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APRIL 21, 2017

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Kibbleplex Plan waiting for Council action T

he Lederer Group’s master plan for the empty Kibbleplex building on Gosford’s Henry Parry Drive cannot progress until Central Coast Council gets NSW Planning approval for its proposed new Gosford CBD planning controls. The Lederer Group acquired Kibbleplex and adjoining vacant land from the former Gosford Council for $13 million on March 1, 2016. The Sydney-based property owner and developer owns the adjoining Imperial Centre and has demonstrated longterm commitment to the enhancement of the Gosford CBD including the recent refurbishment of the Imperial Centre. An $850 million Stage One Masterplan for the Kibbleplex property was lodged with Council by Lederer Group on March 6, 2016 which consisted of nine buildings including mixed-use residential, commercial and retail and the demolition of existing structures. The DA was advertised and public comment invited in June and, according to the Central Coast Council’s Gosford online development application tracker, nine submissions were received during the month-long public consultation period. Thirteen months after unveiling its grand plan for the site, the Lederer Group’s Development Manager, Mr Steve McGillivray, said the developer was waiting, along with others with development sites in the Gosford CBD, for Central Coast Council to finalise its new planning controls. “We made our Master Plan application on the basis that

From left: The empty Kibbleplex looking across Kibble Park and the Lederer Group’s impression of how the site could look

the Local Environment Plan (LEP) would be changed before now,” Mr McGillivray said. “We can’t do anything until the Council’s planning proposal is finalised,” he said. The proposed changes to the Development Control Plan (DCP) and the LEP were expected to be finalised during 2016. However, Central Coast Council extended the public consultation period for the proposed new planning controls until January 20 and held a public information session. The planning controls sought to move the commercial core of the CBD to Kibble Park, create a living city and revitalise the CBD, according to Council. They also involved changes to floor space ratios and height restrictions which were loudly opposed by the Community Environment Network (CEN). CEN’s manager, Ms Jane Smith called the proposal “alarming” including the proposal for heights in the CBD of “up to 99 metres”. CEN was critical of the fact the Council’s exhibition of the proposed changes to development controls came

out of a Statement of Strategic Intent that had been adopted without any public consultation. Coast Community News has asked Central Coast Council’s Group Leader Environment and Planning, Mr Scott Cox, for an update on the proposed new development controls for Gosford’s CBD. His response will be reported in our next available edition. The Lederer Group’s Master Plan also included a redevelopment of Kibble Park “to maximise its green footprint and create a popular family destination and event space that is the green heart of the CBD.” Former Gosford Councillor and member of the Central Coast Council’s Local Representation Committee, Ms Vicki Scott, said she had asked for a discussion about any proposed redevelopment of Kibble Park to be placed on the agenda for discussion at the LRC’s April meeting. “I am concerned there are things in the pipeline to happen sooner rather than later with Kibble Park,” Ms Scott said. “I am concerned about the lack of consultation with the

public,” she said. She said she believed the future of Kibble Park was “too big of an issue for an unelected council” to decide. Between October 2015 and the following March, the details surrounding the sale of Kibbleplex were kept confidential by Gosford Council. Negotiations surrounding the sale of the property had been delegated to then Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Paul Anderson. At an ordinary council meeting on October 27, thenCouncillor Vicki Scott resolved that the CEO was to present a detailed report to Council by the end of November detailing the original price Council paid for the building, why its sale was not put out to tender, why there had been no public consultation about its sale and the details of the sale. A report was provided in November but, for confidentiality reasons, was not made public until after the sale to Lederer was settled on March 1. According to that report, Kibbleplex was acquired by Gosford Council in February

2011 for $11 million, consisting of $4 million of Council’s own funds at $7 million from the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. A condition of the government funding was that the two upper levels provide 400 commuter parts for five years. That commitment expired on February 29, 2016 but Lederer has continued to keep the carpark open to the public. The building was not put out to tender because Council received “a strong expression of interest” and commissioned a valuation report which valued the property in the range of $11.5 million to $13 million. The report also revealed that “there would be limited market depth if the property was offered for sale, the report suggested looming market risks. Gosford Council also appeared to be racing against the clock as development incentives including 30 per cent bonuses on floor space and heights in the CBD were due to expire in April 2016. The former Gosford Council

opted to go with the Lederer offer based on its knowledge of “a considerable looming oversupply of units proposed in Gosford” and “the assessed value may change unexpectedly over a relatively short period of time. “Based on the valuation report, Council formed the following views: the assessed value may not be sustainable going forward and had more downside than upside risk. “Time periods for any sale should be sensibly minimised if possible. “The pool of potential purchasers would likely be very shallow. “A proactive approach to buyers showing real interest would therefore likely be the best way to maximise price.” Source: Interview, Apr 20, 2016 Steve McGillivray, Lederer Group Gosford Council report, March 2016 Kibbleplex (IR 21591089) Interview, Apr 19, 2017 Vicki Scott, Local Representation Committee Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Liberals ‘knew of rail costs’ before election, Tesch claims The Liberal Government was aware of the escalating costs of the Woy Woy railway underpass before the 2015 State election, according documents secured by the Labor Party under Freedom of Information legislation. The estimates showed construction costs had escalated from $52 million to $112 million to complete the project. However, the Government kept quiet about the estimates until after the election, when it used them “as an excuse to scrap the project”, according to Labor candidate Ms Liesl Tesch. The Labor Party had obtained hundreds of pages of documents, emails, minutes of meetings and payment claims under Freedom of Information legislation, she said. “According to the documents, the State Government was made aware of the increased costs associated with the project on multiple occasions prior to the 2015 State Election. “In October last year, the former Minister for Roads, Mr Duncan Gay, claimed it was the former Gosford Council that had not adequately costed the project or informed the Government of the cost blowouts, despite numerous emails and documents suggesting otherwise,” she said.

Labor candidate for the Gosford by-election, Ms Liesl Tesch, with Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, at the level crossing in Woy Woy

The documents revealed that Central Coast Council had continued to receive funding for ongoing work on the project. By October 2016, the expenditure breakdown was roughly $4.1 million for project

management and consultancy fees; $5.8 million on the pedestrian underpass and adjacent road and footpath work and $5.3 million on preparatory works for the rail underpass and road construction at the base of Bulls Hill.

Minister, by adopting a “head-inthe-sand” approach to its true cost. “This reveals a scandal,” Ms Tesch said. “These documents reveal a State Liberal Government that has shown complete disregard for the Central Coast. “It hasn’t shown or applied the slightest bit of care or attention for the Central Coast. “Premier Berejiklian has overseen massive spending on Sydney-centric projects and is happy to bury her head in the sand when it comes funding our local infrastructure. “The Liberal candidate for Gosford needs to make a commitment to cleaning up the mess left behind by the Premier,” she said. Liberal candidate for Gosford, Ms Jilly Pilon, has claimed the $52 million promised by the NSW Government for the railway underpass was still available. However, she said the Council would need to ﬁnd the remainder of the money to complete the now $112 million project. Media release, 14 Mar 2017 Liesl Tesch, Labor Candidate for Gosford Interview, 16 Mar 2017 Jilly Pilon, Liberal Candidate for Gosford Reporter: Jackie Pearson

“Total expenditure to date is in the vicinity of $15.2 million,” the documents revealed. According to Ms Tesch, it was current NSW Premier, Ms Gladys Berejiklian, who botched the project when she was Transport

Gosford accounts referred for external audit The ﬁnancial reports for the former Gosford Council, for the period from July 1, 2015, to May 12, 2016, have been referred for an external audit following an Extraordinary Central Coast Council meeting on March 13.

prior to the Extraordinary Meeting to allow community members to present their views on the reports which were made public on March 9. Council administrator Mr Ian Reynolds said Council was “following due process” and had been required under the

proclamation to prepare ﬁnancial reports for the two former Councils, including the former Gosford Council. “My task as administrator is to ensure proper process has been followed and that these reports have been prepared under relevant legislation and accounting

standards and I am satisﬁed they have been,” Mr Reynolds said. “The reports will now be referred for external audit and we will await their advice. “The community can be assured it is business as usual for the new Central Coast Council. “We will continue to deliver

the services they need, want and value,” he added. The ﬁnancial reports and minutes of the meeting are available on Council’s website. Media release, 13 Mar 2017 Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Council More coverage page 5

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he recent heavy rains have renewed community fears about the safety of the Mangrove Mountain landfill.

Cell W in Feb 2016, holding an estimated 20 million litres of contaminated run-off

to the north-east corner of the landfill, Ms Steiner said. “The previous heavy rains in April 2015 may have created a similar crisis in rainwater management to that currently being experienced. “The usual run-off point is the low SE corner of the landfill where there is a spillway and gully running into Stringybark Creek and a pond on the golf course. “It is the obvious place for water monitoring. “In this instance, it is alleged that for several weeks, possibly months, judging by the depth of the gully downhill and the extent of dead vegetation, run-off was pumped instead uphill to this North-East corner. “It is alleged the contaminated

water was then directed under the fence into the Jilliby Conservation area, which is not accessible to the general public and where detection was unlikely. “Despite no charges ever being laid by the EPA, the scandal forced the operator to find other ways of dealing with excess run-off, and an area called Cell W became the temporary repository. “Cell W is the next area scheduled to receive waste if and when the site is re-opened, and is on the southern edge of the current waste mound. “It was excavated in 2012. “In January 2016, MDA observers estimated that Cell W contained 20 million litres of contaminated water. “So what to do with all this

Spillway at SE corner of landﬁll, now fenced off and monitored by Operator with security cameras.

contaminated water? “The recent long dry spel,l plus use of evaporators and sprinklers, succeeded in emptying Cell W by February, ready, the operator no doubt hoped, for impervious lining prior to receiving waste.

“However, we are back in the same situation because in Australia it does actually rain for extended periods on occasion, and Cell W is yet again filling rapidly, despite run-off now being directed into settlement ponds.

“And what now happens when these are full, apart from illegal, unrestrained overflow into the catchment? “It’s business as usual. “The site is unlikely to ever be able to contain rainfall run-off, so this is a vicious cycle. “MDA has a major concern that the EPA is still not monitoring this site adequately. “It has officially lodged a complaint, but it should not be the community’s job to police the landfill. “In fact, there is no public oversight reasonably possible, because the operator owns the only viewing point, the golf course, and has forbidden the MDA access to both the landfill and the golf course, with multiple video surveillance cameras policing the perimeter. “How does this come about, that a major landfill poised above a water catchment can operate without any public monitoring? “If Buttonderry, Woy Woy and Kincumber landfills are Councilowned and operated under strict guidelines, why is this landfill allowed to operate privately under the radar, especially with its history of appalling environmental management?” In Central Coast Council’s recent Financial Report, note 23, page 79, it states that the assets, rights and liabilities of the former Gosford City Council have been transferred to Central Coast Council. “So step up Central Coast Council and do the right thing by implementing new proceedings in the Land and Environment Court with the aim of closing and remediating this huge blight on Council’s record,” Ms Steiner said. Media release, Mar 20, 2017 Marilyn Steiner, Mountain Districts Association

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Torrents of water containing toxic leachate are flowing into water catchment area Mountain Districts Association (MDA) spokesperson, Ms Marilyn Steiner, said: “The piecemeal way that the site has been constructed, with little regard for Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Guidelines on best practice, means that every time there is prolonged and heavy rain, the waste pile, with its steep sides, becomes saturated, and sheds torrents of water containing toxic leachate. “This leachate-laden water runs into the settlement ponds and ground water aquifer and also directly into the gully which leads to Stringybark Creek, Ourimbah Creek and the Central Coast’s water supply. “Once the settlement ponds are full, there is no place for the untreated water to go except offsite, which the EPA says is not permitted,” she said. “This prohibition does not appear, from many years of photos obtained through GIPA searches, to have been enforced. “MDA identified that blatant pumping out of settlement ponds plus the leachate pond off-site has been taking place under the nose of the EPA for years, and it has taken persistent questioning to engage the EPA in making its own enquiries and enforcing its own regulations,” she said. The substantial contaminant plume observed and photographed by residents in Ourimbah Creek in late July 2015 was traced back by Ken Brookes, Catchment Management Officer of the former Wyong Council, to Hallards Creek and thence uphill

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Iconic chimney Over $1 billion stacks demolished worth of development applications determined by merged Council T

he Central Coast Council has determined 3,000 development applications since it was created in May 2016, worth over $1 billion to the economy of the new Local Government Area (LGA). New housing opportunities will be available close to one of the Coast’s greatest attractions, the beaches, with residential unit developments approved for Canton Beach, with more to come. The Central Coast also remains an ideal place to build the family dream home with 914 additional lots created since the merger. Council Group Leader, Environment and Planning, Mr Scott Cox, said Council’s role was to ensure it had the right planning controls in place

to continue to grow and encourage sustainable development on the Central Coast. “We have a huge challenge to meet the housing and employment needs of our growing community while maintaining the enviable lifestyle and environment we all enjoy here,” Mr Cox said. “We are in the process of consolidating our planning controls so that there is consistency across the Coast, as we want to ensure that we can facilitate the right development we want to see here. “The growth in housing, particularly unit style development, needs to be where transport connections and opportunities are, in our town centres and tourism hubs, and we want to encourage development there. “The mix needs to be right in delivering

a range of housing options to match various household needs, but also ensuring that the unique environment on the Coast is enhanced and protected.” Council held its ﬁrst Developers’ Forum on Monday, February 27, with over 140 industry leaders in attendance to start the conversation as to how Council and the development sector can work together to deliver sustainable development for the Central Coast. Due to the strong interest in the Forum from the development sector, a number of industry members were unable to ﬁt in, so Council will hold another informal Developers’ Forum in Wyong in May on a date to be determined. Source: Media release, Mar 23, 2017 Media update, Mar 24, 2017 Central Coast Council media

Each 6,500 tonne concrete chimney, which have been a part of the region’s skyline for decades, were stacked with explosives and toppled in seconds. The impact was felt throughout Lake Munmorah. Lake Munmorah Power Station was closed in 2012, leaving behind a reputation as one of the state’s oldest and dirtiest power plants. During its prime in the 70s, the station supplied up to 40 per cent of NSW’s energy. Liberty Industrial

1960s, and was closed in 2012 after 45 years of operation. “Its ageing infrastructure and cost of operation meant that it was no longer economically viable to compete against newer and more efﬁcient plants,” said Delta Electricity Interim Chief Executive Ofﬁcer, Mr Ray Madden. “We’ve appointed Liberty Industrial to undertake this important work. “Liberty Industrial have been selected for their expertise with large industrial

type of project extremely well,” Mr Dick said. The demolition project aims to eliminate risks associated with any deterioration of the station, improve the visual impact of the surrounding environment and maximise the reuse and recycling of materials removed from site,” Mr Dick added. What the cleared land could potentially be used for is currently unknown.

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Source: Media release May 20, 2016 Ray Madden, Delta Electricity Dilon Luke, Journalist

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r Pat Aiken, who has recently announced he will be standing for election o the new Central Coast Council in September, has raised the alarm about what he believes to be thick asbestos roof sheeting exposed by storm damage at Wamberal Beach.

Looking across Correa Bay from the foreshore reserve with boat ramp in bottom right hand corner Photo Wikinomad

Iconic chimney stacks seconds before demolition

he most iconic have been handling the demolition projects and remnants of the demolition, with the their impeccable safety implosion record.” Lake Munmorah chimneys’ Liberty Industrial Power Station, the signalling a half way point two 155 metre of sorts for the demolition Founder and Director, of the entire plant, chimney stacks, which is scheduled for Mr Clinton Dick, said the project is in safe hands. were demolished on completion in September “We have a proven Sunday, March 26, as 2018. track record with large part of site clearing “Munmorah Power industrial demolitions works. Station was built in the and we understand this

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Correa Bay closed after sewage discharge Correa Bay boat ramp and the adjoining foreshore area were closed after the discharge of sewage into the bay during a severe thunderstorm on Wednesday, March 22. Central Coast Council issued a public health alert at 4:55pm on Friday, March 24, two days after the storm, to advise the public that water quality may have been affected. The council attributed the contamination to a combination of large storm water ﬂows and a power outage at a sewage pump station. As a precaution, Council closed the boat ramp and adjoining foreshore area and advised residents to avoid swimming, ﬁshing and other recreational activities in the area until further

notice. “Council continues to monitor the situation closely and is working with the NSW Environment Protection Authority and other relevant authorities,” the council statement said. The boat ramp and foreshore area remained closed until 4:54pm on Monday, March 27, when it was reopened after the council confirmed “water quality is suitable for recreational purposes”. The Central Coast Council has an Environment Protection Licence which states that the Council is required: to prevent as far as practicable sewage overflows and sewage treatment plant bypasses; to have proper and efficient management of the system to minimise harm to the environment and public health; and to have practical measures in

place to protect the environment and public health from sewage overflows and sewage treatment plant effluent. As part of its licence conditions, Council is required to notify the EPA of the date, estimated start time and estimated duration of the bypass; the estimated volume of the bypass; the probable cause of the bypass; any actions taken to stop the bypass happening; and any actions taken to prevent the bypass happening again. As licensee it must also record details in relation to each observed or reported overflow from the reticulation system and from the sewage treatment plant: the location of the overflow; the date, estimated start time and estimated duration of the overflow; the estimated volume of the overflow; a description

of the receiving environment of the overflow; classification as a dry or wet weather overflow; the probable cause of the overflow; any actions taken to stop the overflow happening; any actions taken to clean up the overflow; and any actions taken to prevent the overflow happening again. Any risks to public health should also be made public “immediately” under the licence and the Department of Health and the Safe Foods NSW Shellfish Quality Assurance Program must also be informed where the bypass or overflow could have potential impacts on shellfish production. SOURCES: Media releases, 24 and 27 Mar 2017 Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Council Website, 30 Mar 2017 Environmental Protection Authority

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According to Mr Aiken, who made a notification to the EPA about the exposed sheeting on Friday, March 31, it has been exposed, subject to he weather and accessible by the public since June 2016. In a written statement, the EPA aid that it had responded to eports of bonded asbestos being discovered on Wamberal Beach after being notified by a resident hrough Environment Line on March 31. “Central Coast Council is the appropriate regulatory authority or this matter, and the EPA understands that they are treating his situation as a priority,” the EPA tatement said. “The EPA is working with council and will provide assistance as equired.” Central Coast Council said it had received reports of exposed asbestos on Wamberal Beach ollowing the June 2016 storms. “These reports were investigated and actioned with the property owners removing the material,” a media statement from the Council aid. “It appears that further asbestos may have been exposed after the ecent wet weather,” the statement aid. “We have investigated this and we are taking action to have it emoved.” Mr Aiken said he believed the material may have been dumped as far back as the 1970s, but was exposed by the coastal erosion event that impacted Wamberal Beach in June 2016. “Since July 2016, Central Coast Council has known of the existence of environmentally inappropriate materials situated in the cliff face or escarpment formed by the

coastal erosion that occurred in June 2016,’ Mr Aiken said. He said the Council was warned in a confidential report it commissioned in June 2016 that “environmentally inappropriate materials” were evident in the escarpment along Wamberal Beach. “Council has not: publicly identified the exposure of the asbestos dumping; issued appropriate public warnings; taken action to ensure the removal of the asbestos cement debris from public land; and has most certainly not attempted to prevent exposure of the general public to this toxic contaminant,” Mr Aiken said. “Despite many inspections by Council and State Government Officers, the debris remains in place and continues to represent a health risk to the general public,” he said. Mr Aiken said he had taken photographs of the site in November, “but I didn’t realise at the time what I was taking. “It has possibly become more uncovered because of the rain, but there is a massive amount, I reckon there would be a couple of wheel barrows of the stuff, I don’t know how far back it goes,” he said. Mr Aiken described the material as resembling super thick roof sheeting. In January, Mr Bruce Thom, the

current chair of the NSW Coastal Panel and Mr Phil Watson, a member of the Panel’s Secretariat, were photographed adjacent to the material (see page 3). The photograph was taken on the day of a beach inspection for the Land and Environment Court case between Wamberal residents and the Coastal Panel over their development application to build a revetment wall to protect their properties from coastal erosion. Mr Aiken said it would be difficult and pointless to attempt to “lay blame” for how the materials ended up dumped at the beach. However, he said the issue remained one of public safety now. “The asbestos is on public land, on the seaward side of a property in Ocean View Dve, but well past that property’s boundary with the beach,” he said. “Council has an absolute responsibility either to order people to remove the materials or order it to be cleaned up, but in this case, it is on land they control. “It will only need another storm to get the material spread right across the beach, so Council has an obligation to inform the public and they have to remove the material at their cost. “They know about it because using GIPA (Government Information Public Access legislation), I gained access to a

heavily redacted Wamberal Beach Coastal Erosion Report, which says there was inappropriate material on the beach.” The report was commissioned and obtained by Central Coast Council in June 2016. The Wamberal residents fighting to build a revetment wall to protect their properties return to the Land and Environment Court on April 12. The NSW Coastal Panel is the consent authority in the case, not Central Coast Council, because the Council’s Coastal Zone Management Plan has not yet been signed off by the NSW Government. Major storm events in the 1970s resulted in homes being lost to the sea and a range of materials, including building debris, being used to protect other homes exposed to the same risk. Federal, State and Local Governments were involved in these protection measures, and in 1978, there were real concerns that the sea would burst through the Wamberal Beach dune system at a location now referred to as the Ruins. In June 2016, a severe storm caused damaged to private land and infrastructure. Following the storm in June 2016, Central Coast Council commissioned a report titled, “Wamberal Beach NSW Storm Erosion Remediation Report

R16029-01-01”, prepared by Coastal Environment Pty Ltd. The report was kept confidential and not made public. “The author, Mr Doug Lord, clearly identified extensive contamination of Wamberal Beach by ‘environmentally inappropriate materials’ and in an underlined statement, he called for the immediate removal of those materials and the many large pieces of debris in excess of 100kg sitting at height above the beach. “Central Coast Council has not acted to remove those materials, and until recently, has withheld this critical information from the public,” Mr Aiken said. Coastal Residents Incorporated applied for access to the confidential report in February, 2017, under the Government Information (Public Access) Act (GIPA). Council decided, 30 days after the application, to provide highly restricted access to a heavily censored (redacted) version of the report. Mr Aiken estimated that around 40 per cent of the document had been blacked out or redacted. The document may only be inspected in the presence of a Council Officer, and three days’ notice must be given by the applicant wishing to inspect the censored report. No more than four people may inspect the document at the same time, which has been divided into four sections for the purpose of inspection, and applicants must agree to sign a copyright statement. The report was commissioned by Council to identify and prioritise storm remediation works and assess the risk to the public areas of the beach front, as well as identify properties which may be at risk following the weather event. According to a statement from Council as to its reasons for keeping the report confidential: “The report also forms a body of evidence that has been gathered by Council in contemplation of future legal proceedings following the storm event.

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“The likelihood of future proceedings is considered to be highly likely, as other areas within New South Wales, such as Byron Bay, have been subject to legal proceedings regarding matters of risk to beach front properties. “Given the nature of the event that has occurred, Council considers the future prospect of proceedings to be highly likely. “To release this information to the public would result in a prejudicial impact to Council regarding those proceedings. “Other relevant factors against the release of this information taken into consideration are the reasonably expected prejudices to the exercise of Council’s functions in response to the impacts of the weather event. “Council is still in the process of assessing the detail provided within the report and deliberating as to how it may exercise its functions accordingly. “It is considered that if the information were to be released prematurely, before Council has had an opportunity to exercise any functions as it sees fit, the exercise of these functions may be prejudiced.” Source: Media statement and interview, Apr 3, 2017 Pat Aiken, Coastal Residents Incorporated Jackie Pearson, journalist

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enlisted two independent consultants, Earth Systems and Pells Sullivan Meynink, to review the amended Development Application, and the consultants found that the risks were greater than those outlined in the Environmental Impact Statement submitted by the developer. “The predictions of the Environmental Impact Statement are

catchment for current and future residents. “The Environmental Impact Statement underestimates the potential impacts on groundwater,” she said. Ms O’Brien said Council was also worried about the project’s impact on subsidence and the nearby Buttonderry Waste Management Facility on Hue Hue Rd, Jilliby.

were “light on at best”. Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council’s CEO, Mr Sean Gordon, told the PAC hearing that the Wallarah 2 Coal Project was “unviable and unsustainable”. Mr Gordon said Darkinjung were the largest private land owners around the mine, and that Wallarah 2 would negatively impact housing developments

suffered severe land dispossession since 1788, and had not been able to participate in its economic development, despite striving for years to turn their land into an economic opportunity. Mr Gordon described the mine’s proponent’s offering of jobs and procurement as a “beads and trinkets offering”. Former Wyong Councillor and current

smallest risk is too big a risk to take. “After the drought that occurred on the Central Coast from the early 2000s to 2008, when our water supply dropped to only 9 per cent, it had been proven that water and not coal was the number one resource produced in the Wyong Valleys.

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The hearing was conducted as part of the PAC’s process to determine whether or not to approve the amended development application for the Wallarah 2 longwall Coal Project. The PAC will accept written submissions on the project until 5:00pm on Wednesday, April 12. Central Coast Council’s Unit

The rally outside the PAC public hearing into the amended DA for the Wallarah 2 coal mine She said the weight that they have planned Joint Regional Planning he community Manager, Development conservative,” she said. Panel member, Mr Ken Ms O’Brien said of the waste when the for the area. stood united in Assessments, Ms Tanya He said Darkinjung Greenwald, also spoke opposition to the O’Brien, was first to the Dooralong and facility is filled is expected valleys, to be approximately 40 wanted to use its land against the amended DA. Wallarah 2 Coal speak, and confirmed Yarramalong “I am against the assets to develop land for Project at the NSW Council’s objection to the which lay above the million tonnes. project. proposed mine, form part She said the its people and asked the proposal to mine in the Planning and Ms O’Brien said Council of the region’s surface Department of Planning PAC hearing, “do people Wyong valleys because A s s e s s m e n t had serious concerns water catchment area, and Environment’s draft want to buy next to a coal of the risk that I believe it Commission (PAC) about the mine’s impact and urged the PAC to development consent, mine?” may have on the Central hearing in Wyong on on the local water supply. consider the future health which outlined 78 Mr Gordon said Coast Water supply, with April 5. She said Council had and safety of the water conditions of consent, Aboriginal people had a view that even the

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Labor’s Liesl landslide Labor’s Ms Liesl Tesch was declared winner of the April 8 by-election in the NSW electorate of Gosford, achieving a swing (before preferences) of 10.9 per cent to Labor. Ms Tesch won 49.5 per cent of the primary vote consisting of 22,931 votes that translated to 62.5 per cent of the two-party preferred vote. She won the primary vote in every polling booth in the electorate except four (Kulnura, Mangrove Mountain, Mount White

and Peats Ridge). Her popularity on the Peninsula, where she resides, was resounding. Four of her six biggest poll results were at Ettalong Public School (1216 primary votes out of a possible 2360), 1063 votes at Woy Woy South Public School (out of 1808), 1053 at Umina Uniting (out of 1806) and 1049 at Umina Public School (out of 2096). Full booth-by-booth results are available on the NSW Electoral Commission’s website. Liberal candidate, Ms Jilly Pilon achieved 14,202 primary votes,

an 11.9 per cent swing against the Coalition. The Greens, who ran a strong candidate in corporate lawyer, Ms Abigail Boyd achieved 7.5 per cent of the primary vote but that was a swing of 1.5 per cent against the party in the Gosford electorate. Shooters, Fishers and Farmers candidate, Mr Larry Freeman, whose family has strong ties to the Peninsula, achieved 2376 primary votes or 5.1 per cent of the primary vote. Ms Skyla Wagstaff from the Animal Justice Party and Mr Andrew Church for the Christian

Democratic Party both polled under 2000 primary votes. The number of formal votes counted on the day was 46,279 representing 97.3 per cent of those registered to vote. Ms Tesch celebrated her victory with supporters at Everglades Country Club, Woy Woy, on April 8. Ms Tesch said she felt fantastically supported by the community and that she would be ﬁghting for Gosford in NSW parliament for years to come. “I will do all in my power to keep the Government accountable for the decisions they make that affect

the lives of people on the Central Coast,” Ms Tesch said. Ms Tesch outlined the key issues identiﬁed by the people of her electorate during her time on the campaign trail, including feeling ripped off by the Council amalgamation and the removal of services throughout the electorate by the Liberal Government. SOURCES: Press conference, 9 Apr 2017 Liesl Tesch, Member- for Gosford Website, 13 Apr 2017 Gosford by-election results NSW Electoral Commission

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The Lederer Group acquired Kibbleplex and adjoining vacant land from the former Gosford Council for $13 million on March 1, 2016. The Sydney-based property owner and developer owns the adjoining Imperial Centre and has demonstrated longterm commitment to the enhancement of the Gosford CBD including the recent refurbishment of the Imperial Centre. An $850 million Stage One Masterplan for the Kibbleplex property was lodged with Council by Lederer Group on March 6, 2016 which consisted of nine buildings including mixed-use residential, commercial and retail and the demolition of existing structures. The DA was advertised and public comment invited in June and, according to the Central Coast Council’s Gosford online development application tracker, nine submissions were received during the month-long public consultation period. Thirteen months after unveiling its grand plan for the site, the Lederer Group’s Development Manager, Mr Steve McGillivray, said the developer was waiting, along with others with development sites in the Gosford CBD, for Central Coast Council to finalise its new planning controls. “We made our Master Plan application on the basis that

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Council still investigating Wamberal rubble rofessor Bruce Thom, Chair of the NSW Coastal Panel, wrote to the Central Coast Council twice during February to raise concerns over the “clear danger” posed by building materials on Wamberal Beach.

Mr Thom, in a letter to the editor of Coast Community News, was responding to the article published on April 6, ‘Asbestos at Wamberal Beach remains in place nine months after being exposed’. “The article noted that no action has been taken to clean up and remove dangerous structures and materials evident along the beach following the June 2016 storm,” Professor Thom’s letter said. “The article notes ‘In January, Mr Bruce Thom, the current chair of the NSW Coastal Panel and Mr Phil Watson, a member of the Panel’s Secretariat, were photographed adjacent to the material. “’The photograph was taken on the day of a beach

Exposed materials at Wamberal Beach, photo taken on March 30

inspection for the Land and Environment Court case between Wamberal residents and the Coastal Panel over their development application to build a revetment wall to protect their properties from coastal erosion.’ “Perhaps inadvertently, the article infers that Mr Watson and myself have also taken no action,” Professor Thom said. “I wish to correct any

misconceptions here for the public record,” he said. “Indeed after the site visit for other matters noted in your article, Mr Watson and I conferred on these matters and I issued a letter to the Chief Executive Officer, Central Coast Council on February 6. “This letter raised concerns over the clear danger posed by building rubble and other materials in this location

and particularly urging the Council to consider an order for the removal of the danger including removal of the substances that constitute the structures. “Having failed to receive an acknowledgement to the concerns that I raised, I subsequently wrote to the Chief Executive Officer again on February 27 reiterating these concerns and cc’ing the Minister for Local Government.

“Mr Watson (on behalf of the NSW Coastal Panel) received a response from Mr Jamie Loader, Unit Manager, Environment and Certification (Central Coast Council) in correspondence dated February 23 advising in part ‘Council is aware of a number of unauthorised structures along Wamberal Beach and is currently considering its legal options with regard to the most appropriate way to ensure the

safety of the residents and the public. “’Council thanks you for bringing this particular issue to our attention and I will ensure that it is actioned accordingly.’ “I trust the above-mentioned provides a more informed discussion concerning the role of the NSW Coastal Panel in directly and appropriately raising concerns about these serious matters,” Mr Thom’s letter said. A statement issued by Central Coast Council on April 5 appears to contradict some of the information contained in Professor Thom’s correspondence. According to Central Coast Council: “Council received reports of exposed asbestos on Wamberal Beach following the June 2016 storms, these reports were investigated and actioned with the property owners removing the material. “It appears that further asbestos may have been exposed after the recent wet weather.

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rofessor Bruce Thom, Chair of the NSW Coastal Panel, wrote to the Central Coast Council twice during February to raise concerns over the “clear danger” posed by building materials on Wamberal Beach. From P3

“We have investigated this and we are taking action to have it removed.” The NSW Coastal Panel has confirmed that Professor Thom’s primary concerns were about the public danger from the overhanging nature of the materials and structure. Following receipt of Mr Thom’s letter, Coast Community News put more questions to Central Coast Council regarding when it became aware that there was building material on the beach and the steps it had taken to remove the material. Council’s written response was titled “subject to client legal privilege” and contained a warning from its General Counsel to be “very careful about publishing the comments of individuals”. “Wamberal Beach is a dynamic environment, and is significantly influenced by weather events,” Central Coast Council’s latest statement said. “Sand is deposited on, removed from and relocated on the beach. “The June 2016 storms resulted in a quantity of building rubble and other materials being uncovered, or being washed on to, large parts of the beach.

A close up view of dumped materials at Wamberal Beach taken on March 30, 2017

“Weather events since those storms (including the recent heavy rains) have uncovered further building rubble and other materials, at different times since the June 2016 storms. “The land that most people would identify as “Wamberal Beach” is comprised of parts of various private lots, Crown Land and an unformed public road. “Council has responsibility only for the unformed public road. “The boundaries between the private land and public land are not easily to identify without a survey. “Parts of the private land are at beach level, and would appear to be part of ‘the beach’.” “Council received letters from Professor Thom on February 6 and 27 identifying ‘layers of building rubble and other materials’ on part of Wamberal Beach which he considered to be dangerous because they were ‘undercut

and overhanging’. “Council’s Mr Loader responded to Professor’s Thom’s first letter. “Professor Thom’s second letter incorrectly stated he had not received a reply to his first letter. “Professor’s Thom’s letters made no mention of the potential presence of asbestos. “Council has investigated a number of issues concerning ‘building materials’ that have been uncovered on Wamberal Beach by various weather events following and including the June storm events, and is currently investigating the issues raised by Professor Thom and the subsequently uncovered building rubble. “Council has the view that the rubble was placed on private and public land without approval or consent of the former Gosford Council. “Council is continuing to investigate how to manage the risks associated with this rubble, the risks associated with the potential removal

of some or all of that rubble (which include the stability of the dune), and the best means to manage those issues that are primarily on private land. “Council will very shortly be taking steps to cover the rubble, while it continues its investigation.” The “client legal privilege” referred to by Council related to a document obtained by subpoena as part of Land and Environment Court (LEC) action between a group of Wamberal residents and the Coastal Panel over the panel’s refusal of the resident’s DA to build a revetment wall to protect their properties from coastal erosion. Interested residents applied for access to the document under Government Information Public Access (GIPA) laws and were permitted to inspect a heavily redacted version of the document, entitled Wamberal Beach NSW Storm Erosion Remediation Report R16-02901-01 prepared by Coastal Environment Pty Ltd July 2016.

In setting out its reasons for allowing public access to some of the information in the report whilst denying access to other information, Central Coast Council’s Access Information Officer said that the public interest considerations in favour of disclosure included “to inform the community of Council’s operations regarding public areas and to reveal environmental or health risks or measures relating to public health and safety”. The decision to withhold other information from the public was explained as “the disclosure of the parts of the report to which I have decided to refuse to provide you with access to, could reasonably be expected to prejudice the Council’s ability to exercise its functions effectively. “The report was commissioned by Council to identify and prioritise storm remediation works and assess the risk to the public areas of the beach front as well as identify properties which may be at risk following the weather event. “The report also forms a body of evidence that has been gathered by Council in contemplation of future legal proceedings following the storm event. “The likelihood of future proceedings is considered to be highly likely, as other areas within New South Wales, such as Byron Bay, have been subject to legal proceedings regarding matters of risk to beach front properties. “Given the nature of the event that has occurred, Council considers the future prospect of proceedings to be

highly likely. “To release this information to the public would result in a prejudicial impact to Council regarding those proceedings. “Other relevant factors against the release of this information taken into consideration are the reasonably expected prejudices to the exercise of Council’s functions in response to the impacts of the weather event. Council is still in the process of assessing the detail provided within the report and deliberating as to how it may exercise its functions accordingly. “It is considered that if the information were to be released prematurely, before Council has had an opportunity to exercise any functions as it sees fit, the exercise of these functions may be prejudiced. “Given the highly level of community interest in the Wamberal Beach area following the storms, and the ongoing involvement of the Council in the management of the various issues, and discussions with various third parties, it is considered that this factor against the release of information be given significant weight. “As such, it has been determined on balance, that it is not in the public interest to release these parts of the Report.” Source: Letter, Apr 13, 2017 Bruce Thom, NSW Coastal Panel Media statements, Apr 5 and 20, 2017 Central Coast Council media Notice of GIPA determination, Mar 16, 2017 Central Coast Council Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Parliament hears about three million litres of leachate annually going into Coast water catchment

SW Shadow Minister for Environment, Ms Penny Sharpe, has called on State Parliament to act on the Mangrove Mountain landfill. Ms Sharpe traced the origins of the site as a community golf proposal to its current standing as a waste facility that threatens to contaminate the region’s water supply. She said it left many questions unanswered about how facilities were approved and monitored and how development consents were modified through changed consent conditions. “The history of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill site starts very innocently in 1998 when the former Gosford City Council approved a development consent from the RSL to remodel the Mangrove Mountain Golf Course,” Ms Sharpe said. “A limit of 80,000 cubic metres of fill as a waste facility was set in an area regulated by

Cell W in February 2016, holding an estimated 20 million litres of contaminated run-off

an environmental protection licence to turn the nine-hole golf course into an 18-hole golf course. “Because clean landfill was to be used for a specific purpose, there was no need to place a leachate barrier or collection system under the waste. “There was also a series of conditions placed on the

development approval and a licence was required from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). She said the first licence from the EPA was issued to Planet Earth Support Company in November, 2001, however the conditions to develop a leachate management plan and to install a leachate barrier system and a leachate

collection system did not occur. She said further modifications to the environmental protection license between 2001 and 2012 eroded the environmental controls until the site had taken more than 10 times the original amount of waste approved to be dumped on it. Ms Sharpe said there were

fears in the community that the current size of the site could contaminate the Central Coast’s water supply. “The Mangrove Mountain Landfill site sits on a permanent watercourse and the groundwater aquifers in the catchment of the Central Coast drinking water supply. “It is a giant mound—not of clean fill, but of a range of waste that never should have been allowed to be there in the first place. “This landfill site is producing an estimated three million litres of leachate annually, much of which flows into the catchment of the Ourimbah Creek system and into significant groundwater reserves.” Ms Sharpe said the Mangrove Mountain Landfill had another significant problem. “Eight-five per cent of the existing waste mound is unlined because, remember, it was supposed to be clean fill for a golf course and the 15 per cent of the lining that is there is ineffective and does not meet current standards.

“Despite all these problems, in 2014 current planning approval was given, won in the Land and Environment Court, that will allow the operator to dump a further 1.3 million cubic metres of waste, meaning the total amount of rubbish will expand to 2.2 million cubic metres, or 25 times what was originally envisaged for this site. “We need to pay attention to the words of Dr Stephen Goodwin from the Mangrove Mountains District Association, who said, “The Mangrove Mountain landfill is flagged to be further expanded but it doesn’t comply with its development consent, is at odds with the environment guidelines for New South Wales solid waste facilities and, in addition, has failed to comply with its environment protection licence conditions on numerous occasions.” Source: Hansard, Apr 6, 2017, Penny Sharpe, Shadow Minister for Environment Tynan King, journalist

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Lies Tesch expected to honour her promises arliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, said that the new Memberelect for the Gosford state electorate, Ms Liesl Tesch, should consider herself ‘on notice’ to deliver her election campaign promises.

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“I congratulate Liesl Tesch for her win in Gosford on Saturday; I also thank Jilly Pilon for fighting so hard and so honestly for her community,” Mr MacDonald said of the Labor and Liberal candidates. “I note Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, is calling on the Berejiklian Government to honour its promises. “In case Mr Harris was asleep over the weekend, the ALP won the seat of Gosford. “The electors in the byelection have every right to expect Ms Tesch to deliver on her promises. “Labor made their commitments knowing they

entral Coast Council has announced the construction of an additional level to the Wilson Rd Carpark in Terrigal, creating more than 100 extra parking spaces for the CBD.

were in Opposition. “They knew what capacity they had to deliver over $100 million in promises. “Along with every voter in Gosford, I will be holding Ms Tesch accountable for delivering on her promises to build an underpass at the Rawson Road rail crossing. “We expect her to roll out a Nurses’ Walk in Centre. “I am looking forward to Ms Tesch opening a Services NSW Centre in Woy Woy by March 2019. “And, of course, we are looking forward to the details

on greater investment in education and TAFE in the Gosford electorate,” Mr MacDonald said. “In March 2019, the voters will have the chance to judge Ms Tesch’s performance against her election promises. “That is how election promises work, unless Mr Harris is implying we can’t trust Labor.” Source: Media release, Apr 10, 2017 Kit Hale, office of Scot MacDonald

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The $2.3 million project will include the installation of a lift within the carpark, CCTV,and the provision of additional disabled spaces on each floor to improve the facility’s overall accessibility. Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said the project would support continued growth within the Terrigal CBD. “We’re expanding the capacity of Wilson Rd Carpark to cater for Terrigal’s ongoing growth as a premier tourist destination,” Mr Reynolds said. “With a range of commercial and residential developments

underway, the availability of parking is important,” he said. “This upgrade project will provide 110 additional spaces and go a long way to improving accessibility in the area. “In addition, we are developing detailed designs for a $2.2 million Terrigal CBD Traffic Flow Improvement project, voted for by the community as part of the Stronger Communities’ Fund Major Projects Program. “This is an exciting time for Terrigal as we prepare for another busy summer season ahead.” The project is expected to finish on July 12, but to facilitate construction, level 1 was expected to be closed from Tuesday, April 18, until Monday, June 19, and level 2 will be closed from Tuesday, April 18, until Friday, June 30. However, allowances were

made by Council to ensure parking was available for Anzac Day. Group Leader of Assets, Infrastructure and Business, Mr Mike Dowling, said that a rolling closure of the facility would minimise the project’s effect on the Terrigal CBD. “Works have been scheduled in an effort to have as little impact as possible on residents and visitors to the area,” Mr Dowling said. “We’d ask that residents allow some extra time when travelling to Terrigal while the full closure is in place and encourage everyone to take advantage of untimed parking available at The Haven. Source: Media release, Apr 6, 2017 Central Coast Council media

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Foley delighted with Labor victory in seat of Gosford

SW Opposition Leader, Mr Luke Foley, joined with Gosford by-election winner, Ms Liesl Tesch, on April 9, to celebrate Labor’s victory and to emphasise the party’s commitment to regional NSW. In a press conference at Ms Tesch’s victory party, Mr Foley said the 13 per cent swing to Labor as well as Ms Tesch’s 49.5 per cent of the primary vote, consisting of 22,931 votes translating to 62.5 per cent of the two party preferred vote, was the best result for the Australian Labor Party (ALP) for Gosford in 30 years, and was proof that Gosford was fed up with the Berejiklian Government’s neglect of regional communities when it came to infrastructure management and funding. “The ALP is delighted by the result here in Gosford and the seat now has a fighter in golden girl Liesl Tesch,” Mr Foley said. “Everything she has set her

mind to she has achieved in life, and the ALP wholeheartedly welcomes Liesl to parliament,” Mr Foley said. Ms Tesch said she felt

fantastically supported by the community and that she would be fighting for Gosford in NSW Parliament for years to come. “I will do all in my power

to keep the Government accountable for the decisions they make that affect the lives of people on the Central Coast,” Ms Tesch said. Ms Tesch won the primary vote in every polling booth in the electorate except four, Kulnura, Mangrove Mountain, Mount White and Peats Ridge. Tesch’s heartland and home turf of the Woy Woy Peninsula proved her staunchest supporters, with four of her best poll results recorded around the Peninsula. Liberal candidate, Ms Jilly Pilon, achieved 14,202 primary votes, an 11.9 per cent swing against the Coalition. Greens candidate, Ms Abigail Boyd, secured 7.5 per cent of the primary vote, but that was against a 1.5 per cent swing against the party in the electorate. Shooters, Fishers and Farmers candidate, Mr Larry Freeman, recorded 5.1 per cent of the primary vote, whilst the Animal Justice Party’s Ms Skyla Wagstaff, and the Christian Democratic Party’s, Mr Andrew Church, both polled

under 2,000 primary votes. The number of formal votes counted on the day was 46,279 representing 97.3 per cent of registered voters. During the conference, Ms Tesch outlined the key issues identified by the people of her electorate during her time on the campaign trail, including feeling ripped off by the Council amalgamation and the removal of services throughout the electorate by the Liberal Government. When questioned about the anti-government vote, Mr Foley said there was definitely a “mood for change” across the state but said the results in Gosford highlighted that sentiment stemmed from the current government’s direction. “The voters didn’t go to the minors in Gosford, they went to Gosford’s golden girl who bolted home. “The Premier needs to take responsibility for the brutal judgements that have been delivered against this government. “This government is

squandering millions on projects for Sydney, like the tunnel for the North Shore and the Eastern Suburbs Light Rail project and voters from the Central Coast, the South Coast and the Central West are delivering brutal judgements to this government because those regions are not getting their fair share. “Labor will continue to campaign for regional NSW and will continue to be an ALP firmly planted in the mainstream dealing with peoples’ everyday concerns,” Mr Foley said. Mr Foley listed the bread and butter policies of better jobs, health and education as the cornerstone of the ALP’s politicking. Source: Press conference, Apr 9, 2017 Luke Foley, NSW Labor Liesl Tesch, Member for Gosford Website, Apr 13, 2017 Gosford by-election results, NSW Electoral Commission Dilon Luke, Journalist

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86 long term dwellings proposed

Development Application (51538/2017) for Lake View Village Caravan Park, Avoca Beach, has been submitted to Central Coast Council. The Development Application (DA) proposes a complete overhaul of the current holiday park, situated at 1 Bowtells Drv, Avoca Beach, and follows on from a previous DA (37693/2009) which was approved by the former Gosford Council in 2011. According to the 2017 DAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE), the existing site improvements include: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Internal bitumen driveways, two dwellings and a community building and amenities building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of the existing structures are in a state of disrepair and require either demolition or substantial rectification work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The site also contains internal driveways and a mix of approximately 121

(powered and unpowered) caravan/camping sites (SEE, 2017).â&#x20AC;? The SEE also identified that the site has been cleared to accommodate the caravan park, apart from a stand of trees on the eastern portion of the site along the Avoca Lagoon foreshore. Among these trees, the threatened floral species Melaleuca biconvexa and an endangered ecological community listed as Swamp Sclerophyll and Swamp Oak Forest exist on the Coastal Floodplain. The site is also subject to a number of easements along with an access handle approximately three metres wide, extending from The Round Drv (213-215) for additional pedestrian access. Preliminary works associated with the 2009 DA continue at the site (including earthworks, demolition and provision of services) whilst the 2017 DA is being considered by Council. The 2017 DA proposes to provide 86 long term and 15

short term sites. This is in contrast to the approved short term/long term mix in DA 37693 of 16 long term, 98 short term and seven camping sites. In relation to short term sites, the 2017 DA proposes to retain the layout and configuration of the 15 short term sites located on the eastern side of the site, in accordance with DA 37693/2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No changes to the approved caravan park layout are proposed in this location and no additional tree clearing or works is proposed in this area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 15 dwelling sites on the eastern portion of the site will be set aside for short term stays and will typically accommodate caravans towed to the site by visitors (SEE, 2017).â&#x20AC;? According to the SEE, 86 long term dwellings are proposed as manufactured homes and will be positioned on the cleared western portion of the site. These homes will be transported to the site for

installation pending approval. Types of manufactured homes proposed include: 59 Type 1A/B homes, consisting of two storeys, four bedrooms, double garage, kitchen, living and amenities (corner allotment Type 1B home designs only allow for single garage). Eighteen Type 2A/B homes, comprising two storeys, three bedrooms, double garage, kitchen, living and amenities with the same adjustment for corner allotments. Six Type 3 homes comprising two storeys, four bedrooms, double garage, kitchen, living and amenities; and three Type 4 single storey homes located on the first floor of the community centre building. Type 4 homes will consist of single level, three bedrooms, double garage, kitchen, living and amenities. The SEE also outlined proposed changes to the community centre building, including modifications from a single storey to two, with ground floor modifications

including a small convenience store, cafĂŠ, commercial kitchen, administration office, storage room and park amenities such as toilets and showers. The SEE also stated that each manufactured home will be provided with a private open space through the use of courtyards or first floor balconies and that communal open space will be provided along the lagoon foreshore and eastern riparian corridor, along with two swimming pools adjacent to the community building. Foreshore access will also be retained in the plans with no landscaping works proposed along the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge. According to the SEE, the proposal also satisfies several statutory matters with comments and determinations regarding SEPP 14 Coastal Wetlands, SEPP 19 Bushland in Urban Areas, SEPP 21 Caravan Parks, SEPP 36 Manufactured Home Estates, SEPP 55 Remediation of Land, SEPP 71 Coastal Protection

and Planning Policy 36. Comments regarding the proposalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compliance and consideration of these matters can be viewed at length in the DA. The SEE also alleges the DA is consistent with the Central Coast Regional Plan 2036, in particular: Direction 19, Accelerate housing supply and improve housing choice; Direction 20, Grow housing choice in and around local centres; and Direction 21, Provide housing choice to meet community needs. In regards to zoning, the DA stipulates that the proposal can be defined as a caravan park and is permissible subject to development consent in the E4 zone. Under the provisions of the Gosford Local Environment Plan 2014 (LEP), the site area occupied by the caravan park is zoned E4 Environmental Living and the area of the site occupied by the entry road is zoned R2 Low Density Residential. From this zoning the SEE has listed relevant building heights and floor space ratios as compliant with the Gosford LEP, as no proposed building heights exceed the maximum specified height of 8.5m and there are no floor space ratio calculations for consideration as no buildings are proposed for the R2 zoned land. The SEE determined the site was suitable for the development proposed and within the public interest. The SEE concluded that: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The SEE has been prepared having regards for the requirements of section 79C of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 and satisfies all relevant planning legislative requirements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our assessment of the proposal confirms: The proposal is generally consistent with all relevant planning controls; The manufactured home estate will aid in the supply of affordable housing; The development will occupy an existing approved development footprint and will not cause any additional environmental impacts; and, The re-establishment of the caravan park is compatible with the context and setting of the locality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The proposal represents rational, orderly, economic and sustainable use of the land and should therefore be supported, (SEE, 2017.â&#x20AC;? Source: Document, Apr 18, 2017 DA51538/2017 Dilon Luke, journalist

Council welcomes Co-ordinator General as a key role for the future

entral Coast Council has welcomed the appointment of Ms Lee Shearer to the role of Coordinator General for the Central Coast. Ms Shearer will drive the delivery of the Central Coast Regional Plan and will oversee a Community Consultative Committee of which Central Coast Council will be a key member. Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said her appointment was a clear recognition that the State Government is serious about the promises in the Central Coast Regional Plan. “The Regional Plan is all about delivering more jobs, more housing, more infrastructure and more opportunities for our growing community, and Council is certainly committed to achieving that,” Mr Reynolds said. “We have already started. We are moving on priority

projects, including aligning our housing development controls, with more consolidated planning underway, as well as putting together a priority infrastructure plan that our residents need. “Delivering a sustainable future for the Central Coast will require ongoing funding from both State and Federal Governments as well as Council, that is why this appointment is so crucial so we can start to get key projects moving. “I am keen to meet with the Coordinator-General as soon as possible to share our plans and ensure we work together in the best interests of the Coast and our community. “This appointment is another clear indication the State Government is committed to seeing the Central Coast emerge as an economic powerhouse. “Together we can capitilise on the strong foundations we have and grow into a wellplanned, well-functioning and

well-connected region,” Mr Reynolds said. Council Group Leader, Environment and Planning, Mr Scott Cox, said Council wanted to work closely with the Coordinator-General and the Consultative Committee to ensure the right planning controls are in place so the vision of the Regional Plan is achieved. “We are consolidating our planning controls so there is consistency across the Coast as we want to ensure we can facilitate the right development we want to see here,” Mr Cox said. “The mix needs to be right to enable a range of housing options to match household needs but also ensuring the unique environment on the Coast is enhanced and protected. Source, Media release, Apr 7, 2017 Central Coast Council media

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Public asked to comment on Empire Bay Drive design

A map of the proposed Empire Bay Dve roadworks at Kincumber

he community and stakeholders are being urged to have their say on the strategic design for the proposed upgrade of Empire Bay Drive, The Scenic Road and Cochrone St at Kincumber. Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, said the NSW Government allocated $1.5 million to continue developing the design to install traffic lights and widen the road to provide additional lanes at the

intersection. “The proposed upgrade would reduce congestion and improve traffic flow and travel times for the 25,000 motorists travelling along Empire Bay Dve each day,” Mr Crouch said. “The Scenic Rd would now be widened to provide two right turn lanes onto Empire Bay Dve which would improve traffic flow and reduce congestion.” To allow for the new intersection layout, parking in the road shoulder on Cochrone Street near the intersection

will be restricted and bus stops on each side of Empire Bay Drive would be relocated. The community is invited to attend a drop-in session on May 4 at Kincumber Public School hall to speak with the project team, provide feedback and learn more about the project. Source: Media release, Apr 11, 2017 Donna Golightly, Office of Adam Crouch Media release, Apr 11, 2017 Natalie Perfrement, Roads and Maritime Services

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Anzac Day services to be held in many locations

s Lucy Wicks, Federal Member for Robertson, said the Central Coast community would pause on Anzac Day to honour the service and sacrifice of all Australian men and women who have served in defence of our country.

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Special arrangements for Anzac Day services

n Monday, April 25, RSL Branches around Gosford City will be holding a series of marches and services to commemorate Anzac Day. As part of this year’s Anzac Day activities, a number of road closures will occur in Gosford City on April 25. Terrigal Esplanade, between Campbell Cres and Kurrawyba Ave, will be closed from 5am until the conclusion of the Dawn Service at approximately 7am. A southbound diversion will be in place on Terrigal Esplanade, diverting traffic entering Terrigal onto Barnhill Rd. Access to South Terrigal will be via Grosvenor Rd and the Scenic Hwy. It is recommended that boat users heading to Terrigal Haven utilise Charles Kay Drv and the Scenic Hwy route to

avoid these closures. In addition, road closures will be in place at Woy Woy, Gosford and Empire Bay. Donnison St and Mann St, Gosford, will be closed for the main Anzac march from 10am. Access to Mann St from Masons Pde will be closed, with all traffic diverted into Dane Drv until approximately 1pm. While the service is conducted, all traffic travelling south on Mann St will be diverted into Vaughan Ave until approximately 1pm. Breakers Country Club members will attend the Dawn Service at Terrigal Beach, after which they will host their own service from 11am at the club, followed by a free performance from Australian Bush Band, the Frohlich Bros from 1pm-4pm. Davistown RSL Club will hold its Dawn Service from 6am at the Club’s Memorial Wall, with entertainment by Jim Gannon Duo in the Club’s backyard

and two up in the auditorium afterwards. Gosford RSL Sub-Branch will assemble near Gosford Police Station at 5:45 and shortly afterwards march to the Cenotaph for a 6am service. A courtesy bus is available for this service but bookings are essential. Breakfast will be served after the service from 6:15am7:30am. The main march will assemble in Donnison St from 10am and march along Mann St to the Cenotaph by 11am for the service. Two up will be played at the club from 1pm. Terrigal-Wamberal RSL Sub-Branch will march from Church St to the Terrigal Beach Memorial for the 5:30am Dawn Service. Source: Website, Apr 19, 2017 What’s on Anzac Day Central Coast

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Ms Wicks said services would be held at Gosford, Terrigal, Empire Bay, Erina, Davistown, Macmasters Beach and across the Peninsula. This includes Dawn Services at Terrigal, Woy Woy, Gosford and Erina. Ms Wicks said Anzac Day was one of the most important dates in our calendar. “More than 50,000 Australians are estimated to

have fought in the Gallipoli campaign, where some 8,700 lost their lives and almost 18,000 were wounded,” Ms Wicks said. “On Anzac Day, I encourage Australians to take a moment and reflect on the brave men and women who have served our nation in all wars, conflicts and on peacekeeping operations. “I encourage everyone on the Central Coast to attend a service on Anzac Day or take time to pause, reflect and remember those who have served and those who have given their lives for our country. “We are forever grateful to the men and women, past and present, who have served in our Army, Navy and Air Force. “This year also marks the centenary of the Battle of

Bullecourt in France, the Battle of Messines, the Battle of Polygon Wood and the Battle of Beersheeba, as well as the 75th anniversaries of the Fall of Singapore, the Bombing of Darwin and the Kokoda campaign; they are all important events from our history that this nation will never forget,” Ms Wicks said. Ms Wicks said any current or former Australian Defence Force personnel who was affected by Anzac Day should contact the Veterans’ and Veterans’ Families Counselling Service, which provides free and confidential counselling 24/7. Source: Media release, Apr 19, 2017 Rebecca Johnstone, office of Lucy Wicks MP

Gosford Anzac events

arliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, encouraged the Central Coast community to reflect on the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel from all wars and conflicts this ANZAC Day. Mr MacDonald said a number of commemorative events hosted by the RSL will be held in the Central Coast this year, as we continue to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War and other major events in Australia’s

military history including: 6.00am Dawn Service at Memorial Park Gosford 11.00am Main Service at Memorial Park Gosford Mr MacDonald encouraged the Central Coast community to take the time to pause and remember those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country. “This day gives us all an opportunity to show our eternal gratitude for their service and for the freedoms that we enjoy every day,” said Mr MacDonald. Travel on public transport to

and from Anzac Day events is free for current and exAustralian Defence Force personnel in uniform, wearing their medals or have proof of military service. Veteran’s families, carers, widows and widowers also travel free. Across the state, the NSW Government’s Soil Collection Program is taking samples of soil from 1699 places where people enlisted for the Great War. They will be displayed at the refurbished Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park in 2018. Source: Media release, Apr 19, 2017 Kit Hale, office of Scot MacDonald

Terrigal car park upgrade deferred until after ANZAC Day entral Coast Council is undertaking a $2.3 million upgrade to improve the capacity of the Wilson Rd car park at Terrigal, but has decided not to close the car park until after ANZAC Day.

The car park will now be open until April 26, meaning that the Terrigal ANZAC Day Dawn Service will no longer be affected by the construction. The Council also announced it would take additional steps to provide extra parking spaces for those attending the ANZAC services, with The Haven parking being reconfigured for the event. A free shuttle bus will also run from The Haven to The

Esplanade to ensure attendees can get to the Cenotaph for the service. Members of the Terrigal Wamberal RSL Sub-Branch expressed their relief that common sense prevailed and the carpark would remain open as the parking problems would have exasperated attendees and could have caused people not to turn up to the service, which has been in planning for the last 12 months. The change to the construction program, along with the altered arrangements at The Haven, would ensure that 500 parking spaces would be available for ANZAC Dayl in Terrigal. Source:: Media Release, April 11, 2017 Central Coast Council media

Lookout in Copacabana could be named after Bonnie Hawkins

he Geographical Names Board is calling for public opinion on a proposal by the Central Coast Council to name a lookout in Copacabana after Zelia Ellen Hawkins. Zelia Ellen Hawkins, also known as Bonnie, was a longtime resident of Copacabana, with involvement in many projects working to better Copacabana and the broader community of Gosford. The proposal is to name a viewpoint, located near the Copacabana Surf Life Saving Club, as Bonnie Lookout. Narelle Underwood, Chair of the Geographical Names Board, has said that the board is encouraging community comment before it considers the proposal. “It is important that place

names reflect the character and history of the local area and community,” she said. “We want to make sure everyone has an opportunity to provide their feedback on the proposed name.” Bonnie helped to establish many local organisations and actively volunteered for community groups within the region including the Copacabana Progress Association, Neighbourhood Watch and local resident associations. She was also instrumental in the advocacy and provision of a skate park for the youth of Copacabana. Source:: Media release, Apr 12, 2017 Narelle Underwood, Geographical Names Board

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Museum supports kids in need he Gosford Classic Car Museum has joined the World’s Largest Open House event to raise funds for Super Charity Kids in Need on April 30.

The car museum, which is home to the largest collection of cars in the Southern Hemisphere, is one of five new venues to join the 2017 World’s Largest Open House event. The event is in aid of raising funds for Super Charity New

South Wales Kids In Need which supports six child-focussed charities including: Bear Cottage Children’s Hospice; the Burns Unit at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead; Central Coast Kids in Need; Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award – Australia; Muscular Dystrophy NSW; and SHINE for Kids. The Super Charity is run by a volunteer board and runs to a ‘zero cost’ model meaning that every dollar raised goes directly to the supported

charities. NSW Kids in Need Chairman, Mr Peter Debnam, said he continued to be humbled by the enthusiasm of the many venue partners to be involved in the event, which over the past two years has attracted crowds of almost 100,000 and raised more than $320,000 for the charities. “Each year we’ve been blown away by the community generosity we’ve seen. We’re also so grateful to our volunteers, our charities

and our partners. It’s a monumental effort to make the ‘World’s Largest Open House’ happen, so for everybody to be so enthusiastic really demonstrates the sheer goodwill of those involved,” Mr Debnam said. Tickets to the Classic Car Museum are available online or at the door. Source: Media release, Apr 11, 2017 Holly Reynolds, Left Field Publications

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Transport for NSW claims draft rail time table released by the ABC is totally out of date

entral Coast rail services could be gutted if changes stipulated in Transport for NSW’s Draft Timetable and Map for 2018 Sydney Trains goes ahead. The draft was released under the GIPA Act after Transport for NSW lost a three-year legal battle with the ABC. The draft proposes big changes to the Central Coast and Hunter line services. Changes Central Coast commuters can expect if the draft is finalised include: the end of direct services from Wyong and Gosford to the North Shore line; the re-routing of Central Coast trains down the Northern line via Strathfield; and, the amalgamatione of rail services at Gosford, with all Sydney bound trains commencing from Gosford. The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) could not be persuaded by Transport for NSW that a premature release of the timetable, which was drawn up in 2015, would not be in the public interest and could be misunderstood and misinterpreted as a similar leak in 2013 had done. Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Mr Andrew Constance, released a media statement on April 19, following the ABC’s coverage and release of the draft and other documents. “The ABC has knowingly reported false information on train timetables,” Mr Constance said.

Public input sought for coast wide Community Strategic Plan

he Central Coast community is being invited to have their say on the future of the region as the new, combined Central Coast Council kicks off phase one of the development of the first ever coastwide Community Strategic Plan.

“As the ABC was informed last night, their questions were based on a false premise, a three-year-old working draft of the timetable that is now redundant. “The organisation failed to report Transport for NSW’s full statement which explained this,” he added. Transport for NSW’s statement provided in full reads: “The premise of these questions is wrong, and based on a now redundant working draft of the timetable. “Timetable changes have not been finalised. “Transport for NSW will not confuse its customers by ruling in and out possibilities for a timetable that is still being worked through. “Options for all lines remain unconfirmed, unless already announced by the NSW

Government. “Releasing outdated drafts of timetables is a bad outcome for our customers as it creates uncertainty and speculation, making the already challenging task of helping people catch trains by communicating the new timetable even harder. “We’ll continue to engage customers about more parts of the 2017 train timetable that we’ve locked in. “Customers will hear about all changes long in advance of implementation.” At this point in time there is no way to know what changes to Central Coast services will be going ahead in 2018-19 or whether another timelier draft timetable exists, but the subsequent release of this draft in early April suggests there is little time for a serious overhaul or re-evaluation of the timetable.

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The ABC has since lodged a second application with NCAT for access to more recent timetable information. This application has not yet been determined. The draft timetable and maps can be viewed online via the ABC. Transport for NSW did not respond to questions regarding the potential changes to the Central Coast line and instead referred Coast Community News to their media statement. Source: Document, Apr 19, 2017 Transport for NSW Draft Timetable and Maps for 2018 Sydney Trains Media statement, April 19, 2017 Andrew Constance, Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Dilon Luke, journalist

The former Gosford Council and Wyong Council each had a five-year strategic plan, but the 2016-17 financial year is the final year of each of those strategic programs. Hence the new Council is putting together the next strategic plan. The Community Strategic Plan is designed to capture the community’s vision for the Coast and identify key social, economic, environmental priorities as well as long-term strategies for the Coast for the next 10 years. Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said this was an exciting opportunity for the community to have their say in co-creating the first ever plan for the entire Central Coast. “This is truly a landmark opportunity for everyone to tell us what they value about their local suburb and the entire Central Coast so we can plan to make it an even better place to live,” said Mr Reynolds. “It’s the community’s chance to shape the future of the Central Coast so we can understand what is important to our residents, their aspirations for the future, as well as local challenges and opportunities,” he said.

“You might have a clever solution to a local challenge or a creative and inspired idea to take the Coast to the next level. “Whatever your thoughts, we want to hear from you.” The Community Strategic Plan will be developed in collaboration, by working with community, business and government agencies. Connected Communities Group Leader, Ms Julie Vaughan, said residents will have many opportunities to participate in this process by visiting a pop up stall at shopping centres, train stations and community events or via an online survey. “We want to talk to as many people as we can across the whole Coast,” Ms Vaughan said. “This is your opportunity to have a say about our region, have input into local decision making and be active in shaping our future.” Following this, a second phase of consultation will take place between August and December to deepen Council’s understanding of community priorities prior to the development of a Draft Community Strategic Plan to go on exhibition in early 2018. To be a part of creating Our Future – Our Coast, residents have been invited to have their say at the Council’s community engagement website yourvoiceourcoast. Source: Media release, Apr 11, 2017 Julie Vaughan, Central Coast Council

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Do you know this person?

risbane Water Police are currently investigating a stealing incident which occurred at a shopping complex at Erina at approximately 3:05pm on Tuesday, February 28. Police are seeking the assistance of the community to identify the person of interest depicted in the attached image who is described as: Person of Interest: Female, 35-45yrs of age, olive/dark complexion, large build, wearing white t-shirt, light coloured skirt,

Other Regional News - In brief dark brown hair, approximately 165cm tall. Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page. Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

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Mangrove Mountain man arrested over serious assault

olice are appealing for information after a serious assault in Gosford.

Police were called to Gosford Hospital at about 12am on Thursday, April 6, after a 42-year-old man presented at the emergency department with serious head injuries. The man was later flown to Royal North Shore Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition. Detectives from Brisbane

Water Local Area Command have commenced an investigation into the incident. Following inquiries, at about 12pm on Thursday, April 6, police arrested a 41-year-old man at a home in Mangrove Mountain. He was taken to Gosford Police Station and charged with a number of offences including conceal serious offence and firearm offences.

He appeared at Gosford Local Court on Friday, April 7, where he was bail refused to re-appear at Gosford Local Court on Tuesday, April 11. Inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident continue, with police seeking information on those responsible for the assault. Source: Media release, Apr 10, 2017 NSW Police Media

Wyoming man rams vehicles olice have charged a man who allegedly rammed two 4WDs in Wyoming, with his daughter in the vehicle.

Brisbane Water Local Area Command officers attended Joyce Ave, Wyoming, at 7:30am on Wednesday, April 5, after reports of vehicles being damaged. Police discovered two 4WDs with extensive damage after allegedly being rammed, tyres punctured and lights smashed. Patrols started to look for a

man police believed could assist with inquiries, when about 11am, the man returned to Joyce Ave and was driving into other vehicles. At about 11:15am, police saw a green Pajero being driven along Day St and stopped it in a fast food restaurant car park. A 44-year-old driver was arrested and a four-year-old girl was found unrestrained in the vehicle. Synthetic cannabis was seized.

The driver was taken to Gosford Hospital for blood and urine testing before being taken to Gosford Station where he was charged with malicious damage; breach AVO; possess prohibited drug, and drive with child not restrained. The Wyoming man was refused bail and appeared in Gosford Local Court on April 6. Family and Community Services have been advised of the incident. Source: Media release, Apr 5, 2017 NSW Police Media

Wallarah 2 Coal Project Inquiry hears submissions

Coordinator General appointed

When will common sense prevail?

The community stood united in opposition to the Wallarah 2 Coal Project at the NSW Planning and Assessment Commission (PAC) hearing in Wyong on April 5.

NSW Minister for Planning and Housing, Mr Anthony Roberts, has announced the appointment of a Coordinator General to oversee the revitalisation and growth of the Central Coast.

Minister relinquishes responsibility for endangered frog NSW Minister for the Environment, Ms Gabrielle Upton, has refused to protect the environment at Kangy Angy, according to Member for The Entrance, Mr David Mehan.

Long term critics continue to Council welcomes Coordinator question Australia China Theme General appointment Park Central Coast Council welcomed Central Coast Council was seeking the appointment of Ms Lee Shearer a meeting with Australia China to the role of Coordinator General Theme Park Pty Ltd (ACTP) to for the Central Coast. discuss the future of the proposed Buddhist Temple and Chinese Theme Park at Warnervale.

Harris casts doubt over the future of Warnervale Town Centre The grand plan for Warnervale Town Centre, 15 years in the making, is dead and not likely to be resurrected by the appointment of a Central Coast Coordinator General by the NSW Government.

Projects Highly Commended Two Central Coast Council projects have been Highly Commended at the NSW Local Government Professionals Australia Awards.

In 2010, Transport for NSW started an extensive site evaluation program looking for the bets location to host a train maintenance facility.

Conroy calls for a price on carbon Member for Shortland, Mr Pat Conroy, spoke about the need for a price on carbon, along with investment and innovation at the launch of an Infratech Chemical Looping Energy On Demand

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Dredging is ‘years away’ at best, says consultant

Certificate issued for seven-storey complex

Labor’s Ms Liesl Tesch was declared winner of the April 8 by-election in the NSW electorate of Gosford, achieving a swing (before preferences) of 10.9 per cent to Labor.

The dredging of the entrance to Brisbane Water is “some years away, or may not happen at all”, a local planning consultant has claimed.

A construction certifi cate has been issued for the Atlantis development, the sevenstorey accommodation complex on the Ettalong Foreshore.

Former Wyong councillor to stand in local ward

Volunteers receive community service awards

Tesch: ‘Strong sense of belonging to the Peninsula

Labor’s Liesl landslide

Umina resident Mr Carl Veugen, a former Three volunteers received community Wyong councillor, has announced he will service awards at a dinner held by the be a candidate for the West Gosford Ward, Rotary Club of Umina on April 5. which covers the Peninsula, when council elections are held later this year.

Tesch to fi ght for dredging

Fish and chip entries wanted

The newly-elected Member for Gosford, Fish and chip lovers have been urged by Ms Liesl Tesch, has made a commitment the Member for Robertson to vote for the to fi ghting for the regular dredging of best fi sh and chips in Australia Brisbane Water by the NSW Government

The newly-elected Member for Gosford, Ms Liesl Tesch, said she had the strongest sense of belonging to a community when she was “home” on the Peninsula.

Chamber congratulates Tesch The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has congratulated newly-elected Member for Gosford, Ms Liesl Tesch, on her win in the Gosford byelection.

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Scenic Highway second stage upgrade underway

Newspaper encouraged to see that Liberal promises are kept

ow that the byelection results are out, it is worth noting that, during her recent visits here, the Premier set out 10 specific actions to be taken by her Government on the Central Coast, ranging from $48 million for road improvements through to new fire trucks for Kariong to the filling of 64 teaching positions for TAFE.

FORUM These were not election promises, which may be worth nothing, but commitments by the sitting Government to regional investments that we are entitled to expect will be honoured. Between now and the next election, it will be instructive to see how many of these projects come to fruition. I trust that the Coast Community News will be

following up on this schedule of works, so that we can judge the quality of the Premier’s honesty when she is campaigning in two years’ time. If they turn out to be noncore promises, there could be a legal case against her for offering inducements for votes, which is forbidden by electoral law. Email,M Apr 10, 2017 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

A view of the Scenic Highway which is undergoing upgrades to improve pedestrian safety

he second stage of the planned upgrade for the Scenic Highway at Terrigal commenced on Monday, April 10, following extensive community consultation. Works were to include: embankment lowering, footpath construction and the introduction of a pedestrian refuge island. Stage 2 is part of a comprehensive program of works designed to improve pedestrian and motorist movements. Council’s Group Leader of Business, Assets and Infrastructure, Mr Mike Dowling, said the works would improve visibility and provide an improved pedestrian

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environment for people crossing the Scenic Highway. “Following tree removal works carried out in Stage 1 in January, this next phase of works will dramatically increase sight distances around the location. “The installation of a pedestrian refuge island and footpath will also help to

enhance accessibility,” Mr. Dowling said. “We were able to install new 50km per hour signage and pavement marking before Christmas, commencing our program of improvements and reinforcing appropriate speed limits to all drivers on this section of the Scenic Highway,” he said. A review of the Scenic Highway from Charles Kay Dve to The Terrigal Esp has also been undertaken and Council is considering the recommendations, amidst wider traffic management planning. Stage 2 is scheduled for completion in June 2017. Source: Media release, Apr 12, 2017 Central Coast Council media

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hen I hear the term ‘the scenic Central Coast’ on Radio Five-OPlus’ history segment, I wonder when that term was first used to describe the area.

It is certainly not applicable today. It is likely that any remaining scenic qualities of Gosford will soon be a memory, obliterated with high rise development, comparable to Chatswood by some observers. The ‘cranes in the sky’ aspirations were supported by

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See Page 2 for contribution conditions Gosford City Council’s CEO, Mr Paul Anderson. Regarding the Regional Library, the artist’s impressions of the new library in 2004, next to Gosford City Council, and

the 2012 Kibbleplex concept, are totally different to the 2017 ACT government building concept. A very interesting concrete comparison of changing attitudes over a very short time span. Why do we need a Regional Library in Gosford? It has been pointed out to me that Wyong is the centre of all decision making. Therefore, the regional library should be at Wyong, not Gosford. Letter, Feb 23, 2017 Norman Harris, Umina

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f the location of a tax office on the waterfront precinct was not a death knell for sensible development in Gosford, then the approval to build three towers to 33 storeys, containing 550 apartments, on the old Froggy’s site, in what is supposedly the “arts and entertainments precinct”, surely is. The fact that the Gosford Council, working with the Joint Regional Planning Panel, pushed this proposal through, against the desires of the clear majority of residents, testifies to the underhand system of governance that now faces communities seeking sustainable development. These excessive building approvals are happening at

FORUM the same time as the public is becoming aware of the health impacts of increasing congestion, air and water pollution, and the challenges of climate change, which will greatly compromise our quality of life. The extensive community consultations for the Gosford Masterplan were supposed to guide Council’s actions, with residents clearly identifying that they wanted building heights of no greater than 14 storeys in the city. These recommendations have been conveniently buried while the Council and other elected officials close ranks with the big end of town and claim “commercial in confidence” on decisions that are clearly not in the interests of the broader community, but

simply designed to line the pockets of the developers and their vested interests. Mr Wang of the New Hong Kong, Macau, Australian company, who has been given approval to build these three monstrosities, in a recent interview, said he likes Gosford and the surrounding environment, “It has everything – mountains, water and the potential for high density development.” This is the future that developers plan for Gosford as they work hand in hand with our elected officials to construct a city that will soon resemble Guangzhou, rather than the charming, waterfront tourist and cultural hub that it could have been. Email, Apr 12, 2017 Tahir Turk, Springfield

Who approved our increasing national debt?

uring several press interviews (in 2015), Mr Hockey stated that we are spending $40 million a day to repay the interest on our national debt. This equates to each Australian paying $1.64 in interest every day. In addition, we are overspending by $1,700 per year per person. The questions I wish to raise are on whose authority have consecutive governments

FORUM put Australians in this poor fiscal position, why is it being allowed to continue and why are previous governments not held retrospectively accountable? The analogy I am going to put forward is what kind of parents borrow money to assist their neighbours and watch their own children suffer the burden? To my mind, charity begins at home, and wherever a surplus

exists, the right thing to do is of course assist others. Let’s not confuse Australia’s AAA rating, it is a credit rating and no substantial tangible assets exist to support it. Worst case scenario is we may have to part with some of our land to pay off future mounting debt; I fear this may very well be the legacy we are passing on to our children and children’s children. Email, Apr 10, 2017 John Rossi, Point Clare

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Orana Care development proposal rejected by community meeting

y wife and I attended the meeting regarding the Orana Care development proposal, along with 100 plus other Point Clare residents on March 14. The meeting went for nearly two hours with Mike Furner, GM for Housing Baptist Homes, his team, plus a Lend Lease Building executive whose company will build the 55 unit complex, in attendance. Mike Furner presented the Orana plan. The hostile reception he got surprised him very much. If he expected a warm and supportive reception, he was quickly disillusioned. There was not one person in that room who gave approval to the plan the way it is now. Not one. The objections covered much ground but here is our summary, the 55 units planned comprise 43 for aged people and 12 for single parents. It is this latter area which got a vehement and universal thumbs down. Single parents are seen to bring big trouble with them, violence, drunkenness, drugs and, generally, trouble for the complete community and social disruption. Mike Furner said that most children of single parents were young. Which means the majority would go to either Pre-School or be at home. If the single mothers are working, who would look after the children?

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This is particularly relevant as we were told that the single mothers would be trained as carers, etc. in Orana. If they are working who looks after the kids? Situated in Girralong St, the site is wrong because it is far removed from the Gosfordbased support bodies such people require. This obviously applies to the single parents rather than the old people, and public transport is not available through most of the day. Point Clare Primary School is already carrying more children than it was built for and the nearby pre-school is also at capacity. Parkingaround Orana is bad news. Another 55 units, and the additional vehicles, will worsen this. Traffic along Brisbane Water Drv is already clogging at certain times of the day. A sharp increase in vehicles will compound the problem. Central Coast medical services are already stretched and surgeries have either full or near capacity patient lists Parents at last night’s meeting also made it clear that they do not want their children,

on the way to or from school, to be exposed to the sort of people that ‘social housing’ exists for. They want their kids to be safe in a secure community. There was strong belief that such a development would have a major negative impact on Point Clare home values. No resident wants to see his/ her home value drop because of an ill-sited development Mike Furner admitted that the reason for including social housing was to be eligible for Government subsidies. The Government wants notfor-profit bodies to look after single parents, etc and pays NFP bodies to do so. Finally, it was acknowledged many times that statements put into Orana’s Proposal to Council were wrong, or possibly wrong. I don’t know how many times Mike Furner said, in response to someone from the floor pointing out an error in the proposal, “thank you, we will take that under consideration.” We believe Baptist Care got it wrong big time in believing approval would be given quickly to what is a flawed proposal. End result is Baptist Care has undertaken to go back and review the proposal and then to have another Orana/Point Clare community meeting to present and discuss a new proposal. We reckon there will be more than 100 plus people next time around as well. Email, Mar 26, 2017 Chris Golden, Point Clare

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Endoscopic ultrasound now available at the Central Coast Cancer Centre

he Scholarships in Radiotherapy fundraising group will be holding its 2017 Fun Day at Central Coast Grammar School on April 23.

Scholarships in Radiotherapy raises funds for the Central Coast Cancer Centre at Gosford Hospital in order to provide scholarships for radiographers to, in turn, enhance treatment therapies at the centre. A variety of entertainment will be on display throughput the day, including singing, dancing as well as comedic acts with good clean humour. Organisers of the Annual Fun Day are delighted that top line entertainers such as: Wayne Rogers; Italian Tenor, Roberto Gennari; and, Gail Beaman will be featured at the event. Wayne Rogers, a former contestant of Australia’s Got Talent, will be the star attraction at this year’s Annual Fun Day. A Scholarships in Radiotherapy program

The new equipment allows real time, accurate ultrasound assessment of cancer in difficult to access areas such as the pancreas, and will reduce the need for patients to travel to Sydney for the procedure, often when unwell. The Central Coast Malibu Boardriders donated over $70,000 from the 2015 and 2016 Magoo Charity Surf Classics towards the $200,000 cost of the EUS. Endoscopic ultrasound is used for the accurate ultrasound assessment of pancreatic and other lesions, along with tissue diagnosis and several therapeutic procedures. It works via insertion of the EUS scope through the mouth

n d o s c o p i c ultrasound (EUS) has become available at the Central Coast Cancer Centre for the first time.

was established in 2013 to fund higher education and research to be undertaken by radiographers and allied health workers to find improved ways of treating cancer patients and to reduce treatment times. The ticket price for the event includes entertainment, a light lunch and drinks.

Guests are promised a very special day out with an opportunity to purchase prized treasures at the Silent Auction. Source: Media release, Apr 2, 2017 Yvonne Crestani, Scholarships in Radiotherapy

and into the stomach and small intestine. Gastroenterologist and biliary endoscopist, Dr David Gilbert, said normal endoscopic procedures can only assess and treat what is directly visible inside the lining of the gastrointestinal tract. “The Endoscopic Ultrasound Scope is designed to allow assessment of structures within and beyond the wall of the stomach and small intestine including the pancreas, bile duct, blood vessels and lymph nodes, areas that are difficult to access by other means,” Dr Gilbert said. “This new equipment means lesions smaller than a centimetre can be biopsied under Endoscopic Ultrasound guidance and assessed on site to give immediate diagnosis,” he said. The main role of the Endoscopic Ultrasound is assessment of pre-malignant and malignant lesions in these

difficult to access areas. “It will also aid earlier diagnosis and enable treatment to commence earlier,” Dr Gilbert said. “We are very grateful to the Central Coast Malibu Boardriders who organise the annual Magoo Charity Surf Classic and donate the proceeds to help those in our Community. “They also receive lots of community support for the event including from the Lions Club of Gorokan-Kanwal and local businesses, and we would like to say thank you to everyone who was involved.” Proceeds from the 2017 Magoo Charity Classic will support the care and treatment of traumatic brain injury patients, in honour of a long-standing Club member who passed away last year. Source: Media release, Mar 30, 2017 Casey Virgin, Central Coast Local Health District

Freeze on doctors’ rebates has led to severe pressure on Gosford Hospital enator for NSW, Ms Deborah O’Neill, told the Senate that the Federal Government’s “three-

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According to the Bureau of Health Information’s (BHI) latest report, 43 per cent of patients who presented at Gosford Hospital’s emergency department were in what is known as the “triage four and five” categories, meaning that they had “small cuts, earaches and abrasions. “These are ailments that can be treated by a GP,” Sen O’Neill told the Senate. “However, low levels of bulk billing by GPs brought on by the Liberals’ Medicare freeze, mean that patients are forced to resort to visiting the emergency department,” she said. The BHI figures show that 31.5 per cent of Gosford Hospital patients waited longer than four hours in the emergency department, where four hours represents the national benchmark for waiting time in the ED. There are more than 2,022 patients waiting for elective surgery at Gosford Hospital, with the median wait for nonurgent elective surgery at 278 days, and one in 10 patients

waited 364 days, almost a year. “That is a situation that is only going to get worse under this Liberal Government’s attack on Medicare through the freeze to the rebate for GPs,” Senator O’Neill said. “The knock-on pressure that

the Liberals’ GP rebate freeze is putting on hospitals is writ large in the alarming Bureau of Health Information figures. “Australia’s universal healthcare, our Medicare, is not negotiable. “Medicare is not something to be cut, picked apart or

traded away as a budgetsaving measure. “Labor believes you don’t cut healthcare to save the budget bottom line.” Source: Media release, Mar 22, 2017 Rhys Zorro, office of Deborah O’Neill

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Aged care home residents commemorate ANZAC Day early

The Anzac service was held for residents and family members

Ms Liesl Tesch (centre) with residents and guests at Aubrey Downer

esidents of the Aubrey Downer Aged Care Home at Point Clare gathered with relatives to commemorate ANZAC Day on Tuesday, April 18. Joined by Ms Liesl Tesch, newly elected member for Gosford, and Gosford RSL Sub Branch President, Mr Greg Mawson, the group of residents and staff took the opportunity to remember those that never returned from all wars. “At the heart of this initiative, we focused on holding a beautiful service for our residents and their families, of which many have been personally touched by war,” said Ms Jacki Downs from the Hall and Prior Health and Aged Care Group. “As many of our residents are very frail and elderly, they

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Deborah Cheetham speaks at NAISDA graduation ceremony

AISDA Dance College enlisted the support of famed soprano, actor, composer, playwright and member of the Stolen Generations, Ms Deborah Cheetham AO, to celebrate the success of its students at their graduation ceremony on April 6.

As keynote speaker, Ms Cheetham addressed the latest cohort of graduating students, wishing them luck in their future careers and encouraging them to use their

art to create change. “In your life you will have the opportunity to change our nation,” she said. Ms Cheetham said it was no coincidence that NAISDA was built on Darkinjung land, where its people have sung and danced their story for generations. As one of eight elite national training organisations in the performing arts, NAISDA has enjoyed creating career opportunities for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who pass through its doors. One graduating student, Mr Ryan Pearson, has accepted a

fellowship with the acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre. “Ryan will be performing with the company alongside some of the best dancers in the world and we can’t wait to see what fantastic new heights he reaches in his career,” said Mr Kim Walker, CEO of NAISDA Dance College. “Many of our developing artists go on to enjoy great success in the arts and we are always excited to follow their journeys after they graduate from NAISDA,” he said. In 2018, NAISDA will be expanding its curriculum to include four new qualifications and courses, aligned

with cultural and industry perspectives. “Our successes today are part of our long-term vision and commitment to expand our international training and curriculum, develop our infrastructure and provide opportunities for increasing numbers of developing artists, as we inspire them to become Australia’s next generation of cultural leaders,” Mr Walker said. Source: Media release, Apr 11, 2017 Alison Orren, Brilliant Logic Jasmine Gearie, journalist

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Interesting exhibitions and entertainment galore on offer at the first Central Coast Regional Show

n action-packed Central Coast Regional Show returns to Gosford Showground for two days on April 29 and 30.

Locks to entertain Bush Poets

hen the Gosford Bush Poets meet next from 7pm in the conference room of the Gosford Hotel, on April 26, they will present two of their most talented long term members as their special guest artists for the night. Mr Nick Lock, the group’s long-time resident tenor and his talented wife, Jan, will present their own brand of song, humour and poetry. Mr Lock has been a well-

known and highly respected folk singer at various folk clubs, festivals and events both in Australia and overseas for many years, and has appeared in a number of musical stage productions. His better half, Ms Lock, has performed and competed at numerous folk festivals and poetry competitions. Together they have delighted audiences with their music, poetry, humour and their interpretations of many classic

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show rides and fairground attractions. The regular agricultural competitions will also be there with everything from arts and craft, pets, produce, fruit and vegetables, school animal displays and lapidary. Entries are now open in these competitions or pets can be entered in the Dress Up Pet Parade on Sunday, with great fun and prizes on offer. Gates open from 9:00am each day, closing on Saturday at 7:00pm and Sunday at 4:30pm, and a free courtesy bus will run from Gosford Railway Station from 9:00am each day. Adult tickets cost $10, concession tickets cost $8 and a special family ticket costs $25. Source: Media release, Mar 30, 2017, Roma Stonestreet, Central Coast Regional Show

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All the fun of the fair comes to the family-friendly 2017 Regional Show, a community event conducted by the Show Committee of The Gosford Showground Trust. A special feature on the first day of the show will be the judging of Central Coast Teen Showgirl at 3:30pm. The Show will be officially opened at 4:00pm on Saturday by special guest, Mr Don Burke, of Burke’s Backyard. The official opening will be followed by the finals of the IWA wrestling, a performance by country rock group, Paul Costa and Band, a fire whip cracking display and fireworks at 6:00pm. The Sporting Horse Championship, “Dual Shoot Out” Barrels, Bending and Flagging, will be in the main

arena on Saturday. On Sunday there will be more entertainment, including musical acts and a junior rugby knockout competition. Attractions across both days include “The Canine Roadshow” with DogSocca, Fungility Mini Dog races and the Duck Muster. Troppo Magic is another attraction with circus tricks, puppets and juggling. There will also be a Vanguard Medieval Combat and Display. Horris the amazing roving Plantasarus Rex will also be at the show with state-of-the-art animatronics and puppetry. The Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ, an animal farm nursery and whip making are some of the other family-friendly attractions. On the Sunday at 9:30am, the Brisbane Water Brass Band will perform followed by the Central Coast Concert Band at 10:00am. The entertainment will be non-stop with two big stages,

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sectors, although anyone who performs an act of service will be considered. Event coordinator, Ms Deborah Warwick, said it was a chance to give back to those who consistently went above and beyond to help others. “It could be people in emergency services or police or the trades, like the guys up on the poles in the storm trying to get the power back on, or it could be people who work on preserving the sand dunes,” Ms Warwick said. Now in its fifth year, the awards have seen steady growth, reflecting community interest and the area’s social

cohesion. Ms Warwick said there were about 25 heroes at the first ceremony compared to more than 40 at last year’s ceremony. She said: “It’s really great to see the community getting behind it and coming out to support their heroes.” Past winners of the awards included police officers, charity workers and community volunteers, but Ms Warwick said the awards were open to anyone. “It can be for the person in the community who is just always doing good deeds,”

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she said. Kim Jones, senior leader at Liberty Family Church, also called for the public to nominate a local hero. Ms Jones said it was a great chance for the community to show their gratitude and appreciation. “I encourage everyone to take the time to nominate a person in either of these groups,” she said. “It’s our chance to say thank you and honour you for what you do.” Winners of the awards will be presented with a certificate of honour at the National Day of Thanks Free Family Fun Day and Awards Ceremony on Saturday, May 27, at Kibble Park, Gosford. Nominations can be lodged online at libertyfamilychurch. com.au or nomination forms can be collected from Imperial Centre, Gosford, or from Liberty Family Church, Erina Street, Gosford. Nominations close at 5:00pm on May 12. Source: Media release, Apr 7, 2017 Kim Jones, Liberty Family Church Interview, Apr 13, 2017 Deborah Warwick, Gosford Business Improvement District Tynan King, journalist

arliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, has congratulated two Central Coast community volunteers who have been recognised for their roles in managing local Crown Reserves. Thirty Crown Reserve volunteers have been acknowledged in the latest round of service recognition across NSW. “Local Crown Reserves include assets such as public halls, parks, racecourses and sports grounds. “They rely so much on the work of volunteers and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to these community minded individuals,” Mr MacDonald said. The local volunteers that have been recognised for their 10 years’ service are Ms Kaye Pointer, Mangrove Mountain

Flora Reserve Trust, and Ms Margaret Pontifex, Mangrove Mountain Recreation Reserve Trust. These volunteers have been formally recognised for their hard work and dedication to our Crown Reserves. Minister for Lands and Forestry, Mr Paul Toole, said the NSW Government highly values the work of the trustees. “I encourage more people to consider getting involved with their local trust and to find out more about how they can make a difference in their community,” Mr Toole said. The award is part of the annual Regional Achievement and Community Awards and recognises the work done by individuals, local communities and councils who manage Crown reserves. Source: Media release, Apr 9, 2017 Kit Hale, Office of Scot MacDonald MLC

Indie Pop Folk night at Arts Warehouse he Youth Arts Warehouse, Gosford, will host an Indie/Pop/Folk Night on May 12.

with prizes and giveaways throughout the night and a free hotdog and slushie. Tickets available for presale or at the door.

The evening of live music will feature: Nelipot, Soy, The Little Quirks Band, Molly Millington and Elaskia. Doors open from 6pm

Source: Media release, Apr 10, 2017 The Youth Arts Warehouse Program

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Six women nominated for Steel Magnolia Award

ifeline Central Coast has announced the six Central Coast women who have been nominated for the upcoming Lifeline Steel Magnolia Award. The nominees are: Ms Marie Andrews, Ms Wendy Malonyay, Ms Jilly Pilon, Ms Petah Ralph, Ms Donna Robertson and Ms Ingrid Scott. Ms Andrews, of Ettalong, was the Central Coastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first female parliamentarian. Ms Andrews was elected as the Member for Peats in the NSW Parliament in 1995 and remained in that position until 2007 she became the Member for Gosford. She held that seat until 2011. As well as serving the community as an MP, Ms Andrews has served as a Life Member of the Clerical and Administrative Branch of the Australian Services Union (ASU) and was that branchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy president in 1995. She has represented the Union at the NSW Labor Council and the ACTU. Her election and dedication paved the way for other female politicians on the Central Coast. Ms Malonyay of Avoca Beach raised her two children after the death of her husband. Her daughter, Kate, was murdered by an ex-boyfriend in Sydney in 2013. She works with the Homicide

Ms Chelsea Bonner is the guest speaker for the 2017 Steel Magnolia event

Victims Support Group and fundraises for the yet to be built Graceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Place, a world first trauma recovery centre for children and young people who are affected by the homicide of a loved one. She also speaks to trainee Police and detectives on the impact of homicide from a family memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective. Ms Malonyayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story was featured in the 2016 ABC Four Corners documentary,L Hitting Home. Ms Pilon of Wamberal lost her 10-year-old son, Banjo, in a skateboarding accident in 2015. She and her family arranged for Banjoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organs to help six

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other people. They helped directly raise $25,000 and obtained bipartisan political support for another $500,000 for the construction of a skate park in Wamberal, proposed to be completed late in 2017 She has also supported her eldest son, Fletcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical aspirations. He won 2016 Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got Talent. She is an advocate for Donate Life and Transplant Australia. With her family, she participated in the 2016 Transplant Games. Ms Pilon was also the Liberal candidate for the 2017 Gosford by-election. Year 12 is tough, but Ms Petah Ralph of Point Clare continues to face more than her fair share of challenges. When she was in Year 7, she lost her mother to breast cancer. Her alcoholic father squandered money raised by the community and then kicked Petahand her younger sister out of home when Petah was entering Year 11. Her grandmother took her and her sister in but was unable to cope financially. Ms Ralph is determined to live independently and

continues to strive at school. She was a Zone finalist in the Lions Youth of the Year Awards and is a prefect and member of the Student Representative Council at Henry Kendall High School. Ms Robertson of Erina, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 and was initially very private about her diagnosis. In 2012 she volunteered to be on a new Cancer Council Relay for Life committee for Gosford Shire. She left the meeting as Chair and continues in that role. Over the five years since, Gosford City Relay For Life has raised more than $305,000. During that time, Ms Robertson has bravely shared her story to help others. She is a passionate advocate to ensure governments take action to reduce cancer risk and improve access to care and treatment. She also participates in other fundraising campaigns such as Biggest Morning Tea, Pink Ribbon Day and Daffodil Day. Her other passion is educating and mentoring youth through her job as Librarian at Central Coast Adventist School. Since 1990, Ms IngridScott of Somersby has provided care for abused children who

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needed permanent placement through Barnardos. In 1992 Ingrid adopted a troubled teen. She maintained contact with him after he left home and has been involved as a grandparent with his young family, and since 2014, has had the permanent care of her 14-year-old grandson. She is also the registered carer of a mentally ill woman who lives in a cabin next to her. She has cared for the woman since 1998, when she was a teen. Ms Scott has researched the chronic effects of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder and is also a local Scripture

teacher. An independent judging panel will determine the finalists and winner. CEO, Ms Gillian Summers, congratulated the women on being nominated. She said they were all unsung heroes who, despite adversity, found the courage and inspiration to give back to their community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is important to recognise these women, for them, but also to give hope and inspiration to others in our community,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women often work tirelessly without asking for recognition,â&#x20AC;? she added. The Award winner will be announced at aspecial Steel Magnolia luncheon at Splash Terrigal on April 28. The special guest speaker at the event is Ms Chelsea Bonner, who is at the forefront of changing the face of fashion by introducing the industry to a more holistic and healthy approach to model representation through her modelling agency, Bella Management. Ms Summers said by attending the luncheon, people will also be supporting Lifelineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local lifesaving crisis support and suicide prevention services. Source: Media release, Apr 28, 2017 Craig Eardley, Lifeline

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Litter with GPS trackers released into waterways

Women on the Frontlines Conference to feature highly awarded speaker

osford’s Liberty Church will be hosting a Women on the Frontlines Conference in May, featuring keynote speaker, Ms Lisa McInnes-Smith.

An artist's impression of the bottles released in Erina Creek and Empire Bay

randed bottles fitted with GPS trackers have been released into waterways as part of the NSW Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) ‘Hey Tosser’ campaign. Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch said he had released bottles into both Erina Creek and Empire Bay, which can be tracked by the local community. NSW Minister for the

Environment, Ms Gabrielle Upton, said littering was a damaging but preventable environmental problem. “Around 25,000 tonnes of litter is tossed in NSW each year, costing the state more than $180 million to manage”, said Ms Upton. “Through the ‘Hey Tosser’ campaign, we are excited to continue to educate NSW residents about the impact of littering on the environment and highlight where litter goes and how it can travel.” The bottles were released across five locations within

Sydney, and four regional locations, including the Central Coast. The locations of the bottles will be tracked daily so that members of the community can follow the journey of the bottles as they travel, with updates shared via the ‘Hey Tosser’ Facebook page. All bottles and GPS trackers will be collected at the conclusion of the project. Source: Media release, Apr 12, 2017 Tegan Brown, Horizon Communication Group

Historic time walk project launched

he Community Environment Network launched the Gosford Timewalks Project on April 19. The project sourced passionate and knowledgeable locals to lead walks around historic sites in Gosford and

discuss them. The pilot project was made available through funding from the Central Coast Council’s Community Development Grants and is a pilot project for the Network. Interested parties set off from Rumbalara Centre for an hour and a half walk around

Gosford City. The Network hopes to introduce more timewalks in other locations as they develop the Gosford project. Source: Media release, Apr 6, 2017 Community Environment Network

Ms McInnes-Smith has just been awarded Keynote Speaker of the Year 2017 by the President of Professional Speakers Australia, Mr Michael McQueen, at their national conference. She is a world class inspirational speaker from Melbourne, is in demand to speak to corporations, has written seven bestsellers and is in the Speaker Hall of Fame. The Women on the Frontlines Australia and Oceania Conference will be hosted by Liberty Family Church at 129 Erina St, Gosford, from May 10 to 12. One of the world’s leading

conferences for women “trailblazers”, Women on the Frontlines has attracted some of the most courageous pioneering Christian women to share their stories and encourage women in fulfilling their callings and positions in Government, Education, Business, Arts and Entertainment, Religion, Family and Media. Led by Patricia King of XP Ministries, Women on the Frontlines conferences have attracted thousands of Christian leaders annually to the Dream Centre in LA and to national conferences around the world. Lisa McInnes-Smith will speak about Women in the Marketplace. Her message is simple and engaging. “You change your brain; change the way people see themselves, change the way they think and what they think about, and people can be

inspired to move to a higher performance level.” Lisa McInnes-Smith has a unique ability to connect and effectively communicate her simple yet profound concepts with any audience. Many of these concepts were developed through her study and practice in Sports Psychology. Other keynote speakers include: the founder of The Purpose Company, author, mentor and musician, Ms Kara Jones; artist and inspirational speaker, Ms Kayleen Jensen; and, Australian Christian Ministers, Royree Jensen (River of Life Church), Narelle Crabtree (Dayspring Church) and Kim Jones (Liberty Family Church). Source: Media release, Apr 11, 2017 Jeanine Treharne, Liberty Family Church

Australian Spirit exhibition still has a few days left before relocating he 2017 Australian Spirit exhibition continues in the Erina Centre Foyer at Erina Library until April 23 and concludes on ANZAC Day with displays in various RSL Club foyers.

The Australian Spirit is a four-year collaboration between visual artists, poets and veterans and returned

service personnel. The idea behind the project has been to capture the story of each veteran in a visual medium and in a poem. There have been a total of 169 active participants in the Australian Spirit to date and the project has been supported by over 20 associations, organisations and local businesses. “The momentum that the Australian Spirit project has

and is gathering is quite astounding, with participating artists, poets, photographers, veterans and the community championing the project and offering their assistance with the future years,” said organiser and artist, Ms Leasha Craig. Source: Newsletter, Apr 13, 2017l Leasha Craig, Art Studios Cooperative

Central Coast based Royal Easter Show champions celebrated

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OKA return to the Rhythm Hut

he 2017 Royal Easter Show was abuzz with Central Coast talent with local beekeepers dominating the Show with the best that the Central Coast had to offer. Top honours went to Mr Len Verrenkamp and Mr Max Rae, of Bee-U-tiful Honey, who entered 12 categories and brought home three first place, four second place and three third place medals, which saw the Matcham based duo swarm the title of Supreme Champion in the Liquid Honey Light Eucalypt Category and snag the grand title of Overall Most Successful Exhibitor. Mr Verrenkamp and Mr Rae have hives across the Central Coast and have been producing award winning honey for the region for years, having also secured titles at the Easter Show in 2015 and 2016. Honeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dynamic duo are also the president and secretary of the Central Coast Amateur Beekeepers Club which also produced the winner in the beeswax categories, Mr Raymond Isaacs, the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treasurer and Davistownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

honey hotshot. Mr Isaacs secured the titles of Supreme Champion in both the white and yellow beeswax categories in the 2.5kg plus white beeswax class. Mr Isaacs won the same title at the 2016 Easter Show and said he was keen to continue his streak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very gratifying to win in a year that has seen Central Coast beekeeping celebrated,â&#x20AC;? Mr Isaacs said. Mr Isaacs has been beekeeping and producing honey products for seven years. He has 15 hives at his Davistown farm and has sold his honey, A Bee C Honey, locally for some time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Coast has done

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extraordinarily well this year at the show and I feel privileged and gratified to have won for a second year in a row for my beeswax. Honey was not the only sweet treat bringing the Central Coast accolades this year with local bakers Ms Leeanne Dyer and Ms Jo-anne Wright taking out Most Successful Exhibitor Titles in perishable and nonperishable cake categories respectively. Source: Interview, Apr 18, 2017 Raymond Isaacs Website, Apr 18, 2017 Sydney Royal Easter Show results 2017 Dilon Luke, Journalist

Oka will play The Rhythm Hut

oast favourites, OKA, will return to The Rhythm Hut on April 27, from 7pm.

Embracing the future without losing sight of the past, OKA draws upon their indigenous connection to place and country to create their signature feel-good Australian earth sound, an irresistible blend of influences spanning house, big beat, reggae-dub, Roots, Jazz and world music After their involvement in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the OKA journey began the

following year and they continue to bring the joy, fluidity and simplicity of their positive music to a global audience, now independently selling over 170,000 albums. At the creative heart of the music is Stu Boga Fergie (aka DidgeriSTU), who connects you to earth with the deep subsonic pulse and resonance of his Yidaki. Support artist on the night is Brandon Duff. Duffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career started as a child performing in stage productions.

Receiving his first guitar at the age of 14, he began to follow his acoustic vision. After his first sell out show at Lizottes, he continued to climb his way up the musical ladder that the Central Coast has been renowned for. This is an all ages event. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Presale tickets $20 or $28 at the door. Source: Media release, Apr 12, 2017 Ben Cook, The Rhythm Hut

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ARTS & CULTURE ART STUDIOS GALLERY & COOPERATIVE

CENTRAL COAST SUNDAY LUNCH BUNCH (Singles over 55) Luncheons 1st and 3rd Sundays monthly at various licensed venues 43321 695 (after 2pm)

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Terrigal Uniting Church 380 Terrigal Dre, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon 4367 9600

www.pcfa.org.au School Holiday activities, playgroup, multicultural programs, community activities - CENTRAL COAST PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Rooms for Hire 4329 4477 GOSFORD NORTH (WYONG) admin@gnnc.com.au Meet last Monday Month PROBUS CLUB www.artstudioscooperative.org Toukley RSL Club Meets 4th Tuesday at the Grange Homes Ave Toukley GREEN POINT COMMUNITY Hotel Monthy meeting 4th 10.00am to 12 noon CENTRAL COAST Tuesday Grange Hotel 10am CENTRE 4356 9300 43225560 OOSH cave, exersize classes, ART SOCIETY www.pcfa.org.au school holiday programs, Lectures, demonstrations and discussion. Weekly paint-outs PROBUS CLUB OF AVOCA playgroup, arts & craft, room hire, DYING WITH DIGNITY NSW, and much more. Tuesdays 4349 5860 for locations 10.15am 3rd Mon 4367 7591 Workshops - 4363 1156 Avoca Beach Bowling Club CENTRAL COAST 9.30am - 12.30pm 1st and 3rd 4382 3372 Working to give those Wed Social Meetings 1.30pm www.probussouthpacific.org/ suffering unrelievedly from KARIONG NEIGHBOURHOOD 4th Wed microsites/avocabeach terminal or incurable illness CENTRE Gosford City Arts Centre. the legal right to request & Early childhood clinic, free family 4325 1420 receive medical help to die SENIORS COMPUTER law advice, active playgroup, publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au Quarterly Meetings CLUB CENTRAL COAST INC. computer classes, OOSH services, 4369 8053 fitness classes, arts & crafts, Classes Mon to Fri for over 50 CENTRAL COAST over 50’s friendship group, youth Basics: Mon , Tues and Thurs GAMBLING SOLUTIONS group, social groups and many HANDWEAVERS, SPINNERS 10am to 12noon Counsellors provide free, more services. Different programs every day, AND TEXTILE ARTS GUILD confidential, professional service 4340 1724 10am - 12noon or 1-3pm Spinning and weaving, patchwork to gamblers, family and friends. wwww.knc.net.au Apple-Mac: Mon, Tues, Wed and quilting, felting and other Woy Woy, Kincumber, Gosford, fibre and fabric crafts, community All at Kincumber Neighbourhood The Entrance. Centre KINCUMBER quilting bees - Day and Night 4344 7992 02 4307 9421 Groups NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE 4325 4743 • Exercise classes GROW Support Groups www.cottagecrafts.net.au TERRIGAL WAMBERAL • Yoga for adults and children Small friendly groups formed to • Community eco garden RSL SUB-BRANCH learn how to overcome anxiety, FELLOWSHIP OF At Breakers Country Club pension • Room hire depression and loneliness and to • Health support groups and welfare offi cers available to AUSTRALIAN WRITERS improve mental health and wellassist with DVA compensation • Counselling A friendly and supportive being. Anonymous, free and open • After school activities claims and benefits group for new and old writers. to all. Weekly at Woy Woy, Bateau 4363 1044 Wed & Fri 10am – Midday Encouragement and critique Bay and Wyong www.kincumber.nsw.au Meetings 2nd Sat 10am of work. Workshops and 1800 558 268 43842661 competitions 10am 3rd Sun www.grow.org.au rsl@breakerscc.com.au MINGALETTA ABORIGINAL Conference rm. Gosford Hotel 4363 2627 TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER

Artworks by members and local artists through solo and group exhibitions and community events. Classes available. 4339 3349

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

BIG FUTURES IN SCHOOL MENTOR PROGRAM Become a volunteer mentor 2 hrs/ week, Free Training, No qualifications needed Be a young persons champion 0413 624 529 www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org.au/ bigfutures

CENTRAL COAST COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE Not for profit org in Wyong providing free legal advice. Intake times for legal advice Monday to Friday 9am-5pm 4353 4988 centralcoast@clc.net.au

CENTRAL COAST SOCIAL GROUP Social contact, entertainment events, new friendships, for 30’s-60’s - Live music, house parties, dinners, BBQs, picnics, trips away etc. Monthly Meet & Chat 0422 243 101 cco30s@live.com.au

U3A CENTRAL COAST Mature age people are invited to participate in a wide range of courses to broaden the mind and make new friends 0408 704 701 www.centralcoast.u3anet.org.au

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

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

WILDLIFE ARC We rescue and care for injured and orphan native animals. 24hr/day, 7days/ week. Come join us. Gen Meeting 3rd Sun Wyoming Community Centre, Maidens Brush Rd Wyoming at 10am 4325 0666

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TERRIGAL FIFTY PLUS LEISURE AND LEARNING CENTRE Activities include fitness, yoga, bridge, mahjong, zumba gold, line dancing, tai chi, painting, craft and computer classes. 43845152

WYOMING COMMUNITY CENTRE Yoga & Zumba classes, Art and Craft classes, Playgroup & Vacation Care, Support groups, Book Club, Community Garden, Rooms for Hire, Work Development Orders, Centrelink Volunteer hours 4323 7483 reception@wyomingcc.org.au

HEALTH GROUPS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meet every Wed 12.30pm Someone cares - Anglican Church 3 Mann St Gosford 4323 3890

BETTER HEARING AUSTRALIA CENTRAL COAST

Hearing loss management Support and educational group 7 groups across the coast provide the local community Providing practical experience with a meeting place and hub for and confidence groups, services and information. Learn the benefits to hearing aids 4321 0275 GOSFORD 50+ LEISURE

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CENTRAL COAST 50+ SINGLES SOCIAL GROUP

CORPORATION A meeting place and referral hub for education, health, well-being and cultural programs through consultative services and community programs. Mon-Fri 9am-4pm 6 Sydney Ave Umina 4342 7515

MEALS ON WHEELS

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

HISTORY GROUPS CENTRAL COAST FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC. Help and advice with your family history research. Tue to Fri, 930am to 2pm Lions Community Hall, 8 Russell Drysdale St, E. Gosford. 4324 5164 www.centralcoastfhs.org.au

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

MUSIC BRISBANE WATER BRASS Brass Band entertainment for the community playing all types of popular music Rehearsal every Tues. 7.30pm-10pm 0419 274 012

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NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION CENTRAL COAST

Twice weekly bush walks, varying distances and grades of difficulty. Rotary Club of Explore, enjoy scenery, fauna, Gosford North floral, history. Keep fit and make Active community minded club. friends. Many projects focussed on SYDNEY WELSH CHOIR 4389 4423 or 4332 7378 Cultural organisation performing assisting youth. Support our great projects, get involved with our fun at various venues to promote SPIRITUALITY IN THE PUB club. Graham Black the Welsh culture with singing, Ecumenical & Interfaith Speakers 0410 509 071 Also performing for charity fund Forum & Q&A with focus on grahamblack@iprimus.com.au raising. developing understanding and 4369 3378 encouraging dialogue about ROTARY CLUB OF spirituality through people KARIONG/SOMERSBY TEMPO TERRIFIC sharing their life journeys. International service club 1st Tues March to October COMMUNITY SHOWBAND improves lives of communities 2nd Tues November Active showband available to 7.30 to 9pm play at your community function. in Australia and overseas. Funfilled activities, fellowship and Grange Hotel Wyoming Wide ranging repertuore. Always friendship breakfasts. Phillip 4328 2596 - 0498 588 261 seeking new members, come and have fun with music. Follow us on House, 21 Old Mount Penang Rd (opp Shell) Fri 7:15am Facebook - Every Mon 5 - 7pm 4340 4529 Kincumber Uniting Church kersuebay@philliphouse.com.au 4365 4414 BPW CENTRAL COAST www.tempoterrific.com Empowering women of all ages tempoterrific@live.com in the areas of work, education, well-being and friendship. BIZ PLUS NETWORKING Monthly dinner meetings and ASSOCIATION speaker. Attention business owners - if CENTRAL COAST GREENS Community transport available to you keen to grow your business The Central Coast Greens and from centre and in the process build For a fairer, more transparent and Chris Levis 0438 989 199 bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com accountable government based worthwhile relationships, attend a Biz Networking breakfast. www.bpw.com.au/central-coast on democratic principles Every Thur 7:15am - 9am Local, state-wide, national Erina Leagues Club and international issues and COUNTRY WOMEN’S Geoff Neilson campaigns - Council and ASSOCIATION (CWA) network@bizplus.com.au parliamentary representation Quilting, patchwork, spinning, Developing a new economy knitting, crochet and more CCLC BRIDGE CLUB Protecting our environment 9am-2pm Duplicate Bridge-partner not Peaceful conflict resolution Every Fri, Opposite required for most sessions. Community participation Terrigal Bowling Club Central Coast Leagues Club We meet monthly every 3rd 4385 9503 or 4384 3696 12.30pm Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri. Thu - Details and info: Sat 1.30pm Wed 7.15pm Mon centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au GOSFORD RSL 4325 9854 centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY OURIMBAH/ NARARA BRANCH Discussion/action community issues - 3 levels of Government Niagara Park Primary School 7.30pm 1st Mon each month 0410 309 494 kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

POLITICS IN THE PUB CENTRAL COAST Discussion of important political, social, economic, education, and philosophy issues in a non partisan manner - The Grange Hotel 4th Thur besides Dec

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For anyone interested in early history or early family histories. Don’t need to be a First Fleeter. Point Clare Community Hall 2nd Sat 10:30am 4311 6254

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BRISBANE WATERS BREAKFAST TOASTMASTERS CLUB 8:30am-10:30am 2nd and Last Sat - The Hive and Library, Erina Shopping Centre 0459 240 183

BLUE GUM FLAT TOASTMASTERS Mthly meetings 1st and 3rd Mon 7.15-9.30pm Ourimbah RSL 4362 7227

SERVICE GROUPS INNER WHEEL CLUB

Invites Ladies & Gents for dinner, OF TERRIGAL dancing - BBQs & socialising Share friendship, social activities COASTAL A CAPPELLA each w/e. as well as fundraising for local, Dynamic award winning www.centralcoast. Friendly group monthly national and international AND LEARNING CENTRE women’s a cappella chorus betterhearingaustralia.org.au programme all areas new members projects. 3rd Mon, 12noon Handicraft, Painting, Knitting, Tai 0412 200 571 always welcome. Terrigal 50+ leisure centre, Chi, Scrabble, Darts, Table Tennis, 0437 699 366 Duffy Rd Terrigal Indoor Bowls, Patchwork, Yoga, CENTRAL COAST PROSTATE Music eduction provided Lots of Performance 50pssg@gmail.com CANCER SUPPORT GROUP 4369 0302 - 4384 1490 Fitness, Gentle Swimming, Line opportunities, or hire us terigalinnerwheel@gmail.com Dancing, Cards, Variety Social, (GOSFORD) for your next event. Womens Group, Zumba, Crochet, Meet last Friday Month 0412 948 450 Computers

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Raise money for the welfare of veterans and their families. RSL Club West Gosford 4th Mon 2pm 4323 7336

Sugarcraft demonstrations conversation and lunch Visitors welcome 4th Sat - 10am 50+ leisure and Learning Centre Gosford 4382 6236 lsroe@bigpond.com.au

CENTRAL COAST GOJU-KAI KARATE Traditional Karate & Self Defence for Teens & Adults No Contracts, Cheap Rates Wamberal - Mon 630pm Kincumber - Thurs 715pm 0417 697 096 www.centralcoastgojukaikarate.com.au

CENTRAL COAST LAPIDARY CLUB MINERALS & GEMS Learn silverwork, Cabochons, Faceting, Enamelling, Stone Field-trips & fossicking Weekly Workshops Tues and Thurs 8.30am 2.30pm. Thurs 6-10pm 10 Ourimbah Creek Rd Ourimbah 4362 2246

CENTRAL COAST WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTRE Counseling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues. All services provided by women for women 4324 2533 www.cccwhc.com.au

SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL BRISBANE WATER Making a difference in the lives of women and girls through Awareness, Advocacy and Action by supporting local and national projects 2nd Thur 7 pm Breakers Country Club, Dover Rd, Wamberal sibrisbanewater@@siswp.org www.siswp.org

WOWGIRLS WAVE OF WISDOM INC

WOWGIRLS Wave of Wisdom connects women and local businesses around a common CENTRAL COAST theme of well-being. to share SOARING CLUB INC wisdom and explore life’s Gliding Club, Learn to fly, potential. Instruction FREE to members Regular Powwows, WOW Wisdom 14 and up for Training gatherings, WOW days and WOW Flying at Bloodtree Rd Mangrove courses check our website for Mountain Thur, Sat, Sun ( weather activities. permitting) www.wowgirls.com.au 0412 164 082 info@wowgirls.com.au 0414 635 047 www.ccsoaring.com.au

CENTRAL COAST PENSION & WELFARE OFFICER NETWORK Group of Volunteers, trained by DVA, to look after servicemen & women. Ourimbah RSL Club 10:30am 2nd Fri - Feb to Nov

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Hallett Flood duo to debut as guest artists at First Saturday Blues

otel Gosford’s First Saturday Blues will be back on May 6.

n exhibition called Solstice will run in the Community Gallery at Gosford Regional Gallery from Friday, June 16 to Sunday, June 25. On display will be oil and water colour paintings, pottery,

functional glassware and photography. The work will come from local artists Ms Anniss Seymore, Ms Annette Heidrich, Ms Fran Melrose, Ms Jenny Knibb, Ms Karen McPhee, Ms Katherine Baker, Ms Judy Barrett, Ms Meg McDonald, Mr Murray Lowe, Ms Robyn Lowe,

Ms Sandy Robinson and Ms Sue Sullivan. Solstice will open Saturday, June 17, at 2:00pm and run for 10 days. Source: Media release, Apr 12, 2017 Sue Sullivan, Ettalong Beach Arts and Crafts Centre

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

If you’ve got something happening in Gosford LGA area over the next few weeks, let us know about it and we’ll list it here for you, for free. Contact details are on page 2. See the Peninsula News for events in post code areas 2256 & 2257 and the Wyong Regional Chronicle for events in post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262 & 2263

Friday, Apr 21 Kids’ cooking workshop with chef Andrew Church, Imperial Centre Gosford, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm Dustin Thomas with Wandering Mistrel and Numatak, The Rhythm Hut, 7:00pm, bookings essential

Saturday, Apr 22 Open Day, Henry Kendall Cottage and Historical Museum, guest speaker Michael Wilding, from 10:30am

Sunday, Apr 23 Avoca Beachside Markets, Heazlett Park 9:00am Scholarships in Radiotherapy 2017 Fun Day, feat Legs, Lashes and Lyrics, The GB Girls, guests encouraged to wear a mask, Central Coast Grammar, from 11:30am, bookings essential Quilting and Sewing Classes with Alan Tremain, Wyoming Community Centre, 10:00am to 4:00pm Jazz featuring Al Davey’s MonStars Band, Scenic

Lounge, Central Coast Leagues Club, 2:00pm

Wednesday, Apr 26 Learn to play the Native American Flute, The Rhythm Hut, Faunce St, Gosford, 6:30pm, bookings essential Gosford Bush Poets, the conference room, Hotel Gosford, 7:00pm

Thursday, Apr 27 Book Stall for Children’s Medical Research Institute, William St Plaza, Gosford, 9:00am to 2:00pm all proceeds to the Children’s Medical Research Institute

Saturday, Apr 29 Central Coast Regional Show, Gosford Showgrounds, and Sunday April 30 Coastal a Capella Live at Laycock with special guest Gina Jeffreys and the lee Academy dancers, 7:30pm Twilight handmade craft market, Green Point Community Centre, 96 Koolang Rd, Green Point, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Sunday, Apr 30 5Lands Experience with Chaika, The Rhythm Hut, Faunce St, Gosford, from 5:00pm

Monday, May 1 Friday, Apr 28 Meet Central Coast Council’s Group leader of Environment and Planning, Mr Scott Cox and Group leader Assets, Infrastructure and Business, Mr Mike Dowling, Terrigal Esplanade, 1:30pm to 4:00pm Best of The Eagles, Laycock St Theatre, North Gosford

The National Folk Festival is finished for another year and St Albans Folk Festival will be done and dusted, leaving folksy Coasties hankering for another folk fix. Houseband BluesAngels, 7-9pm, are putting on their folk hats for a fix of fine folkfuriosity with Hugh Worrall breaking cover on guitar, vocals, maybe even whistles and kalimba, Cec Bucello adding another alt-folk original to the night and frontman, Tom Flood doubling as sideman in the second act. Twenty-eight years ago, Tom moved from Chippendale to Katoomba, and on his first night out, packing his harmonica tin in search of live music, a non-trad Irish session at The Family Hotel, just down the road, he struck up a friendship with the only muso not playing Irish covers, folk guitar wizard/singer and artist Graham Hallett. In the next decade, Graham played with a number of outfits, particularly Keith Young’s Irish/ English, The Ragamuffins, all over the State and at the National in Canberra. Meanwhile Tom and Graham held down a long weekly residency at The Parakeet in Katoomba and guested at other cafes around town, always unplugged, covering American alt-country and mid-Atlantic folk, but with Tom establishing a fiction writing vocation and Graham accelerating his life as a painter, the music never left town. Later they were stalwarts at the Duffy’s Clarendon sessions and occasionally in the Duffy’s

Fab Folk collective, but never played Blue Mountains Music Festival, preferring to remain off-grid. The long collaboration ended when Tom left the mountains for the Central Coast in 2003. Seven years later, the BluesAngels trio of Tom, Cec and Frank Russell began to tread the boards, and the rest is local folk blues history. Over the following years, people mentioned to Tom they’d really like to see the Hallett/Flood duo again, and a few months back, while scanning for a second act at Hotel Gosford, Tom thought why not? He rang Graham, now a well-known Blue Mountains landscape painter, cajoled him out of his tiny, oil-smeared studio (“But I haven’t picked up a guitar in three years”) and they began putting sets together in the glow of the

mountains’ autumn. On May 6, Hallett/Flood Redux will debut 9-11pm at Hotel Gosford, right after Blues Angels, with songs from writers Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Tim Buckley, Sir Walter Scott, Percy Mayfield, Gillian Welch, John Prine, Ronee Blakley, Paul Siebel, Fred Neil, Jackson Frank, T-Bone Walker and Tom Flood. It may be a once-only experience. It may be the seeding of a new phase. What it will be is not to be missed. BluesAngels and Hallett/ Flood, free, plus good food till 8:30pm and cakes/beverages till late at the revamped 1930s Hotel Gosford.

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Source: Email, Apr 18, 2017 Tom Flood, BluesAngels

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Diary of a Wombat, Laycock Street Theatre, 6:00pm and Tuesday, May 2 at 10:00am and 12:00pm

Tuesday, May 2 Spirituality in the Pub meeting, guest speakers Sarah Tolmie and Daniel Widdowson. The Grange Hotel, Wyoming from 7:30pm to 9pm

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Enthralling matches expected Tennis Association seeks in union round three funding for major upgrade

he Central Coast Rugby Union season restarts after the Easter break with several enthralling matches on hand. There are a couple of clashes which deserve Match of the Day status. One of these will be at Woongarrah Oval where Kariong will travel north to take on Warnervale. These two teams are coming off very good wins two weeks ago and both will be keen to continue the winning streak. Both teams are having their best starts to a season in quite awhile and confidence is high in both camps. This match for Kariong will

be their first away match, so it will be interesting to see how they travel. Kariong have been impressive in their past two matches, defeating 2016 finalists Woy Woy and Avoca. Kariong will rely heavily on their effective forward pack, but also have the backline to take advantage of any good supply of ball. Warnervale will enjoy being at home and this factor may be the only difference between the teams. Another encounter that warrants Match of the Day is at Ourimbah Rugby Park where Ourimbah will host Gosford. There is an intense rivalry between these two teams. Both teams are yet to lose a

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game this year. Gosford have had a draw with Avoca Beach in the first round and an easy win over Hornsby. Gosford have had a pleasing start to the year but players such as Josh McGlynn, Josh Reid, and Hugo Pike will have to lead from the front. Hornsby will play hosts to Avoca Beach at Mark Taylor Oval and both teams will be desperate for a victory. Both teams are coming off a loss in Round 2. Avoca Beach had a loss to Kariong in their last outing and will be keen to reverse that trend. Hornsby are always stronger at home and will be prepared for this clash. Avoca Beach are yet to have a win this season. Avoca Beach will go into this match as favourites but Hornsby will make it difficult for them. The Lakes will travel to The Haven Oval to meet Terrigal. Terrigal will be most keen to get onto the paddock and will go into the clash as favourites. Terrigal came from behind to win their only game of the season, and despite the closeness of the result in that match, they did show they will be a major force once again this year. They are the reigning Premiers and will be keen to retain that mantle this year. Source: Media release, Apr 18, 2017 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

The Gosford Tennis Court Centre

he Australian Sports Foundation is looking to raise $1 million to upgrade facilities for Gosford District Tennis Association.

The funds will be used to upgrade tennis courts and fencing, install new lighting and improve club facilities. The Gosford District Tennis Association is the Central Coast’s largest tennis facility and has a proud history at the local, regional and state level. Notable players produced from the Association include Australian Open champion, Mark Edmondson, and former

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Kariong defeat Avoca in union with a late try

ariong defeated Avoca 22 points to 14 on Saturday, April 8, continuing their strong start to the premier 1 Central Coast Rugby season. Played at Kariong Oval, the home team started brilliantly, jumping to a 12 to nil lead, until Avoca got on the board with a penalty before half time. In the second half, Avoca clawed their way to a 14 to 12 lead, but a late try and a penalty goal saw Kariong come away with the win. Flanker, Lachlan Peruch, stood out for the home side, as

did five-eight, oRyan Walbank, centre, Jim Callaghan, and winger, Jake Holwill, who crossed for two tries. For Avoca, flankers, Blake Jacob and Brad Sheridan, played well, as did centre, Matt Anderson. The three tries to one victory, takes Kariong to the top of the table at the end of round 2. The Central Coast Rugby Union season took a break over Easter with games resuming on Saturday, April 22. Source: Match report, Apr 8, 2017 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

world ranked Australian Tennis players, Nathan Healey and Melissa Dowe. The Gosford Tennis Court Centre is a 23-court facility and is designated as a Top 5 Tennis Australia nationally recognised regional tennis venue. In December 2016, Central Coast Council provided a further 15 year community

licence agreement on the provision that the club was operated by the Gosford District Tennis Association, and an approved master infrastructure plan was executed. Source: Media release, Apr 18, 2017 Greg Campbell, Australian Sports Federation

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Gosford Kariong Storm nearly got their first win

Brendan Eather looks to role one into the Magpies in goal during a thrilling second half

Storm winger Lionel Martin dashes away during the second half

Storm dummy half Jordan Groom celebrates his burrowing try that pushed Gosford to the lead

Finger tip control is exhibited by Logan Rea in the game against the Magpies

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he general consensus amongst football fans as they streamed out of Sohier Park last Saturday afternoon was that, despite having suffered a third successive defeat to start the new season, the Gosford Kariong Storm are fast approaching their first Open Grade victory in over half a decade. A tremendous battle had just ensued between age old rivals Gosford and Ourimbah, a game

in which the Magpies snuck away with the competition points via a last gasp try and a 24-18 win over the luckless Storm. The exciting Easter Saturday clash delivered more twists and turns than the Narara Creek; the game entering its final 10 minutes with both sides striving to break an 18 all deadlock. Gosford had led 12-4 midway through the first half following tries to Jamie Probert and Billy James, before Ourimbah rallied to nudge themselves ahead 14-12. A determined, burrowing

try scored by Man of the Match, Jordan Groom, saw the Storm retake the lead, and with Brendan Eathers angled conversion raising the flags, hopes were high that a famous victory was in the offing. Ourimbah however, had other ideas and the black and whites managed to level it all at 18 all with a dozen minutes remaining on the clock. Both sides had their chances during the game’s frenetic final moments before Magpies prop, Ben Starkey, broke Gosford hearts by barging over for the match winning try against his former club.

0330 0.24 0237 0.26 0937 1.66 0844 1.72 WED 1400 0.29 THU 1445 0.31 FRI 1531 0.36 2154 2.00 2105 1.98 2018 1.92

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A casualty of the narrow loss for Gosford was their captain, Max Russell, who will be forced to miss this Sunday’s clash with Kincumber, having suffered a leg injury during the see sawing second half at Sohier Park. The Storm will be looking to build on their gutsy effort against Ourimbah when they take on the Colts at Berkeley Vale Oval on Sunday, April 23. Source: Media release, Apr 16, 2017 Andrew Stark, Gosford and Kariong Storm RLFC Photos: Andrew Stark

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National Junior Roller Derby Championships held

iagara Park Stadium hosted the 2017 Junior Roller Derby National Championships on Saturday, April 15 and Sunday, April 16. The stadium was chosen due to its stellar record hosting major roller derby bouts over the last three years. It was the first time the championships had been held in NSW. The iconic national event saw hundreds of junior skaters

from across Australia converge on the Central Coast. They competed in three skill divisions of positional, modified and full contact, with winners claiming the ‘Best in Australia’ title. An award ceremony was held following the final round on Sunday afternoon. The action-packed event was expected to have crowds riding an emotional rollercoaster. Source: Media release, Apr 10, 2017 Central Coast Council media

Big win to Gosford in union osford defeated Hornsby 43 points to 7 in the Central Coast Rugby Union competition on April 8, securing their first win for the season in style.

game went on. Gosford backs, Josh Reid and Sam Underwood, and forwards, Al Lock and Hugo Pike, were the best for the home side, with all four instrumental in the seven tries to one victory.

Played at Gosford Showground, the match was even in the early stages, however Gosford’s superiority became evident the longer the

Source: Match report, Apr 8, 2017 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

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