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New RYSS Centre officially opens

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Giant Barred Frogs, Manning River Helmeted Turtles and Stuttering Frogs will be the first tenants at Conservation Ark, a new conservation and recovery facility for endangered wildlife. See page 3

Out&About

Fifteen Central Coast sculptors will exhibit in the outdoor art exhibition, Sculptures in the Garden, opening on November 6 in Mudgee. See page 19

Business Regional Youth Support Services (RYSS) has officially opened its new centre in Gosford after a 12-month delay. See page 33

After savage job cuts, Council to create new jobs Months after finalising redundancy packages for hundreds of workers, Central Coast Council is planning to increase its work force in the water, sewer and drainage department by at least 72 full time equivalent positions. The total increase in the labour expenditure is estimated to be $32.7M over four years. This includes recurring allowances and on costs, Council said in its submission

to IPART for a 34 per cent price rise in water and sewer charges. The staff increases were not mentioned at the recent public hearing into the proposed price increase nor in the Council’s main IPART submission document. They were in one of 10 technical papers submitted along with the overview and summary of the proposal (still available on IPART’s website). According to Table 31 in Technical Paper 5 the additional employee costs are shown as

$7M for 2022-23, $9.7M for 2023-24 and around $10M for each of the next three financial years. Below the table, the Paper said: “Water and Sewer’s additional head count is on average 65 additional FTEs per annum from 2022-2026. This increase is expected to decrease by 2028 in alignment with resources transitioning to retirement (8-10%) from 2028. These resources will not be replaced. The largest portion of FTE’s age currently sits within the 56-65 demographic.”

CCN has asked Council to confirm that the increase in new full-time positions is not around 65 per year between 2022 and 2027 which is implied in the above statement. We have also asked for confirmation of the number of positions lost in water, sewer and drainage as a consequence of the recent redundancy program. We had not received a response at the time of going to press. The technical paper did note that the FTE number was

expected to decrease by 2028 in alignment with resources transitioning to retirement”. A resident who read the entire IPART proposal, and wishes to remain anonymous, pointed out the relevant information to CCN. They want to know why Council is proposing to increase staff in water and sewer by about 72 when 58 employees in that department recently took voluntary redundancy. Continued page 4

Coast Shelter has received goods and services valued at over $100,000 from the TOGA Group of businesses and Grace Group. See page 25

Sport

The Central Coast is mourning the loss of perhaps its most famous son following the death on October 30 of cricketing great, Alan Davidson, at the age of 92. See page 40

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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

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

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All afloat in Woy Woy

Education

See page 29 Students returning to Tuggerah Public School

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

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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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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

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

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

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

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

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Ettalong spell bound by witches on SUPs

Nominations are now open for the Central Coast Australia Day 2022 Awards... See page 18

A group of witches left bystanders spell bound as they wand-ered down Ettalong Beach on Sunday morning, armed with their broomsticks (paddles), flying carpets (boards) and the odd curse or two.

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Conroy represents region at climate meeting

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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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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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“Decisions made at this conference will have a profound impact upon Australia and especially upon our region,” he said. “Carbon intensive regions like ours must be at the forefront of considerations, so that’s why it’s really important that I’m over there explaining that. “People on the Central Coast have strong views on climate change and are profoundly impacted, so it will be useful for people to understand,” he said. Conroy, whose Shadow

Pat Conroy (left) at University of NSW’s Hydrogen Energy Research Centre with Professor Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou and Matt Thistlethwaite

portfolios include International Development and Assistant Shadow Minister for Climate Change, is the only Labor MP attending and he is “reasonably sure” that this is the first time a Central Coast MP has represented Australia at a climate conference.

“I will be engaging with other delegates and stakeholders to hear about climate action their nations are taking and discussing the positive policies Labor has already developed,” he said. Conroy said it was a massive privilege to be at the two-week

event, which kicked off last week until November 12. COP26 is the 26th United Nations climate change conference, officially known as Conference of the Parties, and often referred to as the Glasgow Climate Summit because this year it’s being held in Scotland’s

Photo: Alison Howard and Bombora Ettalong Beach SUP

largest city, Glasgow. More than 30,000 people are expected to attend, bringing together leaders from nearly every country – politicians, scientists, non-government organisations, businesses, journalists, lobbyists, negotiators and activists. This year’s COP, which was held over from last year because of COVID, is even more important as it’s the fifth since COP21 in Paris in 2015, when the Paris Agreement climate treaty was agreed. Under the Paris Agreement countries promised to strive towards limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Central Coast doctor, Elly Warren, has backed calls from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) for more help for GPs ahead of the rollout of COVID-19 booster shots... See page 31

Sport

The Australian Olyroos have successfully qualified for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup to be hosted by Uzbekistan, with no small thanks to Central Coast Mariner and national debutant, Lewis Miller.

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Giant Barred Frogs, Manning River Helmeted Turtles and Stuttering Frogs will be the first tenants at Conservation Ark, a new conservation and recovery facility for endangered wildlife which was officially opened. See page 3

Out&About

Fifteen Central Coast sculptors will exhibit in the outdoor art exhibition, Sculptures in the Garden, opening on November 6 in Mudgee. See page 19

It’s not often that an artist will undertake a trade apprenticeship for the purpose of furthering his art, but that’s just what Mark Joyce of Woy Woy did. See page 19

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Federal Member for Shortland, Pat Conroy, is in Glasgow this week representing Labor and the Central Coast/Hunter region at the climate change conference, COP26.

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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.

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The Woy Woy/Ettalong/Hardys Bay RSL sub-branch will host a service at the Woy Woy Cenotaph on Thursday, November 11 to honour the lives of servicemen and women this Remembrance Day. See page 3

Services will be held throughout the northern areas of the Central Coast to honour the lives of our servicemen and women next Thursday, November 11... See page 5

Out&About

The Central Coast Lakes Festival is one of the Coast’s highly anticipated annual events and this year Central Coast Council has created a new format to ensure the event can proceed in line with any Public Health Orders.

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

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

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Business Regional Youth Support Services (RYSS) has officially opened its new centre in Gosford after a 12-month delay. See page 33

Final signature on Umina precinct expected by Friday Funding for the redevelopment of the Peninsula Recreation Precinct is now expected to be signed off by Friday, November 5. The $8.25M redevelopment of the Peninsula Recreation Precinct at Umina aims to upgrade a range of facilities at the precinct which included the construction of a modern BMX Pump Track, upgrades to the existing skate park, a new outdoor basketball court, parking, walking tracks, exercise station and a barbecue-viewing area. The project was fully funded by the Federal Government and was to be delivered through

Planning meeting with Council, Lucy Wicks and community groups at the Jasmine Greens Park Kiosk this year

Central Coast Council. In PP032, it was reported that development had not commenced and that local sporting clubs were disappointed with the delay.

A Council spokesperson said Council has recently received the final funding agreement from the Federal Government. “At the time of the funding announcement, Council was

provided with a high-level list of works with indicative budget assigned to each element of the proposal,” a Council spokesperson said. “However, a detailed scope of

works still needed to be established with true costs of what was being proposed. “The process to identify options and costing was then undertaken. “Council continued to work with the Federal Government, in conjunction with Lucy Wicks and relevant local community sporting groups to negotiate what was possible. “In May 2021 a draft scope of works and budget breakdown was agreed to by Council, the relevant community groups and local MP – which was then submitted to the funding Department for approval. Continued page 6

St John Ambulance has resumed its face-to-face training courses and is urging the region’s businesses to prioritise the safety of their workplaces. See page 33

Sport

Peninsula Ocean Swimmers recently participated in an ocean swimming challenge to stay active during lockdown. See page 40

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rise in water and sewer charges. The staff increases were not mentioned at the recent public hearing into the proposed price increase nor in the Council’s main IPART submission document. They were in one of 10 technical papers submitted along with the overview and summary of the proposal (still available on IPART’s website). According to Table 31 in Technical Paper 5 the additional employee costs are shown as $7M for 2022-23, $9.7M for

2023-24 and around $10M for the next three financial years. Below the table, the Paper said: “Water and Sewer’s additional head count is on average 65 additional FTEs per annum from 2022-2026. This increase is expected to decrease by 2028 in alignment with resources transitioning to retirement (8-10%) from 2028. These resources will not be replaced. The largest portion of FTE’s age currently sits within the 56-65 demographic.” CCN has asked Council to confirm that the increase in new full-time positions is not

around 65 per year between 2022 and 2027 which is implied in the above statement. We have also asked for confirmation of the number of positions lost in water, sewer and drainage as a consequence of the recent redundancy program. We had not received a response at the time of going to press. It did not in the technical paper that the FTE number was expected to decrease by 2028 in alignment with “resources transitioning to retirement”.

“These resources will not be replaced. The largest portion of FTE’s age currently sits within the 56-65 demographic,” council said. A resident who read the entire IPART proposal, and wishes to remain anonymous, pointed out the relevant information to CCN. They want to know why Council is proposing to increase staff in water and sewer by about 72 when 58 employees in that department recently took voluntary redundancy. Continued page 4

Coast Shelter has received goods and services valued at over $100,000 from the TOGA Group of businesses and Grace Group. See page 25

Sport

The Australian Olyroos have successfully qualified for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup to be hosted by Uzbekistan, with no small thanks to Central Coast Mariner and national debutant, Lewis Miller. See page 38

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$850,000 funding for new Conservation Ark Giant Barred Frogs, Manning River Helmeted Turtles and Stuttering Frogs will be the first tenants at Conservation Ark, a new conservation and recovery facility for endangered wildlife which was officially opened at Somersby on November 3. Opened by Aussie Ark, in conjunction with the Australian Reptile Park and with $850,000 in Federal Government funding from the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Program, Conservation Ark will breathe new life into bushfire-affected species. The opening honours went to Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, who said the facility would provide a new home for the Giant Barred Frog and Stuttering Frog, and expanded breeding facilities for the Manning River Helmeted Turtle. “Whilst we understand that Council was in financial difficulties it appears that the Water, Sewer and Stormwater funds were caught up in this issue despite having their own separate income and having to re-employ staff within a year of these redundancies does not appear to be a proficient way of running a business,” the

resident said. “This investment (means) that these four species, which were severely impacted (by bushfires) in the Central Coast region, will have the best chance at recovery. “We love the partnership that we have with Aussie Ark because we know that, as a conservation organisation,

Tim Faulkner and Minister Sussan Ley with one of the endangered animals

they understand what to do and how to do it best practice, with the best science to give the animals the best chance at recovery.” Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said the new facilities would allow residents and visitors to see first-hand how bushfire recovery efforts support endangered wildlife.

“Bushfires roared through Yengo and Dharug national parks in the Central Coast region, as well as the nearby Wollemi national park, devastating communities and Australian wildlife and habitat,” Wicks said. “I know there’s a lot of excitement in the community about the official opening of

these facilities.” Conservation Ark will serve as an extension of the Australian Reptile Park. Aussie Ark President and Reptile Park Director, Tim Faulkner, said the Government’s investment would be “game changing”. “We hope that in the coming

years we will be reporting to our community about incredible breeding seasons, births and of course the return of these animals to the wild,” he said. Conservation Ark will provide a collection of endangered or threatened wildlife breeding programs including for Australian freshwater turtles, endangered amphibians and koalas. Best known for its work with the Tasmanian devil, Aussie Ark also has plans to expand to other endangered species including the Broad-toothed Rat and Squirrel Gliders. Entry to Conservation Ark is included in the ticket price for the Reptile Park. Apart from the Reptile Park, other partners of Aussie Ark include Re:Wild, WildArk, WIRES, Glencore, Australian Geographic, Symbio WildlifePark, Sydney Helicopters and FAME. The investment in Conservation Ark is part of a $200M commitment from the Federal Government to help native wildlife and their habitats recover from the devastating impacts of the Black Summer bushfires. Terry Collins

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From page 1 “It is difficult to believe that none of these staff could have covered any of the newlyrequested positions,” the resident wrote in a response to IPART. “Whilst we understand that Council was in financial difficulties it appears that the Water, Sewer and Stormwater funds were caught up in this issue despite having their own separate income and having to re-employ staff within a year of these redundancies does not appear to be a proficient way of running a business.”

Council announced in December 2020 that 200 staff would be made redundant as part its push to reduce costs and allocated $45M for payouts. A recent criticism at the Public Inquiry into Council’s financial debacle was that it does not publish current staff numbers by budget in its monthly financial statements so the public still don’t know where the cuts were made. The resident questioned Council’s numbers and said two summary tables would have been useful for items such as operating expenses,

FTE, capital, income and water usage that showed the actual spend over the previous determination period together with the proposed spend for the next determination period. “I suggest a separate table that compares the allowed spend to actual spend would clearly and easily show the size of variations both in the previous determination and in proposed changes to future costs,” the resident said. “There also appears to be a miss-labelling of the years in quite a few of the references plus different totals being provided.

“For example, full time equivalent staff for 2019-2020 is quoted as 329 and then elsewhere as 278.27. “So what is the real proposed increase in staff numbers?” the resident asked. The resident also took up a number of other issues, including Council’s proposed changes to how it charges the water and sewer overheads. “A reduction in the recovery of over-inflated, inefficient and unrelated overhead charges will reduce costs and therefore proposed prices increases without affecting the ability of

the business to provide the necessary water and sewer services,” the resident said. The resident applauded the questions IPART sent to council asking for more information once it had seen the Council submission. IPART asked about the specific activities of the proposed additional 20.2 FTEs for stormwater services. And how the existing 13.2 FTEs who were being transferred from Council’s main operations to water and sewer had been funded previously.

IPART also asked how the proposed increase in the proportion of shared corporate overheads allocated to Council’s water business was taken into account in its consolidated budgeting, including in its 2021 application to IPART for a special variation to its general rates revenue. Council had until November 1 to answer IPART’s questions. IPART will publish a draft report in March of next year before more public hearings and a final determination in May. Merilyn Vale

Community Environment Network PLANT NURSERY RETURNS Our popular plant sale is back for the first time since June. It will return to being held on the first Saturday of each month from 9am to 12pm.

Our next sale day is: Saturday 6 November 9am to 12pm CEN Office, off Brush Rd, Ourimbah

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Join Pat and fellow Mac's/Copa Greenteam Landcarers and help restore an Endangered Ecological Rainforest along a tributary of Merchants Gully Photo: Bronwyn Maurer Creek. Learn about suitable BookingsCome Essential along and helpplant restore biodiversity species for planting and For more information and to guidelines for planting along a register: www.cen.org.au/events creek. P: 43494756 E: nicole.heta13@cen.org.au

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INVITATION to CEN End of Year Online Get Together Thursday, 25 Nov, 2021 This will be our End of Year get-together with a difference. Join us on Zoom to celebrate the achievements of the past year. We will also present the 2021 BAT Awards and CEN Staff will give a brief update on their activities for the year. Register by Thursday, 18 Nov via https://cen.org.au/events/cen-calendar

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Do you know somebody who has …stood their ground at the crease?….. deflected the assault from their opponents? …..and has remained steadfast in protecting their wicket?…. all in the interests of the environment….then we would like to acknowledge them as part of the team. CEN is calling for nominations for the following Annual Awards: Most outstanding all rounder – to a person or group who has put in a valiant effort on behalf of the environment / sustainability. Most outstanding community based organisation – to a group that has worked tirelessly on behalf of the environment / sustainability Rookie of the year – a newcomer to the conservation movement who has contributed to the improvement of our region’s environment / sustainability Best 12th man or woman – to somebody who has worked quietly in the background to support others in the front line-up and helps keep the team afloat. Nominations: visit https://cen.org.au/events/cen-calendar Rules for nominations: CEN staff are excluded from being nominated for awards. CEN Executive members are excluded from being nominated for the “Most Outstanding All-rounder Award”. Nominations may be submitted by anybody (including nominee) and are open to volunteer groups or individuals (don’t need to be CEN members). Nominations must be submitted in writing by 5pm, Thursday, 18 November, 2021 Awards will be announced at the CEN Networking Night to be held on Thursday, 25 November, 2021

From the Chair CEN is calling for an independent review of the processes that resulted in environmentally valuable land at Thompson Vale Road, Doyalson being included in Tranche 1 of the Central Coast Council’s asset sales program. We have sent a comprehensive list of questions to Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, Local Government Minister, Shelley Hancock and Central Coast Council Public Inquiry Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch, regarding its concerns about the land being offered for sale. The community was told that no environmental land would be sold, and yet, environmentally valuable land at Doyalson was included in Tranche 1 of the Council’s asset sales program. The whole transaction has been labelled ‘commercial in confidence’ so we do not know the sale price, terms of the contract, the purchaser, the valuation or even the name of the valuer, or the reason for an extended settlement period. We are concerned Administrator, Rik Hart, wasn’t given all the facts about the land at 2001550 Thompson Vale Road before deciding it could be sold. Was Mr Hart aware of a proposed Biodiversity Stewardship Agreement (BSA) Council had prepared for the land, which enables Council to calculate biodiversity credits. CEN estimates based upon what the Federal Government paid for 296 hectares for development to enable Sydney’s second international airport the biodiversity credits on the land at Doyalson could be worth between $22.4 million to $33.7 million. Did relevant Council staff relay the history, environmental character, the site-specific management plan and the potential value of the biodiversity credits of the land to Mr Hart? Would Mr Hart and Mr Persson have gone ahead with the sale of this land if they’d been fully informed and why were they not given all the information required to make a fullyinformed decision? Gary Chestnut

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High school closed due to COVID case Terrigal High School will be non-operational effective as of November 3 due to a member of the school community returning a positive COVID-19 test. The individual was infectious whilst on site. All students and staff on-site at the same time have been asked to self-isolate until they receive further advice from NSW Health. NSW Health has immediately commenced contact tracing and the NSW Department of Education will only re-open the school once it is safe to do so. NSW Health has requested that anyone who is unwell or has developed symptoms should get tested immediately and follow the health advice. Source: Media Release, Nov 3 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

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Remembrance Day to be honoured across the Coast Services will be held across the Central Coast to honour the lives of our service men and women next Thursday, November 11, as the region commemorates Remembrance Day. At Gosford RSL, the SubBranch will hold a service at the club at 10:30am. Gosford RSL Sub-Branch President, Greg Mawson, said he expects the service to be well attended. “It’s unknown how many will be attending, and numbers could be down due to COVID, but usually we get around 1,000,” he said. “It’s a good day to remember not only those who fell in World War I; it’s also to remember all of our soldiers who fell in conflicts.” Davistown RSL will also hold a service at 10:30am. President of Davistown RSL Sub-Branch, Paul Osborn, said the service would include the Ode, a wreath laying and the last post. “I have no idea how many we will have coming along this year, but we usually get around 30 people,” he said. “Usually we see

representatives from Adam Crouch, and Lucy Wicks’ office come along, and our members and members of the community. “It’s very important to commemorate Remembrance Day. “It used to be called Armistice Day, and it is to remember all the people who have survived and returned (from war) or did not return and (those who) returned with mental health issues.” At Ourimbah Lisarow RSL, the Sub-Branch will hold a service

Wreaths from last year’s service at Ourimbah Lisarow RSL

in the club grounds at 10:50am. Ourimbah Lisarow RSL SubBranch President, Barbara McNab, said the branch sent out invitations to many community groups. “Last year we had around 80 people attend, and this year we have some local schools coming like Ourimbah and Lisarow Public Schools and the school captains will be involved in the ceremony. “Remembrance Day must be commemorated, just like ANZAC Day, as we need to

remember those who fought for our country and our freedom.” Brooklyn RSL will conduct a service at the Brooklyn Park Cenotaph. Secretary of Brooklyn RSL Sub-Branch, Mike Fish, said he expects around 50 members of the club and community to attend the annual service. “It’s the commemoration and recognition of our soldiers and sailors and their efforts in World War I,” Fish said. “It’s the reason why we have

a moment of silence every evening in every club around the country. “It’s a celebration of Australian culture.” The Navy Veterans’ Welfare Association of NSW will conduct a Remembrance Day Commemorative Service on the lawn area adjacent to the Copacabana Surf Life Saving Club on Del Monte Place at 10.30am. Harry Mulholland

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More freedoms for the fully vaccinated from November 8 Now allowed to travel anywhere in NSW, fullyvaccinated Central Coast residents will see more freedoms from November 8 with more customers to be admitted to businesses, no limit on visitors to the home and nightclubs able to reopen dance floors. Unvaccinated residents will have to wait until the state has reached the 95 per cent double vaccination level or until December 15, whichever comes first, before they can

enjoy similar liberties. As fully-vaccinated residents revelled in the fact they are now allowed to travel anywhere in the state, the good news came that there will be a further easing of restrictions from November 8. Since November 1, those who have been fully vaccinated have been permitted to travel anywhere in NSW, with bookings for hospitality venues no longer capped. Fully-vaccinated travellers from overseas can enter NSW

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without having to quarantine, subject to Commonwealth border restrictions. Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, thanked everyone for all they’d done so far to get to this point. “Our vaccination rates are incredible and by doing the right thing we’re seeing fewer COVID cases reported daily across the Central Coast,” he said. “It’s great to be able to get back to what we love.” On November 2, NSW Premier,

Dominic Perrottet, said residents who were doubly vaccinated would enjoy even more freedoms from November 8. The State Government would ease more restrictions in response to a faster-thanexpected rate of vaccination – but masks would remain mandatory. From November 8 there will be no limit on visitors to a home, no rules for outdoor gatherings with fewer than 1,000 people, and indoor

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rate is attained, or December 15, whichever comes first. NSW Health has started rolling out a booster vaccination program at its clinics to individuals aged 18 and older who received their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine six months or more ago. Pfizer will be used for boosters regardless of the COVID-19 vaccine received for the first or second dose. Health Minister Brad Hazzard said NSW had one of the most vaccinated populations in the world and rolling out booster shots would continue to maintain that advantage. But he warned that COVID would continue to circulate in the community and vigilance and booster shots were the way forward. The news came as numbers of new COVID cases on the Coast continued to dwindle. Numbers have remained in the single digits daily, with just 23 cases confirmed between October 30 and November 3. At November there were only 77 active cases in the region. Terry Collins

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The Central Coast has performed well overall in the 2021-21 State of the Beaches report, released recently by the State Government, with 14 of the region’s 15 ocean beaches and all ocean baths receiving a Good rating. The annual report provides an overview of the water quality at swimming locations monitored under the Beachwatch and Beachwatch Partnership programs across NSW. Swimming sites are graded Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor or Very Poor in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council’s 2008 Guidelines for Managing Risks in Recreational Waters. The region’s estuarine waterways didn’t fare so well, with all lagoon or lake swim sites rated Poor, along with all estuarine baths except Summerland Point, which achieved a Good rating. Terrigal was the only beach in the region to be graded Poor, downgraded from Good in the previous year. The report said the microbial water quality at Terrigal Beach had shown a decline in performance and remained

Davistown, Pretty Beach, Woy Woy and Yattalunga were all rated Poor. The region’s lagoons at Gwandalan, Chain Valley Bay, Canton Beach, Wamberal, Terrigal and Avoca and Cockrone lagoon all rated Poor. The report said estuarine sites are generally not as wellflushed as ocean beaches, and so the time for pollution to disperse and dilute is longer. It warned people should avoid swimming in estuaries during and for up to three days following rainfall, or if there are signs of pollution. The report said water quality at lake/lagoon sites often depends on how close the swimming area is to the ocean and whether the entrance is open to the ocean. Cox said the report was an important resource in helping Council manage water quality at swimming sites across the region. “Estuarine sites – such as our coastal lagoons, Brisbane Water, Tuggerah Lakes and Lake Macquarie – are particularly susceptible to stormwater pollution due to the slower natural flushing process,” he said.

Terrigal was the only ocean beach in the region to receive a Poor rating

close to the threshold between Good and Poor fluctuating between these gradings for several years. Central Coast Council Director Environment and Planning, Scott Cox, acknowledged improvement was needed at Terrigal. “We have improvement measures in place for Terrigal Beach and it is important to note that the site was suitable

for swimming 87 per cent of the time during dry weather and that samples for the 202021 period were predominately taken following rain events,” Cox said. “Rain can cause our waterways to be impacted by stormwater pollution and this is why we strongly advise against beach swimming following rain for a period of at least 24 hours.”

While all other beaches in the region received a Good rating, Soldiers Beach, Macmasters, Killcare and Umina beaches all declined from a Very Good rating last year. Ocean baths at Cabbage Tree Bay, The Entrance and Pearl Beach rockpool all received a Good rating, along with Summerland Point baths, but estuarine baths at Mannering Park, Lake Munmorah,

“We should not, however, rely solely on the natural flushing process for the health of our waterways, we need to work collaboratively to manage catchment runoff and other related impacts to reduce pollutant sources entering (them).” Cox said Council has a number of projects underway, some in partnership with the NSW Government, that are focused on improving water quality. He said works in place include extensive water quality testing of the waterways and testing and upgrades throughout the sewer and stormwater networks. The State of the Beaches report can be viewed at NSW Government’s Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s website, environment.nsw.gov.au. Community members can view daily forecasts of water quality at environment.nsw. gov.au/beach. The Terrigal and Coastal Lagoons Audit is underway and community members can see details on Council’s website. Terry Collins

Central Coast Friends of Democracy Nothing in the Public Hearings Make Your Voice Count! justified the removal of democracy

The public part of the council inquiry is now over. While we may have a long wait to hear the official findings, we now have much of the information that the commissioner will use.

We have the written and verbal submissions. We also have the similar disastrous experiences of other merged councils in NSW and other states, and detailed expert research reports. The evidence shows that major cost blowouts as a result of the government’s flawed amalgamation policy were inevitable. But it also calls into question whether Council was in a “financial crisis” at all. So much misinformation is out there. The Council was never truly broke, it could have used external restrictions, with the approval of the Minister, to manage the short term cashflow issues. It would have needed to reduce on-going costs and cut back on capital works to get spending under control, maybe not as severely as has been done to appease the Council’s new lenders. The debt it was carrying at the time was good debt used to build large water and sewer infrastructure for current and future residents. Unfortunately, the Council now also has “bad” debt because the Minister forced the Administrator and Acting CEO to borrow $150M from the commercial banks to fund working capital, rather than utilise its

externally restricted funds. What is very clear is that when the governing body was made aware of the issue in October 2020, they sought help from the Minister to approve the temporary use of externally restrict funds. Instead of giving them the time and support the democratically elected council requested, she suspended them. The evidence presented at the Inquiry calls into question the grounds for the suspension in the first place and therefore, the Councillors should be reinstated immediately. Yes, the amalgamation costs had created stress on the Council’s financial position, and the State government should be picking up the bill for the merger that it forced on the people of the Central Coast, as well as the other costs that it has shifted to, and the revenue that it has removed from, the Council. But the Council could have managed its way out of the financial situation, with a supportive, rather than combative, State Government. What the community got instead was the removal of democracy, $150M of “bad” debt that we need to pay back at commercial interest rates, which will be funded by increased rates for the next 10 years. Nothing presented in the Inquiry justified the removal of democracy from Central Coast local government and surely it should be reinstated immediately.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he doesn’t support the PEP 11 gas exploration licence off Hunter coast Source: Newcastle Herald, March 4 2021

Lucy Wicks and the Morrison Government are saying NO to PEP-11. The Morrison Government will continue leading the world and our region in how we manage our ocean habitats and coastal environments. That’s why we are saying no to PEP-11. We have heard from our community and we are responding. We are also committing to a $100 million initiative to protect our oceans and marine life, support Australian Marine Parks and expand the Indigenous Protected Areas into Sea Country. Australia’s oceans economy supports 400,000 jobs across Australia and is projected to contribute $100 billion each year to our economy.

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Grace Tame to speak at inaugural dinner The Central Coast Domestic Violence Committee Inc (CCDVC Inc) has announced Australian of the Year, Grace Tame, will be the keynote speaker at the notfor-profit’s inaugural dinner on Saturday, December 11. Twenty-seven-year-old, Grace Tame, was named Australian of the Year on January 26 and is a courageous and formidable advocate against the abuse of women and children. “CCDVC believes the best way to shine a light on the issue of domestic violence on the Central Coast – which is both endemic and epidemic – is with a blowtorch by the name of Grace Tame,” said Vice Chairperson, Sharon Walsh. “The Coast has some of the highest rates of domestic violence reports to police in NSW and research informs us that because of the nature of domestic abuse and violence, the problem is potentially much bigger than the 600 instances reported to our two local police districts each month,” Walsh said. “Grace Tame stood strong

against her abuser, who was her high school teacher, and then she stood strong against a Tasmanian law which silenced victims of abuse. “She is an inspirational young woman who continues to be a powerful voice for the victims of coercive control, assault, rape, financial and emotional abuse and we are absolutely delighted she has accepted our invitation to the Central Coast to be the keynote speaker at our Inaugural Gala Dinner.” Ms Walsh said the dinner was initially to be held in conjunction with CCDVC’s 17th annual Central Coast Connexions conference, but the conference program had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Unfortunately our academic conference program has now been postponed until 2022 but we did not want to pass up the opportunity to host Grace Tame, so we are inviting the community to join us for our inaugural gala dinner at the Crowne Plaza Terrigal on Saturday, December 11. “We are all too familiar with the statistics – on average one woman per week is killed in Australia by her current or a

former partner. “One in three Australian women has experienced physical violence since the age of 15, and one in five has experienced sexual violence. Walsh said “It is always the right time to say #NOEXCUSEFORABUSE, to get informed about violence against women and children in our community and find out what we can do to stop it.” “Please join with us to welcome Grace Tame to the Central Coast on December 11 to stand in support of the women and children in our community who experience violence and the members of the Central Coast Domestic Violence Committee to continue their actions to address the drivers of violence against women.” To secure your tickets for the CCDVC Inc Inaugural Dinner featuring Grace Tame please visit Eventbrite https://www. eventbrite.com.au/e/gracetame-fine-dining-gala-eventtickets-194805447337 Source: Media release, Nov 4 Sharon Walsh, Central Coast Domestic Violence Committee Inc

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When Central Coast Council was at the height of its financial crisis, announcing on October 6, 2020 that it had immediate and serious liquidity issues, it had $300M in restricted funds in the bank but could not touch it without the Minister for Local Government’s approval. Council waited a fortnight for approval from the Minister, Shelley Hancock but it never came. Nor did the promised assistance of an independent financial expert and a Human Resources adviser. Instead, the Councillors were suspended and anAdministrator appointed. Those decisions were examples of State Government about-turns and political interference, suspended Deputy Mayor Jane Smith said in a submission to the Public Inquiry into Council. Smith, who was the first Mayor of the newly amalgamated Council, said the State Government “appeared to turn adversarial” towards Council from as early as 2019. “At the time of the elected Councillors taking office, the Parliamentary Secretary for the

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Central Coast was Mr Scot MacDonald,” Smith wrote in her submission. “Mr MacDonald demonstrated a willingness to work cooperatively with Council.” She said this changed when MacDonald was removed from that position after the 2019 state election. “The NSW Government, both politicians and senior public servants, became adversarial and, rather than working on collaboration, interactions appeared to be serving a political purpose,” Smith said. Smith said expectations were high in September 2018 about up to $400M for projects on the Central Coast coming from the Snowy Hydro Scheme

Legacy Fund. The Central Coast Regional Leadership Executive set up a working group to proactively develop bid-ready projects to make the most of this potential funding opportunity. A list of potential projects included: the Somersby-Mt Penang Employment Precinct; the Tuggerah Smart Transit Oriented Development (TOD); the Warnervale Employment Precinct (WEZ); the Aviation Hub; and a Southern Growth Corridor Mass Transit Trial. On January 10, 2019 representatives from the Department of Premier and Cabinet advised that the funding guidelines had been released and the Central Coast was not eligible for any Snowy Hydro Legacy Fund. “This appeared to be a political decision with State elections to be held in March 2019 and contradicted the suggested benefits of amalgamation as being the leverage of significant funding for the region,” Smith said. Smith criticised the State Government’s interference in planning issues and its effect on staff. “Perhaps one of the most significant and disturbing

illustrations about both the lack of accountability and what appeared to be State Government interference in Council’s role is in relation to planning matters,” Smith said. “As a result of the merger and period of administration, there appeared to be conflict in some Council staff being responsive to the governing body of Council as opposed to being responsive to the State Government’s agenda and other external influences; this was most apparent in planning matters,” she said, citing the introduction of the Local Planning Panel and the Gosford SEPP (State Environmental Planning Policy). The State Government introduced a Gosford SEPP in 2018 which removed planning powers from Council, removed height and floor space limits from large sites in Gosford CBD and reduced developer contributions paid to Council by up to $190M. Smith listed the State Government’s impact on Council at more than $337M in total with some impacts unmeasurable. Smith said that the return of an elected body in 2017 after amalgamation in 2016

appeared to be an unwelcome development and an inconvenience to many of the senior staff who interacted with Councillors. “Some either did not have the capacity or competency, or were unwilling, to deliver the standards of governance, accountability, transparency and reliability of information that was expected and required for decision making,” she said, citing a number of Councillor resolutions that were ignored by the operational arm of the Council. This included the Warnervale Airport – with staff continuing to include the previous proposals in briefings and strategies despite Council resolving not to proceed with them and the Local Strategic Planning Statement. Smith said senior staff appeared to ignore the resolution of Council to undertake work on the Strategic Planning Statement on a wardby-ward basis. She said InterimAdministrator, Dick Persson, ignored the Council resolution to finalise the Statement before finalising the draft Consolidated Local Environment Plan (LEP) and the Development

Control Plan (DCP). “On 14 December 2020, the Interim Administrator, Mr Persson, resolved to adopt the Consolidated LEP and DCP, ignoring the lawful resolutions of Council,” she said. Smith didn’t mention the role of Adam Crouch once he became the Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast in December 2019 but she wrote about him being unhelpful in the two years prior to that. “During this period, Mr Crouch took an unhelpful approach to issues including, but not limited to, dredging of Brisbane Water, coastal erosion at Wamberal, upgrade of Winney Bay track and Terrigal Boardwalk,” Smith said. Smith was one of the first to give evidence to the Public Inquiry while the public hearings were having technical difficulties and most of her testimony failed to be livestreamed. Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch said at the time that Smith had prepared a very comprehensive submission to the inquiry and she thanked her for it.

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From relatively small beginnings on the Central Coast in 2018, Take 3’s CEO Clean Up is going global – and virtual – this year. Take 3 CEO, Sarah Beard, said plastic pollution is a worldwide problem and finding a solution will need a global approach. Business leaders from Studio Ark Media at West Gosford and LEP Digital at Erina have already signed up, along with CEOs from Sydney, Coffs Harbour, Maroochydore – and even Vanuatu and New York. Beard is urging other Coast CEOs to take part. “We started the CEO Clean Up as a Central Coast activity in 2018 and ran it originally as a regional event,” she said. “It was so successful in terms of both participation and fundraising we decided to go bigger and in May this year we ran our first Sydney CEO clean up at Manly Cove. “We had 56 participants and raised close to $50,000 so we made the move to go even bigger.” “We are really passionate about partnerships with business in attacking the problem and it gives CEOs

Take 3 CEO Sarah Beard is calling on other corporate leaders worldwide to join the challenge

worldwide the opportunity to show leadership by participating in these types of events. “We are all encouraging each other to take action and this is primarily an awareness raising event. “Experience shows that registrations will get really busy leading up to the main event in November.”

CEOs participating will be encouraged to pick up three pieces of rubbish wherever they go and post pictures to social media channels right through to December 15. The actual Clean Up will be held on November 15-21. “At any time during that week they can go out and clean up their local area, photographing each sack of litter they remove

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and recording it,” Beard said. “At the end of that week we will have an online event where CEOs will dial in and talk about the impact the Clean Up has had.” Beard said Take 3 hoped to return to physical events, on the Central Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, next year. During its history, the CEO Clean UP has seen 150 CEOs and business leaders participating in events, preventing more than 50,000 pieces of rubbish (almost 600kg) entering the ocean. Funds raised from the CEO Clean Up help Take 3 deliver education programs in schools, surf clubs and communities around Australia and the globe. The organisation has the goal of educating one million school children and removing 10 million pieces of litter by 2025. Once CEOs pay the fee to register, they will receive a clean up kit and will be able to track how much money they have raised on a leader board. To sign up to participate or find out how to donate, go to ceocleanup.com. Terry Collins

One of the Central Coast’s strongest advocates for legalising voluntary assisted dying has died. Joy Shannon, former secretary of the Central Coast Group of Dying with Dignity, died at her Kincumber home on October 16, aged 93. She and her husband of 65 years, Jock, were married in 1956, after meeting in Kampala, Uganda when Joy was travelling around Africa. They were active campaigners for legal Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) for many years, including in New Zealand where they lived for a time before coming to Australia. She died before seeing that realised in NSW, although it has been adopted in every other Australian state. Debate on a Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, moved by Alex Greenwich, Independent MP for Sydney, is due to start in the NSW Lower House on November 12, before being deferred until early 2022. Its 27 co-sponsors include two Central Coast MPs – Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, and Member for The Entrance, David Mehan. Former coordinator of the

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Central Coast Dying with Dignity Group, Dr Beverley Symons, said Joy was a lovely warm person and an energetic and committed advocate for VAD. “She will be greatly missed by Jock, her three children, wider family members and friends,” Symons said. Source: Media release, Nov 1 Beverley Symons

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for information on home invasion A 62-year-old man was airlifted to Royal North Shore hospital following a home invasion at East Gosford on October 31.

Brisbane Water Police are seeking public assistance to locate a young person who has been missing from a residence in Kariong since October 28. Seventeen-year-old Saxon Beckett was conveyed to Gosford Hospital for medical attention but left prior to being seen and has not returned home. Saxon is described as of Aboriginal appearance with fair complexion, 170 to 175cm tall,

65 to 70 kg, thin build, brown hair, brown eyes. Police have concerns for his welfare. Anyone with information about Saxon Beckett’s whereabouts should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or Gosford Police Station on 43235599. Social media, Nov 4 Brisbane Water Police District

Australia out of step on energy Regarding the Glasgow conference, the problems of global warming and the need to reduce carbon emissions; why is Australia not getting into the most effective way of producing clean energy like other nations? The USA is producing 20 per cent of its energy needs from 96 nuclear power stations. France is producing 70 per cent of its energy needs from

FORUM 56 nuclear power stations. South Korea is producing 26 per cent of its energy needs from four nuclear power stations. Why are these significant facts not widely published so that the truth about energy may be known? Email, Oct 30 Charles Simonds, Wamberal

At about 8:20pm on the Sunday night, emergency services responded to reports of a home invasion in White St. Police were told two unknown men with face coverings kicked in the front door of the home before seriously assaulting the occupant. The man suffered serious head injuries and was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being airlifted to Royal North Shore in a stable condition.

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A man has been charged after a pedestrian was injured following a crash at Forresters Beach on the night of Thursday, October 28. Just after 7:30pm emergency services were called to Mistview Circuit, following reports a pedestrian had been hit by a car. Police were allegedly told a white Ford Ranger utility had crashed into a parked Volkswagen Amarok utility, before hitting a pedestrian and fleeing the scene. The pedestrian, a 42-year-old man, was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Gosford Hospital in a stable condition. At about 10pm, officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District arrested a

26-year-old man at Bateau Bay and arrested a 26-year-old man. They also seized a white Ford Ranger utility and $5,945 cash from the home. The man was charged with causing bodily harm by misconduct in charge of motor vehicle, negligent driving (no death or grievous bodily harm), assaulting an officer in execution of duty, resisting an officer in execution of duty and failing to stop and assist after impact cause injury. He was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Gosford Local Court on December 8. Source: Media release, October 29 NSW Police media

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Public Inquiry a ‘waste of funds’ Why would anyone want to pay for home building approvals at great expense with long delays if Central Coast Council turns a blind eye to the chosen ones? Some people don’t follow the rules and build anyway and seem to get away with it without the massive expense and official checks. Listening to the final speaker at the inquiry into the financial catastrophe of Central Coast Council where our Council racked up a (huge) debt, I was

FORUM shocked at the comments of Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch. The speaker was talking about his neighbour and he noticed the numbers on the reports of the renovations next door were incorrect and passed through Council channels and were given the tick of approval. The plans were different to what had been built. This is a big deal for people

who are paying for these approvals and going through the channels correctly. How can some be forced to comply and others slip under the radar without the expense? The Commissioner stated in response that people build all the time without approval and sometimes they are allowed to stay there. What on earth is she saying? Is this appropriate information to be stating at a publicly inquiry into Central Coast Council?

This resident is trying to prove that people in Council are letting some people off with false documents. Why is this happening? Does this set a precedent that you can try to build whatever you like without approval and you will probably get away with it? After all it happens all the time, the Commissioner says. What about the terms of reference to the inquiry? They state: Any other matter that warrants mention,

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particularly those that may impact on the effective administration of Council’s functions and responsibilities or the community’s confidence in the Council being able to do so. This absolutely destroys the community’s confidence in the Coouncil. I’m sure if you asked a hard working family that has had to add the expense of approvals and checks for Council to their home loan for a rumpus room for the children they would be very angry. After all they are waiting and going through the channels legally at a cost they personally

have to bear, perhaps for a very long time. All this has proven to me is the Public Inquiry is a waste of funds. The residents of the Central Coast wanted a judicial inquiry and we have been let down. We are the cash cows that are bailing the Council out of debt. If you are planning on making adjustments to your home at great expense for Council to approve or not allow perhaps you should look up the transcript on the last day of the hearing and make up your own mind. Email, Oct 25 Judi Roxburgh, Green Point

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This is fine, although a recent decision allowing candidates to say anything, even when it is factually wrong, in electoral propaganda further degrades this voter’s opinion of all our elected representatives. A recent case in point: material authorised by the sitting Member for Robertson states that (the Federal Government has) “(delivered) up to 600 (car spaces) at Gosford train station and continuous mobile phone coverage between Wyong and Hornsby’. Both of these statements are absolutely incorrect. The first, a focus of the notorious car parks rort, has not yet laid a single brick to enlarge the current carpark. Indeed we now have to pay when parking for over 20 hours where it was, prior to the lockdown, free to us all. As for mobile phone coverage, it cuts south of Woy Woy and is intermittent all the way through to Cowan. This would be evident to anybody who uses the Central Coast rail line. In the interests of fairness, my own letter, published in CCN had been overtaken by events since it was written.

FORUM See Page 2 for address and contribution conditions. Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper The four properties of environmental land at Thompson’s Rd, Doyalson, were actually in the Tranche 1 sales of Council assets, proving that it was our first Administrator who lied to us about not flogging off any of our environmental land at knockdown prices. These blocks have now been sold with the price received for them actually $2M less (in the currently astronomical market) than Wyong Council had previously paid for them, ironically to use in the now discredited NSW government Biodiversity Offset scheme. Give us back our two separate councils and our previous, more representative LGA voting system immediately. Finally, I am a longstanding member and previous candidate for the Greens. The only way to get where we want to be in the future is to change the direction of the lifeboat we are travelling in. Email, Oct 24 Doug Williamson, Wamberal

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Fifteen local sculptors feature in ‘the Garden’

Krumm and fellow Coast artists, Lisa McArthur-Edwards and Therese Wilkins, will also exhibit a joint piece, The Conduit Collaboration. Fitzmaurice works in a variety of mediums, with stainless steel being his favourite. Inspired by natural forms and everyday objects, his works are transformed with abstraction and humour. “My piece Splash is a homage to the curious giants of the sea

that shine bright and illuminate the ocean with their annual playful migration,” he said. His second piece, Encounter (Maquette) is a modern interpretation of a diving whale. “This is the one-tenth scale maquette of the full-size sculpture that is now installed in the forecourt of the new Mudgee Regional Art Gallery,” Fitzmaurice said. Krumm will be showing her work for the 11th year at the exhibition. “I feel very fortunate to exhibit there – it is absolutely beautiful,” she said. “The show used to be just over one weekend but last year they decided to extend it to two weeks.” Krumm, who has experimented with painting, studied sculpting with Col

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Henry some 15 years and that has been her preferred artform ever since. “When I started doing sculpture I felt far more passionate,” she said. “I mostly like to work in reinforced resin, which surfboards are made of, as you can make forms out of it rather than chip away as you would with sandstone or limestone, although I do use other materials as well.” Krumm’s first piece is Buella, a sculpture in bronze, sandstone and granite. “I really love the female form and feature it a great deal – particularly bathing beauties,” she said. “This one is suspended on a piece of sandstone. “It’s all about poise and is symbolic of a woman enjoying

life, happy and content. Her second piece, Foglie d’autunno, is of reinforced resin. “I was born in South Africa to Italian parents and this is the Italian term for autumn leaves,” she said. “I am trying to capture what you see when you lie under a tree and see shadows coning through the leaves.” Other Central Coast artists to feature in the exhibition are Rhonda Castle of Wyong, Miriam Cullen of The Entrance North, Christopher Diaz of North Gosford, Mark Joyce of Woy Woy, John Lynch of Lisarow, Gill McLaren of Holgate, Myles Naylor of West Gosford, Kenneth Smith of Ravensdale, Willemina Villari of Avoca Beach, Kim Vredeveld of Horsfield Bay, Peter Waples of

Green Point and Brendon Webb of Berkeley Vale. More than 280 sculptures will be on show by artists from across Australia, all of which are in the running for several acquisition and non-acquisition prizes. The total prize value for 2021 is over $40,000 and includes a top prize of $25,000. Visitors who attend the event can expect live music on weekends from folk-rock musician, Matt Boylan Smith; artisan picnic boxes by Mudgee locals, Blue Wren Farm; barista made coffee by Workin’ Beans; and premium wines from the Rosby Wine Bar. Weekend ticket sale proceeds will go directly to the Mudgee Support Group for Guide Dogs NSW/ACT. The partnership has raised

over $175,000 for the charity over the last decade and on weekdays the Support Group will have food, tea and coffee for sale as a fundraiser. The exhibition format has been updated to comply with the advice from NSW Health, with capacity limits to be enforced, masks mandatory for all staff, and proof of double vaccination required for staff, volunteers, artists, and attendees over the course of the two-week event. The exhibition will be open from 10am-4pm every day from November 6-21. For more details and ticket information go to https://www. sculpturesinthegarden.com. au.

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Venues receive federal funding to re-ignite live music scene

Avoca Beach Picture Theatre will help re-ignite the Coast’s live music scene thanks to a $33,218 grant from the Federal Government.

The theatre received the funds under round three of the Government’s Live Music

Australia Program. Theatre owner, Norman Hunter, said the money would support the venue’s live music line-up including performances by Amber Heard and Mick Harrington. “As restrictions ease for us in NSW, we were thrilled to be

CENTRAL COAST POTTERS SOCIETY OPEN DAY Central Coast Potters Society Open Day – in conjunction with The Australian Ceramics Association’s Open Studio weekend. Bring family and friends to enjoy a relaxed, fun time discovering clay. On and off-street parking. Accessible entry. When: Saturday 13 November 2021, 10.00am – 3.00pm Where: Central Coast Potters Society (CCPS), 10a Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford

informed that we were recipients for a Live Music Australia grant,” Hunter said. “This grant will be of enormous value to us, Australian artists and the wider community. “We, along with so many others, have been struck hard by the impact of COVID-19 and we are looking forward to throwing ourselves back into rebuilding and expanding this vital industry within our local community.” Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said the program was designed to help reinvigorate the live music scene as restrictions ease so venues can once again host local talent, increasing

opportunities for Australian artists. “Home-grown live music is essential to Australia’s culture, which is why it is vital we continue supporting the venues that showcase Australian talent and support the return of our much-loved music industry,” Wicks said. “Live music events represent more than just economic benefits to artists, venues and local tourism. “This grant also has social and cultural benefits including artist career development, providing opportunities for nurturing culture and creativity, building community identity and emotional health and wellbeing.”

Hardy’s Bay RSL and Citizens Club also received $15,296 under round three of the program. Volunteer, John Brown, said the grant would enable the club to host more live music outside. “With the current COVID-19 requirements the club is restricted in the number of patrons inside the club,” Brown said. “Hardys Bay Club will be using the grant to buy and install waterproof blinds for part of the deck area, music

equipment and complete electrical works. “The club is a prominent venue for live music on the Central Coast and normally offers live music up to three times per week.” Ninety nine venues around the country will share in more than $2.5M under round three of the program. Source: Media release, Nov 2 Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks

What’s on offer? • The Great Pottery Throwdown No. 2 – CCPS members will challenge each other throughout the day in several timed challenges, both on and off the wheel. Lots of fun! • opportunity for adults to make a small plate and have it fired for a minimum fee • kids table to play with clay • pop-up shop with hand-crafted ceramics for sale • sausage sizzle and cold drinks • lucky door prize All activities will comply with COVID-19 government guidelines.

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A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF EVENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THE CENTRAL COAST 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

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Kincumber Village Shopping Centre, 8;30am - 4pm The Coast Shelter sleepout, Central Coast Stadium

SATURDAY, NOV 20 Alliance Française French Conversation Diggers Club Ettalong 10am – 12pm RSVP: 0416 303 804 TUESDAY, NOV 30

GEBC November Event Special Guest Speaker: The Hon. Victor Dominello MP, The Entertainment Grounds, ticketed, 12:15pm

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Over $58,000 awarded to community groups Council has approved the recommendation to allocate $58,371 for the latest round of its Community Support Grant Program. The program remains open through the year (or until funds are expended) and is designed to support the community to deliver programs, projects or events that build connections and celebrate the local community. Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said Council was committed to helping community groups to flourish. “Community groups are at the heart of what makes the Coast such a great place to live work and play and Council is thrilled to support a range of activities through our grants program,” Hart said. “We encourage local groups to apply for small amounts of funding or in-kind support to help deliver important

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programs for the Coast.” The Community Support Grants for 2021-22 has a total budget of $300,000 and is funded through existing and approved Operational Plan budgets. Community groups who are a legally constituted not-forprofit organisations can apply

for up to $5,000 per project per financial year in combined funding and in-kind Council services. At its October 26 meeting, Council approved 21 applications across the Coast, including $2,010 to Zonta Club of Central Coast for its “Say No to Violence Against Women” YarnBomb installation at

Terrigal to raise awareness and provide support to domestic violence survivors. This project coincides with the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence which is conducted internationally each year from November 25 to December 10. A grant of $1,535 will go towards improvements at

Kariong Neighbourhood Centre and Davistown Progress Association will get a 50 per cent subsidy on rates with a $1,184 grant. Ourimbah Region Residents Association will receive $811 to help with hall hire and public liability insurance costs. Central Coast Group Training

has received a $5,000 grant in support of its annual Excellence in Training Awards Night. Others to receive funding include: Shoebox Revolution $5,000; Summerland Point Progress Association $2,442; Tuggerah Rural Fire Brigade $5,000; Tuggerah Lakes Art Society $2,156; Wyong District Garden Competition $4,006; Central Coast Kids In Need $2,092; Central Coast Country Music Association $576; Mannering Park Tidy Towns $1,000; Volunteer Marine Rescue $2,380; Wyongah Progress Association $1,620; Northern Lakes Neighbourhood Centre $1,596; Central Coast Bonsai Club $3,700; Yarramalong School of Arts $4,721; Killcare Surf Life Saving Club $3,100; Happiness Habits $4,913; and Art At Work $3,528. Source: Media release, Nov 1 Central Coast Council

Firefighters trained to assist wildlife As bushfire season looms, local firefighters will be given training in wildlife first response to help wildlife impacted by bushfires under a new NSW Government initiative. Environment Minister, Matt Kean, said the training will help improve survival rates for injured wildlife. “We were all devastated by the images of burnt and injured wildlife during the black summer bushfires,” he said. “It was a disaster that impacted around three billion Photo: Rob Leach Vets Beyond Borders

native animals across the nation and we want to make sure we have the training in place to give injured wildlife the best chance of survival.” In 2019-20, nearly 130,000 native animals were taken in by wildlife carers, 35 per cent more than previous years. “Volunteer wildlife rehabilitators were absolutely invaluable during the bushfire crisis, rescuing and caring for around 90,000 injured animals as the state battled our worst ever bushfires,” Kean said. “This training will ensure our

frontline heroes have the tools to assess and report injured wildlife, as well as apply basic first aid and transfer animals off the fireground to vets and our army of volunteer wildlife rehabilitators, if safe to do so.” The training has been developed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) and Taronga Conservation Society Australia and will be available to all firefighters from December 1. The training package delivers on the NSW Government’s commitment to implement

recommendation 53 of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry to provide guidance for firefighters on handling injured wildlife. In addition to the wildlife training, the NSW Government is developing a framework to improve coordination of wildlife response during bushfires and other emergencies. For more information, visit https://www.environment. nsw.gov.au/wildlifehelp. Source: Media release, Oct 31 NSW Treasurer and Minister for Energy and Environment, Matt Kean

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News Breakfast [s] 6:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 9:00 11:30 Q&A [s] Australia Remastered [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] George Floyd - A Killing That 2:00 Shook The World (M) [s] 3:00 4:00 Back Roads [s] Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] 5:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 6:00 7:00 Stackorama! (PG) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) The Drum [s] ABC News [s] Gardening Australia [s] – 8:30 Costa Georgiadis looks at flowering natives; Tino Carnevale meet an expert tomato grower for all their tips. Annika (M v) [s] The Accident (M l,s,v) [s] Talking Heads (PG) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Vaccine [s] Gruen [s] 11:00 12:00 Frayed (MA15+) [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] 12:30 Boyer Lecture 2021: John Bell [s] 5:00 Annika (M v) [s] 5:30 Midsomer Murders (PG) [s] Restoration Australia (PG) 6:00 Landline [s] 7:00 Rick Stein’s Secret France (PG) [s] Monty Don’s French Gardens ABC News [s] Grantchester (PG) [s] – When the leader of a student CND group falls to her death during a protest, Will and Geordie are 10:00 drawn into campus politics. Shetland (M l,v) [s] Fires (M l) [s] 12:15 Call The Midwife (M) [s] Father Brown (M v) [s] rage Guest Programmer 1:30 (MA15+) [s] 6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 Insiders [s] 12:00 Offsiders [s] 1:00 The World This Week [s] Compass [s] 1:30 Songs Of Praise [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] 5:00 Gardening Australia [s] 5:30 Pilgrimage: Road To 6:00 Santiago (PG) 7:00 Rick Stein’s Secret France (PG) [s] 8:00 Everyone’s A Critic (PG) [s] Art Works [s] 8:30 The Sound [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News Sunday [s] Restoration Australia (PG) [s] Total Control (MA15+) [s] Noughts And Crosses (M) [s] 11:15 12:15 Stateless (M l,v) [s] Talking Heads (M) [s] Silent Witness (M v) [s] 1:30 Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s]

Also see: ABC PLUS (Channel 22) ABC ME (Channel 23) ABC NEWS (Channel 24)

Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66)

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6:00 Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 Movie: “Gates Of Paradise” 12:00 (M) (’19) Stars: Jason Priestley House Of Wellness (PG) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] 1:45 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 3:00 Seven News [s] Better Homes And Gardens 4:00 [s] – Joh catches up with 5:00 musicians Vika and Linda Bull. 6:00 7:00 Adam builds a tiny toy trolley. 7:30 Movie: “Raising Helen” (PG) (’04) – Kate Hudson stars as modelling agent, Helen Harris 8:30 who is young and carefree. But after her sister and brother-inlaw die in a car accident, Helen 11:30 becomes the guardian of their three children. Stars: Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan 12:20 Cusack, Hayden Panettiere 1:15 Big Brother VIP (PG) [s] Home Shopping 1:30 6:00 Home Shopping [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show [s] Border Security - Australia’s 12:00 12:30 Front Line (PG) [s] 1:00 Seven’s Horse Racing: 1:30 Rosehill/ Eagle Farm [s] 2:00 Seven News At 5 [s] Border Security - Australia’s 3:00 Front Line (PG) [s] 4:30 Seven News [s] Movie: “Harry Potter And The 5:00 Half Blood Prince” (M h,v) (’09) 5:30 6:00 – Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his sixth year, to 7:00 face a growing danger that may 7:30 be more than a match for his 9:00 strengthening powers as a wizard. Stars: Alan Rickman Movie: “The Darkest Minds” 11:10 (M v) (’18) Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore 1:00 Repco Supercars Championship 2021: Sydney Motorsport Park 2 Highlights [s] 1:50 2:00 Home Shopping 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] The Morning Show Weekend 10:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 11:00 11:30 Border Security 12:00 International (PG) [s] 12:30 Cricket: Women’s Big Bash League: Melbourne Stars v 1:30 Melbourne Renegades *Live* 3:30 Seven News At 5 [s] Sydney Weekender [s] 5:00 Seven News [s] 5:30 7News Spotlight: Ultimate 6:00 Abba! [s] Border Security - Australia’s 7:00 8:40 Front Line (PG) [s] 9:40 Movie: “White House Down” 10:10 (M l,v) (’14) Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie 11:10 Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins The Blacklist: Nachalo (M) [s] 12:05 Repco Supercars Championship 2021: 1:00 Highlights [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “Til Ex Do Us Part” (PG) (’18) Stars: Kelly Sullivan, Anna Van Hooft, Dan Payne Talking Honey - Princess Diana (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] Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Squirrel Monkey (PG) [s] Movie: “Casino Royale” (M v) (’06) Stars: Eva Green, Daniel Craig, Mads Mikkelsen Movie: “Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story” (PG) (’21) Stars: Daniel Craig, Michael G. Wilson Tipping Point (PG) [s] Explore [s] Home Shopping Animal Tales (PG) [s] Weekend Today [s] Today Extra - Saturday (PG) Animal Embassy (PG) [s] Destination WA [s] Good Food Kitchen [s] My Way [s] Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Squirrel Monkey (PG) [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] The Garden Gurus [s] NINE News: First At Five [s] Getaway (PG) [s] NINE News Saturday [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Bert Newton: Let Me Entertain You (PG) [s] Movie: “Quantum Of Solace” (M v) (’08) Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Daniel Craig Movie: “No Escape” (MA15+) (’15) Stars: Owen Wilson Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything (PG) [s] Explore [s] Home Shopping Animal Tales (PG) [s] Weekend Today [s] Sports Sunday (PG) [s] The Xtreme CollXtion (PG) [s] Fishing Australia (PG) [s] Ultimate Rush (PG) [s] World’s Greatest Islands (PG) [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] The Block: Front Garden And Facade Week Reveal (PG) [s] NINE News: First At Five [s] Goodbye Mosbri (PG) [s] NINE News Sunday [s] The Block: The Auction (PG) 60 Minutes (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] The First 48: Deadly Morning (M) [s] Cold Case - New Leads Wanted: David Robinson (MA15+) [s] Chicago Med: Backed Against The Wall (M) [s] The Garden Gurus [s] Home Shopping

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

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Bachelorette Australia (M) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 4:00 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 Program To Be Advised 9:30 The Montreal Comedy Festival: Just For Laughs, Superstars #3 (M) [s] 10:30 The Project (PG) [s] 11:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 9:30 12:00 6:00 7:00 8:00

9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 6:00 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 12:00 1:10 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:30 7:30 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00

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5:00 Reel Action [s] 5:15 Religious Programs [s] 5:30 Healthy Homes [s] Escape Fishing With ET [s] 1:00 All 4 Adventure [s] 2:00 2:30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 4:00 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] Horse Racing: Paramount And Stakes Day *Live* [s] 4:25 5:25 10 News First [s] Making It Australia [s] 6:30 The Dog House Australia 7:30 (PG) [s] – How will flat mates Mercedes and Jason decide between exotic Catahoula pups 8:30 Brynn and Bristol? And Is Vada 9:30 a cattle x bull mastiff the right dog for Correan and her adorable son Rocco? 10:25 Ambulance UK (M d) [s] Program To Be Advised 11:20 Bull: Uneasy Lies The Crown 2:00 (M) [s] Blue Bloods: True Blue (M v) Home Shopping 4:20 5:00 Religious Programs [s] 5:15 Three Veg And Meat [s] Freshly Picked With Simon 5:30 1:00 Toohey [s] Destination Dessert (PG) [s] 3:00 Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] 4:00 Celebrity MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] Farm To Fork [s] 4:35 Healthy Homes Australia [s] 5:05 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 5:40 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] Pat Callinan’s 4x4 6:30 7:35 Adventures [s] My Market Kitchen [s] 8:30 Taste Of Australia [s] 10 News First [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 10:00 Celebrity MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 11:00 CSI: Vegas: 12:05 Let The Chips Fall (M) [s] FBI: Charlotte’s Web (M) [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

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

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France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Destination Flavour China Bitesize Trevor McDonald’s Indian Train Adventure (PG) NITV News: Nula The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Bollywood - World’s Biggest Film Industry (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Legends Of The Pharaohs: Secrets Of The Sphinx (PG) |(In English/ French) Pompeii: After The Eruption Lost Pyramids Of The Aztecs (PG) (In English/ Spanish) SBS World News 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Small Business Secrets Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix America Movie: “Kanye Kanye” (G) (’13) Stars: Lucious Dosi (In Zulu) I’m Not A Runner (PG) Inside The SS Intoxication (PG) (In English/ German) SBS World News Celebrity Letters And Numbers (M) Tutankhamun - Life, Death And Legacy (PG) Secret Life Of Lighthouses: The Fastnet Rock 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) Movie: “The Pianist” (M) (’02) Stars: Adrien Brody Movie: “Elle” (M) (’16) Stars: Isabelle Huppert(In French) Food Safari France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch Speedweek Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix Canada Football: FIFA World Cup 2022 Magazine Motor Sports: W Series Highlights Small Business Secrets (PG) Nazi Megastructures: Japan’s Warrior Code (PG) SBS World News Inside Central Station: T4 Line (M) Australia Burns: Silence Of The Land (M) Marry Me, Marry My Family (M l) (In English/ Hindi/ Maori/ Urdu) Addicted Australia (M d,l) 24 Hours In Emergency: The Outsiders (M) Michael Mosley - Medical Mavericks (M)

Also see: SBS VICELAND (Channel 31) SBS MOVIES (Channel 32) SBS FOOD (Channel 33) SBS NITV (Channel 34)

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Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 7:00 NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:30 The Block: The Auction (PG) Explore [s] 8:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 12:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 2:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 3:00 NINE News [s] 3:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 4:00 Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Love Island Australia (M) [s] – 4:30 A group of sexy singles are set to entertain and provide some 5:00 6:30 much needed laughs as they seek true love. 7:30 Kath & Kim: Inside Out (PG) [s] 8:40 Kath & Kim: The Moon (PG) [s] 9:40 NINE News Late [s] 10:10 New Amsterdam: 10:40 Anthropocene (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] 11:40 Home Shopping 12:40

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Terror In The Woods” (M) (’18) Stars: Michael Berthold, Lindsey Blackwell 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 (M) [s] Program To Be Advised Fantasy Island: Hungry Christine - Mel Loves Ruby (M) The Latest Seven News [s] The Goldbergs: Hanukkah On The Seas (PG) [s] – Pops surprises the family with an illadvised winter cruise to Canada; Erica stirs up holiday trouble at home. God Friended Me: Prophet & Loss (PG) [s] Home Shopping

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] Jack Irish (M l,v) [s] 2:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] Old People’s Home For 4 3:00 Year Olds (PG) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) 4:00 5:00 The Drum [s] 6:00 ABC News [s] 7:00 7.30 [s] The Greek Islands With Julia 7:30 9:00 Bradbury: Rhodes [s] Going Country (PG) [s] 11:10 Girl Like You (M l,s) [s] 11:40 ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Q&A [s] Revelation (MA15+) [s] Midsomer Murders (M v) [s] 12:10 Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] The Drum [s] 1:00 7.30 [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “My Father Must Die” 12:00 (AKA ‘Killing Daddy’) (M v) (’14) 1:30 Stars: Elizabeth Gillies, Cynthia 2:00 3:00 Stevenson, William R. Moses 4:00 Criminal Confessions: 5:00 Placentia (M d,v) [s] 6:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] 7:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 7:30 Seven News [s] 8:40 Home And Away (PG) [s] 9:40 Big Brother VIP (M) [s] The Curse Of The Chippendales (M s,v) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] The Goldbergs: Bevy’s Big Murder Mystery Party (PG) [s] 10:40 – Adam helps Beverly plan a 11:10 murder mystery party for the family. God Friended Me: 12:05 High Anxiety (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 1:30

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Parental Guidance (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] Love Island Australia (M) [s] Travel Guides: Sri Lanka (PG) [s] – Our Travel Guides jet off to Sri Lanka. In Nuwara Eliya they’ll travel in a tuk tuk, sample the local cuisine and head to Ramboda Falls. NINE News Late [s] Damian Lewis - Spy Wars: The Man Who Saved The World (M v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 The Dog House Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [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 Dog House Australia (PG) [s] 8:30 The Cheap Seats (M l) [s] 9:25 NCIS: Los Angeles: Sorry For Your Loss (M v) [s] 10:25 NCIS: Los Angeles: Overdue (M v) [s] 11:25 The Project (PG) [s] 12:25 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Monash And Me (PG) [s] Monty Don’s French Gardens 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] National Press Club Address Media Watch (PG) [s] Jack Irish (M l,v) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds (PG) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) 2:00 The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 3:00 7.30 [s] 4:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 5:00 Gruen [s] 6:00 Preppers (M l,s) [s] 7:00 Back (MA15+) [s] 7:30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) 9:00 ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Four Corners [s] 11:00 Media Watch (PG) [s] Father Brown (M v) [s] 12:00 Silent Witness (M v) [s] 12:30

Sunrise [s] 6:00 The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 Movie: “A Daughter’s 12:00 Deception” (M v) (’19) – A long- 1:00 lost daughter comes back into a woman’s family life but with 2:00 dangerous intentions and lies. 3:00 Stars: Jade Harlow, Rusty 4:00 Joiner, Kennedy Tucker, 5:00 Brianna Gage 6:00 Criminal Confessions: 7:00 Martin County (M d,v) [s] 7:30 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 8:40 Seven News At 4 [s] 9:40 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Big Brother VIP (M) [s] America’s Got Talent: Quarter Finals: Performance (Part 1) (PG) [s] 10:40 America’s Got Talent: Quarter 11:10 Finals: Results (Part 1) (PG) [s] The Windsors (M l,s) [s] 12:00 Home Shopping 1:00

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Desperate Housewives: Bargaining (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: I Love New Boobs Tiffany (M) [s] – Pollard is back to beat breast implant illness (BII) and go au naturel; another former patient with overinjected lips returns hoping to restore them to normal. NINE News Late [s] New Amsterdam: The Domino Effect (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [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 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 The Bachelorette Australia (M) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [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 Bachelorette Australia (M) [s] 8:30 Lie With Me (M l,s) [s] 9:30 Bull: King Bull (M) [s] 10:30 Bull: Separate Together (M) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:45 Remembrance Day Memorial 11:30 12:00 Service [s] 11:35 The Greek Islands With Julia Bradbury [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 1:25 How Deadly World (PG) [s] 2:00 Jack Irish (M l,v) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:10 Old People’s Home For 4 2:00 Year Olds (PG) [s] 5:10 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 2:30 6:00 The Drum [s] 3:00 6:55 Sammy J (PG) [s] 4:00 7:00 ABC News [s] 5:00 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Spying On The Scammers [s] 6:00 7:00 8:30 Q&A [s] 9:35 Doctor Who (PG) [s] 8:30 10:35 You Can’t Ask That: Fat (M) 10:55 ABC Late News [s] 11:30 11:10 The Business [s] 11:25 Pilgrimage: Road To Santiago 12:30 (PG) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Petals On The Wind” 12:00 1:00 (M s) (’14) – A decade after Cathy, Christopher, and Carrie 2:00 escaped from their grandparents’ attic at Foxworth 3:00 4:00 Hall, Petals On The Wind continues to follow the twisted 5:00 6:00 plight of the family. Stars: 7:00 Heather Graham Kochie’s Business Builders 7:30 8:30 Border Security International (PG) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 9:30 Seven News [s] 10:30 Home And Away (PG) [s] America’s Got Talent: Quarter Finals: Performance/ Results 11:00 11:30 (Part 2) (PG) [s] World’s Deadliest Weather - 12:30 1:00 Caught On Camera (M) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Today [s] 7:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 7:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Desperate Housewives: Marry 8:00 12:00 Me A Little (M) [s] 1:00 Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 2:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 3:00 NINE News [s] 3:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] RBT: Need For Speed (M) [s] 4:00 Paramedics (M) [s] – Glenice 4:30 helps a young couple fighting to save their 6-year-old daughter 5:00 6:30 who is suffering from a 7:30 shocking disease. Love Island Australia (M) [s] Love Island Australia 8:30 Afterparty (M) [s] 9:30 NINE News Late [s] 10:30 The Fix: Lie To Me (M) [s] Destination WA [s] 11:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30

5:10 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:15 9:35 10:35 10:50 11:05 12:00 1:00 1:50 2:45 4:25 6:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:05 5:10 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:05 8:30 9:25 10:35 10:50 11:05 12:10 1:40 3:20 4:25 5:25 6:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:30 1:35 2:00 3:00 4:10 5:10 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:05 9:35 10:05 10:45 11:00 11:15 12:00 12:20 1:05

Also see: ABC PLUS (Channel 22) ABC ME (Channel 23) ABC NEWS (Channel 24)

Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66)

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

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The Talk [s] 5:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 5:15 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:30 (PG) [s] 2:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (M) [s] 3:00 Celebrity MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 3:40 Entertainment Tonight [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] 4:10 My Market Kitchen [s] 5:05 Farm To Fork [s] 5:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 6:00 (PG) [s] 6:30 10 News First [s] 7:35 The Project (PG) [s] Celebrity MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:30 Have You Been Paying 9:30 Attention? (MA15+) [s] Just For Laughs Uncut (M) [s] 10:25 Just For Laughs (M l,s) [s] 10:55 The Graham Norton Show (M) [s] 11:45 The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:40

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] Jack Irish (M l,v) [s] 2:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 3:00 Old People’s Home For 4 4:00 Year Olds (PG) [s] 5:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 9:00 Australian Story [s] 10:00 Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] 11:00 The Detectives (M l) [s] 11:30 ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Going Country (PG) [s] Noughts And Crosses (M) [s] The Accident (MA15+) [s] 12:00 Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] 1:00 The Drum [s]

The Talk [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (M) [s] The Bachelorette Australia (M) [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Everyday Gourmet [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Farm To Fork [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Bachelorette Australia (M) [s] Gogglebox (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised Blue Bloods: Good Intentions (M v) [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show (PG) [s] Home Shopping

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

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Plant Now for a Magical Botanical Christmas They need a free draining soil that is rich with compost and well-rotted manure. Feed with nitrogen-based fertiliser to start but then only use a general feeder thereafter every six to eight weeks. Lettuce, endive, beans that grow in bush form and zucchini will all be worth getting into the ground right now for Christmas. Coast gardeners will find ‘Cos’ lettuce, ‘Salad King’ endive and good old ‘Blackjack’ zucchini thrive here. If you have a smaller space, try a compact variety like ‘Cocozelle’ zucchini as most plants can be rather large. Holiday Herbs CHERALYN DARCEY

If you get a wiggle on this week, you can have fresh, homegrown additions to your Christmas feasting. Plant seedlings rather than seeds and make sure you are planting into rich, healthy soil. Once established use a liquid fertilizer or a seaweed-based booster as per their instructions to encourage healthy, strong, and fast growth. If this all seems too much, at least grow herbs because everything, even the blandest of tomatoes, can taste wonderful when introduced to aromatic, freshlypicked herbs. This week I’m sharing the plants that you can get growing right now and you just might be harvesting them in time for the kitchen on Christmas Day, if not, I predict your New Year will be delicious! Plant Now Look at labels and seek out the term ‘early harvesting’ although right now, most seedlings of tomatoes, capsicums, eggplants, cucumbers, climbing green beans, beetroot, Chinese cabbage, and snow peas can be planted and should be ready by the time Saint Nick gets here. Try golden yellow pear drop and tumbling red tiny toms for produce that will rival your tinsel. Fill out a veggie plot to impress visitors with sweet corn, onions, and melons because although they may not be ready for the big day, they will provide a lush looking veggie garden throughout summer and a later season harvest for the holidays. Going traditional dinner this year? Then delicious homegrown potatoes should be on your list and although most varieties can’t be harvested for 60 to 90 days, if you select an early harvesting variety, you should be able to pull up baby potatoes by the end of December. Plant seed potatoes into contained areas of the garden or very large deep pots in full sun. Planting at this time of the year increases the risk of disease due to increasing humidity so cut eyes singularly with only a small amount of surrounding flesh and allow to dry for a day before planting. Don’t forget the sweet potatoes. These beauties can easily take over a garden space so are better grown in contained areas or very large pots. Plant sweet potato seedlings in full sun at this time of the year to ensure a miniChristmas harvest.

BBQs, salads, baked dinners and all your holiday cooking will be given a zesty boost with fresh herbs straight out of the garden and try growing all of these in pots as well as they make delightful and easy gifts. Just make sure that the pots are placed in sunny spots and although you could grow them now from seed, use seedlings to ensure that you will be obtaining these treats in time. You might even like to create wreaths for your front door or kitchen if you are already growing them. Tie bunches of herbs to a cane circle and use as needed. Herbs that can be planted now include basil, chives, coriander, dill, oregano, and mint. Plant mint in big pots rather than directly in garden beds as it can become very intrusive and pop them in those drab shady places for a green lift. If you want the best stuffing you will ever make, there is no passing the opportunity to plant parsley, sage and thyme now.

plant and cut branches at an angle with sharp secateurs. Remove all foliage that will sit below the waterline in your vase, change water every second day and snip drying bottom of stems as required. You should see your cut Christmas Bush last well into the New Year with a vase life of at least two weeks. GARDENING BOOK REVIEW

The City Gardener, Contemporary Urban Gardens by Richard Unsworth September 2021, ISBN: 9781760761301 Author Richard Unsworth knows his gardening.

Sage needs full sun and a dry environment. It won’t like the coming humidity so if you have not grown sage before or experienced past failures, try planting in a large well-draining pot and move as needed out of the rain or find a dry spot in the garden and water sparingly. Australian Christmas Bush Here on the Central Coast and across our state, NSW Christmas Bush (Ceratopetalum gummiferum) is our Aussie festive native and it becomes more popular each year. People in colonial times simply looked to flowers that reminded them of the key symbolism of the European Christmas of

their birth places. Christmas bush, with its red flowers in tiny bell shapes and its appearance at the ‘right time’ would have more than fit the bill. The flowers are small creamy-coloured blossoms that fall away in spring to leave sepals that turn a gorgeous red by late December. Find a full sunny spot to plant your Christmas Bush and feed during spring with a native-specific fertiliser only. This is advised to increase the number of blossoms which will lead to a showier festive display. When harvesting your Christmas bush, never remove more than a third of the

YOU & YOUR GARDEN: Liz’s Japanese Garden, Kincumber

Liz has created a divine Japanese-inspired garden from what was a dark, dank mouldy yard and this is a wonderful example of what can happen when you make a garden plan and follow it through. Liz said, “I had a severe mould due to my back yard not drying out, the Village Administration wanted to remove nine trees and all my back lawn - to be replaced by three or four rows of horrible pavers and pebbles. (Which would have looked like a cemetery plot and been totally unusable for me and grandkids.) I was able to talk them into the design in my head of a Japanese Garden and only remove the trees that I chose.”

It is a beautiful, neat, and yet lush garden that she describes as her oasis, and I agree. When I asked where all the gorgeous pots and art elements came from, I was delighted with Liz’s reply, “I don’t go on pub crawls, I go on op-shop crawls. The Men’s Shed at Kincumber have also helped me repurpose things to make things like the table in my garden. That’s made from old fence palings and the garden divider is made from my husband’s old bamboo garden stakes.” We all love the work the Men’s Sheds does and this combined with Liz’s gardening have created a little oasis of Japan in the heart of Kincumber.

He owns the beloved outdoor design store ‘Garden Life’ in Sydney and with his passion for the natural environment and botanical heritage, his inspiring knowledge comes shining through in this beautiful book. Though it is filled with gorgeous garden imagery, ‘The City Gardener’ is still packed with detailed information to help the urban gardener design their botanical dreams. Colour guides, outdoor furniture suggestions and design elements are all covered along with full plant listings, which is something I often find lacking in similar books so top points there. This would be a wonderful gift for your design-loving friend, garden renovator or even beginner gardener, but if you don’t have it, get it for yourself. Highly recommend! TASKS & TIPS FOR YOU THIS WEEK 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: You Can Grow Marvellous Melons 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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Authors: Heather Heying and Bret Winstein Publisher: Swift Press

As you can tell from my reading list, fiction is my preferred genre, however there are times I like to dabble in the non-fiction world. When I read the summary about Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, I thought it was going to be a book that would make me smarter. We are living in the most prosperous age … and we are miserable.

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The world has moved at a rate that is too fast for humans to adjust or adapt. So let me learn more, make me smarter! The book starts slow. Very slow.\ I thought I wasn’t going to make it. They begin with updating the reader on how humans came to be, evolution, then zone in on most aspects of human life including, medicine, food, sleep, sex, parenthood, childhood, etc. Looks like there is not one aspect of life that cannot be fixed with some advice by the authors. There are a lot terms in the book that were new to me. For instance, “the best, most all-encompassing way to describe our world is hyper-

novel”. Meaning that change is happening faster than humans can adjust. There are WEIRD countries: Western nations, with a highly Educated populace, an Industrialized economic base, that are relatively Rich and Democratic. You seriously have to dig deep

down to come up with that acronym. There were also heaps of scientific terms that tended make it clunky to read (for the unscientific mind like mine at least). The end of each chapter has a section called “The Corrective Lens”, with dot points that summarise the chapter and

offers advice on how we can do things better. For instance, after the chapter called Medicine, the sage advice is to “Listen to your body”, “Move your body every day”, “Resist pharmaceutical solutions for medical problems if you can.” But then after Sleep some of the advice is, “Get closer to the equator at some point during your winter” and “Restrict outdoor blue-spectrum light at the societal level.” Sure, easy for some. And then some of the advice is just downright preachy, “Avoid sex without commitment”, “Avoid dating apps”, “Sit around more campfires”. While the beginning started slowly for me the middle was quite interesting.

I stared riding the wave, but that ride only lasted a few chapters until the wave crashed and it started getting slow and oh so preachy. I think this book was a good idea that went wayward. I hadn’t heard of Heather Heying nor Bret Weinstein before. A quick Google check uncovered that they are biologists who taught at Evergreen State but left (under “trying circumstances”). They now run podcasts and are vocal anti-vaxxers for Covid-19, instead taking Ivermetcin, a de-worming medicine. I read their book thinking it was going to make me smart. That was pretty dumb of me. Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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Business & Property TOGA donates everything but the kitchen sink Coast Shelter has received goods and services valued at over $100,000 from the TOGA Group of businesses and Grace Group. It all began with a contact from TOGA, which was refurbishing one of its Adina Hotels in Sydney. TOGA Director of Corporate Responsibility, Michelle Fischl, said the group wanted to repurpose as many furniture and operational items as possible to avoid them going into landfill. Looking for a sustainable solution, TOGA donated assorted furniture items for use by Coast Shelter, with Grace

stepping in, to volunteer to deliver the goods. The Grace Group delivered furniture from 42 apartments to the Central Coast charity’s main centre in Gosford. Grace Group Marketing Coordinator, Nichole Muratore, said: “We felt this was something we needed to be involved with”. Coast Shelter CEO, Michael Starr, said the goods would be used to help people transitioning from the charity’s emergency accommodation into mainstream housing, as well as helping to furnish some of the emergency accommodation venues. “It’s just been overwhelming

TOGA Group makes a delivery to Coast Shelter

to see the volume and the quality of goods donated to us,”

he said. “Often, when seeking refuge

from a domestic or family violence situation, you do not

take any furniture or kitchen items with you. “These items will be invaluable as we help people transition into their own accommodation.” TOGA’s donation includes lounges, dining tables and chairs, fridges, kitchen goods, bedside tables, study desks, lamps, mirrors, wall art and outdoor settings. “This is a very significant donation and we are very thankful.” Coast Shelter’s social enterprise, Coasties on the Move, will organise the allocation of the furniture. Terry Collins

Local rents increase by up to 31 per cent in 12 months The cost of rental housing on the Central Coast has jumped three times higher in the past year than it has in Sydney, according to Domain’s September 2021 Rental Report. In the year to September, the median rent in Sydney increased by 5.5 per cent, whereas on the Central Coast the median rent tripled that, up by 15.9 per cent. Some suburbs recorded even higher rent increases, most notably, 17 per cent at Kincumber and Kariong, 19.2 per cent at Avoca Beach, and Saratoga at a whopping 31.3 per cent. Northern suburbs were spared such high rent increases but were still trending upwards, ranging from five per cent (Lake Munmorah) to 13 per cent (Bateau Bay). In the south, rental increases

range from 9.5 per cent to 15 per cent. In the past year East Gosford rentals grew by 10.6 per cent, North Gosford 14.3 per cent, Erina 11.1 per cent, Narara 13.1 per cent, Niagara Park 12.4 per cent, Point Clare 13.6 per cent and Forresters Beach 15.3 per cent. Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, said the highly competitive private rental market was exacerbating an already critical under-supply of affordable housing. “I heard … that a rental was advertised for $600 a week, but a family from Sydney came up and offered $700, which was accepted, and that just makes it so hard for locals to compete,” she said. “A mum told me that she’s scared and worried about her family’s future, that she and her partner want to raise their family on the Coast where she

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grew up, but they worry about how they’re going to be able to put a roof over their heads. “In a wealthy country like Australia, this shouldn’t be, when families can’t afford to live where they grew up or live anywhere near where they work.” Shadow Minister for Housing

and Homelessness, Jason Clare, visited the region on Friday, October 29, wanting “to talk to people who knew better than anyone about the housing crisis that has hit the Coast” and spoke to organisations which provide affordable housing. “There are few other areas of the country that have been hit

harder than the Central Coast,” he said. “House prices across the country have gone up this year by 20 per cent, that’s a big jump, but here on the Central Coast they’ve gone up more than that, 30 per cent, 50 per cent and even in some cases 80 per cent.

“If you own a house that’s great news but if you’re one of the young people on the Coast trying to break into the market, it’s just getting harder and harder. “For a lot of people, they’re forced to rent, but the rents are going through the roof. “And there’s already about 3,000 people on the Coast on the social housing waiting list. “There’s no easy fix to any of this but one of the most obvious things to do is build more affordable housing.” Clare said a Labor Government, if elected at the next Federal election, would establish a $10B Housing Australia Future Fund which will build 30,000 social and affordable homes across the country. Sue Murray

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Grants available for small business month Grants of up to $2,500 for local councils and $3,500 for chambers of commerce, industry associations and not-for-profit groups are being made available by the NSW Government to help organise events for the fifth NSW Small Business Month in March 2022. The state-wide grants package will be up to $640,000 to help organisations host events to

generate new ideas and connect with fellow entrepreneurs. Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said Small Business Month provided an opportunity for hardworking small business owners by offering events that teach new skills and inspire new ideas. The theme of 2022 Small Business Month is Rebuild, Recharge, Renew, which reflects the Government’s determination

to help small businesses recover and build a brighter, stronger future. “The skills, resilience and ambitionofNSWsmallbusinesses are vital to our economy and our communities,” Crouch said.” Business NSW Central Coast Regional Director, Paula Martin, said Small Business Month was renowned for helping to generate new product ideas or to help businesses connect to new

business opportunities. “On the Coast more than 70 per cent of our business community is made up of micro and small businesses,” she said. “This cohort has done it very tough over the past three months and they need ongoing support to continue investing in their business and creating jobs. “It’s good to see Business Chambers included as potential delivery partners as they are in

the best position to deliver business support appropriate to the town centres they serve,” Martin said. Applications for event grants must be submitted by December 10withorganisationsencouraged to get online, review the grant guidelines and start preparing applications now. Grants are competitive and applications will be assessed against the published criteria.

The events must adhere to the relevant NSW Health advice, including having a COVID-safety plan, registration of all attendees, limiting the number of people in the venue, and attendees to remain seated as required at all events. For more information go online to smallbusinessmonth.nsw.gov. au Terry Collins

Land shortage sees prices soar The cost of buying a block of residential land soared on the Central Coast in the June quarter and the number of sales fell considerably, a new report shows. Housing Industry Association (HIA) Hunter Executive Director, Craig Jennion, said the latest HIA-CoreLogic Residential Land Report shows that compared to the March 2021 quarter the number of residential land sales in the June quarter decreased by

49.27 per cent on the Coast. By comparison, sales fell by 42.38 per cent in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie and 16.5 per cent in the Hunter Valley. “This data, combined with an increase in land prices, reflects a shortage of land following the surge in demand after the announcement of HomeBuilder last year,” Jennion said. “The median lot price on the Central Coast in the June quarter was $380,000, a 9.35 per cent increase over the previous quarter.”

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie saw a 18.57 per cent increase while the Hunter Valley saw a 0.46 per cent fall. “The median lot prices however do not account for differences in the characteristics of the lots being traded, such as their size,” Jennion said. “As a result, a more appropriate approach is to use price per square metre to track land value. “The median price per square metre for the Central Coast was $790, an increase of 4.22 per

cent from the March quarter. “The median price per square metre for Newcastle and Lake Macquarie was $764, an increase of 30.15 per cent from the March quarter. “All locations remain affordable in comparison to Sydney, the most expensive capital city in the country, which recorded a median square metre price of $1,412.” The report also found that the Central Coast has the eighth smallest median lot size of regional areas at 519 square metres during the March

quarter. In contrast, the median block size coming to market in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie was 570 square metres and 604 square metres in the Hunter Valley. “The significant reduction in sales and an increase in price for residential land has not just occurred on the Central Coast and in the Hunter,” Jennion said. “We have seen the median price in Greater Sydney increase by 11 per cent and the number of sales fall 48.28 per

cent in the June quarter. “The process of turning a paddock into ‘shovel ready’ land can take over a decade in Australia. “As a result, it is difficult for land supply to respond to changes in the short term and we are starting to see the impact of this with the increase in prices.” Source: Media release, Oct 27 Housing Industry Association Hunter

Business lobby talks up Gosford ‘refresh’ A re-focus on Gosford city and waterfront could be a major factor in attracting large-scale events to the region, according to Central Coast Business NSW. Regional Manager, Paula Martin, said she welcomed the recent announcement of a State Government $200M Recovery Package for Regional NSW designed to support events, shows and festivals and said Gosford could be key to attracting funds. “A thriving region has a vibrant city at its centre but the lockdowns have severely impacted our city and it needs a refresh,” she said.

“We have planned our city many times and we know what needs to be done. “It’s time to get serious and accelerate investment into our city so we … become an attractive investment option for business.” Martin said the region was home to more than 1000 artists and performers who have seen their industry on its knees during pandemic lockdowns. “It is vital we reinvigorate this industry to offer young aspiring performers and artists a careers pathway as well as provide our community with events to look forward to,” Martin said.

“As restrictions ease thanks to the collective efforts of our community to get vaccinated, we can now focus on investment strategies to bring structured events to the region including encouraging businesses to have their business events on the Central Coast. “The Coast is in a prime position to be the most attractive destination for events, tourism experiences and festivals outside of Sydney. “No other region offers the combination of beautiful waterways, beaches, bushland options and accessibility by road and rail the way the Central Coast

does. “We need to remember that regional competition is going to be fierce so getting on the front foot will be key.” Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW, Paul Toole, said the package would deliver long term support and certainty for businesses as the state reopens, tourism rebounds and investors eye new opportunities. “The package includes $25M to help regional councils stage events such as festivals that help drive tourism and allow locals to reconnect,” he said. “Immediate financial support will also be provided for country

shows to be held in 2021-2022. “Country shows have been disrupted by drought, bushfire, floods and COVID-19 and (a $5M investment) will help agricultural show societies come back bigger and better than ever, in the lead up to the 2022 Royal Easter Show.” Toole said successful projects in round one of the Regional Job Creation Fund would be announced in coming weeks. “This package has laid the foundations for a strong recovery for regional NSW and I look forward to making further funding announcements in the coming weeks that will ensure the

regions bounce back better than ever,” he said. The newly announced package includes: $30M for the Regional Job Creation Fund Round Two; a $50M Regional Events Package, including a $20M Regional Events Acceleration Fund Round Two, a $5M Country Shows support package and a $25M Reconnecting Regional NSW Community Events Package; and $40M for priority infrastructure projects. Further announcements will be made with respect to the remaining $80M. Terry Collins

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A quarter of young Aussies are still riding blind when it comes to their superannuation, according to research from share trading platform Superhero. The survey of 4000 Aussies found that half are in a high growth or growth investment option when it comes to their super, while 17% didn’t know what investment option they were in and this statistic increases to a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds (24%). “It’s not a surprise that our customers see growth as a priority when it comes to superannuation but it is shocking to think that so many don’t know what their super is being invested in,” says Superhero co-founder

and CEO John Winters. “A lack of engagement is clear as we found that over half of respondents (52%) don’t know how much they’re paying in fees to their current super fund.” The research also found a divide between the types investments younger and older Aussies put their super towards. Sixty nine per cent of those surveyed aged between 18 and 44 prefer to invest their super in exchange traded funds (ETFs), while three quarters of 18-to 34-year-olds (73%) and 66% of 35- to 44-year-olds enjoy the diversity and flexibility ETFs allow. “We’ve learnt that our customers want increased control and flexibility when it comes to how their superannuation is invested,”

says Winters. “ETFs themselves are a great way to have multiple bites of the cherry when it comes to investing as they’re made up of several different assets. The data also found that younger Aussies aged between 25 and 34 are interested in investing their super in crypto (28%) compared to those over 55 (15%). “Crypto is an interesting one too - it’s obviously a newer form of investment and younger Aussies clearly see the potential.” REBALANCING Superannuation is not a set-andforget proposition. While you don’t want to treat it as a day trading exercise, periodic rebalancing will help you maintain your investment strategy and current risk appetite. “When it comes to superannuation for young people, the number one determinant of long-term riskadjusted returns is your asset

allocation, which means how you choose to invest the money held within your super fund,” says James Millard, adviser at Sufficient Funds. You can choose to invest across cash, bonds, shares, property and infrastructure, all of

which carry varying levels of risk. “You should set your ideal asset allocation based on your tolerance of risk as an investor, which for young people is generally higher as they have time on their side, often having decades until

their super can be accessed.” Changes in the value of your assets will eventually result in being overweight or underweight in various asset classes, as defined by your target asset allocation. First the question of when to rebalance. Some investors have a ‘trigger point’; say, when an asset class shifts by more than 10% away from its target weight. Alternatively, investors can rebalance periodically. “An annual review and rebalance is generally okay,” says Millard. “Most young people’s risk profile, especially for superannuation, won’t change much from 18 to 40 but the choice of assets within their portfolio and ensuring this remains in line with their goals is key.” Then it’s a question of how to rebalance. There are multiple approaches. You can inject more cashflow into underweight asset classes, transfer funds from overweight to underweight asset classes, and reinvest dividends. DAVID THORNTON

The super funds that have slashed their fees Six in 10 default MySuper products reduced fees in 2020-21, with fees now averaging 1% overall. The average default MySuper product now charges 1.08%, down from 1.13% the previous year. The total expense ratio for notfor-profit and retail funds is now 1.07% and 1.08%, respectively. This level of interest has seen the market for responsible investments (including super) soar to be

worth $1281 billion in 2020, up from $983 billion in 2019. There is also no difference in the total fee ratio for single strategy and lifecycle products. According to the analysis, UniSuper has the cheapest total expense ratio for a public offer product at 0.65%. This is followed by Bendigo SSSE and AMG Corporate, both on 0.70%, and Virgin Super Employer (0.73%) and QSuper Accumulation (0.74%). The top 10 are rounded out

by Suncorp ESB (0.77%), AustralianSuper (0.77%), AMIST Super (0.81%), Rest (0.89%) and EISS Super (0.89%). The fee cuts follow years of regulatory scrutiny and increased competition, with Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin saying driving fees down is the retail sector’s way of competing with the not-for-profit sector. Retail fund admin fees were 3.5 times that of not-for-profit

funds in 2010. This ratio has now halved but remains at 2.0 times, he says. “The cheapest retail funds are now as low-cost as the cheapest not-for-profit funds. Four of the 10 cheapest MySuper products are retail,” Dunnin says. The average Australian now pays about $2200 in super fees per annum, which is a slight increase in dollar terms. However, the average account balance has also increased, particularly after the record-

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breaking returns most super funds saw last year. With investment costs being a major contributor to overall fees, Rainmaker predicts continued pressure to keep fees low will see super funds rethinking their investment strategies, even indexing large portions of funds under management. At present, indexed super options charge an average of just 0.12%. “This pressure on super fund fees, if it stays on its

current track, could mean that in five years’ time, average super fund fees could be as low as 0.85%. Australia’s sharpest priced funds by then could be charging total fees below 0.5%,” Dunnin says. “If this was to happen, Australia could be on track to have one of the best-value superannuation fund systems in the world.” Rainmaker’s annual fee study looked at 2683 fee options across 175 products. JAMIE WILLIAMSON

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GP says practices need more support to deliver COVID boosters Erina-based doctor, Elly Warren, has backed calls from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) for more help for GPs ahead of the rollout of COVID-19 booster shots from November 8, amid fears local medical practices will be overwhelmed. Warren said more financial assistance and clearer communication were vital to the success of the rollout. “We’ve been working so hard to get the vaccination roll-out done over the past few months,” she said. “There has been a huge strain on general practices since the pandemic started – constantly adapting to changing guidelines to keep the community safe. “So much extra staffing and infrastructure has been needed – everyone has been running Saturday and evening clinics to keep up. “As we approach the end of a very long, hard year of COVID testing and vaccination, the beginning of the booster rollout on November 8 is going to add even more strain.” Warren said GPs were disappointed that remuneration

for booster shots will be lower than doctors have been getting for doses one and two. “We are losing a practice incentive payment-which has been important to cover extra infrastructure costs,” she said. “So much cost has been incurred by general practices in hiring tents and marquees to cater for vaccination and hiring extra staff to cope. “Most practices I have spoken to have barely been breaking even during the rollout. “They are facing a financial blowout if they don’t get more funding. “We need that COVID-19 Vaccine General Practice Incentive of $10 to continue for the booster rollout.” Warren said administration costs at practices had skyrocketed with extra staff needed to put in place recall systems where patients can be reminded to have their booster shot on time and to field multiple phone calls from confused and concerned patients. Better communication was key, with practices given no firm dates for beginning the booster rollout. “We’ve been given a starting

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date of November 8 but the details are patchy,” she said. “Most of our information has come through the media and not through formal networks. “Many practices have doses of Pfizer which will expire on November 5 and need advice on whether we can use those early. “We should be starting to do it now but have had no word from government that is OK.” Warren said with GPs administering hundreds of thousands of vaccinations to date, other basic medical services such as cancer screening and heart and lung health had suffered. “Some practices have had to

prioritise vaccines over general care,” she said. Warren, who also works for Yerin Aboriginal Health Services at Wyong one day a week and is working on a research project on ways to improve breast screening participation for Aboriginal women, said she was concerned that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of the Coast was still 25 per cent behind the rest of the population in getting doubly vaccinated. She urged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people who have yet to be vaccinated to contact Yerin as a matter of urgency. RACGP welcomed a package

of new measures rolled out by the Federal Government but said more needed to be done to ease the burden on GPs. The measures include: the national network of Primary Health Networks (PHNs) providing GPs responsible for supervising COVID-19-positive patients with pulse oximeters, which are small devices usually placed on a person’s fingertip to measure oxygen saturation; a new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item of $25 to provide support to general practices for the additional cost of treating COVID-19-positive patients face-to-face while maintaining COVID-19-safe infection prevention and controls; and the operation of 150 GP-led respiratory clinics being extended to June 30, 2022. RACGP, President Karen Price, said cases were certain to spike as restrictions eased. “Our hospitals are already under enormous pressure, including caring for unvaccinated patients suffering from severe effects of COVID-19,” she said. “So, it’s vital we do everything we can to keep patients out of hospital and that includes

caring for people with COVID-19 in the community where possible. “We must make sure we have the right systems in place to help the growing numbers of patients who will contract the virus and require careful monitoring.” She said it was vital GPs were kept in the loop. “We need to be told right away when one of our patients tests positive to COVID-19, not days or weeks later,” she said. While the new MBS item will help offset the cost of having controls in place and the extension of GP-led respiratory clinics was welcome, it was disappointing the new measures did not include any new funding for practices delivering boosters, she said. “If practices did have access to what we call ‘Level C’ Medicare rebates, which are for consultations lasting at least 20 minutes, for these booster vaccines – that would make a real difference. “Extra funding often allows practices to run additional vaccination clinics, including on weekends and after-hours.” Terry Collins

App now alerts users to exposure sites Central Coast residents can now check possible COVID-19 exposure sites more easily through a new alert on the Service NSW app. The push notifications are in addition to the red icon that appears in the check-in history of a person who has been to a venue on the same day as a confirmed COVID-19 case.

People who receive a push notification or see a COVID-19 case alert in their check-in history should monitor for symptoms and get tested immediately if they feel unwell. They do not need to selfisolate, unless contacted by NSW Health. Minister for Digital and Customer Service, Victor Dominello, said that with more

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Counselling service urges governments to spend more Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW) is calling for more financial help from the NSW and Federal Government for counselling services which it says are “at crisis point”. RANSW CEO, Elisabeth Shaw, said the not-for-profit organisation, which has an office in Gosford, has seen a staggering increase in demand for our counselling services since the pandemic began.

“People across the Central Coast are crying out for help as the combination of lockdowns, financial pressures and close confinement with partners has created extremely stressful situations,” she said. “It’s important that people are reaching out for help; but not being able to provide the support they need once they’ve asked is a real problem.” Shaw said in the past three years RANSW had seen a 2,200 per cent increase in clients on

its waitlists for counselling services. “Our counselling services are at a crisis point and we are asking for help,” she said. “Despite this increase in demand, there has been no corresponding increase in funding for our services, beyond some emergency support in some quarters. “People enrol in a counselling service because they are at breaking point.

“Waiting months to see someone is unacceptable and can have a devastating effect on the person and their family.” Shaw said that based on client caseload and waitlist data at its current trajectory, without extra funding, by June 2022, the average waitlist will increase from 503 to 2,147 people, waiting 66 days for their first session. “Our counsellors have reported that the most commonly presented issues

are violence, coercive control, and increased relationship pressures – all linked to the pandemic and its impacts,” she said. “My fear is we don’t have the full picture yet. “The impacts of the pandemic are not fully realised and there are lot of people in trouble out there. “Relationships Australia NSW is one of the biggest providers of counselling services, but

we’re not the only one, and I know we’re not alone in experiencing this issue. “Many people in the government, private sector and not-for-profit sectors are talking the talk about mental health and relationships now – probably more than ever. “Now it’s time for the NSW and Federal Governments to talk with their purse strings. “The helpers need help.” Terry Collins

Breastscreen services resume BreastScreen NSW is back at selected clinics on the Central Coast following a temporary suspension of services in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The service resumed at the Fortunity Building, The Entrance Rd, Erina, on November 2 and will return to Charmhaven Shopping Village from Tuesday, November 9. The Mobile Screening van currently at Bateau Bay will recommence from Tuesday, November 9, at The Entrance Leagues Club. BreastScreen NSW will be

contacting women who had their appointments cancelled during the temporary suspension as a priority. BreastScreen NSW Northern Sydney and Central Coast Director, Meredith Kay, said women who had their appointments cancelled should wait to be contacted before calling the service. “We are asking the community to be patient as we work through our priority bookings,” she said. “Please hold off on contacting us unless you have received an invitation to screen. “Our staff are working tirelessly

to ensure women can rebook their breast screen as soon as possible.” BreastScreen NSW has implemented COVID-19 safe measures at its clinics and mobile screening vans to protect women, staff and the wider community, with all staff doubly vaccinated. Clients are required to wear a mask to their appointment, to come alone and to reschedule appointments if they have any COVID symptoms. Breastscreen NSW urged women experiencing breast symptoms to see their regular doctor or health professional

without delay to get a referral for diagnostic testing, which continues to be the nationally recommended pathway for symptomatic women. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, welcomed the return of the service, after agitating for it to come back during the lockdown. “Every year more than 20,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer with almost half of those detected in the BreastScreen NSW program,” Tesch said. “That’s why I’m encouraging women not to put off their regular check-up.

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improve blood flow and remove waste products from the system. We have to breathe anyway, so why not make it purposeful? A great breathing exercise that is easy to remember is the square breath. Square Breathing Inhale slowly through the nose counting to four. Hold breath in counting to four. Exhale through the mouth counting to four. Hold breath out counting to four. Repeat for ten cycles. Prioritise hydration On rising, drink a large glass of warm or room temperature water with the juice of half a lemon. You could even make a rehydrating tea by mixing 1 tablespoon of honey, 1/4 tsp salt and a small squeeze of lemon in a 250ml warm water to get your digestive juices flowing and your daily hydration kick started. Swap your morning coffee for a herbal tea, cacao or chai. If you can’t manage this every day (I’m right there with you!), aim for even 1-2 times per week. Many herbal teas can be useful in facilitating a spring clean such as: • Dandelion root (great for liver support) • Dandelion leaf (a gentle diuretic) • Nettle (lymphatic and antiallergy support) • Calendula (lymphatic and anti-oxidant) Ensure you drink at least 2L of filtered water each day to help your elimination channels (liver, bowel, lymph, skin) to flush out any toxins. Incorporate herbal medicine Herbal medicine is a gentle

and effective way of supporting the body all year round, and many of our herbal friends can particularly help us to cleanse for spring! In herbal medicine traditions, it is believed that many of the remedies that you need surround you in your environment at the right time - so it is no surprise that come spring, the humble dandelion appears in abundance. This mineral dense herb is the perfect cleansing companion the root supports the liver and the gall bladder, while the leaves are great as a gentle diuretic, releasing fluid retention and nourishing the kidneys. This gentle, but powerful herb can also work as a blood cleanser and to support our digestion - the perfect remedy for moving the sluggish Winter congestion. Nettle, the abundant weed, is a fantastic blood building tonic, helping to improve fatigue and support the repletion of many nutrients. The leaf is primarily the part of the plant that is used (careful if you’re harvesting it yourself!) and is strongly indicated to support kidney and lymphatic function. It is also a natural anti-histamine and gentle diuretic - amazing for clearing stagnation and improving vitality. Calendula, with its bright yellow flowers, is fantastic for lifting those winter blues. Like dandelion and nettle, it’s great for moving stagnation, particularly in a sluggish lymphatic system, while also supporting both the liver and the bowel to gently detoxify. How to incorporate herbal medicine We can incorporate herbal medicine into our springtime regime in many ways - whether

it’s with herbal tinctures, teas, essential oils, poultices, flower essences and even in our food. That said, it’s important not to self-prescribe herbs (or other supplements for that matter), unless in the form of teas or culinary herbs. Always seek guidance from a qualified herbal medicine practitioner. If you are looking for some herbal teas to support you through Spring, you will often find a great selection in health food stores, some larger supermarkets, or online. Ensure you steep your tea from 10-20 minutes in order to maximise the extraction of active constituents to achieve the most therapeutic benefit. Freshen up your diet Avoid foods that are heavy, cold and difficult to digest such as wheat, dairy, fried or oily foods and large portions of meat. While these foods are fine in moderation and can be more grounding in winter, it is important to eat with the seasons and move toward a lighter and more vibrant way of eating in Spring. Include leafy greens and herbs in abundance, opt for a variety of colours of fruits and veggies with each meal, and began to weave in more raw foods where possible. A sample day of eating cook look something like: Breakfast - Spring veggie omelette with asparagus, spinach and fresh herbs, or Bircher muesli with fresh fruit Lunch - Salmon salad with pickled veg, roast sweet potato and leafy greens or rice paper rolls with tofu and peanuts Dinner - Chicken stir fry with a rainbow of veggies, rice noodles and basil or burrito bowls with fresh salad, Mexican beans and quinoa You may also like to incorporate smoothies or fresh juices to increase both hydration and nutrients throughout your day. Increase your consumption of fibre from foods like chia seeds, flaxseeds, psyllium husk and vegetables to help bind with toxins in the gut and excrete them through the bowel. These can easily be added to smoothies, or consumed through foods like chia pudding, home-made granola and veggie loaded salads!

KATE HOLM Move your body gently and joyfully Exercise is a very important element of any cleansing regimen - it is also the perfect way to wake your body up from the hibernation of Winter. Exercise increases the delivery of oxygen to your tissues and raises your metabolism to be more efficient at breaking down and eliminating toxins. Take it easy at first if you are not already exercising. It will be much more sustainable to start slowly and gradually build up intensity as your body can tolerate it, rather than trying to push yourself as hard as you can go. Listen to your body and choose exercise that is mindful and fun! Some ideas include: • Yoga • Dancing • Swimming •W alking with friends •H ula hooping • Anything that you enjoy and feel good doing! Aim to increase ways to sweat where possible - the skin is the largest organ of detoxification so every time you sweat you are helping facilitate your Spring cleanse. Go mindfully and intentionally. Allow yourself to wake from the winter hibernation gently and employ some (or all!) of the strategies above to support your body to cleanse and recharge through Spring. You can follow Kate and Holism Health Co. on Facebook and Instagram, or book Naturopathic support at www. holismhealth.co. She also runs a postpartum meal delivery service to support women and their babies to thrive in their precious postpartum period and beyond.

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New RYSS Centre officially opens Regional Youth Support Services (RYSS) has officially opened its new centre in Gosford after a 12-month delay. A ceremony to mark the occasion was held on November 3 at the office in Erina St, with NSW Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services, Alister Henskens, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, cutting the ribbon. Also present at the opening were Director of Commissioning and Planning NSW Department of Communities and Justice,

Susan Mullard, and Community Bank Bendigo representative, Michael Bell. RYSS CEO, Kim McLoughry, said it was exciting to be opening the new space. “We’ve been waiting for 12 months on our new premises so it’s exciting to have the Minister here today,” she said. “We run early intervention services,we have an Indigenous Justice program, we have an NDIS Disability Support service and a whole range of youth support activities here in the community. “At any one time, we have 200 kids on our books that

we’re supporting and doing case management, and [providing] different types of supports.” Before the move, RYSS was located in the Parkside building in Donnison St, which is to be redeveloped as a regional library. RYSS is the largest local youth and family service in the region. Other services offered include The Bus outreach, school interventions and GenQ, a safe place for young people aged 12-17 who identify as sexually and gender diverse. Harry Mulholland

NAISDA end of year performance to be live streamed NAISDA Dance College, Australia’s national performing arts training organisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, will present its end of year performance yadhaba ngura on November 19 from 7pm via a free livestream event. The show will honour the 2021 NAIDOC theme of Heal Country. Yadhaba ngura is directed by NAISDA Physical Theatre Unit Manager, Angie Diaz, with cultural dance under the direction of NAISDA Head of Cultural Practice, Jo Clancy, and NAISDA Cultural Tutors, Stuart McMinn, Dujon Niue and Berthalia Reuben. Diaz said the performance celebrates a return to live, learn

and dance on Darkinjung Land following lockdown. “yadhaba ngura, meaning get well land in Darkinjung language, features a vibrant collection of cultural and contemporary dance and physical theatre works exploring Country, truth telling and our life journey,” Diaz said. NAISDA CEO, Kim Walker, said that livestreaming presents the opportunity to connect with communities and audiences as well as the NAISDA community across Australia. “We wanted to keep this a free event so we can come together as a community, and virtually share our skills, stories and rich creative expression,” Walker said. As for many in the arts and training industries, a second

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Year 12 students interested in working in the infrastructure industry can apply for a two-year paid traineeship through the NSW Government. The Infrastructure Traineeship Program will provide participants with experience across government and private sectors while they complete a qualification. The program, run by School Infrastructure NSW, is a collaboration between NSW Government infrastructure agencies and approved industry partners, providing Year 12 graduates with officebased rotations between government agencies,

contractors and consultants. Last year was the program’s first intake, with 2,200

applications received for 137 traineeship positions across the state.

NSW Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell, said that the opportunity was there for a

school leaver to step into a paid role within the industry. “It’s rare to see an opportunity as comprehensive as this for students straight out of school,” Mitchell said. “Not only will the traineeship provide practical industry experience and networks across multiple sectors; students will also come out with a qualification, all while getting paid.” Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, Geoff Lee, said that in addition to their practical work experience, trainees would receive free training from TAFE NSW in courses such as project management and procurement, First Aid and

White Card accreditation. “This is an opportunity for school leavers to gain real world, practical skills so they are equipped for jobs and are part of the long-term economic prosperity in their local region,” Lee said. Applications for the 2022 intake are now open and Year 12 school leavers can find out more and apply for the program at https://education.nsw.gov. au/public-schools/career-andstudy-pathways/ infrastructure-traineeships. Source: Media release, Oct 29 NSW Government

Free training offered to fill hospitality vacancies Whether it’s a first job or a career change, the NSW Government is out to attract job seekers on the Central Coast with free training opportunities designed to help fill skill shortages in the hospitality sector. The NSW Government announced around 3,000 free training places across 29 different courses now available to study at TAFE across NSW and other registered training providers, including barista training, safe food handling, responsible services of alcohol and introduction to cooking courses.

NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, said the free training would help attract more workers to hospitality venues, at a critical time in the sector’s recovery from the pandemic. “People from all over the State are lining up to get into pubs and clubs and we want to support those businesses with enthusiastic and skilled staff. “We know businesses are struggling without the international workforce they depend on pre-lockdown. “That’s why opportunities like this are so valuable, filling labour gaps and giving jobseekers the opportunity of a bright future in hospitality,”

Perrottet said. Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, Geoff Lee, said the sector had been calling out for help to staff venues, and the NSW Government is responding.

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“We’ve opened the doors to the state, and now we want to equip the sector with the confidence to thrive with the rest of the economy. “This training not only helps businesses staff venues, but it

also opens up career opportunities for people looking to make their start in the once again booming hospitality industry. “There are great career pathways in hospitality, today’s bartender or wait staff can become tomorrow’s pub, bar or restaurant owner,” Lee said. Australian Hotels Association Chief Executive, John Whelan said the training had come at the right time as pubs and restaurants dial up business. “The NSW Government is to be congratulated. “This comprehensive program provides the skills to build a new era of hospitality,

both school leavers and those looking for a career change,” Whelan said. Today’s announcement complements the free training already being funded under the joint State and Federal JobTrainer program. To enrol in a free TAFE hospitality course, visit https:// www.tafensw.edu.au/skillsserved-up. To explore other free hospitality courses available to study, visit https://bit. ly/3GpNEKW. Source: Media release, Oct 31 NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet

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A great winter in the water OCEAN SWIMMING Members of the Terrigal Ocean Swimmers (TOS), Toowoon Bay Ocean Swimmers (TBOS) and Peninsula Ocean Swimmers (POS), should be all set for a summer in the water after taking part in an ocean swimming challenge to stay active during lockdown. The challenge, which ran from May 1 to September 1, saw participants swim 20 times in the ocean through winter to receive a badge. A total of 87 swimmers signed up and recorded 3201 swims during the challenge. Event organiser Chris Young said it was an amazing effort from all participants. “[A] huge fist-bump out to everyone who participated, from one swim to 120 swims in skins or wetsuits it’s been a great winter in the water,” Young said in a statement. “To the 66 swimmers who

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have earned their Winter Swim badge – very well done, I hope you wear them with pride. “Special thanks to Paul, Nana and Susan, for all they do to support Open Water Swimming and their countless efforts. You guys are amazing.” Young said a number of participants also received different badges for their success in the challenge, with

Matt Bradley and Max Grady (POS) taking out the top spot for the most swims at 120 apiece. Bradley didn’t miss one day of the challenge and opted to swim throughout the winter with no wetsuit. He said it was a very challenging but enjoyable experience. “There were days when it was raining sideways … it

teaches you to be alive and to experience life,” Bradley said. “It became a fun adventure to turn up in the mornings when it was dark, and the sun hadn’t crested above the horizons. “It was a really good crew that we built up; it was just amazing to watch people change during the challenge, people saying it was too hard, too cold at first, and then they

started to enjoy it. “We inspired people and we also got inspired from other people as well … it’s a positive feedback loop. “It’s amazing what you can do when you’ve got that support around you. “It [was] a really great way to start the day every morning and I don’t think I’ve missed a day since the challenge ended

– it’s become a really good habit.” Bradley said the challenge has also shown him the health benefits of cold-water immersion. “There are so many benefits from being in the water and immersing yourself … the health benefits are enormous, but there’s also social [benefits], exercises and the chance to get out there and breathe fresh air,” he added. “It was also a good counter against the stay-at-home orders during lockdown … we could go out to exercise. “It was an opportunity to see people every day. “It was awesome.” A summer swimming challenge is to be hosted soon. For more information, contact Chris Young at the Central Coast Open Water Swimming Association at COSAmailbox@ gmail.com Maisy Rae

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Nipper programs are returning to Central Coast beaches to deliver surf education and beach awareness education to children. Surf Life Saving Central Coast (SLSCC) will host a launch of the programs on Sunday, November 7, at Copacabana Surf Life Saving Club from 9:30am. Water safety is an integral part of living on the Coast and Nippers is for anyone aged between five and 14. Surf Life Saving Nipper programs run across all 15 surf

clubs in the region offering children the opportunity to learn the skills that will keep them safe around water and could one day save a life. A spokesperson for SLSCC said the skills and concepts learnt at Nippers include how to spot a rip, basic first aid, sun safety, water skills and beach safety. “Nippers provides participants with skills to be leaders within the community and continues to develop these long after graduating,” the spokesperson said. “Surf Life Saving Central Coast is a great community organisation that provides

rewarding opportunities for members and the community. “To support the development of skills regular junior carnivals are held for our Nippers to test their skills and knowledge of the surf. “Each event is designed to test specific lifesaving skills that could be used to perform a rescue in any body of water. “Our junior carnivals would not be possible without the support of Newcastle Permanent Building Society and Freemasons on the Central Coast.” Source: Media release, Nov 3 Surf Life Saving Central Coast

Family bowls day to go ahead in December LAWN 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

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Two victories for Thunder and Smith

Lauren Smith (left) celebrating the weekend’s wins with her Sydney Thunder teammates

CRICKET Fortunes have turned for Sydney Thunder and North Gosford’s Lauren Smith in the WBBL with their first two wins of the season one after the other, October 30 and 31. The double weekend fixtures saw the squad face Melbourne Stars on Saturday afternoon then Hobart Hurricanes the following morning, and Smith excelled with challenging bowling and a firm catch in game two. First batting against the Stars, the early strength of Tahlia Wilson granted Thunder 53 runs from as many balls, with Phoebe Litchfield following this up with 49 runs from 42. An overall innings of 133/5 kept Smith warm on the benches without a bat and her main contribution became her

fielding efforts. For her single over as bowler, Smith frustrated Erin Osborne and Kim Garth who scored only two and one runs each. Needing 25 runs from the final over, the Stars had too much ground to cover and reached an end score of 114/8. This opening victory of the season was well timed for Thunder ahead of their second weekend fixture against the Hurricanes, only a little more than 12 hours later. Again batting first, Smriti Mandhana gave the team the early leg up with a half-century from 50 balls and not one run more. An overall 146/6 meant Smith missed out on batting once more, but on the field she was responsible for putting away an in-form Mignon du Preez, who had reached 41 runs from 39

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0023 1.34 0239 1.24 0128 1.27 0554 0.54 0654 0.62 0802 0.68 WED THU 1228 1.87 1328 1.76 1434 1.66 1925 0.31 2033 0.37 2140 0.41 0055 0.44 0129 0.44 0200 0.46 0714 1.55 0751 1.62 0825 1.68 1329 0.53 WED 1412 0.48 THU 1451 0.45 1925 1.45 2005 1.42 2044 1.39

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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Brisbane Water make emphatic return to first grade

CRICKET After a two-year absence from the first grade competition, Brisbane Water made an emphatic return with a 25-run win over Southern Spirit at Col Gooley Field on Saturday, October 30. After winning the toss and batting, Brisbane Water skipper, Shaun Eaton, led from the front to make the top score of the match with 45. Pranish Rai held the middle order together with 34 while a late flourish from Dane Crocker dismissed the visitors in the final over for 142. Lachlan Cork took 5/20 off eight overs while Lachlan Bull took early wickets to finish with 2/28. In reply, Southern Spirit got off to a good start and looked

comfortable before the introduction of Lachlan Spencer changed the course of the innings. Spencer took three quick wickets including the prized scalp of Daniel Friend, which was followed immediately by the run out of Shane Higgins. The home side was suddenly struggling at 5/52. After starring with the ball, Cork was now being relied upon with the bat, however when he was dismissed for a resolute 41, the game was over, and Spirit ended up being all out for 117. Spencer finished with 3/25 off seven overs whilst Lewis Cavender did the damage at the end, including claiming the wicket of Cork, to record the figures of 3/7 off five overs. The local derby between Narara Wyoming and Lisarow

Ourimbah also went down to the wire with Narara Wyoming winning by two wickets at Fagan Park. After being sent in to bat, Lisarow Ourimbah found scoring tough after losing two early wickets. Ben Sunshine was able to up the ante last in the innings to see the score to 7/114 off their 40 overs. Sunshine finished unbeaten on 34 whilst Blair Lindsay chipped in with 21. Kieran Lawson was the pick of the bowlers with 3/22 off eight overs. Narara Wyoming were cautious in the chase and looked in trouble at 8/105 however the experience of Andy Ryan saw the Lions home with the veteran finishing unbeaten on 43. Spinners, Blair Lindsay 2/12,

and Ben Doyle 2/17 on debut were effective for the Magpies while NSW Country quick, Scott Burkinshaw took two wickets. Last season’s runner ups, Terrigal Matcham, achieved a comfortable eight wicket win over Warnervale at Duffys Rd. After winning the toss and batting, Warnervale were dismissed for 97 with skipper, Scott Atkinson, top scoring on 19 and coach, Kaine Harmsworth, chipping in with 17. Last year’s leading wicket taker, Josh Bridge, took up where he left off last year, taking 3/14 while former Sydney opening bowler, James Kennedy, finished with identical figures in a promising sign for the Bellbirds. Terrigal Matcham had little trouble scoring the required runs inside 23 overs to claim a

bonus point. Lloyd Radcliffe led the way with an unbeaten 47 with Harry Brien and Kristian Mitchell both scoring 20. Kincumber Avoca proved too strong for Northern Power at Harry Moore Oval winning by seven wickets. Winning the toss and batting, Northern Power, apart from a 36-run second wicket partnership between Jeremy O’Connell and Josh Abel, failed to gain the ascendancy eventually being dismissed for 111. For Kincumber Avoca, Jack Heuston, debutant Liam Shearer and Steve McCabe all took two wickets. In reply, an opening partnership of 59 between Tim Allard and Harry Woodhead set the Griffens on the way to victory before the evergreen

Shaun Robertson saw the club completed, finishing unbeaten on 28. In round two this weekend: on Saturday, November 6, Wyong will face Narara at Baker Park; Lisarow will play Northern Power at Sohier Park No.1; Kincumber will battle Southern Spirit at Erina Oval; Brisbane Water will face Terrigal at Adcock Park No.1; and Warnervale with play The Entrance at Woongarrah Oval. On Sunday, November 7: Warnervale will face Wyong at Woongarrah Oval; The Entrance will play Brisbane Water at Jubilee Park; Terrigal will face Kincumber at Duffys Rd; Southern Spirit will battle Lisarow at Col Gooley Field No.1; and Northern Power will take on Narara at Harry Moore Oval 1. Harry Mulholland

Resounding wins and thrilling tie mark return of women’s cricket CRICKET Round one of the Central Coast Cricket Association Women’s First Grade saw Wyong, Lisarow Ourimbah White and Terrigal Matcham securing wins on

October 30, while Kincumber Avoca and Northern Power Orange had a thrilling tie. At Terrigal Haven, Northern Power Orange batted first and put together a competitive

3/162 from their 20 overs with captain Sam Thomas leading the way on 48, ably supported by Crystal Osbourne with 39 and Renee Beattie with 22. Chasing a large total did not deter Kincumber Avoca, as

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youngsters, Sophie McCrae and Layla Graham, scored 48 and 32 runs respectively to put the side on the right track, with skipper Veronica Brown also bringing in 20. Kincumber needed 16 off the last four overs, but Thomas and Kerry Seymour were able to restrict the Kincumber batting to needing two runs off the final ball of which they scored one to tie the match. Defending premiers, Wyong got their premiership defence off to a winning start defeating Narara Wyoming by 26 runs at Carrington St Oval. Batting first with Ebonie Leard (37) and young gun Eliza Thompson (34), supported by Brittany Mortimer (22), leading the charge, Wyong put 2/130 runs on the board. In reply, Narara Wyoming finished with 6/104 with Ashley Owen and Emilie Stevens leading the way, and Chantelle Logan was the pick of the bowlers taking 2/24. In the battle of the two Lisarow sides, the Black team came out on top with 48 runs. With Black batting first, they got off to a good start with

Alyssa Andrews leading the way on 23 at the top of the order. Travelling well at 1/48, the introduction of youngster Anouk van’t Weld changed the complexion of the game completely. In the space of five overs, Lisarow Black had slumped to 6/55 with van’t Weld having the amazing figures of 5/9 off three overs. It was left to the Black team’s skipper, Danni Thorp, to resurrect the innings and she did that with aplomb batting out the remaining overs to finish unbeaten on 24, and her team at 6/84. Chasing 85 runs for victory, the White side were never in the chase, with Molly Kidd the only player to reach double figures. Andrews capped off a fantastic all-round performance with three quarters of three overs, whilst Jade Burkinshaw took 2/7 off her two overs. In the final game, Terrigal Matcham got their season off to a winning start with a 72-run win over Northern Power Blue at Tunkuwallin Oval.

Batting first was captain, Ella Merritt who got the side off to a perfect start with 48 before retiring. Emily Humphreys continued the fine work with 38 runs helping the team to 3/145 off their 20 overs. With the ball in hand, Humphreys made an immediate impact taking two wickets as Northern Power slumped to 4/8. Naomi Hepplewhite and Kestrel Gillies got the innings back on track with a partnership of 41 with the innings eventually ending after 20 overs at 7/73. Humphreys finished with 2/12, while Tara French was also excellent with 2/6 off four overs. The Entrance had a bye. In round two on November 6: Terrigal will take on Narara at Terrigal Haven, Lisarow White will battle Northern Power Blue at Lisarow Sports Field, Northern Power Orange will play Lisarow Black at Tunkawallin Park, The Entrance will face Kincumber at EDSACC North and Wyong has a bye. Harry Mulholland

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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. Whale sightings over the past week have been quite sporadic. One day we will be treated to as many as six mother and calf pairs, and the next day we are lucky to see a few blows on the horizon, but that’s the way things happen in the natural world. This year we have had over 40,000 humpback whales migrate along Australia’s East Coast. With Summer approaching it doesn’t mean the end of whale watching off the Central Coast. In the warmer months we may get to see Brydes Whales,

Sperm Whales, Striped and Pantropical Spotted Dolphins (along with our Bottlenose and Common Dolphins) and False Killer Whales. We have also, in the past, even had reports of Dugongs being spotted on the Central Coast in Summer. Some of our seal friends also find no need to head south, and will stay on our coastline all year round. This week sightings of whales and dolphins have come in from Foresters Lookout, Wamberal, Terrigal Haven, Avoca, Copacabana and Killcare. The Barrenjoey seal colony has 13 seals at the moment. If you’re planning to go whale watching, remember to comply with Health Regulations and police/government directions.

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Alan Davidson remembered Alan Davidson in 2014, inset and right photos: Davidson at the height of his career

CRICKET The Central Coast is mourning the loss of perhaps its most famous son following the death on October 30 of cricketing great, Alan Davidson, at the age of 92. As the world paid tribute this week to the all-rounder who was the first player to take 10 wickets and score a century in the same Test match, many may not have realised that he honed his skills on the family property at Lisarow, using an orange as a ball and handcrafting his own cricket pitch. Born at Lisarow in 1929, the left-handed batsman and bowler played for NSW from 1949-1963 and made his Test match debut for Australia in 1953, playing his last Test match in 1963. The son of Leslie Keith Davidson and Hilda Aileen Clifton, Davidson attended Lisarow Public School, where

one of the sport houses is still named in his honour, and by the age of nine, he was playing in the second division of the Gosford grade competition. Throughout his high school years, he represented Northern High Schools in the state combined public schools’ competition where he played against his future Test captain, Richie Benaud. During his teenage years, Davidson kept fit by working on the family property, chopping wood and carrying farm produce. After moving to Sydney at the age of 19, Davidson continued to be a frequent visitor the Central Coast. Consultant, Steve Chaddock, of Timeline Heritage interviewed Davidson just prior to the erection in 2013 of a major artwork at the Wyoming sports ground named in his honour – Alan Davidson Oval. The Art in Public Places –

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Yara Balba Stables – project was undertaken in partnership with the then Gosford City Council’s Public Spaces program. Chaddock remembers his meeting with the cricketing great fondly. “He was a gentleman and a gentle man,” Chaddock said. “He really enjoyed reminiscing about his childhood on the Central Coast. “I remember him telling me his family home was surrounded by orchards and he used to use an orange to practise catching.” He told me: “‘I used to pick these little green oranges off the tree at home and … I used to go in the cow paddock there and throw the orange up in the air and run after it and catch it. “And there was no way that that had hit the ground … and that’s why I believe there is no such thing as an impossible catch.”

Chaddock said Davidson told him he made a cricket pitch on the hillside in Dogtrap Rd using a pick, a shovel and a mattock, and fashioned his own stumps from gum tree branches. “He was known for his very old school style of delivery, with his chest facing the batsman,” Chaddock said. “He was a brilliant fielder as well (as a batsman and bowler) – partly because of that orange catching. “He also told me a story about how he held the ball when delivering it. “He said he was inspired by the way kangaroos use their tails to change direction – he would use his thumb on the ball using the same technique. “It is said that he was always the first player on the list when Richie Benaud captained the Test team because of his allround ability. “One of his most well-known

quotes was ‘Forget about winning – I just hate losing’.” Davidson’s ability to take improbable close-range catches earned him the nickname The Claw, which is reflected in the artwork at Alan Davidson Oval. Magrete Erling, who was responsible for creating the artwork, said she had tried to capture his Central Coast history. “The three large cricket stumps at the entry to the oval are made of timber rejected by a timber mill because they were a bit wonky – this reflects Davidson’s use of gum tree branches as stumps growing up,” she said. Each stump features one of Davidson’s most famous quotes, including ‘Inspiration comes from loving what you are doing’.” The artwork also features several large concrete cricket balls dotted around the oval and beside the stumps.

There are also a couple of concrete soccer balls placed throughout the oval to reflect the multiple sports played there. Davidson was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1962. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1964 and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1987. He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1988, the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2004, and the ICC Hall of Fame in 2011. He also received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000. Terry Collins

Central Coast Cricket will hold a minute’s silence prior to each of its matches on November 6 in honour of Davidson, who is a Central Coast Cricket Association Hall of Fame member.

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