclassify and sell-off. Site representatives and affected community members spoke to Mr Ian Reynolds, the Central Coast Council Administrator, and Mr Rob Noble, chief executive officer, to emphasise the importance of their neighbourhood sites, both to the community and the environment. “Save Central Coast Reserves sincerely hopes that both Mr Reynolds and Mr Noble will decide to protect these sites as hundreds of residents have spent the last year fighting this move by council to raise revenue through the sale of

community land,” said Save Central Coast Reserves organiser, Ms Sue Chidgey. “Hundreds of emails and submissions have been sent to council, before the amalgamation and after,” Ms Chidgey said. “Community members and local environment groups have attended public meetings and rallies, given speeches, presented petitions and run events to try to get our voice heard that community lands should not be sold, but kept as a valuable community resource, for now and the future,” she said. Ms Chidgey said she believed the session had been worthwhile but wished council would hold an evening session to give working people an opportunity to meet with the Administrator and CEO.

“I hope it was not just a tick the box for community consultation; I hope they are going to finally start listening to us,” she said “We are still none the wiser about the land sale strategy and whether or not the first 10 blocks will be protected as community land. “It has been a year of concern and worry for residents and we hope Mr Noble will put a stop to that,” she said. Ms Chidgey said Mr Reynolds was hoping for the urgent report he had called for in August to be delivered to the September 14 Central Coast Council meeting. Media release, Aug 28, 2016 Sue Chidgey, Save Central Coast Reserves

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Chris Hartcher found by ICAC to have acted with the intention of evading election funding laws From Page 1 for the benefit of the NSW Liberal Party, himself and other Liberal candidates and with the intention of evading the election funding laws. “Mr Hartcher benefited from this arrangement because part of the funds channelled through Eightbyfive enabled Mr Koelma to work for him on the 2011 NSW state election campaign at no cost to Mr Hartcher.” Each time payments were made to Eightbyfive, ICAC found they were ostensibly for the provision of services by the business to the donors, but were, in fact, political donations. According to ICAC, payments from each arrangement made after January 1, 2011 exceeded the applicable cap on political donations. In the case of Patinack Farm, the payments to Eightbyfive were made by Patinack Farm, but the arrangement was organised through Buildev, which made the donations illegal because they were from a property developer. According to ICAC, Mr Carter also used the Free Enterprise Foundation to channel political donations to the NSW Liberal Party for its 2011 NSW election campaign so that the identity of the true donor was disguised from the Election Funding Authority. A portion of this money was from property developers, the ICAC report said. Political donations obtained by Mr Carter under the scheme included $5,000 from each of LA Commercial Pty Ltd, Yeramba Estates Pty Ltd and Brentwood Village Pty Ltd, and $2,200 from Crown Consortium Pty Ltd. The ICAC report details the intricacies of the arrangements between each of Australian Water Holdings, Gazcorp and Patinack Farm with Eightbyfive.

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Mr Hartcher told the Commission that, in 2009, he had suggested to Mr Nicholas Di Girolamo. the chief executive officer of Australian Water Holdings that he meet Mr Koelma to see if he was a suitable person to work with him on Government relations. Mr Koelma met with Mr Di Girolamo and, soon after that meeting, Mr Koelma registered the business name Eightbyfive. “Mr Hartcher was regularly updated by Mr Koelma on the activities of Eightbyfive; for example, the state of its arrangement with Australian Water Holdings, the written terms of the retainer, and even on money matters. “The contact was unusually close. “The Commission finds that Mr Hartcher had a significant role in the genesis and operations of Eightbyfive and that Mr Koelma’s role was largely in the nature of managing operations and reporting to Mr Hartcher.” “In assessing the

purpose of Eightbyfive, the Commission takes into account that Eightbyfive had no genuine business. “Services were either not provided at all or were not provided to the extent indicated by the amount of the retainer.” According to the ICAC report, Mr Raymond Carter admitted that he was collecting money from property developers and channelling that money through the Free Enterprise Foundation. This arrangement was no longer legal from 1 January 2011, after caps were imposed on donors. Mr Carter said when that happened “I had to have another way of looking at collecting some more money and Tim [Koelma] introduced me, told me that he had a company that … I could use to put some funds through”, according to the ICAC report. “Finally, the Commission received evidence from a number of witnesses who were

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invoiced by Eightbyfive, who told the Commission that they understood they were making a donation to the NSW Liberal Party and never received services from Eightbyfive.” The Spicer report also included some information about the alleged efforts of Mr Hartcher and Mr Koelma to discredit Sydney Water through the media, that forms part of ICAC’s Operation Credo. “In all the circumstances … the Commission finds that the arrangement between Australian Water Holdings and Eightbyfive, as represented in the written agreement, and as presented in the evidence of Mr Koelma, Mr Di Girolamo and Mr Hartcher, was not genuine. “The arrangement between Eightbyfive and Australian Water Holdings facilitated the engagement of Mr Koelma to work for Mr Hartcher in the lead up to the 2011 state election. “The Commission is satisfied that the payments made by Australian Water Holdings to Eightbyfive were political donations within the meaning of s 85(1) of the Election Funding Act … because they were in fact a gift made to, or for the benefit of, an elected member, Mr Hartcher,” the ICAC report said. Again, in relation to the arrangement between Gazcorp and Eightbyfive, Mr Hartcher accepted that he introduced Nabil Gazal Senior to Mr Koelma, according to ICAC. Another of the factual findings in the ICAC report related to Mr Hartcher being involved in an arrangement in late 2010 with the Hon Michael Gallacher and Buildev director, Mr Darren Williams, whereby two political donations totalling $53,000 were provided to the NSW Liberal Party for use in its 2011 election campaigns for the seats of Newcastle and Londonderry. According to ICAC, the funds reached the Liberal Party via cheques from a Nathan Tinkler company called Boardwalk Resources made payable to the Free Enterprise

Foundation. “These were provided to Mr Hartcher who arranged for them to be sent to Mr [Paul] Nicolaou [former Executive Chairman of the Millennium Forum].” Mr Nicolaou sent the cheques to the Free Enterprise Foundation which subsequently sent money to the NSW Liberal Party. “Although the cheques for the donations were drawn on the account of Boardwalk Resources, they were made for Buildev, a property developer. “Each of Mr Gallacher, Mr Hartcher and Mr Williams entered into this arrangement with the intention of evading the Election Funding Act laws…,” ICAC said. Since the release of the ICAC report, Mr Hartcher has stated publicly that he intended to fight its findings. The chapter of the ICAC report dedicated to the Central Coast 2011 Liberal Party election campaign said it was satisfied that Mr Hartcher was, at all relevant times, aware of the requirements of the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981 relating to the need for accurate disclosure of political donations, the ban on political donations from property developers, and the applicable caps on political donations. “By 2011, Mr Hartcher was a significant and influential member of the NSW Liberal Party,” the ICAC report said. “He had given long service and he was a key member of the leadership group within the NSW Liberal Party. “Simon McInnes recounted a discussion when Paul Nicolaou said, ‘What Hartcher wants Hartcher gets’. “As a shadow minister and an experienced and successful campaigner, Mr Hartcher was regarded as the NSW Liberal Party leader on the Central Coast.” According to ICAC, at the time, the NSW Liberal Party had a Finance Code of Practice, which,

if obeyed, imposed fairly stringent requirements on sitting members and candidates as to how they could raise funds, and how those funds should be banked and accounted for. “Obtaining independent funding, which was not subject to disclosure and not subject to head office scrutiny, could make the funding of a campaign relatively autonomous, as well as increase the amount of money available to be spent,” ICAC said. According to the ICAC report: “Following a careful consideration of Mr Hartcher’s evidence, the Commission is of the view that it is unreliable. “His evidence on various matters was inconsistent with the objective facts,” ICAC said in its report and cited several examples. Commission officers found a number of documents during the course of executing a search warrant on Mr Hartcher’s electorate office, including a printout of an email sent by Mr Carter to Mr Hartcher’s Terrigal electorate office on April 4, 2011. The email referred to an attached Donation list 2011 that contained a list of the names of potential political donors, some of whom were property developers. “The significance of the Donation list 2011 is that it contained names of persons who did contribute to the Terrigal campaign through the Free Enterprise Foundation or Eightbyfive. Other documents were found that ICAC contended also supported its findings about Eightbyfive and the flow of political donations to the Terrigal campaign. Report, Aug 2016 ICAC, Investigation into NSW Liberal Party Electoral Funding for the 2011 State Election Campaign and Other Matters Media release, 30 Aug 2016 Nicole Thomas, Independent Commission Against Corruption Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Senator slams liberals over ICAC report SW Senator, Ms Deborah O’Neill, said the “Operation Spicer” report released by ICAC yesterday exposed a grim underbelly of arrogantly out of touch Liberal politicians.

Sen O’Neill said the report, which found wide-scale funnelling of undisclosed political donations to the NSW Liberal party, demonstrates the disrespect the Central Coast Liberal Party and its representatives have shown the community, and it exposes their blatant disregard for their constituents and the needs of our community. The report found former Liberal MP for The Entrance, Mr Chris Spence, and former Liberal MP for Wyong, Mr Darren Webber, “acted with the intention” of evading election funding laws. It also recommended that the Director of Public Prosecutions consider charging the former Liberal MP for Terrigal, Mr Chris Hartcher, with larceny. “This report exposes a deep, long-established culture of funnelling dirty donations to the NSW Liberal Party. “It reveals disrespect for the law and the community,” Sen O’Neill said. “A culture of ‘what Hartcher wants Hartcher gets’ as exposed by the report, shows that the Central Coast Liberal Party is determined to put their fundraisers first and the

Central Coast last,” she continued. The report states their factual findings including a $121,000 donation through EightbyFive which was funnelled to Mr Spence’s campaign for The Entrance and a undetermined donation of between $34,650 and $49,500 ended up being spent by Mr Webber’s campaign for Wyong. In one instance, the report found Mr Hartcher and members of his staff were involved in funnelling ongoing donations totalling $183,342.50 through EightbyFive to assist Mr Hartcher’s own re-election campaign in 2011. The Report also indicated that “Following a careful consideration of Mr Hartcher’s evidence, the Commission is of the view that it is unreliable. “His evidence on various matters was inconsistent with the objective facts.” “The honest, hardworking people of the Central Coast are sick of these kinds of dodgy Liberal deals,” Sen O’Neill said Media release, Aug 31, 2016 Rhys Zorro, Office of Deborah O’Neill NSW Senator

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Willoughby Rd petition presented to Federal Parliament he petition to fix the dangerous stretch of Willoughby Rd at Wamberal was presented in Federal Parliament on September 1, by Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks.

After two sudden and fatal incidents in her electorate, the online petition was started by local nurse, Ms Lindy Hewett, on the website Change.org. Ms Hewett has no connection with the families who lost their lives on this road, however she sees the danger that Willoughby Rd presents to the people of Wamberal and wants to ensure that improvements are made to prevent further fatalities. Local residents refer to the dangerous stretch of road as “The Dip” with RMS figures revealing that it has been the scene of 20 incidents over the past decade, including 12 resulting in injuries and one fatality. Improvements called for include: the levelling of the stretch of road and for traffic calming measures to be installed between Windsor Rd and Selma Cls. “I spoke to a number of local residents who are concerned about the impact and the dangers of this location on the Scenic Hwy,” Ms Wicks said. Ms Wicks went on to explain that someone has even taken their time to write the words “slow down” in white spray paint onto the surface to the approaching bend. “It’s a powerful reminder and a poignant warning,” Ms Wicks said.

Lucy Wicks presenting the petition to Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester

When Ms Wicks received the petition from Ms Hewett, it contained more than 5,000 signatures, 1,500 comments and had over 220 pages. “While we know it’s not going to be fixed overnight, my commitment is that I am certainly not going to rest until it’s done. “I know this community won’t allow us to rest until it’s done either,” Ms Wicks said. Mother of Jackson Williams, the 17 year old who lost his life there, Ms Michelle Williams, begged people to listen to the community. “As a resident of the

Coast all my life I am aware of the dip on the road and the notoriety of it. “I want to scream but who will hear me? “Please sign to help prevent further loss of life,”

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Brisbane Water Legacy receives $107,000 to purchase a new bus eterans and their families on the Central Coast will benefit from Australian Government grant funding for local projects, in a major announcement this Legacy Week.

Brisbane Water Legacy has received more than $107,000 to purchase a new bus for transporting veterans to commemorative and social events, under the Veteran and Community Grants program. Federal Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, said Brisbane Water Legacy had a welldeserved reputation for its commitment to improving the lives of those who have served the nation. “There are many ways that as a community we honour the service and sacrifice of the men and women who serve in defence of our country, and these grants help at a local level,” Ms Wicks said. “The dedication and hard work of our local veterans’ organisations, like Brisbane Water Legacy, ensure veterans and their families receive services, support and opportunities that allow them to be a part of our community. “With the benefit of a

Council will not take part in ATO Land and Environment Court action he Gosford Waterfront Alliance Incorporated (GWA) has called for the Doma-Australian Taxation Office development to be moved to land owned by the NSW Government on the corner of Mann St and Faunce St.

Lucy Wicks with Brisbane Water Legacy's Peter Lawley

new bus to get around the Central Coast, this Veteran and Community Grants funding will flow on to our entire community,” Ms Wicks said. Brisbane Water Legacy CEO, Mr Peter Lawley, said that the organisation assisted over 1,800 veterans across the Central Coast. “One of the major support services that we provide is social outings and events for the war widows and families to attend,” Mr Lawley said. “Through this grant,

we will be able to replace a 15 year old bus with a comfortable and safe vehicle that will allow the daily outings and trips to be expanded for so many war widows who have little ability to venture out, aside from these trips. “It will greatly reduce the social isolation that many face, as well as providing practical trips to shopping centres for the Brisbane Water Legacy dependants. “The support of local member, Ms Lucy Wicks, and the Department of

Veterans Affairs in securing this grant is greatly appreciated by the Legatees (volunteers). “This grant will make a difference to the lives of a wonderful group of our older generation who have given so much for this country, as well as helping younger people, who as a family are affected by the impact of war upon the return from active duty by our soldiers,” Mr Lawley said. Ex-service and community organisations, veteran groups and private organisations that contribute to the health and welfare of the veteran community are all eligible to apply for funding through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ (DVA) Veteran and Community Grants program. Media release, Sep 2, 2016 Tim Sowden, Office of Lucy Wicks MP

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The Alliance has called on the NSW and Federal Governments to support its vision for the revitalisation of Gosford city. Ms Claire Braund, Alliance President, said there was a clear, awardwinning plan that was painstakingly built by hundreds of knowledgeable people in 2009 and 2010. “In the Our City, Our Destiny Plan, the waterfront was to be an active space for all, primarily an arts/ entertainment precinct,” Ms Braund said. “The CBD was to be a Central Business District leveraging on the existing transport hubs,” she said. “The GWA is fighting the building of an ATO office on the waterfront precinct, instead advocating for it to be located in the Gosford CBD where it will catalyse business, spending and service development. “There are a number of suitable sites, including a block on Mann Street adjacent to the railway line that was purchased by the State Government in 2009 for the purpose of alleviating parking problems or building a state office block. “Currently it is being used as a car lot. “Clearly this is a far more intelligent place to locate a finance hub in Gosford, close to shops, transport and other businesses, rather than on the waterfront. “The Central Business District is there for a reason and the GWA is very concerned that the Federal and State Governments are simply fuelling a repeat

of the Erina strategy of 30 years ago, which decimated Gosford,” Ms Braund said. Local business identities, Mr David Abrahams and Mr Malcolm Brooks, both joined the GWA earlier this year because it had a strong growth strategy and vision for Gosford. Mr Abrahams, who has a role as an infrastructure investment adviser, said it was crucial that, “investors have certainty and agreement at all levels of the community with regard to development. “I conducted an investment tour to Gosford last year and the major objection to investing was the lack of consensus in the community about development,” Mr Abrahams said. “Disunity, to large investors and banks, represents risk, it’s quite simple really,” he said. “Attracting investment partners to the revitalisation of Gosford should be straightforward. “A strong and confident city master plan reflects consensus in the community. “This in turn encourages productive partnerships.” The GWA has welcomed the decision by Central Coast Council not to take an active part in the Land and Environment Court action against building the ATO on the Gosford Waterfront precinct. Media release, Sep 5, 2016 Claire Braund, Gosford Waterfront Alliance

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Suspended driver refused bail after fatal crash s Bianca Harrington, the 20 year old at the centre of a fatal crash, has been refused bail on charges of dangerous driving occasioning death, negligent driving occasioning death and drive motor vehicle whilst suspended.

Ms Harrington was arrested and charged following a fatal three vehicle crash at North Gosford on September 3. The crash happened at the intersection of the Pacific Hwy and Dwyer St around 6am, after Ms Harrington’s Holden Commodore entered the wrong side of the rode and collided with a Mitsubishi Mirage, driven by 62 year old nurse, Ms Kay Maria Shaylor. Ms Shaylor suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Gosford Hospital before being airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital. She later died. Ms Harrington and her 17 year old passenger did not sustain any serious injuries. The male driver of the Toyota Camry also involved in the incident was not injured.

Anyone with information about these incidents should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 Following the incident, Ms Harrington was taken to Gosford Hospital as a precaution, undergoing mandatory blood and urine tests. She was then taken to Gosford Police Station where she was placed under arrest by officers from the Crash Investigation Unit before being charged. Ms Harrington appeared before Gosford Court on

September 5, where she entered three pleas of not guilty. Ms Harrington was refused bail and the matter was adjourned to October 28. Neither Brisbane Water LAC, the Crash Investigation Unit NSW nor NSW Police Media could confirm or deny reports that Ms Harrington was driving whilst under the influence of marijuana as reported in other media. Media release, Sep 3, 2016 NSW Police Media Interview, Sep 7, 2016 Duty Officer, Brisbane Water LAC Interview, Sep 7, 2016 Duty Officer, Crash Investigation Unit NSW Interview, Sep 7, 2016 Duty Officer, NSW Police Media Journalist, Dilon Luke

15 year old boy charged with robbery in company juvenile has been charged following an alleged robbery at a taxi rank at Gosford on August 29.

About 8.15pm on August 28, two teenagers left Gosford Railway Station and headed to the taxi rank in Burns Cres. The pair were approached by a group of young people and allegedly verbally abused. The group assaulted the 18 year old man causing him to fall to the ground. Members of the group took

a number of shopping bags from him and ran in different directions. The youths left and contacted police who attended. A 15 year old boy was

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risbane Water Police arrested a 25 year old Umina man after a vehicle stop in West Gosford.

Around 10:15am on August 8, officers stopped a vehicle being driven by the man. After a search of the vehicle and its five occupants, officers allege they located a sizable amount of the drug ‘ice’ in a number of bags. During the search,

officers also allege they located a revolver and suspected stolen property. The Umina man was charged with: one count supply a prohibited drug, one count possess prohibited drug and one count drive

whilst suspended. The man will appear at Gosford Local Court on August 24. Investigations are ongoing with further charges pending. Website, Aug 9, 2016 Brisbane Water LAC Facebook page

On The Beat

Mobile tablet devices for frontline police ofﬁcers ember for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, welcomed the roll out of 34 mobile tablet devices for frontline police officers in two Area Commands on the Central Coast on September 2.

The mobile tablets will simplify the process of issuing infringements and allowing officers mobile access to police systems. Already 900 devices from the Mobile Policing Program have been delivered to Local Area Commands across NSW as part of the NSW Government’s Policing for Tomorrow fund and now another 1300 will be rolled out state wide. In 2016-17, $36 million was allocated towards programs like this one as part of a $100

million commitment over four years. The Brisbane Water Local Area Command will receive 18 tablets while the Tuggerah Area Command will receive 16 tablets. “This will make a huge difference for regional policing” Mr Crouch said. “These devices simplify the process of issuing infringements so officers don’t have to return to the station

which equates to spending more time out on the beat. “It will be of particular benefit to officers patrolling our mountains district who have to travel long distances to return to their station to complete administrative tasks,” he added. Officers will be able to issue infringements electronically via email or mobile text message rather than having to return to their station. Media release, Sep 2, 2016 Debra Wales, Office of Adam Crouch MP

Man charged with serious assault in Gosford

olice have charged a man following a serious assault in Gosford on the morning of August 21.

Around 2:30am, on August 21, a 43 year old man was walking along Donnison St in Gosford, after leaving a nightclub. As the man was walking, he was assaulted by another man. The 43 year old male suffered a fractured skull and as a result was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a serious condition.

arrested and taken to Gosford Police Station. He was charged with robbery in company. He was refused bail and will appear in a children’s court on August 29.

Banned driver arrested in possession of ‘ice’

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Police from Brisbane Waters Local Area Command were contacted and commenced an investigation. Around 6:45am, August 26, police attended an address in West Gosford and arrested a 39 year old man.

The man was taken to Gosford Police Station and charged with reckless assault causing grievous bodily harm. The 39 year old man was given strict conditional bail to appear before Gosford Local Court on September 13. Media release, Aug 26, 2016 NSW Police Media

Hydroponic drug setup uncovered at West Gosford

olice have located a hydroponic drug setup after a search warrant was executed in West Gosford on August 24.

Just after 8am, police from Northern Beaches Local Area Command and Strike Force Smith searched a home in Grieve Cls, West Gosford. Inside, officers allegedly located: cannabis plants, cannabis, large grow tents, transformers, filters, a water filtration system and a ventilation system, a Nissan Forklift and remnants of cannabis cultivation. All items will undergo forensic examination. At this stage, no arrests have been made and police from Brisbane Waters Local Area Command

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Members of the Say No to Glenning Valley Development group held a peaceful vigil after learning the DA was now in the hands of the Land and Environment Court

he developer of a proposed 264-lot residential subdivision at Glenning Valley has lodged a Deemed Refusal application with the NSW Land and Environment Court.

Court to consider the DA. Ms Kylie Boyle from the ‘Say No to Glenning Valley Development’ group said the ﬁrst Land and Environment Court date was September 29. “We found out about the Deemed Refusal directly from the Central Coast Council Adminstrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, when we met

him at a Community Environment Network meeting,” Ms Boyle said. The Central Coast Council has not announced any intentions in relation to the position it will take on the future of the development when it reaches the Land and Environment Court. “They are sitting on the fence,” Ms Boyle said.

“Even if the council was going to refuse or pass the development all along, they can look like the good guys if the Land and Environment Court makes the decision,” she said. Following the announcement of the Deemed Refusal application, protestors and residents again rallied peacefully at the edge of Glenning Valley’s bushland on August 14 to show their opposition

to the proposed development. “The community at Glenning Valley will not stand down,” Ms Boyle said. “We are prepared to ﬁght and do whatever it takes to stop this development. “We are hoping that Council will represent us and stand with us in saying no at the meeting with the LEC,” she said. According to Ms Boyle, the matter will

be a Class One and will be dealt with, at least initially, by a mediator, but the community group has been given no details about what will take place on September 29. “I have had other developers tell me they would not touch that land because it is so ecologically sensitive,” Ms Boyle said. Media Release, Aug 15, 2016 Kylie Boyle, Glenning Valley

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights Preamble

Article 5

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law, Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations, Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in cooperation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge, Now, therefore, The General Assembly, Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2 Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3 Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4 No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 6 Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7 All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 8 Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9 No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10 Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

Article 11 1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. 2. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

Article 12 No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State. 2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 14 1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. 2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 15 1. Everyone has the right to a nationality. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

2. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. 3. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17 1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 18 Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 20 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21 1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. 2. Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country. 3. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Article 22 Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 23 1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. 2. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. 3. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. 4. Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

Article 16 1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

Article 25 1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. 2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26 1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. 2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. 3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27 1. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

Article 28 Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.

Article 29 1. Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. 2. In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. 3. These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 30 Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

Article 24 Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

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uring the time local government had elected councillors, Mr Craig Doyle was a Gosford City Councillor.

Mr Doyle often raised the issue of parking unavailability, especially in the greater Gosford precinct area. Mr Doyle raised this issue at Council meetings and with the media. I have not detected the same level of interest from Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds. The parking crisis is not recent, it is only expanding faster, with the character changes to Gosford. Iguana Joe’s approval on the Brisbane Water estuary created lengthy debate on transport to and from the site, including alternatives. Anyone familiar with the location will know there is limited parking available with road safety paramount. Did the approval set a precedent for future developments in the area? There is more interest in “cranes in the sky” (Mr, Paul Anderson) than there is in basic infrastructure and quality of life for residents. Parking is bad now as the Gosford greater precinct

FORUM expands radically. I predict the issue will be addressed similarly to some suburbs in Sydney, i.e. parking meters, tow away zones, resident zones and so on. Not only did former CEO Mr Anderson comment on building cranes, he also said he thought it was safe to say that cranes were coming to the skies over Gosford along with the world class city the Central Coast deserves. Except now, planners have failed to accept the world class city concept, which presents the question, what will happen when the cranes are removed? Parking in Adcock Park? Increased sales in Erina Fair? Seawall cafes? Wind tunnels? Regret. The comment on radical expansion is not limited to terrestrial development as history has shown (refer to DA No. 6609/99)

- Proposed boat harbour marina/tourist development and ferry service on Part Reserve 56146 and on Lot 12 DP868080 No 14, Dane Dr, Gosford. What is the future for the estuary? More tourist development or ferry proposals? The same thing is happening at Koolewong. Development pressure is exerted North, South, East and West in an ever increasing radius, as reported in the Coast Community News. Objective reporting is applauded. Seeing cranes in the sky is an indication of more problems as the character of Gosford changes to high rise, creating inevitable parking and traffic management problems. The consequences of a high rise building boom have not been seriously considered at the approval stage. Letter, Aug 30, 2016 Norman Harris, Umina

Reader takes issue with Gosford parking crisis article our headline article in Coast Community News Issue 140 was pathetic in that a number of the facts don’t add up or make sense.

Yes there is a looming shortage of parking but yes Vicky Scott was a councillor when the Gosford Council sold Kibbleplex and lost 400 car spaces. Vicky Scott was also a councillor when the CBD sites were given the 30 per cent increase in development and often not given a similar increase in parking spots. Then you go on to mention the ATO six times. What are they guilty of, 13 car spaces short, do us a favour. And you raise the negative that the building workers on new sites will

FORUM need parking to those that don’t arrive by train. You interviewed Scott MacDonald but failed to mention the new 800 space carpark as part of the hospital expansion, and in the free commuter car park opposite Gosford Station, parking is available most days up to 7am, not 6am. Maybe you should take Vicky Scott’s guilty plea to being party to the creation of the looming shortage, add to it the Deb O’Neill’s penchant for saying lots

about everything but doing nothing much, and join the Gosford Waterfront Alliance who are determined that we will never get an Arts Centre. If you all stay out of town, I am sure that it will more than make up for the 13 spaces the ATO should add, in your opinion (or Vicky’s opinion). Stop bagging development and progress and help Gosford get moving.

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a summary of news articles published in the most recent edition of each of our sister Central Coast publications. The full articles and more, as well as all previously published editions, can be seen on line on our website

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

Developer goes to Land and Environment Court because Council was too slow The developer of a proposed 264-lot residential subdivision at Glenning Valley has lodged a Deemed Refusal application with the NSW Land and Environment

Pacific Hwy upgrade reaches major milestone

A major milestone was The name Warnervale Airport achieved during August on has been changed to Central the $84 million Paciﬁ c Hwy Coast Airport. and Wyong Rd upgrade at Tuggerah.

Tenders called for major M1 upgrade

Animal welfare facility upgraded

The M1 Paciﬁc Mtrwy upgrade between the Tuggerah and Doyalson interchanges is progressing, with tenders now invited to carry out major building work

A $100,000 upgrade to the animal care facility in Charmhaven has been completed.

Rail Maintenance Facility looks like a done deal

Warnervale Airport is now Central Coast Airport

Point Wolstoncroft Sport and Recreation Camp could be privatised

Local Representation Committee met behind closed doors Members of the Lake Munmorah Progress Association were disappointed to ﬁnd that they could not attend a meeting of Central Coast Council’s Local Representation Committee

School bus drivers take strike action

Kangy Angy residents The Point Wolstoncroft Sport School transport services donned snorkels and and Recreation Camp, near were interrupted on the masks for their latest Gwandalan, is reportedly morning of Monday, August protest against the inter- on a list of eight camps to 29, due to a stoppage by city train ﬂeet maintenance be privatised by the NSW Busways bus drivers who are members of the Transport facility proposed for their Government. Workers’ Union of NSW. neighbourhood by State Rail. The full articles and more can be seen on our website www.CentralCoastNews.net

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

Chamber opposes Bullion St carpark sale

Reserves campaigners attend council session

First proposal submitted for Council land sale site

A survey of fuel prices has shown Peninsula prices are comparable with the rest of the Coast.

Representatives from the Save Central Coast Reserves campaign attended a Central Coast Council community engagement session at Wyoming Shopping on

The ﬁrst proposal to develop one of Central Coast Council’s land sale sites has been lodged with the council.

Bus stoppage cancelled at the last minute

Work to start on former Tesrol site

Hotel sale surprises Patonga residents

Busways announced at the last minute on Friday that a 24-hour stoppage planned for today, September 5, had been cancelled.

Work is expected to commence before Christmas on the construction of a seven-storey mixed use residential building at 47 to 50 The Esplanade, Ettalong.

The Patonga Community Working Group has said residents were surprised by the decision to sell the Patonga Beach Hotel and Fish Shop just 24 months after the property was purchased by current owner,

Email, Aug 29, 2016 Godfrey Franz, Gosford

Bridge named after Robert Payne

‘Sip S and S Say’ gathering to discuss disability plan

The 40th anniversary of the An informal Sip and Say Pearl Beach Arboretum was gathering will be held at the Umina Beach Recreation celebrated on August 21. Precinct on September 10 to give Peninsula residents an opportunity to discuss the Central Coast Council’s

Inter-agency group holds Link Day Peninsula Link Day will take place on Wednesday, September 28, at the Peninsula Community Centre, from 10am to 2pm.

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Point Frederick is part of the transition process esley and Bruce Forbes are surely being a little hyperbolic in comparing the construction of flats in Point Frederick with the European invasion of Australia (Forum, Coast Community News, August 25, Pt Frederick will never be the same again).

Research shows that the vast majority of flats are occupied by human beings almost indistinguishable from house-dwellers, and there are few instances of massacres of existing residents by flat-dwelling intruders into established neighbourhoods. One could even argue that the existing residents of Point Frederick are being unreasonably selfish in trying to exclude newcomers in greater numbers from enjoying the benefits of the location. The Central Coast is an area in transition, and Pt. Frederick is part of this transition process. The duty of the Council is to see that this transition takes place with the least possible impact on those being displaced by new residents. This is why there are codes in place to control the density and form of new developments, and one assumes that the new

FORUM developments that the Forbes complain of, comply with these codes. Perhaps (probably), the codes are inadequate: that would not be surprising, given (now-defunct) Gosford Council’s general incompetence in these areas, but the time to deal with that problem was before the codes were introduced. Now that they are in place, it will be difficult to adjust them, because many property owners have bought in anticipation of developing in accordance with those codes. If the Forbes want to change the zoning of Pt Frederick, they will need to mount a strong campaign with the Central Coast Council to revise the Development Control Plan. Of course, I am inclined to agree that Pt Frederick

is not the ideal location for substantial population expansion. New residents there will mean that more travel to Gosford station and exacerbation of the parking problem, unless there is a dramatic improvement in peak-hour bus services. As I have been pointing out since 2009, the prime location for new residential development is within walking distance of the station to replace unsustainable commercial properties, and it is encouraging to see that developments of this kind are at last being mooted. However, everyone is entitled to a choice of residence, and not everyone’s tastes are the same in this respect. Pt. Frederick will have to learn to accommodate itself to changing circumstances. Email, Aug 29, 2016 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

Celebration of diversity is politics from the pulpit

he item in the August 25 Coast Community News, Archdeacon Fr Rod Bower responds with a celebration of diversity, is politics from the pulpit.

Supporting Fr Rod Bower are the NSW Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism, Ms Sophie Cotsis and the NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Mr John Ajaka. There is political comment from Government Ministers, but not from local church ministers. It is reasonable to assume that local church leaders choose to leave political campaigning to politicians and direct their energy to church matters and activities.

FORUM Fr Rod Bower’s amended job description must include free range political activism and engagement without restrictions. Rank has its privileges. Very strange indeed. I would expect the proximity of the church to the outward expanding CBD and the abundance of planning issues reported in every issue of the Coast Community News to be of greater concern.

It will not be long before survival of the church is a topic on the public notice board. Will politicians support the campaign? Can Fr Bower rely on their support? It depends on the issue. What is the development potential of the Anglican Church site to the closest million? It must be on developer’s radar. Letter, Sep 2, 2016 Norman Harris, Umina

Residents challenged to photograph any street that shows architectural merit errie Edwards’ complaint that the Council is approving ugly new buildings (“New ugly buildings not wanted”, Coast Community News 11/8/16) would carry more weight if it weren’t for the fact that practically all the existing buildings on the Central Coast are already ugly, so that, except in unusual cases, new buildings don’t detract noticeably from the urban-scape.

In fact, my impression is that new villas are generally a considerable architectural improvement on the buildings they replace and that the streetscape on blocks that have been substantially renewed with villas represents a more attractive environment than most. Of course, it is true that buildings such as the proposed Atlantis development in Ettalong Beach will be a permanent, distressing eyesore for

FORUM Letters to the editor should be sent to: Coast Community News PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 or mail@gosfordnews.org See Page 2 for contribution conditions everybody who has to suffer it (if only it would go the way of the original Atlantis), but this is in a commercial area,

the impact will be largely on the unfortunates who have to view it across the water, and the area has already been damaged by the Council’s approval of the Mantra resort. I have previously challenged Central Coast residents to provide a photograph of any street in the municipality that shows any architectural merit, but nobody has yet been able to meet the challenge. Email, Aug 22, 2016 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

Parking provisions vary greatly

here are three possible issues as to why Council have not done anything productive with Baker St Carpark.

The first is that it makes money for Council. As Council have sold the Kibbleplex purchased some five years ago for commuter parking, are they not obligated to replace this? The second is the number of reserved spaces. The third is the number of subsidised spaces. There are 78 reserved spaces in the carpark and WorkCover subsidies a further 130 spaces (this information fell off a truck). WorkCover, together with

FORUM their onsite parking, would have 330 spaces whereas the proposed ATO, with the same number of staff, would have 104. Doma has also argued the former School of Arts building and potential ground water impacts constrain its ability to provide more parking (CCN June 30, Page 5). Is it not logical that the ATO building should not be

built there? This probably goes for the PAC and 32 Mann Street, with 104 spaces also, or are all three to be reliant on a walking/bike riding/ public transport dependent workforce and patronage. If the JRPP consider 104 car spaces are nearly sufficient for 600 at the ATO building, then the Gateway Building has with 400 spaces and a capacity for 2400 people Email, Aug 3, 2016 Tom Raine, Wamberal

Council takes over gift to the people

hy is it that councils and governments are stealing public land and buildings?

Maybe the people should be selling the state parliament as it is surplus to the needs to the people of the state. Then sell all council buildings as again, they are surplus to the needs of the people. I write this in relation to the council’s occupation of a philanthropic gift to the

FORUM people of Point Clare in 1903, when it was given to the community, not to the government or council. Does that mean if a person gives something to the people, the government or council can steal it and

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sell it off for a profit for themselves? What sort of people are we, the people, employed to look after our public buildings? God help us if the politicians take complete control of us. Email, Aug 8, 2016 Robert Findley, Point Clare

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Excavation must stop pending an archaeological assessment he Constable s house and garden site (lot C in 1839 Town Plan) is currently being excavated by a Central Coast Council digging machine as part of former Baker Street South Rd, without consideration of evidence of high archaeological significance.

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Point Frederick developments threaten present lifestyle s a Point Frederick born and bred person (from the maternity hospital once in the area, long since demolished), I am watching with horror the development happening in this lovely area where I grew up.

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Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, has said the changes would support local fishers and ensure the supply of locally caught, high quality seafood continued into the future. However, fisherman Mr Dane Van Der Neut said the opposite was true and he believed the changes could be the death knell for local operators. He said at least four of six operators in Patonga were under threat. Mr Van Der Neut said he had been fishing for a living for 10 years and his father had been working in the industry out of Patonga for over 40 years. “He spent the past three decades fighting for his job through consecutive governments,” he said. Mr Van Der Neut said the latest NSW Government reform package was about corporatising the industry and targeting export markets. Mr MacDonald said the key changes would see the NSW Government investing in fishing businesses and providing local fishers with the tools to better manage their business and ensure what is caught continues to be done so sustainably. “The changes will provide more certainty and support for fishers to invest in their businesses, and cement the future of the commercial fishing industry for years to come,” he said. Mr Van Der Neut, who fishes Hawkesbury River squid and Broken Bay school prawns, said estuary prawn trawl fishers have been given until July 2017 to raise their minimum shareholding to 200 or they will not be able to access their fisheries. “There is no guarantee that those shares will be available. “We have been given no guarantee of any access at all because, in 2019, a committee will

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 and I feel what is happening is other countries overseas want our product to be on their tables and I don’t blame them because we have the best seafood. “But the consumer is going to lose if they don’t wake up and do something about it. “Commercial fishermen per electorate are in minute numbers so we don’t stand a chance politically so we need to tell the consumers to tell their MPs to look after our seafood. Edition 396 “In 2017 we won’t know how many commercial fishers will be endorsed because we don’t know how many shares are available. “There are only two fishers in Patonga as we speak with enough shares. “So if the shares are available we might see those existing fishers continue, that is of course if they can access the funds to buy those shares because what this will do is increase the share price beyond our range.” According to Mr MacDonald, Anne Charlton, Labor the new program will givecandidate fishers for Robertson the option to grow their business or choose to exit the industry “through a range of supportive measures Peninsula Election including: low-rate loans; grants Promise for retraining or for independent business advice; subsidies for buyers and sellers of shares; or fixed payments of $20,000 for fishingupgrades business buyouts.” Road The NSW Government has also Stage 2 of Foreshore Project extended itsEttalong cap on management fees. Satellite Primary Care facility Assistance is also available for Scoping study Woy Woy to M1 link fishing cooperatives. The youth NSW programs Governmentand will PCYC Umina also invest $400,000 as part of Blackspot Funding Killcare a campaign to promote NSW caught seafood as sustainable Wi Fi at train stations and continuous mobile and fresh and work with industry coverage forancommute to Sydney to implement origin- labelling scheme for cooked seafood across Footnotes: the state.

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be established to determine how many boats should be left fishing,” he said. “There are different issues with different governments,” he said. “Labor Governments are predominantly green, whereas the Liberal and National Governments are more about corporatising, removing the smaller operators who support the local communities and turning them into larger businesses, moving them into larger ports and starting to work on export deals.” According to Mr Van Der Neut, the latest NSW Government reforms “were asked for by a minority group in the industry who wanted to link their shares to the amount they could catch. “Some of that minority group had good intentions, 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

day. “Then they’ve redistributed the efforts of those active fishers in a Communist way over all the shares in a share class so now the active fisher’s shares have a lot less value,” he said. Mr Van Der Neut uses the example of a five-member family who operated as a combine. Their combined catch in the last year was 25 tonne of mud crabs. Under the new rules their quota has been capped at 1400kg per fisher or a combined quote of seven tonne which means their business is no longer sustainable. If that family is forced to sell its shares and exit the industry, there’s nothing stopping someone with a latent endorsement from buying up their shares and then profiting from the demise of the active fishers. “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. “This sort of reform has already happened in the lobster industry in NSW where you already have catch shares linked to a quota. “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

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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

Coast,” he grants. said. Federal member for government The Federal Minister thefor Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, Outside the Peninsula, Communications, Mitch Fiﬁ eld, has promised Peninsula council contributesMrmore than said for theevery Coalition dollar understood of grant rail commuters free wiﬁ at $3.35 that reliable mobile coverage was Woy Woy train station and money spent on capital projects. crucial productivity. The for council contribution to continuous mobile coverage “The projects Coalition understands represents less all the way to Sydney if she is Peninsula theone importance mobile than per cent ofofitsreliable consolidated re-elected and the Coalition coverage so commuters can get income of $556 million. Government is returned. work done andtime, stay the in touch with At the same council

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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.

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

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$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.

family or the office,” Mr Fifield will said. expects Peninsula ratepayers Ms Wicks the commitment be paying moresaid in rates, with many was a an game-changer which than would paying increase greater t thousands of infldirectly ation (seebenefi separate report). people every day. The council budget does not is a income major, from innovative show“This anticipated the commitment from the Turnbull Peninsula,. Government will meanpays more However, if which the Peninsula of our hard-working rates, charges and othercommuters council can stay connected income at the averagefor perlonger capitaon thefor daily which can be rate thecommute, council area, it would to five hour bea four contributing $76 round milliontriptoto Sydney or Newcastle,” Mrs Wicks council coffers. said. The 2016-17 budget and The $12 commitment operational planmillion were adopted at expected general to leverage anwas extraordinary meetingan $4 million ofadditional the council held atinvestment Wyong from chambers the NSW on Government, council June 29. Ms Wicks said. The plan and budget will deliver There would be an expression of interest process for mobile THIS ISSUE contains network providers to bid for the funding. “A re-elected Turnbull Coalition will work with the NSW Government to provide in-kind assistance to deliver the wifi and improved mobile coverage, facilitating access to land along the rail corridor and helping facilitate planning approvals for new infrastructure,” Ms Wicks said.

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

Ms Charlton has announced a $60 million roads package. She said the Peninsula would get the most beneﬁt from the Roads Rescue Package, with more than 40 roads in Woy Woy,

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

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

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

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unlaw un awful ful ul use usse eo of a net or trap,” Mr unlawful Andrews An A drews sai said sa aid d. said. The T fisherman s was apprehend apprehe a nded d and the Eastern apprehended Rock oc Lobste Lobs bst ste terss were returned to Lobsters th water the water er by o fficers. offi Underr Unde the Fisheries M Manageme anage ageme ement entt Act 1994, the Management fisherm sherman rman ffaces maximum penal pe nalties lties of of be b etween six months penalties between and an a d 10 years yea years arss iimprisonment mprisonment m and up tto o $44,000 $44,0 0 in $4 n fines. “Stea “Stealin S ing ng g fish and black “Stealing marketin ma m arketing arketing, ing, as as well as damage to marketing, fish ha habita bitats tats ats ts a rre serious problems habitats are thatt ca ttha can im mpac mpa pact act on the sustainability impact of our fish sh stoc sto st sstocks tockkks across NSW. “We We e enco enc en nco ourage anyone who encourage sees see es illega ilillegal ega gal al fish hing activity to report shing it to t their th heir nearest n neare nea est Fisheries office, phon p ph hone ne our ou ho h otline or make an phone hotline online onlin nline ine report,” repo rreport, t,,” said s Mr Andrews. C Co omme ommerc ercia rciial fishers in the Commercial rregion egion were were re we rreminded em minded to adhere to tthe fifishing shing ng g regu reg ulations for Eastern regulations Rock Rock ckk Lob L Lobste Lobster rs and estuary fish rs Lobsters species. spe cies es Me ia Media a release, 19 Jul 2016 Mel el H Hamli amlin lin ng, NSW Department Hamling, of o Primary Industries

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

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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 Lucy Wicks, Liberal and incumbent Federal while we are restricting what we Member for Robertson 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 Promises 2016 environment that have a fishery Candidates management strategy underpinned Anne Charlton Lucy Wicks by environmental impact studies. “We’ve got all that. Liberal Labor “We also have the tick of $60 million* $2.75 million sustainability. “The only thing we don’t have $2.5 million the tick for is export which is a $2 million good thing from my point of view because it keeps seafood in the $500,000 local community.” $1.2 million** According to Mr Van Der Neut around six commercial fishers are $60 million# still operating out of Patonga and most are sole traders. “My dad got shares a long time $12 million^ ago because he was in business pre-dating any reform. “With most businesses you can *Funding to be shared between Robertson and Dobell but predominantly Robertson Media release, 31 May 2016 make an educated gamble on the Hannah Eves, offi of from statewide allocation ** Unspecified share of funding forceUmina business, on what you are buying, Scot MacDonald of funding for2016 Peninsula from statewide allocation there are no guarantees out of this. # Unspecified share Interview, 7 Jun Dane Van Der Neut, Woy Woy “It is just a gamble that we will ^ To be shared between all Central Coast train stations from Woy Woy to Wyong and all mobile blackspots along be buying more or less guaranteed rail corridor Reporter: Jackie Pearson access until 2019 and in 2019

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Local fishing operators may close with law changes Peninsula residents wanting to buy local seafood from local retailers may soon not be able to do so, as changes to commercial fishing in NSW cut in, according to a Patonga fisherman from a family with more than 40 years in the industry.

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At the same time, during the past two years, it has experienced a medium density development slowdown, he said. 25 July 2016 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

Planning nning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) sing) 2009. By providing a granny flat that would ld be deemed to be affordable housing, sing, all that was required was a complying development certifificate, which meant no council involvement. lvement. The he need for a development application ication could be triggered if the person building the granny flat needed ded to remove a tree or put in drainage, nage, Mr Wales said. The he granny flat tenants put pressure ssure on local roads, town centres, infrastructure and tres, amenities enities but the development “did not put a single cent into council coffers”, ers”, he said. A granny flat was not rated separately, arately, the council did not earn n any Section 94 contributions from m its development and the developer eloper did not have to provide any parking, he said. As a snapshot, applications for 20 granny flats on the Peninsula were e determined during July 2016. That’s around 240 additional dwellings llings on the Peninsula per yearr that did not pay rates. Iff council was to introduce a Section tion 94 contribution of $5000 per granny flat, they would earn $1.2 2 million per year to reinvest in Peninsula insula infrastructure. Interview, 3 Aug 2016

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

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

the option of doing the whole of the car parking underground and then building three handsome towers on the site,” he said. “Or they may decide to put parking in one area and then build two mixed use towers towards the West St end of the ISSUE land.” THIS contains ns 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.

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Peninsula fuel prices comparable with Coast A survey of fuel prices has shown Peninsula prices are comparable with the rest of the Coast. Prices collected by Mr Rod Munson of Ettalong have provided a comparison of Peninsula priceswith the lowest prices available on the Coast and in Newcastle and Sydney. The most expensive fuel on New safety warnings are difﬁcult to miss when using the rail underpass the Central Coast was found in Woy Woy at Shell and BP with E10 costing 119.9 cents per litre, 16 cents more per litre than Woolworths Umina. Woolworths Umina and Caltex in Blackwall did have some of the

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own parking that could become Peninsula Chamber of inaccessible if the carpark was Commerce has come out sold and developed right to its opposing the proposed boundary with the existing West St sale of Umina’s Bullion St buildings. carpark. Business owners in the area It could be devastating to West were not notified by council prior to St and the Umina Town Centre, the Expressions of Interest being according to Chamber president called. Mr Matthew Wales. Because the land is classified “There will be traffic chaos and as “operational”, the council did businesses will suffer,” Mr Wales not have to consult the community said. before it decided to sell it. The Central Coast Council has The diversion of delivery called for expressions of interest vehicles to West St from the from parties wishing to acquire and “informal” laneway at the boundary develop the land, which 22 is currently August 2016 of the Bullion St land would be a zoned B2 for Local Centre. traffic nightmare for Umina Town The former Gosford Council Centre, according to the Chamber. placed a covenant over the land “It would be like telling Umina before calling for expressions of shoppers the council was going to interest, in an attempt to protect put paid parking metres in; there the 160 parking spaces. will be a worse revolt than the Mr Wales said the Peninsula Ettalong boarding house proposal,” Chamber of Commerce intended Mr Wales said. to seek an urgent meeting with The Gosford Council did hold Central Coast Council chief Mr discussions with the Peninsula Rob Noble. Chamber in 2014 about the future “We will request that the Council The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is concerned businesses with rear access of the Umina Town Centre. abandons the current expression to the Bullion St Carpark could suffer if the land is sold and developed “We did say that the Bullion of interest process and consults St Carpark was important to the with Umina businesses and the that sufficient public parking today. new land owner with the ability to town centre and held prospects for community to come up with a is provided on the land for the “I won’t stand by and see Umina charge for the parking if it obtains future development for community positive covenant that works for the community of Umina. lose 160 parking spaces,” Mr permission to do so from council. benefit but at no time did we agree town and not just for the Council,” “The owner may request to its wholesale sale,” Mr Wales “…parking for 160 motor Wales said. he said. He said the covenant, in its permission to charge for public said. vehicles must be made available “My view is the current on the land at no charge to current form, could see the carpark parking and council will not “Umina is unique and successful expression of interest, including members of the public between closed for up to two years and that unreasonably withhold or refuse because of Bullion St. the positive covenant, is totally 7am and 9pm seven days per would be a reasonably positive permission if a period of at least five “There is no other town centre inadequate,” Mr Wales said. years has elapsed since the date in the former Gosford local scenario. week,” the covenant said. “Too many people have of the fi nal occupation certifi cate “What if a developer acquired However, the first flaw in the government area that has a grid raised concerns directly with me covenant, according to Mr Wales, the land, commenced construction for the most recent development system to give traffic access to and as president of the Chamber, was that it allowed for reduced and then went broke? of the land and the land has been from the town centre, the offers including business owners, and public parking during construction. “I don’t believe it is possible for developed in excess of 50 per cent kerbside parking and the parking this current expression of interest “Where the owner undertakes the developer to substitute 160 car of the maximum intensity allowable in Bullion St with its direct links to Residents of Empire Bay gathered to discuss key infrastructure nfrastructure issues fails to protect the interests of construction for a development, spaces in another location for the under the zoning for the land,” the businesses. business owners and the future the owner may reduce the duration of a development. covenant said. “Then we have excellent public viability of West St,” he said. The final flaw was that existing transport in the form of buses so “The land cannot be developed parking available on the land “West St is successful because to the members of the public to in the way council is proposing West St businesses that back on if you play around with that mix of it has got the Bullion St carpark.” assist in the construction of the because it cannot guarantee the to the Bullion St carpark could lose unique circumstances you could The positive covenant, Mr development where it obtains community would not lose its their rear access if Bullion St was ruin the town centre. Wales said, “has fatal flaws”. sold and the land developed. parking.” permission from council”. “Every other town centre that Gosford Council’s application “At the moment there is no is suffering retail problems has a Mr Wales said if the Central “From the moment the for the covenant to be placed over developer gets a construction Coast Council wanted to continue formal roadway; the existing shortage of parking. the land was made by its Manager certificate until completion of the with the proposed sale of the laneway forms part of the property “We did not spend a decade of Property and Economic development, the car parking is Bullion St land it would need to that runs right up to the back of the encouraging businesses to come Development Mr Christopher lost to the town centre and that provide Umina Town Centre with businesses,” he said. to Umina to see it ruined,’ Mr Redman on April 8 under the would be devastating to the main a multi-storey car park elsewhere Mr Wales said several of Wales said. authority of district, the then to guarantee the existing 160 free those existing businesses had main amenity of our goingstreet into of Umina,’ Mr Wales said. More than 70 residents from small groups to discuss thedelegated Interview, 30 Aug 2016 Anderson. group oupMr Paul bat for each other when the need “People will make a decision to parking spaces and have capacity development consents that had Matthew Wales, Peninsula Empire Bay and Bensville areas of concern and each chief “It that the said. land be go elsewhere to do their shopping for future growth. oleis intended to provide rear access to their Chamber of Commerce attended the inaugural was invited to report to the whole arises,” Mr Olsen sold,” Gosford Council’s application Reporter: Jackie Pearson The second flaw in the current buildings for commercial reasons and it would create the traffic chaos The Empire Bay Progress meeting of the Empire Bay assembly. “Very soon three main issues forues the positive covenant said. and for fi re egress. that Terrigal is faced with positive covenant, according to Association is having itsin Umina biand Districts Roads Action appeared namely, the non-existent ent order “This is meeting made toon ensure Some businesses had their Mr Wales, was that it provided the monthly August 16, at Group to participate in a drainage, poor and dangerous ous the Empire Bay Progress Hall from Future Directions Workshop condition of our roads neglected ted 7:30pm. THIS ISSUE contains 71 articles - Read more news items for this issue at www.peninsulanews.info on August 2. eed over many years and the need Mr Crouch, will be attending. The workshop discussed the for safe pedestrian access to the “The first meeting highlighted major issues residents wanted Empire Bay Public School via that we really need to have a Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford addressed by governments. Greenfield Rd.” member of Council attend the biPhone: 4325 7369 A Residents’ Committee was ting meeting because the matters that Mr Olsen said, as the meeting formed to work on a document to progressed the general mood Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 ood need addressing require the copresent to Member for Terrigal, Mr became one of hope. E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net operation of both State and Local Adam Crouch, at the bi-monthly “Residents came away from the Government,” Mr Olsen added. Website: www.centralcoastnews.net Empire Bay Progress Association meeting with the understanding ing Mr Olsen also said the Action meeting. that we need to be a strong and Group would be requesting “All of the views expressed at committed community, determined ned the attendance of a Council the meeting will be included in the to get the change we want,” he representative at the bi-monthly report under main headings. said. meeting. “Long term residents explained According to Mr Olsen, the “A document outlining the that, over the last decade or so, group agreed that their vision ion residents’ concerns will be they had been frustrated by Council was for a wider coalition of the presented to Mr Crouch and we not doing work to remediate the geographically-linked communities ties expect action for these matters,” terrible condition of the roads and of Empire Bay, Bensville, Daleys eys Mr Olsen said. stormwater drainage or to invest Point and South Kincumber and According to Mr Olsen, many of in pedestrian safety improvements that each locale needs to put the issues raised by residents had such as pathways, even though before Council their specific needs eds been known to Council for decades studies had been made and money and be supported by the other her without appropriate responses. allocated to do much of the work,” areas. 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Commentary from the business community is not based on facts have been becoming increasingly annoyed lately by many reinterpretations of the facts about Gosford Waterfront: by Mr Scot MacDonald, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast; by his echo, Mr Adam Crouch, Member for Terrigal, despite his not even being the Member for Gosford; and by the Chamber of Commerce (Ms Alison Vidler and Ms Deborah Warwick).

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JRPP approves additional hospital expansion he Central Coast Joint Regional Planning Panel has approved a Section 96 modification to provide an additional medical floor above a previously-approved 20-bed orthopaedic ward at the North Gosford Private Hospital.

The approved consent modification also allowed for a minor expansion of the Central Sterile Services Department located at the rear of the existing hospital. The consent was given for 9 Burrabil Ave, North Gosford, and the modification has a capital investment value of $7.9 million. According to JRPP documents, the additional floor level will add 900 square metres to the development. The proposal is an integrated development, as the subject site is identified as bushfire prone land and a hospital is classified as a special fire protection purpose under the Rural Fires Act of 1997, so a separate approval is required from the NSW Rural Fire Service. JRPP documents indicate the RFS has provided general terms of approval for the granting of

a Bush Fire Safety Authority for the original development. The original development consent was granted on August 6, 2015, for alterations and additions to the North Gosford Private Hospital. The approved development was for construction of a new three level building addition to the north eastern corner of the existing North Gosford Private Hospital. Proposed works comprised the construction of basement car parking for 21 vehicles, expansion of day surgery reception and theatre on level 1, and an empty shell for a future cancer care unit on level 2. The approval also covered revised driveway entries and exists in Burrabil Ave, providing vehicular access to the hospital, and minor internal alterations and refurbishment of the existing hospital levels one (day surgery), two (maternity)

and three (medical ward). Details of the future Cancer Care Unit (CCU) on level two were not provided in the original application, only the building shell was indicated. The gross floor area of this level was, however, included in the overall floor area calculations. The fitout of the future CCU on Level 2 will therefore be subject to a separate development application to ensure compliance with Building Code Australia requirements, determine whether any additional staff will be employed in connection with use and whether any additional car parking or section 94 contributions are generated by the proposed future addition. North Gosford Private Hospital has an area of 2.39ha. The hospital site is bound by Henry Parry Dve to the west, Burrabil Ave to the

north, Jarrett St to the east and Etna St to the south, and multi dwelling housing and residential development to the south and east. A school is located directly opposite the development site in Burrabil Ave. The principal vehicular/ pedestrian access to the hospital is via Burrabil Ave, with a secondary access from Jarrett St. The JRPP approved an amendment to consent conditions to reflect the revised plan, and set section 94 contributions to reflect additional floor area. While the additional height represents an increase which is significant in quantitative terms, the qualitative impacts of the additional storey support the conclusion that the modification is substantially the same, the JRPP concluded. “The additional height does not result or give rise to unacceptable impact on adjoining development or existing streetscape. “Accordingly, the proposal as amended, is considered to be substantially the same development as previously approved, and does not warrant a new development application. The land is zoned SP2 Infrastructure (Health Services Facility) under Gosford Local Environmental Plan 2014. The proposal was defined as a “health services facility”

and is permissible within the zone. The proposal was considered to have minimal environmental impact, being located within existing hospital grounds, and the subject land is considered to be suitable for the proposed development. One public submission was received in relation to the application during the notification period relating to insufficient car parking provision. Such issue was considered in the assessment of the application to be

satisfactory. “The proposed development will contribute to improving the city’s health care infrastructure and the local community’s health care requirements and no objection is raised to the proposal, subject to compliance with the conditions contained within the recommendation,” a report recommending JRPP approval concluded. Website, Sep 6, 2016 Joint Regional Planning Panel matter 2016HCC015

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Home care organisation wins Excellence in Business Award ome Instead Senior Care, Gosford, won Excellence in Business, at the Central Coast Business Excellence Awards, on August 27.

The Awards were held at the Mingara Recreation Club and are considered the most prestigious business awards held on the Central Coast. The awards celebrate excellence in business through innovation, enterprise, sustainability and success. Director, Ms Jasmine Hopcraft said, “To be awarded Excellence in Business for the Central Coast is very exciting for us. “The Aged Care Industry is undergoing great change at present, with significant changes around the corner in February, 2017. “In short, the government is giving our seniors more freedom with their funded home care, the right to choose their home care provider, and the type of services and quality care

they prefer. “This recognition of excellence is perfectly timed to give our current and potential new clients confidence that they are in good hands with Home Instead Senior Care.” Home Instead Senior Care Gosford opened for business in October 2012. In 2016, the team have provided services for over 2,300 seniors on the Central Coast. Its services include assistance with personal care, light household duties, meal preparation, medication reminders, transport to appointments, shopping and social outings. Media release, Aug 31, 2016 Sarah Fleming, WordStorm PR

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Touched by Love’ inspired by living at a women’s refuge o s f o r d ’s , Ms Luciane Sperling, was living at a women’s refuge and hearing first-hand women’s traumatic stories of domestic violence when she decided she would write a book. ‘Touched by Love’, to be launched on September 8, at Hunter TAFE Ourimbah Campus, is Ms Sperling’s story of overcoming her own experiences of domestic violence.

“It’s not easy to share your story, but I wanted to help other women who were facing domestic violence,” she said. “I wanted to give them the steps to recovery, to let them know where and how to get help. “Many people say that they stay for the children, but I didn’t want my daughter living in an environment like that,” Ms Sperling said. While living in the women’s refuge with her daughter, she began studying Business

Luciane at her graduation ceremony in 2015 with daughter Johanne

Administration at Hunter TAFE, a decision which gave her both business skills and the confidence to share her story with others. Ms Sperling was awarded a Hunter TAFE Foundation Scholarship in 2015 and spoke at that year’s Hunter TAFE Foundation Awards presentation about how her Scholarship supported and encouraged her. It was following this inspiring address that the

Hunter TAFE Foundation made the decision to provide a small financial grant to Ms Sperling to assist her with the publication of her book. Ms Sperling is now studying Community Services at Hunter TAFE, with the goal of gaining employment in a role that allows her to work with women and children to support, re-educate and empower them. “Sometimes I ask myself,

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School zone flashing lights for St Patricks

Schools failing to keep up with growing population ccording to Member for Gosford, Ms Kathy Smith, Member for Wyong, Mr David Harris and Member for The Entrance, Mr David Mehan, the Baird Government is failing to provide the classrooms needed for NSW’s rapidly growing population.

Scot MacDonald with St Patrick's Primary School Principal Cheryl Walsh and students

t Patrick’s Primary School, Gosford, will share in a $5 million program to install school zone flashing lights where schools have multiple busy entrances, and have higher road safety risks.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald MLC, today announced that a new set of flashing lights will be installed to improve road safety for children travelling to and from school. “This will build on the NSW Government’s initial rollout which ensured all eligible schools across NSW had at least one set of flashing lights. “Children are some of our most vulnerable road users, and we know school zone flashing lights are an effective way of warning drivers and riders to slow down to improve safety. “It’s great that this Government took the

initiative to identify the most high risk schools to ensure they benefit from this extra level of protection,” Mr MacDonald said. St Patrick’s Primary School Principal, Ms Cheryl Walsh, said “We are very relieved that RMS is installing flashing lights on Victoria St. “We hope that flashing lights can be installed on Melbourne St in the future.” All eligible schools with multiple busy entrances were consulted in the process of selecting school zones for this program. The new locations for school zone flashing lights were selected by a risk assessment model

which takes into account a number of factors including approach speed, pedestrian numbers, traffic volumes, and heavy vehicle traffic volumes. Flashing lights are funded through the Community Road Safety Fund, where all speed and red light camera fines go directly towards vital road safety programs. School zones are enforced on government gazetted school days to ensure operation dates and times are consistent and easy to follow. Media release, Sep 1, 2016 Mitchell Cutting, Office of Scot MacDonald MLC

The State Opposition has revealed that nearly a third of Central Coast Schools are either at, or well above, capacity. Among the most crowded schools on the Coast are Kariong Mountains High and Copacabana Public School. According to Ms Smith, Mr Mehan and Mr Harris, documents obtained by the NSW Opposition under freedom of information have also shown that 66.19 per cent, or about two thirds of public schools on the Central Coast, are above 90 per cent capacity. Across the Central Coast

Ms Wicks recently met with students from the Green Point Christian College and Woodport Public School at Australian Parliament House, Canberra. “It was great to be able to meet students in parliament and to see so many students already acting on their desire to make a difference,” Ms Wicks said. Ms Wicks was also given the opportunity to

second the motion for the nomination of Mr Tony Smith, the Member for Casey, as Speaker of the House. “It was a privilege to be sworn in for my second term as member for Robertson in the 45th parliament,” Ms Wicks said. “I also had the honour of seconding the nomination for the Member for Casey for Speaker of the House of

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enry Kendall High School is one of 137 schools across NSW to be identified for the Bump It Up Strategy.

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increase of students in the top two NAPLAN bands in reading and numeracy in Year 9 NAPLAN. Strategies and interventions will be incorporated into the school plan as clear targets and

priorities, and developed through quality teaching and learning practices within the English and Mathematics curriculums. Newsletter, Aug 26, 2016 Andrew Backhouse, Henry Kendall High School

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decorating and book mark making. Newsletter, Aug 26, 2016 Bronwyn Fahey, St Phillips Christian College, Gosford

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Schools visit local member in parliament s Lucy Wicks, the member for Robertson, has commenced her second term in the Federal Parliament with a visit from local school children.

there are 16 schools sitting on 100 per cent or more and 21 schools were bordering their capacity point at 90 per cent capacity or above. All three members said that despite numerous promises in the budget and through media releases, the Government is continuing to fail on its commitments to fund education for the rapidly growing region. The trio are calling on the Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, to join them in pushing the NSW Liberal Government to fix the situation in light of documents showing seven of the 15 schools in his

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SW Roads and Maritime Services have informed Point Clare residents that they are reviewing the appropriateness of installing a 40km per hour school zone along Brisbane Water Dve to cover Point Clare Public School.

Residents and the Point Clare Public School P&C Association have been campaigning for many years to have a 40km school zone installed along Brisbane Water Dve. Pt Clare is the only public school on the whole Central Coast that does not have a pedestrian crossing and lacks the 40km zone along its frontage. Ms Anna Zycki, RMS Regional Manager for the Hunter, has said the review of the viability of including the school zone at the front of Point Clare Public School would occur “in the coming months. “It is worth mentioning in peak morning and afternoon times, the speed of traffic on Brisbane Water Dve is likely to be significantly less than the 60 km per hour speed limit due to congestion during these periods,” Ms Zycki said. She said RMS had not been formally notified of any changes to school access to Point Clare Public School

Point Clare Public School parents are campaigning for improved traffic safety for their children

including a new access on Brisbane Water Dve. Ms Zycki did not acknowledge that the school already has a gate onto Brisbane Water Dve. Point Clare Public School parent and Scott St resident, Ms Tracey Hawkins Budge, said she appreciated that the RMS preferred access to schools via local streets rather than main roads. However, she said Point Clare Public School appeared to be receiving different treatment to every other school on the Central Coast. “Parents have, over the years, conducted comprehensive audits of the traffic management

arrangements at most schools, primary and secondary, across the former Gosford Local Government Area. “Many other schools have their main access via local roads but still have flashing lights, 40km school zones and a pedestrian crossing on the main roads, even if their gates onto those main roads are rarely used. “Why are Point Clare Public School students not being given the same level of protection by the RMS?” Ms Hawkins Budge asked. Email, Aug 18, 2016 Tracey Hawkins Budge, Point Clare

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Kincumber High debate team retain the Lerryn Mutton shield

incumber High School won the Probus Club debate on August 23.

The topic was “Would the election of Donald Trump be bad for Australia-United States relations?” and teams from Kincumber High School and Green Point Christian College gathered together to compete in the final. The Kincumber High team won, and retained the Lerryn Mutton shield for a second year. This annual debating competition is organised by the Probus Club of Kincumber. It honours former member and NSW Legislator Lerryn Mutton, who started the competition in 1993. Professional adjudicator, Ms Sue MacNeil, judged the

n Saturday September 17, St Philip’s Christian College, Gosford, will be hosting a Spring Fair for their local community on Narara Creek Rd, Narara, from 10am to 2pm.

There will be plenty of entertainment to look forward to including; petting zoo, a mega slide, jumping castles, Zorb balls, climbing wall, spinning tea cups and much more. In total there will be nine rides.

Students will be given a chance to pre order $30 wristbands allowing them to have 4 hours of unlimited rides. Wristbands purchased on the day will cost $35 each. There will also be a

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debates, awarding points for each team’s presentation, and rebuttal of arguments of the opposing team. In the competition, four local schools debate against each other in three debates consisting of two heats and a final. As in past years, this year’s heats were held at the Probus Club of East Gosford, and the Probus Club of Avoca Beach. The topic was “That BREXIT was a good decision.” Kincumber High won against Central Coast Grammar School, and Green Point Christian College beat Erina High School. Kincumber Probus

Club President, Dr. Arthur Adeney, noted that Probus members were deeply impressed with the skill of the youthful debaters and the preparation they had put into the points and counterpoints made during the debate. Kincumber High School English Teacher and Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator, Ms Sarah Keeling, said the Probus debates give students the unique opportunity to debate before a mature, interested and discerning audience. Media release, Sep 2, 2016 Peter Park, Kincumber

Father’s Day Breakfast well attended

arara Public School’s Father’s Day Breakfast on Friday, August 2 was well attended despite the wet and wild weather.

Fathers engaged with their children in many activities during the morning.

Teachers from the school coordinated the event and manned the barbecues to supply the sausage

sandwiches. Newsletter, Sep 5, 2016 Dave Stitt, Narara Primary School

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

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Avoca Beach home wins fifth award

Free tax help in six locations

The beach build project at Avoca Beach

osford based construction company, MudgeCorp, was announced joint winner of the 2016 MBA NSW Excellence in Housing Awards Contract Houses $2-3 million, for their “Beach Build” project at Avoca Beach.

Widely regarded as the highest profile event on the construction industry calendar, the NSW MBA awards celebrate the state’s top builders. This year the awards attracted around 800 submissions from a mix of metropolitan Sydney and regional builders. This latest award is icing on the cake for MudgeCorp after winning four of the five awards last year for the Avoca Beach home at the 2015 Newcastle MBA Awards, including Swimming Pool of the Year and the Efficient Use of Water award. This culminated in MudgeCorp being named Housing Builder of the Year for 2015, a major coup for the

company that celebrated its 10th anniversary last year. MudgeCorp Managing Director, Mr Stephen Mudge, was joined on stage by five of his team members to accept their latest accolade on August 27. We were absolutely thrilled to receive this prestigious award, our fifth win for our ‘Beach Build’ Avoca Beach residence project,” Mr Mudge said. “It is an honour to be recognised amongst the best in residential building, quality, workmanship and innovation across a broad cross-section of the residential building sector in NSW,” he added. Designed by local architects, the coastal home at Avoca Beach has already

attracted widespread attention, including a front cover feature in one of the industry’s most respected publications. The four-level home is serviced by an internal lift and constructed from a combination of masonry and lightweight cladding with multiple metal flat roofs. Living areas on level three extend outward to a terrace and plunge pool featuring a clear glass panel to maximise the property’s panoramic ocean and beach views. Media release, Aug 31, 2016 Phaedra Pym, A Way With Words

Free community event he Country Women’s Association, Northumberland Group, alongside the Brisbane Water Historical Society, are holding a free community event for Country Women’s Association Awareness Week.

The event will be held at the Henry Kendall Cottage and Historical Museum in West Gosford on September 10.

The event will feature a Devonshire tea, light lunch and a guest speaker. Entry is by gold coin donation.

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ith tax time well underway, the ATO has opened up its Tax Help service across community centres in Gosford, Green Point, Kariong, Kincumber, Narara and Wyoming.

Assistant Commissioner Mr Graham Whyte said that about 300 volunteers from 240 community centres across New South Wales will be supporting people who need assistance completing their tax returns this year. “We know that for many Australians, doing their own tax return can be a bit difficult, that’s why we have Tax Help,” Mr Whyte said. “Tax Help is a free and confidential service provided by ATO-trained

and accredited local volunteers. “Tax Help volunteers can help you complete a simple tax return online with myTax, claim a refund of franking credits, or notify the ATO if you don’t need to lodge a tax return at all,” he said. Mr Whyte said the Tax Help service was available to people earning around $50,000 or less each year with straightforward tax affairs. “There are several criteria

that you need to meet to be eligible for Tax Help. “These include not having worked as a contractor, run a business, and sold shares,” he said. A full list of criteria is available on the ATO website. To check your eligibility and make an appointment, call 13 28 61. Media release, Aug 25, 2016 Australian Tax Office

King Tide and Manana on the same bill ing Tide and Manana will perform at The Rhythm Hut, Gosford on September 10.

Aria award nominees King Tide are Australia’s’ premier original Rock Steady Reggae gut soul band. King Tide have been touring non-stop since the release of the band’s third album, Roots Pop Reggae, released by Vitamin Records in July 2009. The band has appeared at a wide variety festivals around Australia. Their support act, Manana, are a feel good, roots band hailing from the Central Coast. After the success of their ‘Cruise On, Fade Out’ release with Sydney label The A&R Department in

2015, and 90,000 Spotify listens, Manana have spent the start of 2016 in the studio, cooking up a tasty new batch of tunes. They have an eclectic mix of Reggae, Soul, Folk and Rock that is lyrical and melodic, but is driven by a funky as hell rhythm section and topped off by sweet harmonies. The boys are long time mates, and their strength lies in their ability to connect on stage and give an infectious performance. They recently unleashed the new single ‘Do Your Thing’ that can be found climbing the charts on Triple J Unearthed.

The release marks a fresh start for Manana with another album in the works and a line-up change. Joining the line-up this year is new drum kit player Luke Fabila (Rhythm Hunters, Yarwah). Manana are building up a loyal following up and down the East Coast through extensive touring. As a result they have been scoring gigs with the likes of The Hoodoo Gurus, Ash Grunwald, Mental As Anything, Bobby Alu, King Tide, Caravana Sun and many festival slots. Media release, Sep 5, 2016 Lou Sawilejskij, The Rhythm Hut

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

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Australian Spirit project gearing up for the third year

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Best of Open Mic open recording session

rt Studios Co-operative is now gearing up for the third year of the Australian Spirit project.

The project will again honour returned service personnel from all corners of the Coast with representatives from each RSL Sub-Branch, including the Vietnam Veterans Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Association of Australia, Gosford Subbranch, including veterans recently returned from Afghanistan. The 2017 leg of Australian Spirit will see the exhibition tour the Central Coast, with a minimum of four exhibitions. Given the success of

the exhibition at Ettalong Diggers in 2016, there will be exhibitions in two Central Coast RSL clubs’ foyers over a weekend period. This will be followed by a four day exhibition at the Gosford Regional Community Gallery (TBC) and a two week exhibition at Art Studios Gallery. This is all in preparation for the 2018 leg of Australian Spirit which will see the show go on the road and tour regional NSW. “Australian Spirit” is a diverse cultural community project that commemorates

the ANZAC and WW1 centenaries and honours the services of local servicemen and women over the past 100 years. It involves collaborations between local returned service personnel, visual art organisations, poet societies, photographers and videographers, with the assistance of Central Coast RSL clubs, returned veteran associations, businesses, high schools and other community organisations. Media Release, Sep 1, 2016 Art Studios Cooperative

Royal Botanic Gardener to present Spring Garden Workshop r Phil Pettit from the Royal Botanic Gardens, will present a Spring Garden Workshop at the Wyoming Community Centre on September 12.

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Spring is seen as the perfect time to get outside and start working in the garden. Gardeners see it as a great time to start a vegetable garden, establish new garden beds, plant just about anything, spruce up neglected areas and give the garden a feed of fertiliser. In the workshop, Mr Pettit will provide guidance about how to get the most out of a spring garden. The workshop will be held at the Wyoming Community Centre, 147 Maidens Brush Rd, Wyoming. Newsletter, Sep 5, 2016 Gosford Regional Community Services

The best of the best will be on display at The Rhythm Hut on September 11

ocal artists have auditioned at The Rhythm Hut’s open mic for the past three months and the best of them will be recorded live at the 2016 invite only Best of Open Mic on September 11.

Brent Murphy from Rascal Music will record the special event live at The Rhythm Hut starting at 3pm. The Rhythm Hut’s, Ms Lou Sawilejskij said, “We highly recommend you all come down to experience

and celebrate these incredible musicians and be a part of our live recording.” Each performer will be presented with their own recordings to use as they choose. Entry is by donation with

prizes to be won for all who donate. Media release, Aug 30, 2016 Lou Sawilejskij, The Rhythm Hut

Vietnam Landscapes

De p a r t s S y d n e y 2 6 M a r c h 2 0 1 7 ~ 1 8 n i g h t s i n Vi e t n a m I’d like to invite you to join me on our Vietnam Landscapes journey in March 2017. Having visited Vietnam on over 20 occasions since ﬁrst travelling there in 1993, it has almost become my second home. I’ve designed the itinerary to give you a mix of cities and rural villages so you experience the real Vietnam. You’ll stay in 4 star deluxe hotels that are centrally located in the cities and positioned in sensational locations in the farming areas. Taking full advantage of the rural surrounds and the stunning views across Vietnam’s beautiful provincial landscape. With a maximum of only 12 people, you’ll visit the vibrant and bustling cities of Saigon and Hanoi but it’s the rural areas that take our focus. Leaving the cities behind, travelling deep into the Mekong Delta to Chau Doc, a bustling market town near the border with Cambodia. Take to a speed boat along the Mekong to Can Tho, with it’s nearby ﬂoating markets. You’ll also spend a night on a traditional junk boat on Halong Bay. You’ll explore the waterways around the rural town of Ninh Binh. Stroll through the delightful villages and farmlands in the remote Mai Chau valley having lunch and dinner in a local home. Your rural journey concludes in the riverside town of Hoi An. Hoang Nguyen, our escort, will show you around his home town giving you plenty of memorable local experiences . Call me at The Travellers Hut for further details of our 2017 journey to Vietnam, Cheers Glenn.

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‘Wear it Purple Day’ celebrated

Public Schools’ Showcase held

entral Coast Council, the NSW Police Force’s Brisbane Waters Local Area Command, and local arts company Jopuka Productions, celebrated ‘Wear it Purple Day’ at The Hub Erina on August 26.

‘Wear it Purple Day’ aims to let young people everywhere know they have the right to be proud of who they are and that sex, sexuality or gender identity does not change this. The free celebration

event kicked off from 7pm and featured vocal performances, a film screening and other activities. A cabaret style show by Jopuka Productions, the Central Coast’s first ever

independent youth arts company, was the highlight of the evening. Media release, Aug 24, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

Bestselling author at Kincumber Library estselling author and multi-award winner, Ms Melina Marchetta, will speak at an author event at Kincumber Library on September 15.

B Henry Kendall High School students (front left) Danielle Shephard, Amber McAlpine, Tom Josephs (guitar) and Nicko Falzarano (drums) perform at the Showcase

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hirteen students from Henry Kendall High School performed at the Laycock St Theatre on August 24 and 25, as part of the Central Coast Public Schools’ Showcase.

The Showcase is a prestigious event and features only the best student performers from across the region. The students involved included: Nicole Martin, Chelsea Berman, Melody Hoptman and Alix Mear from Year 12; Kane Simmonds, Varun Rapolu, William Day and Tom Whight from Year 8; and, Amber McAlpine, Nico Falzarano, Owen Butterworth, Tom Josephs and Danielle Shepherd from Year 11. Special mention also needs to be made of the work of Owen Butterworth, who was relaxed and entertaining as one of the MC’s. Newsletter, Aug 26, 2016 Andrew Backhouse, Henry Kendall High School

Ms Marchetta is one of the most prominent Australian authors at present in YoungAdult Fiction and is best known for her breakthrough debut bestseller, ‘Looking for Alibrandi’. Her latest novel ‘Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil’ is a novel of suspense which explores human identity, lost children and the nature of real love. Media release, Aug 30, 2016 Central Coast Libraries

Melina Marchetta award winning author will visit the Kincumber Library on September 15

One night only revival of Shake Rattle and Roll

o celebrate his 50th year in show business, performer, Mr Chris King, will present a special one night only revival of Shake Rattle and Roll at the Laycock St Theatre on October 1.

All proceed from the performance (minus production costs) will be donated to the Cancer Council Central Coast. Mr King said all the guest artists, special guests and himself would be donating their time and services for the performance and that he

estimated the show could potentially raise between $8,000 and $10,000, if the show sells all 392 seats. Mr King said the show was dedicated to the memory of his friend, Mr Alan Harman, who lost his battle with brain cancer in July.

Some guests and performers on the night include: The King Sisters, Liam Faulkner-Diamond and the House Band from JC Entertainment. Email, Aug 26, 2016 Chris King, Shake Rattle and Roll

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Just Between Us were Adam Harvey support act

Inaugural Child Protection Week Art Exhibition entral Coast locals are invited to attend the inaugural Child Protection Week Art Exhibition.

Children from local schools will have their artworks exhibited at Erina Fair from 1 September 2016. The Keeping Our Kids Safe exhibition aims to create simple safety messages to promote the safety of children on the Central Coast and to equip, empower and engage the community to stand up for children. This theme explores the importance and value of connected communities in keeping children and young people safe and well. The objective of this

exhibition is to get the community talking about child protection, and how we all play a role in child abuse prevention, because keeping kids safe is everyone’s business. The theme enables children and young people to express feelings of safety from their perspective. District Director, Family and Community Services, Janet Vickers, said, “We want to give children and young people an opportunity to express their thoughts about safety and wellbeing creatively.

“We hope it encourages them to have conversations with their family and friends. “These messages from our children and young people should inform and empower the community to understand the need for child protection to remain on everyone’s agenda, and as everyone’s business.” National Child Protection Week runs from September 4 to 10. Media release, Aug 31, 2016 Family and Community Services NSW Media Unit

‘Mad for Mozart’ concert at Avoca

ust Between Us, a local duet, were the support act for Adam Harvey at the Gosford Entertainment Grounds on September 3.

Chelsea Berman and Melody Hoptman, both 18-year-old Higher School Certificate (HSC) students from Henry Kendall High School, have been performing together for a little over a year. “We were performing

nearly every weekend but have cut it down recently due to the HSC,” Ms Berman said. Performing mostly at clubs, bars and restaurants on the Coast, they recently auditioned live for the X Factor.

Both girls have been performing individually from a young age, their preferred genre is “pop with a country twist” said Ms Hoptman. Concert notes, Sep 3, 2016 Noel Fisher, photo journalist

ne of Australian Opera’s leading and most dynamic baritones, Andrew Jones, will perform one of Mozart’s most iconic pieces at the Avoca Beach Picture Theatre on October 14.

Jones will perform in ‘Mad for Mozart’, a concert showcasing the famous

composer’s work and will be joined by a line-up of established Australian and

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international talent. Jones will be joined by sopranos, Angela Brewer and Michael Archer, Polish concert pianist Krzysztof Malek and the Concertante String Quartet. The program features highlights from ‘Cosi Fan tutte’, ‘Marriage of Figaro’, ‘Don Giovanni’, and ‘The Magic Flute’, piano concerto No 21. (Elvira Madigan), ‘Eine kleine Nacthtmusic’ and gems of Mozart’s solo piano and violin repertoire. Media release, Sep 5, 2016 Michaele Archer, Mad for Mozart

Sat 10th Sept King Tide + MaÑana

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Sun 11th Sept The Rhythm Hut Best of Open Mic recorded live! Sat 17th Sept Art Party Central Coast Sun 25th Sept The 5 Lands Band + guest Berias Masseque Sun 2nd Oct

KaBOOM - The Rhythm Hut Music Classes Spectacular

The Rhythm Hut Holiday program coming up. Workshops for all ages! Check our website for all bookings & details! 135 Faunce St, Gosford ph.0420 682 258 therhythmhut.com.au

OCT 1st - 7pm till 11pm Baritone Andrew Jones will perform at the Avoca Beach Picture Theatre

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

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

Central Coast Handweavers, Spinners and Textile Arts Guild Spinning and weaving, patchwork and quilting, felting and other fibre and fabric crafts, community quilting bees - Day and Night Groups 4325 4743 www.cottagecrafts.net.au

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

COMMUNITY GROUPS ABC - “The Friends” Support group for Public Broadcaster. Aims. safeguard ABC’s independence, funding, & standards. Meetings through the year + social afternoons Well-known guest speakers 4341 5170 www.fabcnsw.org.au

Big Futures in school mentor program Become a volunteer mentor 2 hrs/ week, Free Training, No qualifications needed Be a young persons champion 0413 624 529 www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org.au/ bigfutures

Central Coast Social Group Social contact, entertainment events, new friendships, for 30’s-60’s Live music, house parties, dinners, BBQs, picnics, trips away etc. Monthly Meet & Chat 0422 243 101 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

Gosford North Probus Club

Meets 4th Tuesday at the Grange Hotel for more information contact Craig 43225560 Monthyl meeting 4th Tuesday Grange Hotel 10am 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

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

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Green Point Community Centre OOSH cave, exersize classes, school holiday programs, playgroup, arts & craft, room hire, and much more. 4367 7591

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

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Probus Club of Avoca 10.15am 3rd Mon Avoca Beach Bowling Club www.probussouthpacific.org/ microsites/avocabeach

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

Gosford-Narara Neighbourhood Centre School Holiday activities, playgroup, multicultural programs, community activities - Rooms for Hire

Kariong Neighbourhood Centre Early childhood clinic, free family law advice, active playgroup, computer classes, OOSH services, fitness classes, arts & crafts, over 50’s friendship group, youth group, social groups and many more services. 4340 1724 wwww.knc.net.au

Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre • Exercise classes U3A Central Coast • Yoga for adults and children Mature age people are invited • Community eco garden to participate in a wide range of • Room hire courses to broaden the mind • Health support groups and make new friends • Counselling 0408 704 701 • After school activities www.centralcoast.u3anet.org.au 4363 1044 rsl@breakerscc.com.au

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

Volunteering Central Coast Refer potential volunteers to community organisations. Provide support to volunteers and community organisations. Provide training to volunteers and managers of volunteers Information sessions “Bridge to Volunteering” held regularly. 4329 7122 recruit@volcc.org.au

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

Terrigal Fifty Plus Leisure and Learning Centre Activities include fitness, yoga, bridge, mahjong, zumba gold, line dancing, tai chi, painting, craft and computer classes. Please phone 43845152 for more info

Wyoming Koolewong, Point Clare Community Centre & Tascott Progress Yoga & Zumba classes, Art Association and Craft classes, Playgroup Provide resources for & Vacation Care, Support communication. Special guests, groups, Book Club, Community community involvement, Garden, Rooms for Hire, Work heritage, diversity, education, Development Orders, Centrelink safety and small business Volunteer hours opportunities. 4323 7483 Point Clare Community Hall reception@wyomingcc.org.au 2nd Thurs Bi Monthly. HEALTH GROUPS 0412 462 218

Wildlife ARC We rescue and care for injured and orphan native animals. 24hr/day, 7days/ week. Come join us. Gen Meeting 3rd Sun Wyoming Community Centre, Maidens Brush Rd Wyoming at 10am 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

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

Gambling Solutions Counsellors provide free, confidential, professional service to gamblers, family and friends. Woy Woy, Kincumber, Gosford, The Entrance. 4344 7992 GROW Support Groups Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and to improve mental health and well-being. Anonymous, free and open to all. Weekly at Woy Woy, Bateau Bay and Wyong 1800 558 268 www.grow.org.au

Meals on Wheels Delicious meals delivered free Join us for a midday meal Help with shopping and cooking classes 4363 7111 Medusa Moves Is a gentle movement class catering for people with Parkinson’s Disease for Parkinsons’s sufferers & over 50s, stretching, guided dance moves 1st & 3rd Tues. The Rhythm Hut Faunce St Gosford 0439 856 554 0417 223 543 ParaQuad Specialist healthcare products delivered to your door, for all your continence, wound care and respiratory and nutrition requirements Professional Support available 1300 886 601 www.brightsky.com.au

HISTORY GROUPS Central Coast Family History Society Inc. Help and advice with your family history research. Tue to Fri, 930am to 2pm Lions Community Hall, 8 Russell Drysdale St, E. Gosford. www.centralcoastfhs.org.au

4324 5164 Brisbane Water Historical Society • Coach tours • School educational tours • Annual Street Stalls • Participation in History Heritage Week Celebration Margaret Pearce 4325 2270

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

Fellowship of First Fleeters Central Coast For anyone interested in early history or early family histories. Don’t need to be a First Fleeter. Wyong RSL Club 2nd Sat 10:30am 4311 6254

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MUSIC

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

Brisbane Water Brass Brass Band entertainment for the community playing all types of popular music Rehearsal every Tues. 7.30pm-10pm 0419 274 012

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JAZZLEAGUE Live Jazz Bands - Come to listen, Come to dance

Free - Every Sun Central Coast Leagues Club Gosford 2-5pm www.jazzleague.net

Soundwaves Men’s acapella 4 part harmony chorus - all ages 7pm Mon Central Coast Leagues Club Kieran - 0407 267 675

projects Regular social outings. 2nd Wed 7pm 21 Old Penang Rd Kariong 4362 3139 iiw.au.gosfordnorth@gmail.com

0414 635 047 www.ccsoaring.com.au

Central Coast Pension & Welfare Officer Network Group of Volunteers, trained by DVA, to look after servicemen & women. Ourimbah RSL Club 10:30am 2nd Fri - Feb to Nov 4322 1505

Inner Wheel Club of Terrigal Share friendship, social activities as well as fundraising for local, National Parks Association Central Coast national and international Sydney Welsh Choir Twice weekly bush walks, projects. 3rd Mon, 12noon Cultural organisation performing varying distances and grades of Terrigal 50+ leisure centre, at various venues to promote difficulty. Explore, enjoy scenery, Duffy Rd Terrigal the Welsh culture with singing, fauna, floral, history. Keep fit 4369 0302 - 4384 1490 Also performing for charity fund and make friends. terigalinnerwheel@gmail.com raising. 4389 4423 or 4332 7378 4369 3378 Lions Club of Woy Woy Spirituality in the Pub 1st and 3rd Mon. Woy Woy Tempo Terrific Community A forum with Q&A and two Leagues Club Showband Make new friends and have fun speakers prompt conversations Active showband available within to encourage dialogue while serving your community. to play at your community about spirituality. 0478 959 895 function. Wide ranging 1st Tues March to October repertuore. Always seeking new 2nd Tues November Rotary Club of members, come and have 7.30 to 9pm Gosford North fun with music. Follow us on Grange Hotel Wyoming Active community minded club. Facebook - Every Mon 5 - 7pm 4328 2596 - 0498 588 261 Many projects focussed on Kincumber Uniting Church assisting youth. Support our WOMEN’S GROUPS 4365 4414 great projects, get involved with www.tempoterrific.com our fun club. Graham Black tempoterrific@live.com BPW Central Coast 0410 509 071, grahamblack@iprimus.com.au Empowering women of all ages Tuggerah Lakes Showband in the areas of work, education, Play brass instruments, meet Rotary Club of well-being and friendship. every Tues & Thurs to rehearse . Kariong/Somersby Monthly dinner meetings and crowd-pleasing music and play International service club speaker. at community events improves lives of communities Community transport available Park Rd Band Hall in Australia and overseas. Funto and from centre Tues 7.30pm Thur 6.30pm filled activities, fellowship and Chris Levis 0438 989 199 0407 406 669 bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com friendship breakfasts. 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Avoca Beach win two preliminary finals voca Beach toppled Ourimbah in both Premier Preliminary Finals of the Central Coast Rugby Union Competition on September 3.

In the Premier 1 Preliminary Final at Woy Woy Oval, Avoca Beach defeated Ourimbah by 27 points to 25 in what was one of the tightest and hardest fought finals matches in recent years. There was absolutely nothing in the game from start to finish and the result was not secure until the final whistle. The match opened up on a very even keel with both teams showing their wares. Both Ourimbah and Avoca Beach had their periods of attack, but nothing was coming to fruition on the scoreboard in terms of tries. It was Avoca Beach who did open the scoring in the fifth minute when their fullback, Nathan Brown, kicked a penalty goal for a 3 points to nil lead. Ourimbah quickly responded and their flanker, Jarrod Grange, kicked a penalty goal in the 10th minute to square the scores at 3 points apiece. It was a fine day but the quite strong wind was having an effect on play. It was causing some errors with dropped passes and it was making kicking in general play quite difficult. Both teams handled the conditions very well. Avoca Beach took the lead again in the 17th minute when their flanker, Blake

Jacob, followed up some loose play to cross for the game’s first try. The conversion had taken Avoca Beach to a 10 points to 3 lead with a quarter of the match gone. However, once again Ourimbah responded with their own try soon after. This occurred in the 20th minute when their fullback, Jack Stonestreet, made a brilliant run and raced 50 metres to score. The vital conversion was missed. This made the score 10-8 and it still was very much anybody’s match. The whole match was like this, where neither team was able to make a break on the other on the scoreboard, and this was certainly building some tension on the field and amongst the spectators. The encounter was certainly proving quite physical, with both teams being spoken to about over vigorous play. Avoca Beach went further ahead in the 30th minute when a very effective backline movement saw winger, Luke Wiseman, score a very good try in the corner. This made the score 15 points to 8 and that was the score at the halftime break. Both teams had shared the territorial dominance in the first half and both

had a quite equal share of possession to work with at this stage. The Avoca Beach scrum was proving very strong and was leaving its mark on the match. Avoca Beach had several very good players. No.8, Peter Steele, was always effective and made several incisive runs. Steel was well supported by hooker, Josh Meadham, and flanker, Chad Martin. While Jake McPhie never stopped giving his all. The second stanza started in much the same vein as the first. The match was proving very even and both teams had their chances to boost their scores. It was Ourimbah who opened the scoring in this half when a forward surge resulted in their prop, Brett Cunningham, crossing for the try. Once again the conversion was waved away, but with the score being 15 points to 13, things were proving very tight. Ourimbah took the lead for the first time in the match at this point when a quick tap was taken after a penalty, and their centre Owen Turner was quick to act and he crossed for a decisive try. This occurred in 19th minute and with a quarter of the match to go, and the

score 18-15 Ourimbah’s way. There was certainly huge intensity around the ground. However, it was Avoca Beach who was quick to respond this time. After some excellent mauling, their prop, Luke Sheridan, crossed for a try in the 22nd minute. This once again had placed Avoca Beach in the lead 20-18. Kicking conversions was proving difficult in the strong wind and another conversion was missed after this try. Avoca Beach went further ahead in the 27th minute when Steele crossed for a vital converted try and suddenly Avoca Beach had jumped to a very handy 2718 lead with time running out. This try was after several minutes of concentrated attack and there had been some frustration building prior.

Ourimbah then threw everything they had at Avoca Beach to try to get back into the match. This attack did result in a converted try in the 38th minute and scores were then 27-25 and this all made for a very hectic final few minutes. Ourimbah continued to try to get those vital points in the dying seconds of the match but Avoca Beach held on to gain the win. Avoca Beach will now continue to next week’s Grand Final against Terrigal in what should prove a classic encounter. This was an excellent game of rugby played in difficult, windy conditions. The Premier 2 Preliminary Final mirrored the Premier 1 Final with Avoca Beach beating out Ourimbah 32 points to 10. The match was quite even early on and it did take both teams quite some time to settle down.

However, it was Avoca Beach who soon very quickly took control in the match. By halftime, Avoca Beach had scored two tries and led by 10 points to nil at that stage. It was in the early stages of the second half that Avoca Beach really did assert their authority. They were able to post a further 15 points at that stage to lead by 25 points to nil before Ourimbah were able to cross for their first try. By the midway point of the second half, the match was all but over. Ourimbah gave it their all in the final stages to score a further try, but it was too late. Avoca Beach continues on and will play Woy Woy in the Grand Final. Media release, Sep 3, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

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wo time defending premiers Terrigal Avoca were defeated by 2016 season powerhouse Newcastle City in the BDAFL Black Diamond Cup Grand Final at the No.1 Sports Ground on September 3, in a disappointing end to a season plagued by injuries.

Newcastle City Blues veteran, Courtney Knight, kicked seven goals in what could be his last game for the club and tireless onballer, Aaron Seen, was best on ground as the Blues won 14.13 (97) to 5.6 (36) to claim a record seventh Black Diamond Cup Premiership and their first title since 2013. City player-coach, Mr Mitchell Knight, praised his side for wresting back the Black Diamond Cup from the Terrigal Avoca Panthers after the disappointment of losing last year’s Grand Final. “Absolutely thrilled with their effort,” Mr Knight said. “We deserved it this year. “We’ve worked really hard since the pre-season. “Coming off a loss last year, the hunger was there, the same core group of

players, we worked and worked, and it’s an awesome feeling,” he added. Terrigal-Avoca, who were the only team to beat City this year, had first use of the strong westerly wind, but struggled to take advantage. “The first quarter was a big one,” Mr Knight said. “They had the breeze and we held them to two goals, one apiece, and we knew that next quarter was important to capitalise,” he continued. City kicked three goals to none with the wind at their backs in the second term, held the Panthers again in the third quarter and kicked clear down the stretch. Panthers Coach, Mr Chris Bishop, said Newcastle City were deserving premiers, but he was disappointed his side had not played to their potential.

“I’m proud of the boys to get here after the injuries we’ve had, but we wanted to perform better than that,” he said. “We’ve been here the last five years and we’ve been lucky enough to win two. “They deserve it. “Hopefully we can be here next year and get some buzz back. “We lost six blokes from our back line early on in the year. “We had three under18s out there today and a couple of guys over 30, so it was a real good mix,” Mr Bishop said. The Panthers were once again hit by injuries early with Jack Grimmond (teeth) and Mitch Betson (calf) out of the game prior to halftime. Media release, Sep 4, 2016 Garry Burkinshaw, Black Diamond AFL

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experience the finals events, which will feature up to eight games each day. Manager of Central Coast Stadium, Ms Kath Casey, said the fixtures will give the young players and spectators a fantastic local sporting experience. “Central Coast Stadium is very proud to host the local junior finals for three of the region’s most popular codes,” Ms Casey said. “Although Central Coast Stadium has hosted the CCJRU and CCJRL finals for many years, this is the first time we have hosted all three codes for the junior finals, with the addition of CCF in 2016. “Teams from all over the Coast will battle it out to be crowned premiers. “For many of the kids, it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to play on the same field as some of their sporting heroes. “The Central Coast has produced some amazing local talent over the years. “It’s exciting to think that some of the players may even go on to play professionally in the future,” Ms Casey said. CCF were played on September 3, while CCJRU will commence on September 10 and CCJRL on September 11. Media release, Sep 1, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

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produced another amazing game. Mr Andrews proceeded to win eight of the next nine ends to claw his way back to 27 -29. At 27 -30 he scored a match winning four to complete the seniors double having won the seniors Pairs title just a few weeks earlier.

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Adrian Buchan finishes third in Billabong Pro Tahiti

this year. Slater went on to win the event against Hawaii’s John John Florence and moves Slater up 11 places into eighth spot after a slow start to 2016. There are four remaining events on the Championship Tour with the next stop in California for the Hurley Pro on September 7.

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Buchan posted two solid scores of 8.17 and 7.93 adding up to 16.10, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Slater, who posted two excellent range scores of 9.63 and 8.77 adding up to 18.40. The third place finish equals his best result for 2016 as Buchan placed third at the Fiji Pro earlier

ember for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, said the decision to vote against legislation to ban greyhound racing in NSW by Member for Wyong, Mr David Harris and Member for The Entrance, Mr David Mehan, was disappointing, and condoned cruel treatment of greyhounds.

Mr Crouch said the legislation to ban greyhound racing passed both houses of Parliament on August 24. “This decision was not taken lightly as it impacts on many people on the Central Coast and throughout NSW, whose livelihoods depend on the industry,” Mr Crouch said. Despite this, Mr Crouch said the findings in the Special Commission of Inquiry Report into the Greyhound Industry could not be ignored. “I understand that greyhound ownership, training and racing has a long history here on the Central Coast and that there are many who love their dogs. “However, with the

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Henry Kendall High School student brought home a gold medal in the Australian Racewalking Championships.

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“We are committed to an orderly and humane closure of the industry and will provide assistance to greyhound owners, breeders and trainers who have done the right thing,” Mr Crouch added. “The Baird Government did not come into politics to shut businesses down but to rebuild NSW after years of neglect,” he continued. “The systemic problems of cruelty in the Greyhound Industry were not going to be ignored because the decision was too hard to make,” Mr Crouch concluded.

Oscar brings home national racewalking gold medal

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rogue operators who were unwilling to change their practices, and the leadership in the industry dismissive of the report, something drastic had to be done to save thousands of dogs and the animals used for ‘blooding’ practices from this cruelty and death,” Mr. Crouch said. Mr Crouch also said the government is committed to investing every cent it receives from Greyhound betting between August 2016 and July 1, 2017, to fund the industry’s transition. The proceeds from betting though the NSW TAB on interstate greyhound races will contribute to the feeding and caring for exracing dogs.

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Boys Under 16 years 5km race at the Championships. The Championships were held in Canberra on August 21. Newsletter, Aug 26, 2016 Andrew Backhouse, Henry Kendall High School

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Gosford Kariong Storm win one and lose one preliminary final

Gosford's Jack Simmons collars a Hawk during the U10s win

Blake Hodge on his way to scoring a 60m try during the 2nd half against Toukley Photos: Andrew Stark

he Gosford Kariong Under 10(2)s have provided the Cinderella story of this year’s Central Coast junior rugby league semi-finals, after battling their way from fourth spot on the ladder to qualify for the grand final at Morry Breen Oval on September 10.

Having traversed three knockout semi-finals in as many weeks, Mr Rod Godoy’s young team will head to Kanwal brimming full of confidence following an emphatic 30-6 victory over minor premiers Toukley. In a tremendous preliminary final struggle, scores were locked at six a piece early in the second half before Gosford wore down the physical challenge posed by the powerful Hawks pack; running around their wilting opponents to score the final four tries of the game.

The grand final match up with the Woy Woy Roosters promises to be a real nail biter, given the most recent clash between the two sides, which finished in a thrilling 28 all draw. Not so lucky on preliminary finals day, were the Storm U12(2)s who, for the third year in succession, have fallen just a week shy of claiming a grand final spot. Trailing 22-6 late in the first half, Gosford rallied courageously after the break, throwing everything they could muster at the

Storm centre Shane Stollery runs into the Toukley engine room

Three try hero Benji Keene-O’Keefe sprints away for the Storm U10s

Gosford Kariong U10s celebrate their 30-6 win in the preliminary final

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Panthers line. Resolute Berkeley Vale defence and the fickle fancy of the football Gods conspired against the boys in purple however, consigning Mr Greg Eather’s team to a heartbreaking 2216 loss. The 2016 Central Coast junior rugby league grand finals will be played at Morry Breen Oval, Kanwal and Central Coast Stadium on September 11. Media release, Sep 5, 2016 Andrew Stark, Gosford Kariong Storm RLFC

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