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Eight Central Coast residents have been recognized in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

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Premier Dominic Perrotet and senior Ministers of the NSW Government were in Gosford on June 11 to announce a major cash splash for the Central Coast – including an $18M investment in the new university campus in the Gosford CBD and half a billion dollar commitment to progressing fast rail in the region.

Erina Rotary Club’s Youth Art Exhibition, Culture of Youth, will be on show at the Erina Centre Gallery, Erina Fair until June 24.

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Business

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Premier Dominic Perrottet makes the announcement in Gosford

Labor MPs criticise siting of new artificial reef Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, has hit back at accusations of porkbarrelling levelled by the region’s Labor MPs over the siting of an artificial reef for the Central Coast.

The establishment of a reef in the region was announced on June 6, with the State Government saying at the time a site had yet to be decided.

But the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) website outlines a preferred site offTerrigal with submissions

invited until July 5.

The website says the site under consideration is a sandy area approximately 6 km eastsouth-east of Terrigal Haven.

MPs Liesl Tesch (Gosford), David Mehan (The Entrance), David Harris (Wyong) and Yasmin Catley (Swansea) say they consulted with local community members about their preferred location of the reef via a survey with the top two responses being Shelly Beach and Catherine Hill Bay. They say despite these efforts, the Government is looking at the Liberal Party held

seat of Terrigal.

They say this follows: 96 per cent of funding from the Stronger Communities Fund going to Coalition and marginal seats; Blue Plaques being granted to heritage sites in exclusively Coalition electorates, despite 763 nominations from Labor held seats; and no NSW Government bushfire recovery funds being awarded to the Central Coast.

Harris has called on the Government to release scientific data validating the choice of the Terrigal site for the reef.

“Transparency in decision making would give Coast residents confidence this was the best decision,” he said.

Catley said the Government has “ignored the views of Coasties”.

Mehan said he was disappointed the Government has not taken into account the community’s wishes when making the decision.

Tesch said it was time that integrity was restored to processes in NSW. Crouch said it was “disappointing, but not surprising” for Labor MPs to

criticise the announcement, despite the fact it will benefit the Central Coast’s recreational fishing sector for years to come.

“A proposed location for the new reef has been determined based on preliminary consultation with the local recreational fishing sector; however, this is contingent on further stakeholder consultation in the area and more detailed mapping work,” he said.

Volunteer emergency workers on the Central Coast will now be eligible for the same workers compensation entitlements as their professional counterparts, following amendments to State legislation.

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Sport

Avoca Beach club president, Garry Clarke, has taken out the Surf Lifesaver of the Year award at the Surf Life Saving Central Coast Awards of Excellence.

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Central Coast lawyer appointed as magistrate to Local Court of NSW Central Coast lawyer Pauline Wright is one of three new magistrates to be appointed to the Local Court of NSW. Wright was sworn in on June 9.

She started her legal career in 1985 and was a Partner at PJ Donnellan & Co until her appointment.

A former President of the Law Society of NSW and President of the Law Council of Australia, she is an accredited specialist in local government and planning law and has extensive criminal law experience.

Wright said the new position would be a big change but she was ready to embrace the challenge.

“I’ve had to leave my practice – that’s it for me for private practice,” she said this week.

“I am working from Sydney at the moment.

“Then I will spend a month in Parramatta before being given a country placement which will last for a couple of years.”

The move will see a new direction for Wright, who has been active in numerous community activities on the Central Coast over the years, including live theatre and the 5 Lands Walk, most recently as its president.

“I will miss many things, including my morning swims,” she said.

“I have also had to step down from my roles in many organisations and will have to limit my community involvement as a magistrate, although

Pauline Wright

I will continue with artistic pursuits such as writing and while I won’t be as involved in public advocacy I will be able to continue with policy work.”

Wright first expressed interest in becoming a magistrate in 2018.

“I was thinking I wouldn’t be appointed as it was so long ago that I expressed interest – but I had a call from the Attorney-General recently to ask if I was still interested,” she said.

“Then it went to Cabinet and the Governor and I was sworn in last week.

“It will be an exciting new phase in my life but if you weren’t a bit nervous there’d be something wrong with you.

“You are making decisions that affect people’s lives.”

The Local Court of NSW is the busiest court in NSW. “It will be a steep learning curve initially and I will be doing lots of work

to make sure I am on top of everything,” Wright said.

Attorney-General Mark Speakman said Wright and fellow appointees Aaron Tang and Don McLennan bring almost nine decades of experience to the bench.

“These appointees bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the NSW Local Court, having worked across a range of areas in legal practice,” Speakman said.

“The NSW Local Court is the engine room of the judicial system, with a record 149 magistrates overseeing a caseload equal to 96 per cent of criminal prosecutions and 90 per cent of civil matters before the state’s courts.”

The NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) congratulated Wright on her appointment and thanked her for her work with the organisation spanning more than 30 years.

She joined NSWCCL in 1988, became a committee member in 1990 and held the office of Vice President from 1992 until her election as President in 2019.

She was again elected President in 2021 and held the position until her appointment as a magistrate.

“Ms Wright has made a significant contribution to the work of NSWCCL, and her efforts will be sorely missed,” a spokesperson said.

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Cash splash for Coast Premier Dominic Perrotet and senior Ministers of the NSW Government were in Gosford on June 11 to announce a major cash splash for the Central Coast – including an $18M investment in the new university campus in the Gosford CBD and half a billion dollar commitment to progressing fast rail in the region.

They were joined at Gosford waterfront by Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, who described the joint announcement as an “historic day” for the region.

Perrottet said the two projects would broaden the Government’s vision for a Six Cities mega region (also known as a ‘sandstone’ mega region) stretching from Wollongong to Newcastle and incorporating greater Sydney as well as the Central Coast.

“Last year I announced a broadening of our vision for setting up our city and state for success – and that was the Six Cities concept,” he said.

“Previously, we had focussed on (the greater Sydney area) but we have broadened that to

include Wollongong, the Central Coast and Newcastle – laying the foundations to take our state from good to great.”

Treasurer, Matt Kean, said the two projects would fasttrack the Government’s investment in the Central Coast and would aim to utilise local contractors for construction work.

The $18M investment in a Gosford university campus on the old Mitre 10 site in Mann St is part of a $1B budget funding injection for key technology and innovation precincts across the state.

The multi-faculty academic and innovation facility is expected to drastically cut the numbers of students forced to leave the Central Coast to study.

Crouch said the State Government funding builds on an initial injection of $18M in Federal funding announced in 2019.

“We’ve already committed millions of dollars in making the site available and having a uni campus in Gosford means generations of young people will not have to leave the Coast to study,” he said.

“There will be courses not before offered in the region such as law and cyber security … we can’t wait to get the bunting up.”

Kean said the project would ensure many never had to leave the region.

“Why would you want leave?” he said.

“It’s got the best beaches, the best parks, the best people.

“We’re building a better future for everyone in NSW and we’re starting here on the Central Coast.”

Perrottet said the Government wanted to make sure the Central Coast is the best place to live work and raise a family and to provide the opportunity for its young people to get the best training and education possible.

Infrastructure Minister, Rob Stokes, said it was all about breathing new life into the Gosford city centre.

“Gosford had the retail life sucked out of it with the opening of major malls at Erina and Tuggerah – this is about realising its potential as one of the key cities of NSW,” he said.

He said he expected to see

Gosford transformed in a similar way to Newcastle after a university presence was brought into the centre of that city.

“This is the next instalment of building a world class precinct on the Coast following the opening of the clinical research centre at Gosford Hospital,” he said.

“We expect at least 1,000 students in the next few years to help power the region.

Stokes said there would be “a lot more to come” in revitalising the CBD and that this would create great opportunities for local businesses and tradespeople.

“We are establishing the only global level city region in Australia and the Central Coast is at the heart of it,” he said.

“We always look to prefer local businesses in the construction phase and the Coast has some of the best in the country.”

The $500M rail commitment will go to the first stage of the Northern Corridor, helping build two new electrified rail tracks between Tuggerah and Wyong, new platforms and station upgrades, new bridges

including over the Wyong River and safeguarding future fast rail connections to the north and south, subject to agreement with the new Federal Government.

Perrottet said the Government’s Fast Rail vision could slash travel times between Sydney and Newcastle to one hour, Sydney and Gosford to 25 minutes and Sydney to Wollongong to just 45 minutes.

“We’re committed to a rail network that helps shape our State’s growth for the next century, starting with improvements to cut delays and lay the foundations for making faster travel times a reality,” he said.

“We’re backing our vision of slashing travel times (to and from the Central Coast) with half a billion dollars to make it a reality.”

Kean said the project would help transform NSW, with the project to create tens of thousands of jobs and significantly boost the Central Coast economy.

Stokes said faster and better connections between the state’s cities will improve reliability, improve travel times

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and ultimately improve quality of life statewide.

“These infrastructure improvements have enormous productivity benefits for the whole community and pave the way for further investment down the track,” he said.

“It is our biggest single investment ever (in developing a) fast rail strategy along the entire eastern seaboard and it starts right here on the Coast.

Crouch said the investment will make journeys to and from our region faster and easier for Central Coast commuters.

“This is in addition to the $300 million investment in the state-of-the-art rail maintenance yard in Kangy Angy, which has helped create over 90 full time jobs for Central Coast locals,” he said.

The commitment is conditional on $500M in matched funding from the Federal Government which was announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prior to the federal election.

Site investigations as part of the project are scheduled to commence before the end of the year.

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Eight Central Coast residents recognised Eight Central Coast residents have been recognized in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Governor-General David Hurley announced honours to 992 Australians on June 13, including 669 in the General Division of the Order of Australia, and awards for meritorious, distinguished and conspicuous service.

“Recipients share some common traits – including selflessness, excellence and a commitment to service,” Hurley said.

“They’re from different backgrounds, their stories are each unique, and each has served in different ways.

“This diversity is a strength, and each has impacted their community and made it better.

“For that, we thank them.”

approached the RSL for help and got the same treatment; it was another slap in the face.”

Karsai trained as a military advocate and worked as a pensions officer for Greensborough RSL SubBranch and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Veterans Centre in Victoria.

When he moved from Victoria to the Central Coast he started volunteering with the Vietnam Veterans’ Association, eventually becoming president.

Karsai started as a senior case officer with the association in 2011 and served as president from 2016-2019.

He has been a Board Director of Active Vets Australia since 2019.

He was on the Veterans Consultative Committee at Brisbane Waters Private Hospital and Gosford Private Hospital for five years.

Karsai also wrote a series of four educational books on Space Flight,Basic Photography and Flag Party/Drill Competition, for use throughout the Australian Air League.

Stephen Karsai, OAM

Stephen Karsai, OAM Stephen Karsai of Woy Woy has been recognised for service to veterans through a range of roles with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

“I spent a total of 27 years in the army and served in Vietnam in 1971,” he said.

“We weren’t welcomed home.

“I was so proud to come home fully functioning but when I went to get a hotel room across from the airport, still in uniform, the receptionist closed the register and said they had no room.

“From that day on I said if ever I get a chance to help other vets I will do my utmost.

“A number of years later I

Cornelius (Con) Ryan, OAM

Cornelius (Con) Ryan, OAM Con Ryan of Avoca Beach has been honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to the community through a range of organisations but is perhaps best known for being founding president of the 5 Lands Walk.

“The 5 Lands Walk was originally a Gosford Council initiative and Council ran it for five years before handing it over to the community,” he

said.

“I took on the role of president and, together with current president Pauline Wright, I built it up over the years.

“It is a wonderful organisation, with more than 700 volunteers all committed to making the Central Coast a better place.

“The mantra is connecting people to place- a place where nobody is excluded – and it’s a very powerful message.”

Ryan said he had applied skills gained in his professional life and other life experiences to the culture of the 5 Lands Walk.

A former player with the Newtown Jets, Ryan coached kids’ rugby league teams for 23 years.

“I tried to teach the kids they can achieve a lot if they all work together – one of the underlying things which have driven me throughout,” he said.

“It was all about developing character.”

Ryan also applied the theme of working together in his professional life with Pax Australia (formerly Aerosols Australia), where he performed a range of roles including general manager and marketing manager until 1988 when he became a Board Member.

He was Managing Director from 1988 to 2000 and initiated funding for a counselling service for the local community which has been running since 1996.

In 2000 he became a founding member of One Asia Network, a partnership between Daizo of Japan and Pax of Australia.

Ryan said he was “very chuffed and honoured” by the award.

“It’s something you don’t seek but it’s nice when it happens,” he said.

“It’s all about giving back to the community.”

Robert (Bob) Smith, OAM

Robert (Bob) Smith, OAM

Bob Smith of Empire Bay was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Honours List for service to veterans and to the community.

“It came as a big shock to me; I am honoured to be recognised but there are a lot of unsung heroes who work in our community to keep it running, so I am very humbled,” he said.

Smith was involved with the army reserve for 35 years until 2002, the last 12 of those with the 21 Construction Regiment.

“We have done a lot of work in Aboriginal communities, building infrastructure such as housing, water tanks, roads and garbage tips and organising power supply,” he said.

“We are all volunteers, taking leave from our day jobs to do this work and many of our soldiers spent a lot of time in the regular army.

Smith worked for the Commonwealth Department of Works as an electrician from 1964-68 and as a design draftsman from 1968-71 before becoming a design draftsman with the Electricity Commission of NSW in 1971 and then an engineering officer with Ausgrid from 1975 to 2015.

“I realised a lot of those skills I could employ with the army,” he said.

“The true beauty of the army reserve is that it draws from a cross-section of the community with a huge range of skills and puts them to good use.”

A current committee member with the 21 Construction Regiment Association, Smith

has been Association Sergeant Major, Parades and Commemoration Services, since 2000 and was a former captain and coach of the shooting team.

“These days my work involves looking after ANZAC parades, organising reunions and keeping the troops informed on what’s going on,” he said.

Smith was a volunteer with the Reserve Forces Day Council from 1998 to 2018 and has been a member of the Gosford District Rifle Club since 1991.

He was a member of Scouts NSW Point Clare and Ettalong from 1978-82, the Progress Association of Point Clare and Tascott from 1971-79 and St John Ambulance NSW from 1963-73.

Colin Laing, OAM

Colin Laing, OAM The founding President of North Entrance Surf Life Saving, Colin Laing, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to surf lifesaving.

“It’s a big honour to receive such an award as this and to be recognised by my peers who nominated me,” Laing said.

His lifelong dedication to surf lifesaving began when he was 16 at The Entrance club, gaining his Bronze Certificate in 1958 and then taking on various committee roles through the 1960s and 1970s before becoming a Life Member in 1975.

“Following a spate of drownings over on the North Entrance beach it was decided there should be a club formed there and patrols started in

1977,” Laing said.

He was President at North Entrance from 1977-87 and again in 1989-90 and was also made a Life Member in 1989.

He became a Life Member of Surf Life Saving NSW in 2016 and the Central Coast branch in 2009.

“It’s been a lifelong thing for me – all my children and grandchildren have come through and got their Bronze with a lot of them still involved in the sport,” Laing said.

“I try to encourage all the young ones and I used to coach the nippers a few years back.

Laing, who will celebrate his 80th birthday in three months, still patrols at North Entrance beach and is still competing.

“I’m mainly in ski events now, in the Masters, and I won two bronze medals at the Australian Titles this year,” he said.

Laing has held various roles with Surf Life Saving Central Coast, including councillor/ club delegate from 1977-87 and 1989-90 and 1977; a Board of Examiners member from 1978-1987; and Branch team selector, referee, juniors coach and district supervisor since the 1970s.

Over the years he has been awarded the National Medal Surf Life Saving in 2021, Central Coast Masters Athlete of the Year in 2005, Centenary Medal in 2001 and a Certificate of Outstanding Service Wyong Shire in 1989.

Mary Bell, OAM

Mary Bell, OAM A combination of service to naval associations and pipe

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in Queen’s Birthday Honours List bands has seen Mary Bell of Bateau Bay recognised in the Honours List with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

“I was absolutely startled when I got the phone call to tell me of the award; it really took my breath away, but it’s so exciting,” she said.

It all started when Bell, a tenor drum player, joined the Manly Warringah Pipe Band where her husband, Philip, played the pipes.

“I was secretary there, too, but unfortunately had to retire from playing in 1981 due to several spinal operations,” she said.

Bell joined the NSW Pipe Band Association in 1977, and is now a Life Member, having served as assistant secretary and secretary over the years, and when the family moved to St Clair in 1983 she took on the role of assistant secretary at Parramatta Caledonian Pipe Band.

For 20 years Bell has organised the Scottish Act of Remembrance which is a march and wreath-laying ceremony after the ANZAC Day march in Sydney.

“My involvement with the pipe bands is in the blood; there’s a family connection (in that) both my mother and Philip’s mother were Scottish,” she said.

“It’s a commemoration for all the Scottish people in the war, and for those who came to Australia after the war to pay tribute.”

Bell’s involvement in naval associations harks back to her father, Charles Nelson, who joined the navy in 1936 and served in World War II. “After the war he helped set up the HMAS Sydney Association and he always marched on ANZAC Day and I went with him,” she said.

“When he became too ill, I joined the Association and was a committee member from 1994 to 2010.

“Then I was invited to become secretary of the Federation of Naval Ships Association and have been doing that continuously since 2011,” Bell said.

She said it was a busy role liaising with many agencies to advocate for members, representing the Association at various naval commemorations, as well as planning the naval component for the ANZAC Day march in Sydney and the Royal Australian Navy Command Ceremonial at Garden Island.

Dr Ann Jardine, OAM

Ann Jardine, OAM Dr Ann Jardine, who retired to Tumbi Umbi about three years ago, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to tertiary education.

Her work in universities since 1998 has been mainly to encourage students with disability to realise university education was something they could achieve.

Jardine held various positions at Western Sydney University from 1998 to 2005 before moving on to the University of NSW where she worked primarily with students on campus and then later including students in school.

She was Manager, Student Equity from 2005 to 2006; Director, Student Equity and Disabilities Unit 2007-2015; Director, ASPIRE Outreach Program 2008-2017 and Director, AimHigh from 2015 to 2019.

“While I was in the university sector I worked with students with disability who went to

university and then ran a major project working with disadvantaged state schools to look at how to enable students from disadvantaged backgrounds to realise that university was a choice that they could make,” Dr Jardine said.

“We worked as far out as Lightning Ridge and a cluster of schools around Condobolin as well.

“It was extremely rewarding work – it was a really great job.”

Jardine said the ASPIRE Outreach Program was the one of which she was most proud.

“That program got a lot of national recognition – we won a lot of grants from government and business to be able to do our work – and I think every one of us in the team believe that we were making a difference for the kids we worked with,” she said.

Jardine said she was very surprised to be awarded the OAM. “It’s something that comes out of the blue, it’s lovely to be recognised, and just a lovely surprise,” she said.

Anne Riches, AM

Anne Riches, AM Anne Riches of Killcare began her professional life as a lawyer, but it is for significant service to community mental health programs and initiatives that she has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

A former volunteer with the Redfern Legal Centre and the Women’s Legal Centre, Riches

was Assistant Legal Secretary with the Medico-Legal Society of NSW from 1987 to1992 and President of the Women Lawyers Association of NSW from 1986-87.

She was Assistant SecretaryGeneral (Legal) for the Australian Medical Association from 1984 to1987 and Education Director for the Judicial Commission of NSW from 1987 to1991.

After working in the field of human resources from 1991 to 96, she founded The Riches Group in 1996, working with leadership teams in the workplace.

“In working to change leadership practices in companies, I discovered a lot of the initiatives weren’t working because of the emotional and mental stress of the workers,” she said.

“I live with depression and anxiety myself, as do members of my family, and I realised if you don’t deal with mental health you won’t succeed (in making change).

“So I started to shift my business.

“More than half of my professional time is spent dealing with mental health issues in the workplace.

“This coalesced with my own issues and I set about making it normal to talk about mental health and getting of rid of the stigma attached.

“I count as one of my major achievements taking that first step to acknowledge I suffered from depression and anxiety and needed to talk about it – it was a brave step for me.”

This acknowledgement led to Riches’ involvement with the Black Dog Institute, where she has been a Workplace Facilitator, Presenter, and Mental Health Auditor since 2011.

She has also been a Community Ambassador for R U OK? since 2018 and is a volunteer with the Australian

Kookaburra Kids Foundation and a respected motivational speaker.

She founded the Kerrie Nairn Scholarship for Emerging Speakers in 2005 and has been a member of the assessment panel since 2017.

She received the Nevin Award from Professional Speakers Australia in 2010 and has been recognised three times for volunteer contributions by the Black Dog Institute.

Riches said she was “gobsmacked” by the award, which will motivate her to do even more to make a difference.

Joanne McCarthy, AM

Joanne McCarthy, AM Respected Central Coats journalist Joanne McCarthy has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to print media, following a stellar career that has seen her receive multiple awards.

She began her career in 1980 at the former Gosford Star newspaper, which morphed with the Central Coast Express under the News Limited banner in the ‘80s and ultimately became the Express Advocate, where McCarthy worked as a lead journalist until 2003.

She then worked with the Newcastle Herald until resigning in April 2020, after completing two huge bodies of work that were instrumental in bringing about monumental change in Australia.

Her series on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church was instrumental in convincing the Federal Government to establish The Royal

Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2013 and earned her a Gold Walkley award that same year.

McCarthy also won the Melbourne Press Club’s Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year in 2012 and the inaugural Walkley Award for public service journalism in 2017, along with numerous other awards.

She was given an honorary doctorate by Newcastle University in 2015 for her body of work, specifically the child sexual abuse series and a lengthy series of articles on transvaginal mesh devices and their catastrophic effect on thousands of women.

“I like that awards like this acknowledge people who have contributed to society and I like that it’s about saying that you’ve done work in the public interest,” McCarthy said of her AM. “It’s important to do something outside yourself; I have a real concern about the way our society is operating at the moment – so much about self-interest exacerbated by social media.

“I like that these awards acknowledge people working for others.

“We should all be thinking about how we can contribute to our society.”

While McCarthy said her expository work was “incredibly stressful” she always thought long and hard about what she was doing.

“The Royal Commission took five years and changed the country and how institutions operated; it exposed failures which went way beyond the church.

“As hard as it was many times, I would do the same if I had to do my career over again.”

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The owner of Jasmine Greens Park Kiosk in the Peninsula Recreation Precinct is calling for more security measures at the park following repeated acts of vandalism.

Gabby Greyem said the latest incident occurred last week when vandals smashed the glass windows at the front of the kiosk, but this was only the latest in a string of attacks over the past few years.

“Our shop windows got smashed between 8 and 9pm on Sunday night, June 5,” Greyem said.

“Someone called the police and they rang us; this has happened five times since October.

“Police are on high alert and it’s great they responded so quickly and met us at the scene but every time this happens there is around $15,000 in damages.”

Greyem, who rents the building from Central Coast Council, said roller shutters placed inside the glass windows often prevented break-ins to the actual kiosk, but the windows were an easy target.

She suspects the perpetrators are teenagers, who carry out anti-social behaviours in the precinct at night.

Gabby Greyem at the kiosk

Reluctant to claim incidences of vandalism on her insurance in case it impacts on retaining a policy in the light of repeated claims, Greyem has been footing the bill for damages herself.

“We’re not replacing the widows at this stage and that makes trading very difficult – especially for our staff in winter,” she said.

“Those glass windows are there to protect our stock and as climate control for our staff.”

Greyem, who has run the kiosk

for eight years, said the glass had been installed in 2017 and had been smashed nine times since then.

“Altogether we have had 70 break-ins,” she said.

“Sometimes they do get through the shutter doors, and we have had coffee grinders stolen and driven over, tills stolen multiple times,incidences of arson and graffiti and loss of stock.

“They mostly go for lollies, ice cream and beer.”

Greyem blames the situation

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on a lack of security in the precinct and a shortage of activities for youth on the Peninsula.

She has been liaising with police and local high schools and is set to meet with Council Administrator, Rik Hart, this week.

“This anti-social behaviour has escalated since COVID lockdowns and we are the victim every time,” she said.

“Council has refused to meet with me on the matter until now.”

Greyem said her staff often removed bongs, syringes, broken glass and condoms from the play area.

“The depraved behaviour after dark is very concerning,” she said.

“The public toilets (in the park) are often vandalised as well; the cost to the public of repairing damaged facilities is very high.”

Greyem is calling for fencing and security patrols throughout the precinct at night, including night lighting.

She would also like to see a

security fence installed around the kiosk and the repair of CCTV cameras in the precinct which are not working.

“I have more than 2,500 signatures on a petition calling for more security,” she said.

The kiosk, which used to operate as a restaurant at night, has ceased night-time trading for the safety of customers and staff.

“I am not trying to scare the community away from the park, I would just like Council and the State Government to act on the need for increased police resources and youth facilities on the Peninsula,” she said.

“We need a building where kids can go at night and on weekends and school activities with qualified people who can help them through their difficulties.

“If we don’t provide confidential highly skilled services for our youth we get a ghetto effect.”

Greyem has done her bit to keep youth entertained and occupied, holding free movie nights, running free cooking classes and offering free barista training for high school students.

Terry Collins

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Sandy beaches restored around Tuggerah Lakes Tons of sand are being spread over lake beaches at Long Jetty, Budgewoi and Lake Munmorah this week to refresh foreshore areas.

This work by Central Coast Council will replace the sand washed away during the recent lake rises and recent extended periods of rainfall.

Work started on Tuesday, June 14 and continue until Friday, June 24 and some areas will be restricted while the sandy beaches are restored.

Some areas along the Long Jetty foreshore on Tuggerah Pde, opposite Archbold St, will be temporarily closed off but there will be minimal interruption to public access.

Salt marsh swale maintenance works is also taking place at Long Jetty to clean out sediment and vegetation so that the stormwater quality improvement infrastructure functions efficiently.

Mackenzie Reserve’s carpark at Budgewoi will be partially closed while work is done.

The access road and carpark at

Lake Munmorah’s Tom Burke Reserve on Dianne Ave will be temporarily closed while the sand replenishment work is undertaken.

After

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Labor MPs criticise siting of new artificial reef Continued from page 1 “No site has been locked in yet.

“A total of nine reefs funded from the recreational fishing trust have been deployed to date including one off Swansea in August, 2019.”

Crouch said funding delivered to Labor held seats since he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast include: $10M for the multi awardwinning Leagues Club Park;

$2M for Central Coast Conservatorium of Music; $200,000 for Gosford Musical Society for upgrades and new equipment; and $18M towards the construction of a new university in the heart of Gosford.

“Additional to this, there has been over $13.5M delivered to the Central Coast through the Stronger Countries Community Fund supporting projects like the outdoor water park at Peninsula Leisure Centre, the new

Norah Head Community Space, the brand-new club house and amenities at Adelaide Street Oval and the popular play space at Sun Valley Park,” he said.

“The Bushfire Local Economic Recovery package (BLER) is aimed at supporting social and economic recovery in regional communities most affected by the 2019/20 bushfires.

“Funding through this went to areas of the most need.

“Across the Central Coast, we received over $1.7M for projects like the Top Blokes Mentoring Program and developing an online presence for the Central Coast Tourism Industry.

“In addition to this the Gosford electorate alone received over $3.5M for the Mangrove Creek Dam Visitor Centre and funding to support Bara Barang’s Dream Builders on Country project.”

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Reid vows to investigate HoTS funding New Member for Robertson, Gordon Reid, has vowed to investigate continued funding for the Coast’s mobile service Health on the Streets (HoTS).

HoTS Team Leader, Joel Smeaton, outreach worker Melanie Brian and registered nurse Katrina Russell pictured last year

The commitment comes after Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, called on the new government to match the $2.2M funding pledge made by the former Liberal Government prior to the Federal election in May. “Run by Coast and Country

Primary Care, (HoTS) was initiated in October 2019 and funded by the former Liberal Federal Government,” Crouch said.

“Coast and Country Primary Care were to continue to receive funding under the former Government; however the program is at risk due to no such commitment from the Federal Labor Government.

“I want to congratulate Kathy Beverley, Arron Cannon and the team at Coast & Country Primary Care for delivering this outstanding program.”

“The new Labor Member for

Robertson needs to walk the walk and deliver this essential funding immediately.”

Reid said he had brought the continuity of funding for Health on the Streets to the new Health Minister’s attention.

“The Minister has sought a briefing from the Health Department regarding funding for this project and will have an update very soon,” he said.

“I whole-heartedly acknowledge how important this project is and will always be a strong advocate for homelessness outreach services on the Central Coast.

“The Central Coast needs State and Federal Governments working together to reduce homelessness in our community.

“Homelessness has skyrocketed during the previous Liberal Government, and although the Labor Government has a clear plan for addressing this, no plan to tackle such a monumental issue can be successful without State and Federal cooperation.”

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Toll relief in sight for commuting Central Coast motorists Central Coast motorists who commute regularly to Sydney could save up to $750 a year on tolls under the NSW Government’s Toll Rebate Scheme, to be announced in next week’s State Budget.

About half a million NSW motorists will receive cash rebates paid quarterly into their bank accounts under the NSW Government’s Toll Rebate Scheme to be included in this month’s Budget.

Under the new relief package, motorists will receive a 40 per cent rebate for tolls incurred once they spend more than $375 in a year, with the maximum annual benefit for each customer to be $750.

Premier Dominic Perrottet said the new scheme would see more NSW motorists benefit from targeted payments compared with the existing Registration Relief Scheme.

“This new program will

provide more relief, more often to more motorists,” Perrottet said.

“The number of road users receiving toll relief will more than double; almost 300,000 extra drivers will benefit.”

Perrottet said the program would provide a fairer and more equitable system based more closely on the amount a motorist actually spends on tolls.

It will be in place for an initial two-year period, while the government finalises and

implements long term tolling reforms.

Treasurer Matt Kean said the new toll relief measures improve the affordability of toll road travel for individuals, families and small businesses.

“Tolling enables major new and upgraded motorways to be delivered years and even decades ahead of time,” he said.

“This package will put money back in motorists’ bank accounts to help ease cost of living pressures.”

Minister for Metropolitan Roads, Natalie Ward, said the toll rebates would also reduce congestion on key arterial roads.

“This system aims to optimise Sydney’s motorway network to ensure families and small businesses who rely on our roads for their daily commutes spend less time in traffic and more time at home or servicing their customers,” she said.

For tolls incurred up to June 30, road users can continue to

receive vehicle registration relief until June 30, 2023.

For tolls incurred from July 1, customers can access the new program and will receive their first rebate payment in early 2023, followed by quarterly payments.

The M5 South West Cashback Scheme will continue and the Toll Reform Review will continue to consider further policy reform options.

Source: NSW Government

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Administrator Message

Coast achieves ECO Destination Certification

The Central Coast has officially achieved ECO Destination Certification with Ecotourism Australia. Achieving ECO Destination Certification recognises the Central Coast as a world-class location for sustainable and nature-based tourism, which will provide a substantial and ongoing boost to the local economy.

We are excited at the prospective boost in ecotourism that being an ECO Destination will bring, such as providing sustainable, local employment and training opportunities to the Central Coast community.

Becoming an accredited ECO Destination was a priority action in Council’s Destination Management Plan and will now encourage further growth in the tourism sector.

The Central Coast is known to be rich in world-class, nature-based tourist attractions which confirms the region as one that is well-placed to attract an increasing number of visitors seeking sustainable tourism experiences. We now have six ECO certified operators and nine ECO certification applicants – the largest regional cohort on the ECO Destination certification program.

Find out more about the Coast’s ECO operators by visiting Council’s website or the dedicated destination website lovecentralcoast.com Rik Hart, Administrator

Building and maintaining for the community in June

The Coast is a hive of activity of Council infrastructure works to upgrade, renew, maintain and improve community facilities, services and open spaces.

This month, Council is progressing works from the south to the north of the Central Coast, including: •

Tuggerawong shared pathway construction.

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Upgrade of sports lighting, drainage and irrigation infrastructure at 16 local sports grounds.

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Road upgrades, improvements, and pothole filling.

Urban stormwater channel maintenance at Wyoming, Woy Woy, Point Clare, Copacabana, Umina, Tascott and Narara.

Renewal and replacement of play equipment at six playspaces, shade sail installation at Bill Sohier and Tunkuwallin playspaces, and accessibility improvements at an additional 4 sites.

Pothole numbers going down

The recent dry weather has allowed Council staff and contractors to make good progress in working to reduce the backlog of potholes. So far this month we have repaired 3,032 potholes to work down our backlog. Council is committed to completing the backlog of pothole repairs by the end of June which will see a return to regular pre-storm service levels.

Follow the progress of the pothole backlog repair by viewing the interactive map, search ‘pothole repairs’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Draft Woy Woy Waterfront Masterplan on public exhibition

Share your opinions, ideas and aspirations for the Woy Woy foreshore by 3 July.

Have our say at yourvoiceourcoast.com

Library maintenance and improvement works at Toukley, Tuggerah, Kincumber, Lake Haven, Woy Woy and Bateau Bay libraries.

Tuggerah Lakes sand nourishment and maintenance works at Long Jetty foreshore, Mackenzie Reserve (Budgewoi), and Tom Burke Reserve (Lake Munmorah).

To see what works are happening in your neighbourhood, search ‘works underway’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Council meeting

The next Ordinary Council meeting will be held 6.30pm Tuesday 26 July 2022. Find out more to come along or watch it online at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/meetings.

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Labor MPs say clock is ticking on election promises Shadow Minister for the Central Coast and Wyong MP, David Harris, says the clock is ticking on several important infrastructure projects which Central Coast Labor MPs want to see in the upcoming State Government Budget.

“There’s a list of local infrastructure projects which were promised at the 2019 election which are either incomplete or yet to start,” Harris said.

“These projects include the upgrade of Tuggerah railway station, the completion of road projects including the

Pacific Highway through Wyong and the Pacific Highway at Lisarow, as well as Wilfred Barrett Dr in The Entrance, the Central Coast Highway and an express bus service.

“Central Coast residents have the right to expect that these project at least have at substantial starts.

“The clock is ticking,” Harris said.

He said cost of living pressures including inflation, low wage growth, rising interest rates and increasing rates and charges were adversely impacting local

residents causing mortgage, rental and mental stress.

“The NSW Budget must include measures that address these pressures and implement cost of living measures to alleviate the financial burden presently crippling local families and pensioners,” Harris said.

Swansea MP, Yasmin Catley said there were far too many households facing rental and mortgage stress.

“Despite the Government’s rhetoric, many existing cost of living relief measures are failing to reach those who need it most,” she said.

There was an urgent need to invest in social and affordable housing on the Central Coast, said Gosford MP, Liesl Tesch.

“While the Coast needs investment in signature projects such as the Gosford waterfront, affordable housing must be a priority, after more than 10 years of neglect,” she said.

“These were big promises from the Government (in 2019) and it’s about time we saw some progress on the ground,” The Entrance MP, David Mehan said.

Primary source: Central Coast Labor MPs

Wyong MP David Harris (from left), Gosford MP Liesl Tesch, The Entrance MP David Mehan and Swansea MP Yasmin Catley

Woy Woy CWA helps out Lismore flood victims Woy Woy CWA members have spent the last few months busily knitting and crocheting for the ensuing colder months.

The group decided to send the goods to Lismore after the CWA evening branch in Lismore put the call out to all NSW CWAs asking for help.

“In true CWA style we gathered what we had and

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they have headed off to Lismore via Australia Post,” Woy Woy CWA president, Jane Bowtell, said.

“We are happy to supply them with just over 100 beanies, 40 scarves and a couple of dozen bed socks and slippers.

“The importance of supporting other CWA branches is often at the forefront of what we do.

“All CWAs, wherever they may be, are always connected tightly to their community so at a grass roots level they are aware of community needs and it is our pleasure to help our CWA sisters when and if we can.”

The goods will be used to help residents of Lismore and surrounds as they rebuild following flooding earlier this year.

“With the extremely cold weather, these will help local residents stay that little bit warmer when many are still struggling to gain access to proper heating,” Bowtell said.

All goods were either made or donated by members.

Source: Media release, Jun 15 Woy Woy CWA

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Man and woman charged after alleged robbery and assault in Toukley A man and woman have been charged after an alleged robbery and assault at Toukley.

At about 8.20pm on Wednesday, June 8 Police were told two women were speaking with the occupants of a car on Hargraves St, Toukley, when the driver of the car leant over and grabbed one woman’s mobile phone from her hand.

The car then allegedly drove from the scene, turning left onto Main Rd in the direction of Gorokan.

A short time later, the woman agreed to meet the occupants of the car on Main Rd. When the car returned, the passenger allegedly demanded money to return the phone before the driver exited the vehicle and allegedly assaulted one of the women with a gas cylinder.

A male passer-by went to assist the woman before the passenger exited the vehicle and a verbal argument occurred with the male.

The driver and passenger

Anyone with information about these incidents should call

Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

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returned to the car and drove from the scene.

The incident was reported at Toukley Police Station with officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District commencing an investigation.

Following inquiries, a man and woman were arrested about 8.40pm on Thursday, June 9 on Douglas St, Dora Creek.

They were taken to Toronto Police Station where they were charged.

The 24-year-old woman, believed to be the driver at the time of the incident, was charged with steal from the person (less than $2,000),

armed with intent commit indictable offence, two counts of stalk/intimidate intend fear, physical harm (personal), and common assault.

She was refused bail and appeared before Toronto Local Court on Friday, June 10, where she was formally refused bail to appear before Wyong Local Court on Wednesday, July 20.

The 29-year-old man, believed to be the passenger at the time of the incident, was charged with demand property with menaces with intent to steal, knowingly deal with proceeds of crime, and stalk/ intimidate intend fear physical harm (personal).

He was refused bail and also appeared before Toronto Local Court on June 10, where he was formally refused bail to reappear before Wyong Local Court on Thursday, August 4.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000.

Source: Tuggerah Lakes Police

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Police search for Mitchell Higgins Police in the Northern Regions Operation Persistence squad are appealing for public assistance to locate a man wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw. crimestoppers.com.au

Operation Persistence is a region-wide operation across the Central Coast aimed at arresting individuals wanted on outstanding arrest warrants.

Source: Brisbane Water Police

Mitchell Higgins, aged 33, is wanted on incidents involving property damage, stalking and intimidating with the intention of physical harm and assault.

He is described as being of Caucasian appearance, between 180 to 185cm tall, solid build and brown hair.

Higgins is known to frequent the Central Coast including the Brisbane Water and Tuggerah Lakes areas.

Car side swiped in Doyalson North Central Coast Highway Patrol officers are asking drivers to check their dash cam to assist their inquiries after a vehicle failed to stop after an accident at Doyalson North.

The incident occurred at 4.45pm on June 4, southbound on the Pacific Highway.

Police are seeking information regarding a black Holden Commodore or Ford Falcon ute that side-swiped an elderly

lady’s Nissan Qashquai at high speed and failed to stop and render assistance.

A similar vehicle was observed by witnesses driving erratically shortly before this incident.

The vehicle is a full-bodied ute which might have personalised black and white number plates.

Police are asking that people

come forward if they have dash cam footage, or knows someone with unexplained damage to a similar vehicle or witnessed the incident and recorded the registration number.

Information can be reported to Crime Stoppers, quoting Police report number E89058266.

Source: Tuggerah Lakes Police

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Pollies and coal lobby created gas problem Some years back the LNG people offered to convert all of the coal fired power stations to natural gas free of charge.

The politicians and the coal lobby totally rejected and defeated the proposition.

Australia wobbled onwards burning dirty coal and the LNG guys began shipping the cleaner LNG overseas to China to obtain revenue.

FORUM The ships are very obvious with big white golf ball like tanks protruding from the decks.

Now after [former Prime Minister Scott Morrison] saying “this is a lump of coal, don’t be afraid ” it has all gone as expected – Greenies still hollering for clean fuel, the shortage of gas and emergency

measures trying to fix that and the new [Government] having as well to get stagnant coal fired power stations back online fast.

So, to sum it all up, it is the coal lobby and the associated politicians who have totally created the problem.

The gas guys tried but were beaten at every turn.

Email, Jun 8 John Strang, Woy Woy

Why do we have a power crisis?

It is because a number of coal-fired power stations are out of action and we have no nuclear backup.

Solar power is not clean and it doesn’t cost nothing.

The Greens forget that the panels have to be manufactured, they do not appear out of the air.

It has its place for niche markets but at the current state of technology it is not a replacement for fossil fuels or nuclear.

FORUM The only way to properly compare different types of electricity generation is to compare life-cycle costs and include reliability.

Those in fantasy land do not think this is necessary - they think we must stop emitting CO2 at all costs.

In relation to energy, we seem to have a lemming-like attitude that can be economically crippling as well.

Perhaps the blackouts will get people to see the light.

It is not the electricity market that is in crisis, it is the lack of base-load generation facilities.

My main concern is to have the power on and at an affordable cost and at the same time continue research aimed at replacing fossil fuels and nuclear, which is a longer term activity.

Hoping for a well-lit evening.

Email, Jun 14 Charles Hemmings

Democracy: simply meaning “rule by the people” A positive and community acceptable democracy should be one in which the people have the power to participate in decision making.

Democracy is the core value of the United Nations on Human Rights, therefore, having a system in Australia of Representative Democracy, where we the citizens elect representatives to speak to the morals and needs of the community.

It must be efficient, transparent, responsible and accountable, yet somewhere [in] the NSW Government … the citizens became obsolete or unimportant.

Nowhere is this more apparent than at Central Coast Council and the dilemma that has haunted the citizens or residents for the past two years and possibly a further decade.

We understand that those who we elected to represent us, most probably did not perform in the manner we expected, yet it was those who we didn’t elect, that were most at fault – a state government that did not do its homework

FORUM See Page 2 for address and contribution conditions.

Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper when forcing the merger of the two councils and [some executives] not knowing the rules or just not being up to the job.

Reviews and inquiries have led us to believe that there was nobody to blame for the massive long-term debt, increases in rates and reduction to services.

Yet after 37 years of being self employed, I soon learnt that the buck stops somewhere and it has to start at the top.

The NSW Government recently announced that our democratic rights would not be returned by the way of a local election until September 2024 with a politically appointed Administrator and faceless bureaucrats making all the

decisions until then.

Well, I’m sorry, this does not sit well with me.

When the best our community can expect from the Central Coast Council’s democratic process is to stand before a judicial-style hearing and be given three minutes to raise your issues after filling out the Public Forum form, supplying a written submission and waiting to be approved by the Administrator.

We have no democratically elected Councillors in which we can contact to have our issues put on the agenda for the business paper.

The council hides behind an automated and over-protective telephone answering service.

Very few times can you get through to the right person and then you are always asked to put it in writing.

Let’s not forget that one third of our community is aged or has a disability, being unable or unwilling to go before that judicial-style forum of democracy.

Email, Jun 10 Gary Blaschke OAM , Lake Munmorah

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High school students’ artwork on show at Erina Some of the artwork on show

Erina Rotary Club’s Youth Art Exhibition, Culture of Youth, will be on show at the Erina Centre Gallery, Erina Fair until June 24.

TheRotaryClubhascoordinated the exhibition of contemporary artworks by local high school students from Erina and Terrigal as a part of the celebration of Youth Services month in the Rotarian calendar.

Supported by Central Coast Council, the exhibition aims to showcase the cutting-edge

creativity and culture of our local young people.

It focuses on the use of mixed media and technology to support their self-expression and creative endeavours.

Teachers Gail Wright, of Terrigal High School, and Rebecca Slocombe, of Erina High School, have been keen supporters of the exhibition and submitted their students’ artworks for the occasion, assisting in the set up and curation of the exhibition.

“It’s a great opportunity for the students to be able to present

their artworks to the broader community as well as their families and friends.” Wright said.

“The gallery space is free and open to the general public visiting the library, which means so many people will see the artworks.”

The works include Terrigal High’s Year 7’s digital prints of drawings inspired by American animator, Gary Baseman, creator of the cartoon Teachers Pet. Also on show are Year 8’s skateboard decks, decorated

with painted designs themed on celebratingthelocalenvironment.

There are also works from the multi-categorial class of iconic/ totemic designs.

Erina High School’s Years 9 and 10 submitted works of digital drawings and photography, themed through the environment and the circular nature of existence.

Slocombe said the school would definitely want to be part of the event if it is held again next year.

“The more opportunities that our students get to present their work publicly the greater confidence they get,” she said.

The exhibition was launched on June 5 when students, their families, teachers and Department Head teachers joined Erina Rotary Club members to view the artworks exhibited in a professional setting, curated with the gallery hanging system and lighting.

An Erina Rotary Club representative confirmed the club would love to repeat the

event next year.

“The students’ work is so impressive, and I love how they have used a mix of techniques to create the works, including analogue drawing and painting with digital editing and printing,” the representative said.

The exhibition is open from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday and from 9am-1pm on Saturdays.

Source: Media release, Jun 13 Erina Rotary Club

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Vote now for people’s choice award in breastfeeding art competition

The winners have been announced in Central Coast Local Health District’s (CCLHD) community breastfeeding art competition, with voting in the people’s choice category set to close on June 30.

The competition is an initiative of CCLHD’s Breastfeeding and Infant Feeding Reference Group to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in August.

“It was meant to happen last year but due to the COVID restrictions it had to be postponed because we couldn’t collect the artworks,” a spokesperson said.

“So, we are celebrating the 2021 World Breastfeeding Week theme Protecting Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility in 2022.”

A total of 11 artworks were

Category winners Rosie O’Donnell, Leanne Sheppard, Victoria Barnfield, Monique Habib and Michelle McLellan

submitted by members of the community and staff members.

All pieces were judged based on how they depicted the importance of protecting breastfeeding, represented breastfeeding support as a vital public health responsibility and encouraged action on

protecting breastfeeding to improve public health.

Consideration was also given to how each artwork demonstrated the health benefits of breastfeeding, the challenges of breastfeeding and support for breastfeeding in our community.

The winners were: Rosie O’Donnell (photography winner); Leanne Sheppard (commended in the painting section); Victoria Barnfield (mixed media category winner); Monique Habib (winner of the drawing category); and Michelle McLellan (winner of

the painting category).

The panel of judges included Director of Nursing and Midwifery Gosford and Woy Woy Hospitals, Colleen Vandy, Acting Director Women Children and Families, Leanne Roberts, Manager Aboriginal Health, Steve Ella, Nerida

Carter from the Australian Breastfeeding Association and Liana Magrath from Gosford Regional Gallery.

All entries will be on display at Gosford Hospital until June 31.

You can explore the artworks and choose your favourite before people’s choice voting closes on June 30 at www. surveymonkey. com/r/3J6ZQYQ. The people’s choice winner will be announced in CCLHD’s virtual gallery during World Breastfeeding Week (August 3-7).

Voting is limited to one per person.

Source: Media release, Jun 15 Central Coast Local Health District

Interactive show at Peninsula Theatre for children The interactive show Roald Dahl and the Imagination Seekers will be performed at Peninsula Theatre, Woy Woy, on June 24 and 25.

Roald Dahl and the Imagination Seekers is coming to Peninsula Theatre

All around the world Roald Dahl’s words are disappearing not only from books but children’s minds too.

Only a secret organisation known as The Ancient Guild of Taletenders can save the stories and they need your help.

And so the stage is set for an immersive and interactive performance especially for those aged six and up, involving games and imaginative play, while exploring Dahl’s extraordinary stories, including

Are you 50+ and would love some help with your smartphone, tablet or computer?

Peninsula Digital Connect meets monthly at Ettalong Diggers

on the 4th Tuesday of each month, 10am to 12:30pm.

Each session commences with a workshop followed by an opportunity for small group support with our team of volunteer digital mentors.

Register on the day! Simply turn up and bring your device. Open to all club members, guests and visitors. Ample free parking available.

Contact the college for more information P: 02 4348 4300 E: digitalconnect@cccc.nsw.edu.au Next meeting on Tuesday June 28th 2022

The BFG and The Twits, along with way.

Join Terry Tibblestick from the ancient guild of Taletenders and his assistant Brenda Bogg as you learn all about what taletending involves and how to look after stories.

Taletenders have existed since the beginning of time and their one job is to remember and recall all the words of their storyteller – but maybe Terry hasn’t been as diligent as he could have been?

Follow Brenda’s journey as she reveals her discovery of the missing words, sparking danger that they are being eaten by the dreaded Wurblegobblers.

Help her as she tries to convince Terry of the real and present danger the stories are in as she tries to restore the words to the books using imagination, play and a heart full of tenderness.

Performances at The Peninsula Theatre will be at 10am and 6pm on Friday, June 24, and at 11am and 1pm on Saturday, June 25.

For booking details go to https://www.centralcoast.nsw. gov.au/theatres/whats-on/ roald-dahl-and-imaginationseekers-peninsula-theatrewoy-woy.

Source: Central Coast Council website

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Great line-up at Red Tree Theatre The Red Tree Theatre at Tuggerah has some exciting offerings in coming weeks.

On Saturday, June 18, in partnership with Jopuka Productions, the theatre will present a mystery play.

This will be a staged reading for a fantastic play with a stellar local cast.

The only catch is you don’ know what you are seeing until it starts – but the theatre confirms it’s suitable for all ages.

Directed by Joshua Maxwell, the reading will feature Ruth Jordon, Scott Russell (Party of Apes) and many more favourite performers.

The show begins at 7.30pm.

And returning after an acclaimed season in March is ‘Letters to Lindy’.

Presented by Jopuka Productions in partnership with Red Tree Theatre it is the story that captivated a nation.

A mother accused of murdering her child; her claim – that the baby was taken by a dingo – denied and discredited by zealous police and a flawed legal system.

The media circus, the rumours, the mob mentality, and a nation’s prejudices laid

Danielle Brame Whiting in Letters to Lindy

bare.

Over three decades, from baby Azaria’s death to the final coroner’s report, the public wrote more than 20,000 letters to Lindy Chamberlain-

M O U N T I E S

Creighton – from sympathy to abuse, letters from children and letters from those who have lost a child.

These letters traverse the gamut of human response to

Lindy’s story.

Letters to Lindy draws on this correspondence, as well as extensive interviews with Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton herself, to create an enthralling

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and moving dialogue between Lindy and the nation.

Directed by Joshua Maxwell, the show stars Danielle Brame Whiting as Lindy ChamberlinCreighton and features eight

established and emerging performers, who play more than 100 characters.

Jopuka Productions was established specifically to provide performing arts training and development to a wide array of emerging artists, aged 12-26, from all across the Coast.

Jopuka has staged more than 30 acclaimed productions, including a range of new and established works.

It has commissioned 11 new Australian works from emerging writers and theatremakers across Australia.

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton said the show was “the most powerful thing that has been done on my story and the most true to what I lived through”.

Letters to Lindy will be performed on June 24 and 25 with tickets from $25.

Discover Vouchers are accepted via emailing josh@ jopuka.org.au Bookings are available at https://eldersleefoundation. org.au/red-tree-theatre/.

The artwork of Grant Molony will also be featured at the theatre during June and July.

Source: Media release, Jun 14 Red Tree Theatre

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Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “Good Deed” (AKA ‘Lethal Beauty’) (M v) (’18) Stars: Haley Webb, Haley Pullos, Christel Khalil Explore (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Celebrity Apprentice Australia (PG) [s] Million Dollar Murders: Shot In The Dark (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] 100% Footy (M) [s] Manifest: Precious Cargo (M v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs A Current Affair (PG) [s]

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:40 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] 9:40 The Montreal Comedy Festival (M l,s) [s] 10:40 Georgie Carroll: The Gloves Are Off (M l,s) [s] 12:10 The Project (PG) [s] 1:10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s]

5:00 9:05 9:55 10:55

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Celebrity Apprentice Australia (PG) [s] 9Honey - Queen Elizabeth: The Queen, Diana, Camilla And Kate (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Celebrity Apprentice Australia (PG) [s] Matt Wright’s Wild Territory: Wright Or Wrong (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] Law & Order: Organized Crime: The Christmas Episode (MA15+) [s] Game Of Silence: Pilot (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Hello SA (PG) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 The Cheap Seats (PG) [s] 9:40 NCIS: Sturgeon Season (M) [s] 10:40 NCIS: Everything Starts Somewhere (M v) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

5:00 9:00 9:55 10:50 12:00 2:05

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Celebrity Apprentice Australia (PG) [s] 9Honey - Queen Elizabeth: The Queen Off Duty (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Travel Guides: The Kimberley (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised NINE News Late [s] Chicago Med: We’re Lost In The Dark (M) [s] Dr Christian Jessen Will See You Now: Chronic (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs Outback & Under (PG) [s]

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:50 Five Bedrooms: Two Warnings (M l) [s] 9:50 Good Sam: Natural Order (PG) [s] 10:40 This Is Us: Us (PG) [s] 11:40 The Project (PG) [s] 12:40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s]

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “While We’re Young” (M l) (’14) Stars: Ben Stiller, Adam Driver, Naomi Watts Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] NRL: Under 19’s State Of Origin: NSW v QLD *Live* From Leichhardt Oval [s] NINE News Late [s] The Equalizer: Separated (MA15+) [s] Cold Case - New Leads Wanted: Tuitania Barclay (M v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Explore [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs A Current Affair (PG) [s]

6:00 The Talk (PG) [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:20 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 MasterChef Australia: MasterClass (PG) [s] 9:30 Program To Be Advised 10:30 Program To Be Advised 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

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

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

Programming information correct at time of going to press, changes are at the network’s discretion Prepared by National Typesetting Services

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Worldwatch Make Me A Dealer (PG) Paddington Station 24/7 (PG) Hidden Algeria: The Sahara (PG) Worldwatch Invisible (PG) (In Turkish/ English/ Greek) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Talk For Life Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Savings Lives At Sea (PG) 24 Hours In Emergency: Count My Blessings (PG) Nadia: A Stolen Life (PG) (In English/ Dari/ Danish/ French) SBS World News Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games: Christmas Killing (M) (In French) Outlander (MA15+) The Hot Zone (M) Worldwatch Make Me A Dealer (PG) Paddington Station 24/7 (PG) Britain’s Biggest Dig (PG) Worldwatch Where Are You Really From?

(PG) Living Black The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Who Do You Think You Are?: Troy Cassar-Daley (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Who Do You Think You Are?: Simon Baker (PG) Insight: Risk And Reward (PG) Dateline (PG) The Feed SBS World News The Point The Hunt For A Killer Hunt (M l,v) (In Swedish) The A Word (M l,s) Worldwatch Make Me A Dealer (PG) Paddington Station 24/7 (PG) Britain’s Biggest Dig (PG) Worldwatch Woven Threads Stories From Afar (PG) Dateline Insight: Risk And Reward (PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Tony Robinson - Britain’s Ancient Tracks: The Portway (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Tony Robinson - WWII By Drone: Battle For The Skies (PG) (In English/ German) Why Buildings Collapse (PG) New York Super Airport (M) SBS World News Australia Come Fly With Me (M l,s) Worldwatch Make Me A Dealer (PG) Paddington Station 24/7 (PG) Britain’s Biggest Dig (PG) Worldwatch Woven Threads Stories From Afar (PG) Where Are You Really From?

(PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Tony Robinson - Britain’s Ancient Tracks (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Scenic Coastal Walks With Kate Humble: Conwy (PG) House Of Maxwell (M) DI Ray (MA15+) SBS World News Gomorrah (MA15+) (In Italian) Vikings Special (M) Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG)

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OUT&ABOUT PAGE 19 17 JUNE 2022

Art trail now open at Pearl Beach The Pearl Beach Arboretum Ephemeral Art Trail (PBEAT2022) is now up and running, providing a lovely outing for groups of family and friends.

An opening was held on Saturday, June 11, including a smoking ceremony, music by Tim Selwyn of Girri Girra and a visit by the new Member for Robertson, Dr Gordon Reid.

There are 25 highly creative art installations responding to the work of the Pearl Beach Arboretum in promoting nature conservation – all in a beautiful bushland setting.

PBEAT2022 is open to the public for free during daylight hours until Sunday, July 17.

On weekends the Arboretum

Cottage will feature local artists displaying their works and other workshops and events.

PBEAT2022 artists competed for a first prize of $3,000, a $1,000 runner-up prize and a $1,000 People’s Choice Award.

The prize money is sponsored

by Belle Property Central Coast.

The prizes will be announced at a Bush Dance in the Arboretum on Saturday, July 9, from 2-pm.

For more information go to https://www. pearlbeacharboretum.org.au/ ephemeral[1]art-trail/ or email pbeat@pearlbeacharboretum. org.au.

Source: Media release, Jun 14 Pearl Beach Arboretum

One of the artworks along the trail

Go4Fun promotes healthy active children Registrations are now open for the Go4Fun face-to-face program to encourage healthy active youngsters which will return in Term 3 of school, starting on July 18.

The program will be held at the Epicentre, San Remo, on Mondays from 3.30pm to 5.30pm, Niagara Park Stadium on Tuesdays from 4pm to 6pm and PCYC at Bateau Bay on Wednesdays from 4pm to 6pm.

Go4Fun is a free 10-week program for children aged 7 to

13 who are above a healthy weight, and their families, to improve eating and activity habits.

The program is run by trained health and community professionals with tailored advice about healthy eating through group activities and games where children can make new friends and receive rewards and prizes.

It’s designed to be a fun way for children to build self-esteem and learn about living a healthy life with positive benefits for the whole family.

To register for the Go4Fun faceto-face program phone 1800 780 900 or alternatively sign up for the online version for weekly activity sessions and coaching at go4funonline.com.au One of the previous participants, Christine, said the program worked fantastically for her family with three little kids.

“I’ve had an interest in getting my family more involved in healthy eating as a family unit,” she said.

“We’ve got a really busy schedule with three children and two adults to try and juggle with

my husband working split shifts and myself in a casual position.

“So being able to complete the program when we’ve got the five of us available to do the online program, it fitted in beautifully with our family.

“We were in the comfort of our own home, so the kids were relaxed and really welcoming to the information that was presented and it was easier to take away what we needed to from the sessions,” Christine said.

Sue Murray

Lions Clubs band together to assist a local family When a family needed a wheelchair assisted vehicle for their daughter to enable her to go to appointments and for outings, they approached the Lions.

Members of The Lions Club of Wyong

The Lions Club of Wyong took on the project but due to limited fund-raising opportunities during Covid they were unable to do it alone.

They approached other Lions

Clubs on the Central Coast and the following clubs assisted Charmhaven Lions, Gwandalan Lioness Lions, Gosford City East Gosford Lions, Green Point Avoca Lions, Killarney Bateau Lions, Terrigal Wamberal Lions, The Entrance Lions and Wyoming East Gosford Centennial Lions.

With the assistance of a grant from the Australian Lions Foundation (ALF) and the conversion costs being met by

NDIS the project came to fruition.

Motoring Mobility from Morisset performed the conversion and was so helpful throughout the project.

On Saturday 21st May the official handover took place.

Glenda Hofland, Treasure for the Lions Club of Wyong said it was a good news story for the community.

“When you support a Lions

Club at a fund-raising function, buying a raffle ticket or a sausage sizzle you know that 100 per cent of funds they raise go to projects they are supporting,” she said.

“Thank you to our wonderful ALF foundation and our Central Coast clubs that supported this project.”

Source: Glenda Hofland, Treasurer Lions Club of Wyong

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Brisbane Water Girl Guides enjoy fun day in honour of Queen’s Jubilee

Fun activities on the day

More than 110 Girl Guides and leaders from Brisbane Water Area attended Camp Chapman at Somersby last weekend for a Fun Day to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Freezing Order Author: Bill Browder Publisher: Simon and Schuster This is “A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath.”

I read Bill Browder’s previous book, Red Notice, when it was published in 2015 and was enthralled.

For those that haven’t heard of Bill Browder (aka Putin’s number one enemy) he moved to Russia to start Hermitage Capital Management in 1996 and did amazingly well but exposed corruption from the Russian government.

The girls enjoyed a great day of different and challenging activities including a rockclimbing tower, archery, obstacle course, and camp fire cooking making twisty dampers on a stick.

Brisbane Water Division

Liaison Bronwyn Weatherstone said the guides made camp gadgets involving several complicated knots.

“The junior guides decorated crown shape biscuits especially created for the day,” she said.

“The girls also did some work on family heraldry, and commonwealth flags and maps.

Weatherstone said there was a variety of challenging activities including (applying) henna tattoos from India and

gaiter walks in teams of three girls and stilt races.

“Girls were also challenged to decorate crowns and to produce a garden party style outfit made from newspaper.

“The day concluded with a

High Tea including dressing up for the occasion in gowns and crowns or tiaras.”

Source: Media release, Jun 14 Brisbane Water Area Girl Guides

BOOK REVIEW Because of that exposure Browder was expelled from Russia in 2005.

In 2008, one of Browder’s associates, Sergei Magnitsky, was arrested in Russia and kept in an isolated cell and was denied basic human rights as well as medical attention.

Eleven months after his arrest, and eight days before he was due to be released, Magnitsky was beaten to death.

The Russians deny this and attribute his death to natural causes.

Magnitsky will not be the only one to die trying to fight Russian corruption.

Since then, Browder has made it a mission to avenge Magnitsky’s murder by travelling around lobbying for governments to pass the Magnitsky Act, which was directed at punishing Russian

officials responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky and authorising the freezing of assets of officials that are considered human right offenders.

Freezing Order starts in 2018 when police in Madrid arrest Browder on a warrant from Interpol.

Russia has been trying to get Browder for years and now it

looks like they may succeed.

Luckily, some quick thinking on Browder’s part and the popularity of social media gets him out of trouble, for now.

From then on it is a cat and mouse chase as Browder travels in an out of London, his home, constantly fearing that by entering another country he could be arrested and extradited to Russia.

Browder and his colleague, Vadim Kleiner are also trying to unravel the murky and complex machinations of a $230 tax fraud, which the Russian government has accused Browder and his associates of undertaking.

This will lead to a spider web of money laundering and the associated shell companies and the banks that are complicit in this fraud (et tu Danske Bank?).

Some of the money will land in New York and Browder will work tirelessly trying to convince prosecutors to bring up a case against those guilty.

But that fight could backfire when a lawyer that once worked on Browder’s side moves over to work with the Russians.

And along with all that he is doing a book tour for Red Notice and still finds time to be

a husband and father and vacation in Aspen.

This is a fast-paced book with a cast of characters ranging from lawyers, government officials, police officers, reporters, documentarians and so on.

I wonder what the back lash will be by some of the people named in this book who don’t come off looking too great.

This is a great stand-alone book, but I do recommend reading Red Notice to get the full backstory on Sergei Magnitsky and Hermitage Capital.

The last few chapters, which are devoted to Trump and his relationship with Putin, makes for some really frightening reading.

Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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Local company forging a path to net zero in transport Lex Forsyth Janus Electric

In the transition to a lowcarbon economy, the shift to electric vehicles is widely seen as a critical element – one business as the forefront of that shift is Janus Electric.

Janus Electric is local company, based in Berkeley Vale, that fits out heavy vehicles with battery or, alternatively, a conversion module to convert an existing diesel-powered truck to battery power.

Co-founder Lex Forsyth say the battery will power a regular,

97-tonne rated prime mover as well as B-doubles. “ Janus Electric is currently working with a number of partners, including Qube and OZ Minerals to test their product.

One project involves fitting a battery to a triple road train, making it the heaviest electric powered vehicle in the world.

“The mileage for batterypowered heavy vehicles will depend on the load and topography, but a regular prime mover will get 400-600kms

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from a single battery, while a triple road train can travel around 360kms on a fullycharged battery,” Forsyth said.

To support the battery fitted trucks, Janus Electric has developed an exchangeable battery technology developed here on the Coast which it is hoping to set up at suitable locations along the East Coast.

“With our system, you’re not stopping for 6-8 hours to recharge a battery – it only takes about 4 minutes to swap out the old battery with a new one, and be on your way again.

“For existing fleet owners, the conversion module developed

by Janus allows older vehicles to be completely retrofitted – replacing the diesel engine with a battery that connects to the vehicles existing power systems, transmission and other auxillary systems.”

Conversion costs are currently around $150,000 less the resale value of the diesel engine which is returned to the vehicle owner.

“The payback period on conversion to battery is only 12 months – that’s far shorter than

replacing the diesel engine mainly because maintenance costs are 60-70% cheaper than diesel,” Forsyth said.

“There’s fewer moving parts, no fuel filters, no air cleaners, no nothing.”

Janus has estimated the allin running cost of an electric truck is around 35c compared with $1.05 for diesel (at current pump prices) and diesel hydrogen at $1.20 per km.

The batteries comprise 1080 lithium ion cells – Janus use lithium because of their high energy density.

The battery cells are imported and assembled by Janus Electric at their Berkeley Vale site along with the manufacture of all their other componentry.

Forsyth believes we are on the cusp of a major shift by fleet owners to electric vehicles, especially mining companies that are under increasing pressure to reduce their carbon footprint.

The full interview with lex Forsyth is available on the CCN website.

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More workers comp entitlements for volunteer emergency workers Volunteer emergency workers on the Central Coast will now be eligible for the same workers compensation entitlements as their professional counterparts, following amendments to State legislation.

NSW Parliament has approved changes to workers compensation and motor accidents legislation that will provide greater support to volunteers, children of those involved in fatal workplace accidents and road users.

The Motor Accidents and Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 amends workers compensation and motor accidents legislation, as well as the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015, the Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987 and the Personal Injury Commission Act 2020.

Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government, Victor Dominello, said the changes

Volunteer firefighters will receive the same workers comp entitlements as their professional counterparts

improve the benefits available to workers, volunteers, their families and drivers.

“The devastating 2019-2020 bushfire season exposed a discrepancy in workers compensation entitlements between volunteer and paid

firefighters who both give their time and expertise to protect communities across the State,” Dominello said.

“Today’s changes make sure that volunteers and their families receive the same access to provisional liability,

compensation for funeral costs, and some other return to work and training costs, as their paid counterparts.

“These changes also extend to SES volunteers, surf life savers, marine rescue, and volunteer rescue association

workers.”

Dominello said the new laws also support the children of people killed in workplace accidents, who will now receive compensation to cover the costs of the NSW Trustee and Guardian managing their lump

sum payment until they turn 18.

“We are taking a more data driven approach to ensure that taxis and hire car vehicles pay fair premiums based on the calculation of their fare paying kilometres,” he said.

“The State Insurance Regulatory Authority will have additional powers to set standards and monitor the performance of health service providers.”

Statutory benefits for loss of income up to two years are also now available to injured road users involved in blameless accidents, where no driver is at fault.

The changes were developed in consultation with key stakeholders including insurers, peak medical and legal professional bodies, volunteer organisations, dispute resolution decisionmakers, industry, and key government agencies.

Source: Media release, Jun 8 NSW Government

Top architectural award for Leagues Club Park Gosford’s Leagues Club Park has taken the top Award of Excellence in the Play Spaces category of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) NSW 2022 Awards.

Designed by Turf Design Studio d in collaboration with the Darkinjung people, the park tells stories of local aquatic life, pre-European history and early contact.

The Awards jury said it was “an exemplary project which demonstrates a strong connection to Country informed through deep engagement with the local community”. “[It is] an intricate blend of play, storytelling, land and water, public art and interpretation, that powerfully tells the shared history of the site while creating an exciting and dynamic play experience for children of all ages,” the jury said.

“This place, which was once an important camp, a place of

Gosford’s Leagues Club Park

trade and cultural exchange and meeting ground between the Darkinjung clans and adjoining nations the Gadigal, Goomeri and Wiradjuri, has been reimagined as a place to

play, reflect, to learn and to connect to nature.

“This significant site creates a new heart for the local community.”

Meanwhile, the Terrigal

Boardwalk took out a Regional Achievement Award.

Regional projects represented a third of all entries in this year’s awards, signalling a significant investment in good

design beyond metropolitan areas.

Jury Chair Andrew Turnbull said the awards highlight the need for regional towns to evolve and create well-

designed urban spaces to see them through the future.

“In recent years, there’s been a shift towards domestic and regional tourism and living,” he said.

“This has encouraged regional townships to reimagine their offering for residents and visitors alike.

“Landscape Architects are at the forefront of empowering regional communities to explore and realise their shared histories, shared knowledge and shared ideas.”

The winners were selected from a record number of 91 entries across 15 categories and were announced at an event in Sydney on June 9.

Winners at the State Awards level proceed to the National Landscape Architecture Awards program to be held later this year.

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Wage rises will put pressure on small businesses Business NSW Central Coast says the decision of the Fair Work Commission to raise the national minimum wage by 5.2 per cent and modern award minimum wage rates by 4.6 per cent will put pressure on small businesses at a time when the cost of doing business is already rising.

“Business NSW agreed that there should have been a rise in wages, with our submission

to the Fair Work Commission advocating that up to 3 per cent on top of the 0.5 per cent rise to the Superannuation Guarantee was a sensible common ground,” Regional Director, Paula Martin, said.

“The Commission has disagreed.

“We know from our regular Business Conditions Surveys that the costs of doing business are a major concern for business owners, and this will only add to their worries.

“Business NSW estimates the ruling equates to around a $2.5B increase in annual costs to NSW businesses.”

Martin said it was easy to forget that 98 per cent of all businesses in NSW are classified as small businesses.

“This increase is going to take the wind out of the sails of a number of business owners,” she said.

“Despite what many think, no industry has fully bounced back from the ravages of the

COVID pandemic, and business owners are battling to open their doors each day.

“In the short term it seems that prices will continue to rise as businesses need ways to cover this dramatic rise in staff costs.

“The Commission has taken into account the pressure on some sectors, with the rise to commence in the tourism, hospitality and aviation sectors from October 1, rather than July 1 for other awards.

“In the public sector, we think the NSW Government has got it right with a 3 per cent increase, going up to 3.5 per cent next year with productivity reforms.

“This approach strikes the right balance between ensuring government sector front line workers get a pay rise while keeping an eye firmly on increasing debt and costs for the taxpayer.”

Source: Media release, Jun 15 Business NSW Central Coast

Business NSW Central Coast Regional Director, Paula Martin

Council celebrates Refugee Week

Kenny Nguyen of Saigon Chopsticks at The Entrance is featured in If These Walls Could Talk

Central Coast Council will celebrate the region’s growing multicultural communities with a range of initiatives that share their stories and contributions as part of Refugee Week (June 1925).

This year’s theme, Healing, acknowledges the importance of connection to place and community, where shared experiences can assist with building human connection and a sense of belonging.

Council’s Unit Manager Community and Culture, Glenn Cannard, said the Central Coast is home to many multicultural communities.

“According to the Department of Home Affairs, between 20122022, over 4300 migrant families have made the Central Coast their home and speak over 73 different languages,” he said.

“These community members have either migrated or sought refuge to settle in our beautiful region.

“Council welcomes and celebrates diversity and values the range of identities, lifestyles

and experiences of all community members, making the Central Coast an inclusive place to live, work and play for everyone.”

Council has developed a series of initiatives to support, share and celebrate multicultural communities during Refugee Week.

If These Walls Could Talk is a visual storytelling project which shares the voices of eight migrant business owners from The Entrance and Woy Woy. The stories highlight the adversity faced by many recent settlers in our country, and how each harnessed the capacity to build a business and life on the Central Coast.

One of the stories is of Kenny Nguyen, owner of Saigon Chopsticks at The Entrance.

He and his hardworking family have an incredible story of how they created a beautiful homage to Vietnamese street food culture after fleeing a violent regime in Saigon in the 1980s.

Discover his and other stories and images online, or by visiting a pop-up exhibition at Anderson Memorial Park, Woy Woy, from June 20.

The visual storytelling book, Home, created in 2022, will be available at local libraries from June 20, showcasing the diverse voices of the Central Coast’s migrant communities.

The book photographic portraits and written stories that represent refugees, new arrivals and established migrant communities.

It also includes a First Nations welcome note and ceremony delivered by Local Elder, Uncle Gavi Duncan, a proud Gomillaroi, Mandandanji and Awaba man.

A booklist highlighting community language resources is available at the region’s libraries.

Community members can also enquire at their local library branch about accessing multicultural information and resources online through the NSW State Library.

Local service information for residents with English as a second language can be sourced through Northern Settlement Services, Central Coast Council, and relevant community organisations from Sunday, June 19.

The resource was developed

through a partnership with Northern Settlement Service and Central Coast Multicultural Interagency.

Information is displayed through accessible plain English format and infographics, suitable for migrants and new arrivals with limited English.

It communicates information about local services including health, community, education, training and employment.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said coming together during Refugee Week, is an opportunity for everyone in the community to reflect upon and celebrate the many cultures that make up the fabric of our region.

“We are extremely lucky to have a community that is built on a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds,” he said.

“It is important we continue to foster that sense of belonging, where all community members feel confident in sharing and celebrating their stories.”

Source: Media release, Jun 16 Central Coast Council

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Council powers on with infrastructure works

Despite its financial challenges, Central Coast Council is powering ahead with infrastructure works to upgrade, renew, maintain and improve community facilities, services and open space green areas.

CEO, David Farmer, said Council has remained committed to the delivery of essential services and key projects.

“In recent months we have delivered a new sports amenities building at Woy Woy, improved playspace accessibility with new pathways, removed 191 tonnes of waste from gross pollutant traps to keep it from entering the waterways, undertaken roadside vegetation along Wyong Rd, filled over 32,000 potholes and removed tonnes of debris from the beaches following the intense rainfall events,” Farmer said.

“This month, Council is progressing works from the south to the north of the Central Coast on roads, at sports facilities and fields, playspaces and reserves, leisure centres, and libraries.”

Some of the works underway in June include: new

construction on the Tuggerawong shared pathway; library maintenance and improvement works at Toukley, Tuggerah, Kincumber, Lake Haven, Woy Woy and Bateau Bay; and the upgrade of sports lighting, drainage and irrigation infrastructure at 16 local sports grounds, funded by the NSW Government.

June will also see the renewal and replacement of play equipment at six playspaces to

provide safe, engaging and improved play equipment, with accessible features – Ross Park Playspace (Avoca Beach), Woolmers Crescent Playspace (Mardi), Hylton Moore Oval Playspace (East Gosford), Palm Gully Park Playspace (North Avoca), Turo Reserve Playspace (Pretty Beach) and Jirramba Reserve Playspace (Saratoga), all funded by the Federal Government.

The Macmasters Beach

amenities building will see an upgrade of toilets and change facilities, funded by the State Government.

Also receiving a toilet and change room upgrade will Grant McBride Baths and the construction of the new Visitor Information Centre at The Entrance will continue.

Urban stormwater channel maintenance works will be undertaken at Wyoming, Woy Woy, Point Clare, Copacabana,

Umina, Tascott and Narara and major water and sewer infrastructure upgrades for Gosford CBD, funded by the State Government, will support economic and population growth.

Davistown and St Huberts Island vacuum sewer refurbishment will improve the reliability and resilience of the system and there will be road upgrades or improvements at specific streets in Avoca Beach,

Berkeley Vale, Budgewoi, Copacabana, Davistown, East Gosford, Empire Bay, Erina, Gosford, Long Jetty, North Avoca, and Mardi.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said the projects align to what the community has said is important.

“We know through extensive consultation on the Community Strategic Plan that these projects are valuable to the community and align to their aspirations and needs – and our annual delivery plan reflects this,” Hart said.

“Successful partnership with all levels of governments to secure external funding also enables Council to deliver many of these projects for the benefit of our community.

“Council’s draft Delivery Program 2022-25, including the Operational Plan and Budget 2022-23 and other draft plans, are currently on public exhibition at yourvoiceourcoast.com and I encourage the community to see what projects are upcoming and provide feedback.”

Source: Media release, Jun 10 Central Coast Council

Council says Brooke Ave footpath not a high priority The Entrance MP, David Mehan, has been campaigning for a footpath in Brooke Ave, Killarney for years, but Central Coast Council says it’s not a high priority.

Mehan was hoping Council would apply for State Government funding under the Community Building Partnership Program (CPB) to extend the footpath.

“Extending the footpath along Brooke Ave has long been an overdue project that local residents and disability advocate, Maria Pyros, has been agitating for over many years on behalf of the community,” he said.

“Back in November 2020, Ms Pyros obtained at least 500 signatures on a petition calling on Council to extend the footpath from the Yangoora St intersection to Wyong Rd. “This footpath is listed under the Central Coast Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan and under the CBP program,

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The Entrance MP David Mehan receives the petition from Killarney Vale residents

Council could apply and only be required to meet half its cost.

“This annual grant funding is a great opportunity for

improvements to be made in and around our community,” Mehan said.

A Council spokesperson said

the footpath project had been assessed and ranked against similar projects by Council staff and was not currently the highest priority.

“Council is currently focusing on designing and delivering existing grant funded projects and does not currently have the resources to undertake the

design for this footpath project as part of this grant cycle, and therefore, Council is not preparing to submit a grant funding application under this program.

“Council will continue to review the priorities for infrastructure projects, and when suitable grant funding opportunities arise, the submission of grant funding applications will be considered,” the Council spokesperson said.

There was a maximum of $400,000 for each NSW electorate under the Community Building Partnership program, with applications closing on June 10.

Councils, along with incorporated not-for-profit community organisations, are eligible to apply for grants between $5,000 and $150,000.

Councils are also required to provide matching funding for any CBP grant submission, should the project be selected.

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In its latest economic outlook, the International Monetary Fund paints a bleak picture for world inflation.

In Australia, it expects inflation this year will be about 4%, but – fuelled by the 10% nominal economic growth forecast from the pre-election federal budget – it looks set to climb higher.

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Anyone can go out and buy a bottle of fine wine to stash in their cellar in the hope that its value will appreciate over the years, but some people go down the formal route of investing in collectibles through their superannuation fund.

Data from the Australian Tax Office shows that around $510 million worth of collectibles is currently held in

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Paid parental leave for dads Central Coast fathers employed in the NSW public sector will be entitled to 14 weeks’ paid parental leave from October as the State Government encourages teachers, nurses, firefighters and other workers to share childcaring responsibilities between partners.

In a major overhaul of the Government’s paid parental leave scheme, there will no longer be a distinction between a ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ carer from October meaning every mother and father in the public sector will be entitled to at least 14 weeks’ paid parental leave.

The Government will also offer parents an additional two weeks’ ‘bonus leave’ if paid parental leave entitlements are more equally shared between partners.

Premier Dominic Perrottet said the new initiatives in the 2022-23 NSW Budget were part of the government’s ongoing commitment to supporting the needs of modern families across NSW. “While most parents across Australia are entitled to paid primary parental leave, only 12 per cent of those who take it are men,” Perrottet said.

“Supporting all parents to spend more precious days with their newborn children helps them form bonds that last a lifetime.”

The Government will also expand the window in which public servants can take paid parental leave from one year to two years after birth, and extend paid parental leave to long-term or permanent foster carers.

Treasurer Matt Kean said as the largest employer in

Fathers, as well as mothers, working in the NSW public sector will be entitled to paid parental leave

Australia, the NSW Government hopes that private companies and other governments will follow its lead.

“Children don’t see their parents as ‘primary carers’ or

‘secondary carers’ – just as mums or dads,” Kean said.

“Encouraging more dads to take up parental leave is crucial to supporting all parents to be able to choose to have a career,

have a family or have both.”

Minister for Women, Bronnie Taylor, said strong parental leave entitlements play a major role in supporting women’s economic opportunity.

“These changes to our parental leave offerings will encourage more equal sharing of caring responsibilities right from the start of a child’s life,” Taylor said.

Minister for Employee Relations, Damien Tudehope, said he hopes as many parents as possible take up the opportunity to spend time with their young children.

The ‘bonus leave’ scheme is one of the first of its kind in Australia and will apply where each parent (including parents employed outside the public sector) takes at least 12 weeks’ parental leave and exhausts any paid parental leave offered by their employers.

Single parents will be entitled to the full 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

Source: Media release, Jun 12 NSW Government

Welcome boost for Camp Breakaway Camp Breakaway has been supporting some of the region’s most vulnerable people for more than 40 years and this month the community has returned the favour after it was named winner of the May round of Greater Bank’s #GreaterCentralCoast Community Funding Program.

The San Remo-based NDIS service provider has won $2,000 for taking out the public

vote in May, with runners-up, SWAMP Central Coast and Words on the Waves Inc, both receiving $500.

Established in 1982, Camp Breakaway specialises in providing respite care for people with a disability and their carers.

The funding from Greater Bank will go directly towards supporting the many programs provided.

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and do tasks they simply don’t have time for when they are caring.

“We receive no government support so we rely on grants and donations, as well as money we generate through our own fundraising activites.

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Heart centre celebrates 10th anniversary

The Gosford Heart Centre is celebrating 10 years of providing the Central Coast with access to complex, state-of-the-art cardiac and cardiothoracic care which has seen more than 21,000 hearts mended since the centre first opened its doors.

Located within Gosford Private Hospital, Gosford Heart Centre has become a hub of innovation for the region, offering diagnostic and interventional cardiac care and treatment in addition to emergency care and emergency response.

Healthecare Head of Regional Operations – North, Matt Kelly, said the centre has played a key role in opening up access to cutting edge cardiac care for the Central Coast.

“The growth and evolution of this service since its opening demonstrates our hospital’s commitment to ensuring the Central Coast community can access and experience state of the art technology, best practice and positive patient outcomes,” Kelly said.

Gosford Heart Centre Director,

Early patient, Leigh Gallaway, Dr Brendan Gunalingam, and cardiologist Dr Andrew Hill at the anniversary celebrations

Interventional Cardiologist Dr Brendan Gunalingam, said the 10-year anniversary was a significant milestone.

“We’ve come a long way in the last 10 years, starting with

one Cath lab and expanding to two through to the present where the Gosford Heart Centre is now leading the region in undertaking standard and complex coronary

interventional and structural procedures,” Gunalingam said.

“In the last 10 years we’ve seen the introduction of procedures involving watchman implants and micra

pacemakers, which are the smallest in the world, further cementing our position as the leading cardiology and cardiothoracic hospital on the Central Coast.

“Patients don’t need to leave the Coast to access revolutionary and high-quality cardiac care, delivered through technology, industry-leading procedures and supportive onsite rehabilitation care.”

Frequent Gosford Private Hospital surgical patient and Cooranbong local, Leigh Gallaway, 76, said he jumped at the chance to be one of the first patients for the Gosford Heart Centre when it first opened.

“I had coronary angiography and then stenting performed when the centre first opened under the care of my cardiologist, Dr Brendan Gunalingam, and I haven’t looked back since,” he said.

“The convenience of being able to access quality care without leaving the Coast is just something you can’t ignore.

“It’s been great to have a front row seat to something like this and since my first procedure, I’ve had a shoulder and knee replacement surgery at Gosford Private under another specialist.”

Source: Media release, Jun 10 Healthecare

Cyclists raise $100,000 for Yerin health centre A cycling team led by Central Coast GP Elly Warren has raised $100,000 for the Darkinjung community to help improve cancer outcomes.

women in the world had completed the challenge previously) and seven men,” Warren said.

“We had the youngest woman to ever complete the challenge (17) and the oldest (57).

“It was my 4th Everesting Warren said the cheque would be presented to Yerin challenge for charity, all aimed Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal to shine a spotlight on the Health Centre on Monday, June cancer gap for Aboriginal people.

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“Wiradjuri artist Jodi Shannon Her team, Alpine Everesting, lost her nephew to cancer at saw 27 riders climb to a height the age of five and created a of 10000m, riding 400km in 36 unique artwork for us to hours in an Everesting ROAM customise into fundraising challenge in the Victorian High items and our cycling kit.”

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Warren said the money raised HR_FRH0020_HP_[260x375]_Newsprint.pdf “Twenty women completed would go towards funding a the challenge (only 27 other cancer navigator Aboriginal

Nurse position at Yerin to help break down access barriers for people with cancer, accompany them to appointments and facilitate treatment as well as coordinating cancer prevention activities for the local community.

“This is a much-needed position that may be rolled out elsewhere depending on future funding,” she said.

There are still fundraising items available for sale at the alpineeveresting.com.au website with 100 per cent of money raised going to the cause.

Source: Media release, Jun 15 Dr Elly Warren

Alpine Everesting riders led by Bec Hoschke and Dr Elly Warren

CWA spreads the love at Gosford Hospital As Woy Woy CWA celebrates its 90th birthday this year, two members decided to pay a surprise visit to Gosford Hospital last week.

Dinah Jopson and Carol Gordon present t he baskets to Theresa Jamieson-Clark

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Two baby baskets, one for a boy and one for a girl, were gifted to the first babies born on June 8, the CWA anniversary date.

They were filled with goodies to help just a little after the babies’ arrival.

“Due to COVID restrictions we haven’t been able to honour this tradition for the past couple

of years, so it’s wonderful to be back,” CWA President, Jane Bowtell, said.

The baskets were received by unit manager, Theresa Jamieson-Clark.

“The families who received the baskets were very thankful for them,” she said.

“We are so grateful to the Woy Woy Branch of the CWA for putting them together and wish them a very happy 90th birthday.”

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Lettuce that Won’t Cost the Earth

CHERALYN DARCEY

The reason lettuce is so expensive at the moment is a combination of a few factors.

Firstly, lettuce does tend to creep up a little in price in winter and that’s because it is more substitutable to frost and water damage in some areas so not all of the larger producers bother growing it.

Demand is generally lower anyway as we swap out summer salads for warming winter soups and the like.

What is available does tend to be a little higher in price.

More influential factors that have led to prices over the $10 per head mark include the invasion of Ukraine which has pushed diesel and fertilisers into astronomical figures.

Farmers rely on fertilisers to grow their crops and diesel to power machinery.

Diesel is also used in the transporting of your vegetables.

Recent heavy rains and flooding have also meant that crops have been destroyed and some were not replanted in their usual cycles leaving gaps in harvest.

BUY LOCAL No one likes paying double digits for a head of lettuce at any time and most of us can’t afford to but there are a couple of solutions.

First check out local suppliers and small farms as many already produce lettuce and

some will, I’m sure, be adding this crop to their list shortly.

You will not only be able to obtain cheaper lettuce but contribute to the local economy.

A few places to check include our local REKO Ring which is made up of small-scale producers specialising in organic produce.

Items change constantly but it’s a good place to track down lettuce and other local yummy produce: openfoodnetwork.org. au/reko-central-coast/shop There are also many markets and farmers markets on the Coast and nearby so check them out.

Gosford City Farmers market is on every Sunday at the Showground in Gosford 7am to midday: gosfordcityfarmersmarket. com.au and Mangrove Mountain Country Markets at Peats Ridge 9am - 2pm Sundays is also another to visit.

GROW YOUR OWN Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is amazingly easy to grow and as the Central Coast is a temperate climate, this generally means that you can grow most lettuce year-round.

In fact, if there is no danger of frost, the cooler weather is usually better for lettuce crops.

Personally, I’ve found Cos Lettuce does really well here, but you may wish to also consider ‘Great Lakes’, ‘Green Cos’, ‘Butternut’, ‘Diamond Gem’ or ‘Green Salad Bowl’. All of which grow exceptionally well in this environment.

You can plant seedlings but as with all plants, you will find a far greater selection available in seeds so check with local nurseries and online suppliers.

Plant seeds 6mm in depth and 20 to 30cm apart.

One important note for Coast gardeners: If the soil temperature is greater than 25C you will find difficulty in getting your lettuce seed to germinate so seedlings may be a better solution in the warmer

parts of the year.

Lettuce needs a moist and rich soil. It detests drying out and can bolt (come into flower) or die rather quickly if water levels fall sharply so good drainage is a must.

Ensure damp soil, not waterlogged for your lettuce and water the ground, not the leaves in the early morning and never at night or during the day.

This will help deter pests and disease.

A nitrogen-rich feed every fortnight will improve the leaf growth and general strength and health of the lettuce.

Alternate weeks use a seaweed-based solution for good health as well.

If you have loose-leaf varieties, harvest individual outer leaves carefully during growth and whole plants on maturity.

LETTUCE IN POTS Because of their fast-growing nature, loose-leaf lettuce does well in container gardens.

These types of lettuce will be happy in planter boxes, pots, balcony beds or even grow bags and that’s as long as the soil is kept damp and drainage is good.

You will still need full sun for best growth and feed fortnightly with a liquid-based solution to avoid leaf burn from fertiliser build up.

A seaweed-based solution at ½ strength is also recommended on alternate weeks.

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LETTUCE CARE Probably the most challenging problem you may face once you have your lettuce growing is pests.

Those tender green leaves are so tempting to snails, slugs and any hungry garden visitors, especially in winter.

The best solution for chemical free, environmentally safe lettuce is to net your garden bed.

Aphids can present a problem so regular checking and treatment may be needed.

Handpick them off and squash and spray lettuce with lightly soapy water to deter them.

For snails and slugs, there are organic pellets available but two of the best ways best ways to

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You can plant the following: culinary herbs, artichokes, broad beans, broccoli, cress, lettuce, mustard, onions, peas, radishes, shallots, spring onions, silverbeet, spinach, ageratum, alyssum, calendula, candytuft, Canterbury bells, carnation,cineraria,cornflower, delphinium, dianthus, everlasting daisy, forget-menot, foxglove, godetia, gypsophila, hollyhock, honesty, larkspur, linaria, Livingston daisy, lobelia, nemesia, nigella, pansy, poppy, primula, snapdragon, statice, stock, sweet pea, viola, Virginia stock, wallflower Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 10am live every Saturday on CoastFM963.

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Soil will usually need to be replaced between crops as lettuce as heavy feeders.

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A few container-friendly lettuce for you to consider: ‘Green Mignonette’ is a sweet tasting favourite that does extremely well in containers.

‘Cos Verdi’ has a compact growing habit and loose leaves with a lovely crisp heart and is also cold-tolerate.

‘Baby Cos’ is a loose-leaf lettuce that is also cold-tolerant and does extremely well in containers.

get rid of them is to pick them off by hand or create a good old fashioned beer trap.

These pests can’t resist the yeast in any sort of beer.

Bury a plastic cup half filled with beer in the garden bed near your plants, leaving the lip a few cm above ground level.

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Campaign for palliative care unit at Wyong Hospital

Members of the “Orange Army” Oana McBride and Peter Hurley with Adam Crouch and the team from Central Coast Local Health District

Following the opening of Elsie’s Retreat palliative care unit at Gosford Hospital in April 2021, the project’s “Orange Army” is now setting its sights on opening a second unit on the Central Coast.

Committee member of Elsie’s Retreat Project, Margaret Pearce, said there was a definite need for a second palliative care unit because of the rapid growth in the north and that the Gosford unit was always full with a waiting list.

“It’s a perfect opportunity now that the new section of Wyong Hospital is open and there could be some space in the old section.

“So let’s get moving,” Pearce said.

Elsie’s Retreat is one of the ongoing projects of the Lions of Wyoming/ East Gosford Centennial which put up $450,000 to furnish the Gosford unit and will do the same for the Wyong unit.

“What we do need is for the government to agree to pay for specialist nursing and doctor wages, like they did for the Gosford Elsie’s, and we need fully trained staff,” Pearce said.

The Elsie’s committee and Lions Club has a scholarship fund available for Registered Nurses interested in training in

palliative care.

“So now we are calling on community support to gather 10,000 signatures on our petitions before we can present our campaign to Parliament,” Pearce said.

Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast and Terrigal MP, Adam Crouch, has started an online petition which he will present to Minister for Regional Health, Bronnie Taylor when she is expected to visit Elsie’s Retreat in September.

“It is an honour to support the Elsie’s Retreat committee in lobbying the Minister for a dedicated palliative care unit at Wyong Hospital,” he said.

“We can’t do it alone; we need help from the community to show their support by signing the petition.

“There could be no more important investment for a government than in quality of life and in ensuring dignity and care for those approaching the end of their life.

“This is an investment in quality of life, in dignity – the dignity of our loved ones, and everyone in our region,” Crouch said.

More than 12 years ago, members from the Lions Club of Wyoming/East Gosford Centennial joined forces to create the Elsie’s Retreat project which aimed to make good on a promise Oana McBride made to close friend and neighbour Elsie, who passed away from breast cancer while in a nursing home.

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Their dream became a reality in April 2021 when a 10‑bed palliative care unit at Gosford Hospital was officially opened.

The unit can expand to 14 beds and includes sofa beds in patient rooms for family members/carers to use; two large family rooms; a lounge area with kitchenette and lounges; a children’s area with toys; and an outdoor deck with automatic all-weather cover.

It has already provided a sanctuary for hundreds of people, with a high level of care

that could not be provided at home for patients who benefit from a caring team in homely comforts.

The unit is staffed by a 20‑strong team within the Gosford Hospital campus so that patients have access to specialist medical, nursing, and allied health services.

Pearce said the Wyong Hospital palliative care unit would be modelled on the successful Gosford unit.

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Garry Clarke named Surf Lifesaver of the Year Avoca Beach club president, Garry Clarke, has taken out the Surf Lifesaver of the Year award at the Surf Life Saving Central Coast Awards of Excellence.

With 24 categories and a membership base of over 8,500 members, the awards recognise the outstanding achievements of members across the entire Central Coast.

Umina Surf Life Saving Club was named Club of the Year, followed by Avoca Beach in second position and Shelley Beach in third.

Clarke has completed 118 hours of volunteer patrols in addition to performing his role as club president.

This season he was a UAV operator and trained, assessed and facilitated various surf education awards including the Bronze Medallion.

He was also honoured for his achievements and continued

contribution to the Surf Life Saving movement with a Surf Life Saving Central Coast Life Membership.

The Youth Surf Lifesaver of the Year category was awarded to Liam Drake of Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club.

His achievements include 83 hours of voluntary patrols, being Central Coast U13- U14 Youth Program Coordinator and U15 Youth Program Facilitator, sitting on the NSW Championships safety and emergency committee and being Club Water Safety officer and NSW Junior Lifesaver of the year Facilitator.

Volunteer of the Year went to Julie Redfern of Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club.

This season she was Director of Members Services, Patrol Captain, managed club social media and was a valuable administrator for the club.

Kai Avis of North Avoca Surf Life Saving Club was named Youth Volunteer of the Year.

Surf Lifesaver of the Year Garry Clarke

Since the age of 17, he has had among the highest patrolling hours in the club and supports the Nipper program with water safety and coaching twice a week.

He coached the Nipper March

Past team to a gold medallion at this season’s Branch Championships.

Other award recipients include: Rookie of the Year, Zara Tucker, Ocean Beach; Trainer of the Year, Pam Edmonds, Umina

Beach; Assessor of the Year, Tim Pittolo, Terrigal; Facilitator of the Year, Paul Dowdell. Shelly Beach; Administrator of the Year, Kate Harrison, North Avoca; Service Team of the Year, North Avoca; Youth

Program, North Avoca; Surf Sports Team of the Year The Lakes; Board Relay, The Lakes; Official of the Year, David Unger, Ocean Beach; Coach of the Year, Damien Benson, Avoca; Masters Athlete of the Year, Hayden Smith, Terrigal; Young Athlete of the Year, Ryan Green, Terrigal; Open Athlete of the Year, Ella Beere, Avoca; Patrol Captain of the Year, Kerry Armstrong Smith, Umina; Support Operator of the Year, David Smith, Terrigal; President’s Award, Lauren Summerhayes, Umina; Innovation of the Year ,Umina Youth Engagement Program, Umina; Community Education Program, Terrigal Walk for Youth Mental Health, Terrigal; Rescue of the Year, Avoca Patrol January ’22, Avoca; Patrol Competition, Umina’ and Overall Surf Sports Point score, Terrigal.

Source: Media release, Jun 15 Surf Life Saving Central Coast

E-tracking system for greyhounds now underway A world first whole of life e-tracking system to monitor the location and welfare of all greyhounds registered in NSW first mooted in March is now underway.

Minister for Racing, Kevin Anderson, said the new technology will allow the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission (GWIC) to track and protect racing greyhounds throughout their careers and into retirement.

“The NSW Government allocated $3.6M for this revolutionary new technology that puts animal welfare at the heart of the greyhound racing

industry,” Anderson said.

“This technology will mean every greyhound registered in NSW is able to be monitored and its whereabouts recorded and registered in real time, at every stage of the greyhound’s life.”

GWIC CEO, Steve Griffin, said greyhounds will be tracked through their contact with GWIC. If a greyhound has had no contact with GWIC throughout the year, the greyhound’s owner will be sent a request to have the greyhound sighted and scanned.

“Racing greyhounds will need to have contact with GWIC

The e-tracking system will monitor greyhound welfare

at least every six months, and pre-racing or retired greyhounds every 12 months,” Griffin said.

“There will be more than 40 locations across the state where greyhounds can be scanned and checked in.

“Many of these touch points are greyhound racing clubs, major breeder, trainer or educator properties, and industry veterinarians and rehoming organisations.

“Staff will also be able to scan dogs at the track or during kennel inspections to make the process easy for participants.”

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) Chief Executive Officer, Tony Mestrov, welcomed the announcement.

“This is a significant milestone and I congratulate the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission for their development and implementation of the e-Tracking system, a world-

first in welfare,” he said.

“As a collective industry, we have taken major steps in reform since 2017, and welfare is now at the forefront of everything we do at GRNSW, as evidenced by our rehoming programs, injury rebate schemes, track safety upgrades and the overall care of our animals.

“The e-Tracking system is another great step in ensuring the welfare of all greyhounds in the NSW industry.”

Source: Media release, Jun 16 NSW Government

Mingara and sport academy partnership spans 20 years The Central Coast Academy of Sport (CCAS) and Mingara Recreation Club have strengthened their ongoing partnership with a further two-year commitment.

CCAS Managing Director, Ian Robilliard OAM, said Mingara Recreation Club, a founding partner of CCAS, was critical to the success of the academy and this Platinium Partnership renewal would bring Mingara’s support to 20 years.

“When you reflect on that fact, a 20-year corporate partnership is simply outstanding, a true reflection of both organisations being extremely well aligned,” he said.

“By December this year the CCAS will have provided over 4,400 scholarships and, in a way, Mingara has done the same because they have been alongside us since day one – that in itself is extremely special.

“I can’t thank Phil Walker (Chair), Paul Barnett (Group CEO) and Daniel Pinkstone (General Manager Mingara Recreation Club) enough for all they do for the CCAS,” Robilliard said.

Pinkstone said Mingara’s renewed partnership with CCAS continued to align with the club’s vision to positively impact the local community.

“We have continually supported CCAS because of the

community service and outstanding quality of training and development they offer to local athletes,” he said.

“The Academy provides the expertise and opportunities for athletes to train harder and dream bigger.

“The positive impact of the development of sport and athletes in our local area directly contributes to the way make a significant contribution to the quality of community life.

“We are extremely proud of our partnership with CCAS and congratulate the team on their ongoing success and look forward to our continued partnership,” Pinkstone said.

Corporate partners make up more than 55 percent of the

total revenue needed to operate the CCAS, and support from other Platinum Business Partners include: NSW Government, Central Coast Council, Greater Bank, The University of Newcastle, Southern Cross Austereo, Coast Sport, NBN Television, Oddball Marketing, Underwriting Agencies Australia and Steadfast.

“Central Coast Academy of Sport thanks all those partners, and the many local organisations who support the dreams and aspirations of our elite and pre-elite local athletes,” Robilliard said.

Source Media release, June 10 Central Coast Academy of Sport

Chair Mingara Leisure Group Phil Walker (from left); Group CEO Paul Barnett and Managing Director Central Coast Academy of Sport, Ian Robilliard OAM

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Caldwell Cup returns to the Coast The victorious Central Coast team

After 15 years and two hard-fought days of rugby, the Caldwell Cup will return to the Central Coast after it won the NSW Country Senior Championships on Sunday June 12.

The Central Coast team yesterday defeated Central West in a thrilling final, winning 32 points to 29 in extra time.

It was a wonderful exhibition of high standard rugby from start to finish with the scores locked together for much of the match.

Central West went to the halftime break leading by 17 points to 12.

However great rugby from the Coast team saw them hit the front by 19 points to 17 midway through the second half. The

final 20 minutes was hard fought, intense and emotional for everyone at the ground.

With 10 minutes to go Central Coast led by 26 points to 22 and it was still anyone’s match at that stage.

At the 80 minute mark Central Coast led by 29 points to 22 but a Central West converted try after the full-time hooter levelled the scores at 29 points

apiece.

This put the match into extra time and during that period Central Coast was able to convert a penalty goal to take the match and the Caldwell Cup. Wild scenes of celebration were seen at the end of the match.

Earlier, Central Coast won

both their matches on the Saturday to enable them to reach the Final.

They defeated Mid North Coast by 47 points to 5, and then defeated Far North Coast by 39 points to 26 with a great display of running rugby in both wins.

The Central Coast also went so close to winning the Colts Championship, finishing 2nd

after winning three of their four four matches over the weekend.

The Women’s XV played well all weekend to finish 5th.

Central Coast last won the top tier Caldwell Cup in 2007.

Source: Match Report, Jun 13 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

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