15 MAY 2020
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Coast re-opens ... slowly
On The Beat
A 10-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after he was hit by a mini-bus whilst riding his bike in Gosford. See pages 10
Editorial
As Australia commences its return to normality, the internet is already abuzz with questions about the return of employees to their workplaces.
The Bon staff in Gosford are happy to be coming back at work.
See page 12
Out&About
Their cafe will open for limited services Friday and their restaurant from Monday
NSW Government to relax social restrictions from May 15 see page 6
Small parks and playgrounds at risk Five years after thousands of residents stood up against Gosford Council's planned sell-off of 25 local reserves and playgrounds, community group Save Central Coast Reserves is afraid many of the region’s play spaces are once again at risk. Group founder Sue Chidgey said an item in Central Coast Council’s Draft Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS), now on public exhibition, had raised a red flag with community members. The item calls for an audit to review the use of small parks and engagement with the community in consultation on how they might be better used. “The way communities use open space is changing,” the draft plan says. “Multi-use destinations that
East Gosford Reserve was one of those saved in 2015
cater to a broader spectrum of the community are increasingly popular. “Many small, single-use destinations are now ageing and underutilised in some areas. “Opportunities to consolidate our open space assets should be considered in areas where
other opportunities for parkland exist.” Chidgey says if the draft goes through, specific parks could be targeted. “I just want to nip that in the bud, so we don’t have a repeat of what we went through to save those 25 parks in 2015,” she said.
“My worry is that they’re considering taking away the suburban small-pocket parks to replace them with large regional playgrounds. “I believe there should be adequate green spaces and playgrounds within each suburb and a mum should be able to put her child in a stroller
and walk to a green space.” Chidgey said she had written to all councillors outlining her concerns. “There’s high-rise and medium density in so many suburbs now we just have to protect and maintain what we’ve got,” she said. “In a lot of cases we need to improve the green spaces we have. “When we won that campaign in 2015, we managed to have one reserve renamed and it now has tables and benches and $150,000 was spent on a new park at Bensville. “I want residents to be aware that they need to cherish what they’ve got so they don’t lose it. “Community assets are so important and once we lose them we’re not going to get them back.” Continued P8
In response to COVID-19, the NSW Government is supporting Creative Kids providers pivot from face-toface classes to online learning. See page 13
Business
The NRMA is rallying around the community in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, including helping Meals on Wheels to deliver healthy food to elderly and disabled residents. See page 22
Puzzles page 19
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Woy Woy Peninsula Community Garden
Work is well underway at The Entrance Channel with NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) and Central Coast Council both on the job.
Thousands of commuters in the region are looking forward to a more comfortable train ride to Sydney with testing ramping up on the New Intercity Fleet.
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Long-suffering commuters will be pleased to know the State Government’s $20M upgrade of the Kincumber roundabout is expected to be completed this week. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said the intersection of Empire Bay Dr, The Scenic Rd and Cochrone St was a pinch point for 25,000 motorists every day.
“Construction is close to completion thanks to five shifts of night work that are taking place this week,” Crouch said. Crouch said the intersection had been a hub of activity since construction began in 2018. “Most recently we’ve seen a new lane built, a new road surface laid and stormwater drains, footpaths and kerb and guttering installed,” he said. “I know there has already been a significant reduction in
queuing which is making a significant difference to the morning and afternoon routines of residents.” Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Paul Toole, said the project would improve traffic flow and safety for all road users. “While we are asking people to cancel any non-essential travel during the evolving coronavirus situation, we are glad to have powered ahead
with this and other vital infrastructure projects, because we understand their long-term value to local communities,” Toole said. Empire Bay Dr is a critical link between the suburbs of Woy Woy, Ettalong and Umina in the south, and Terrigal, Kincumber and Erina in the north. Prior to the upgrade, there was only one lane in each direction on Empire Bay Dr, with motorists forced to queue
for long periods during peak hours. The upgrade included widening the northbound lanes on Empire Bay Dr to two lanes and installing a new concrete roundabout, new asphalt surface, kerb and gutter, footpath, stormwater drainage and landscaping. Source: Media release, Apr 21 Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch
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“Sadly, the woman, who was part of the Gosford Hospital COVID cluster, passed away yesterday (Sunday, April 19) in the hospital,” a Local Health District spokesperson said. “The Local Health District extends its sincere condolences to her family and friends.” For privacy reasons, the Local
Health District did not provide further details. The cluster at Gosford Hospital broke out earlier in April and included six healthcare workers, two patients and four others. The death brings the total number of deaths in NSW attributed to COVID-19 to 30, out of 2,971 confirmed cases, with no new cases reported in the 24 hours to Thursday. As at 8pm, Tuesday April 21, the Central Coast had recorded 118 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 103 have
Source: Media Release, Apr 20 Central Coast Local Health District Reporter: Ross Barry
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Business
Since the Coast went into shutdown, we’ve heard plenty of inspiring stories about local businesses dialling up the ingenuity to stay afloat
Missive #16: The Age of Enlightenment
Between stints under the pyramid and feeding his fish, Thommo had installed yet another amazing app on his phone. “Get fitter by imagining you’re exercising” was his favourite of all since it allowed him to train and eat a pie at the same time. See page 27
Puzzles page 18
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NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has called for increased COVID-19 testing as she begins the long and challenging process of getting life back to normal. Last week, the Premier announced a plan for NSW schools to recommence Term 2 in stages, beginning with continued online learning in the first two weeks, and then a staggered return to classrooms from May 11. Earlier this week, the Premier subsequently announced that social restrictions had been eased slightly to allow a maximum of two adults to visit another household for social or care reasons, with children permitted to accompany them. Premier Berejiklian also acknowledged in her daily press conference on Tuesday, April 28, that many retail outlets and offices were likely to restart normal operations in late May and it is expected that
more specific announcements will follow in coming weeks. A key condition of the government’s nascent steps to re-start economic activity, however, is more proactive testing for COVID-19. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, is calling for anyone with COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, to present for testing. “NSW is doubling testing capacity from around 4,000 tests per day to 8,000. “The Central Coast Local Health District is currently
testing around 110 people per day, but we are looking to double this over coming weeks”, Crouch said. COVID-19 clinics are located at Gosford Hospital and Wyong Hospital and operate seven days a week, with pop-up clinics in Erina and other centres. Crouch also warned that the initial steps taken to relax restrictions was not an invitation for people to start travelling around NSW. “A great deal of common sense needs to be applied. “Anyone over the age of 70 is
still in the high-risk category. “Please continue to stay home unless you need to exercise, go to work or school, buy essentials or need medical care.” Crouch said that police are still on the beat enforcing restrictions and social distancing rules. NSW Labor welcomed the easing of restrictions, acknowledging similar moves in other states, but leader, Jodi McKay, called for greater clarity on the stages for lifting restrictions to avoid public confusion, especially in relation to schools. “Term 2 (has begun) but the Government has failed to provide a consistent and clear plan,” she said. “Now it’s every school for themselves and there are serious inconsistencies around playgrounds that ought to be clarified. “Labor is calling on the
Premier to resolve the issue by lifting restrictions on all playgrounds. “While school playgrounds will be open, the neighbourhood playground will not be.” McKay said. As at 8pm on Tuesday, Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) had recorded 117 confirmed cases of Covid-19. A spokesperson for CCLHD said, 115 cases have now been released from daily follow up, with only one person in hospital. There have been almost 8,200 tests carried out in the region to date. Source: Media statement, Apr 28 Office of the NSW Premier Media release, Apr 28 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch Media statement, Apr 28 Central Coast Local Health District Media release, Apr 28 NSW Labor Leader, Jodi McKay and Shadow Health Minister, Ryan Park
Nine groups granted a total of almost $200,000 Nine Peninsula organisations have been granted a total of almost $200,000 under the Community Building Partnership program. The largest grant was $100,000 made to Umina Beach Men’s Shed to build permanent premises. St Luke’s Anglican Church in Woy Woy was granted $25,000 for a kitchen upgrade in the church hall.
Relaxing of restrictions tied to more testing
Woy Woy Philosophy Society
been released from isolation, with one person still in hospital. There have now been over 6,500 tests conducted on the Central Coast, which has recorded a ratio of 32.87 positive cases per 100,000 residents, the fifth highest across NSW. The Local Health District reports that the majority of cases acquired the infection overseas.
The Rhythm Hut might not be able to host their usual classes or gigs, but music is still very much alive on Faunce St.
See more page 7
See page 23
First COVID-19 death on the Coast Central Coast Local Health District has confirmed the death of an 80-year-old woman with pre-existing medical conditions who had tested positive to COVID-19.
Business
Some relief could be in sight for thousands of trade and construction industry workers on the Central Coast See page 21 Woy Woy Philosophy Society
Meeting #17. The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith
Bugger me, not the Fudge Monkey … it was bad enough when the Leagues Club closed, but where the hell will we get our fudge cup-cakes and watch the jelly-wrestling now? See page 27
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The Women’s Health Centre in Woy Woy was granted $15,000 for information and communication technology, while St Vincent de Paul Society will receive the same amount to refresh of its Woy Woy Charity Shop. Peninsula Environment Group was granted $12,153 for security improvements at Woy Woy Peninsula Community Garden. Umina Surf Club, Woy Woy
Public School and the PCYC in Umina each will receive $10,000. The Surf Life Saving Club will use the money to buy a new inflatable rescue boat. The school’s Parents and Citizens Association spend the money on an outside play area. The PCYC will upgrade its garden. Mingaletta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation
at Umina will receive $2500 for speakers at the community centre. Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch said the grants reflected community infrastructure needs. “These community organisations do so much to support all of our locals through the good and bad times and they are very deserving recipients,” she said. Ms Tesch said the Community
Building Partnership program was initiated by the then Labor Government in 2009. Ms Tesch said the next round of Community Building Partnerships funding would open on May 4. More information can be found at https://www.nsw.gov. au/projects/community-buildingpartnership. SOURCE Media release, 29 Apr 2020 Liesl Tesch, Member for Gosford
Petrol is cheaper at Broken Hill than on the Peninsula Petrol is cheaper at Broken Hill than it is on the Peninsula, according to a Blackwall resident who monitors local petrol prices. Mr Allan Nash said he started posting comparison petrol prices daily to community group social media sites about a month ago. “All I do is post the list of petrol prices on the Peninsula compared to other nearby suburbs and people can make up their own minds, but blind Freddie can see how ridiculous it is. “You can actually buy fuel cheaper in Broken Hill than at a Peninsula petrol station. “The figures speak for themselves,” Mr Nash said. “Like the Shell, Caltex and BP at West Gosford, for example, are all far lower prices, no matter what fuel you buy, they’re all cheaper. “It will be interesting see
whether the new United service station that’s going to open on Ocean Beach Rd will follow the prices of the Empire Bay United where prices are not necessarily the cheapest but still reasonable, or whether it will join the cartel. “We’ve heard all the reasons from the fuel companies before but none of them hold water. “To say there is a lack of competition mystifies me - five service stations on the Peninsula sounds like competition to me.” “The petrol stations on the Peninsula know there are many elderly people on restricted licenses who can’t get their petrol anywhere else and I don’t think the coronavirus crisis has made a difference to prices because they were high before Covid-19 and they’ve been high during the pandemic too.” Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch said she had written to oil
companies to demand an end to appallingly high petrol prices on the Peninsula. “Despite plummeting global fuel prices, Peninsula fuel prices are sitting over 35 cents per litre higher than Gosford fuel prices and the average fuel price in NSW,” she said. “Petrol companies have been price gouging Peninsula residents for too long and I’m disgusted by the inaction. “I’ve written to the Australian representatives of the big oil companies on behalf of all residents and demanded an end to this appalling behaviour.” Ms Tesch said Peninsula prices had always been higher than others on the Central Coast and she had worked hard to try and boycott the fuel prices, speaking in State Parliament about the issue over the years. “This recent fuel price stunt by
the Peninsula petrol stations has fired me up even more,” she said. “The entire world is in upheaval, dealing with the global coronavirus pandemic and locally we are experiencing the virus, the fear and the economic downturn, yet petrol companies seem oblivious to the vulnerable communities on the Peninsula. “It disgusts me to see how these companies are ripping off Peninsula residents who are doing it tough, while local businesses and locals in general are doing their very best to support their community. “The trouble is that by petrol stations over-charging, they’re hurting the businesses around them because people who go elsewhere to get their petrol will likely be shopping elsewhere too and that is a loss for Peninsula businesses.” Ms Tesch said the only oil
company yet to respond was a “wishy washy” reply from BP saying it was a “geographical” matter. “The hairpin bend at the bottom of Woy Woy is not a geographical excuse, considering delivery trucks also have to go over Rip Bridge to Empire Bay where the prices are cheaper,” she said. Ms Tesch said Mr Nash had been following the price hikes for years. “He’s right – this has been going on for too long and enough is enough,” she said. Ms Tesch says she’ll continue to fight for what’s right. “I will continue to fight for a fair price, and I urge you all, if you can, to fill up somewhere else.” SOURCE Media release, 22 Apr 2020 Interview (Sue Murray), 28 Apr 2020 Gosford MP, Liesl Tesch. Interview (Sue Murray), 28 Apr 2020 Allan Nash, Blackwall
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At its April 27 meeting, Central Coast Council voted unanimously to rezone land for low density housing and to forward a proposal to the NSW Planning Minister for determination. The intended outcome of the proposal is to allow for the relocation and expansion of Doyalson-Wyee RSL Club and gym, rezoning and subdivision for about 140 low density residences and 220 manufactured homes in a seniors village, medical facilities, childcare centre, service station, food outlets, motel/hotel accommodation, recreation facilities including indoor sports centre, go cart track, paintball and expansion of the Raw Challenge course. The 45ha site incorporates 49-65 Wentworth Ave and 80120 Pacific Hwy, including the Doyalson-Wyee RSL Club, gymnasium, sporting fields, Raw Challenge course, and the former Pacific Hydroponics lands. Doylo Lifestyle Group CEO, Darren Thornton, said that they wanted to start construction as soon as possible after approval from the Minister. “One of the greatest things about this development is the jobs for the community, and it’s going to be a destination hub on the northern end of the coast,” he said. Figure 4 – Indicative Concept Plan Indicative concept plan of the redevelopment of 45ha at Doyalson “The first stage will be traffic Thornton said already there club’s offer of entering into a lights at a new intersection would be the second stage and where Raw Challenge is now, the residential component and had been positive moves to planning agreement with Council that ensured there and the childcare and medical seniors’ living village would be relocate these clubs. Doylo Lifestyle Group, which would be no commencement centre, fast food outlets and the final stage to be developed. There are no plans for sports owns and manages the until suitable alternative garage which will be on one side of the intersection,” grounds in the redevelopment sporting fields, has started grounds and facilities had been and clubs such as Doyalson consultation with the clubs to found for all the sporting Thornton said. Touch Football help find other suitable associations currently using Doyalson Wyee RSL Club will Dragons be relocated to the northern Association, Northern Lakes replacement fields and has the site. “They offered this and they Warriors rugby league, committed to completion of side of the new intersection. made it quite clear,” he said. Thornton said the recreation Doyalson Wolves Soccer Club their relocation prior to -starting 178 “This is a site used by teams hub, including expansion and and Doyalson cricket team are redevelopment. Councillor Chris Holstein from all over the Central Coast, relocation of Raw Challenge, all looking for new home grounds. wants Council to accept the so it is important that land for
Spencer Brigade’s Captain William “Jock” Ross and Senior Deputy Captain, Alison Wade, have each received the Commissioner’s Commendation for Bravery while retired Group Captain, Warwick Teasdale (pictured), of the Killcare/ Wagstaff Brigade, received the Commissioner’s Commendation for Service.
Three new roads at Kangy Angy, named after distinguished Central Coast WWI veterans, were officially opened on Monday. See page 3
Health
The NSW Government’s redevelopment of Wyong Hospital has reached a major milestone with the new building’s first concrete pour taking place. See page 19
Out&About
Captain Warwick Teasdale with a colleague at Killcare Wagstaffe brigade
Three Central Coast firefighters have been honoured in the NSW Rural Fire Service’s annual bravery and service awards. Captain William “Jock” Ross and Senior Deputy Captain, Alison Wade of Spencer Brigade, each receiving bravery
Applications for the 2020 Community Building Partnership Program are now open. See page 23
Sport sport is not lost.” Deputy Mayor, Jane Smith, supported the proposal but mentioned mine subsidence, contaminated lands and the ash dam from Vales Point power station across the road, all of which, she said, would need further investigation. “Because of these complexities, we want to make sure that we get it right if we are going Continued page 4
Life in lockdown has been tough on the Coast’s sport and recreation sector, but members of Ourimbah Mountain Bike Club (CCMBT) have never been busier See page 32
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awards, and Retired Group Captain, Warwick Teasdale, of the Killcare/Wagstaff Brigade, was honoured for more than 40 years of service. What started as a “pile burn” alert at Spencer on April 1, 2019, quickly escalated, and resulted in the heroic rescue of a resident and his dog from a house consumed by toxic
flames, by Captain Ross and Senior Deputy Captain Wade. “I was first on the scene, with a fellow firefighter, and the first thing I did was make the house secure by ensuring gas and electricity were turned off,” Wade said. “Then, as I approached the house, I could see that there was a man inside and I knew
he had a dog in there, so we started calling for him to come out.” But attempts to alert the resident inside the locked building, who appeared to have impaired cognitive ability, were unsuccessful. By the time Captain Ross arrived on the scene, the corner of the structure was well alight,
with flames extending internally to the roof and toxic smoke building up inside. With the next closest backup at least 15 minutes away and the risk that the fire would engulf the building, Wade and Ross decided that forced entry was the only option.
The planning panel will rule on development types which are contentious or contravene development standards by more than 10 per cent, developments of more than three storeys, and sensitive applications. Smaller applications will be dealt with by council staff with delegated authority, so councillors will no longer decide on any development applications, given that the State Government had already taken away their power to
Chair of the new planning panel, Donna Rygate
decide regionally or Statesignificant developments. “This is a free kick for developers and a means to silence our residents and councillors who represent the voices of the community,” Cr Gillian Hogan said. Cr Hogan said the local
planning policy shifted the powers of councillors to make local decisions on behalf of residents into the hands of a ‘selected’ panel”. “Council had the opportunity to ‘opt in’ and we did not, and so now, the state has intervened through a regulatory
amendment which has in effect directed Council to establish Local Planning Panels,”’ she said. “In general, controversial DAs are brought to the chamber for determination for reasons highlighted by the community, for example, traffic and parking issues, amenity of a development and compliance issues. “The LPP structure does not allow a public voice nor residents to strongly lobby against a proposed development like we see in the Chamber.” Councillors must decide to constitute the planning panel and appoint the panel members, or risk the Minister for Planning doing it for them. The panel is made up of: one
chairman and two in reserve, selected by the State Minister for Planning, Rob Stokes; two professionals, rotated from a pool of six, with expertise in urban planning or related fields; and, one community representative rotated from a pool of five. Council selected the six experts from a pool of 220 approved candidates provided by the Department of Planning Industry & Environment. They are Gregory Flynn, Sue Francis, Stephen Leathley, Linda McClure, Grant Christmas and Garry Fielding. The local community representatives were selected after expressions of interest were advertised locally. Continued page 7
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On The Beat
A 10-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after he was hit by a mini-bus whilst riding his bike in Gosford. See pages 10
See pages 5
Editorial
Editorial
How long does it take to change a light bulb in a modern CBD building? Answer: Much longer than it needs to. The case for an NBN 2.0 See page 12
Out&About
As Australia commences its return to normality, the internet is already abuzz with questions about the return of employees to their workplaces.
The Bon staff in Gosford are happy to be coming back at work.
See page 12
Out&About
Their cafe will open for limited services Friday and their restaurant from Monday
NSW Government to relax social restrictions from May 15 see page 6
Small parks and playgrounds at risk Despite an aggressive push by some fathers to cancel Mother’s Day this year, and have two Father’s Days in September instead, mother’s have held fast, COVID-19 notwithstanding. See page 13
Business
Businesses on the Central Coast are being urged to support each other as they struggle with the impacts of the coronavirus. See page 21
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One thing the coronavirus won’t stop is the annual migration of humpback whales as they make their way through waters off the Central Coast headed for warmer climes.
Continued page 4
Council to vote to establish Local Planning Panel Central Coast councillors will vote on Monday, May 11, on a State Government directive to implement a local planning panel (LPP) to decide on development applications.
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Coast re-opens ... slowly
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Planning Proposal - Doyalson Wyee RSL Club - Pacific Hwy, Doyalson (contd)
Doylo Lifestyle Group has passed its first hurdle for a major housing and recreation redevelopment to be staged over 20 years on 45ha at Doyalson.
Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, is encouraging all Central Coast residents to download the Federal Government’s new coronavirus tracing app
The fate of a controversial proposal to erect an Optus telecommunications tower at Alan Davidson Oval, Wyoming, will be debated.
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Major housing and recreation redevelopment at Doyalson planned
Five years after thousands of residents stood up against Gosford Council's planned sell-off of 25 local reserves and playgrounds, community group Save Central Coast Reserves is afraid many of the region’s play spaces are once again at risk. Group founder Sue Chidgey said an item in Central Coast Council’s Draft Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS), now on public exhibition, had raised a red flag with community members. The item calls for an audit to review the use of small parks and engagement with the community in consultation on how they might be better used. “The way communities use open space is changing,” the draft plan says. “Multi-use destinations that
East Gosford Reserve was one of those saved in 2015
cater to a broader spectrum of the community are increasingly popular. “Many small, single-use destinations are now ageing and underutilised in some areas. “Opportunities to consolidate our open space assets should be considered in areas where
other opportunities for parkland exist.” Chidgey says if the draft goes through, specific parks could be targeted. “I just want to nip that in the bud, so we don’t have a repeat of what we went through to save those 25 parks in 2015,” she said.
“My worry is that they’re considering taking away the suburban small-pocket parks to replace them with large regional playgrounds. “I believe there should be adequate green spaces and playgrounds within each suburb and a mum should be able to put her child in a stroller
and walk to a green space.” Chidgey said she had written to all councillors outlining her concerns. “There’s high-rise and medium density in so many suburbs now we just have to protect and maintain what we’ve got,” she said. “In a lot of cases we need to improve the green spaces we have. “When we won that campaign in 2015, we managed to have one reserve renamed and it now has tables and benches and $150,000 was spent on a new park at Bensville. “I want residents to be aware that they need to cherish what they’ve got so they don’t lose it. “Community assets are so important and once we lose them we’re not going to get them back.” Continued P8
In response to COVID-19, the NSW Government is supporting Creative Kids providers pivot from face-toface classes to online learning. See page 13
Business
The NRMA is rallying around the community in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, including helping Meals on Wheels to deliver healthy food to elderly and disabled residents. See page 22
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Commonwealth Bank closes three local branches The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is closing branches in Erina, Terrigal and The Entrance. The branch at Fountain Plaza, Erina, has closed permanently, with staff relocating to the nearby Erina Fair branch where a multimillion dollar refurbishment is taking place. A bank spokesperson said the larger Erina Fair branch would open later this month and showcase the latest in banking technology including coin counting devices, 24/7 access to ATMs with instant deposit capability and a change machine. Meanwhile, branches at Terrigal and The Entrance will be temporarily closed for about six months as 20 staff relocate to support the bank’s call centre to cope with an influx of customer inquiries through the COVID-19 crisis. The spokesperson said the Terrigal and The Entrance branches, as well as three more in Newcastle, were singled out to close temporarily because of their proximity to the call centre. The fact that they are close to other branches would see minimal impact on both
The Commonwealth Bank branch at Erina Fair is being refurbished
customers and staff. “Since the coronavirus pandemic was declared in early March, calls to our hardship line had increased by 800 percent – about a million calls in the past six weeks,” the spokesperson said. “Over the same period, visits by customers to bank branches
have fallen more than 50 percent in some branches, as people follow social distancing and lockdown requirements. “Transaction volumes in branch have dropped significantly as a result while there has been a large increase in customers doing their banking online.
“As a result, we are stepping up our support for customers by reassigning about 500 branch staff to our Australianbased call centres and online operations. “This means we will temporarily close a number of branches across the country, primarily in metro areas.
“To minimise inconvenience for branch customers, temporary closures occur at branches were another branch is operating normally within five kilometres. “ATMS at temporarily-closed branches continue to operate as normal and customers can also do day-to-day
transactional banking at Post Offices.” In April, Greater Bank also announced it would temporarily close its Gosford branch, and reduced the hours of operation of its remaining Central Coast branches, in response to changing customer behaviour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Executive Officer, Scott Morgan, said the community’s response to the new COVID-19 shutdown laws had resulted in a significant shift in the way customers are transacting with the bank. “Over the last two weeks, our over-the-counter transactions have dropped significantly, and we have seen an increase in the use of our other banking channels,” he said back on April 8. “These temporary changes will allow us to redeploy our branch employees to support our customers in these other channels, which includes the establishment of four remote contact centres to help manage the higher than average call volumes. Source: Interview and media statement, May 8, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Commonwealth Bank.
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Ausgrid takes to the skies for bushfire season Don’t be alarmed if you see low flying helicopters around the Coast in coming weeks - Ausgrid has started its annual bushfire safety program, with specialist teams assessing power poles and powerlines across the region for any issues or faults that could increase the risk of a bushfire in the warmer months. On the ground, crews are also
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contacting property owners who have private power poles on their land and completing inspections to ensure they address maintenance issues. Ausgrid Chief Operating Officer Trevor Armstrong said this year’s bushfire safety program was more important than ever. “No-one will forget the catastrophic fires which caused so much loss of life and property destruction over last summer and proved just how dangerous bushfires can be,” he said. “It is why Ausgrid has a comprehensive annual safety program in place to help protect the community and reduce the risks of bushfires. “Every year during the cooler months we carry out aerial inspections and private pole inspections across the network looking for and addressing any potential problems which could become a fire hazard.” Armstrong said helicopter patrols provide the safest and most efficient way to inspect large and expansive highvoltage powerlines. “We will be using two helicopters, so we can finish the patrols by the end of July, before the start of the next bushfire season in September,” he said. “The helicopter crews will be using laser scanning equipment and taking high-resolution photographs to identify any hazards on our poles and wires and trees growing too close to powerlines.
“Crews will be in the air from about 7.30am to 5.30pm (weather permitting) and property owners may want to consider securing livestock during the patrols. “The helicopters fly between 25 and 40 kilometres per hour and have been modified to allow for the quietest possible operation, but they may fly low at times, which can startle livestock in rural areas. Armstrong said Ausgrid was encouraging property owners to help do their part in ensuring poles on their property are safe and clear of any tree branches or vegetation which could spark a fire. “Private poles and powerlines that aren’t safely maintained by property owners can become a serious bushfire risk and we need property owners to do their part in keeping our communities safe,” he said. Increased surveillance of regional power poles and wires have been stepped up since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria where state power utility SP Ausnet paid out close to $400 million to survivors in one of the biggest class action settlement in Australian legal history. That case was initiated after the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission found an ageing SP AusNet power line was complicit in the deadly Kilmore East-Kinglake bushfire. Source: Media release, May 8 Ausgrid
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First pipes laid on Mardi pipeline The future security of the region’s water supply took a major step forward last week, with the first pipes laid to mark the start of construction of the Mardi to Warnervale Pipeline. Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said the 9km pipeline would not only provide water to the expanding northern growth corridor but would enhance the water supply network for the entire region. “Council is investing over $61M in this pipeline project, making it one of the largest single investments in the future security of our region’s water supply and a project we can be very proud of,” Cr Matthews said. Council’s Director of Water and Sewer, Jamie Loader, said managing the water supply was a key priority for Council and the pipeline project was a prime example of then delivery of essential infrastructure. “Recent conditions including extreme weather events and water restrictions that have faced our community and indeed communities across our state and nation, bring into sharp focus how important
Central Coast Council CEO Gary Murphy and Director of Water and Sewer Jamie Loader inspect work on the pipeline
water security and water resilience is for everyone,” Loader said. “The Mardi to Warnervale Pipeline will ensure a stable long-term water supply to new and growing areas in the north of the region to support anticipated levels of growth and development we need to deliver as part of the Central
Coast Regional Plan 2036. “In addition, we will see an enhancement in bulk water transfers between ourselves and the Hunter which enables better planning for future water resourcing for both regions.” The complex project has been developed over the past six years and has included close and ongoing consultation
with the community. “Extensive investigations, design and planning have been undertaken to ensure the construction is delivered using the best technology available, including innovative trenchless construction techniques that will ensure sensitive environmental areas are protected,” Loader said.
“During the current COVID-19 crisis, our construction and field services crews continue to deliver essential services to the community. The Mardi to Warnervale Pipeline project will be delivered by joint venture partners Spiecapag and Seymour Whyte and is expected to be commissioned in 2021.
In a webinar with local business groups on May 13, Council CEO Gary Murphy said the project had generated over 70 local jobs and that around 40 per cent of construction works and services had been procured from local suppliers. Source: Media release, May 8 Central Coast Council
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Coast re-opens ... slowly The NSW Government has made its first tentative steps to re-open business and other activities across the state. Following the staged reopening of schools from May 11 and a relaxation of restrictions on household visits, Premier Berejiklian announced further easing of restrictions in the days ahead. Specifically, from Friday May 15, up to ten people will be allowed to visit food-serving venues such as pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafes. Residents will also now be allowed to gather outside in groups of up to 10 people, while the limit on two visitors to a household will be increased to five, including children. Weddings can now be attended by 10 people while 20 people can go to an indoor funeral and 30 can attend an outdoor one. Up to 10 people can attend religious gatherings and places of worship. Playgrounds and outdoor gym equipment in parks have
reported no new cases of Covid-19 since the weekend of May 9-10. The number of total confirmed cases remains at 117, with just one death and all but one active case now released from daily monitoring. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch also urged ongoing caution. “Everyone’s hard work has helped us avoid the situation we’ve seen overseas in places like Italy and New York,” Crouch said. “Even though restrictions have been relaxed, this does not mean people can be complacent. “I would urge Central Coast residents to stay 1.5 metres from others in public places, and if you have even the mildest symptoms please get tested.” There have now been almost people to book attend to attend 14,000 tests carried out on the restaurants and other venues, Central Coast, with the recently not to just go along and line up ADVERTISEMENT opened testing clinic at Erina outside. reaching capacity testing The easing of restrictions numbers in its first week of come as the Central Coast operation. Local Health District has Operated through Central ADVERTISEMENT
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social interaction increases. “It’s more important than ever to maintain social distancing given there will be more people out and about this weekend,” the Premier said. The Premier also encouraged
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Crouch defends childcare support package Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, has hit back at criticism from the State Opposition over delays in the delivery of the $82M Council childcare package pledged by the NSW Government on April 9. Shadow Minister for Local Government Greg Warren and Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Jodie Harrison slammed the government for “failing to deliver on its promise in a timely and efficient manner”. “The anxiety and stress levels of councils, staff, parents and
children are heightened every day this government refuses to hand over the funds as promised,” Warren said. Harrison said the funds should have been handed over weeks ago. “This tardiness in keeping their promise really brings into question their commitment to quality early childhood education, and keeping parents able to participate in the workforce,” she said. “They cannot say early childhood education and care is important and then not keep their promise to keep it viable.” But Crouch said payment for
the first three-month period would be made as a lump sum in June. “This simple and practical solution was worked through with representatives from the local government sector,” he said. “NSW is the only state to match Commonwealth funding for council-run early childhood services, making them the best supported in the country. Crouch said the Department of Education had been working with representatives from local government to ensure the package can be rolled out and payments made efficiently to
best meet the needs of the service providers “Further updates will be provided to local government as soon as possible,” he said. “In the meantime, if any councils require further clarification, they should contact the NSW Department of Education.” Source: Media release, May 11 Shadow Minister for Local Government Greg Warren and Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Jodie Harrison Media statement, May 13 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch
Terrigal Children’s Centre is one of eight Council-run centres on the Coast set to benefit from the State Government funding
$1M funding boost for local emergency services Central Coast Council will soon be more than $1M better off, thanks to a State Government decision to fully fund the local government increase in the Emergency Services Levy (ESL) for 2020-21. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said
the funding was part of the Government’s $395M local government stimulus package which will also safeguard the jobs of Council staff. “Central Coast Council will receive a credit of $1,093,869 which can be redirected into providing services and building infrastructure,” Crouch said. “This is the second year the NSW Government has stepped
councils to deliver for communities across the state. Revenue NSW will shortly issue councils with their ESL assessment notices for 202021 as required by legislation. The Office of Local Government will then pay a grant to each council equivalent to the increase in their ESL contribution for 2020-21, with payments to be made in the
in to help Council fund the ESL increase, which was first introduced to pay for new workers’ compensation arrangements for firefighters with cancer.” Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock said the COVID-19 crisis has hit councils hard financially and the Government is determined to limit the impacts and allow
first quarter of the 2020-21 financial year. A spokesperson for Central Coast Council said the Council acknowledges the financial relief the funding will afford. “This financial change will be reflected in the amendments to Council’s Operational Plan for 2020-21 when it returns for consideration at a Council Meeting in June,” the
spokesperson said. The draft Operational Plan for 2020-21 has recently concluded exhibition for public commentary. Source: Media release, May 6 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch Media statement, May 7 Central Coast Council
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Small parks and playgrounds at risk From P1 Chidgey said a further concern was that the introduction of a Local Planning Panel for the Central Coast would see elected councillors having “little or no say” in future open space developments. She is urging concerned residents to put in a submission on the issue at https://www. yourvoiceourcoast.com/lsps before the deadline of June 8. “If you are concerned that our
small suburban reserves, playgrounds and greenspaces could be targeted again please complete the short submission form. “The touted idea to reassess the value of local reserves, playgrounds and greenspaces is on page 39 of the Summary document.” Mayor Lisa Matthews said she also had some concerns, with the former Wyong Council having a history of selling off land.
However, she said the plan would come back to the Council for deliberation and that the LSPS was an important longterm framework for growing the region in a manner that preserved its natural attributes and improved quality of life. “Our community’s opinion is highly valued, and the draft Local Strategic Planning Statement has been guided by the extensive community consultation undertaken for the preparation of the
Community Strategic Plan 2018 and draft Urban Spatial Plan,” Cr Matthews said. “I encourage the community to take this opportunity to now have their say on the Draft LSPS.” Source: Media releases May 10 and May 11 and interview May 12 Sue Chidgey Interview, May 12 Central Coast Mayor Lisa Matthews Reporters: Sue Murray, Merilyn Vale and Terry Collins
Councillors go down fighting Central Coast Council voted on Monday, May 11, to accept the constitution of the Local Planning Panel that will now take over the councillors’ previous role in deciding development applications. But it didn’t go down without a fight. Cr Jane Smith led the charge claiming that the planning panel was being forced on the Central Coast community and forced on the council. She said taking away the Council’s decision powers was an abomination but, on the upside, councillors could now go out and fight against inappropriate proposals. She accepted an addition to her motion from Cr Louise Greenaway that the motion include that “Council opposed the implementation of the panel”. Cr Greenaway said she wanted it there for historical purposes because she had been contacted by despondent community members who felt the panel would make
development decisions less visible, cost council more money and be less accountable. Cr Smith put forward an alternative list of ten community members for the panel which only included one name from the list the staff had recommended. Cr Smith’s list was subsequently adopted. The people who will be invited to accept the positions include: Anthony Tuxworth, Stephen Glenn, Lynette Hunt, Geoffrey Mitchell, Paul Dignam, Glenn Watts, Scott McGrath, Marc Elsie, David Kitson, Stephen Glenn. The expert members will include Gregory Flynn, Sue Francis, Stephen Leachley, Linda McClure, Grant Christmas and Garry Fielding and were chosen by council from a field of 220 provided by the State Government. Council kept the background of the appointees confidential in attachments provided to councilors but not the public. The planning panel will comprise two expert members
and one community member drawn from the above pools. The chair, Donna Rygate, was appointed by the State Planning Minister Rob Stokes. Ms Rygate has two alternate chairs in Mr Jason Perica and Ms Kara Krason. The council also decided to make the appointments for 14 months rather than the recommended three years. It asked the CEO Gary Murphy to monitor the panel and report back in July 2021. Cr Smith thanked all of those people who submitted an Expression of Interest for the community member role. “I know they genuinely have a desire to represent the interests of the community,” she said. However, she had concerns about the process. “The staff have gone through some kind of process to assess those EOIs. “I am disappointed that we didn’t have more information about that process available to the Councillors – but we did get copies of the EOIs last Friday.
“Although I very much respect the staff’s recommendation it really needed that check with the Councillors to consider how the community’s concerns are going to be best reflected in that local planning panel, which is the purpose of that community panel member. “Councillors are accountable to the community – the panel members are not - and I think that’s the great loss. “The community should be rightly outraged by this process. “Council will now need to look at its role in representing the community in this process.” Cr Smith also said the outcome meant councillors could be much more vocal about inappropriate proposals. “Because we are not the decision makers so we can be out there fully fledged and in full flight to represent the concerns of our community on this abomination that is the taking away of planning powers,” she said. Staff were not able to respond to a question from Cr Jeff
Sundstrom on how the panel would be accountable to council. Cr Troy Marquart tried to get the original list of community names passed but his amendment was lost. When the final vote was counted, he and four other councillors (Crs Greg Best, Jilly Pilon, Rebecca Gale and Bruce McLachlan) abstained while Cr Burke voted against it. Cr Holstein did not take part in the debate as a family member had been one of the names staff had put forward for the community member. That name was not accepted. The planning panel will now decide development applications that are: contentious; depart from standards by more than 10 per cent; are sensitive such as those involving heritage, liquor licences, or have more than three storeys. Council staff will deal with lesser developments by delegated authority. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch
says the Central Coast Local Planning Panel will bring greater accountability and transparency to our region’s planning system by making decisions on sensitive, complex and high-value development applications. “This will free up Councillors to focus on the strategic vision, policies and development controls for the Central Coast community,” he said. Crouch said Council was expected to induct all members by late May and is proposing the first panel take place in early June. The establishment of a Local Planning Panel for Central Coast was a recommendation from the major independent review of governance in the NSW planning system by former NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas. Source: Central Coast Council Meeting May 11 Item 3.2 Media Statement, May 13 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch
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Council waste strategy open for public review Central Coast Council is inviting community members to have their say on its draft Waste Resource Management Strategy, now available online for final public review until June 21. Developed after extensive community consultation last year, the draft Strategy assesses current waste initiatives and seeks to encourage change to help minimise the amount of waste sent to landfill and its impact on the environment. Council Unit Manager Waste Services and Business Development, Andrew Pearce,
said with the constantly evolving challenges around waste, there has been a massive push both from our community and at a global level to find solutions that close the loop. Pearce said community feedback had underpinned the strategy’s key objectives - to drive waste avoidance, divert waste from landfill by increasing local recycling and reuse options, explore funding and collaborative opportunities over the next 10 years, and keep our streets and public spaces clean and clear. He said what was traditionally known as ‘waste’ was actually a valuable resource to be
managed. “As technology is advancing so rapidly in this field, our planning for waste management must consider both wellestablished principles and emerging trends.” he said. “The vision of this 10-year plan is on promoting our region as a creative environment for developing a local circular economy that values the recovery of resources and advocates prevention of waste.” Mayor Lisa Matthews said the Strategy outlines key objectives and actions that will ensure Council provides waste services that are safe, secure and cost-effective.
“Waste is everyone’s issue – we all have a role to play in reducing the amount of waste generated and its impacts on our community and the environment” Cr Matthews said. “I encourage everyone to go online and provide feedback on our draft Strategy so we can ensure we deliver the future waste resource recovery outcomes the community want and expect.” Visit yourvoiceourcoast.com/ our-coast-our-waste for further information and to have your say. Source: Media release, May 13 Central Coast Council
Only 22% of children at risk seen by a caseworker Alarming new figures reveal that the Central Coast has the worst performance in the state for follow-up on reports of children at risk of serious harm. Latest statistics from the Department of Communities and Justice show that between October 1, 2018, and September 30, 2019, just 22% of children reported as being at risk on the Coast were seen by a caseworker. Of 16 districts included in the report, the highest rate of follow up was recorded by Northern NSW at 36%, but state wide, less than a third of at-risk children were followed up by caseworkers. The figures also show 114 caseworker positions remain unfilled in the state, three of them on the Central Coast. Central Coast MPs have backed calls from the Shadow
Minister for Family and Community Services, Penny Sharpe, for more caseworkers. Sharpe said vulnerable children were being failed by the NSW Government, blaming brutal budget cuts to the Department of Communities and Justice. “The data has uncovered a pattern of failures across 16 districts,” Sharpe said. “The Minister for Family and Communities has one of the most important jobs in government, to care for kids at risk. “Hard working but under resourced caseworkers are over stretched and unable to see the vast majority of children and young people who have been reported as at risk of serious harm. “These caseworkers are struggling under brutal cuts and a failure to recruit new staff. “That means they are unable
to support and protect the kids who need them most.” Sharpe has renewed calls for the State Government to reverse $174M cuts imposed on the Department of Communities and Justice and expedite the recruitment of caseworkers. Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, said the figures were alarming because they meant that there are young people in crisis going through the system unmonitored. “It would be terrible if there were a tragedy because there were insufficient caseworkers to meet the needs of families,” he said. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said the numbers revealed a “hidden tragedy” in our community. “This report is heartbreaking,” Tesch said. “Knowing that there are thousands of children on the
Coast in danger with no protection, shows the stark reality of budget cuts. “When a government talks about ‘trimming the fat’ or increasing ‘efficiency’ in the public service, it is front line social services staff that get cut first, because they don’t have a voice, and the people they protect don’t have a voice. “Our community and our children deserve better. “They deserve a life where they are supported and cared for.” But a Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) spokesperson said the State Government was investing more than $2B to protect and support our most vulnerable children, young people, and families. “The department’s latest data shows that caseworkers are seeing more children reported at risk of significant harm (ROSH) than ever before, with
31,773 children at ROSH seen in the 12 month period ending September 30, 2019,” the spokesperson said. “This is an increase of 20.1%, or 5,309 more children, when compared to the (previous) 12 month period, and more than a 135% increase since 2011. “Over 4,500 families also receive services from early intervention and preservation programs such as Brighter Futures, Intensive Family Based Services, Youth Hope, and evidenced based programs such as Multisystemic Therapy and Functional Family Therapy.” The spokesperson said that there was a reduction in the number of full time equivalent caseworkers in the latest quarter “consistent with normal fluctuations in resignations and hiring” and that the department was responding with increased recruitment to keep vacancy
rates at historically low levels. The spokesperson said an expansion of mandatory reporting groups and community awareness about child protection are factors that had contributed to a rise in Risk Of Significant Harm (ROSH) reports. “Reducing the proportion of children and young people rereported at ROSH is a Premier’s Priority. “The goal is to reduce the proportion of children and young people reported by 20 per cent in 2023.”
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Health insurance company defrauded of $1.6M A Point Frederick man has been charged after allegedly defrauding a health insurance company of approximately $1.6M. Between June and October 2019, a health insurance company reported to police that more than $175,000 of fraudulent claims were paid to a large number of identities, all allegedly linked to the same account. The matter was reported to Brisbane Water Police District and inquiries commenced. Following a lengthy investigation, police will allege
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A 10-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after he was hit by a mini-bus whilst riding his bike in Gosford. The incident occurred at around 4:20pm on Thursday, May 7, at the intersection of Riou St and the Central Coast Hwy. It’s understood the boy and his father had been riding their
bikes together and were attempting to cross the road when he was struck by the mini-bus, which was estimated to be travelling at around 50kmph. Emergency services including the Westpac Rescue Helicopter attended and treated the boy at the scene before he was flown to The Children’s Hospital at
Westmead in a stable condition. The bus driver, a 59-year-old man, was taken to Gosford Hospital for mandatory testing. A crime scene was established and the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated by Brisbane Water Police District. Source: Press release, May 7 NSW Police Media
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that over 13,000 fraudulent claims were made to the value of approximately $1.6M. On Monday, May 11, police attended a unit in Shortland St, Point Frederick, and executed a
search warrant seizing computer equipment, financial documents and communication devices, along with a Mercedes Benz and designer clothing. Brisbane Water Detectives arrested a 32-year-old man and he was taken to Woy Woy Police Station. He was charged with dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception. He was granted conditional bail and is due to appear at Gosford Local Court on July 17. Source: Press release, May 12 NSW Police Media
Contra flow arrangement in place on Pacific Highway Motorists are advised of changed traffic conditions on Railway Cres at Lisarow as work continues on the Pacific Highway duplication between Lisarow and Ourimbah. Traffic changes are in place for three weeks from April 28,
to allow bridge piling work to be carried out safely. A contra flow arrangement is in place with one lane available between 7am and 6pm on weekdays. If night work is required, this will remain in place while work
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M1 opened to three lanes Motorists are advised of changed traffic conditions on the M1 Motorway between Kariong and Somersby. From April 27, the upgraded and widened northbound section of the motorway will be permanently opened to three lanes. For the safety of workers and road users the existing speed limit of 80km/h will remain in place while finishing works are carried out, including grinding of the existing concrete road surface to provide safer, smoother journeys. The full upgrade is expected to be opened to traffic at 110km/h by mid-2020, weather permitting. Source: Press release, Apr 26 Transport for NSW Media
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Council wastes a lot of money I recall reading in one of the local papers that Central Coast Council intends to spend taxpayer money on a statue of Percy the Pelican at The Entrance. Well how about kerb and guttering streets that people have already paid for? My late father paid 59 pounds for the kerb and gutter outside our home in 1965, just after the water was done, and we are still waiting for it. Why do we, as taxpayers, have to pay for something that
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For anyone who works on the Central Coast, or works from home, or is retired, it is easy to see that a high rise apartment at Avoca Beach could be a very attractive proposition. However, why would anyone in that position want to gaze down on the excrescences of the Finance Office, the Tax Office and the Gosford Stadium, with no compensating benefit to be gained. They can afford to live near the beach or on the lake, or in a bushland setting, or near the Erina complex, as taste dictates, without having to deal with the annoyances of the Gosford centre. If the Tax Office and Finance Office sites had been developed with residential towers overlooking the water and park, the situation would be
FORUM different, but short-sightedness has prevailed in this matter, as it so frequently does on the Central Coast. Therefore, this target population does not seem likely to be interested. If the target population is Sydney workers, the first obstacle is the four hour a day commute to and from the city. There are closer in locations, such as Parramatta, from where the daily journey is significantly shorter, so any high rise units in Gosford will have to be much, much cheaper to offset the disadvantage of remoteness. Can Gosford prices really be brought down to the competitive level where large numbers of people will be attracted to make the choice? The probability of this seems slight, given that building costs for these kinds of buildings don’t vary much with location. Of course, the journey to Sydney could be speeded up,
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It costs three times as much for any work carried out by private contractors, the reason for this is another layer of management multiplied by two, another waste of money. It is no wonder that people are sick and tired of councils and governments wasting public money. Council needs to ask the people where they spend the public’s money. Email, Apr 11 Robert Findley, Point Clare
May I once again beg your indulgence to state my indignation and outrage on watching this morning’s ABC program which interviewed men who agreed, over emphatically, that all our present restrictions be removed immediately? Such dangerous and irresponsible comments are an insult to the brilliant minds of our medical consultants, who implore that this is not the right time to do this.
Can’t see the attraction of living in Gosford centre With all the grandiose projects being announced for Gosford centre, there seems to be very little marketability information being provided to underpin these ambitious plans.
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but it would require many billions of dollars in track and signal improvement to bring about, and the policy of the present Government is obviously to concentrate these infrastructure improvements in Sydney. The reason for this is that the demand for these transport improvements is already there, whereas investment outside the metropolitan area could only be justified by expectation of future demand. With no existing demand, there is no incentive for improvements, and without improvements there is no reason to suppose that demand will increase to justify the costs; it is a chicken and egg situation. It is also worth mentioning that, for commuters, a walk to the station from such as the Kibbleplex site in winter is not a particularly comfortable option. To be optimally convenient, buildings would need to be clustered in the Mann St area,
close to the station or on the western side of the railway line. However, as long as the policy is haphazard reliance on private developer initiatives as the method of development, there can be no integrated strategy to bring about liveable conditions for anybody who does want to live in Gosford centre. Since the Council is required to present a Strategic Planning Statement by 1 July (“Minister threatens Council with performance review”, Peninsula News edition 493), it will be interesting to see what is provided to guide Gosford centre development, beyond the usual platitudes and meaningless banalities with which we are familiar. Incidentally, if the Minister does order a performance review, pity the poor wretch who has to undertake it: where will they find enough performance to review? Email, May 7 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy
FORUM Thoughtfully, our government and states do not condone these appalling comments. Are these men blind as well as stupid? I question their IQ, and they appear to apparently have much in common with Donald Trump, my pet aversion. In reply to David Vustall, East Gosford, I am not in conjunction with anyone, my views and opinions are entirely my own.
Ross Barry and Coast Community News should be congratulated for the excellent article on John Maynard Keynes (book review edition 238) and for the clear and concise explanation of Keynes' contribution to economic theory. Now that all our most rabid free marketeers in Parliament have suddenly become born again Keynesians, while torturously trying to explain how this sudden about face is actually no different from the views they have always held, it is highly desirable that as many
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This I attribute to my excellent Scottish education and my wise and brilliant father, ahead of his time, who instilled wisdom in his children. Important always is honesty and decency, among the many ones he instilled in me, which I have tried to always adhere to. “Never assume anything, but always have the courage of your convictions,” this is who I am.
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FORUM people as possible have a grasp of the new economic reality, without having to make an academic study of his writings. Perhaps, Ross Barry could be afforded a regular opportunity to examine economics questions of the day for the lay reader? Somewhat along the lines of the regular articles written by Ross Gittens. I'm sure we could all benefit. Email, Apr 20 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy
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Going back to work? What are your rights? As Australia commences its return to normality, the internet is already abuzz with questions about the return of employees to their workplaces. When will it happen? How will it happen? And, increasingly, can I refuse to return when my boss tells me it’s time? Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently announced Australia’s 3 Step Framework for a COVIDSafe Australia. As businesses reopen and move towards recommencing their normal operations in accordance with the framework, employers will be asking their employees to return to the workplace. In some cases, a business cannot operate without its employees being physically present at the premises. A restaurant cannot serve meals without wait staff for instance, while a shop cannot sell goods without shop assistants or a nail salon without pedicurists. In these cases, most of the time, the point at which the employer will require its employees to return to the workplace will be clear. Subject to the employer having developed a "COVIDSafe plan" (more about that later), when the business reopens, or ramps up its
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operations to a level that requires more staff, the employer will need its workers to return. But in other workplaces, the timing of the return to the workplace may not be so clear cut. COVID-19 has forever changed the way that many people work. Businesses have had to quickly move to models that allow work to be performed remotely and with increased flexibility. For some, these changes have created a realisation amongst staff that they can do their jobs from home and, with no commute (or commuting costs), no dress code, and the ability to pop a load of washing on while the kettle boils for morning tea, they quite like it. For this reason, they may want to delay their return to the
workplace for as long as possible, or not want to return to the workplace at all. Some organisations have already flagged that certain members or their workforces will continue to work from home following the end of the pandemic. Many have also realised that reducing the number of employees at their premises may result in bottom line savings when the costs of commercial rent,cleaning, heating and other incidental office costs (I'm talking about those important things like chocolate biscuits and coffee pods) are weighed against the costs associated with facilitating work from home, such as ongoing costs for more sophisticated IT systems. But what if an employee refuses to return to the workplace once they have been told "it's time"? Employers will need to carefully consider the circumstances of any such refusal. Is the employee one that needs to attend the workplace in order to perform their duties, like the wait staff, shop assistants and nail technicians mentioned earlier? Or will the employee still be able to perform the inherent duties of their role from a remote location? In either case, the employer's first step in directing employees to
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return will be to ensure a "COVIDSafe plan" has been developed. This requires the employer to assess the public health orders in place at the relevant time so as not to breach the relevant restrictions. At present, that includes physical distancing and, in some workplaces, the 4 square metre rule. This may require an employer to relocate workspaces or introduce teams of workers who attend the workplace in shifts so fewer employees are present at any one time. Additionally, in order to comply with work health and safety laws, employers also need to ensure that they provide and maintain a safe working environment. In the current circumstances, this will require employers to ensure that their COVIDSafe plan includes proper systems for maintaining effective hygiene, health monitoring and cleaning. It will also require employers to plan for the possibility of COVID-19 cases in the workplace. Special circumstances will apply to some employees. Those with disabilities or carer's responsibilities will require additional consideration by the employer if they cannot
legitimately return to the workplace due to matters relating to COVID-19. In relation to those employees, hasty decisions by an employer may give rise to allegations of discrimination or adverse action, so care must be taken and obtaining legal advice is often a good idea. Employers will also need to consider how their employees travel to work, and whether any community measures still in place will cause their employees difficulty in travelling to and from work or expose them to unnecessary health risks. Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy has suggested that employers consider staggering their employees’ start and finish times so that public transport is not crowded during peak travel times. However, when services may only be able to cater for a quarter of their usual capacities, the hassle of altering work hours and the delays that will likely occur are almost certainly going to make employees think twice about wanting to return to work if they don’t believe it’s absolutely necessary. But if the workplace has the appropriate measures in place
and the employee can commute to the workplace safely, it largely becomes a matter of employer discretion as to whether the employee can continue to work from home. Relevant matters to consider include the employee's level of productivity at home versus in the workplace, whether the employee needs to be in the office for supervision and the need for the employee to interact with coworkers and others face-to-face. Ultimately, if the employer wants the employee back in the workplace, then they can direct the employee to return. Any refusal by the employee to follow a reasonable direction, could have disciplinary consequences. While the health and safety of employees is paramount, productivity is also of great importance, and the employer can determine what it requires of its employees after weighing up the pros and cons of allowing an employee to continue to work remotely as we emerge from shutdown and into the future. Erin Kidd is a Special Counsel in the Employment Law Group at McCabe Curwood, a leading Australian law firm.
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In response to COVID-19, the NSW Government is supporting Creative Kids providers pivot from faceto-face classes to online learning. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said the support includes $1M of
digital adaptation grants, a new toolkit of resources and changes to the use of Creative Kids rebates. “Creative Kids providers – such as music teachers, dance teachers and artists – can apply now for a $5,000 grant to help cover the cost of pivoting to online classes,” Crouch said.
“Adapting the way people in the creative arts sector ‘do business’ is the key to survival and I encourage teachers and artists on the Central Coast to apply,” he added. Crouch said thousands of local families were also benefitting from the Creative Kids program.
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“In the five months since 2020 began, almost 10,000 vouchers have been applied for and redeemed by Central Coast families. “The Creative Kids program offers families an annual $100 voucher for every school-aged child to contribute to registration, participation and
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tuition costs for performing arts, visual arts, coding, languages, literature, music and other creative and cultural activities,” Crouch said. Creative Kids vouchers are one of more than 70 cost of living rebates and savings available from the NSW Government.
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According to data supplied by Crouch just under 6000 vouchers had been redeemed across Gosford and Terrigal alone so far in 2020. Source: Press release, May 13 Ben Sheath, Office of Adam Crouch MP
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Local schools and fire brigades feature in community grants Six organisations including schools, community groups and Rural Fire Brigades in the Terrigal electorate will receive a share of $105,549 from the NSW Government’s Community Building Partnership program. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch said the funding would deliver much-needed improvements to local facilities. “The Coast Christian School at Bensville is receiving $30,000 to construct coverings at the ‘kiss and drop zone’ and to replace the playground’s softfall,” Crouch said.
Terrigal MP Adam Crouch with members of Copacabana Rural Fire Brigade
“Empire Bay Public School will benefit from a $20,000 outdoor seating platform which also includes outdoor bean bags and a mobile Library box. “I want to thank the P&C President Belinda Koukas for submitting this fantastic project. Brisbania Public School will also receive $17,860 for a new electronic sign, to be installed on the corner of High St and Davistown Rd. “At Green Point Community Centre, $15,000 will go towards upgrading the existing disability-accessible bathroom and adding an accessible shower.” Crouch said. “Copacabana Rural Fire
Brigade requested $12,599 for new carpet and epoxy flooring and I am delighted to be providing this funding. At Avoca Rural Fire Brigade, a grant of $10,000 will allow for the installation of a new electronic sign. “This is the least we can do to support our firies following last summer’s harrowing bushfires that stretched from one end of NSW to the other, and also impacted some communities on the Central Coast.”
Jones said many users were disheartened by the prospect until they turned to the community for help. “A friend suggested we try the Wyong Men’s Shed and when approached these angels in hi-vis gear agreed to take on the job. “They searched the internet for ideas, came up with a few improvements to the original design and even suggested a coat of special lacquer made to comply with Australian food handling standards as an extra precaution,” Jones said. Men’s Shed members had a hell of a time delivering the piece to the hall but after a bit of elbow grease it arrived at its new home to the delight of hall users. However, Jones said users have since been informed that their new bench/cupboard combo, affectionately known as the elephant, is in breach of regulations. “We have been informed that ‘regulations’ mandate that all benchtops must be standard
height. “If so, that is discriminatory, however, ours is standard height until lifted up. “It appears that ‘regulations’ do not consider the needs of the less able and people with electronic implants who frequently volunteer in community facilities like ours. “We really appreciate the time and effort the Men’s Shed spent on listening, so they understood the problems, then coming up with such a splendid solution. “Now we understand we have to demonstrate ‘community support’ to be allowed to keep it,” Jones said. The Mangrove Mountain community and surrounds are now being called on to help secure the elephant by writing a message of support to ‘Save the elephant’ TMB 2547 George Downes Dve, Kulnura, 2250.
Source: Media release, May 13 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch
Save the ‘Elephant’ The Mangrove Mountain Community is seeking support to keep their new amenities as is. According to Kulnura resident, Clara Jones, the hall recently had a new kitchen installed and as part of that upgrade a stainless steel bench was installed. The new bench was installed against the wishes of hall users who say the taller style of bench was ill-suited to their
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needs. “The somewhat taller centre bench around which we normally gathered to work while socializing was gone. “No one could understand that people with electronic implants do not feel safe working on metal benches, particularly when electronic gadgets are also often in use,” Jones said. Jones said users then sought permission to install a new bench and were granted it, provided it would meet certain requirements, a challenge in and of itself given users’ own varied needs for the bench. “We had to fund it ourselves and it had to be store under the shelves, a space about 980mm tall, and about a third of the width that we needed. “Obviously drop sides would be needed, that could treble the work surface, if one were lower it would cater for the vertically challenged; but how can we get the taller bench needed for the taller people with arthritis? “We decided it would need
Men’s Shed members with the ‘elephant’
wheels to make it easily moved and to make it comply with food handling standards we will need WA specially treated hardwood benchtops, which are expensive and very heavy,” Jones said.
The bench would also need storage space to accommodate the various bits and bobs of users. All of these features made for an astronomical bill for a custom built bit of furniture and
Source: Letter, May 12 Clara Jones, Kulnura
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Online pole dancing takes off in COVID-19 Keeping fit during COVID-19 has been tough but it’s even harder when your goto work out is pole dancing. Thankfully, Peach Pole Studio has locals covered. Created by veteran performer and teacher, Daisy Bastick, Peach Pole Studio has two locations at Erina and Tuggerah and has introduced hundreds of women and a few men, to the art of pole dancing. According to Daisy, at Peach Pole it’s all about keeping the “dance” in pole dancing, with routine-based teaching that builds strength, stamina, flexibility and cardio fitness at the heart of what they do. With a team of pros helping Daisy lead classes that cater to pundits of the pole right through to beginners, the studio has built up a loyal following of ‘Peachies’, students who’ve become hooked on the socially fulfilling and confidence boosting exercise. When lockdown restrictions
came into effect Daisy had to close both venues and like many others in the fitness and exercise industry she turned to online classes to keep her studio going, but unlike her peers who could easily tailor their offering to suit a home work out, Daisy was faced with a dilemma – how do you teach pole dancing without a pole? The solution was to launch a series of classes that cater to students with and without a pole. The classes are incredibly diverse and cover just about everything to do with pole dancing from fitness through to artistry. With classes categorised by difficulty and equipment requirements, regular Peachies have quickly settled into what works for them and while life in lockdown might not be peachy, for Daisy and her crew being able to stay engaged with their students has kept morale high during an uncertain time.
“I joke with all the girls that don’t have a pole to get out on the clothesline and put on a show, but jokes aside, the online classes have actually been really rewarding. “We’re getting to trial a bunch of new ideas like costume ‘crafternoons’ and a few other fun things. “It’s also been really good for the girls that might’ve been a bit nervous about doing a faceto-face class for the first time. “They get to try it out in the privacy of their own home and that can help them get over any jitters,” Daisy said. That connectedness has been just as valued by students, with Zoom classes providing some much-needed socialisation while everyone’s stuck at home. It also helps that there’s a few more light-hearted classes sprinkled in with the more traditional ones. Such classes have included mums and bubs class where
the bubs can be substituted for pets and a special bed routine, which is exactly what it sounds like, dancing in bed – heels not recommended. “We’re very much a family and I think we’ve all been missing those fuzzy moments when we’re all together, so we’re trying to keep things light and fun with the classes until we can get back in the studio,” Daisy said. With restrictions starting to ease off, Daisy’s now looking towards a managed approach to reinstating face-to-face classes. “We’ll probably do four more weeks of just online classes and then assess from there, but what we’re doing online has proved so popular it’s something we might integrate into our usual offering,” Daisy said. Source: Interview, May 14 Daisy Bastick, Peach Pole Studio Reporter: Dilon Luke
The Book of COSS A former Mayor of Gosford will be paid $8,200 to write the history of the COSS the Coastal Open Space System as long as he gets the balance of the funding for “The Book Of COSS” from elsewhere. Robert Bell will partner with a local group such as the historical society to write the book and If the project doesn’t reach conclusion, all material accrued is to be provided to Central Coast Council. The COSS was initiated by the then Gosford Council in 1984 to conserve the visual and environmental quality of the natural scenery of Gosford City including the vegetated ridgelines.
Bell was a councillor from 1980 and was Mayor of Gosford Council in 1992, 1993, 2002 and 2003. The COSS provides habitat for native flora and fauna, and vegetated connections between ridgelines and wetlands to allow movement of wildlife and the plant gene pool. It allows for passive recreation and natural areas with water catchments to remain undeveloped thus not causing deterioration in water quality. COSS buys land for public ownership. The money for the history is being paid from the Protection of the Environment Trust after Central Coast Council agreed to
the payment. Cr Troy Marquart at the May 11 council meeting argued the money would be better spent on local jobs. “Please please, guys, let’s think about the situation we’re in,” he said, referring to the Covid-19 crisis which “our grandkids will be paying off”. Cr Chris Burke asked staff what credentials Bell had to write the book and when staff couldn’t answer the question, Cr Smith said that just highlighted why the book needed to be written. Source Item 3.7 Central Coast Council meeting May 11.
Draft Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) Council's first Draft Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) is a document that will play a pivotal role in shaping our region's short and long term growth and is now on public exhibition. The Plan will focus on the vision and planning priorities for land use in the region over the next 20 years. The statement aims to balance the social, environmental and economic outcomes in a manner that enhances its character, preserves its natural attributes and improves our community's quality of life. Have your say on the draft LSPS! Due to the limitations imposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic, Council will be undertaking community consultation from 8 May to 8 June though online methods. For more information go to yourvoiceourcoast.com
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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 6:00 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 9:00 11:30 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 12:00 11:00 Grand Designs [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 1:30 Australian Story (PG) [s] 2:00 Death In Paradise (M) [s] 2:00 3:00 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 4:00 Poh’s Kitchen [s] 4:35 Gruen (PG) [s] 5:00 6:00 5:10 Grand Designs [s] 7:00 6:00 The Drum [s] 8:30 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Gardening Australia [s] – Tino Carnevale learns to propagate ferns, Millie Ross visits a town bursting with free food. 8:30 Top Of The Lake: China Girl Surrogate (M l,n,s) [s] 9:35 Silent Witness: Betrayal (Part 1) (M v) [s] 10:35 ABC Late News [s] 11:00 10:50 The Virus (PG) [s] 11:05 The Weekly [s] 11:40 rage (MA15+) [s] 12:30 6:00 6:00 rage (PG) [s] 10:00 rage Guest Programmer (PG) 7:00 10:00 10:55 Q&A (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:00 12:30 Call The Midwife (PG) [s] 1:30 Father Brown: The Great Train 1:30 Robbery (PG) [s] 2:00 2:20 Classic Countdown: 1986 (PG) [s] 3:35 Grand Designs Australia: Kuitpo Song Tower [s] 4:00 4:30 Landline [s] 5:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: 5:00 5:30 Dave Faulkner [s] 5:30 Midsomer Murders: The Ballad Of Midsomer County 6:00 7:00 (PG) [s] 7:30 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Death In Paradise: Murder On The Airwaves (M v) [s] 8:30 Call The Midwife (PG) [s] 9:15 9:30 Mystery Road (M l,d,v) [s] 10:25 Unforgotten (M l) [s] 11:15 Silent Witness: Betrayal (Part 1) (MA15+) [s] 11:30 12:15 rage Guest Programmer (PG) 12:30 6:00 6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 9:00 Insiders [s] 10:00 Offsiders [s] 12:00 10:30 The World This Week [s] 1:00 11:00 Compass (PG) [s] 2:30 11:30 Songs Of Praise [s] 4:00 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 5:00 12:30 Landline [s] 5:30 1:30 Gardening Australia [s] 6:00 2:30 War On Waste (PG) [s] 7:00 3:30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One [s] 4:00 Everyone’s A Critic (PG) [s] 4:30 The Mix [s] 5:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 6:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:30 Compass [s] 8:30 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:30 The Virus [s] 7:40 Grand Designs NZ [s] 11:30 8:30 Mystery Road (M l,d,v) [s] 9:25 Killing Eve (M v) [s] 10:15 Barrenjoey Road (M) [s] 11:10 Unforgotten (M l) [s] 12:30 12:00 Poldark (M v) [s]
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5:30 Today [s] Sunrise [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “New York Prison 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] Break: The Seduction Of Joyce 1:00 New Amsterdam: Mitchell” (M v,s) (’17) Stars: Double Blind (M) [s] Penelope Ann Miller 2:00 Doctor Doctor (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] The Daily Edition (PG) [s] The Chase UK [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] Seven News At 4 [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] The Chase Australia [s] Seven News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Escape To The Chateau [s] 8:30 Movie: “Inferno” (M v,l) (’16) Movie: “The Dressmaker” Stars: Tom Hanks, Felicity (M v,l,s) (’15) – A glamorous Jones, Irfan Khan, Omar Sy woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her 10:55 Movie: “Michael Clayton” (MA15+) (’07) Stars: George sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom the women and exacts sweet Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack revenge on those who did her 1:05 Award Winning Tasmania: King Island (Part 1) [s] wrong. Stars: Kate Winslet, 1:30 Home Shopping Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth Britain’s Got Talent: 4:30 The Avengers: Audition 4 (PG) [s] Forget-Me-Knot (PG) [s] 5:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Home Shopping 6:00 Ellen (PG) [s] Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Today [s] Weekend Sunrise [s] The Morning Show - Weekend 10:00 Today Extra - Saturday [s] 12:00 Knights To Remember [s] (PG) [s] 12:30 Outback Brothers (PG) [s] Seven’s Horse Racing [s] 1:00 Movie: “Loch Ness” (G) (’96) Coastwatch Oz: Stars: Ted Danson Jet Ski Anger (PG) [s] 3:00 The Garden Gurus [s] Movie: “The Maltese Falcon” 3:30 The Greatest Australian Open (PG) (’41) Stars: Humphrey Matches [s] Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] George, Peter Lorre 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] Better Homes And Gardens 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] Seven News At 5 [s] Border Security - Australia’s 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Disney Family Singalong Front Line (PG) [s] 8:30 Movie: “Mamma Mia!” (PG) Seven News [s] (’08) Stars: Meryl Streep The Latest Seven News [s] Movie: “Men In Black 2” (PG) 10:40 Movie: “Patch Adams” (M l) (’98) Stars: Robin Williams, (’02) Stars: David Cross, Lara Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Hoffman, Daniel London Rip Torn, Rosario Dawson Movie: “Terminator Genisys” 12:45 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything: Comedians (M) [s] (M l,v) (’15) Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke 1:35 Outback Brothers (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping Program To Be Advised 5:30 Wesley Impact [s] Home Shopping 6:00 Animal Tales [s] Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Today [s] Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] The Morning Show 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] Weekend [s] 12:00 World’s Greatest Journeys House Of Wellness [s] (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised 1:00 Movie: “Rocky” (M v,l) (’76) Program To Be Advised Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Better Homes And Gardens Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Seven News At 5 [s] Young, Burgess Meredith Sydney Weekender [s] 3:30 The Greatest - Rivalries [s] Seven News [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five (PG) House Rules - High Stakes (PG) [s] – Lenore and Bradley 5:30 Customs (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] finally get a rest this week 7:00 Lego Masters (PG) [s] whilst teams get stuck into 8:50 60 Minutes (PG) [s] Lenore’s Greystanes house 9:50 NINE News Late [s] which is in desperate need 10:20 Inside Crime (M) [s] of some love and affection. Movie: “Cast Away” (M) (’00) 11:20 See No Evil: Happy Birthday To Drew (M) [s] Stars: Chris Noth, Tom Hanks, 12:10 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Helen Hunt, Lari White Scared To Death (M v) [s] The Blacklist: Katarina 2:00 Home Shopping Rostova (MA15+) [s] – Red 2:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo and the task force pay a visit 3:00 Home Shopping to a former blacklister. 4:00 Animal Tales [s] Home Shopping
Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66) 7FOOD (Channel 74)
TEN (C13)
NINE (C81/80)
Also see: GEM (Channel 82) GO! (Channel 83/88) LIFE (Channel 84)
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Headline News [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (PG) [s] Jamie Oliver: Keep Cooking And Carry On [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] WIN News [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Love Australia Project (PG) [s] The Graham Norton Show (PG) [s] – Tonight’s guests: Sandra Oh, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Stanley Tucci and Niall Horan. Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] Program To Be Advised The Project (PG) [s] WIN’s All Australian News [s] I Fish [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Escape Fishing With ET [s] What’s Up Down Under? [s] 4X4 Adventures [s] Which Car (PG) [s] Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals [s] Pooches At Play [s] Everyday Gourmet (PG) [s] Taste Of Australia [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Seafood Escape [s] What’s Up Down Under? [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Takeaway Reheated (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] The Dog House (PG) [s] Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] Ambulance UK (PG) [s] One Born Every Minute Australia (M) [s] Program To Be Advised Blue Bloods: Reckless (M v) Bull: Wrecked (M v) [s] Religious Programs [s] Fishing Australia [s] Three Veg And Meat [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] This Is Mexico (PG) [s] Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] Taste Of Australia [s] Farm To Fork [s] Which Car (PG) [s] RPM [s] 10 News First [s] WIN News [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] – Contestants are cooking off against the other contestant on their bench. The best dish from each bench will be safe, while the remaining contestants must cook in the elimination round. FBI: Invisible (M v) [s] FBI: Doomsday (M v) [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Home Shopping
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CGTN English News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Eurovision Song Contest 2019 (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Pyramids - Solving The Mystery: The Last Secrets Of Giza – The whole world has its eyes riveted on the Pyramid of Khufu, in Egypt. Yet, nearby, on the Giza plateau, other architectural masterpieces stand up to the test of time. 8:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 10:25 SBS World News Late 10:55 Cocaine Trade Exposed: The Invisibles - Escobar’s Successor (M) (In English/ Spanish) 11:50 The Missing (M s) 4:25 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Running Wild: Lena Headey (PG) 2:50 The Body Coach (PG) 3:50 Gadget Man: Childsplay 4:20 Great British Food Revival 5:30 Story Of Europe: Origins And Identity (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Eurovision 2020: Big Night In! (PG) – Hosted by Eurovisionaries music buff Myf Warhurst and comedian Joel Creasey, this must-see TV event will feature special guest appearances from big names. 10:30 Eurovision Top 40 Controversies (M l) 12:30 Secrets Of Eurovision (PG) 1:30 Hurtigruten Boat Journey (In Norwegian/ English) 4:05 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Gymnastics: Artistic Individual World Cup 4:30 Cycling: Incycle 5:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Honley To Chesterfield (PG) 5:35 Hunting Nazi Treasure: Blood Treasure (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 King Arthur’s Britain: Truth Unearthed (M) 8:30 Eurovision 2020: Europe Shine A Light 10:30 Queen: Rock The World (M l) 11:40 Railways That Built Britain 12:35 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Genoa To The Brenner Pass/ Riga To Tampere/ Rotterdam To Utrecht (PG) 3:45 24 Hours In Emergency: Wrong Place, Wrong Time (M)
Also see: 10 PEACH (Channel 11) 10 BOLD (Channel 12)
Classifications: (G) General, (PG) Parental Guidance, (M) Mature Audiences, (MA15+) Mature Audience Over 15 Years, [s] Subtitles Consumer Advice: (d) drug references, (s) sexual references or sex scenes (h) horror, (l) language, (mp) medical procedures, (n) nudity, (v) violence
Also see: SBS VICELAND (Channel 31) SBS MOVIES (Channel 32) SBS FOOD (Channel 33) SBS NITV (Channel 34)
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ABC (C20/21)
Wednesday 20 May
TEN (C13)
NINE (C81/80)
6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs NZ [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Landline [s] 2:00 Poldark (M v) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 The Cook And The Chef [s] 4:25 Gruen (PG) [s] 5:10 Grand Designs [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Australian Story (PG) [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 9:15 Media Watch [s] 9:35 Q&A (PG) [s] 10:35 ABC Late News [s] 11:10 Catalyst: Building Greener Cities [s] 12:05 Poldark (PG) [s] 1:05 Cleverman: Bindawu (M v) [s] 2:00 rage (MA15+) [s] 3:30 Compass (PG) [s]
5:30 Today [s] Sunrise [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “She Made Them Do It” 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] (M s,v,l) (’13) – The true story of 1:00 Wellness Break [s] convicted felon Sarah Pender 1:10 Lego Masters (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] who has been found guilty of masterminding a double 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] murder. Stars: Jenna Dewan, 6:00 NINE News [s] Mackenzie Phillips, Steve 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Bacic, Greyston Holt 7:30 Lego Masters (PG) [s] – The 2:00 The Daily Edition [s] final episode is here and it’s 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] down to our final three teams to 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] impress. 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] – Latest news, 8:50 Emergence: 2 MG CU BID (M) sport and weather from Australia 9:50 NINE News Late [s] 10:20 World’s Worst Flights: and around the world. Mechanical (M) [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 House Rules - High Stakes 11:15 Lethal Weapon: Wreck The Halls (MA15+) [s] (PG) [s] 12:05 Killer Couples: Marone/ 8:45 9-1-1: Fools (M l) [s] Vasquez (M v,l) [s] 9:45 9-1-1: Pinned (M l) [s] 1:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 10:45 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:15 S.W.A.T.: Los Huesos (M v) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping
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5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Kevin Can Wait: Phat Monkey (PG) [s] 1:30 Wellness Break [s] 1:40 Lego Masters (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 ABBA: Secrets Of Their Greatest Hits [s] 8:30 Movie: “Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again” (PG) (’18) Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Andy Garcia 10:40 NINE News Late [s] 11:10 Mom: Twinkle Lights And Grandma Shoes (M) [s] 11:35 Straight Forward (MA15+) [s] 12:30 Tipping Point [s] 1:20 9Honey- Quarantine Kitchen 1:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping
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Sunrise [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Nightstalker” (M d,v,s) (’16) – An attorney tries to get convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez to confess to crimes attributed to a death row inmate. Stars: Bellamy Young, Lou Diamond Phillips The Daily Edition (PG) [s] The Chase UK [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Border Security - Australia's Front Line (PG) [s] The Force - Behind The Line (PG) [s] Absentia: Comeback/ Reset (MA15+) [s] The Latest: Seven News [s] The Resident: The Flea (M) [s] Grey’s Anatomy (M) [s] Home Shopping
6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Gardening Australia [s] 12:00 Grand Designs [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Q&A [s] 2:00 Poldark (M) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 Short Cuts To Glory - Matt 5:00 Okine vs Food [s] 6:00 Gruen (PG) [s] 7:00 Grand Designs [s] 7:30 The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Karl Kruszelnicki (PG) [s] The Weekly With Charlie Pickering [s] At Home Alone Together [s] The Last Leg: Locked Down 8:45 Under (PG) [s] 11:05 Planet America (PG) [s] 11:35 ABC Late News [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch [s] 12:30
Sunrise [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Megachurch Murder” (M s,v) (’15) Stars: Corbin Bleu, Shanica Knowles The Daily Edition (PG) [s] The Chase UK [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Britain’s Got Talent: Audition 5 (PG) [s] – Auditions continue as weird, wacky and wonderful acts compete in front of celebrity judges Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Williams and series creator Simon Cowell. Hosted by Ant and Dec. Bodyguard (M v,s,l) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] The Resident: The Last Shot (M) [s] Home Shopping
5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 The Blue Planet: Making Waves (PG) [s] 2:00 Emergence (M v) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: 3 Chimps (PG) [s] – On this episode, vets and keepers work together as they attempt a procedure that is rarely done. 8:30 Paramedics (M) [s] 9:30 New Amsterdam: Perspectives (M) [s] 10:30 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 Chicago Med: We Hold These Truths (M mp) [s] 11:50 Don’t Tell The Doctor (M) [s] 12:40 Westside (MA15+) [s] 1:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s]
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News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Gardening Australia [s] Grand Designs [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Without Limits (PG) [s] Poldark (M) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] The Cook And The Chef [s] Gruen (PG) [s] Grand Designs [s] The Drum [s] Sammy J [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] The Heights (PG) [s] Grand Designs Australia [s] Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One [s] Father Brown (M v) [s] ABC Late News [s] Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] Top Of The Lake (M l,s) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] Compass [s] Catalyst [s]
Sunrise [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” (M) (’08) Stars: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney The Daily Edition (PG) [s] The Chase UK [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Movie: “The Proposal” (PG) (’15) – When a high-powered book editor faces deportation to her native Canada, the quickthinking exec proposes to her young tormented assistant, he agrees with a few conditions of his own. Stars: Sandra Bullock The Latest Seven News [s] Flights From Hell: Caught On Camera (PG) [s] Movie: “Perfect High” (MA15+) (’15) Stars: Bella Thorne Home Shopping
5:30 Today [s] 6:00 9:00 Today Extra [s] 8:30 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 1:00 New Amsterdam: 2:00 Perspectives (M) [s] 2:30 2:00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The 3:30 Zoo: 3 Chimps (PG) [s] 4:00 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:30 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 5:00 6:00 NINE News [s] 6:00 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 6:30 7:30 RBT: Her Big Surprise/ A 7:30 Dangerous Combination (PG) 8:30 8:30 Movie: “The Bourne Legacy” (M v) (’12) Stars: Jeremy 9:30 Renner, Scott Glen 11:10 NINE News Late [s] 10:30 11:40 Taken: All About Eve (M v,d) [s] – When a bomb goes off in 11:30 Washington DC, the team 12:30 suspects an innocent man is 1:30 being framed for the crime. 12:35 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:30 1:30 Home Shopping 5:00
Headline News [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (PG) [s] Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] WIN News [s] The Project (PG) [s] Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] Law & Order: SVU: Missing (MA15+) [s] Law & Order: SVU: Blackout (MA15+) [s] Blue Bloods: The Fog Of War (M v) [s] WIN’s All Australian News [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] Home Shopping The Talk (PG) [s]
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Thursday 21 May
PRIME (C61/60)
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News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Gardening Australia [s] Grand Designs [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch [s] Poldark (PG) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Poh’s Kitchen [s] Gruen (PG) [s] Grand Designs [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Foreign Correspondent [s] Miriam Margolyes, Almost Australian [s] Getting Their Acts Together ABC Late News [s] Q&A [s] Poldark (M) [s] Cleverman: Dark Clouds (MA15+) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] Compass [s]
Also see: ABC COMEDY (Channel 22) ABC ME (Channel 23) ABC NEWS (Channel 24)
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Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66) 7FOOD (Channel 74)
Also see: GEM (Channel 82) GO! (Channel 83/88) LIFE (Channel 84)
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Headline News [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (PG) [s] Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] WIN News [s] The Project (PG) [s] Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] – Have our contestants been paying attention? Our quizmasters and host Tom Gleisner are about to find out! Program To Be Advised Program To Be Advised The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show (PG) [s] Home Shopping The Talk (PG) [s] Headline News [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (PG) [s] Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] WIN News [s] The Project (PG) [s] Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] – Contestants must replicate chef Peter Gunn’s ‘Black Box’ from his restaurant Ides. How To Stay Married (M) [s] NCIS: Boom (M v) [s] NCIS: Los Angeles: Alsiyadun (M v) [s] WIN’s All Australian News [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show (PG) [s] Home Shopping The Talk (PG) [s]
Also see: 10 PEACH (Channel 11) 10 BOLD (Channel 12)
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CGTN English News NHK World English News Worldwatch Soundtracks (M v) Alex Polizzi The Fixer (PG) Great British Railway Journeys: London Euston To Cheddington (PG) 4:20 Great American Railroad Journeys: St Louis To Jefferson City (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Secrets Of The Royal: Traditions (PG) 8:30 Michael Mosley: Into The Mind: Control (PG) 9:30 How To Lose Weight Well (PG) 10:25 SBS World News Late 10:55 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games: The Protheroe Mystery (M s,v) (In French) 12:35 Das Boot (M l,s,v) (In German/ French) 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00
CGTN English News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History - September 11th (M v) 2:50 Great British Railway Journeys 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are?: Mal Meninga 4:25 Great American Railroad Journeys: Sedalia To St Joseph Missouri 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Lisa Wilkinson (PG) 8:30 Insight: Sleep Hacks (PG) 9:30 Dateline: Birmingham Under The Knife 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Twin (M l,v) (In Norwegian/ Swedish) 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00
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CGTN English News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Over The Black Dot Football: FIFA World Cup Classic Match: Brazil v Italy 1970 4:30 Great American Railroad Journeys: La Junta To Colorado Springs 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 World’s Most Beautiful Railway (PG) 8:35 How The Victorians Built Britain: Bridging The Nation (PG) 9:30 ZeroZeroZero (MA15+) (In Spanish/ English/ Italian) 10:45 SBS World News Late 11:15 The New Pope (M l) (In English/ Italian) 12:25 Bullets (M d,l,n,v) (In Finnish/ English)
Also see: SBS VICELAND (Channel 31) SBS MOVIES (Channel 32) SBS FOOD (Channel 33) SBS NITV (Channel 34)
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Lectures, demonstrations and discussion. Weekly paint-outs Tues 4349 5860 for locations Workshops 4363 1156 9.30am 1st & 3rd Wed Meetings 1.30pm 4th Wed Gosford City Arts Centre. 4325 1420
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Rescue and care for injured and orphan native animals. 24hr/day, 7days/week. Meet 3rd Sun Wyoming Community Centre, Maidens Brush Rd Wyoming 10am 4325 0666
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Meets on the 2nd Sat of each month at Gosford RSL - 10am, new memebrs most welcome, serving or ex ran, rn and other commonwealth navies. 0400 103 765 brucesmith59@bigpond.com
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School Holiday activities, playgroup, multicultural programs, community activities Rooms for Hire 4329 4477 admin@gnnc.com.au
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Author: Richard Powers Publisher: WW Norton & Co
As I was reading The Overstory the word understory kept appearing, so I finally looked it up and found out that it means a layer of vegetation beneath the main canopy of a forest. Then it dawned on me that I should probably look up the word overstory (not one of my brighter moments). Surprise, surprise … overstory is “the layer of vegetation in a forest canopy”. The Overstory is broken up into sections – Roots, Trunk, Crown and Seeds. In Roots we are introduced to the characters that will make up this epic novel and this chapter really got me in. The first is Nicholas Hoel, descendant of a Norwegian immigrant who married an Irish girl in Brooklyn and set off to settle in the new state of Iowa, bringing along the seeds of a chestnut tree. We meet many generations of the Hoels and see how the grand chestnut tree grows where chestnuts aren’t supposed to. We then meet Mimi Ma, one of three
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sisters who like to climb the mulberry tree their parents planted in their backyard and eat their fill of mulberries. Adam Appich’s family planted a maple tree for him when he was born. His siblings’ trees are elm, ash and ironwood. His sister, Leigh, who’s tree is the elm, disappears when she goes to Lauderdale for spring break. Her elm tree died just before that. There is also Ray Brickman and Dorothy Cazaly who marry and start planting trees each year of their
anniversary. But the years pass, and they forget. Douglas Pavlicek is a vet and while serving his country the plane he is in goes down – a banyan tree breaks his fall. Neelay Mehta is obsessed with computers. After a confrontation with his teacher bring his family shame, he falls out of a neighbour’s encina tree while pondering his fate. Patricia Westerford’s father takes his young daughter with on his travels and
teaches her to love trees and see how much man has come to ruin them, while Olivia Vandergriff is a senior in college, too self-absorbed to notice the tree in front of her house “that once covered the earth – a living fossil, one of the oldest, strangest things that ever learned the secret of wood.” Each chapter in Roots read like a short story, and that is what I thought the book would be – a series of short stories. However, in Trunk the characters become intertwined … very cleverly, just like the connections between trees. Powers highlights the vastness of time and space with each human life appearing as little more than a ring on a great tree’s trunk. But then came Crown and, well … things went downhill a little for me. I felt the story was going on way too long and descended into some weird places. At this point I was reading just to finish it. The Overstory (or as I like to call it, “everything you wanted to know about trees but were too afraid to ask”) is a depressing book, albeit a timely one, especially given the great loss of wilderness in the recent bushfires. It is well written for the most part and was in fact shortlisted for the 2018
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Six of the 10 episodes have now been released (Netflix is releasing them two-at-a-time) and each one leaves you more in awe of the superhuman talent of MJ than the one before – slam dunk upon slam dunk, three pointers seemingly landed from the car park, one wow moment after another. The series toggle between the 199798 season to footage from earlier championships and recent interviews with Jordan and former team-mates. Jordan’s star was on the rise from a young age when he signed a lucrative deal with Nike back in 1984 while still a rookie. A deal worth $250,000 (a huge amount at the time) was expected to gross two to three million for Nike – in the first year alone, sales of MJ’s “Air Jordans” hit $126 million. (There’s a great scene in his final game where Jordan insists on playing in his original Air Jordans only to limp out of Madison Square Gardens after the game, feet swollen and bleeding admitting “these shoes are killing me”.)
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The Last Dance: The Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls The Last Dance draws upon never before seen footage of the Chicago Bulls from the 1997-98 NBA season to bring us a revealing story of arguably one of the greatest athletes ever born – Michael Jordan.
Booker Prize and won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Guardian however was not so kind. Sam Jordison writes that The Overstory has problems … big structural problems. Key characters don’t converge to the central story, it hectors the reader and, he says, descends into increasingly absurd melodrama: “just the kind of crash-bang bollocks that makes bad comic-book adaptations so repetitively dull. Helicopters! Bombs! Fires! Trees falling down all over the place! People getting messages from the trees! People having massive – and massively unlikely – epiphanies!” He goes on to say that “The Overstory is undemanding – it asks nothing of its readers, nothing beyond the page that isn’t spelt out for us.” Harsh, but probably fair And while I don’t want to be too critical of a well-intentioned book, it just wasn’t for me either. I feel guilty about climate change and about not doing anything to protect the trees, but I feel guilty about so much already I just didn’t need to add this to my plate.
The 1991 play-offs catapulted Jordan into the spotlight after he spearheaded the Bulls to their first ever NBA title, defeating the L.A. Lakers 4-1. His fame reached even greater heights in 1992 when the Bulls put away Western Conference winners, Portland, 4-2 to secure consecutive titles. Then came the fabled “Dream Team” of the Barcelona Olympics – a starstudded line up of NBA legends including Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Bulls team-mate Scottie Pippen. It is here we get a real insight into the ruthlessly competitive nature of Michael Jordan. After denying rival Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons a place on the Dream Team, Johnson then turned his fierceness to manager Jerry Krause. Krause had previously shunned Jordan and Pippen in favour of Croatian star, Toni Kukoc who Krause had claimed was “the future of the Bulls.” Accordingly, Jordan and Pippen turned up the heat on an unsuspecting Kukoc, reducing him to rubble in the US v Croatia Olympics final. Jordan then did a similar number on another ‘darling’ of Krause, Dan Majerle during the subsequent 1993 finals against Majerle’s Phoenix Suns.
No team had ever before won three titles in a row and, after dropping the first two matches in the Eastern Conference final against the Knicks, many commentators were ringing the bell on Jordan and his famous Bulls. But Jordan had other ideas. He led a fierce revival by the Bulls to stampede the Knicks in the next four matches, scoring 55 points in one game, to set up a title clash against Dan Majerle’s Phoenix Suns. As Jordan admits, “I knew that Jerry Krause loved Dan Majerle. And just because Krause liked him was enough for me. You think he’s a great defensive player? OK, I’m gonna show you that he’s not.” And so it was – Jordan monstered Phoenix in the first two play-offs and the Suns never recovered. Episodes five and six span two years
where the Bulls surrendered ground to the Knicks and Orlando, in which the focus shifts to Jordan’s off-court dramas. We learn that he was not loved by all his teammates. There were allegations of a punchup with team-mate Will Purdue at training and Australian Luc Longley, another of Jordan’s former Bulls team mates, wrote in Running with the Bulls that: “I found him difficult to be around and he and I obviously didn’t see eyeto-eye.” We also learn that Jordan had a taste for high-stakes gambling and that, on one occasion during the 1993 playoffs, had been out at a casino all night before a game. Jordan assures the interviewer he was not an addict – that he was always in control and that the losses had never become a “problem”.
In one scene however, he is shown to have lied to a magistrate about his gambling losses to “save himself embarrassment and pain”. At some point however, it becomes apparent his gambling is less about escaping the pressures of fame and more about a deep desire to simply, well … win. The series highlights just how much global adoration Michael Jordan carried around on his broad shoulders – everyone wanted to “be like Mike”. Even now at 50’s we can still see the flame in Jordan’s eye that tells us winning is all that mattered to him. The series also touches on the infamous episode in the early 1990s when Jordan declined to support would be Democrat African-American Senator, Harvey Grant, flippantly saying in an interview that “Republicans buy sneakers too”. Jordan says he simply wasn’t interested in using his fame to support social justice causes – he was just obsessed with playing basketball and with winning. The Bulls went on to win a second three-straight NBA titles from 199596 to 1997-98 – we have that to look forward to in the final four episodes of The Last Dance. But we already know that when the all crush him, Michael Jordan leapt to even greater heights to become the best the world has ever seen. Ross Barry
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Business & Property Win-win for Coast Shelter and local café owners COVID-19 might be impacting its regular services, but Coast Shelter is alive and well and still doing its utmost for the disadvantaged in the region. CEO Rachel Willis said a new program being run in conjunction with local cafes and restaurants was helping provide meals to those in need while keeping employees of the eateries in work. “Due to COVID-19, we were no longer in a position to accept donations from the community and volunteers were no longer permitted to help in our Community Centre kitchen,” Willis said. “So our meals program from the Community Centre had been reduced to Monday to Friday, and only lunch time takeaway service.” But the shelter realised that by collaborating and partnering with cafes and restaurants in the region, it could increase its meals program to include takeaway dinners and support local
Coast Shelter Acting Community Centre Program Manager Penny Williams with Kirsty Martin from 3 Naughty Boys
businesses at the same time. The program sees the shelter buying 50 meals a day Monday through Friday from participating eateries, which deliver the meals to Coast Shelter for take away dinner service through the Community Centre and transitional housing
between 4.30 and 5.30pm each weekday. “When people are struggling to keep a roof over their heads, and they don’t have a lot of choices about what they eat or even where they sleep, even the simple pleasure of enjoying good food can mean so much.”
Willis said. “A takeaway meal, or contactless delivery to our residents in transitional accommodation, is part of providing meaning, wellbeing and belonging. “Meals are important in so many ways other than satisfying hunger. “We are also acutely aware of how important the role our local cafés and restaurants play in our community, with hospitality being one of the largest employers of young people here on the Coast. “We are trying to do our part in keeping local businesses thriving while providing meals to those doing it tough.” A pilot of the GIVIT-19 meals program began on April 20 with the first cafe partner, 3 Naughty Boys Café from Kincumber, working with the shelter for three weeks. Following its success, the team at Gosford’s Recess Kitchen took over from May 11, with four more eateries already signed up to keep the program
going on a weekly basis. The program is funded by Coast Shelter’s online fundraising campaign, GIVIT-19, which was launched in March and has already raised more than $70,000 through donations from such organisations as Rotary North Gosford, Gosford Masonic Centre, Advice Co, Street Smart Australia, Sanitarium, Mars Food and Central Coast Law Society. “We are excited to work with Recess Kitchen, continuing with our successful program and expanding to other local cafés who will help us to #Feed4aWeek and make a difference in the lives of those who need it most,” Willis said. “We will post on our social media each Sunday night announcing the café partner for the following week. “We encourage our local community to support these and all small businesses as we work toward recovery.” Eateries already signed up to the program include Wyong’s
Royal Hotel, Di Matteos of Forresters Beach, Café Jamm of East Gosford and Napoli Pizzaria of Ettalong. If you are a café or restaurant owner on the Central Coast and are interested in getting involved, email admin@ coastshelter.org.au or reach out via social media. Willis said the coronavirus would not stop Coast Shelter’s commitment to helping those in need. “Our services won’t stop; our commitment to helping those in domestic and family violence crisis won’t stop; our engagement with the local community who support us won’t stop; and our focus on ending homelessness won’t stop,” she said. “It’s a responsibility that we all share and the support of generous donors, our MPs and local associations and business is making a difference.” Source: Media release May 11 Coast Shelter
Kincumber retailers stay a shop-ahead of virus Kincumber Village has introduced a new ‘Shop Ahead’ call and collect initiative to ensure customers can safely access their favourite coffee, fresh food and takeaway food without leaving the comfort of their own car. Five Kincumber retailers have joined together to create a one stop drive thru service for the local community. The ‘Shop Ahead’ contactless service makes it easy for
customers to reduce their coronavirus risk. Customers simply call the participating stores, place their order and arrange a pickup time. Upon arrival to the centre, customers can park in the designated Shop Ahead car park bays located at the end of the crossing opposite CTC Tobacconist and their order will be delivered straight to their car. Kincumber Village Marketing Manager, Lisa Mourga, said the new initiative would keep
customers safe while supporting retailers struggling through the pandemic. “We’re committed to servicing the needs of the local community during the pandemic and we are proud to be able to assist our customers adapt the way they shop during this time. “The addition of the Shop Ahead car park bays, with the help of participating retailers will ensure customers don’t miss out on their favourite coffee, brunch or easy family dinners whilst observing social
distancing. “We wish to thank our community for continuing to support our retailers through these difficult circumstances”, Mourga said. Participating fresh food and takeaway food retailers at Kincumber Village include Fresko Fruit, Saratoga Quality Meats, Bakers Delight, Hungry Wolf’s and Phat Chicken. Source: Press release, May 7 Lisa Mourga, Colliers International
Shop Ahead aims to keep customers safe during COVID-19
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NRMA teams up with Meals on Wheels
Alexa Hilliard-Gardiner from the NRMA doing kitchen duties for Meals on Wheels
The NRMA is rallying around the community in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, including helping Meals on Wheels to deliver healthy food to elderly and disabled residents. On May 8, an NRMA team rolled in to help Meals on Wheels Central Coast (MOWCC) deliver meals to residents at East Gosford’s Evergreen Life Care. MOWCC CEO Dennis Taylor said the deliveries were in lieu of regular ‘Community Restaurants’ which were held
prior to the COVID-19 social distancing regulations. “As residents can no longer gather in the community hall for their Friday get together, Meals on Wheels Central Coast is taking freshly prepared hot meals to their front doors, practising social distancing procedures as they do so,” Taylor said. “Our clients at Evergreen Life Care are really enjoying the hot meal service that we are offering. “Although our volunteers maintain their distance socially, they are still able to have a
quick chat to our clients from a safe distance, which in this time of isolation is extremely important. “Having NRMA step in to assist us shows great community spirit and means we can get the hot meals to our clients in a more streamlined manner.” Meals on Wheels Central Coast caters to more than 800 clients in the region, delivering around 15,000 meals per month to the elderly and people with disability. Helping deliver meals isn’t the only support being offered
Alexa Hilliard-Gardiner from the NRMA with Amy Baulman of Meals on Wheels Central Coast
by the NRMA. Healthcare workers have been designated as a priority for NRMA roadside assistance calls and NRMA patrols are posted near the parking stations of all major hospitals to respond immediately to instances when the cars of healthcare workers won’t start. It is also partnering with The Pharmacy Guild of Australia NSW Branch to deliver prescription medication; partnering with Australian Red Cross to provide NRMA Call Centre and other employees to reach out to vulnerable
members of the community experiencing social isolation; and offering free month-tomonth vehicles to healthcare workers through Thrifty Australia. Group CEO Rohan Lund said the NRMA was celebrating its centenary in 2020 and had been forced to cancel a range of community events that were planned across NSW and the ACT. “When the NRMA first began 100 years ago many of our earliest services were designed to help keep Australia’s first motorists moving – we are now
tailoring some of these services to help our members stay at home and be safe. “2020 has not shaped up as the Centenary celebration that the NRMA had wanted, however as we have seen our community - particularly those most at risk - struggle through this crisis, it is increasingly apparent that we can transform this milestone into something the community needs.” Source: Media release, Apr 29 NRMA Media release, May 11 Central Coast Meals on Wheels
Online Toolkit to support safe work resumption Member for Robertson Lucy Wicks is encouraging Central Coast businesses to take advantage of a new online toolkit which provides detailed guidance for businesses and workers on how to stay safe from COVID-19. The Safe Work Australia (SWA) website has been transformed into a centralised information hub which can be easily searched to find specific
industry related work health and safety guidance, Wicks said. “The gradual easing of restrictions means it is essential to have access to the most accurate and up-to-date information about how to stay safe in the workplace,” she said. “The SWA website brings together all the information businesses and workers need into one centralised hub, providing users with fast and
easy access to detailed guidance that is directly relevant to their specific industry. “This includes guidance about physical distancing, personal protective equipment, worksite cleaning, how to conduct risk assessments and design emergency plans. “There are also case studies further explaining how to manage the risk of COVID-19 in the workplace.”
The toolkit features work health and safety guidance relevant to 23 specific industries including, aged care, building and construction, early childhood and education, health care, hospitality, NDIS, office, retail and trades and home maintenance. “Developing the toolkit was a key recommendation of the National Cabinet which recently released a set of national guiding principles to help get the economy up and running
again safely,” Wicks said. “Whilst regulations may differ between individual states and territories, it was important for small business operators to think about their circumstances and how they will operate when they reopen. “We know the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on lives and the economy, which is why it’s so critical that businesses start to prepare now for how they will operate safely as lockdown restrictions
ease. “Each industry and business will be different, so I would encourage every business to think about their unique circumstances, consult their peak body, check out SWA’s new website and start preparing now.” Source: Media release, May 7 Member for Robertson Lucy Wicks
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Crouch accuses Council of stalling major projects
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch has accused Central Coast Council of stalling major developments in and around the Gosford City Centre by insisting they go to the Independent Planning Commission for assessment. At the Council meeting on December 9, 2019. councillors resolved to request that all DAs under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Gosford City Centre) 2018 and/or State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011 be determined by an Independent Planning Commission to ensure independence of the planning system. Crouch says the move is holding up major developments needlessly for months. Three prime examples, he says, are the Central Coast Quarter project on Mann St, the Gosford Alive redevelopment of
Northside Private Hospital
the old Kibbleplex site on Henry Parry Dr and the Northside Private Hospital and Medical Precinct planned for West Gosford. All three are currently under assessment by the NSW Planning Department as State Significant Developments. The projects have an estimated combined economic benefit to the region of more than $500M and would see more than 1200 jobs opened up in the construction sector if approved, Crouch said. “In December, 2019, Central Coast Councillors voted to oppose every single significant development application for the Gosford City Centre,” he said. “At a time when all levels of government need to work together to keep people in jobs and keep businesses in business, this is an appalling decision to make.” Crouch said the Central Coast Quarter project on Mann St is estimated to create 159 direct and indirect jobs, and pump
$122.8M into the local economy in the construction phase alone. The $150M development would see an integrated mixeduse precinct in excess of 20 storeys, with a hotel, residential apartments, food, beverage and retail outlets, and multiple public thoroughfares on a site adjacent to the finance building. “This project has been diverted to the Independent Planning Commission and will be delayed by many months,” he said. “If councillors had not opposed this project, it would have passed through the DA process by now.” The $350M Northside Private Hospital and medical precinct project would provide another 754 jobs during the construction phase, with an estimated economic benefit of $219M, he said. It would see two large buildings, catering for hospital and related services, ranging from four to 11 storeys on a site between Racecourse Rd and
Faunce St West. The Lederer group’s G$345M Gosford Alive redevelopment would see 354 construction jobs and a $193.3M economic benefit, Crouch said. The project includes five buildings, ranging in height from 20-30 storeys, to include residential apartments and commercial premises directly opposite Kibble Park. Business NSW Central Coast Reginal Director, Paula Martin, said State Significant Developments were vital for the recovery of the Central Coast post Covid-19. “The reinvigoration of our CBD is a core platform for the creation of new jobs, attraction of new business sectors into the region and the development of our regional identity as a thriving, exciting place to live work and play,” Martin said. “It is critical for the Central Coast to be operating with a 40-year horizon firmly in its sights. “The Coast deserves to be a
Central Coast Quarter
Gosford Alive
world class region, offering world class jobs by world class industry. “This means becoming a smart city with smart jobs and the lifestyle to match. “Our high level of unemployment and low level of attractiveness as a business investment destination has not gone away with Covid-19. “Our business community still needs an environment that encourages business growth so that our future generations can fulfil modern career paths locally. “It will be key to our recovery. “Now more than ever we need to be competitive as a region, so let’s remove the red tape and get on with building our vibrant city.” But Central Coast Mayor Lisa Matthews said referring significant development proposals to an Independent Planning Commission allows for a further layer of transparency and independence on the final
decision being made, particularly given the complexity/scale of proposals and the short timeframe provided for consultation. “These are significant developments that will have an impact on our community now and into the future; it is imperative that the decisions made on such proposals are independent of the planning system and bureaucracy,” Cr Matthews said. “By referring these matters to the Commission we can provide our community with a level of confidence that these proposals are being reviewed objectively and based on merit.” Source: Media statements, May 13 and 14 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch Media release, May 13 Business NSW Central Coast Regional Director, Paula Martin NSW Planning Department Major Planning website Media statement, May 14 Central Coast Mayor Lisa Matthews
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Development Consents Notice is given of the granting of the following Development Consents and Complying Development Certificates pursuant to Section 101 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979. Consents can be made available for inspection by contacting Central Coast Council. No
Date
169/2020
Address
No
Suburb
Proposed Development
58127/2020 24-04-2020 28 Dillon Rd
Date
Address
WAMBERAL
Alterations & Additions to Existing Dwelling & Secondary Dwelling
561/2017
27-04-2020 15 - 35, 37, 39 & 41 Warnervale Rd
WARNERVALE
Subdivision Comprising 6 Residential Lots & 1 Residue Lot, Associated Roads & Earthworks (Amended Application)
1015/2014
27-04-2020 32 Weaver Cr
WATANOBBI
Dual Occupancy & Subdivision (Amended Application)
Suburb
Proposed Development
27-04-2020 1 Margherita Ave
BATEAU BAY
Carport
328/2020
29-04-2020 15 Ithaca St
BATEAU BAY
Garage Refurbishment including Bathroom
181/2020
29-04-2020 98 Casey Dr
WATANOBBI
Concrete Driveway Extension
294/2020
01-05-2020 23 Reserve Dr
BATEAU BAY
Alterations & Additions
33/2020
27-04-2020 158 Mataram Rd
WOONGARRAH
282/2020
28-04-2020 91 Berkeley Rd
BERKELEY VALE
Dwelling
Proposed Dual Occupancy & 2 Lot Subdivision
111/2020
29-04-2020 4 Bundilla Pde
BERKELEY VALE
Alterations & Additions
126/2020
WOONGARRAH
Dwelling (Proposed Lot 101)
58070/2020 04-05-2020 9 Uralla Ln
BLACKWALL
Alterations & Additions to Existing Dwelling
01-05-2020 200 - 210 & 212 222 Hakone Rd
58038/2020 05-05-2020 24 Dorothy Ave
WOY WOY
373/2020
CHITTAWAY BAY
Garage
Dwelling House (New) & Detached Secondary Dwelling
150/2020
WYONG
Alterations & Change of Use - Launderette (Business Premises)
30-04-2020 24 Kalua Dr
30-04-2020 17 Amsterdam Cct
58242/2020 04-05-2020 25 Yakaloo Cr
FORRESTERS BEACH Swimming Pool Inground
57953/2020 05-05-2020 68 - 70 Faunce St W
GOSFORD
Alterations to Residential Flat Building
110/2020
30-04-2020 9 Burindi St
GWANDALAN
Attached Dual Occupancy & 2 Lot Subdivision
192/2020
27-04-2020 103 Coonanga Ave
HALEKULANI
Garage & Demolition of Existing Garage
199/2020
28-04-2020 25 Coventry Ln
HAMLYN TERRACE
Dwelling (Amended Application)
1018/2019
28-04-2020 449 Hue Hue Rd
JILLIBY
Dual Occupancy (Detached) including Demolition & New Garage (Amended Application)
143/2020
28-04-2020 18 Lucinda Ave
KILLARNEY VALE
Alterations & Additions
1135/2019
30-04-2020 22 Adelaide St
KILLARNEY VALE
Cafe, Business Identification Signage, Alterations & Additions to Existing Church & Demolition of Existing Structures
58146/2020 05-05-2020 25 Tuross Cl
KINCUMBER
Alterations & Additions to Existing Dwelling & Swimming Pool
803/2019
27-04-2020 48 McLachlan Ave
LONG JETTY
Boarding House with 8 Rooms & Demolition of Existing Buildings
188/2020
01-05-2020 27 Kenilworth St
MANNERING PARK
Dwelling
58174/2020 05-05-2020 128 Matcham Rd
MATCHAM
Alterations & Additions to Existing Dwelling
58102/2020 05-05-2020 92 Toomeys Rd
MOUNT ELLIOT
Demolish Existing Outbuildings & Construct Steel-Framed Shed
286/2020
NORAVILLE
Demolition of Existing Garage & Carport
58155/2020 05-05-2020 27 Beryl Bvd
PEARL BEACH
Second Storey Addition, Carport & Modified Garage
58219/2020
376 Orange Grove Rd
Address
Suburb
Description
236/2020
27-04-2020 25 Nerida Ave
SAN REMO
Inground Pool
387/2020
100 Chittaway Rd
CHITTAWAY BAY
250/2020
30-04-2020 3 Grandview St
SHELLY BEACH
Spa
Extension of Hours Chittaway Bay Tavern Applicant - Mr J L Graham
57735/2019 05-05-2020 43 Newcastle St
SPRINGFIELD
Additions & Alterations to Existing Dwelling & New Secondary Dwelling
58311/2020
6 Melbourne St
EAST GOSFORD
3 Unit Multi Dwelling Housing Applicant - White & Dickson Architects
4/2020
LONG JETTY
262/2020
SUMMERLAND POINT
Alterations & Additions
210CR Tuggerah Pde
Monthly Market (Along the Tuggerah Parade Foreshore) (Amended Application) Applicant - Ms J Giles
358/2020
45 Alison Rd
WYONG
Construction of 4 x 2 Storey Townhouses & Associated Works & Strata Subdivision Applicant - CKDS Architecture East Gosford
28-04-2020 36 Michele Ave
28-04-2020 1 Cams Bvd
Complying Development Certificates No
Date
Address
211/2020
01-05-2020 2 Hely St
Suburb
Proposed Development
WYONG
Demolition Existing Walls, Fixtures & Fittings
Development Applications
The following Development Applications are notified for public comment and can be viewed online at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
No
Written submissions close: 5 June 2020
414/2020
3 Mooramba Ave
Address
Suburb
Description
413/2020
108 Pacific Hwy
WYONG
Proposed Change of Use Food & Drink Premises (Restaurant) Applicant - Aspect Z
No
TUGGERAH
Proposed Industrial Shed for a Depot & Advertising Structure Applicant - CEO Architectural Cad Design & Presentation P/L
Written submissions close: 12 June 2020 BLACKWALL
Proposed Berthing Facility & New Pylon Applicant - G K Dellow
58046/2020 01-05-2020 92 Brisbane Water Dr TASCOTT
Dwelling House (New) & Demolition Residential
49519/2016 04-05-2020 15 Kurrawyba Ave
TERRIGAL
Demolition of Existing Structures & Construction of Shop Top Housing (Amended Application)
58144/2020 01-05-2020 48 Wycombe Rd
TERRIGAL
Dwelling House (New) & Associated Retaining Walls
No
Address
Suburb
Description
264/2020
27-04-2020 10 Manning Rd
THE ENTRANCE
Demolition of Existing House
301/2020
18 Somerville Cl
BUDGEWOI
988/2017
29-04-2020 78 Hutton Rd
THE ENTRANCE NORTH
Dwelling (Amended Application)
426/2019
27-04-2020 126 Stella St
TOOWOON BAY
Dual Occupancy (Detached) Comprising Alterations & Additions to the Existing Dwelling & Construction of a New Dwelling; 2 Lot Torrens Title Subdivision & Demolition of the Existing Granny Flat & Shed (Amended Application)
Demolition of Existing 2 Storey Residence, Erection of Detached Single Storey Dual Occupancy & Subdivision Applicant - Bungree Aboriginal Association Limited. The application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. Approval is also sought from NSW Rural Fire Service.
403/2020
24 Crane St
HAMLYN TERRACE
Dual Occupancy & 2 Lot Strata Subdivision Applicant Murphy Builders QLD Pty T/A MP Build Investments. The application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. Approval is also sought from NSW Rural Fire Service.
404/2020
2 Bateup Dr
HAMLYN TERRACE
Dual Occupancy & 2 Lot Strata Subdivision Applicant Murphy Builders QLD Pty T/A MP Build Investments. The application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. Approval is also sought from NSW Rural Fire Service.
268/2020
27-04-2020 20 Barnard Cr
TOUKLEY
Swimming Pool
209/2020
27-04-2020 313 Tuggerawong Rd
TUGGERAWONG
Dwelling & Aboveground Swimming Pool
256/2020
28-04-2020 434 Tuggerawong Rd
TUGGERAWONG
Alterations & Additions
57819/2020 30-04-2020 30 King St
UMINA BEACH
Demolition of Existing Dwelling & Construction of Multi-Dwelling Development Consisting of 3 Units
57999/2020 05-05-2020 8 Dora Rd
UMINA BEACH
Pool Cabana & Carport
58153/2020 04-05-2020 14 Breeze St
UMINA BEACH
Carport & Awning
246/2020
WADALBA
Swimming Pool & Deck
30-04-2020 18 Homestead Rd
Integrated Development
Written submissions close: 5 June 2020
Central Coast Council is required to comply with the requirements of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 20019 which requires submissions on Development Applications to be published on Council’s website. In order to maintain privacy, all submissions lodged using Council’s DA Submission Form or online portal will have personal contact details and signature redacted. Submissions received not using Council’s DA Submission Form or via the online portal will be published in full. Your submission may also be reproduced in full in Council reports or in Court proceedings.
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Council’s destination brand vision Central Coast Council has a tourism vision that by 2025 the area will be known as a “vibrant magnetically attractive place to work, live and play”. That is the “destination brand vision” adopted by Council on May 11 as part of its tourism management plan. The plan will see the Council undertake the tourism management functions of destination marketing and public relations, business development and Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE), all of which are currently outsourced. Under the new plan digital and creative agencies will be outsourced. The current Tourism
Marketing Industry contract expires on June 30. Recruitment for the proposed dedicated internal resources is expected to start this month. Council will recruit the “appropriately skilled and experienced internal resources to provide a dedicated team to manage and deliver the services needed, inclusive of Visitor Services, website development and management, and the Tourism Opportunity Plan strategic activities”, the report adopted by the councillors said. It will also undertake procurement of the proposed contracted specialty services, such as industry services and digital and creative marketing agencies, saying that operators
prefer the support of an external organisation for tourism industry services. The report said key findings from analysing models for tourism management in Australia and New Zealand suggest that: a more strategic and regional approach was needed to ensure best practice along with a high level of commitment from Council senior management and Councillors to develop a tourism management model; and that product development and marketing was enhanced when both functions were undertaken within the same organisation. Source Central Coast Council May 11 Item 3.4
Landcare program rebranded
CEO powers queried by councillors
Central Coast Council’s Landcare program is to be rebranded and expanded as the Environmental Volunteer Program, following a survey conducted among Landcare volunteers in April 2019 on how they thought the program could be improved. There were 233 respondents, representing about 38 per cent of the volunteers with ideas put forward including support for short-term groups noting time constraints for residents committing to longer term projects. Mayor Lisa Matthews said it was important that all volunteers and other interested community members were able to have their say on the program before it was adopted by Council. “Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate in the consultation about the Environmental Volunteer Program to help us understand what the important aspects of the program were to them, and how they thought that the
The delegation powers of Central Coast Council CEO Gary Murphy will be under scrutiny after councillors called a meeting to discuss his ability to decide on tenders with no upper money limit.
Members of the Vietnam Veterans Tidy Towns group. Image: Central Coast Council
program could be improved,” Cr Matthews said. “We know our community is a giving community and that our residents care and appreciate the beautiful natural environment that we live in. “There was great support for the program to continue and expand and now more members of our community will be able to take a hands-on role in conservation, protection and remediation of our local environment.” The new program will give all community members the opportunity to get involved in
improving the wellbeing of the natural environment and identify opportunities to grow Council’s popular environment focused volunteering programs in order to enable greater participation. The program will also investigate opportunities for funding additional support, including external grants and third-party sponsorship. New technologies including phone apps will be considered for managing the program and Council will consider expanding the program by recruiting two additional full time equivalent
staff, at a projected cost of $40,000 in capital and $134,125 in operational expenditure per additional FTE, to support additional volunteer groups as outlined within the strategy. Community members interested in volunteering within the program should email landcare@centralcoast. nsw.gov.au Source: Agenda item 3.1 Central Coast Council meeting, May 11 Central Coast Council Watch
Some Councillors seemed surprised when questioning from Cr Greg Best about why tenders were not coming to council for approval revealed they were decided by delegation. Cr Best said “Oh my God” at the May 11 meeting when Murphy explained he had unlimited delegated power to deal with tenders. Cr Louise Greenaway asked if these powers of delegation were unusual. Cr Rebecca Gale asked for the meeting to be added to the motion the councillors were dealing with at the time. Deputy Mayor Jane Smith said perhaps the report from June 25, 2018, should be redistributed to councillors. This too was added to the
motion. At the 2018 meeting, the new CEO, who was to start a few days later on July 2, was granted the same delegated powers as previous CEO’s and the acting CEO at the time, Brian Glendenning. The 2018 decision also asked for further reports on delegations regarding planning matters and details of historic delegations of the general managers of the former councils over the last ten years including a comparison of other neighbouring councils. The matter went through undebated en masse with other items. Cr Jilly Pilon and Cr Lisa Matthews were not at that 2018 meeting. Mayor Matthews said after the latest meeting that all councillors get the same reports. Source: Central Coast Council meeting May 11 Item 4.14 Press Statement Mayor Matthews, May 12
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Restrictions no problem for retirement village manager on Mothers’ Day Coronavirus isolation was never going to stop Forresters Beach Retirement Village Manager, Julie Ramage, from spending quality time with her mum on Mother’s Day, because her mum, Mary Pendergast, just happens to live in the same RetireAustralia village where her daughter works. “We were lucky enough to share a beautiful morning tea on Mother’s Day. “Even though we were 1.5m apart, it was lovely to be able to celebrate together,” Julie said. Julie’s parents surprised her with a sudden announcement
that they were moving into the village, a decision that’s led to some special but poignant moments for her family. “I’d been working at Forresters Beach for 8 years, when mum and dad turned up at the office and let me know they’d just been to see their finan-cial advisor and had decided they wanted to move in,” she said. “It came as a big surprise to me. “I think they must have enjoyed hearing all the wonderful stories I’d tell them about the village. “Dad was able to enjoy 18 wonderful months here with
mum. “Since his passing, it’s been a blessing to have mum here as part of our community. “It’s helped us both heal,” Julie said. RetireAustralia CEO, Dr Brett Robinson, said family bonds were not uncommon across the group’s 27 villages, with other retirement communities also having a familial connection. “We really are one big family ourselves and I think it’s that genuine spirit, support and connection that our residents, and their families, are attracted to,” Dr Robinson said. And, for Julie, having her
mum just a stroll away on work days has been a blessing. “Since joining the village, mum has been able to see a different side of me,” Julie said. “Last year, I was humbled to receive the NSW/ACT Village Manager of the Year Award at the National Retirement Living Awards, and mum was so proud. “She’s witnessed me grow personally and professionally in this role, that’s something that wouldn’t have happened without her living in the village. Source: Press release, May 12 Darren Grant, RetireAustralia
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Stoush brewing over nurses’ wages The State Opposition and the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) have both called on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to rule out pay freezes for the state’s nurses in the wake of International Nurses Day.
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club, leagues club and staff members, and also throughout the surrounding Peninsula Community.” Samphier said. “In 2012, the Woy Woy club’s doors were closing, and we’ve kept it going since, but at an ongoing loss.” As part of the partnership, the Easts Group have provided significant financial support to the playing group over the years, at times in excess of $100,000 a season.
In an effort to turn the club’s financial position around, the Board of Directors began a process to redevelop the club site including over-55 style accommodation, commercial office spaces and a new leagues club premise. The proposal was met with great enthusiasm by local members, according to Samphier.
The search for a man who fell off a bulk carrier in waters off the Central Coast has been suspended.
The State Opposition is calling on the NSW Government to immediately expand testing to everyone reporting COVID-19 symptoms on the Central Coast, with the region reporting the fourth highest number of confirmed cases per capita in the state as at April 16. Despite the encouraging news that the numbers of confirmed cases in the region is plateauing, the Coast is still near the top of regional statistics, behind only Sydney, the Northern Beaches and Shadow NSW Health Minister, Ryan Park
Waverley, according to NSW Health statistics. There were 117 confirmed cases on the coast at April 15, according to Central Coast Health figures. Shadow Minister for Health, Ryan Park, questioned why the Coast and several other regions hadn’t qualified for more testing under new criteria issued by the Government. Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, says Coast residents should have access to an increased testing regime. Member for Gosford, Liesl
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Tesch, backed the call, saying more testing would help ascertain if “asymptomatic carriers” were out and about. “In an Australian first, the Queensland Government has declared the Central Coast, Sutherland Shire and Canterbury Bankstown to be virus ‘hotspots’ and is forcing anyone returning to Queensland While the development of from these areas to self-isolate an effective COVID-19 for 14 days,” Park said. virus are being fast“Testing in NSW has generally tracked by medical been limited to returning research groups around travellers or known contacts of the world... confirmed cases. Continuied page 6
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Thousands of commuters in the region are looking forward to a more comfortable train ride to Sydney with testing ramping up on the New Intercity Fleet.
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Easts Group entered into a joint venture with the Woy Woy Leagues Club in 2012, during a difficult period when the club was reportedly suffering financially. Samphier said the Easts Group, which is also home to the NRL’s Sydney Roosters, has enjoyed over seven years of partnership with the club. “I have personally formed an enjoyable allegiance and many friendships with our sporting
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Easts Group announced shock to the club’s 3,846 this week that it has closed members, including both Woy Woy Leagues Club playing and non-playing permanently. members. The iconic club, in Blackwall Easts Group Sports Director, Rd, Woy Woy, has been closed Brien Samphier, said the temporarily over recent weeks decision was not made lightly due to the state-wide COVID-19 and comes with a heavy heart. related restrictions, but after a “We, as a Board, fully long financial struggle, Easts understand and realise the Group has now decided to disappointment and sorrow make the closure permanent. that our Woy Woy members and The news would come as a staff will be feeling with this decision,” Samphier said.
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Long-suffering commuters “Construction is close to will be pleased to know the completion thanks to five shifts State Government’s $20M of night work that are taking upgrade of the Kincumber place this week,” Crouch said. roundabout is expected to Crouch said the intersection be completed this week. had been a hub of activity since Parliamentary Secretary for construction began in 2018. the Central Coast and Member “Most recently we’ve seen a for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said new lane built, a new road the intersection of Empire Bay surface laid and stormwater Dr, The Scenic Rd and Cochrone drains, footpaths and kerb and St was a pinch point for 25,000 guttering installed,” he said. “I know there has already motorists every day. been a significant reduction in
queuing which is making a significant difference to the morning and afternoon routines of residents.” Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Paul Toole, said the project would improve traffic flow and safety for all road users. “While we are asking people to cancel any non-essential travel during the evolving coronavirus situation, we are glad to have powered ahead
with this and other vital infrastructure projects, because we understand their long-term value to local communities,” Toole said. Empire Bay Dr is a critical link between the suburbs of Woy Woy, Ettalong and Umina in the south, and Terrigal, Kincumber and Erina in the north. Prior to the upgrade, there was only one lane in each direction on Empire Bay Dr, with motorists forced to queue
for long periods during peak hours. The upgrade included widening the northbound lanes on Empire Bay Dr to two lanes and installing a new concrete roundabout, new asphalt surface, kerb and gutter, footpath, stormwater drainage and landscaping. Source: Media release, Apr 21 Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch
“Sadly, the woman, who was part of the Gosford Hospital COVID cluster, passed away yesterday (Sunday, April 19) in the hospital,” a Local Health District spokesperson said. “The Local Health District extends its sincere condolences to her family and friends.” For privacy reasons, the Local
Health District did not provide further details. The cluster at Gosford Hospital broke out earlier in April and included six healthcare workers, two patients and four others. The death brings the total number of deaths in NSW attributed to COVID-19 to 30, out of 2,971 confirmed cases, with no new cases reported in the 24 hours to Thursday. As at 8pm, Tuesday April 21, the Central Coast had recorded 118 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 103 have
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been released from isolation, with one person still in hospital. There have now been over 6,500 tests conducted on the Central Coast, which has recorded a ratio of 32.87 Missive #16: The Age of positive cases per 100,000 Enlightenment residents, the fifth highest Between stints under the pyramid and feeding his fish, across NSW. The Local Health District Thommo had installed yet another amazing app on his reports that the majority of phone. “Get fitter by imagining cases acquired the infection you’re exercising” was his overseas. favourite of all since it allowed Source: Media Release, Apr 20 Central Coast Local Health District Reporter: Ross Barry
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NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has called for increased COVID-19 testing as she begins the long and challenging process of getting life back to normal. Last week, the Premier announced a plan for NSW schools to recommence Term 2 in stages, beginning with continued online learning in the first two weeks, and then a staggered return to classrooms from May 11. Earlier this week, the Premier subsequently announced that social restrictions had been eased slightly to allow a maximum of two adults to visit another household for social or care reasons, with children permitted to accompany them. Premier Berejiklian also acknowledged in her daily press conference on Tuesday, April 28, that many retail outlets and offices were likely to restart normal operations in late May and it is expected that
more specific announcements will follow in coming weeks. A key condition of the government’s nascent steps to re-start economic activity, however, is more proactive testing for COVID-19. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, is calling for anyone with COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, to present for testing. “NSW is doubling testing capacity from around 4,000 tests per day to 8,000. “The Central Coast Local Health District is currently
testing around 110 people per day, but we are looking to double this over coming weeks”, Crouch said. COVID-19 clinics are located at Gosford Hospital and Wyong Hospital and operate seven days a week, with pop-up clinics in Erina and other centres. Crouch also warned that the initial steps taken to relax restrictions was not an invitation for people to start travelling around NSW. “A great deal of common sense needs to be applied. “Anyone over the age of 70 is
still in the high-risk category. “Please continue to stay home unless you need to exercise, go to work or school, buy essentials or need medical care.” Crouch said that police are still on the beat enforcing restrictions and social distancing rules. NSW Labor welcomed the easing of restrictions, acknowledging similar moves in other states, but leader, Jodi McKay, called for greater clarity on the stages for lifting restrictions to avoid public confusion, especially in relation to schools. “Term 2 (has begun) but the Government has failed to provide a consistent and clear plan,” she said. “Now it’s every school for themselves and there are serious inconsistencies around playgrounds that ought to be clarified. “Labor is calling on the
Premier to resolve the issue by lifting restrictions on all playgrounds. “While school playgrounds Some relief could be in will be open, the neighbourhood sight for thousands of playground will not be.” McKay trade and construction industry workers on the said. As at 8pm on Tuesday, Central Central Coast See page 21 Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) had recorded 117 Woy Woy Philosophy Society confirmed cases of Covid-19. A spokesperson for CCLHD said, 115 cases have now been released from daily follow up, with only one person in hospital. There have been almost 8,200 tests carried out in the region to date. Meeting #17. The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith
Source: Media statement, Apr 28 Office of the NSW Premier Media release, Apr 28 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch Media statement, Apr 28 Central Coast Local Health District Media release, Apr 28 NSW Labor Leader, Jodi McKay and Shadow Health Minister, Ryan Park
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NSW Labor Leader Jodi McKay and Shadow Health Minister Ryan Park have criticised the Premier and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet for refusing to rule out a freeze on public service wages in State Parliament on May 12. NSWNMA General Secretary Brett Holmes said nurses were devastated at the thought frontline health and other public sectors workers could face a wage freeze. Holmes said the government should instead honour a “modest 2.5% pay increase from 1 July”. “Over 93 percent of our public sector members indicated their opposition to a wage freeze in a snap poll, while more than 4,000 have emailed their local State MPs, urging them to reject it,” he said.
“While risking their lives to protect our community during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s abhorrent to be asking frontline nurses to do more for less. “COVID-19 has challenged our public health preparedness and emphasised the incredible resilience of all nurses. Local nurse, Michelle Cashman, is also angry about the any government attempt to freeze her pay. “I’m stunned by this announcement – it’s beyond belief at a time when our nurses are under such pressure, that they would propose a freeze of our wages, especially when we see big pay rises for senior state government managers”. “Nurses are really angry about how this is being handled – we’ve not had such a united vote for many years”. When questioned directly about a possible wage freeze in Parliament, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said there would be “many people who never find another job again” following the coronavirus pandemic. “We must consider the
welfare of these families as we take dollars from them to spend in the public sector,” he said. Perrottet said NSW public servants had received a 2.5 per cent pay rise annually for the past eight years while “average working” citizens had seen their pay go backwards. Premier Berejiklian said the government’s “first and foremost priority” was to protect jobs. “As an employer of around 400,000 public servants, keeping all those jobs during the pandemic is our priority,” she said. Berejiklian outlined measures which had been put in place to support health workers during the pandemic including stocking up on medical supplies and providing additional funding to support nurses with accommodation and parking costs. Source: Media releases, May 12 NSW Labor Leader Jodi McKay and Shadow Health Minister Ryan Park and the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association Hansard, May 12
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Local survivor calls on Coasties to get vaccinated While the Coast’s consciousness has been dominated by the coronavirus, one local woman is reminding residents about the importance of getting vaccinated against other deadly diseases. Sarah Joyce was 30 when she was struck down with Meningococcal W Strain and septicaemia, in August, 2016. What started as flu like symptoms ended with a trip to the ER, where Sarah manifested the tell-tale purple rash that the disease is known for. Within hours, she was placed
in an induced coma and put on life support, with her family told to say their goodbyes. Miraculously, Sarah survived an eight day stint on life support, awaking from her coma, only to spend the next two months in intensive care fighting multiple organ failure. Sarah pulled through, but her road to recovery has been marred with multiple battles. In the past four years, she’s spent more time in hospital than at home. She’s lost her spleen, gall bladder, fingers and toes, and most of her bowel. She relies on dialysis due to
kidney failure, and has had more near death experiences than anyone should ever have to endure, all because of meningococcal. But Sarah is a fighter and is using her own experience battling the disease to raise awareness about the importance of getting vaccinated. Her advocacy has seen her join forces with groups like Heroic Humans Australia, Donate Life and CoMo (Confederation of Meningitis Organisations International), and she’s launched her passion project, The Sarah Joyce
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Project. With the support of her fellow Lions Club of Wyoming-East Gosford members, Sarah has launched the project to specifically help other locals whose lives have been turned upside down by an unexpected illness. That includes meningitis, another insidious disease with close ties to meningococcal. Both widely considered children’s’ diseases, Sarah wants to see that myth dispelled. Sarah hopes that people who haven’t been vaccinated against meningococcal and
YMCA NSW (the Y) is determined Central Coast youth won’t feel left behind during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the closure of the Gravity Youth Centre at Lake Have and cancellation of programs due to social distancing rules, the Y has launched its Call a Youth Worker hotline so young people can stay connected online and over the phone. The hotline is designed for young people aged 12-25 to access information about local services, support and resources
that can be accessed during social isolation. Y Central Coast Youth Program Coordinator Virginia Walshaw said young people were bearing the brunt of the pandemic, being the hardest hit group in terms of unemployment, disruptions to education and mental health concerns. “At the Y we’re here and ready to chat when you are,” she said. “We can help and link you to services to help with understanding social distancing rules, mental health hiccups, housing issues, financial support, foodbanks
and boredom. “There’s a lot of information and changes to normal life which can be hard to wrap your head around. “We want our young people to know no matter what your situation is, you are not alone, and we are here to help guide you through it.” Walshaw stressed that the Y NSW Call a Youth Worker was not a crisis service. “We don’t offer counselling services,” she said. Source: Media release, May 11 Y Central Coast
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Online AA meetings take off on the Coast Worrying new data exploring the rise of drinking during home isolation, shows that onein-five Australians have purchased more alcohol than usual during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the majority have concerns about their alcohol use and the drinking of others in their household.
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meningitis consider getting it done this flu season. “The most effective method of prevention is vaccination and multiple vaccines are needed against the different types. “As you are going to get your flu vaccine, ask about the meningitis meningococcal vaccines. “It’s alarming that a lot of people are not fully protected,” Sarah said.
National polling by YouGov Galaxy, commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), shows that 20 per cent of Australians purchased more alcohol and 70 per cent of them are drinking more alcohol than normal, with one third (33 per cent) now using alcohol daily. The poll also found that almost one third of people who purchased more alcohol are concerned about their own drinking or someone in their household’s drinking, and 28 per cent are now drinking alcohol to cope with anxiety and stress. FARE CEO, Caterina Giorgi said that FARE held great concern about the harmful impacts of this increase in alcohol use. “Increased drinking by people worried about COVID-19 might be good news for alcohol industry executives, but it’s certainly worrying news for our health,” she added. While the stats from the poll are alarming, they can’t be taken as indicative of what’s happening on the Central
Coast. Coast Community News reached out to Central Coast Alcoholics Anonymous (CC AA) to see how the pandemic was affecting their services and the results were surprising. A member of the CC AA Committee, who could not be identified due to the anonymous nature of the organisation, said the committee had not witnessed an increase in members reporting they’d fallen off the wagon and taken up drinking again during the pandemic, or ‘going bust’ as it’s known in AA. However, he did note that CC AA had seen an influx of new members in recent weeks but did not attribute that to a perceived rise in drinking on the Central Coast. Instead, he believes the influx is a result of CC AA migrating their meetings online. “Our meetings primarily take place in churches around the Coast, but when the lockdown came into effect, we were forced to cancel them and close our office at Gosford. “Luckily, one of our committee members is an IT expert and was able to launch our website, Central Coast AA Online, so we could keep them going,” he explained. According to the CC AA member, since going digital, the organisation was now hosting at least four meetings a day. The new format has enabled CC AA to reach more people
and the member believes that’s why there’s been an influx of newcomers. “The great thing about these meetings is that you can access them from anywhere, and that’s why our numbers are up, and people don’t even have to be on the Coast to be joining our meetings. “Since we’re anonymous, we don’t keep records, so for all we know we could have members logging in who got stuck overseas or interstate, and that works both ways. “Our members could be accessing online AA meetings from anywhere in the world. “All they need is internet access,” the member said. Given their success, the committee member said online meetings would likely be incorporated into CC AA’s regular offering once restrictions were lifted. “The online meetings have become a valuable resource for us. “It’s a whole new way to help people fighting alcoholism,” he said. The Central Coast Local Health District Drug and Alcohol Service was also approached for comment. Source: Press release, Apr 16 Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education Interview, May 13 Central Coast Alcoholics Anonymous Reporter: Dilon Luke
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Jade Jiang received top music award Central Coast Conservatorium of Music piano student, Jade Jiang, has been awarded an Associate in Music, Australia Diploma (AMusA)1, by the Australian Music Examination Board (AMEB). At 19, few students reach this level. “It is a difficult exam to pass. “It requires dedication, hard work, hours of practice, talent, and a love for music,” said Jade’s piano teacher, Svetlana Vokurka. In a 30-minute Recital Examination, Jade had to demonstrate an advanced level of technical accomplishment, a mature musical understanding, and the ability to feel and project the changing mood and character of the music. Her performance program included music from the baroque and classical romantic periods, through to the 21st Century.
Jade Jiang with her family and piano teacher Svetlana Vokura
Although all pieces were challenging, Jade found the Australian composer of contemporary classical music, Carl Vine’s Three Bagatelles and J.S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue, as the most demanding. Coming from an artistic and classically trained family, Jade began piano lessons at age 6. She is the granddaughter of Jiang Yu Lin, a piano player, violinist and composer of music for films.
Her grandmother, Meizhen Wu, also known as Madame Wu, has an extensive career in producing classical Chinese dance. Jade’s father, Jeffery Jiang, played piano in his youth. “I draw inspiration from all of them in different ways,” said Jade. Jade performs regularly at the Conservatorium’s end of term concerts, eisteddfods,
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scholarship presentations and at retirement villages. Her favourite pieces to perform are those with colour. “I still love playing romantic pieces, but I’ve grown to enjoy performing 20th and 21st Century pieces, something which I never expected,” she said. Jade’s older brother, Warren Jiang, paved the way, studying piano from an early age.
Central Coast Family Support Services (CCFSS) and the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education at the University of Newcastle, have come together to form the GRG Children’s University. Launched on May 12, GRG Children’s University is an online group created and facilitated by CCFSS, with support from Children’s University Newcastle, designed to provide activities for the grandchildren to take part in at home and online from Monday to Friday. Behind the scenes at Toronto Zoo, under the sea at Underwater Water World, learning about the way in which water flows in our very own gardens, the learning scenarios offered by GRG are endless,
with the new resource a valuable opportunity to spark creativity and encourage the fun of learning whilst these families are housebound. As the children take part, their grandparents fill in their passports to mark the hours spent on each project. At the end of the year, these hours are tallied and each child receives a certificate at the graduation ceremony to celebrate their learning. This unique opportunity provides not only exciting activities but also provides a community for these children to interact in. With many missing friendships and human interaction, this is a platform to encourage both social interaction and the love of learning. “For many of us, COVID-19 has been a time of additional stress, with less time for self care, meaning that electronics
and games have featured even more heavily than usual, providing a much needed babysitter for all,” said CCFSS Project Worker, Kristina Gowlland. “However, by speaking the virtual language of the children and providing tech type activities to be involved in, this truly marks the start of a positive new way of looking at electronics. “Safe virtual educational experiences with human interactions online have increased the desire to learn and grow. “We invite you to share our story and feature the exciting opportunities which are available for grandparents raising grandchildren families on the Central Coast,” Gowlland said. Source: Press release, May 5 Kristina Gowlland, Central Coast Family Support Services
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Regional youth vocational scholarships available The second round of the regional youth vocational education and training (VET) scholarships program is open for young residents living in the electorate of Robertson.
A new virtual community for grandparent raising grandchildren (GRG) families on the Central Coast has been formed.
On achieving Grade 8 level, he focused on developing a wide range of piano repertoire. He now plays jazz and studies improvisation with Dr Dorian Mode. “I’d like to say that I taught her everything she knows, but the truth is that Jade has worked tirelessly on her craft and deserves all the achievement and praise that comes with it,” said Warren.
Jade is a student at the University of Sydney studying a double degree Bachelor of Design Computing and Behavioural Science. At the AMEB graduation ceremony, the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music received the Certificate of Distinction 2019 - Top 10 result in the category of Most Outstanding Studio or Music School, Grade 5 to Certificate, in all Instruments, by the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB). “Amidst the COVID-19 difficult and testing times, this national recognition of the high quality teaching and learning that happens at the Conservatorium is certainly welcome news,” said Central Coast Conservatorium Artistic Director and CEO, Patrick Brennan.
The $8.2M program is targeted to 10 regions with high youth unemployment, with Gosford a part of this round. This will enable successful applicants to undertake a VET qualification that is in demand in their local area. Scholars receive up to $10,000 study assistance to complete a VET course from Certificate III to Advanced
Diploma level, plus $3,000 for a work placement or a 20-day paid internship with a local business. Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said she was delighted that these scholarships will allow local young people to train in professions of vital importance to the people of Robertson, including childcare and aged care. “Applications are now open and I encourage all young people to consider applying for these scholarships,” Wicks said. “The Morrison Government is working hard to ensure that every young Australian has the opportunity to get a job,” she
added. Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Michaelia Cash, said education and training was critical to providing the current and future workforce that would support the economy and our society during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are expanding the regional boundaries and extending the application period for the second round of the program so even more young Australians can apply,” said Cash. Source: Press release, May 12 Megan Golightly, Office of Lucy Wicks MP
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Doyalson based sports clubs forced to relocate
With the Doyalson Lifestyle Group (DLG) officially clearing the first hurdle towards its major housing and recreation development, the four sporting clubs that call The Doylo’s sporting fields home have been given their marching orders. In last edition of Wyong Regional Chronicle, it was reported that the 45ha redevelopment, which takes in the RSL Club and its playing fields, achieved its desired rezoning and was now before the NSW Planning Minister. But with the development not set to retain the fields, the Doyalson Dragons Touch Football Association, the Doyalson-Wyee Wolves Soccer Club, the Northern Lakes Warriors Rugby League Football Club and the DoyalsonWyee Cricket Club have all effectively been cut loose. While they have been given a three to five year grace period, all four clubs are now facing the prospect of finding a new home ground, a task easier said than done. The Chronicle spoke to each club about what their future holds. Dragons’ President, Sharyn Glachan, said her Association would not wait to be told to leave and were already exploring their options.
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While she’s adamant that the Dragons, the former Wyong Shire’s only touch footy association, would be staying on the northern end of the Coast, she admits that the Dragons’ committee had their work cut out for them. “We have approximately 1,000 members, and the fact is that there just aren’t any grounds big enough for us. “The only one that even comes close to being suitable is the Wyong Leagues Club fields, and we did approach them about the possibility of sharing, but our interests didn’t align, and we could not come to an agreement,” she said. “We’re seriously concerned that we’ll have to put caps on our team numbers and competitions because we just don’t know what things will look like in three
years’ time,” she said. The Wolves are in a similar situation, but their President, Kerry Sweetnam, is hopeful that the combined support of the DLG and Central Coast Football (CCF) will see them through the eventual transition. “We have been told by the DLG and by CCF that we’ll have their support in finding a new home ground. “I want our members to know that we have started looking for new grounds and that the Wolves have no intention of leaving the northern end of the Coast. “We would also be happy to share grounds with another club,” Kerry said. The Warriors are easily the club best off following the announcement, as Doyalson is not their home ground.
Lake Munmorah’s Gumbuyah Oval holds that honour, with only their seniors playing at Doyalson as part of a sponsorship deal with DLG. Seniors Club Secretary, Greg Banks, said the Warriors were waiting for the resumption of the regular sports council meetings between the clubs and DLG, which have not taken place since February due to the coronavirus, before they made any decisions. “This will not have a huge effect on the Warriors as we have our own home ground and the DLG know that. “This is a huge project that will take years to complete and I’m sure the DLG will continue to support the clubs involved in the meantime,” Banks said. It’s a different story for the Doyalson-Wyee Cricket Club
however, who could abandon the Central Coast entirely once their grace period is up. Due to a previous failed amalgamation between the former Doyalson Cricket Club and what is now Toukley’s Northern Power Cricket Club, the Doyalson-Wyee Cricket Club are ineligible to compete in the Central Coast Cricket Association’s competition and are instead a part of the Newcastle Cricket competition. Club Secretary, Mike Mariner, said a move from Doyalson would likely see them relocate north, but no big decisions were to be made until they had more information. DLG CEO, Darren Thornton, said the DLG was fully committed to supporting the clubs through their relocation and had offered to enter into a Planning Agreement with Central Coast Council to ensure the development does not commence until suitable alternate grounds have been found. “An enormous amount of research, resources and money has been invested to develop a strategic masterplan to ensure the viability and longevity of The Doylo as an essential community hub and regional destination for our communities to enjoy for many years to come, whilst
redirecting a reliance on gaming revenue for future prosperity. “The sporting organisations that call The Doylo home have been well informed of our plans and have been assured that they will be suitably relocated and supported when the time arises,” Thornton said. With DGL to honour the Planning Agreement Thornton said the clubs would be looked after but could not offer an outline of how said support might take shape due to the current situation with coronavirus. “We have been working with the clubs to understand their needs through a monthly sports council meeting and in between as necessary. “When this relocation will happen and what level of ongoing support will be available to these groups is still unknown due to the impact of these current unprecedented times. Source: Interviews, May 11-12 Sharyn Glachan, Doyalson Dragons Touch Football Association Kerry Sweetnam, Doyalson-Wyee Wolves Soccer Club Mike Mariner, Doyalson-Wyee Cricket Club Greg Banks, Norther Lakes Warriors Rugby League Football Club Darren Thornton, Doyalson Lifestyle Group Meeting, Apr 27 Reporter: Dilon Luke
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Wyong Roos pull the pin on 2020 competition The coronavirus has claimed its first victim on the Coast’s sport scene, with the Wyong Roos confirming that they won’t be competing in any senior competitions in 2020. The Wyong Rugby League Club Group (WRLCG) made the announcement via a statement released on May 8, citing financial pressures and pandemic restrictions as the reasons behind the tough call. “Prior to the crisis, the Group employed in excess of 350 people and provided funding to more than 30 sporting bodies,” the statement said. “Throw in the various contractors and suppliers reliant on the Group and you can start to appreciate its importance to the local community. “The fixed costs across eight licensed clubs is substantial. “Future revenue is uncertain. “The reality is that normal trading will not resume for some time. Within this context, on May 6,
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the WRLCG Board resolved to conserve the financial wellbeing of the Group by suspending all non-essential expenditure. “The decision effectively means that Wyong Roos will be withdrawing from all senior rugby league competitions in season 2020.
“The decision was a difficult one - rugby league is the beating heart of the club. “However, it is a decision that had to be made in the best interests of the Group as a whole. “There are unavoidable costs associated with operating a football program.
“The club was not prepared to compromise on certain costs relating to the health and safety of players. “Moreover, the cost of complying with the new regulatory regime to be implemented once footy resumes is unknown. “Rest assured, Wyong Roos
will be back,” the statement reads. It’s understood that at this stage the club’s juniors will still be able to compete, but the WRLCG has advised that it will revisit the issue of junior rugby league once NSW Rugby League releases more information on rule changes
and other conditions surrounding the season. The decision to withdraw comes after Central Coast Rugby League confirmed that it would be running condensed versions of its usual competitions. However, as last year’s senior competition runners-up and one of the largest and most lucrative clubs in the region, the Roos’ withdrawal could be a sign of things to come as other clubs weigh up their options in the lead up to the July 18 recommencement date. Prior to that, grave concerns were held for how the senior competition would pan out with the CCRL even toying with the idea of scrapping it entirely to give clubs a chance to recuperate financially. Source: Media statement, May 8 Wyong Rugby League Club Group Reporter: Dilon Luke
Mingara Athletics Club named Country Club of the Year Mingara Athletics Club has taken out two top awards at the Athletics NSW 2020 Club Awards. The club was named Country Club of the Year for its efforts over the past year, while its Secretary and celebrated athlete, Margaret Beardslee, picked up the Club Administrator of the Year Award, for her efforts in cultivating athletics in the area. “Mingara was overwhelmingly the Country Club of the Year,” said Athletics NSW’s, David Tarbotton. “They won the country championships point score and were the leading country club, and an outstanding third overall, in the winter premiership. “In the Treloar Shield, they placed 11th and were the leading country club. “They were also prominent at the Club Championships in
December, where they won the women’s 50 years, men’s 40 years and placed third in the open women’s,” he said. Before hitching her wagon to the Mingara Club, Margaret was a talented long distance runner. After winning dozens of state medals in 1999, whilst representing the former Tuggerah Athletics Club, she won the NSW Short Course Cross Country. At that point, Margaret was already working in club administration and was an active player in Tuggerah’s transition into the Mingara Club that we know today. Since then, Margaret has held virtually every Club Committee position at one time or another and has been instrumental in growing the club’s presence on the NSW athletics circuit, bringing together a small army of dedicated volunteers to deliver events like the NSW
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Short Course Cross Country and NSW Road Relays, as well as the NSW Country Championships, which the club is due to host again in 2021. Margaret was also a key player in the club’s campaign to get the Mingara Athletics Track resurfaced after 18 years of wear and tear, with a state-of-the-art synthetic track laid and unveiled in 2019. Despite all that, the Killarney Vale local was still surprised by her award. “With everything going on with COVID-19, I didn’t think the awards would go ahead, much less that I’d win, so that was a nice surprise,” she said. “I want to pay my respects to the strong committee that we have at the club. “Administration is only a small part of all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes that makes the club
one to be proud of,” Margaret said. She also said everyone was excited by the Club of the Year Award. “There’s been lots of cyber chatter about it since we can’t gather to celebrate,” Margaret said. With lockdown measures looking to continue until at least mid-winter and no clarification on how large sporting gatherings like athletics meets will proceed once they have been eased, Margaret said the club was now taking stock of how the year ahead might pan out. “Most sports are starting to mobilise and are waiting for the go ahead, but we don’t know much at this stage.” Source: Press release, May 6 David Tarbotton, Athletics NSW Interview, May 12 Margaret Beardslee, Mingara Athletics Club Reporter: Dilon Luke
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Confirmed... the Warriors are coming The Central Coast will officially be home to the New Zealand Warriors for the resumption of the 2020 NRL season. Prior to touching down in Tamworth for their initial quarantine period, Warriors CEO, Cameron George, identified the Coast as an ideal place for the Warriors to setup a home base, and on May 11, Central Coast Council confirmed that a deal had
been struck that will see the Warriors train at Central Coast Stadium. It’s understood that they’ll be staying at Terrigal during their time here and are due to arrive from May 20. Central Coast Council CEO, Gary Murphy, said council had been working behind the scenes with the New Zealand Warriors to make this happen. “Council has had a long positive relationship with the NRL.
“Hosting the New Zealand Warriors is recognition of council management of Central Coast Stadium as a high-quality venue delivering for professional sporting codes from its ideal location just outside Sydney,” Murphy said. “The Stadium is in the best shape it has ever been, with council recently investing in major upgrades, including new seating, change rooms, corporate facilities, accessible
amenities, large outdoor screens and sound systems. “Stadium staff are following all operational guidelines and working closely with the NRL to ensure that there is no health risk to the community. Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said the announcement offered significant benefits for the local economy. “The decision to support the New Zealand Warriors’ training sessions will help to
restimulate local employment across many skill sectors,” Mayor Matthews said. Cameron George said the club hugely appreciates the support from Council and the community. “Our players and staff are so excited knowing that the Central Coast will be their home away from home as they count down to the resumption of the 2020 season,” he said. “[The stadium] is a terrific
AFL season restart looms Central Coast AFL players and fans are eagerly awaiting confirmation from the AFL over a prospective restart of the Hunter and Central Coast competition. The AFL this week foreshadowed a recommencement of the national AFL season from June 11. Speaking on Footy Classified on Wednesday night, Collingwood president Eddie McGuire said the league was pushing for a June 11 start. He said the season would reopen with a blockbuster clash between the Pies and Richmond.
Some doubt has been cast over the start date however due to uncertainty over interstate travel restrictions on clubs such as the Adelaide Crows, Port Adelaide, West Coast Eagles and Freemantle. Newscorp reported that the South Australia’s SA Covid-19 Transition Committee had rejected an AFL request for players to be able to bypass a 14-day quarantine period when flying in and out of the state, which may mean those clubs will need to establish quarantine hubs on the eastern seaboard. Here on the Coast, AFL Regional Manager and
Chairman of Sports Central coast, Simon Smyth, said local clubs were excited about getting back to playing footy. “We’re waiting on feedback from the State Government on when Stage B and Stage C of the AIS training framework comes back. Smyth said he was confident all local clubs would elect to resume the 2020 season. He said the local AFL clubs did not have the same financial pressure as local rugby league clubs because they did not need to fork out payments for senior players. Reporter: Ross Barry
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facility with a fantastic surface, which was a critical requirement to ensure that our team is as well prepared as possible each and every week of the campaign ahead. “A huge vote of thanks goes out to Mayor Matthews, the council and the Central Coast community for doing so much to support us and for making us feel so welcome,” he said. Source: Press release, May 11 Central Coast Council Media