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Lakes Festival returns

Vulnerable people on the Central Coast were the winners when Gosford Community Corrections officers delivered a load of food staples to Coast Shelter in Gosford on October 26. See page 3

Out&About

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) has reminded boaties to be aware of approach distances as humpback whales return to their summer feeding grounds in Antarctica. See page 19

The Central Coast Lakes Festival returns this year in a new format, following its cancellation last year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Business

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McBride says Government can’t be trusted on climate Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, has described the Federal Government’s announcement of its plan to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 as a “major let-down” for the Central Coast. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Government would “act in a practical, responsible way to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 while preserving Australian jobs and generating new opportunities for industries and regional Australia”. Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said the Long-Term

Emissions Reduction Plan would see Australia continue to reduce emissions while growing the economy, maintaining affordable, reliable energy and ensuring the regions remain strong. “Our Plan continues the policies that we have already put in place and that we know have worked,” Wicks said. “Our technology-driven approach will continue our strong emissions reduction record while preserving traditional industries and establishing Australia as a leader in emerging low emissions technologies.” Wicks said the latest official

projections showed Australia was on track to reduce emissions by up to 35 per cent by 2030, “well above our target of 26-28 per cent”. But McBride said there was no new policy in the announcement. “The Government hasn’t provided modelling for their plan, or legislation,” she said. “Just last week in Parliament, they voted against legislating net zero emissions by 2050. “Australians need a solid commitment, not empty promises. “This is a government that claims it wants to reduce

emissions ‘the Australian way,’ without risking jobs in regional communities like the Coast. “At the same time, they refuse to put a stop to risky projects like PEP-11… a project that would devastate our local environment, our marine life, and our local economy. “It would put thousands of jobs at risk, but the Government is still refusing to act. “If they can’t rule out dangerous projects like PEP11, they can’t be trusted with Australia’s national climate plan.” A joint press release issued

by Prime Minister Morrison and Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, said the plan was based on existing policies and would be guided by five principles to ensure Australia’s shift to a net zero economy would not put industries, regions or jobs at risk. These principles are: technology not taxes; expand choices not mandates; drive down the cost of a range of new technologies; keep energy prices down with affordable and reliable power; and, be accountable for progress. Continued page 4

Central Coast Leagues Club has reported a profit of just over $3.5M for the 2020-21 financial year, following a loss the previous year of a little over $1M and is forging ahead with a masterplan for the future. See page 25

Sport

Sydney Thunder player and Central Coast local, Lauren Smith, is gearing up for a new season of Women’s Big Bash League ready to face the Sixers and Scorchers on October 30 and 31. See page 40

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Where’s our precinct?

Train services will be disrupted on Wednesday, October 20, when rail workers take industrial action following the breakdown of negotiations between the NSW Government and the union... See page 5

The $8.25M redevelopment of the Peninsula Recreation Precinct at Umina promised in the 2019 election campaign has not commenced and community groups are beginning to ask questions.

Public comment is being sought, under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act), in relation to a development proposal

The former Smokey Mountain and Grizzly Flats Railroad has closed after five decades of providing a place for locomotive enthusiasts, and tourists to enjoy the joys of steam trains.

Health

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“I handed out cash rewards totalling about $166,000 in the first year because I had to and because it was a very nice thing to do, but a similar system wasn’t in place for people who might have been performing to the same level at Wyong,” he said. Noble suggested that the Gosford Council staff had more anxiety and it was more of a feardriven culture than the Wyong Council where he had been CEO before the merger. “As a result of that, they were

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heavily unionised,” he said. “I recall that at the time of the amalgamation, the Gosford Council had about 31 matters in front of the state Industrial Relations Commission, and Wyong had zero,” he said. “It was very difficult and highly expensive to harmonise the salary and wages systems and conditions across the two councils.” He said it was somewhere in the vicinity of “20-something million dollars”. Noble revealed he had contemplated the idea of selling the water, sewerage and drainage system because of the massive backlog of infrastructure works at both former councils. “I used to have regular meetings with the CEO of Hunter

Water,” Noble said. “We had, you know, a shared water pipeline arrangement and other collaborations. “I raised the idea as a potential for the future with him and he thought it was well worth pursuing. “I suggested that one option might be to sell the business to either Hunter Water or to Sydney Water, if the complexities of the government’s permissions and all that sort of thing could be gotten through. “If that could have been achieved, I thought that there might well be a multi-billion dollar benefit for the general fund to Council that would remain at the Central Coast, which would not only cover all of the infrastructure backlogs many, many times over, but provide a

See page 10 Max Green and Jakobie Gadd taking a break from home schooling want to know when the new facilities at the Peninsula Recreation Precinct will be built

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whole new lifestyle and way forward and quality of life for the citizens of the Central Coast with fabulous infrastructure and wonderful service levels and maintenance levels. “I’m throwing that out there as something that, you know, the CouncilandtheStateGovernment may wish to think about into the future,” he said. The inquiry continues this week. Council commissioned an independent review of the model governing its water and sewer operations late last year. CEO David Farmer said at the time that the review would explore if there are opportunities to produce better value and return on investment for the community.

He said Council’s water and sewer assets are valued at close to $4B. “Our obligation to the community is to ensure we are maximising the value of these assets, and improving efficiency and performance in how water and sewer services are delivered,” Farmer said. “This review is about gathering and assessing all the data to get an informed view of all the possible operating structures.” The United Services Union was concerned that the review could open the door to privatisation. Administrator, Rik Hart, said in August last year that he was against any sell-off. The review has yet to return to a public meeting. Merilyn Vale

Two Central Coast nurses have travelled to the furthest reaches of outback NSW, as part of a COVID response health team to help the remote community of Wilcannia. See page 31

Sport

Local fundraisers Bryan Dorfling and Matthew Johnstone were so impressed by Anton Nootenboom, also known as the Barefoot Dutchman, that they joined him when he passed through the Central Coast last week. See page 40

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Rob Noble, who took over as Acting CEO in 2016 when Central Coast Council was created, told the Public Inquiry he was surprised to discover a cash reward system in place for Gosford staff. “I handed out cash rewards totalling about $166,000 in the first year because I had to and because it was a very nice thing to do, but a similar system wasn’t in place for people who might have been performing to the same level at Wyong,” he said. Noble suggested that the Gosford Council staff had more anxiety and it was more of a fear-driven culture than the Wyong Council where he had been CEO before the merger. “As a result of that, they were

“We had, you know, a shared water pipeline arrangement and other collaborations. “I raised the idea as a potential for the future with him and he thought it was well worth pursuing. “I suggested that one option might be to sell the business to either Hunter Water or to Sydney Water, if the complexities of the government’s permissions and all that sort of thing could be gotten through. “If that could have been achieved, I thought that there might well be a multibillion dollar benefit for the general fund to Council that would remain at the Central Coast, which would not only cover all of the infrastructure backlogs many, many times over, but provide a whole new lifestyle

and way forward and quality of life for the citizens of the Central Coast with fabulous infrastructure and wonderful service levels and maintenance levels. “I’m throwing that out there as something that, you know, the Council and the State Government may wish to think about into the future,” he said. The inquiry continues this week. Council commissioned an independent review of the model governing its water and sewer operations late last year. CEO David Farmer said at the time that the review would explore if there are opportunities to produce better value and return on investment for the community. He said Council’s water and sewer assets are valued at

close to $4B. “Our obligation to the community is to ensure we are maximising the value of these assets, and improving efficiency and performance in how water and sewer services are delivered,” Farmer said. “This review is about gathering and assessing all the data to get an informed view of all the possible operating structures.” The United Services Union was concerned that the review could open the door to privatisation. Administrator, Rik Hart, said in August last year that he was against any sell-off. The review has yet to return to a public meeting. Merilyn Vale

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School’s back See page 3

In less than a year after moving to Lisarow and setting up a brewery five times larger than its previous operation, Hawkesbury Brewing Co (HBC) has grown to a staff of more than 70 employees, four of them engineering apprentices. See page 25

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Woy Woy residents have been given a Pelican Park update but it didn’t give timeframes about a promised consultation or anything concrete about the future of the playground located at Fisherman’s Wharf. See page 5

Out & About

All afloat in Woy Woy

A group of Central Coast women have come together to knit for climate action, crafting scarves. See page 26

Education

Students from across the Coast have returned to face-to-face learning from October 18 after spending term three learning from home. See page 29

Wicks votes against debating Bill to kill off PEP11 Local emergency doctor, Ash Bowden, also known as Doctor Do More, helped raise over $100,000 during September for Cancer Council Central Coast. See page 31

Sport

The Central Coast Dragon Boat Club is welcoming new members, catering for those looking for a social experience as well as those with aspirations to compete in racing. See page 37

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At 11am in the Federal House of Representatives yesterday, (Thursday, October 21), the Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, rose to speak against a motion that would have paved the way for a Private Members’ Bill to permanently kill off the PEP11 offshore drilling permit. Strongly opposed by the Central Coast community, Petroleum Exploration Permit 11, known as PEP11, is a work permit granted under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. PEP11 covers 4,575 square kilometres of ocean from Newcastle through the Central

Member for Warringah, Zali Steggall

Coast to Manly. Wicks and Prime Minister Scott Morrison have said they will not allow PEP11 to be extended under a Morrison Government but yesterday Wicks voted with the government to stop the Bill from being considered. Zali Steggall, Independent

Member for Warringah, moved to suspend standing orders so her Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Stopping PEP11) Bill 2021 could be given priority for debate. “This motion must be debated today because it deals with vital issues: climate change; environmental destruction; and the fate of the economy for a significant portion of the east coast of Australia,” Steggall told the House. “PEP11 comes as close as five kilometres to the shore in places. “Human line of sight on the horizon is over five kilometres, so gas rigs may well be seen from our headlands and beaches.

Students returning to Tuggerah Public School

giving enough assurance to Advent Energy that they are An application to add a sixth seeking tenders for equipment storey to a development to drill the works on PEP11.” already underway at 5-7 Steggall said over 60,000 Church St Terrigal is once people had lent their names to more in the spotlight. See page 27 a petition calling for PEP11 to be stopped. “Our ecotourism, our tourism, our hospitality all need confidence and certainty, and having this risk hanging over Aerial Photograph (Note: This photograph shows the former Figure 2: Locality public car park on the subject site and pre-dates the current them is impacting construction their of shop-top housing on the site). confidence in the rebuild.” Steggall saidApplication the Member for 8.3 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 requesting 4 pursuant to Section Central Coast Council to review its decision to refuse DA 52083/2017 – Part 4 for shop top housing and car Robertson parking had on Lots told the7861, Nos. 5 & 7 Church Street, Terrigal. 19 & 20 DP community she opposed theLtd – August 2021. Doug Sneddon Planning Pty An introduction to the world of project. “Yet here we are: we are still ocean racing in outrigger canoes will be held at in the hands of Minister Pitt.”

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Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks

“As recently as October 20, comments in the media by David Breeze, the Executive Director of Advent Energy, indicated that Advent has every intention to proceed with the project. “PEP11 is still on foot, and Minister Pitt, a Queensland Liberal-National MP, is still

Continued page 4

Gwandalan this weekend, as part Veterans’ Health Week. See page 37

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Central Coast artist, Yuley Buist, has been painting since she was a child, but in the past five years her work has taken off, with a series of exhibitions at various venues. See page 17

News

Nurses and midwives hold grave concerns for safe patient care in Wyong Hospital’s new Block H building, after serious staffing shortfalls were not addressed. See page 5

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A $5,000 grant from O’Brien Electrical and Plumbing will help Coast Shelter keep its emergency accommodation in peak condition.

Woy Woy’s Troubadour Folk Club will bring a carnival atmosphere to Woy Woy by hosting a night of live music from Australian-Brazilian band – Brazil and Beyond Trio – on October 30. See page 17

Former Council CEO wanted to sell water assets

Former Council CEO touts selling water assets

Brewing up new engineers

Waiting times at the Services Australia Centre in Blackwall Road have soared over recent weeks as people have encountered difficulties accessing their COVID-19 vaccination certificates. See page 5

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Rob Noble, who took over as Acting CEO in 2016 when Central Coast Council was created, told the Public Inquiry he was surprised to discover a cash reward system in place for Gosford staff.

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Future Sooner fights power station’s licence to pollute Environmental group, Future Sooner, is campaigning to have nitrogen oxide emissions halved at Vales Point Power Station, which it says is “one of the region’s dirtiest power stations” and putting children’s health at risk. Spokesperson, Will Belford, said Future Sooner had collated data from 2019 and 2020 about children presenting to emergency departments with respiratory illnesses at the region’s five main hospitals – Wyong, Gosford, Belmont and John Hunter. He said the data showed that 2,954 children presented with

Vales Point Power Station at Mannering Park

asthma and related conditions between January 2019 and December 2020. “A study in January this year

by epidemiologist, Dr Ben Ewald, found nitrogen oxide (NO2) emissions from coalfired power stations were

responsible for up to five per cent of asthma cases in children on the Central Coast and six per cent in Lake

Macquarie,” Belford said. “It’s not possible to say how many of the almost 3,000 emergency department presentations can be attributed to coal-fired power station emission, but they clearly play a role. “The frustrating thing is that a number of these children would never have become ill if power stations had installed filters to stop NO2 emissions.” The Future Sooner emergency department research data shows that at Wyong Hospital in 2019 there were 275 children presenting with asthma or respiratory illness, and 242 in 2020. Continued page 10

Bateau Bay resident and teacher at Central Coast Community College, Erin Jacob, has been named Vocational Education Teacher of the Year at the 2021 Annual NSW Training Awards. See page 27

Sport

On Saturday, October 23, the Central Coast Mariners played their opening pre-season match against the Western Sydney Wanderers at Wanderers Football Park, falling behind in the heat by 2-0. See page 31

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Woy Woy is finally home to a state-of-the-art wharf featuring a floating pontoon, accessibility features, solar lighting and smart benches with mobile phone charging capabilities. The wharf opened to a fanfare of music, chatter and anticipation on a sunny Monday morning (October 25). A COVID restricted crowd of 50 invitees attended the opening, with guests such as local MPs, Council directors, business leaders, ferry operators and representatives of the local Aboriginal Land Council, treated to a jazz band on arrival. The $5.6M project, which aims to improve the daily commute for locals and visitors,

was officially opened by Council Administrator, Rik Hart, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch. Hart said the wharf would help draw more locals and visitors to Woy Woy. “It’s terribly important because it is a major commuter belt within Brisbane Water and so I’m expecting people to utilise it and you will see a lot of people here,” Hart said. “It makes [Woy Woy] a destination now … people will come here and travel on the ferry, it makes a huge difference …it allows other retail, such as the food and beverage industries, to thrive so that’s what I expect will happen. “It couldn’t have been done without the State Government’s contribution.

“The $1.6M that comes from us is renewal money – this is a renewal of an existing asset which means we have not had to find new money for it. “Because it’s a renewal project, the existing maintenance and operating costs are still all built into our current budget, so it won’t have any impact.” The upgrade also features mounting points for wheelchair lifting devices on the pontoon, a covered pontoon gangway and passenger shelter and a dedicated fishing area located on the corner of The Boulevarde and Brisbane Water Dr. Crouch said the NSW Government was proud to contribute $4M to the project from the Regional Communities Development Fund. “It’s so important the

community has the necessary infrastructure from one end of the Central Coast to the other … to ensure we have state of the art facilities for locals but also for the thousands of people who visit,” Crouch said. “It’s a testament to us as a community to deliver amazing infrastructure like this for everyone to use. “I think most of us, at some point, have stood here looking like we’re walking on water in a high tide and no longer will that be the case. “I know Central Coast Ferries will benefit greatly from this – it’s a wonderful economic investment, but it’s not just about the money, it’s about the jobs this has created during the COVID pandemic. “It’s a great facility for our community to enjoy well into

A Woy Woy student has completed a donation drive to help support those in need, collecting groceries and supplies to deliver to Mary Mac’s Place. See page 13

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the future.” Senior Master for Central Coast Ferries, Daniel Rond, said he had been campaigning for the wharf upgrade since 2012. “This upgrade has improved [the wharf] so much that everyone now can actually catch the ferry,” Rond said. “We had bad problems with the old wharf being [immersed] by the tide and disabled people had no access to the ferry because the gangplank was just too steep, and under water at sometimes! “Central Coast Ferries and I have been campaigning for this right up until this moment … along with Liesl Tesch, we organised a petition with 4,000 signatures to be tabled in NSW Parliament. Continued page 4

A St Huberts Island resident has received national recognition for her work in designing Woy Woy Fishermen’s Wharf after she was tasked with revitalising the iconic restaurant. See page 21

Education

Students across the Peninsula have returned to face-to-face learning from October 18 after spending term three learning from home. See page 29

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Corrections officers give to shelter Vulnerable people on the Central Coast were the winners when Gosford Community Corrections officers delivered a load of food staples to Coast Shelter in Gosford on October 26. Gosford Community Corrections manager, Michelle Velebit, said her team filled a car boot with bags and boxes of food as they worked together to give back to the community. “We’re donating supplies to a fabulous organisation which supports people experiencing homelessness or who are disadvantaged,” Velebit said. “We hope our contribution will provide some relief and sustenance to people in our local community when they need it most.”

Gosford Community Corrections Administration Officer, Kieran White, said the team ran a grocery collection and raised funds through a trivia night on Microsoft Teams. “We wanted something where all staff could contribute without stretching their budgets; a can of baked beans doesn’t cost much but is significant to someone in need,” he said. Coast Shelter uses donated products in its community kitchen and distributes goods to people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or experiencing domestic and family violence. “We’re thankful to the Community Corrections staff whose efforts make a difference for people doing it tough in our community,” Coast Shelter Program Manager, Charles

Kieran White and corrections officer Chantelle Stiles with the donated goods

Boyton, said. The initiative was part of Hunter Community Corrections Offices Charity drive which ran throughout October. Corrective Services NSW Acting Commissioner, Kevin Corcoran,

said he was proud to have a workforce committed to the safety of NSW and dedicated to seeing their communities thrive. “They have their fingers to the pulse of their areas, whether they’re working in our correctional

centres or helping offenders reintegrate into society,” he said. A division of Corrective Services NSW, Community Corrections is responsible for the management of offenders on communitybased sentences including

intensive correction orders, community corrections orders, with supervision and/or community service work conditions and conditional release orders with supervision conditions. Community Corrections Officers develop individual case plans for offenders based on the risk and consequences of reoffending while assisting their successful integration back into society. Officers are also responsible for providing advice to courts and releasing authorities to inform decision making regarding sentencing, release to parole, and response to breach of orders. Source: Media release, Oct 26 Gosford Community Corrections

Hart recommends election and referendum for late 2022 Central Coast Council will recommend to the Office of Local Government that the long-touted referendum on the number of councillors be conducted along with the next election of councillors next September.

Administrator, Rik Hart, said this approach would reduce the cost and inconvenience imposed on the community. Hart said the move would result in an overall saving to Council of $1.4M. “The decision to hold a public inquiry meant that the local

government election scheduled for the Central Coast in September 2021 needed to be postponed until late 2022,” he said at Council’s October 26 meeting. “Whilst my door has always been open to the community in my role as the Administrator, I believe it’s important to restore

democracy for the Central Coast region with a representation of councillors. “I will now write to the Minister for Local Government recommending that the next general election for Central Coast Region be conducted in September/October 2022 in conjunction with the

Constitutional Referendum, with the results of the referendum to apply in the 2024 local government election.” The referendum will ask Central Coast voters to determine the following question: Do you favour a reduction in the number of

Central Coast Councillors from 15 to nine? This will result in three Wards with each Ward electing three councillors. The community can stay up to date with the status and news around the referendum on Council’s website. Terry Collins

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Council makes staff vaccination mandatory from January Vaccination will be mandatory for every staff member of Central Coast Council, with each employee required to be vaccinated by January 9, 2022. Staff received the news in an email sent on Friday last week. Mandatory vaccination will apply to staff, contractors, work experience participants and volunteers. In an attached list of FAQs (frequently asked questions), Council said if a person refuses to get vaccinated, Council will meet with that person to discuss next steps and “most likely this will begin a conversation relating to cessation of your employment”. Medically exempt staff will be considered on an individual basis to determine if a safe working environment can be provided but Council is giving no guarantees. “I understand that this decision

may be confronting for some staff and the attached FAQs are designed to provide you with the understanding as to how the decision was arrived at and answer some top-of-mind questions,” CEO, David Farmer, said in the email. “In advising staff now, this allows plenty of time for individuals to consider their options before the required vaccination date of January 9, 2022.” The email went on to say that office-based staff were expected back in the office next year, transitioning from January 10. “Staff will return to the office based on their neighbourhood locations and equipment set-up times, which will be advised over the next few weeks,” Farmer said. “From December 6, 2021, some key front-facing services

will return to the office, and other staff who are double vaccinated can also elect to return to the office at this time. “From November 1, 2021, all office-based staff are able to apply for the “one day work from home” option which is our upfront commitment to flexibility. “There is still a requirement to document these arrangements and we also recognise that not everyone will want to work from home, hence the need to apply,” Farmer said. The email said staff will need to return all previously utilised Council equipment including IT equipment to Council premises. A working from home set-up will be the responsibility of the staff member, should they wish to apply to work from home. The email says the Council’s next steps include the formulation of a policy to support the

vaccination decision and Council will work “closely with union representatives and staff to finalise this” over the coming weeks. “In addition, whilst your GP is the best source of information and advice, Council will also be looking to connect staff with additional or supplementary information channels to help everyone become as informed as possible about vaccination,” the email said. A Council spokesperson said the Office of Local Government has no role to play in the mandate, with individual councils making their own decisions, taking into account advice from the Fair Work Ombudsman that all employers, including councils, should undertake a risk assessment on whether mandatory vaccination is appropriate.

Luke Hutchinson from the United Services Union (USU) said it was a brave decision by Council to implement mandatory vaccination in its workforce. “I’ve been having discussions with Council about their intentions for a period of time and we’ve raised a variety of issues, especially in relation to vaccine hesitancy and providing further supportive options for workers to consider,” he said. “That includes Council getting independent advice from professional health services, as well as further extensions of time for people to be vaccinated and to gain information on what is best for them.” In terms of someone losing their job if they refused to be vaccinated, Hutchinson said that would only be acceptable to the USU if all options had been considered to comply with the

relevant health, work and safety standard, other than a reasonable medical issue. “It’s a complicated issue and a highly emotive issue, but whichever way you look at it, there’s a serious health, work and safety issue and there’s some very clear obligations on the employer to provide a safe workplace and minimise any risk in the workplace. “This could be a vexed industrial issue to resolve, based upon the Work, Health and Safety Act, but ultimately there’s an inherent risk that needs to be managed and needs to be minimised as far as practicable. “As far as the USU is aware, no legal challenges, in any jurisdiction, have overturned a mandate in relation to vaccination of COVID-19,” Hutchinson said. Merilyn Vale and Sue Murray

McBride says Government can’t be trusted on climate From Page 1 The Plan focused on driving down technology costs and accelerating their deployment at scale across the economy, the release said. It said the Government’s existing $20B investment in low emissions technology was expected to unlock at least $80B of total private and public investment, including in clean hydrogen, carbon capture and storage and

energy storage. The plan also identified the potential for continued technology advances and breakthroughs to unlock ultra-low-cost solar, it said. Minister Taylor said the plan had been designed for Australia and would not “shut down coal or gas production or require displacement of productive agricultural land. “Under our Plan, the Technology

Investment Roadmap and global trends will see Australia reduce its emissions by 85 per cent by 2050,” he said. “We are committed to closing the gap to net zero over the next three decades in a way that is consistent with Liberal Party and National Party values.” More than 50 health and medical groups have responded to the plan by calling for more ambitious climate action,

including a stronger 2030 target. “We want to see health explicitly included in Australia’s commitments under the Paris Agreement,” Climate and Health Alliance Executive Director, Fiona Armstrong, said. The health organisations called for the government to legislate a 75 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by 2030 to reach net zero by 2035, in line with the

recommendations of climate scientists. A joint statement from 38 climate advocacy groups called on the Government to drive the slashing of emissions this decade. “The lion’s share of pollution from coal, gas and oil needs to be cut this decade if we are to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change,” the statement said. “At a minimum, the Government needs to match the 2030 targets of the United States, the United Kingdom and trading partners like the European Union and Japan. “This will require a commitment for Australia to at least halve our climate emissions by 2030.

“Getting to net zero emissions means we need immediate, active plans to boost the renewable energy transformation, to shift to renewably-powered transport, to protect and restore our forests and bushlands, and to end public subsidies for fossil fuel industries. “Of particular concern … is that the details of the deal the Federal National Party obtained from the Liberal Party are not transparent. “It would be deeply counterproductive if approaches have been agreed to extend the use of fossil fuels or support further destruction of forests and bushland.” Terry Collins

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New or upgraded playspaces for at least eight locations Playspaces at Kariong, Saratoga, North Avoca, East Gosford and Avoca will be established or upgraded this financial year as Central Coast Council continues to implement its Playspace Strategy. The recent school holidays saw many locals enjoying new play equipment and facilities at the recently established Sun Valley Park at Green Point and Council intends to keep the ball rolling. Director Community and

Recreation Services, Julie Vaughan, said Council’s playspaces have provided a positive outlet for children right across the Coast. “Our public playspaces, outdoor fitness equipment and skate parks promote healthy living, active lifestyles and improve the quality of life for our community,” she said. “For this reason we will continue to deliver public facilities, amenities, signage and playspaces in line with our annual Operational Plan and what our community has told us is important to them.”

Administrator, Rik Hart, said the completion of new or upgraded community assets was something that Council was striving to continue. “The continued delivery of playspace infrastructure is a result of community feedback as part of Council’s Central Coast Playspace Strategy and is important to ensure fit-forpurpose facilities that support the needs and growth of our community,” Hart said. In the pipeline for delivery this financial year is a new playspace at Kariong Recreation Area funded

by Council. Upgrades funded by the Federal Government will take place at Hylton Moore Oval, East Gosford, Jirramba Reserve, Saratoga, Palm Gully Park, North Avoca, and Ross Park, Avoca Beach. Playspaces at Pretty Beach, Mardi and Woy Woy are also on the list. For more details, search ‘playspace’ at centralcoast. nsw.gov.au. Source: Media release, Oct 26 Central Coast Council

Ross Park at Avoca Beach is one of those to be upgraded this financial year

Council reports its finances are on track for year to date Central Coast Council is “tracking at a steady pace” as it continues to climb its way out of debt, according to Administrator Rik Hart. Hart told the Council meeting on October 26 that the September monthly finance report showed the operating surplus (excluding grants and contributions for capital purposes) year to date was $10.4M compared to the budget deficit of -$1.9M.

“We are operationally tracking at a steady pace as we continue our path of prudent financial management and keeping costs down” he said. “More importantly staff are consistently implementing efficiencies through better management of staff time, processes and utilisation of technology. “This is so we can continue to find productivity gains, and our community see minimal

impacts on service delivery, despite the recent cost cutting. “We expect to have some setbacks once the reduction in fees and charges as a result of the closure of most of our paying facilities since late June 2021 due to COVID are fully realised. “Staff have been managing these impacts and this will be reflected in the Quarter 1 financial reports coming to Council in November this year.

“We promised our community that we would provide a clear line of sight into our financial management and that is what we are doing,” Mr Hart said. Key points from the Finance Monthly Report for September 2021 included that Council recorded a favourable variance to budget of $2.4M net operating result excluding Grants and Contributions for capital purposes. Year to date, a favourable

variance to budget of $12.2M and an increase from year-todate September 2020 of $25.6M in its net operating result, excluding Grants and Contributions for capital purposes. A favourable variance to budget of $6.7M net operating result including Grants and Contributions for capital purposes. Year to date, a favourable variance to budget of $12.3M

and an increase from year-todate September 2020 of $20.4M in its net operating result, including Grants and Contributions for capital purposes. Year to date capital expenditure was $19M against budget of $29.3M. There are currently 442 projects in various stages of completion. Source: Media release, Oct 26 Central Coast Council

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Driving test backlog must be cleared – Tesch Hundreds of Central Coast young people are at risk of missing out on job opportunities due to a backlog in the availability of driving tests caused by the COVID lockdown according to Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch. Tesch said she called for urgent action from the State Government to clear the backlog as Service NSW scrambled to deal with a backlog of cancelled tests tracing back to June. Not only were tests cancelled but the region being put into lockdown along with Greater

Sydney had added to the stress of many with children booked in for tests in Newcastle unable to travel out of the region to take their tests, she said. “The mismanagement of this Government when it comes to the classification of the Central Coast is simply unacceptable,” she said. “Here on the Coast we unfortunately do not have a seamless transport network (as there is) in Sydney, with fewer bus and train services and lengthy routes to cover. “Many of our students hope to complete a trade and for many a driver’s licence is their ticket to success.

“While not having a Learners Permit for a few months does not sound like a lot in the grand scheme of things, when you add the fact that one must hold a Learners Permit for 12 months prior to applying for a Provisional Driver Licence test

this is going to have a huge impact on 16, going on 17-yearolds who will be unable to get the trades and jobs they want.” Tesch said now lockdown had been eased those who had a booking during lockdown would be prioritised, with those

who did not have a booking during that period unable to make one yet. She said the backlog needed to be cleared sooner rather than later. “The NSW Liberal Government must think of a cure for this backlog, even if it means making it available for people to do their Learners Permit test online or hosting mass testing days so we can fast track this,” she said. Tesch said she has written to the Minister for Customer Service to communicate community concerns. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member

for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said Service NSW was actively working towards clearing the backlog, including hiring additional staff in regions of need. “Unfortunately the Public Health Orders meant that driving tests had to be significantly scaled back, creating a backlog of approximately 17,000 throughout Regional NSW,” Crouch said. “Once this backlog has been cleared, Service NSW will reopen driving tests to the wider community.” Terry Collins

Extension needed to submit audited reports Central Coast Council will apply for a six-week extension for the lodging of its 2020-21 financial reports with the Office of Local Government at the request of the Audit Office of NSW. The reports have a deadline of October 31, but Council will ask for a new deadline of

December 17. “The Audit Office (has) explained the need to seek an extension is due to the fact that the audit of Council’s 2019-20 financial reports did not conclude until May 10, 2021, and that the significant planning and interim work that would normally occur in the January to May period could not commence until June,” a

report to the Council meeting on October 26 said. “This then impacted the timeframes for the completion of the audit of 2020-21 financial reports by the legislated deadline.” The report said Council had considered the draft unaudited reports for both Council and the Central Coast Council Water

Supply Authority on October 12 and referred them to external audit. Administrator Rik Hart said Council was comfortable complying with the direct request from the Audit Office. “Council’s financial staff have delivered the unaudited 202021 Financial Reports within the timeframe required,” he said.

“This has been no small feat, considering everything else that has been going on. “They have literally had no breathing space between the past two financial year audits, and have also been preparing the intricate financial information that has been required to support Council’s submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal

(IPART) about water, sewerage and drainage prices.” Hart praised Council’s financial staff for their dedication and professionalism in producing new monthly financial reporting, making financial information more accessible to the community. Terry Collins

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From Council At the Ordinary Council Meeting on 26 October I confirmed my intention to hold a Constitutional Referendum concurrently with the next local government election for the Central Coast region in 2022. This decision has been made following the rescheduling of the NSW local government elections as a result of COVID. In running a Constitutional Referendum with our region’s local government election, we will have an overall saving to Council of $1.3M, not to mention avoiding an impost on the community if run separately. The Referendum will ask Central Coast voters to determine the following question: ‘Do you favour a reduction in the number of Central Coast Councillors from fifteen to nine? This will result in three Wards with each Ward electing three Councillors’. Whilst my door has always been open to the community in my role as Administrator, I believe it’s important to restore democracy for the Central Coast region with a representation of councillors. Therefore I will be writing to the Minister for Local Government recommending that the next general election for the Central Coast be conducted in Sep/ Oct 2022 and in conjunction with the Constitutional Referendum, with the results of the Referendum to apply in the 2024 local government election.. Rik Hart - Administrator, Central Coast Council

Stay safe on the Coast this summer Summer is an amazing time to be on the Coast, both for locals and visitors. This summer is a little different to others – we remain affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic and we need to ‘Get Ready’ and stay ready for extreme weather. Coast Summer Safety is all about taking simple steps to keep safe this summer, so that it is a great time for everyone. Be COVID-safe With more people on the Coast across the summer, it is vital that we’re all vigilant in following COVIDsafe practices. Wear a mask when required, practice physical distancing, sign in with QR codes provided, keep hygiene in mind and stay home if you’re sick. Safety by the water As many of us enjoy the water during the warmer months, it is important to remember that all aquatic environments can be dangerous, and there are some simple things you can do to stay safe. When heading to the beach, swim between the flags, listen to the lifeguards, ensure children are supervised at all times and ‘slip, slop, slap, seek and slide’. For those who love to cast a line, it is now the law to wear a life jacket when rock fishing on the Coast. If you have a pool at home (including an inflatable pool) you are required to have a wellmaintained child resistant pool barrier. Now is a great time to do any maintenance, register your pool or spa on the NSW Swimming Pool Register and remember to always supervise children.

Get ready for extreme weather Extreme weather is part of living in Australia, so the best thing you can do is ‘Get Ready’ and stay ready for any emergency that may come our way. The five key steps to prepare for any emergency are to know your risk and the types of disasters that could affect you, plan now what you will do if a disaster eventuates, prepare your home, find out what to do if there is a disaster in your area and look out for each other if extreme conditions do arise. Search ‘coast summer safety’ on centralcoast.nsw. gov.au for more information on staying safe this summer season.

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Carpark still ‘very much on agenda’ says Wicks The long-awaited $30M commuter carpark at Gosford seems no closer to fruition, with Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill calling out Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, on the Federal Government’s inaction. The carpark funding was announced in the Federal Budget just prior to the 2019 election, along with $5M for a carpark at Woy Woy. O’Neill said it had been three months since that last comment from Wicks on the progress of the carparks and 31 months since they were first announced. “Any further comments from her about this issue are, in my opinion, worthless until a car park is built,” O’Neill said. Wicks said the carpark was very much on the agenda, with Central Coast Council’s financial woes delaying the process. “The delays in the delivery of the Gosford carpark are largely due to the fact that scoping was initially being undertaken by Central Coast Council, but the Council went into administration in October 2020 and advised that it can no longer undertake the delivery

Central Coast Commuters Association President, Eddie Ellis, at Gosford railway station

of the project or commit to the ongoing maintenance of the carpark,” Wicks said. Council has apparently ruled out adding extra levels to the existing commuter carpark, which is the option preferred and championed by Central Coast Commuters Association. Association President, Eddie Ellis, has been vocal in his support for an extension of the existing carpark, claiming it could be increased to a height of 24.7 metres, which is approximately nine levels.

“We would like to see the structure reinforced to allow for future expansion, and to allow for as many levels as possible,” Ellis said. Wicks said an extension was unlikely. “This was investigated by Council early on and to my understanding, the current car park will not allow for many additional levels,” she said. In a recent address to Parliament, Wicks said she was “incredibly disappointed” by delays to the planning for the

Woy Woy carpark, to be delivered by Transport for NSW (TfNSW), with engineering issues holding up the planning phase. She said Transport for NSW was also undertaking scoping activities to identify a suitable site for the Gosford carpark and that she would continue to work with the State Government to ensure both carparks are delivered “as soon and safely as possible”. “I’m advised that, by the end of next year, the Government expects around 75 per cent of

the projects under the Urban Congestion Fund to be completed or to be under construction,” she said. “I will be fighting and advocating every single day, as I have since the project was announced, to see the Gosford and Woy Woy projects delivered as part of this number.” Wicks said Paul Fletcher, as the responsible Minister for Urban Infrastructure, was in regular contact with TfNSW. “As is typical when delivering infrastructure, construction

start and finish dates will be announced once planning is complete and when the final design is developed; and the local community will be informed as soon as there are any developments,” she said. “It is normal practice in the delivery of infrastructure projects for there to be a significant lead time between the announcement of the project and construction commencing.” A spokesperson for TfNSW said it had begun early development work on both carparks, which volves identification of potential sites, assessment of the viability of these sites, including community impacts, alignment with other objectives and value for money considerations. “The preferred option, potential delivery and operational dates will be determined as part of the work and provided to the Australian Government,” the spokesperson said. “Timing for delivery is subject to community engagement, approval and release of funding.” Terry Collins

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Stalls to support vulnerable children The ladies of Gosford North Inner Wheel Club are back out in the community, with their first handmade craft stall since lockdown held on October 22 at Kincumber Shopping Centre. Publicity officer, Glenis Marshall, said the stall was a great success, with shoppers eager to buy from the wellstocked tables.

Members of Gosford North Inner Wheel at the Kincumber stall

The principal recipient of monies raised will be the local charity We Care Connect. “This volunteering local charity supports vulnerable children on our Coast and in the Hunter,” Marshall said. “The shocking figure of 10,000 children on the Coast, are living below the poverty line. “So to help in the best way

our cub can, we donate to We Care Connect in the way of goods and (money) to support these vulnerable children in our own backyard.” The group will hold more stalls at Kincumber on Friday, November 19, and Friday, December 10, fully stocked with Christmas stocking fillers. Inner Wheel is a worldwide service organization for women

from all walks of life wanting to make friends and help the many needy charities on the Coast, nationally and internationally. If you’d like to join check the Not For Profit section of this newspaper for details. Source: Media release, Oct 26 Gosford North Inner Wheel Club

New Liberals say PEP11 not a risk anyone should take Vania Holt, New Liberals candidate for the federal electorate of Robertson, has been critical of the Morrison Government’s failure to follow through on their promise to permanently stop the PEP11 offshore oil and gas drilling proposal. In an interview with CCN this week Holt said: “It’s going to destroy our environment, it’s going to destroy people’s businesses, ways of life… look at our coast, it’s beautiful. “People come here for the coast, they come here for the marine environment, they come here to go for a swim, they come here to look out from their beautiful houses to see this

beautiful place. “Any kind of ecological disaster would break everybody’s way of living. “We’re a coast, we’re a a surfing nation where a surfer goes … and we really need this beautiful beach to survive and once it’s gone, you can’t bring it back.,” she said. Holt said she was concerned that the Minister responsible for making the decision to extend PEP11, Keith Pitt, had been elevated to Prime Minister Morrison’s Cabinet which meant he probably had “a little more power” than the Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks. “We can’t trust the Liberal Government to say no to these

people, even if they’re going to elevate the National Party of Queensland to make a decision on our Coast,” she said of Wicks’ and Morrison’s promises that PEP11 would not continue. Holt said, if elected to represent Robertson at the next federal election, due before May 2022, she was likely to work with other independents to ensure the permit did not proceed. “Perhaps Zali Steggall’s bill will actually be tabled and initiated, so it will stop the PEP11 going ahead but I can vote against this – I can vote with Labor; I can vote with the independents. “Wicks can’t – she votes with the government every

single time. “I am just not sure that with Keith Pitt now being in the cabinet that Morrison is able to stop this. “The proponent Asset Energy and their partners have said to us on camera that they don’t care what the Prime Minister says. “They are starting to go ahead, employing and issuing contracts already – is that an indication that something is going on here that we, the public don’t know about? “It seems a bit strange that a company would be tendering for works yet Scott Morrison and the Liberal National Party has said, ‘Oh no, no, we’re not going

to go ahead with this’. “Why would a company be spending all this money on starting to tender for businesses etc to start this process when the government has said they’re not going to go ahead? “Wouldn’t the shareholders be very upset with the company saying, ‘Oh, we’re going to waste all this money on something that’s not going to go ahead’? “I’m a bit concerned that perhaps it is going to go ahead. She said the recent gas leak in California showed why PEP11 could not go ahead. “They can’t clean it up; I’ve been looking at how you can clean up gas and oil spills, and

none of the technology is there to eradicate. “Once it’s there, it’s there – you’re killing animals, you’re killing fish, you’re killing birds, you’re killing everybody, killing people’s ways of life and to be cynical, you’re also killing people’s house values if this [the coastline] is covered in oil and we can’t use it for months and months and months, what will people do? “It’s just not a risk that anyone should be taking, not on the east coast of Australia – we all live here, this is where the majority of Australians live.” Source: Interview transcript Vania Holt, Oct 26

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Lucy Wicks and the Morrison Government are delivering for the Central Coast. Construction now complete for the $45 million Central Coast Clinical School and Research Institute in Gosford. Reducing travel times for Central Coast residents with the $15 million Faster Rail Proposal. $18 million for a university campus extension in Gosford, including design, development, construction and fit-out. Up to 140 car spaces in Woy Woy Train Station and up to 600 at Gosford Train Station, with a $35 million total investment. Cutting travel times for Central Coast residents with the NorthConnex tunnel linking the M1 Pacific Motorway to the Hills M2 Motorway.

Investing $7 million to build a new regional library in Gosford. Continuous mobile phone coverage between Wyong and Hornsby and Wi-Fi at train stations is completed. A new $3.85 million Linear Accelerator for Central Coast Cancer Centre is now operating. $300,000 in additional Funding for Clean4Shore Environmental Clean Up Programs. $20,000 to purchase a van for ‘Soul Soup’, a charity providing meals and welfare services to disadvantaged locals.

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Leila says she is fighting for her future At the age of 18, Leila Mangos of Point Frederick has already made her mark as a sustainability activist. Ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which begins in Glasgow on October 31, she has joined with four other young Australians to lodge human rights complaints with the UN over the Australian Government’s failure to act to meaningfully to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. They make the case that the Government’s globallycriticised 2030 emissions reduction target fails to uphold the human rights of every young person in Australia, particularly those at serious risk including young First Nations people and people with disabilities. The young people share their hopes for a safe future where they have equal opportunities, can enjoy good health, and can fully practise their culture. They also outline their jarring personal experiences of extreme weather events, acute mental health risks, and their fears for their future and the future of the people and country

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they love. The complaint also includes detailed research and evidence of these harms, including from First Nations and disability researchers, as well the landmark Sharma and Ors v Minister for the Environment case that underscore the harrowing physical and mental toll that government inaction on climate change will have on all young people. The group, represented by lawyers from Environmental Justice Australia (EJA), is calling on the UN Special

Rapporteurs to make urgent inquiries with the Australian government about its inaction on the climate crisis and subsequent failure to meet its international human rights obligations to young people. Mangos said she and her fellow complainants were fighting for the future of their generation and every generation to come after them. “I have struggled with depression and anxiety brought on by the knowledge that without action by our governments, the planet I live

on has an expiry date,” she said. “By 2030, I will only be 26; my life will have barely begun. “Those who should be responsible for climate action - our world leaders - pass the responsibility down to us, the generation who can do nothing about it.” Mangos has been outspoken on the issue of climate change from an early age. “The first time I remember feeling outraged at human treatment of our planet was when I was about 10 and learnt

for the first time about the hole in the ozone layer,” she said. “I remember a feeling of shock. “I learnt more about how dire the situation is and why climate justice is so crucial to our entire future.” Mangos became involved with the Fridays for Future international climate movement. “There are around 500 of us across Australia trying to create actions on climate justice,” she said. Mangos is also one of 12 young people on this year’s NSW Youth Advisory Council, which plays an important role in advising the State Government on issues that are relevant to young people across the state. Each June young people aged 12-24 are appointed to the Council by Cabinet for one year to advise on all issues concerning youth. “I am finding it really valuable to talk to politicians and to other young people,” she said. “Right now we are formulating what we want to achieve this year; it’s a bit of a process.

“I have been applying to be on the Council since I was 12 years old. “After being shortlisted three or four times, I finally made it. “I am not a climate expert, but I am aware that our goal for 2030 is not in accord with the Paris agreement. “It’s not adequate and we are not making headway.” Mangos said her main focus was to see a change to renewable energy ahead of 2050, adhering to climate science and First Nations advice. The year 12 student, who will sit her HSC this year through Loreto Normanhurst, said her ambitions beyond high school were to be in a position where she can influence change in the world. “Whether this looks like politics or artistic activism, I’m not yet sure,” she said. “But I’ve always felt acutely aware of our social and environmental injustices and I hope to help create the future in which our society is sustainable, progressive and empathetic.” Terry Collins

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Exciting news for the Central Coast! Every adult in NSW will be offered an additional 2 x $25 Dine and Discover vouchers. These vouchers will be available from December in your Service NSW app. The Central Coast has already benefited from a $5 million boost to our economy and the extra vouchers are fantastic news for our local businesses. There are over $13 million worth of Dine and Discover Vouchers yet to be redeemed by Central Coast residents. If you haven’t downloaded your Dine and Discover Vouchers yet, please scan the QR code to download them now.

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IPART sets the story straight on $300+ water rate increase The average rise in water rates for Central Coast residents will be more than $300pa if the 34 per cent rate rise proposed by Central Coast Council is approved by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). IPART has confirmed that residents of the former Gosford Council area will pay an average of $310 more and if you live in the former Wyong Council area, the average rise will be $347. Fixed charges are going up so smaller households might have a larger increase than the typical bill. Water usage charges are also going up so households using more than average might have a larger increase than the typical bill. The Council was not so quick to talk about these figures at the IPART public hearing held on Tuesday, October 26. Council preferred to compare the proposed increase with pre2019 figures which made the 34 per cent increase look smaller than it actually would be. Central Coast residents’ water bills decreased in 2019 following an IPART decision. During the IPART hearing

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Council compared the proposed increase with the higher pre2019 rates rather than what residents pay now. At the public hearing resident Mark Skipper asked how Council had worked out that the proposed 34 per cent water rate rise would be affordable to residents. The question wasn’t answered initially. Later the question was asked

again and Council CEO, David Farmer, answered. He said residents of the former Gosford Council area would pay about $50 less than they had been paying in 2019 before IPART gave residents a rate decrease. He didn’t say what former Wyong residents would pay under that same analogy. IPART followed up and provided CCN with the answer after the

hearing ended. Former Wyong area residents will pay $186 more than they paid pre-2019. “We have been able to reproduce a similar figure to what the Council provided at the public hearing yesterday for Gosford – that under the Council’s proposed increases, former Gosford Council residents would pay typical household bills that are about $50 less (or $46 less to be more accurate) than

they were paying before the last (2019) IPART determination,” IPART said. “On the other hand, we estimate that former Wyong Council residents would pay typical household bills that are about $186 more than they were paying before the last (2019) IPART Determination.” In many ways the 2019 figures are irrelevant because they are

based on the higher prices paid before the 2019 IPART decision that saw water rates go down. The real price increase all up, if IPART grants the Council’s request, will be between $310 and $347 for an average household on what they are paying now. The disparity between Wyong and Gosford in the old pre-2019 prices was because the rates still hadn’t been harmonised. The Council’s IPART proposal would harmonise water rates across the local government area, just as residents noticed a harmonisation in their general rates recently. With the general rates, Gosford was hit with a higher rise than Wyong. This time it is the other way around. Residents have until November 1 to tell IPART if they are happy to pay more for their water rates. Residents can take an IPART survey before November 1. See more on the IPART website: https://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/ Home/Industries/Water/Reviews/ Metro-Pricing/Prices-for-CentralCoast-Council-from-1-July-2022 Merilyn Vale

Higher water rates may not fix dirty laundry IPART was told it should be careful it doesn’t incentivise poor performance at a public hearing into Central Coast Council’s push for a 34 per cent rise in water rates. Kincumber resident, Kevin Brooks, made the comment at the recent hearing, hosted by IPART (the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal) via Zoom. Resident Mary Doherty said she had complained to Council about dirty water – and Council sent her two packets of washing powder. “What are we going to see that is any different (if IPART grants the increase)?” she asked. Council Water and Sewer Director, Jamie Loader, answered,

talking about ways Council was accountable, including an online mapping tool and monthly reports to Council. Doherty said the community had heard this all before, many times. “You say you consult the community but I am part of the community and I haven’t seen any survey and (have) never been asked my opinion and so obviously you are not reaching the community,” she said. About 75 people attended the three-hour session but at least 35 of the participants were either Council staff or IPART staff. Brooks was given five minutes to give a presentation on behalf of the Facebook group Protest

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Against Extreme Rates of The Central Coast. He told the hearing that Council didn’t have a revenue problem, it had a management problem. “Council needs to earn community trust by improving performance, productivity, efficiency, and culture,” he said.

“This will liberate internal savings that can be directed at front line services. “Only if Council proves it can deliver and offer value for money can it ever be trusted with more money. “Until then, IPART, which exists to protect customers from monopoly pricing, should be careful not to incentivise poor performance and low productivity.” Brooks said Council treated complainants as enemies. “That’s my dirty brown water,” he said, showing a photo. “When I first complained about it I had to go through my Member of Parliament just to get a reply. “This Council treats

complainants as enemies not customers.” He said Council had the highest number of complaints “by some distance” for water utilities in the 2019/20 National Performance Report. Timothy Kemp from the NSW Farmers Central Coast horticultural branch said ratepayers west of the M1 should not be charged for stormwater management as the farmers, not Council, manage it. “We manage the stormwater so there shouldn’t be a rate increase,” he said. “I would like it to be shown to us what Council does to manage the stormwater in our area.” Director of Infrastructure

Services Boris Bolgoff said there were 39000 drainage pits in the network and table drains and culverts and pipes that people did not see. The convenor urged people on the Coast to have their say by completing a survey or submitting a submission before November 1. A draft report from IPART will be published in March next year and another public hearing will be held in April before a decision is announced in a final report in May. For details: Go to https://www. ipart.nsw.gov.au/Home/ Industries/Water/Reviews/MetroPricing/Prices-for-Central-CoastCouncil-from-1-July-2022 Merilyn Vale

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Second disability action plan available soon

Central Coast Council has adopted its second Disability Action Plan 2021-25, building on the achievements of its first Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2017-2021. The plan outlines actions that Council will put in place over the next four years to make the region more accessible, inclusive and livable for community members and visitors. Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said like everyone else, people with disability want to live a meaningful life and the plan was designed to help people living with disability participate in all aspects of community life. “Thank you to everyone who helped develop this plan, especially those people living with disability, their family members and carers, people working in the disability

sector and members of Council’s Access and Inclusion Reference Group, who shared their lived experience. “The Central Coast Disability Inclusion Action Plan will help

develop positive community behaviours towards people with a disability, create a more accessible, inclusive region for people living with disability, including more opportunities to find meaningful employment and

improve access to services,” Hart said. Disability Advocate, Gary Blaschke said he thinks Central Coast Council do not understand the concept of inclusivity.

“I’ve always been critical of their Disability Inclusion Action Plan. “I was one of the original committee members for the first plan and I left after six months as I couldn’t see

anything going forward. “I encourage Council to reach out to different disability services to see what they recommend and take their advice on board. “They need to look at the bigger picture and not just accessibility in parks and open spaces, but in our building developments. “I don’t think Council understands what accessibility is, and they don’t have that firsthand experience of working with people with disabilities,” Blaschke said. The Central Coast Disability Inclusion Action Plan 202125 will be available on centralcoast.nsw.gov.au shortly with further promotion and launch to coincide with International Day of People with Disability on December 3. Harry Mulholland

Environment Network seeks to correct public record The Community Environment Network (CEN) has written to Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch seeking to correct misinformation put forward about CEN’s operations and intentions during the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council. “Imputations that the Community Environment Network exercised undue influence over the inner workings and expenditure of Central Coast Council between 2017 and 2020 are outrageous,” CEN Chair, Gary Chestnut, said. “The Community Environment Network, founded in 1997 with a guiding principle to stand up

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for Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) and oppose threats to it, upholds the highest standards of ethics and credibility in all our operations. “That is why our executive

committee felt compelled to detail our activities and programs in a 13-page letter to Commissioner McCulloch so she is not misinformed in her deliberations.” Chestnut said the letter to the Commissioner had clarified misstatements about CEN’s influence over Council’s community advisory groups and committees. “CEN encourages members to join Council and environmental committees, however, CEN members on these committees are appointed on merit by Council or the agency and they do not represent CEN,” he said. “Although CEN does not

authorise any member to represent its views on Council committees it is noted on line 13 on page 212 of the Public Inquiry transcript: “… they [CEN] also had about 70 per cent of the voting rights within the local community committees”. “Council’s website lists 15 Council committees and advisory groups and, by examining the minutes of (these), it records 99 members of the public as either attending meetings or recorded as an apology. “By holding discussions with representatives of the CEN Executive it has been determined that five members

of CEN are recorded as attending or listed as an apology. “Reviewing the list of 99 community members I have been able to confirm that nine recorded names are also members of CEN. “This means that there is only nine per cent of (those with) voting rights who have any association with CEN. “Therefore, the statement that the CEN has over 70 per cent representation is false.” CEN was incorporated in 1997, with the focus of supporting the principles of ESD and is a registered charity with Australian Charities and Not for Profit

Commission (ACNC) It currently funds 22 positions on environmental works and members of the executive are all volunteers that receive no payment for service; the estimated number of volunteers across NSW and ACT in October 2021 is 13,457. Chestnut said suggestions that CEN was an extreme or left-wing organisation and that any councillors or committee members were somehow doing the bidding of CEN were false and needed correcting. Source: Media release, Oct 27 Community Environment Network

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Our new Premier has got off to a cracking start and his latest move, announcing a very substantial program of housing provision for domestic violence victims across the state, is to be highly commended. He appears to be intelligent, articulate and compassionate – time will tell but these are all the talents/virtues we would all hope for in a leader. However, when he described his negative position on euthanasia, he revealed a major problem within himself that he probably has not yet recognised – his youth. This, in itself, is a strength. It can power his enterprise, ambition to achieve – but it can cloud his perspective. As somebody in his mid-90s I do not claim the wisdom of age but I sense a much longer perspective – my own perspective perhaps – but it goes back nearly a hundred

FORUM See Page 2 for address and contribution conditions. Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper years. Now is unlike any other period of my existence on this planet as I face my end in a year or a couple of years’ time – the end which eventually comes to us all. All I want is to have the right to live and the right to die in my own time. That I am personally healthy and not ready to die is irrelevant. I demand my right to make my own decision. I am not telling the Premier – or indeed the state Labor

PEP11 off the renewables path FORUM

Our elected representative, Lucy Wicks, claims she does not approve of PEP11.

However, given the opportunity to vote on suspension of standing orders so Zali Steggall’s member’s bill could be discussed, she chose to vote against the suspension. The reasons offered that the proposed suspension was a “political stunt” and contrary to political protocol does Ms Wicks no credit at all. In my opinion the given reasons are an insult to Zali’s serious efforts regarding the reduction of Global Warming. Perhaps Ms Wicks needs to consider some basic chemistry and physics. Natural gas when burnt, depending on the gas

composition, releases between 2.75 and three tonnes of carbon dioxide per tonne of burnt gas. Methane is around 28 times as effective as a greenhouse gas compared to carbon dioxide thus every tonne of methane that leaks from a natural gas facility has the same effect as the release of 28 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The only path to environmental sustainability is via renewable energy sources, effective energy storage and efficient energy usage. PEP11 is not on of this path. Email, Oct 24 Col Hodgson, Mount Elliot

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leader – what they should decide to do when they are my age – that is not my business – and my decision is certainly not their business either. When it comes to preventing a law allowing me to have that freedom I find it incredible; acutely ludicrous that a youngster like Mr Perrottet (39 years young) can assume that he knows how it feels to be old, how he personally knows what I want to do with my life. He cannot have a clue. More importantly, I am not alone. I am a member of that growing cohort of the 75–100-yearolds. We all share an eversharpening perception of death on our journey. This is not necessarily a frightening prospect but there is pain, isolation, bereavement, lack of control of bodily functions, poverty, etc experienced by many of our members in their later years. Palliative Care? Sure but is that the answer for everybody? There is only one person who has the right to make that decision. There is another fundamental point for our prime legislator to

consider: what is the law? Simply put “it is a community sanction to prevent one person harming another”. Which member of the community is harmed by the decision of one person to end her/his life in a reasonable fashion with family by the bed? Like all other MPs, our Premier is going to vote with his conscience. This could be the biggest joke since the Marx Brothers except that it could have such tragic consequences. These people were voted in by their electorate to represent their party in Parliament. But euthanasia, just like the right to wed issue confronting Malcolm Turnbull three years ago, is one of those perennial ethical problems that transcend party politics. So the political answer is usually a conscience vote. This is a complete cop-out. The one thing we didn’t vote for in the last election was a candidate’s conscience. The problem then remains: how to gauge the attitude of an electorate on an ethical problem not covered in party politics. One could look at state and

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national polls that are taken regularly and note the 75-80 per cent popular support for euthanasia. Another possible answer – the National Census. Imagine a National Census that asked Yes/No questions on ethical positions and a political candidate could call up the responses of their electorate’s postcodes. One can get some idea in checking over the last four previous censuses, 2001-2016 and comparing trends. Our Premier also describes euthanasia as a problem created by an uncaring society. This is not a problem caused by an uncaring society; it is a problem caused by some people who deny other people a fundamental right. In the last few years we have had a societal revolution in this country. Social achievements such as: abortion rights; recognition of the rights of LGBTQ; the rise of women; the uncovering of institutional rape of children and cover-up by traditional authority. And who are they who supported those shameful practices and lost those battles trying to keep us chained into

the past? The same dinosaurs now marching down Macquarie St with anti-euthanasia banners who don’t realise that the light they see in the sky ain’t the sun - it’s that old meteor. So please, just get out of the way. There is a social revolution going on around you – you are being left behind. Just like Scomo carrying his lump of coal to Glasgow, it is all so embarrassing to see grownups acting like this. Since I started writing this, some really good news has come out – the State Government has announced that it will postpone present parliamentary action on the Voluntarty Assisted Dying Bill until another time. So to my friends and colleagues in the Cohort of the Ancient I say; good luck to you all with that one. I hope you all live long enough but do not hold your breath. The old, old political story: treat the voters as suckers then kick the can down the street and they’ll forget it by the next election.

Drowning at Spoon Bay A man died after he was pulled from the water at Spoon Bay on October 25. Shortly before 2pm emergency services were called to the waterway, south of Forresters Beach, after reports a man had been pulled from the water unconscious. An on-duty lifeguard commenced CPR prior to the arrival of NSW Ambulance paramedics but the man died at the scene. He was yet to be formally identified. Officers from Brisbane Water

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Engagement group will have limited options Ratepayers were hit by a double whammy when Central Coast Council confirmed its applications for a 34 per cent water rate hike and an extension of the 15 per cent general rates increase to 10 years (CCN, Oct 1). This is an extraction of economic rent on a grotesque

FORUM scale by a monopoly service provider. IPART rejected a similar application for a 10-year general rate hike just four months ago. The IPART determination stated very clearly one of the reasons why: “The Council’s

proposal to increase its rates…. is inconsistent with its intention to use the Special Variation (SV) funds to repay the loans”. So, what has changed in just four months? Council is still demanding an extra $26M a year above rate cap when it only needs $11M a year to repay the loans.

A shot glass and a football field A recent “Hyland Bytes” letter was very critical of someone’s observance of little change to sea level as evidenced by the height of poles along the shores of Brisbane Water. Most people are probably unaware that the sea level has been measured in Sydney Harbour at Fort Dennison since 1886. NOAR has produced a graph of that data showing the last 100 years. They advise that the level has shown a rise of .21 of a foot (64mm) which is about the height of a shot glass. I think that we could agree

FORUM that this level of sea rise could hardly be visually detected. The same letter amplified some of the anti-nuclear rhetoric as viewed in the comedy series The Simpsons; only Homer Simpson has nuclear piles. Expended nuclear rods from a reactor are enclosed in special high integrity containers for transport and safe storage. It should be noted that the typical reactor only needs refuelling every two years. The US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy reports that if all the USA’s accumulated

expended rods were stored together, they would fit in a containment area the size of a US football field and 10 yards deep. This would be an area a little less than 50 by 100 metres and 10 metres deep. The USA has 92 operating reactors, and they provide 52 per cent of the US clean energy. The disposal of expended nuclear rods may pose a much less ecological impact to that of millions of solar panels and batteries and thousands of wind turbine blades. Email, Oct 23 Jack MacDonald, Mt Elliot

It appears most of the increase - $15M a year – is to fund a recurring budget deficit because the Council cannot control its costs. Why does this recurring budget deficit exist when rates have been going up every year by inflation or more, and services have been cut? In a desperate attempt to demonstrate community

support for this rate hike the Council is setting up a handpicked ‘community engagement group’. The intention seems to be to subject this group to Council spin before asking it to choose between rate increases or service cuts. A false dichotomy confining all the pain to the community whilst ensuring the bureaucracy

and their perks remain untouched. Options to improve efficiency and productivity, which published data suggests are still worse than five years ago, will no doubt not form part of the consultation. Email, Oct 1 Kevin Brooks, Kincumber

A question for the Premier FORUM

What is the new Premier of NSW thinking of?

Firstly Newcastle residents had free range with a much higher number of COVID cases than the Central Coast but we were lumped in with Sydney and not allowed that same freedom as those to our north. Even more disastrous is the freedom being given to all those

non-vaccinated people from December that will be able to go anywhere and not be excluded from any venue. They will mix with the major portion of the population that have protected themselves and their families. They will pass the virus on to us

and, whilst we may not get sick enough to go to hospital, we will get very sick and run the risk of passing it on to family and friends. The Government must reverse this decision and continue to ban non vaccinated persons from free range to protect the major portion of the community. Email Oct 18 John Gordon, Gosford

Not in favour of Gosford Chambers sale I am absolutely disgusted to see that the Governmentappointed Central Coast Council Administrator has made the decision to sell Gosford City Council Chambers and move to the

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FORUM [former] Wyong Shire. Who gave this man authority to sell anything he doesn’t own? Who does he think he is?

Maybe he should be removed by the power of the people. We in Gosford have been a city since January 1, 1980. Email, Oct 14 Robert Findley, Point Clare

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Lakes Festival returns The Central Coast Lakes Festival returns this year in a new format, following its cancellation last year due to COVID-19 restrictions. The 2021 program includes a mix of online and in-person activities from November 5-14 as the region celebrates its waterways in a COVID safe way. Animated mascot Pippa the Pelican will appear in educational videos and on social media to share key messages about the region’s waterways and a Get Active Scavenger Hunt will take place throughout the festival at

four locations with instructions delivered via an app which will go live on November 5. Along four pathways – at Tuggerawong, from Chittaway to The Entrance, from Gosford to Woy Woy and from Kincumber to Davistown – residents will complete challenges and activities, scoring points for each activity completed. The 2km Tuggerawong walk will start at February St and continue to Prawn Beach Lane. The Long Jetty to The Entrance walk starts at Rotary Park, Long Jetty and ends at Memorial Park, The Entrance.

The Gosford to Woy Woy walk is a long one which can be completed in parts and starts at Gosford Boat Ramp, proceeding around Brisbane Water to Woy Woy Wharf. The Kincumber to Davistown walk starts at the Ship Builders Memorial at the end of Carrak St and follows the path around Kincumber Broadwater to Davistown Rd near Coomal Ave. The pathways will have checkpoints where people can use the QR code on the signage to download the app and start the Scavenger Hunt and there will be a stand-up paddle board prize

for the winner. The festival will also include a series of kids’ craft and science activities and Eat Fest, where different local food trucks will pop up in a new waterway location each day during the festival for people to grab some takeaway or picnic within restrictions at the time. Among online activities for children will be Water Animals: Cartoon Drawing on November 5, Water Animals: Origami on November 8 and Deep Blue Ocean: Science Workshop on November 10. Council will also spotlight its

iBook’s, eBooks, virtual tours and videos from loveourwaterways. centralcoast.nsw.gov.au and will work with relevant local organisations to hold stand-up paddleboard yoga, kayaking, surfing lessons and other activities. Council’s Director Community and Recreation Services, Julie Vaughan, said the revised format would ensure the event can go ahead in a COVID-safe way. “Waterways are a huge part of the Central Coast community’s lifestyle,” Vaughan said. “They underpin our identity, support our local economy,

provide recreational and social opportunities for locals and visitors, and support our mental and physical wellbeing. “The Lakes Festival has had year on year growth, more than doubling in size from 2015 to attract 65,000 attendees to 10 event hubs right across the Coast and we are excited to think of new ways for people to experience our waterways.” See full details of Lakes Festival activities at centralcoast.nsw. gov.au/TheLakesFestival or The Lakes Festival Facebook page. Terry Collins

Young Kanye sent to the naughty corner You know your behaviour needs attention when you have to be removed from a lagoon of fellow alligators. Young rogue male alligator Kanye has been taken from the alligator enclosure at the Australian Reptile Park, following hostile behaviour since spring began. Kanye has been charging keepers and displaying aggressive behaviour towards the other 54 alligators during the mating season, so he’s been isolated for a short while to cool down. Park Director, Tim Faulkner, said the lagoon is normally very quiet, with no major altercations

taking place. “We even saw this earlier this year when we added the additional 20 males to our lagoon,” he said. “Kanye has come out of hibernation explosive; therefore, a danger to himself, to the other alligators and staff. “Kanye has made the other alligators very tense. “He’s a young bloke, full of testosterone and he’s raising havoc right now, so the best thing to do is to send him to the naughty corner for some quiet time out. “American alligators have one of the strongest jaw pressures of any animal and one bite can be life-threatening, so our amazing team had to take extreme care

Keepers wrestle with Kanye as he is removed Photo: Australian Reptile Park

during the removal.” This was easier said than done, with Kanye weighing around 400kg and almost four

metres long. It took a highly skilled team of over a dozen keepers to locate and catch him from the lagoon.

He was then transported to an isolation area, where he’ll spend a month or so calming down. It is hoped that Kanye will return

to the lagoon once the peak breeding season has ceased, and his hormone levels have returned to normal. The Australian Reptile Park has the largest population ofAmerican alligators living in Australia and visitors can watch them being fed on weekends. Now reopened following COVID closures, the Park is observing all Government rules to keep staff and visitors safe. Visitors can redeem their Dine & Discover NSW Vouchers at the Park - both at Reception and the on-site kiosk, the Hard Croc Café. Source: Media release, Oct 21 Australian Reptile Park

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Fourth time lucky for Phoenix The Phoenix Collective quartet will present their concert Tales of War at Greenway Chapel on November 7. The powerful program explores sadness, greed, human nature, mother nature, fascism, freedom and the enduring human spirit. Having rescheduled four times due to COVID restrictions, the quartet is determined to

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bring the epic saga to the Central Coast. The program features string quartets by Shostakovich, Barber (aka Adagio for Strings) and Joe Hisaishi (Princess Mononoke). The concert will be presented at Greenway Chapel at 2.30pm on November 7. Source: Media release, Oct 21 Phoenix Collective

Six creative projects will receive support There are only days left to apply for funding under Central Coast Council’s popular Creative Art Central program which aims to nurture growth and support excellence in the region’s arts and cultural sector.

Up to six commissions are available to professional or emerging artists. Introduced in 2011, the annual program offers up to $15,000 per project for successful applicants. Local artists are being invited to pitch their ideas to create original works for the region.

Council’s Director Community and Recreation Services, Julie Vaughan, said the program is looking for works that are of a professional standard and provide an opportunity for the community to participate or collaborate in the creative process. “Creative Art Central is an

important action of the Central Coast Cultural Plan and supports the development of innovative and contemporary work across all art-forms,” Vaughan said. “The program will commission a variety of new high-quality works that will lead the local industry and enhance our creative identity. “Creative Art Central has flow on effects for the local economy and a focus on public programs offers the community new opportunities to engage with art and culture on the Coast.” Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said a diverse mix of artists who are skilled in all mediums and from a range of backgrounds are encouraged to apply. “Creative partnerships build the footprint of creative industries on the Coast and deliver significant benefits across the arts, business and tourism sectors,” Hart said.

“I encourage local emerging and professional creative practitioners to apply for the program to create works and share stories that inspire the Central Coast community.” Since its inception, Creative Art Central has funded new creative initiatives across diverse art forms, providing employment for more than 275 artists and attracting audiences of over 24,000 people. Some of the Creative Art Central projects commissioned in previous years include: Dean Russell - screenplay for a new film and workshops for local filmmakers; Emily Flannery development of a new performance work incorporating First Nations’ stories about birds and creation of the land; Sharon Aldrick multidisciplinary arts project involving photography, film, storytelling and mentoring; Glitta Supernova - Naughty Noodle Fun House - delivering

two pilot performances (Summer Sizzler and NAIDOC Nylon) at Laycock Street Community Theatre in February and July 2019 to sold out audiences; Andrew Lee – Rosaline - concept development of a feature film drama set on the Central Coast; and Lisa Edwards – Creating Space – a series of workshops around the Coast for women from all backgrounds to connect, share stories and build friendships through weaving. Creative Art Central is supported by the region’s leading arts organisations and venues including Gosford Regional Gallery, Laycock Street Community Theatre, Central Coast Conservatorium of Music, NAISDA and The Art House Wyong. Application details are outlined at info.centralcoast. nsw.gov.au/creativeartcentral Terry Collins

COASTAL DIARY A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF EVENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THE CENTRAL COAST FRIDAY, OCT 29 NSW Volleyball’s annual Beach Volleyball Tour, Avoca Beach, 29/10 - 31/10, 8am onwards Lady Day - Billie Holiday LIVE CONCERT with The Rodric White Septet & Simone Waddell, Avoca Beach Theatre, ticketed, 7:30pm

FRIDAY, NOV 5 The Lakes Festival, 5/11 - 14/11 Multiple locations Amber Lawrence Live Concert, Avoca Beach Theatre, ticketed, 7:30pm COVID-safe Mowers & Farm Machinery Open Day, Coast & Valley Tractors, 5 - 6/11, 9am - 2pm

SATURDAY, NOV 6

SUNDAY, NOV 7

Antique Roadshow: items wanted for cash, Mercure Kooindah Waters - 40 Kooindah Blvd, All Souls’ Day Service, Wyong, 7/11 - 13/11, Hillside Chapel, Palmdale 10am - 3pm Lawn Cemetery and International chocolate Memorial Garden, day with high tea, Palmdale Road, 11am Avoca Beach Theatre, 4362 1203 palmdalegroup.com.au

ticketed, 7:30pm

FRIDAY, NOV 19 Simon Tedeschi & George Washingmachine Live In Concert, Avoca Beach Theatre, ticketed, 7:30pm Mental Health Art Works, The Entrance Gallery, ticketed, 6pm

TUESDAY, NOV 30

The Entertainment Grounds, ticketed, 12:15pm

SATURDAY, DEC 4

5 Broken Bay Rd, Ettalong Beach, ticketed, 6:30pm

SATURDAY, DEC 11

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Whale watchers urged to keep a safe distance The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) has reminded boaties to be aware of approach distances as humpback whales return to their summer feeding grounds in Antarctica. NPWS Spokesperson, Andy Marshall, said whale watchers have been delighted to see an estimated 35,000 whales swim past the Coast this year. “While it is the end of the migration season we are still seeing whales with calves up and down the coast. “We are also seeing reports of boats and jet skis getting way to close. “Approach distances are put in place to protect both the whale and whale watchers who are hoping to catch a glimpse of these amazing animals. “Boats and other motorised vessels must stay at least 100 metres from an adult whale, and this increases up to 300

metres if a calf is present. “Jet skis must stay at least 300 metres away regardless of if a calf is present and that’s largely due to the fact they can make fast, erratic movements. “There is a much higher chance of collision in these situations, that at the very least can be frightening and at worst can cause injury or damage,” Marshall said. Spokesperson for the Dolphin Project, Ronny Ling, said there had been incidents involving people getting too close to whales on the Central Coast. “A few weekends ago, we had a few kayakers get a little bit too close to a whale up the northern end of the Coast. “Most people have been responsible but everyone needs to remember that whales have calves with them at this time of the year. “Mother whales are very protective of their young, and these laws are not only keeping the whales safe, but you

The community is being reminded not to get too close to migrating whales

safe as well. “The whales have a five to six tonne weight advantage over you,” Ling said. Hotspots on the Central Coast identified by Ling included Wybung Head, Norah Head, Crackneck Point, Terrigal Skillion, the headland around Avoca and Tudibaring Head. “Occasionally they will come

into the bays and closer to the beaches as well so light craft users such as surfers, kayakers and paddleboarders need to be aware of any whales around them. “We also have shark nets out at the moment which smaller whales can get stuck in. “If this happens, or if anyone is concerned for the welfare of a whale you can call 1300

PARKS to be put directly in touch with National Parks and Wildlife Services,” Ling said. Marshall said overall, people were doing the right thing which made recent reports of regulation breaches concerning. “Even if you are far enough away to avoid potential collision, your presence alone may cause the whale and their

calf stress. “Signs of stress or disturbance include regular changes in direction of swimming, hasty dives, changes in acoustic behaviour or aggressive behaviour such as tail splashing or trumpet blows. “Unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones must be at least 100 metres from the animal in all directions and must never approach the whale head-on. “At the end of the day we just want to make sure the whales and the whale watchers get home safe, so they all come back next year as part of this extraordinary annual migration,” Marshall said. For more information on marine mammal approach distances, visit the NPWS website. If you see a distressed, injured or entangled whale immediately call NPWS on 13000 PARKS or ORRCA on 02 9415 3333. Harry Mulholland

Big bike film night comes to Avoca A series of short films devoted to the bicycle and all who ride will be shown at Avoca Beach on Sunday, November 7. The Big Bike Film Night showcases the colourful array of cycling genres worldwide. “Our vision with this event is to share the best cycling short films from around the world,” New Zealand-based curator, Brett Cotter, said. “We focus on the ‘human interest’ side and these films are a great reminder of why we love to ride with stories that celebrate the fun, adventure and inspiration that cycling enables. “I can’t wait to introduce this

film fest style event to Central Coast bike and film fans. “COVID-19 sparked a bike boom and with this, Australians are embracing all things bicycle related.” The line-up of films includes: one man’s mission to ride every street around New Zealand; an unusual Victorian pastime taking place in modern London; an Australian female rider who goes back in time to carry the stories of the past into the future; four adventurers bike rafting and riding through challenging landscapes, following the historical trails to and from one of New Zealand’s most significant rivers; the story of a BMX Club and its dream of becoming the number

one club in the UK; a film that celebrates the growing, sustainable type of tourism where everyone is a winner; and a unique bike builder who builds off-road cycles that help change people’s lives. Cotter said one film stands out. ‘Focus’ follows Steve Bate, who at the age of 34 was given the devastating news that his eyesight was degenerating. The film documents Bate’s journey as he participates in the Rovaniemi 150, a gruelling self-supported fat bike race through the Arctic tundra of Finnish Lapland, where temperatures can drop below -35°C. With the long hours of

darkness testing his limited eyesight even further, the race gives Bate one of his greatest challenges to date. Cotter said theatregoers could expect action, drama, humour and plenty of inspiration in the mix, including a number of international and awardwinning films. The Big Bike Film Night screens at Avoca Beach Theatre at 6pm on November 7. For more information and to buy tickets visit go to www. bigbikefilmnight.nz. Source: Media release, Oct 18 Brett Cotter

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News Breakfast [s] 6:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 9:00 11:30 Q&A [s] Australia Remastered: 12:00 Wild Kakadu [s] ABC News At Noon [s] 2:00 Back Roads [s] 3:00 4:00 Sherlock (M v) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] 5:00 Escape From The City [s] 6:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 7:00 The Drum [s] ABC News [s] Gardening Australia [s] – Costa explains how to protect 8:30 the veggie patch with plants; Millie Ross visits a wildlife friendly garden; Tino Carnevale learns about the plants of subAntarctic Macquarie Island. Annika (M v) [s] The Accident (M l,s,v) [s] Talking Heads: Her Big 11:15 Chance (PG) [s] ABC Late News [s] 1:00 The Vaccine [s] 6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 rage (PG) [s] rage Guest Programmer (PG) 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 5:00 Annika (M v) [s] 5:30 Midsomer Murders: Written In The Stars (M d,v) [s] 6:00 Restoration Australia: 7:00 Jack Clarke, Victoria (PG) [s] Dream Gardens: Connells Point (PG) [s] Landline [s] Rick Stein’s Secret France 8:30 (PG) [s] Monty Don’s French Gardens [s] ABC News [s] Grantchester (PG) [s] Shetland (M l,v) [s] Fires (M l) [s] Call The Midwife (M) [s] Father Brown: 11:15 The Passing Bell (M v) [s] rage Guest Programmer 12:15 (MA15+) [s] 6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 Insiders [s] 12:00 Offsiders [s] The World This Week [s] 12:30 Compass [s] Songs Of Praise [s] ABC News At Noon [s] 2:30 Landline [s] Gardening Australia [s] Rick Stein’s Secret France 5:30 (PG) [s] 6:00 Secrets Of The Museum [s] Roger Swainston: Drawn To 7:00 Water (PG) [s] 8:00 Art Works [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] 8:30 Back Roads [s] ABC News Sunday [s] Restoration Australia [s] Fires (M) [s] We Hunt Together (MA15+) [s] 11:10 Stateless: Incognita (M l,v) [s] 12:10 Talking Heads (M) [s] Sherlock: The Final Problem 1:30 (M v) [s]

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6:00 Today [s] Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “Fallen Hearts” (M s,v) 12:00 Movie: “Benny & Joon” (PG) (’19) Stars: Annalise Basso (’93) Stars: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, House Of Wellness (PG) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, Seven News At 4 [s] CCH Pounder, William H Macy The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Better Homes And Gardens 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] [s] – Joh catches up with artist 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] Elise Cameron-Smith. Adam 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] creates some curvy shelves. Movie: “Hacksaw Ridge” (M v) 7:30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Giraffe Migration (PG) [s] (’16) – The extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss, an 8:30 Movie: “Marley & Me” (PG) (’08) Stars: Owen Wilson, army medic in Okinawa during Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, the bloodiest battle of WWII, who saved seventy five men Kathleen Turner, Alan Arkin without firing or carrying a gun. 10:50 Movie: “The Big Sick” (M l,s) (’17) Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Stars: Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher SAS Australia: Hell Week: 1:05 Destination WA [s] Beyond Limits (MA15+) [s] Home Shopping 1:30 Home Shopping 6:00 Animal Tales (PG) [s] Home Shopping [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 Today Extra - Saturday (PG) The Morning Show [s] 12:00 Animal Embassy (PG) [s] Seven’s Horse Racing: 12:30 Destination WA [s] Rosehill/ Eagle Farm [s] 1:00 Good Food Kitchen [s] Seven News At 5 [s] Border Security - Australia’s 1:30 My Way [s] 2:00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Front Line (PG) [s] Zoo: Giraffe Migration (PG) [s] Seven News [s] 3:00 The Block (PG) [s] Repco Supercars Championship 2021: Sydney 4:30 The Garden Gurus [s] Supernight *Live* From Sydney 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] Motorsport Park, Eastern 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] Creek, NSW [s] Movie: “Harry Potter And The 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Mamma Mia: Here We Order Of The Phoenix” (PG) Go Again” (PG) (’18) Stars: (’07) – With the wizarding Amanda Seyfried, Andy Garcia community in denial over 9:40 Movie: “Pitch Perfect 3” (PG) Voldermort’s return and a (’17) Stars: Anna Kendrick ghastly new teacher, Harry and his friends secretly help train 11:35 Movie: “40 Days And 40 Nights” (M l,s) (’02) Stars: Josh their fellow students to combat Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon evil. Stars: Daniel Radcliffe 1:10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Program To Be Advised Everything (PG) [s] Repco Supercars Championship: Highlights [s] 2:05 Home Shopping 6:00 Animal Tales (PG) [s] Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Today [s] Weekend Sunrise [s] The Morning Show Weekend 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] Seven’s Motorsport Classic: 11:00 The Xtreme CollXtion (PG) [s] 11:30 Fishing Australia (PG) [s] Kiwi Classics [s] 12:00 Ultimate Rush (PG) [s] Repco Supercars Championship 2021: Sydney 12:30 World’s Greatest Journeys (PG) [s] Supernight - Pre-Race [s] 1:30 The Block: Front Garden And Repco Supercars Facade Week (PG) [s] Championship 2021: Sydney 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] Supernight - Race [s] 5:30 RBT: Banana Wine (PG) [s] Sydney Weekender [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] Seven News [s] 7:00 The Block: Front Garden And 7News Spotlight: Alex Facade Week Reveal (PG) [s] ‘Chumpy’ Pulli (M) [s] Border Security - Australia’s 8:30 60 Minutes (M) [s] 9:30 NINE News Late [s] Front Line (PG) [s] 10:00 The First 48: Deadly Morning Movie: “Bad Boys For Life” (M) [s] (MA15+) (’20) Stars: Will Smith, 11:00 Cold Case - New Leads Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Wanted: Jane Furlong Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig (MA15+) [s] The Blacklist: Godwin Page 11:50 Chicago Med: Heavy Is The (MA15+) [s] Head (M) [s] Repco Supercars Championship: Highlights [s] 12:40 The Garden Gurus [s] 1:05 The Xtreme CollXtion (PG) [s] Home Shopping

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6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 2:00 The Living Room [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Graham Norton Show (M) [s] 8:30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M l,s) [s] 9:30 Just For Laughs (M) [s] 10:30 Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview Show (MA15+) [s] 11:00 The Project (PG) [s] 12:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 6:00 Reel Action [s] 6:30 Religious Programs [s] 7:00 Healthy Homes [s] 7:30 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 8:00 All 4 Adventure [s] 9:00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 9:30 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] 12:00 Horse Racing: Penfolds Victoria Derby Day *Live* [s] 6:00 10 News First [s] 7:00 Making It Australia [s] 8:30 Program To Be Advised 9:30 Ambulance UK (M d) [s] 11:30 FBI: Know Thyself (M v) [s] – The FBI hunts for a serial killer who is targeting young, homeless men, but Tiffany and Scola don’t see eye to eye on how to handle the case when Tiffany’s cousin becomes a person of interest. 12:30 NCIS: Los Angeles: Indentured (M v) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 5:00 Religious Programs 6:00 Religious Programs [s] 8:00 Three Veg And Meat [s] 8:30 Left Off The Map [s] 9:00 Destination Dessert (PG) [s] 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] 12:00 Jamie & The Nonnas [s] 1:00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 1:30 Healthy Homes Australia [s] 2:00 The People’s Cup - Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Celebrity MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 4:10 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:30 Farm To Fork [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Celebrity MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 9:10 CSI: Vegas: Long Pig (M) [s] 10:00 FBI: Never Trust A Stranger (M) [s] 11:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 12:00 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings [s]

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France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Back To The Moon NITV News: Nula The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Secrets Of The Railway: The Cairns Kuranda Mining Railway (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Legends Of The Pharaohs: Mystery Of The Great Pyramid (PG) Titanic’s Lost Evidence (PG) Hindenburg - The New Evidence (PG) SBS World News 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) The Eagle (M l,v) (In Danish/ Swedish) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Small Business Secrets Athletics: Marathon De Paris Highlights Going Places With Ernie Dingo The Architecture Of Ra The Buildings That Fought Hitler (PG) SBS World News Celebrity Letters And Numbers (M) Dambusters With Dan Snow (PG) Secret Life Of Lighthouses: The Bell Rock 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) Movie: “Harry Brown” (MA15+) (’09) Stars: Michael Caine Movie: “Lost City Of Z” (M) (’16) Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch Speedweek Motor Sports: The AusMoto Show/ W Series Highlights Bushfire Animal Rescue (PG) Small Business Secrets (PG) Inside The SS Intoxication (PG) (In English/ German) SBS World News Inside Central Station: Mardi Gras (M) Australia Uncovered: Incarceration Nation (PG) Marry Me, Marry My Family (M l) (In English/ Hindi/ Maori/ Urdu) Untold Australia: Lebanese Beauty Queens (PG) 24 Hours In Emergency: Too Close For Comfort (M) Kevin McCloud - Rough Guide To The Future (M l) (In English/ Japanese/ Mandarin) Ainsley’s Australian Market

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News Breakfast [s] 6:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 9:00 Landline [s] 11:30 Restoration Australia [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] Shetland (PG) [s] Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] 2:00 Love On The Spectrum (PG) 3:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 4:00 The Drum [s] 5:00 ABC News [s] 6:00 7.30 [s] 7:00 Australian Story [s] 7:30 Four Corners [s] 9:30 Media Watch (PG) [s] The Detectives (M) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Big Deal (M l) [s] We Hunt Together (MA15+) [s] The Accident (M l,s,v) [s] How To Build A Time 11:45 Machine [s] 2:40 rage (MA15+) [s] 12:30 4:25 The Drum [s]

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Four Corners [s] 12:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Grantchester (M l,v) [s] 2:00 Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] Love On The Spectrum (PG) 4:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 5:00 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] The Greek Islands With Julia 9:20 Bradbury: Rhodes [s] Going Country (PG) [s] Just Between Us: Family Is What You Make It (PG) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Q&A [s] 11:20 Revelation (MA15+) [s] Midsomer Murders (M v) [s] 11:50 12:15 rage (MA15+) [s] The Drum [s] 1:00 7.30 [s]

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Dangerous Matrimony” (M) (’18) Stars: Emily O’Brien, Rob Mayes, Sabina Gadecki Police - Hour Of Duty (M) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Big Brother VIP (PG) [s] Conjoined Twins (PG) [s] – This documentary explores the world of conjoined twins, discovering how families cope with the extraordinary circumstance of being parents to the rarest of babies - one of every 200,000 live births. The Latest Seven News [s] The Goldbergs: Eracism (M) God Friended Me: Instant Karma (PG) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:30 1:35 2:00 3:00 4:05 5:05 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:05 9:50 10:20 11:00 11:15 11:30 12:20 12:35 1:20 2:20

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Monash And Me (PG) [s] Monty Don’s French Garden 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] National Press Club Address Media Watch (PG) [s] 2:00 Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] Love On The Spectrum (PG) 4:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 5:00 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] Gruen [s] Frayed (MA15+) [s] Back (MA15+) [s] Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) ABC Late News [s] 9:00 The Business [s] Four Corners [s] 11:00 Media Watch (PG) [s] 11:30 Father Brown (M v) [s] Without Limits (PG) [s] 12:30 Program To Be Advised

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “I Do, Or Die: A Killer Arrangement” (M v) (’20) Stars: Ana Golja, Rachel Wilson, Raoul Bhaneja, Eric Osborne Police - Hour Of Duty (M) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Big Brother VIP (PG) [s] – The VIPs begin to feel the effects of Big Brother’s food rations and attempt to increase their food supply during a 24 hour challenge with surprising results. America’s Got Talent: Audition 7 (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Chicago Fire: No Survivors (M) [s] Home Shopping

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Australian Story [s] The Greek Islands With Julia 12:00 Bradbury [s] Throwback [s] The Crown And Us: The Story Of The Royals In Australia [s] ABC News At Noon [s] 2:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 2:30 How Deadly World (PG) [s] Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] Love On The Spectrum (PG) 4:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 5:00 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 Sammy J (PG) [s] 8:30 ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] George Floyd - A Killing That 10:30 Shook The World (M) [s] 11:00 Q&A [s] 12:00 Doctor Who (PG) [s] You Can’t Ask That (PG) [s] 12:30 ABC Late News [s]

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Flowers In The Attic” (M) (’14) – After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother. Stars: Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn Kochie’s Business Builders Border Security International (PG) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] America’s Got Talent: Audition 8 (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera (M) [s] Black-ish: High Water Mark (PG) [s] Home Shopping

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6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “His Perfect Obsession” 12:00 (M v) (’18) Stars: Arianne 1:30 Zucker, Ali Skovbye, Mikael 2:00 Conde, Deborah Grover Police - Hour Of Duty (M) [s] 3:00 4:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 7:00 Seven News [s] 7:30 Home And Away (PG) [s] Big Brother VIP (PG) [s] Movie: “The Meg” (M) (’18) – When the members of an underwater research facility are under threat owing to a seventy five feet prehistoric shark, Jonas Taylor, a deep sea diver, 9:00 10:00 is hired to save them. Stars: Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, Li Bingbing, Jessica McNamee 11:10 11:40 The Goldbergs: Dee-Vorced (M) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping 6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:30 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:40

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Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] The Block: Front Garden And Facade Week Reveal (PG) [s] Getaway (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] – Ally Langdon and parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson team up with ten brave sets of parents with very different parenting styles, putting their methods to the ultimate test. Love Island Australia (M) [s] Kath & Kim: The Wedding/ The Announcement (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] New Amsterdam: Cavitation (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s]

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6:00 The Talk [s] 5:00 France 24 Feature News 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:30 Worldwatch (PG) [s] 2:00 Inside Central Station: 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] Mardi Gras (M) 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 3:00 Where Are You Really From? 1:00 Program To Be Advised (PG) 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:40 The Cook Up With Adam 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] Liaw (PG) 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:10 The Supervet (PG) 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:30 Letters And Numbers (PG) [s] 6:00 Mastermind 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 SBS World News 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:35 Britain’s Most Historic 7:30 Celebrity MasterChef Towns: Restoration London Australia (PG) [s] (PG) 8:40 Have You Been Paying 8:30 Saved By A Stranger (M) Attention? (MA15+) [s] 9:30 The Best Of 24 Hours In 9:40 Melbourne Cup Preview Emergency: World’s Collide Show (PG) [s] (M) 10:40 Program To Be Advised 10:25 SBS World News 11:40 The Project (PG) [s] 10:55 Bosch: Triple Play (MA15+) 12:40 The Late Show (PG) [s] 11:40 An Ordinary Woman (M l) 1:30 Home Shopping (In Russian) 4:30 CBS Mornings [s] 1:40 Deep State (MA15+)

Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 7:00 NINE’s Morning News [s] 10:00 Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Good Food Kitchen [s] Pointless (PG) [s] 5:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 6:30 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 7:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Love Island Australia (M) [s] – For the first time Love Island Australia will be filmed in Australia, in the stunning 8:30 location of northern NSW. 9:25 Hosted by Sophie Monk. Travel Guides: Tropical North Queensland (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] Damian Lewis - Spy Wars: A 11:25 Perfect Traitor (M v) [s] 12:25 Tipping Point (PG) [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30

The Talk [s] 5:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 Horse Racing: Lexus 5:30 Melbourne Cup Day Early 1:00 Session *Live* [s] 2:05 10 News First [s] 3:00 The Project (PG) [s] The Dog House Australia 3:40 (PG) [s] – How will flat mates Mercedes and Jason decide 4:10 between exotic Catahoula pups Brynn and Bristol? And Is Vada 5:05 a cattle x bull mastiff the right 5:30 dog for Correan and her 6:00 adorable son Rocco? 6:30 The Cheap Seats (M l) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Ride Like A Girl” (PG) (’19) – The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey 8:30 9:30 to win the Melbourne Cup. Stars: Teresa Palmer 10:00 The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen 10:30 11:00 Colbert (PG) [s] 11:30 Home Shopping CBS Mornings [s]

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour The Queen And The Coup (M) Where Are You Really From? (PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) My Grandparents War: Helena Bonham Carter (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Great Canadian Railroad Journeys: Halifax To Prince Edward Island (M) Insight: I Still Do Dateline: Desperately Seeking Sperm The Feed SBS World News The Point Before We Die (M d,l,v) (In Swedish)

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Desperate Housewives: Look Into Their Eyes And You See What They Know (M) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Love Island Australia (M) [s] Botched: Obsessed (M) [s] – Dr Nassif and Dr Dubrow look back at patients obsessed with everything being bigger, nothing ever being enough, to even being obsessed with looking like a celebrity. NINE News Late [s] Pearson: The Fixer (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s]

6:00 The Talk [s] 5:00 7:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 5:15 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:30 1:00 (PG) [s] 2:00 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 2:30 1:00 Program To Be Advised 3:30 2:40 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:40 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 The Bold And The Beautiful 4:10 (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 5:05 5:30 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 6:00 7:30 The Bachelorette Australia 6:30 (M) [s] 7:30 8:40 Lie With Me (M l,s) [s] – Seeking a fresh start, Anna and her husband, Jake, relocate to 8:35 9:30 Australia. They hire a young nanny to care for their kids, but 10:25 the newcomer isn’t the stranger 10:55 she pretends to be. 9:40 Bull: Uneasy Lies The Crown/ 11:55 2:10 A Higher Law (M) [s] 11:40 The Project (PG) [s] 4:10

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Dateline Insight Destination Flavour Japan Bitesize The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) My Grandparents War: Kristin Scott Thomas (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Michael Mosley: Truth About Sleep (M) Michael Palin In North Korea Before We Die (MA15+) SBS World News Atlantic Crossing (M v) (In Norwegian/ English) The Killing (M l) (In Danish) The Handmaid’s Tale (MA15+) Food Safari

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Desperate Housewives: Rose’s Turn (M) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] RBT: Disaster No. 4 (PG) [s] Paramedics (M) [s] – Glenice rushes to the rescue of a scared elderly man who’s been trapped in his bathtub for days. Cam is called out to help a tiny patient in big trouble. Love Island Australia (M) [s] Love Island Australia Afterparty (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] The Fix: Scandal (M) [s] Destination WA [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s]

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Horse Racing: Kennedy Oaks Day *Live* [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bachelorette Australia (M) [s] 8:40 Gogglebox (PG) [s] – Australia’s favourite armchair critics let you know what’s hot and what will have you reaching for the remote. Comedies, documentaries, dramas, nothing’s safe from our Goggleboxers! 9:40 TBA 10:40 Blue Bloods: True Blue (M v) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings [s]

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Trevor McDonald’s Indian Train Adventure (PG) Where Are You Really From? (PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Bollywood - World’s Biggest Film Industry (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Coastal Devon And Cornwall With Michael Portillo (PG) Red Election (PG) (In English/ Danish) The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill (PG) (In English/ German) SBS World News Gomorrah (MA15+) (In Italian) Bullets (M d,l,n,v) (In Finnish/ English)

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Grow Frangipani, a Tropical Garden Favourite How to Grow a Frangipani

CHERALYN DARCEY

While staying on our tropical journey, I thought we could explore the frangipani as it provides what many of us are looking for in a Coast Garden with a bit of jungle theme. Unusual branching, glossy deep foliage, exotically perfumed flowers and when we want the sun’s warmth in winter, most species comply by shedding their leaves. No wonder the frangipani has become almost synonymous with this part of the world, so much so that many believe this South American tree to be a Sydney native. Although they only grow approximately 20cm a year, they do have a small noninvasive root-ball and can easily be grown in large containers. They just love the conditions over here and have settled right at home and so let’s explore this rather lovely favourite indepth.

First up, a little housekeeping: frangipani sap is toxic and a skin irritant so care must be taken with placement and with handling during gardening. You will also need to be aware that frangipani will take a few years until the first flowers appear and that the vast majority are deciduous, meaning they will lose all their foliage in winter. Most standard types attain a height of up to 6m with an umbrella shape to them and while they will tolerate light frosts, frangipani do far better in frost-free areas. They need a free-draining sandy soil and detest getting wet feet so be careful not to overwater. In winter, watering should be ceased altogether unless a succession of usually dry or hot days occur. If you have a clay soil, they will struggle, and this is the number one reason this beautiful tree fails to thrive and can even die and although they can grow in most places, sun is critical and full sun most of the day is required. They also respond very well to a fishbased fertiliser and seaweed-based boosters. You will also find that an increase in phosphorus in your soil can boost your summer flower show. Ensure that the root area is well mulched but allow space around the trunk to avoid water pooling. Cuttings can be taken at any time but will do best if removed in late spring to early summer. Select a nice firm branch and cut a section about 30cm in length. Carefully remove any flowers and leaves from the lower 6cm of your cutting

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and then place upright along an outside shaded wall or fence that is protected from rain and water for about a month. Once the end has completely dried out, plant into a pot of course sand and water well. Continue watering weekly and once roots form, transplant into your desired final position. Never tip-prune a frangipani tree, always remove entire branches if needed. This tree can suffer from what is known as ‘frangipani rust’. A fungicide is the answer and must be applied to all surfaces and dropped leaves disposed of in the regular rubbish bin. Using a copper-based fungicide can also slow the rate of spread but if the tree overly effected, unfortunately you may have to remove entirely. If your frangipani is failing to flower it could just be that it is still too young or

YOU AND YOUR GARDEN: Carol, Point Clare

Sadly, Carol lost her gardening partner when her husband passed and now all the work rests on her shoulders. I had a delightful conversation with Carol about the ways she has adapted. “I keep it going and while it is harder, it keeps me fit and I love it. I grow all my own vegetables year-round and that also keeps me busy” She added that while she can’t do the heavy work that her husband used to do, she has found ways to get it done and I love it! “I get together with my friends, and we make a day out of it. We go to each other’s homes and have a gardening day. We help each other with what needs to be done and it’s also a great way to catch up.” This gardening working

bee means that Carol, and her friends, don’t have to give up the type of garden they have previously enjoyed, and it saves a lot of money. Other tips we chatted about included having a smaller lawn and popping in raised garden beds instead to increase self-sufficiency, save money and cut down on lawn upkeep. How do you find gardening friends if you don’t have any? Try your local community garden. Joining up will help you find like-minded souls to garden alongside with and form your own gardening bees. Carol’s joy with her gardening and the sharing of tasks with friends was so uplifting to hear! I am back on the road with ‘You and Your Garden’ so if you would like me to visit your plants and you, (private & public gardens) please drop me a line: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com

that it is not obtaining enough sunlight each day. Another reason could be a lack of phosphorous. Try These Frangipani Aside from its delectable perfume, frangipani is now available in over 300 identified colours. They will generally flower across the Central Coast and much of Australia from late November through until mid-April. From whites through to creams, yellows, oranges, apricots, pinks of all shades to vibrant reds and on to even purple shades. Here are a few that you might consider for your garden. A little tip, any named ‘ruba’ will have the strongest scent. Common Frangipani (Plumeria alba) are big, beautiful trees and the stuff that millions of artworks, textile and home décor designs are based on. Fruit Salad Frangipani (Pulmeria acutifolia ‘Rubra’) is what grows in my garden and is my firm favourite. They are a tricolour plant variety that has a yellow centre melting to white and then tinged in pinks. Petite Pink Frangipani (Plumeria obtusa Dwarf) a popular potted frangipani that also works well as a hedge. Singapore Plumeria (Plumeria obtusa) also known as PagodaTree and Singapore Graveyard Tree; this frangipani grows sweetly fragrant flowers in bunches. Darwin Blood Red Frangipani (Plumeria ruba) is probably a must for tropical inspired gardens with its brilliant re blossoms and deep coloured branches. North Queensland Blue Frangipani (Plumeria spp) with its intoxicating fragrance and what appear to be blue flowers, this rare variety is much desired plant collectors and the frangipani obsessed. The blooms are not blue but rather a light dusty purple that appear blue to the eye. Native Frangipani (Hymenosporum flavum) is not related to what we think of as ‘frangipani’ and although the fragrance is similar, closer observation will bear this out. The trees have a distinctive bark, are evergreen and the flowers are a lot smaller in size.

Do you need this book? Yes! Costa embodies all that is good about gardening with the earth and his book is a joyful companion for any gardener, would be gardener or complete brown thumb. It is brimming with solid advice while every page brings a smile to the reader’s face. Personally, I think every child should have a copy of this stuffed in their stocking as it speaks about gardening and the local things everyone can do to care for our planet in such a friendly, fun way that is inspiring without at all talking down to kids or alienating others. Make no mistake, it’s not a kid’s book, it’s an ‘everyone’ book and I was impressed with the sections on garden design including exercises to help you determine your microclimate and test your soil along with brilliant planning advice to help your garden thrive and not waste your money when selecting plants and making landscaping decisions. Easily gets my 5 leaf out of 5 rating. TASKS & TIPS FOR YOU THIS WEEK Get that compost moving because now the days are warmer, your compost will be decomposing faster. Turn more regularly to get that air in to do its job. Just a few things you could plant this week include herbs, Asian greens, asparagus, globe and Jerusalem artichoke, beans, beetroot, broccoli, cabbages, capsicum, carrot, celeriac, celery, cucumber, eggplant, endive, fennel, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, marrow, mustard greens, okra, parsnip, potato, pumpkin, radish, rhubarb, rocket, salsify, silverbeet, spring onion, sweetcorn, sweet potato, taro, tomato, turnip, warrigal greens, zucchini, sunflower, aster, bedding begonia, calendula, California poppy, carnation, celosia, chrysanthemum, coleus, cosmos, dahlia, dianthus, everlasting daisy, gaillardia, gazania, gerbera, honesty, inpatients, kangaroo paw, marigold, nasturtium, phlox, portulaca, salvia, snapdragon, waratah, zinnia. Next Week: Grow Your Own Christmas Lunch Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 - 10am every Saturday on CoastFM963. She is also co-host of @ MostlyAboutPlants a weekly gardening podcast with Vicki White. Send your gardening questions, events, and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@ gmail.com

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Beautiful World, Where are You Author: Sally Rooney Publisher: Faber

Sally Rooney wrote the very popular Normal People, which was less popular with me. I didn’t like how Marianne, the female protagonist, who was supposed to be smart, allowed herself to be used. However, since it received so many glowing reviews, and was made into a television series, I thought it might just be my issue. Also, since I read that book years ago I forgot how much I didn’t connect with it. That was until I read Beautiful World, Where are You. Alice and Eileen are friends from university who seem to have a relationship based on long drawn out emails discussing anything from how plastics have made the

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world ugly to politics to the Bronze Age. You know, the typical emails between twenty-year-old women who are trying to impress the reader with how smart they are. Smart that is until they form relationships with men. Eileen is beautiful and intelligent, won academic awards while attending university but now works for a literary magazine and her sister feels she is not living up to her potential. Simon is her childhood friend and her lifelong crush, and he is a very devoted Catholic (I mention that because it is mentioned often in the book). Their relationship is platonic until he invites her to Paris when things get hot. But for some reason, although they really like each other and meet for the occasional booty call, Simon has various girlfriends throughout the years and Eileen spends a few years living with her

boyfriend Aidan. After three years Aidan and Eileen break up and now she shares a flat with some flatmates that don’t seem to care for her. Alice on the other hand was a troublemaker at university, called a professor a “fascist pig”, did not make friends easily – the opposite of Eileen. However, she became a very successful author and moved to New York.

She kept in touch with Eileen until she stopped replying to emails and deleted her social media. It was Simon who notified Eileen that Alice was back in Dublin and had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a mental breakdown. When Alice is discharged, she rents a rectory in a small town a few hours outside of Dublin. This is when the emails with Eileen pick back up.

Alice meets Felix through a dating app and the smart, successful woman then allows this tosser to use her (and the penny drops on why I didn’t like Normal People). I found this book annoying. The emails between Alice and Eileen were ridiculous. Really? Do people write emails like these to each other? Do friends not pick up the phone (or am I showing my age with that sentence). I mean these emails went on and on and I lost interest. Long emails are bad enough, but books of long emails are even worse. The characters were not very likeable, maybe Simon a little bit, but the others… jeez. Other reviews refer to the new notion of “millennial romance” – some with intrigue, others with disdain – in which reflections on

temporary relationships are interwoven with reflections on all the ways in which human civilisation is facing collapse. “We are standing in the last lighted room before the darkness,” says Alice, “there is no chance for the planet, and no chance for us.” To which Eileen replies, “Maybe we are just born to love and worry about the people we know … in fact it’s the very reason I root for us to survive – because we are so stupid about each other.” Oh please. Sally Rooney will probably come out with another book in a few years and I will forget how I felt about this one until I start to read it and then recall, “oh yeah, I didn’t like her last book, or the book before that either.” One to avoid. Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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Business & Property Leagues Club finances in the black after tough year Central Coast Leagues Club has reported a profit of just over $3.5M for the 2020-21 financial year, following a loss the previous year of a little over $1M and is forging ahead with a masterplan for the future. Chairman of the Board, Michael Dowling, said in the club’s annual report the turnaround was the result of strong trade following the Club’s shutdown of several months early in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions and the implementation of new financial strategies. The club was first closed from March 23, 2020, to May 31, 2020,” Dowling said. “During this period (the) board and the senior executive team worked on and implemented a financial platform and strategy in readiness should we ever be in that situation again where the club was forced into shutdown,”

Dowling said. “For us our resolve was not about if, more about when it would happen again, and on June 26, 2021, it became a reality. “As soon as the club reopened following the shutdown in 2020, members and guests strongly supported the club. “This meant that the club’s financial sustainability and strategy platform implemented at the end of the 2020 shutdown could be supported.” He said despite the challenges of the last financial year, the club was still able to distribute $316,236 in donations, club grants, sponsorship, and to internal clubs. “In addition, despite the strains of the last 12 months the club has continued the journey of the masterplan for the future” he said. “One of the first steps in the process is defining the interim or staging package of works.

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“This is almost complete, and we anticipate being able to forward it to members in the near future.” Dowling said the club’s recent purchase of a block of land adjoining the club carpark in Donnison St provided increased flexibility for future development. He said the board was

determined the club would come out of challenges presented by COVID shutdowns stronger and with the ability to deliver increased facilities and services. Club CEO, Edward Camilleri, said the support of members following the first shutdown in 2020 saw unprecedented trading in all areas.

“Strict social distancing, QR Code check-ins (and) stringent hygiene cleaning kept the club relatively safe from the impact of constant shutdowns which affected some businesses due to local outbreaks of the virus,” he said. He said the club generated a core operating cashflow of $6.37M, an increase of $4.74M over the previous year’s figure of $1.63M. “The positive cashflow enabled the club to reduce its interest-bearing debt by $624,664, invest $1.6M in income-producing assets and increase its cash at bank and on hand by $3.4M,” he said. Camilleri said the four-day shutdown from June 26 to the end of the financial year did not have any material effect on the financial results and cashflow of the business to June 30. “Since July 1, the current closure is having an impact on the current cashflow of the

business which can be expected when there are no core trading revenues currently being derived despite the club receiving financial support from the NSW Government with the introduction of the JobSaver and business grant subsidies,” he said. The Club reopened on October 11 after a 2021 closure period of 106 days as opposed to the 70-day closure in 2020, he said. Camilleri said the club actively supported Coast Shelter during the lockdown, providing meals to residents of the shelter on a weekly basics along with online cooking courses and exercise classes. He said improvements to some club facilities had been made, including the resealing of the Baker St carpark and the repair and re-tiling of Health Club amenities. Terry Collins

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Landowner goes it alone with seawall DA months before taskforce due to dissolve As the Wamberal Seawall Advisory Taskforce continues to explore options for a permanent solution to beach erosion, Council has received two development applications for three blocks of land at 85-89 Ocean View Rd, one for a house and pool across two blocks and one for a seawall across the three blocks. Permission has already been granted to build a house on the first block. The proposal for a second house, presented by applicant Slater Architects, envisages a seven-bedroom, three-storey home built across two of the blocks. Six of the bedrooms have their own en suite bathrooms and are on the third floor along with an office, roof gardens and a balcony. The seventh bedroom is part of a ground floor guest suite and kitchenette. The first floor includes kitchen/dining; living and family rooms; media room; gym; laundry; and outdoor entertaining. The proposed dwelling is located seaward of the coastal building line for the locality adopted in Council’s

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engineering input, and following the foundation recommendations herein, a structure can be constructed at an acceptably low risk of damage at the subject property,” the application said. The applicant asked Council to agree to a partial noncompliance with the 8.5m maximum building height development standard, having a maximum building height of 9.7m but only in the centre of the building. The applicant said the proposal was consistent with the Development Control Plan (DCP) which permitted

dwellings of three storeys on steeply sloping sites with the basement level generally below existing natural ground level. The applicant said it did not significantly contribute to the bulk and scale of the house when viewed from the beach or neighbouring properties. The second development application proposed a privately-built sea wall and beach access across the three blocks. “The proposed sea wall at 85-89 Ocean View Drive will remediate an exposed eroded earth escarpment with a

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Short-term rentals must be registered under new rules Central Coast holiday home providers have been reminded to register if they want to rent out their properties once regional travel is permitted on November 1. Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Rob Stokes, said new rules for short-term rental accommodation (STRA)

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of the investigation work was a huge step forward for the program, which was on track to remove all flammable cladding from the state’s eligible highrisk residential apartment buildings by the end of 2023. “This is an incredibly important moment for the families and residents living in apartments impacted by dangerous cladding,” Anderson said. “Today is the start of a critical program that has been years in the making. “So much careful work has been done behind the scenes to reach this point, and we are now ready to fix a problem that has been burdening owners for a long time.” Project Remediate will provide no-interest loans, free expert program management, and the assurance that when remediation work is completed, the work will be accepted by

insurers. The program will also create 3,440 new jobs in NSW. “The NSW Government launched Project Remediate in March and since then has put in the work to recruit the right team, including appointing top experts in the field to oversee the work, and to date we have more than 155 buildings registered for remediation,” Anderson said. “A project of this magnitude is all about strong foundations and momentum and we have plenty of both, but it is not too late for eligible buildings to be a part of Project Remediate. “I encourage owners corporations still considering Project Remediate to register their interest as soon as possible, so that work can commence.” NSW Building Commissioner, David Chandler, said the

program had been set up with a consistent approach to assure owners their interests were considered as the highest priority. “Cladding removal and building remediation is not just about taking off a piece of cladding and replacing it with another,” Chandler said. “It’s an opportunity to get a thorough up-front investigation and assessment of the building to determine what is needed to do the job properly. “Project Remediate Managing Contractor, Hansen Yuncken, will investigate the materials gathered during the assessment process and Global Façade Consultant ACOR will give expert engineering and design advice on the best remediation solution for each building.” The plan has drawn criticism from Shadow Minister for Better Regulation and

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Emily Carroll of Narara is one of two final-year Charles Sturt University paramedicine students who have assisted with the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Bathurst. Carroll and fellow student Nicole Kennedy are studying the Bachelor of Paramedicine at the university’s School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences. The two joined a small group of students who took on the task of assisting Local Western Health District staff of NSW Health in vaccinating people at several clinics in Bathurst. Carroll said the opportunity to work in the vaccination clinics enabled her to make a difference in the community by giving individuals the best possible chance of receiving the vaccine. “I recognise how important this vaccine is in reducing the effects of the pandemic and am pleased that I can be involved in this process,” she said. “Also, it’s been very satisfying to aid healthcare workers who have been significantly impacted by the pandemic and assist them to reduce the burden.”

Nicole Kennedy (left) and Emily Carroll at the Kelso Community Clinic vaccination centre in Bathurst

The Charles Sturt vaccinators were required to complete one day of vaccination training with a registered nurse (RN) educator and the RN vaccinator manager. They then worked shifts at Charles Sturt University Vaccination Hub, the Kelso Community Hub, and the mass walk-in clinic at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre (BMEC), performing a range of roles. “I did administration tasks

such as check-in before vaccination to ensure each individual’s details are correct and placed in the system, and administration for check-out to ensure the individual has booked for future appointments and is feeling well,” Carroll said. “I was able to observe patients after they received the vaccination, provide medical assistance if adverse effects occurred, and answer any questions and

concerns of individuals. “I was also able to prepare and draw up the vaccines and administer vaccines via intramuscular injections.” Depending on the clinic and appointments available at each location, the students helped to vaccinate approximately 200 individuals per day at the oncampus Charles Sturt Vaccination Hub and the Kelso Community Hub, and between 600 to 800 people per day at the mass walk-in

clinic at BMEC. Carroll said she thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the experience, particularly providing after-care, including booking follow-up appointments and providing adverse event advice to individuals. “This enables individuals to be reassured and aid them to come back to receive their future dose,” she said. “I have also enjoyed interacting with individuals

from all backgrounds and walks of life who are all doing their part to help the greater community.” She said the experience helped her prepare for her future health career. “The documentation processes and obtaining information are similar to that of ambulance services, so having experience will greatly help me in the non-clinical aspects in the prehospital environment,” she said. “Due to such high turnover of individuals and limited interaction time, this also simulates the prehospital environment, so I was able to develop a positive relationship and rapport with the patient in a short period. “The clinical skill of intramuscular injection will also assist me in the future as paramedics often apply this skill.” After graduation, Carroll hopes to be employed by an ambulance service in either Australia or the UK. Source: Media release, Oct 21 Charles Sturt University

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Starting over in Spring: mindset ‘big rocks’

GEORGIA LIENEMANN This is the fourth part of our post-lockdown wholistic health reset. We’re focusing on simple mindset and lifestyle shifts that have the power to create significant results. Recently we introduced the concept of ‘big rocks’ and the benefits associated with ‘crowding out’ unproductive or harmful habits with beneficial ones. This week we’re applying it to

lifestyle shifts and the small steps we can take in this area, to radically improve our health. Now, don’t get your hopes up for some trendy new hack that you haven’t yet tried that promises to finally resolve everything. The two areas I couldn’t bring myself to sidestep are those we already know we’re supposed to be prioritising: sleep and movement. However here we are in postlockdown Spring and if you’ve been engaged in this series at all, you’re probably keen to clamber back onto the wagon in some area of your life. And if that’s the case, perhaps you need a reminder of why these ‘big rocks’ are indeed big rocks. And look, don’t get me wrong, I have lots of time for hacks. But if we can apply them to the fundamentals instead of thinking we can hack our way out of actually doing what works, we’ll be miles ahead. So, let’s take a look at these two areas with a fresh

perspective signals to our bodies that it is peak daylight and time to be alert. This completely messes with our circadian rhythm and prevents deep sleep across the board. So, the worst thing we can do is to look at a screen prior to bedtime (although TV is the best of the worst, if you must). Ways we can lessen the impact:

perspective and see if we can’t inspire a little inclination to upgrade your existing relationship with them. Sleep As someone who routinely used to glaze over at this suggestion, I’ve finally come to appreciate how crucial good quality sleep is to health. As a type A personality and former night owl, I had my head in the sand with this for many years, because I thought I could cheat – by ticking all the other health and lifestyle boxes and ignoring this one. It turns out, you can’t. There are hacks to be had, here, though! The most important thing to realise is that quality sleep isn’t determined by the amount of time you spend sleeping, but by how long your brain is in its deepest brainwave state. And the majority of us aren’t getting much deep sleep at all. By redirecting your focus to facilitating better quality sleep, you can likely get away with a slight reduction in the total hours you’ve always been told is ideal (8-9 hours). So, how do we set ourselves up to achieve deeper, more restorative sleep? Timing The most important window of sleep is 10pm-2am. Anything that prevents the deeper

brainwave states being accessed within this window drastically decreases overall sleep quality and has huge, accumulative impacts on our hormones, energy and health. If this occurs regularly in midlife, we’re drastically increasing the likelihood of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer, later in life. To state the obvious, you can’t access deep sleep if you’re not actually asleep within this window. And if you’re hitting the sack at midnight, chances are that you’re foregoing deep sleep altogether. You might have heard the phrase ‘every hour before midnight is worth two’ – well, it’s actually a great way to think about it. The impact of facilitating deeper brainwave states in this window can’t be overstated. Getting to bed as early as possible is worth everything you can throw at it. Priming ourselves for deep rest To achieve a state of deep sleep within the 10pm-2am window, your body needs to be physiologically primed to get there, shortly after you fall asleep. Unfortunately, many of our modern habits greatly undermine this process. Our screens and devices emit blue light,which from an evolutionary

• Aim to lengthen the gap between screen time and bedtime as much as you possibly can. Ideally, aim for a window of two hours. • If you can’t avoid screen time at night, buy a pair of blueblocking glasses and wear them after sundown. (And early morning if screen-time is part of the routine, then.) • Use the ‘nightshift’ setting on your devices, which can be automatically set to reduce the blue light emission in favour of warmer tones from a certain time of day. Other ways to improve sleep: • Move electronic devices out of the bedroom where possible (or switch your phone on airplane mode if it’s beside your bed) to reduce the electromagnetic radiation in that space, which has been shown to interfere with sleep quality. • Have a cool or tepid shower in the evening to reduce body temperature prior to sleeping. Keeping your body temperature on the cool side during the night also facilitates better quality sleep. • Natural fibre bedding such as cotton, wool and down go a long way in helping to achieve this. On this note: avoid polyester at all costs. It’s hard to comprehend how we arrived at the idea of sleeping wrapped in plastic! • For the last 30 minutes before bedtime, try switching your light source to candlelight or have a red coloured light globe in a bedside lamp. Surely, you’ve noticed during extended power outages how unusually relaxed and sleepy you feel by midevening? The complete removal of blue light (which

is also emitted by standard globes) makes a radical, very noticeable difference to sleep quality. If you have any issues with sleep – try this one hack and see for yourself. • Aim to go to bed and wake earlier, at a consistent time as often as possible. Movement One of the pitfalls of living in the information age and being relentlessly bombarded with theories and data, is the risk of disempowerment. When you’re out of the habit of moving regularly, there’s a tendency to overthink what needs to be done and create self-imposed barriers that interfere with actually getting started. Stories like: “I need to join the gym to start exercising” or “I need to workout for 30 minutes for it to ‘count’”. All these ridiculous, arbitrary rules, when the truth is, if we look to the oldest, fittest people on the planet, it’s obvious that consistent, very low-impact movement is extremely effective. No gyms or active wear in sight. The best way to reboot your routine is to start with just one thing – today. Donning your headphones and dancing to a single song. Running down and up a short flight of stairs. Doing a few squats whilst you clean your teeth in the morning. It might seem inconsequential, but the dopamine hit from kicking that small goal, the endorphins released from that tiny sliver of movement is enough to invigorate and restore motivation. Then you can build on it, with ease. If you have any resistance in this area, start by banishing the word ‘exercise’ from your vocabulary and replace it with ‘movement’. It evokes an entirely different response. Find ways you love to move your body and simply build them into your daily life. As your fitness level starts to improve and the associated feel-good chemicals become a more natural state, you’ll instinctively desire more of both – and the need for discipline and regimented routine will become obsolete.

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Central Coast residents may receive help on their IVF journey when the Federal Government starts to provide Medicare rebates for testing services that can help prevent people from passing serious genetic disorders on to their child. Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said this would help expectant parents across the region using Pre-implantation Genetic Testing (PGT). “Until now, individuals who know they are carriers of serious genetic disorders could only access these testing services if they were able to pay privately,” Wicks said.

“From November 1, people will be able to claim a Medicare rebate for five new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for new Pre-implantation Genetic Testing services provided within the existing IVF process. “Types of genetic disorders able to be tested include, but are not limited to: cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, fragile X, neurofibromatosis and Huntington disease. “This will make a big difference to those in our community currently on the IVF journey and those that will join them in the future.” PGT is a scientific technique

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unaffected by a genetic disorder to be selected for implantation during an IVF cycle, maximising the chance of a healthy baby. Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt, said PGT would help ease the financial strain of IVF. “Our government is providing $95.9M so that PGT services can be reimbursed through Medicare,” he said. “This implements recommendations from the independent Medical Services Advisory Committee. “This change will give real, practical support to individuals and couples on their fertility journey.

“Under the direction of a medical specialist, Medicare funding will support individuals or couples who carry a risk of passing on a serious genetic or chromosomal disorder to their child for which there is no cure and which causes a severe limitation on the quality of life.” Other IVF services already funded under Medicare will not change under the new arrangements. More information is available at MBS Online. Source: Media release, Oct 27 Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks

Headspace helps build careers but not in Wyong Headspace Lake Haven and Gosford are using Mental Health Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about their Individual Placement and Support (IPS) program. This program helps clients of the service find meaningful employment and study opportunities no matter where they are in their mental health journey. The service includes vocational support planning, professional resume writing and skills building, and ongoing employment support and mentoring. The IPS program works in with the client’s clinician throughout their entire employment journey. Rosemary Tropiano is one client who has found work through the program, becoming

involved when she turned to headspace to seek help for anxiety, which was compounded by the loss of her job. Thanks to the service and encouragement from her IPS Vocational Specialist, she has now landed her dream job in IT support. “I really wanted a job in the IT industry, but I thought my standards for a job were way too high. “When I called her, all worried about the interview, she relieved my anxiety and made me feel confident. “She really made the difference. “Against all the odds, I got my dream job in IT support. “I now work for an amazing company that is willing to train me from the ground up and that values my input.

“I’ll always be grateful for how the team at headspace let me make my own decisions and considered my feelings when helping me make decisions,” Tropiano said. Tropiano is one of more than 200 local young people on the Central Coast who have found employment and study opportunities through th IPS program, which is funded by the Department of Social Services. Headspace also offers a Work a Study Service where participants can receive support from a Work and Study Specialist with searching and applying for jobs, preparing resumes and cover letters, career planning, support for transitioning from school to the workforce, navigating Centrelink and other government support options as

well as balancing mental health and wellbeing with work or study. They have a Career Mentoring Service where participants work with a mentor to develop industry specific skills, access advice around work, employer expectations and career progression as well as growing professional networks, understanding the recruitment process and improving professional communications skills and career confidence. More information about these programs can be found at https://headspace.org.au/. Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, said she was still trying to get answers from the Government about when headspace would open in Wyong “It’s been two long years since the Morrison Government

first promised a headspace at Wyong but despite the long wait, we still don’t have an opening date,” she said. “In the week before the 2019 election, the Government announced $1.5M for headspace Wyong, and they’ve since confirmed it would be up and running by 2021/22. “It’s now October, which is national Mental Health Awareness Month, and Coasties still don’t know when headspace Wyong will open. “There is a desperate need for more mental health services on the Coast, especially for young people,” McBride said. “It’s been more than two years since the announcement, demand is surging, waiting times are growing and we still don’t have a date. “In the middle of a pandemic, demand for mental health

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services has never been greater and long wait times for headspace at Lake Haven and Gosford mean more young people are at risk. “It’s particularly tough for Year 12 students who are getting ready for their HSC exams, and McBride says lockdown is only adding to their stress. “These students need support and certainty, now. “To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness month, I’m asking the Government to step up and be clear about when headspace Wyong will open. “Coasties can’t afford to wait any longer, this is urgent.” A response to inquiries by the Chronicle to government departments was not received before publication. Harry Mulholland

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School students on the Coast can undertake the new Treasurer’s Financial Literacy Challenge to understand the costs of real-life financial decisions. The challenge, developed in partnership with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), is intended to encourage children to develop positive money habits and increase their financial literacy. NSW Treasurer, Matt Kean, said financial literacy was crucial to children’s future success. “Understanding the cost of purchases will arm students with healthy money habits to achieve their goals now and into the future. “Students will be able to complete a persuasive writing task, writing a letter to mum or dad convincing them they know how to pay for the costs associated with a pet or a car,”

Kean said. Students will learn how to navigate the financial costs of becoming either a pet owner or a car owner to complete the challenge.

They will consider other factors in addition to initial purchasing costs, such as ongoing costs and unexpected expenses, and the value of proper planning and budgeting.

NSW Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell, said students would use their knowledge of financial costs to develop a savings plan using ASIC’s Moneysmart savings calculator.

Draft law could make school zones safer School zones around the Central Coast could become safer if a new Bill being considered in NSW Parliament is successful. The Road Transport Amendment (Prohibition of U-Turns and 3-Point Turns) Bill 2021 would prohibit conducting U-Turns and 3-Point Turns in the vicinity of school zones during drop off and pick up times. The Bill was drafted after extensive consultation with the NSW Police Force, members of the NSW Teachers Federation, Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of NSW, Local Government Association and the NRMA. As the law currently stands, U-Turns and 3-Point Turns are permitted in school zones in

certain circumstances. This allows drivers to make dangerous manoeuvres such as backing into driveways where pedestrians are walking and conducting 3-point turns

over child safety crossings. The NSW Labor Opposition caucus has supported the Bill, but Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the Liberal

Government needs to consider the contents of the Bill before deciding to support or oppose it. Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, said as a former school principal he knows the safety concerns of drop off and pick up time around schools. “Unfortunately, some people think it’s OK to perform dangerous manoeuvres including three point turns and U-turns inside school zones which can prove to be tragic with children around,” Harris said. “This private Members Bill seeks to make it illegal which is a good thing where streets don’t have double lines.” Terry Collins

“The activities in the Treasurer’s Financial Literacy Challenge are aligned to the NSW Mathematics and English K-10 syllabus,” Mitchell said. “As a new dog owner myself,

my kids and I know there are a number of upfront and ongoing coss of a new furry family member, and I think students can learn a lot through these real-world scenarios. “The challenge will help the next generation be as adept with their money as they are with their digital devices,” she said. Students from all schools in Year 5 to 8 can enter the challenge for the remainder of Term 4 and will be issued with a certificate when they have completed the challenge. The challenge replaces school banking programs, which from 2022 will no longer be run in NSW schools. Students can find the NSW Treasurer’s Financial Literacy Challenge at www.education. nsw.gov.au/finlit-challenge. Source: Media release, Oct 24 NSW Treasurer, Matt Kean

Spending money for families with school-aged children Local families with schoolaged children will receive a $250 voucher in early 2022, as part of a $2.8B stimulus package announced by the NSW Government. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the vouchers would stimulate spending and revive the local economy. “The $250 can be spent on recreation and accommodation so there are plenty of ways for families to spend this voucher,” Crouch said. “One of the biggest challenges for families during the threemonth lockdown was learning from home. “As life begins to return to

normal, we want to encourage people to get out, enjoy what the Central Coast has to offer and hopefully boost the economy in the process. “These vouchers form a key part of our new Premier’s Economic Recovery Strategy, which has a strong focus on rebuilding and supporting businesses, helping the hip pocket and boosting jobs.” The $250 vouchers will be available through Service NSW early next year and will expire in October 2022. More information is available on the NSW Government’s website. Source: Media release, Oct 21 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

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Students across the Coast have now all returned to their classrooms after spending term three learning from home. The return to the classroom was staggered with Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 12 returning on October 18 and the remaining grades following suit on November 25. Central Coast District P&C Spokesperson, Sharryn Brownlee, said she was excited to see students returning to the classroom. “All the principals are really excited to see students return. “They’re really pulling out the red carpet for the students, and I think term four will be a great one. “Parents are feeling an incredible relief as well knowing their children will be back with their teachers, and I think the experience of homeschooling has given them a new sense of respect for their children’s teachers,” Brownlee said. She said schools have been proactive in incorporating the COVID safe measures into classrooms. “The schools are trying to encourage students to wear masks, some teachers have been making masks part of

Year 12s from Erina High School preparing for their HSC

the learning by painting on them and making them into superheroes like Batman. “The high schools are also being proactive by teaching lessons outdoors if possible, so the students don’t have to wear their mask all day, and they’re being proactive about good ventilation.

“Fresh air, being outside and being at school is safer for students than being anywhere else except their homes. “I want to reassure everyone that schools are the safest place for our students to be. “Every member of staff in a public school, all classroom teachers, administration staff,

and cleaners have all been double-vaccinated. “Only a handful of staff on the Central Coast have been stood down for not getting vaccinated. “The teachers have been proactive and productive in using this new opportunity to try some new things with

classroom learning. “For instance, teachers have been team teaching cross curriculum content like incorporating maths and sports to really try some new things. “If you can do activities outside, then why not take advantage of our beautiful

weather,” Brownlee said. While everyone is thrilled to be back in the classroom, Brownlee said some students have not engaged with any learning at all during term three. “Some students and families have not engaged with any of the home learning at all which we can see, so they will be playing catch up this term. “The schools know who hasn’t been engaging, so there will be extra support in place for those students. “For some students, it might feel like their first day of school again. “Learning from home has been such a different experience and I think we will see a lot of wellbeing issues, and issues with students returning to that structure. “Some parents have also raised concerns about sending their children if they have health issues, which they can discuss with the schools to work out an arrangement,” Brownlee said. She said staff who lost their jobs due to thm not getting vaccinated will not be eligible to return to their positions in the future, even if there are no COVID outbreaks. Harry Mulholland

Scholarships available for priority languages Central Coast residents who speak in-demand languages and would like to become qualified interpreters might be interested in a range of scholarships now available. Minister for Multiculturalism, Natalie Ward, said the NSW Interpreter Scholarship

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during the COVID pandemic,” Ward said. “We are calling on NSW’s next generation of interpreters. “I urge anyone who speaks the priority languages and is interested in a career in interpreting to apply for the latest round of this outstanding scholarship program.” Priority languages include

Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. The scholarship recipients will benefit from subsidised world-class training at UNSW through an online course. Course graduates will then be

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Expressions of interest for new and emerging languages are open until midnight on Friday, November 5. For more details, see: https:// multicultural.nsw.gov.au/ services/nsw-interpreterscholarshipprogram. Source: Media release, Oct 26 NSW Government

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Learn to swim voucher program expanded SWIMMING The NSW Government’s new learn to swim voucher program will be expanded from preschool-aged children to include kindergarten kids who missed out on lessons due to COVID restrictions. Under the First Lap program, eligible children can access a $100 voucher for swimming lessons with an approved provider, with businesses able to register in November. NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, said the program, which starts on December 1, would be extended to cover children in kindergarten this

year, or who are starting kindergarten in 2022. “Because of COVID restrictions, our kindy kids have missed a crucial window of being able to develop the skills they need to stay safe in the water. “It is really important they don’t miss out, so we’re making sure they can also access the First Lap voucher program now that our pools are back open for lessons,” Perrottet said. Minister for Sport, Natalie Ward,said the NSW Government would invest $54M over two years in the program. “Summer in Australia is all about swimming, at your local pool, beach or river.

“The First Lap program will also ensure family budgets aren’t stretched so our kids have these crucial skills,” Ward said. Minister for Digital and Customer Service, Victor Dominello, said the program was one of more than 70 NSW Government savings helping to ease cost-of-living pressures for households, including the Active Kids and Creative Kids programs. Families can apply for the First Lap vouchers from December 1, through Service NSW. Source: Media release, Oct 25 NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet

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and fell heavily in Race 10 at Gosford. He suffered a fractured foreleg and was euthanised by the on-track vet; it was the sixth race in his career, according to the stewards’ report. The dog’s death follows that of Zipping Squiggle in Gosford in February, also euthanised with a broken foreleg. At the same race meeting on October 21, Fling Wife also suffered a broken leg, Above The Rim had a puncture wound, and King Wylde had wrist and metatarsal injuries. Two other dogs were scratched with injuries. The death took the number of greyhounds killed on NSW tracks this year to 54; the NSW death toll for all of 2020 was 48. Animal welfare advocates expressed alarm at the mounting death toll. “Greyhound racing is a barbaric industry that has no place in modern society,” CPG President, Dennis Anderson, said. “It’s been five years since [former] NSW Premier Mike Baird reversed his ban on greyhound racing. “In that time, hundreds of dogs have been killed on tracks and many thousands injured,

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and now deaths are on the rise. “2021 has been a shocking year for greyhounds in NSW. The state’s greyhound death toll is more than a third higher than for the same time last year.” Anderson called on NSW Racing Minister, Kevin Anderson, to acknowledge the problem and do more to protect greyhound lives. “While there is greyhound racing, there will be greyhound deaths,” he said. “The poor dogs are pushed to their limits and are either killed after breaking their legs on the tracks or simply collapse and die after the race.

“87 per cent of greyhound racing deaths are from euthanasia due to broken legs. “More dogs would be saved if they were put on the Race Injury Rebate Scheme. “Australia is one of a handful of countries to retain this callous industry. “Greyhound racing is losing popularity as more people become aware of its inherent cruelty and the needless deaths of these beautiful dogs.” Source: Media release, Oct 22 Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds

LAT 33° 51’ S - LONG 151° 14’ E - TIME ZONE - 1000

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APPROX. TIME LAG AFTER FORT DENISON Ettalong 40 min, Rip Bridge 2hrs - Wisemans Ferry 2 hrs 30 min, Koolewong 2 hrs 10 min In view of the variations caused by local conditions and meteorological effects, these times are approximate and must be considered as a guide only. They are not to be relied on for critical depth calculations for safe navigation. Actual times of High and Low Water may occur before or after the times indicated

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Toohey in running for U-19’s world cup with scholarship in hand CRICKET Central Coast teenager, Nicholas Toohey, has chalked up another impressive achievement, selected as a 2021-22 Basil Sellers Scholarship recipient. The 17-year-old fast bowler, who plays for Terrigal Matcham Cricket Club, first represented NSW at the National Under 15s Championship in 2018-19, before competing in the ACT/ NSW Country Under-19s Squad. Despite a lack of cricket last season due to injury, Toohey has been included in the Australian Under 19s World Cup extended Preliminary Squad for the Youth World Cup to be help in the West Indies in January 2022. Toohey is one of 12 players that have been awarded with a Basil Sellers Scholarship in 2021-22, all the recipients have gone through the Cricket

NSW Pathway System, representing either NSW Metropolitan or ACT/NSW Country at various Underage National Championships. The 17-year-old from Holgate said that he was thrilled to receive the scholarship that will help him transition from school into university and a professional career in cricket. “I’ve been playing with Terrigal Matcham since I was eight, my Dad really got me interested in cricket as he used to play and growing up we were always playing cricket in the back yard. “He was also the President of Terrigal Matcham Cricket Club a few years ago. “I love training and I love the game and I love the people that I play with. “As the bowler, I am really inspired by Pat Cummings. “I’ve always been inspired by how smooth his bowling is. “I train twice a week and play on Saturday, and I go to the

gym five days a week to work on my fitness,” Toohey said. Toohey, who is in Year 12 at St Edward’s College in East Gosford, said that after he completes the HSC, he wishes to take a gap year to travel and work on his cricket skills. “The scholarship will help me with the transition from school into university and into a professional career. “I plan on taking a gap year next year and focusing on travelling and my cricket before heading to university.

“I’m considering studying Sports Science or Construction Management, or even a business degree. “I’d love to go professional and land a rookie contract and hopefully one day play for Australia,” Toohey said. A big fan of the Sydney Sixers, Toohey said that he’s planning to play in the Central Coast Under 21’s competition as well as the Sydney premier league. “Next year I want to play here on the Central Coast on Saturdays and play down in

Sydney on Sundays. “I’m really looking forward to playing down there,” Toohey said. The Basil Sellers Scholarship is in its 16th year, and the program awards scholarships to promising male and female cricketers under 19 and supports scholars and their families with expenses such as education, travel and the cost of relocation from regional areas. The Scholars are offered a two-year Team Kookaburra equipment sponsorship, through the support of Kookaburra, one of Cricket NSW’s longstanding partners. Founder and philanthropist, Basil Sellers, said each of the 12 Scholars have a great opportunity to pursue their dream of becoming elite cricketers. “It’s been a challenging 18 months for the state’s best emerging cricketers, but it has also been a character-building

time for these eleven recipients in their pursuit to represent their state and country at the highest level. “The perfect cricketing allrounder is not just someone who performs in the middle but understand the importance of personal development away from the sport arena through education. “By their actions, they are revered as role models and leaders amongst their peers, while conducting themselves in a manner which is in keeping with the spirit of our great game. “I look forward to following with keen interest the progress of the year’s recipients and encourage all to seize upon the support and opportunities they have been afforded as they look to follow in the footpath of previous scholarship holders who have gone on to not only represent, but captain Australia,” Sellers said. Harry Mulholland

Cricket competition starts October 30 CRICKET Cricket is back on the Central Coast, with the new season starting over the weekend of October 30 and 31 much to the excitement of all clubs and players.

Central Coast Cricket Association Chairman, Garry Burkinshaw

Central Coast Cricket Association Chairman, Garry Burkinshaw, said he was glad to see clubs returning to the pitch, although their return was a month later than usual. “It’s been the longest preseason ever but we’re glad to be back,” Burkinshaw said. “Registrations have been great, they’re up three teams in the men’s division as well as up three teams in the women’s. “All of the junior teams are

down though because we can’t get into schools to sign people up, but we expect this will change now that schools are back open. “So, we’re very happy with how registrations have been growing.” The season runs until the last weekend of March 2022. “The grand final for the senior clubs will be held on the last weekend of March, and the junior grand finals will be the weekend before that. “The new season will also run like last year’s, so starting later and following the health orders, and we have a safety plan in place to make sure it is COVID safe,” Burkinshaw said.

“Last year The Entrance won the grand final against TerrigalMatcham and I expect they’ll be tough competitors this year. “I also think Wyong will be a bit of a dark horse, and they’ll be one to watch as well. “We’re also pleased to see Brisbane Water return to first grade after being absent for the last few years. “With them rejoining the competition, it means that all the clubs have a first-grade team in the comp which is really great.” Round One 1st Grade Men’s fixtures on October 30 will see: The Entrance take on Wyong at Jubilee Park; Terrigal take on Warnervale at Duffys Rd;

Southern Spirit take on Brisbane Water at Col Gooley Field 1; Northern Power take on Kincumber at Harry Moore Oval 1; and Narara take on Lisarow at Fagan Park. 1st Grade Women’s fixtures on October 30 are: Kincumber vs N/Power Org at Terrigal Haven; Lisarow Black vs Lisarow White at Lisarow Sports Field; N/Power Blue vs Terrigal at Tunkawallin Park; and Narara vs Wyong at Carrington St. The Entrance will have the bye.

Humpback Highway Watch Ronny Ling and his Central Coast Dolphin Project and Central Coast Newspapers have combined to bring you a regular Humpback Highway report in each edition of this newspaper. We are now in the peak of the humpback whale southern migration. It’s still a wonderful time of year to head to the coast and get a glimpse of these magnificent creatures on their 5,000 klm trek south. Unfortunately, now that the shark nets are back out, it’s another obstacle that these whales have to negotiate. If you think you see a whale caught in netting, or if you think it is in trouble, call

13 000 72757 (then option 4). People have been enjoying passing whales this week from Foresters Beach, The Skillion, Copacabana and Killcare Heights. Seals are still making themselves known around Terrigal, Avoca and Copacabana. The seal colony at Barrenjoey has 14 seals chilling there at the moment. Some large pods of common dolphins have been observed off the coast. Inshore, bottlenose dolphins have been seen at The Haven, Wamberal, North Avoca and Macmasters Beach. If you’re planning to go whale watching, remember to comply with Health Regulations and police/government directions.

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Jack and Matt rivals for Pismo title PARA SURFING The Australian Irukandjis team has been selected for the 2021 Pismo Beach ISA World Para Surfing Championship, and two of our best competitors are Central Coast locals. Coast veteran, Matt Formston, returns to the team in search of his fourth World Championship since 2017; and Umina’s rising star, Jack Jackson prepares for his debut as an Irukandji. This sixth edition of the Championship will run from December 7 to 11 in the city of Pismo Beach on California’s central coast between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The nine-person team will be dispersed across seven events and the Irukandjis are

determined to improve on their overall seventh-place finish from last year’s competition. The Irukandjis have targeted the events of Para Surfing Prone 1 and 2, Para Surfing Stand 2, Para Surfing Kneel and Para Surfing Vision Impairment 2, with both male and female athletes. Formston and Jackson will be competing against each other in the Vision Impairment 2 (VI 2) category and they are each likely to be the other’s biggest rival for gold. The two friends and rivals have been neck and neck in

is the only surfer to have defeated Formston in an international competition – in the final of the 2019 Bali Adaptive Pro. “From memory, I beat him by about 0.1 points,” said Jackson. “So I only just got him – but that’s all you need!” “For years it’s mainly just been me and (Matt) fighting it out in every event I’ve competed in. “He’s a tough competitor but a great bloke too.” Formston says he believes he must be at the top of his game

now who are really pushing me more than before, including Jack Jackson from Umina,” said Formston. “They’re really pushing me to make sure I keep pushing my surfing and innovate because if I skip on what I’m doing they’re going to pick me off. “Having them is inspiring me to go harder and I’m spending two hours in the gym plus three or four hours of surfing every day. “I’m making sure I tick every box so when I get to Pismo, if I lose it’s because they’re better surfers than me and not

Matt Formston in competition Photo: Byron Tribe Images.

Jack Jackson surfing, here captured by his devoted mother

para surf contests for over three years. Jackson, who is 19 years old,

if he is to walk away with another Title. “There’s a couple of guys

opponents will face the ocean’s elements almost entirely solo, the only assistance coming from a personal spotter who must communicate the conditions with only words. “With my coach, Cripsy, who is my spotter and one of my best mates (and also a WSL QS commentator), we use eight words: ‘North’, ’South’, ‘In’, ‘Out’, ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘Left’, and ‘Right’,” explained Formston. “In a 20- or 40-minute heat, we could do the whole heat whilst only using those words.” The Championship will begin a new episode in the lives of

because I’ve missed anything.” As VI 2 category para surfers, Matt, Jack and their other

story and his passion for big wave surfing. After Pismo Beach, the two plan on travelling the Californian coast, finding their way to the world renowned surfing hive at Lower Trestles before moving on to Fiji and Indonesia – “charging big waves on coral,” as Matt puts it. The film, titled ‘The Blind Sea’ is being made by Australian filmmaking collective, Brick Studios and will be in production around the world over the next 12 months. For now, the focus of the Irukandjis is on early December at Pismo Beach and the opportunity for both personal and team-based triumphs.

Matt and Jack who will together take part in a documentary film project surrounding Matt’s life

Source: Media release, Oct 12 Surfing NSW

State investment brings track up to scratch HORSE RACING The Entertainment Grounds has welcomed $3.4M State Government funding for a new all-weather polytrack at Gosford Racecourse. Made of recyclable materials, the track is more sustainable than the previous grass track, which was often difficult to use following heavy rains. Chief Executive Officer of The Entertainment Grounds, Daniel Lacey, said the new track would safeguard horse training on the Coast for many years and would increase jobs as the volume of horses trained at Gosford increased. “Gosford Race Club has been in existence for well over 100 years and is an established racing and training venue,” Lacey said. “Everyone associated with

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Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch (centre), inspects the track with trainer Greg McFarlane, The Entertainment Grounds Chairman, Michael Cusick, The Entertainment Grounds CEO, Daniel Lacey and Director, Michael Griffiths

the club is excited to begin seeing the benefits of this investment.” Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, inspected the track with Lacey and other officials on

October 27. “This new track will give the racing community of Gosford and the Central Coast access to the first-class facilities they deserve,” Crouch said. “This investment will not only ensure the ongoing

sustainability of racing in our region, but importantly it will allow local trainers to compete with provincial and city-based trainers on an equal footing in respect of access to modern training infrastructure and facilities, allowing country

horses to be more competitive. “We love our racing on the Central Coast and we are starting to prove ourselves as one of the leading jurisdictions for thoroughbred racing in the country. “This is an industry that

supports more than 850 jobs across the Central Coast. “The flow-on effects of these upgrades will reach every corner of our community as people flock to Gosford for the races, staying in local hotels, eating at local cafes, and shopping in local stores.” Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation and Minister responsible for racing, Kevin Anderson, said the upgrade was part of a huge investment in regional racing announced by the Government earlier this year. “The racing industry is the backbone of many regional communities, contributing over $3.5B annually to the NSW economy and acting as a significant employer right around NSW,” he said.

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Lauren bowls for Thunder in the women’s Big Bash CRICKET Sydney Thunder player and Central Coast local, Lauren Smith, is gearing up for a new season of Women’s Big Bash League ready to face the Sixers and Scorchers on October 30 and 31. The 25-year-old from North Gosford said she was excited to get out on the pitch to play the game she loves. “This is my second year with the Thunder, before signing here I played five seasons with the sixers.

“I’m a bowling all-rounder, and I also bat. “Preparing for this season has been a little different, leading into the new season we have been training four times a week. “These sessions usually last about two hours, and we also do two running sessions and two gym sessions a week as well,” Smith said. Smith said that her older brother and her dad got her interested in cricket, as the family would often play games of backyard cricket together. “Growing up we were always

playing cricket, and since then I’ve played for The Entrance Cricket Club, Mountains Kariong Cricket Club and Umina Cricket Club before being signed to the Sixers. “What really drew me to cricket was it being a team sport. “I’m a social butterfly so I love to get around to everyone and I love being out on the field having a great time. “For me, growing up I didn’t really know about women’s cricket, but I really liked Michael Clarke. “It must have been the blonde

hair that got me interested, Crystal Stiryker was a big role model for me. “When I’m playing I prefer to bowl as I think that is my main asset. “I love to field as well and I’m usually in the hot zone where most of the balls end up, I love it,” Smith said. Smith said she would love to represent Australia. “I would also love to play in more tournaments around the world such as the UK for their tournament and in India. “I would also like to set an example to girls that want to

play cricket to show them that anything is possible,” Smith said. The new season of Women’s Big Bash League started on October 14 and Smith said the season was congested with some teams playing multiple games a day. “The season goes for two months, and for the Big Bash, we face each team twice and there’s eight teams in the tournament. “It’s a pretty congested time, but I think it’s great that we’ll be on prime-time TV for everyone to watch and enjoy,”

Smith said. The Women’s Big Bash League, which started in 2015, runs until November 27, and will feature 59 matches between the eight teams. The teams in the tournament include the Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers, and Smith’s team Sydney Thunder. The matches air on Channel 7 and Fox Cricket. Harry Mulholland

Family bowls day to go ahead in December BOWLS A Veteran and Family Bowls Day originally schedule for August will be held from 11am-1pm on Sunday, December 5, at Ourimbah-Lisarow RSL Bowling Club. Veteran Sport Australia, Bowls Australia, Ourimbah Lisarow RSL Club and Ourimbah Lisarow RSL Bowling Club are uniting to promote the physical and mental health benefits associated

with the sport of bowls. Veterans of all ages, and their families, from across the region are being encouraged to attend the inclusive, free event. Veteran Sports Australia Engagement Specialist, Rachel Kerrigan, said it would be a fun day of bowls, free food, laughs and the chance to form new relationships within the veteran community. “Bowls is a really great sport for all ages and abilities, with regular competitions and social connections, on and off the

green, and a perfect vehicle to help build physical and mental health among veterans and their wider families,” Kerrigan said. “It’s not always the first sport that comes to mind, but it is such a fun way for veterans and their families to participate in and create a healthy social and active community.” Army veteran and recent attendee of a previous event, John Ward, said it introduced his family to an inclusive activity.

“Bowls is a great family funfilled sport everyone will enjoy; our family had a wonderful day and highly recommend it to everyone,” he said. The Veteran Family Bowls Day on the Central Coast will be staged on Sunday, August 15, with bowls activities from 11am-1pm, followed by free lunch from 1pm. Registration is compulsory at rb.gy/qimomt. Source: Media release, Oct 25 Veteran Sport Australia