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18 MARCH 2022

ISSUE 334

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Public Inquiry report released

Kariong Neighbourhood Centre (KNC) will soon have a new van, thanks to a $47,250 grant from the State Government’s Community Building Partnerships (CBP) program. See page 5

Out&About

Central Coast Watercolour Society’s (CCWS) Easter Exhibition will be held at Gosford Regional Gallery from April 14-27. See page 13

Business

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, with the Public Inquiry report

The 13 suspended Central Coast councillors are to be sacked and the Council is to remain in administration until the next local government election following the release of the Public Inquiry report on March 17. After months of waiting, residents finally have access to the full report on the public inquiry into Central Coast Council. Minister for Local Government, Wendy Tuckerman, has tabled

the report, saying the State Government accepts all eight of its recommendations in principle. The first recommendations are that all civic offices be declared vacant immediately and that an Administrator be appointed until the next election of councillors. Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch has also recommended that Council’s Business Recovery Plan formulated in 2020 be completed and that information sessions be held for prospective

candidates prior to the election, providing information about the obligations and burdens on future councillors. She suggests mandatory training for newly elected councillors, including training relating to financial management specific to local government, within three months of the election. McCulloch recommends consideration be given to making it mandatory for incoming councillors to complete an accredited course for company directors, or and

See our website for the full interview with Adam Crouch

equivalent course developed specifically for local government, within 12 months of the election with refresher courses for councillors who have previously completed such courses. She suggests amendments to the Local Government Act 1993 to make it clear that monies raised through rate or charges levies must be used for the purpose for which they were levied. The report also recommends that consideration be given to removing Central Coast Council

as a water authority, with water supply and sewerage services to be administered in the same way as they are for other NSW councils. “The community rightly expects that its elected council officials adhere to the highest standards and this report makes strong recommendations to help improve the Council’s performance moving forward,” Tuckerman said. Continued page 2

More detail on the Public Inquiry findings ... page 21

The merger of Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent is a step closer, with the Boards of Directors of both institutions unanimously endorsing the proposal. See page 21

Sport

The World Surf League’s year’s Central Coast Pro QS 3000 continues at Avoca Beach, with local favourites Molly Picklum and Macy Callaghan in good form. See page 32

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Public Inquiry report released

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“Central Coast ratepayers deserve a council operating in the best interests of its community and this report puts in place recommendations to continue the road to recovery.” Central Coast Newspapers spoke with Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, following the release of the Inquiry’s findings. Crouch welcomed the report and all the Commissioner’s recommendations, saying it highlighted the poor performance of the elected councillors who, he said, “were too busy point-scoring and grandstanding and not focusing on the job at hand”. Crouch said the report was also very critical of the senior officers within

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Council and that the process of repairing Council finances would be a long and challenging one. “This is a situation that ratepayers of the Coast are going to have to bear for a decade,” he said. Crouch also supported the recommendations in relation to the Central Coast Council status as a water authority, saying there was an opportunity to “unlock value from these multi-billion dollar water and sewerage assets”. Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, also welcomed the publishing of the report and supported the notion of separating the region’s water and sewerage services into a separate authority outside of councillors’ management remit.

However, he did not support any future attempts to privatise those assets. Harris also said he was disappointed the State Government had not used the opportunity to restructure and reduce the Council’s debt burden by allowing Council to access its own internally restricted funds. Current Administrator, Rik Hart, also welcomed the report. “It’s an opportunity for the community to get some closure after what has been a pretty disastrous period for the Council, community and for staff,” he said. Hart has been asked to continue as interim Administrator to ensure continuity in the recovery. Terry Collins and Ross Barry

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Long road ahead for flood-ravaged Hawkesbury

A sink hole and extensive flooding north of Mill Creek prevented access through to Wisemans Ferry and further north a massive landslide in Settlers Road cut off the residents for over a week

As the ravaged communities of the Lower Hawkesbury struggle to recover from the devastating floods of recent weeks, Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, is calling on the State Government to ensure river communities are not forgotten and receive upto-date information and assistance in the recovery phase. River Cares President, Robyn Downham, said there was a long road ahead for Spencer and surrounding communities. “We still have a long way to go regarding communication and power outages … while most

residents chose to stay after evacuations orders were carried out, fuel to power generators was crucial until power is restored,” Downham said. “There are still pockets of Spencer and other areas without electricity – we need to get some mapping from Ausgrid so we can see when power will be completely restored. “Ausgrid crews have been on the ground daily, doing very long hours, replacing impacted power poles which has been arduous because the ground is so saturated.” There was a constant fear of more landslides, fallen trees

and as well as navigating the huge potholes all along Wisemans Ferry Road. Downham said limited communications had made it very hard to touch base with everyone to make sure they were safe. “We couldn’t reach residents in Mill Creek because they were cut off which meant the emergency services had to go out and check on them by boat,” she said. “River Cares implemented our community-led emergency response plan and people cooperated and are thrilled that we came together helping each

other during this difficult time.” Downham said it was a major relief when a Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) taskforce from Western Australia arrived on Friday, headed by Will Blackshaw as well as members of the army and air force. “They were amazing and coordinated all the emergency services into an action plan, finding out which residents needed what and helping with clean-ups,” she said. “At a meeting attended by around 40 residents on Saturday, they told us what the plan was and things were very well organised.”

But Downham said lessons had been learnt and improvements needed to be made before the area faces another natural disaster, including improved coordination of emergency services. She said the community had been heartened by local businesses and organisations which had offered help but was annoyed that people from outside the area had tried to enter it,diverting vital emergency services from where it was needed. Tesch said while River Cares has definitely improved the outcomes for the Spencer community this time around,

this is the second time in the space of less than a year that the Hawkesbury River communities have been faced with floods, loss of livelihoods and property. “The NSW Government must do everything in its power to ensure residents can access up-to-date information about where to go to seek refuge, access assistance or supplies” she said. Tesch commended local emergency services personnel for their hard work in responding in fast-moving and dangerous conditions. Terry Collins

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Dead whale washes up at Spoon Bay Investigations are continuing into the cause of death of a Blainville’s beaked whale which washed ashore at Spoon Bay last Thursday afternoon, March 10.

The dead whale washed up at Spoon Bay last Thursday

The dead animal was female and measured over 4m long. The Dolphin Project spokesperson, Ronny Ling, said the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) removed the one-ton carcass and a necropsy was conducted to determine the cause of death. “The head was later removed and sent to the Australian

Museum,” Ling said. “Australia has over 45 different whales and dolphins that frequent our waters, and 11 are ‘beaked and bottlenosed whales’. “They can range in size from around 3.5m to 13m and it is often hard to determine the species as some look very similar. “Often the species is only determined by x-raying the skull to see the position of unerupted teeth.” Ling said the animals usually live in deep water off the continental shelf. “Their diet consists mainly of

squid and small fish,” he said. “They resemble very large dolphins and are the deepest divers of all the whale species. “Blainville’s beaked whales usually live in groups of 3 to 7, although groups of 12 have been observed. “This particular species range from 4.5m to 6m in length when mature.” Ling urged members of the public who see a whale, dolphin or seal to call Central Coast Dolphin Project on 0490 401 969, or if the animal is entangled or distressed, call NPWS on 13 000 72757. Terry Collins

Vital boost for RFS communications network The Rural Fire Service (RFS) plays a huge role in keeping the Central Coast safe, not just in instances of bushfire, but across a vast range of emergency situations. Most recently the RFS was involved in providing relief and assisting evacuations during major flooding which swept the region for two weeks following record rainfall. With reliable methods of

communication being crucial in any emergency situation, the RFS’s Central Coast Communications Brigade has welcomed a $2,000 grant from Greater Bank which will help upgrade vital equipment. Brigade Captain, Josh Sullivan, said the service covers a significant area with a large population. “We assist with management of approximately 2,400 square kilometres and a population of

over 530,000 between the Hawkesbury River and the Hunter, working with a total of 47 operational rural Fire Brigades,” he said. “We receive and dispatch emergency calls to Volunteer Rural Fire Brigades and the Volunteer Rescue Association throughout the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie local goverment areas.” Sullivan said the Central Coast Rural Fire District alone

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can receive more than 2,500 triple zero calls every year, and deals not only with bushfires, but also calls for help from emergency services, including the police, ambulance and SES. “We’re very appreciative of the funding from the Greater Bank, which we’ll use to purchase new IT equipment for our OCV (Operational Command Vehicle),” he said. “This vehicle is deployed in the field to assist with

operational requirements during bushfires and other emergencies that require IT/ communication support.” Sullivan said the vehicle was deployed to Wyong just last week to assist the SES with the evacuation order of homes around Tuggerah Lakes. Greater Bank’s Central Coast Regional Sales Manager, Josh Swetnam, said it was essential for RFS volunteers to have the gear they need to fulfil their

roles. “(The) Central Coast Communications Brigade plays a central role in emergency response across the region and (this) funding will enable them to upgrade some of their vital equipment,” he said. The funding came from the February round of Greater Bank’s #GreaterCentralCoast Community Funding Program. Terry Collins

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IPART releases draft decision on proposed water rate rise Water rates look set to rise on the Central Coast from July 1 this year, but by less than the 34 per cent Central Coast Council had applied for in its submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). IPART has released its draft decision on the proposed rises and is inviting consumer feedback until April 14. Council, as the region’s water authority, had applied for a 34 per cent annual increase, effective from this July, which IPART estimated at an average annual rise of $360 per household. Under IPART’s draft prices, a rise in water rates would be phased in over four years, with the combined yearly bill for a typical household increasing by around $200 (19 per cent) on July 1 this year and thereafter increasing by around $49 (4 per cent) per year, before inflation, until 2025-26. IPART Chair, Carmel Donnelly, said the draft decision recognised the genuine need to invest in quality water services on the Central Coast, but it was critical they were accompanied by improvements to Council’s

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water performance and accountability. “Our role here is to protect customers from excessive prices but at the same time to recognise people do need good drinking water and good waste-water management,” she said. “The decision was made considering the minimum

necessary for a water authority to meet standards.” Donnelly said IPART had found there was a genuine need for the Council to invest in its water and waste-water systems to improve performance, with the decision heavily influenced by customer feedback on problems with water quality and reliability.

She said 89 per cent of those who responded to IPART’s request for feedback on Council’s submission said they would prefer any increase to be phased in. “We also heard disappointment and distrust in Central Coast Council from some people in relation to previous financial management

issues, including the running of CCC Water,” she said. “The tribunal decided it is crucial that CCC Water is more accountable and transparent and be held to account that it spends the increases on improving performance.” Donnelly said the draft decision was accompanied by several papers suggesting

ways of monitoring Council’s performance in the area of water management. “We intend to recommend CCC Water reports on its performance to the community annually,” she said. “We expect CCC Water to consult with the community to develop a set of performance measures that reflect the community’s preferences. “We have provided some examples CCC Water could consider in the draft report and we are interested in the community’s feedback on them.” Donnelly said IPART also intends to recommend the Minister gives it a referral to investigate and report on CCC Water’s performance and progress in two years’ time. IPART is encouraging customers and the community to make submissions on the draft report by April 14 and participate in a public hearing on April 5. The draft report, draft determination, survey, and registration for the public hearing are available via IPART’s website. Terry Collins

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New van for Kariong Neighbourhood Centre

Kariong Neighbourhood Centre (KNC) will soon have a new van, thanks to a $47,250 grant from the State Government’s Community Building Partnerships (CBP) program. The new van will allow centre staff to pick up more food for their food relief program, help those fleeing domestic violence situations move their belongings and meet more

community needs. KNC general manager, Trish Bramble, said neighbourhood centres are imperative for new residents. “We need to make sure the community knows about what we can offer to them,” she said. “For us the funding will mean we can pick up more donations and we can also support the community when they need things picked up – essentially it just means we can deliver

more support. “We have applied for this grant over the last three years and we are so excited to have been successful this time – unfortunately we’ve seen a lot of growth in the number of people needing support in our community and this funding will mean we can be one step closer to meeting their needs.” KNC offers a wide range of programs including Active Playgroup, Pilates for Seniors, the Over 50s Friendship Group,

Tai Chi, the Kariong Out of School Hours Care Service and Vacation Care program. It also offers the Be Connected program which enables free computer lessons for seniors and people with disabilities and the Food Relief Program where a $5 donation will give those in need some food supplies. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, dropped into the centre to present the funding. “KNC have done their very

best to accommodate the community during a time of increased needs,” Tesch said. “Increasingly due to the impact of COVID-19 community, members are struggling to meet their day to day expenses as they lose their jobs and are forced to move back in with their parents or further north to afford housing. “Our community is still reeling from COVID-19 and every step of the way KNC have stepped in for the community, trying

their very best to ensure people can afford to feed their families and have support in their time of need. “KNC and all the volunteers do so much incredible work for our community and are always thinking of ways to offer more support … I cannot wait to see KNC, and the community as a whole, thrive and for the van to be put to use.” Terry Collins

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Rachel Hilditch named Terrigal Woman of the Year

Love Like Gabe founder Rachel Hilditch has pipped 12 other contenders to be named 2022 Terrigal Woman of the Year.

Hilditch started the charity in November last year after losing her 13-year-old son to a rare and aggressive brain cancer. “When Gabe was diagnosed in July 2016, he was a fit 11-year-old surfer boy from Avoca,” Hilditch said. “He had a two year battle involving intense chemotherapy and radiation, as well as rehabilitation after he suffered a stroke.”

Rachel Hilditch with her late son, Gabe

In May 2018, Gabe suffered a relapse and passed away on July 2, 2018, at the age of 13. “He had a massive heart and

was always concerned about the rest of the family, even with all he was going through,” Hilditch said. “It is still incredibly hard living without him but two years after he died, I had an epiphany to try to help others going through a similar thing, talking about kindness and how things change with loss.” From this, Love Like Gabe was born. “So many people had helped me along my journey, and I thought ‘I have to give back and leave a legacy for Gabe’,” Hilditch said.

“Having walked the corridors of a hospital and come home too tired to cook or clean, I started the charity to help others put one foot after the other.” After assembling close friends to get the group started and having a lawyer draw up a constitution, Hilditch launched Love Like Gabe in November last year with a raffle, which raised $10,000. “We just want to give back to families in crisis and I’d like to be able to give some money to Randwick Children’s Hospital’s brain cancer research,” she said.

“We have a family we are helping now whose daughter had a stroke on Christmas Day … we gave a cash donation but what they probably appreciated most was us organising for the house to be cleaned every fortnight. “We just want to provide care – physical, emotional and practical – in any way we can so that when a family is going through something like this they can feel supported. Others nominated for the Terrigal Woman of the Year award were Allison SharkeySmith, Dr Yantra de Vilder, Elle Nielson, Kelly Drover, Kim

McLoughry, Kristal Naividi, Marie George, Marilyn Lovell, Nada Potter, Nicole Verhoef, Norma Boag, Taia Sansom and Waverney Innes. Hilditch said she was surprised to be nominated. “I was taken aback because there were some amazing women there – but I did get to make some great connections with them and that was awesome,” she said. For more details on Love Like Gabe, who it is supporting and how to get involved, go to lovelikegabe.com. Terry Collins

Terrigal professor honoured as NSW Woman of Excellence Professor Julie Redfern of Terrigal has taken out the NSW Woman of Excellence Award at the 2022 NSW Woman of the Year Awards. Announced on March 9, during International Women’s Week, the awards highlighted the achievements of winners in a variety of categories. For Redfern, who has done ground-breaking work in the field of rehabilitation for heart attack patients, the award came as a shock. “I was very humbled,”

Redfern said. “It made me very appreciative of everyone I have worked with over many years to receive this public recognition. “I see this as a real opportunity for someone like me to advocate for the potential of girls and young women in all areas and what they can do.” Redfern participated in a panel session with other category winners on the day the award was announced and will appear at various functions throughout the year.

“Being in that room and seeing what amazing things these women do made it even more of a compliment to be recognised,” she said. A Professor of Public Health and a Research Academic Director at the University of Sydney, Redfern is transforming the way recovering heart attack patients are supported and cared for. Redfern and her team, with grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council, started by building up a research

program, working with patients to see how they could be given more choice in helping to reduce the risk of another heart attack. “One of the challenges has been modernising the space in terms of working with programs to reduce the paperwork and get the data digitalised,” she said. “The next step will be working with governments to make sure the data we collect is available to rehabilitation providers. Terry Collins

Julie Redfern (second from left) and members of her team

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Public Inquiry Report

I support the Minister for Local Government’s response to the Commissioner’s eight recommendations and have welcomed the muchanticipated release of the Commissioner’s report following the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council’s financial crisis. I’m pleased to have been asked to continue as interim Administrator following the decision to terminate all current councillors. I acknowledge the financial crisis left our community and council staff feeling let down and angered. The community of the Central Coast called for a public inquiry into the financial crisis that crippled Council, and whilst the findings may not satisfy everyone this is an opportunity to draw a line in the sand and focus on the future in rebuilding our council to deliver for our community. I have always said I look forward to democracy returning to the Central Coast. As Interim Administrator, I will continue to support the CEO in actioning the Business Recovery Plan and strategies put in place for the Council to be financially sustainable into the future, until such time that a local government election is called. Rik Hart - Administrator, Central Coast Council

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Clean up and recovery from the flood continues

Whilst the wild weather has ceased there are parts of our community still impacted and cleaning up from the floods. • Pop-up Recovery Hubs - Council is working with Resilience NSW to ensure residents have access to information and support services to aid recovery following the recent severe weather event. Pop-up Recovery Hubs are running at Spencer Community Hall, Diggers at The Entrance or the Berkeley Community Centre. • Flood affected household waste material can be booked for bulk kerbside collection through 1Coast.com.au or smaller amounts can be placed in the red bin for normal weekly pick up (noting a max. of 80kg for bin pick up). Seagrass and smaller items of vegetation debris from lake and river flooding should be placed into green waste bins or can be bundled for a booked green collection through 1Coast as well. • For sandbag disposal, split the bags to remove sand and place in your garden and place empty bags in the red lid garbage bin. • Council crews have already collected over 35 tonnes of debris off beaches and foreshores and will continue the clean up to make waterway access safe and stop rubbish returning to the waterways. For the latest information search ‘flood recovery’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

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Two Coast students join youth taskforce Two Central Coast high school students will join16 other young leaders of tomorrow in this year’s NSW Government Regional Youth Taskforce. Tyson Purchase, 13, of Kariong and Willow Robinson, 16, of Green Point have been selected to join the taskforce, which is tasked with delivering positive outcomes for young people in rural and regional communities. For Tyson, a Year 8 student at Kariong Mountains High school, indigenous issues will be very important. Of indigenous heritage himself, Tyson would like to see changes in the school syllabus to provide a higher level of engagement for both indigenous and nonindigenous students.

“I’d like to see schoolwork made more interesting so students want to engage,” he said. “I’m really excited to be on the taskforce – I think it’s good to have a forum to hear youth’s point of view instead of making assumptions.” Willow, a Year 11 student at Gosford High School, hasn’t had a lot of experience in community activities but is part of a program called Max Potential, has been involved in sport and enjoys participating in the 5 Lands Walk. “When I did the walk it was really good to be made more aware of my Aboriginal heritage,” she said. “It was great to learn to appreciate the land we walk on and learn more of its history – it gave me a greater appreciation of country and my culture.

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Willow said one of the big issues for her is substance abuse by young people, including drugs and alcohol but also things such as vaping. “A lot of kids around my age aren’t very educated about the harm it’s doing – it’s a very serious issue. “Drugs and alcohol are heavily

talked about but there needs to be more focus on new substances.” Minister for Regional Youth Ben Franklin said the members of the third Taskforce would provide policy and operational advice to the NSW Government to advance the needs of their peers in the bush. “These excellent young leaders

will play a valuable role in improving economic outcomes and quality of life of regional youth,” Franklin said. The group, selected from more than 130 applicants, includes two young people from each of the State’s nine regions and will meet throughout the year to focus on the NSW Regional Youth framework pillars: work ready, wellbeing, connectivity and community. “The first meeting will be held in Dubbo next month and will centre around what it means to be ‘work ready’ and how we can better engage regional youth to prepare them for different career paths and jobs of the future,” Franklin said. “There’s no better way for the NSW Government to be informed on matters affecting young people

living in regional and rural NSW than to hear directly from such an exceptional group of young people. “In the role, our 18 new members will hone their skills in driving policy change, advocate for real outcomes for young people, and provide a voice for regional youth in the NSW Government.” Franklin said some of the achievements of last year’s taskforce included initiating a Regional School Alumni Events Program, running an online event to give advice to young people interested in running for council, and creating positive social media videos to support other young people through the COVID-19 pandemic. Terry Collins

More numeracy and literacy support for our schools Central Coast Council P&C (CCCP&C) has welcomed news that all NSW public schools will benefit from high quality support aimed at improving educational outcomes for their students, with a strong focus on lifting reading and numeracy results. Minister for Education and Early Learning Sarah Mitchell said the targeted support, a central aspect of the School Success Model, means schools receive high impact programs and resources tailored to their unique needs. “The success of every student is at the heart of the NSW

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education system, which is why it’s so important we provide better support for all schools, and especially those that need it most,” she said. “Ultimately the model holds every level of the Department, from the Secretary to executives to directors and principals, accountable and responsible for each and every one of our NSW public school students receiving the best educational outcomes possible.” Mitchell said support would range from looking at whether teaching practices and learning programs reflect evidence-based best practice to exploring the best use of a school’s unspent additional funding according to educational need. “Support is also being offered in the areas of behaviour, Aboriginal HSC attainment, attendance and financial management,” she said. CCCP&C spokesperson, Sharryn Brownlee, said parents were pleased to see there will be targeted help for schools to achieve better outcomes for students. “It is good that the State

Government clearly recognises that more needs to be done to support NSW government schools,” Brownlee said. She said there was widespread concern that the underinvestment in schools is showing in student results. “The gaps in education attainment are becoming wider and the skills shortages are a direct result of a lack of investment by the Federal Government who didnotfollowtherecommendation of their own Gonski review into education,” she said. “NSW has attempted to cover the lack of federal funds but it is not possible and P&Cs want the Federal Governments to honour earlier promises of full implementation of business and industry leader David Gonski’s review. “This generation of young people should not have to suffer as all students should have the investment of taxpayer funds needed to stop Australia falling behind other countries where expenditure is distributed much more equitably.” Terry Collins

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Final nail in the coffin for Performing Arts Centre A small item at the end of the minutes for the Planning Panel on the 25th February (4.1 Request to amend SEPP Gosford City Centre to reclassify 73-75 Mann Street, Gosford) ends any hope for the Central Coast Performing Arts Centre. A procedural matter says the Council, and indeed they could say they have done everything in accordance with the rules. This small procedural item

FORUM reclassifying the building from Community use to Operational use and thus paving the way for sale to, we are told, the State Government for them to decide what to do with it, is the final nail in the years of struggle for those in the community who have tried to build a Performing Arts Centre. We are told the State Government is going to build a new TAFE along Manns Road

yet there is no firm commitment for it. We are told that the Conservatorium will have access to these buildings yet where is the binding agreement? The question remains, given the huge cost of damage repair after the recent floods, whether the Government considers it will cost too much and sells to a developer to build more flats. Geoff Mitchell

She will be missed Many congratulations to local editor and journalist, Jackie Pearson for her success, as director of Truepenny Media, publisher of The Point ESG News Site, in receiving funding from the Walkley Foundation to help promote public interest journalism.

FORUM I will miss Jackie’s excellent forensic reporting with CCN but know that the work she is passionate about - ‘to highlight the social and environmental consequences of modern governance – bad and good!’ is of more importance than ever

with so many regional newspapers being closed down and even our public broadcaster, the ABC, under constant threat from relentless attrition of funding and resources spread too thinly in regional and remote areas.

Should the Ukraine war force a rethink on renewables? I refer to your article on Page 23 of CCN333 regarding the number of Renewable Energy projects planned for the Central Coast - 24 solar, 13 on shore and seven off shore wind, 35 large scale batteries, eight pumped hydro projects - a total of 87 separate projects. At what cost? What Subsidies? Over what Time Scale? All this to potentially put out the equivalent of ten coal-fired stations? When will sanity ever return to this renewable (debate)? Look at Europe – (they’ve) gone for wind and solar (and

FORUM See Page 2 for address and contribution conditions. Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper are) now frantically buying nuclear energy off France and coal and gas from Russia. Russia controls Europe - not by invasion, but by energy supply. When will we ever learn – we

need coal and gas to power key Industries, like steel and aluminium which have 24/7 operations. You can’t stop these plants because it is overcast, rainy or calm. How many batteries are required to power Tomago Aluminium? And for how long? And now we have cancelled Pep 11. Surely, we need selfsufficiency in electricity, manufacturing, mining, automotive, defence and other heavy industries to ensure our freedom and selfdetermination. Peter Wheeler, Wamberal

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Easter exhibition of watercolours at regional gallery

The raffle prize, donated by featured artist, Judith Hoste (Inset)

Central Coast Watercolour Society’s (CCWS) Easter Exhibition will be held at Gosford Regional Gallery from April 14-27. Formed in 1985 as not-forprofit organisation entirely run by volunteers, CCWS has grown into a large and enthusiastic group of artist and art lovers. The group’s aim is to encourage

and promote the arts through watercolour and related media withdiscussions,demonstrations, lectures and workshops by professional artists. Two annual exhibitions are held for members to display and promote their work. The Easter Exhibition will feature over 100 framed paintings and more than 1000 unframed and hand painted cards, with all

art works being original watercolours. There will be up to 40 exhibitors with a variety of themes including landscapes, portraits and abstracts in a variety of subject matters. Each year a featured artist is invited to display his or her work and donate a painting as a raffle prize for the exhibition and this year’s featured artist is Judith

Hoste. “I have been painting since 1981 and teaching and exhibiting from 1985,” Hoste said. “I work in oils, watercolours, acrylics and pastels and tutor in these mediums. “In 1985 after teaching for the Amber Arts Gallery, Umina Beach for a year, I became co-owner of the Gallery with my husband.

“I have been a member of the Central Coast Art Society since 1984 and was elected President in 2016.” Having studied the various mediums with well-known teachers, Hoste also undertook a painting trip to Lucignano, Italy, in 2014 “I teach regularly and tutor workshops for various Central Coast art societies and in 2015

was invited to take a group to Norfolk Island for en-plein air tutoring,” she said. To be staged in the Community Gallery, the Easter Exhibition will be open from 9:30am-4pm daily. Visitors can try their hand at free watercolour sessions on Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17, from 1pm-4pm in Studio 2. Terry Collins

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Kibble Park comes Alive The plant-based Alive Festival returns to Kibble Park, Gosford, on March 26 from 9am-4pm and residents and visitors are sure to be drawn in by the aromas. With an explosion of colour and a variety of stalls, live music and featured speakers, the festival will have something for everyone. Entry will be free, and patrons are encouraged to bring picnic rugs, cutlery and containers so they can sample the delicious food offerings on site.

Lisarow sculptor’s work chosen as finalist in prestigious competition A rock formation behind his Lisarow home inspired sculptor, John Lynch, to create a piece which has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture. His work, Stargazing, in Carrara marble was selected for the exhibition at historic Juniper Hall, Paddington. The exhibition was opened by NSW Governor, Margaret Beazley, on March 11 and runs until March 27 with entry free. Lynch said the inspirational formation sits behind his property on the ridge leading to Berry’s Head. “The large sandstone boulder I have walked past many times looks to me like a human head form staring at the sky,” he said. “I am very open to ideas from any source, but particularly the

The Alive Plant Based Festival is the Central Coast’s own showcase for a sustainable, peaceful and compassionate lifestyle, held every Autumn and Spring in Kibble Park. Emerging from community and sustained by locals who value a peaceful vegan lifestyle, the festival creates a positive, vibrant, inclusive and uplifting space. Stalls will showcase crueltyfree clothing, home wares, eco products, services, personal care products and treats along with plant-based cuisine

including burgers, pastries, wraps, sweet treats and more. Alive is presented by Vegan NSW, a community-based charity and NFP organisation whose vision is to create a vegan world. If you sell vegan and plantbased products and would like to apply for a stall, a vegan entertainer who would like to take part or someone who would like to volunteer on the day, email alive@vnsw.org.au for details. Terry Collins

The Boy From New Jersey comes to Laycock The life of Fankie Valli is the basis for a new musical production, The Boy From New Jersey, coming to Laycock St Community Theatre next month.

John Lynch in his studio - (Inset) Stargazing

natural world. “It is a small, quiet sculpture so I’m extra pleased that the judges saw some value in it.” Lynch runs a sculpture

school, studio and gallery at Lisarow. To see more of his work go to johnlynchsculpture.com.au. Terry Collins

The front man of the Four Seasons since 1960, Valli is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. He has scored 29 top 40 hits with the Four Seasons, one top 40 hit under the Four Seasons alias the Wonder Who? and nine top 40 hits as a solo artist. As a member of the Four Seasons, Valli’s number-one hits include Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like a Man and December 1963 (Oh, What a Night). As a solo artist, Valli scored number-one hits with the songs My Eyes Adored You and Grease. Along with the other original members of the Four Seasons

Walter Ciappara stars in The Boy From New Jersey

– Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi and Bob Gaudio – Valli was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Valli has appeared in a variety of television shows and in 2012 made his Broadway debut with a week-long concert engagement. From March 2016 to January 2017, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons toured the US and in October 2016, Valli released his first solo album in nine years, ‘Tis the Seasons’, in which he covers some of his favourite Christmas songs. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons continued touring in 2018 and 2019 with a new line-up until the COVID-19

pandemic saw the cancellation of all touring plans. Touring resumed last year with dates scheduled until July 2022, and last June Valli released his 12th studio album, Touch of Jazz. The musical journey through Valli’s musical career is headlined by vocalist Walter Ciappara. He has been showcasing his falsetto voice as Frankie Valli for more than 12 years. The show will give audiences an insight Valli’s amazing life and the wonderful songs that enraptured the world. The show will play at Laycock St Community Theatre at 8pm on Saturday, April 9. Terry Collins

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Empire Bay researcher uncovers fascinating WWI hero

Trish Skehan

An Empire Bay researcher has uncovered a fascinating story about a local World War One commando whose bravery in the Flanders Fields helped save the lives of his men. Trish Skehan, who is a researcher with the City of Canada Bay Heritage Society, said she was working on a different story when she came across the story of the Snow Ghost – Lieutenant Dalton Neville. Skehan said the last local WWI veteran, James (Jim) Armitage, who died at Brentwood Village in 1999, wrote in a diary which is the subject of

one of her manuscripts currently with publishers. She said that during her research, she discovered Armitage wrote about the Snow Ghosts – a group of commandos who passed him late one night on their way to raid a German forward post. “Jim mentioned in his diary about a group of commandos passing him in the night,” Skehan said. “No name, just a comment, so it was hard to track who the group were. “Months of research proved fruitless, until on another theme, I researched ghosts, and there was the reference to Ghosts of the Western Snows, all about Dalton Neville and his band of 20 commandos, who

Dalton Neville

had free reign as a unit. “In camouflage gear, they attacked the forward enemy outposts, bringing back prisoners and paperwork, leaving a chilling nothingness behind, no trace that they had ever been there. “So feared was he, the enemy thought it was one man, one ghost – that a price of 10,000 marks was offered for his capture. “Their equipment was deliberately rusted, so that no gleam would give their positions away,” Skehan said. “Dalton was proud of the fact that he never lost a man in all their raids. “Trained in stealth warfare, the Snow Ghosts had

remarkable adventures in the midst of the chaos that was war in Flanders.” Dalton reportedly suffered several significant injuries during his four years in Flanders, including a badly fractured leg, which was shattered in three places by a grenade. According to reports, Neville crawled alone for seven hours before receiving help back at battalion headquarters; later he was awarded many citations for his bravery. During her research, Skehan said she discovered the Snow Ghost was living in Wamberal in his later years. Although married three times, he sadly ended his pain by a self-inflicted wound,

and was buried in the Anglican section of Wamberal Cemetery in 1969. She said his story is told via factual newspaper reports from Trove, the National Library archives. Skehan, who has been a researcher since 1999, said she loves her job. “I love doing the research, as I never know what stories I will discover,” she said. “There are many fruitless hours, days, weeks of not finding much of interest, then gems appear, stories find me, or I meet someone unexpectedly who puts me on the right track, or has a twist to their story. “Through Rotary, I also ghost wrote the book, Lest I Forget,

for the 93rd Squadron Green Ghosts, a Beaufighter bomber squadron. “During interviews with the surviving members, I heard so many great stories, but one wife commented, ‘He never told me these things; I’ve never heard them before,’ and ‘I haven’t heard him sound so alive in years’. “Often the men did not want to burden their families with harrowing tales.” The Fields of Flanders: The Poppies speak manuscript is currently with Skehan’s publishers and does not yet have a release date, but copies will be released through mainstream publishing outlets. Maisy Rae

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News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Landline [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Death In Paradise (M d,v) [s] The Teacher (M l,s) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City (PG) [s] Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Australian Story [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] China Tonight [s] ABC News Video Lab [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Q+A (PG) [s] Press (M l,s) [s] Midsomer Murders (PG) [s]

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Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “The Good Nanny” (M v) (’17) Stars: Briana Evigan, Ellen Hollman, Peter Porte, Sophie Guest, Tatyana Ali, Ben Gavin, Kym Jackson What The Killer Did Next: Peter Fasoli (M v) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] SAS Australia: Resilience (M l) [s] The Amazing Race (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] The Resident: Now What? (M) [s] Movie: “Demolition” (M) (’15) Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, C.J. Wilson Home Shopping

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Foreign Correspondent [s] Rosie Batty’s One Plus One 12:00 Grand Designs New Zealand ABC News At Noon [s] 2:00 Unforgotten (M l,v) [s] Press (M s) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] 3:00 Escape From The City [s] 4:00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus 5:00 One (PG) [s] 6:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 7:00 The Drum [s] 7:30 ABC News [s] 8:40 7.30 [s] Anh’s Brush With Fame 9:40 (PG) [s] A Dog’s World With Tony Armstrong: Friendship (M l) [s] 10:40 11:10 The Poles Revealed: Poles Apart [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] 1:10 Four Corners [s] 1:30 Media Watch (PG) [s]

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Dark Desire” (M s,v) (’12) Stars: Kelly Lynch, Nic Robuck, Michael Nouri The Real Manhunter: The Murder Of Clare Bernal (M d,v) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] SAS Australia: Focus (M) [s] The Rookie: Breakdown (PG) [s] The Rookie: Heart Beat (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Movie: “The Dead Pool” (M) (’07) Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim Program To Be Advised Home Shopping

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Four Corners [s] Monash And Me (PG) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] National Press Club Address Media Watch (PG) [s] Press (M l,s) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City [s] Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] Starstruck: Party (M l) [s] QI (PG) [s] Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Killing Eve (M v) [s] News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Australian Story [s] Scottish Vets Down Under (PG) [s] Catalyst [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] Press (M l,v) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City (PG) Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] Sammy J (PG) [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 (PG) [s] Foreign Correspondent (M) Q+A (M) [s] Rosie Batty’s One Plus One: Frances Rings [s] Scottish Vets Down Under (PG) [s]

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

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Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “I’ll Be Watching” (M) (’18) Stars: Janel Parrish Autopsy USA: Bob Marley (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] Special: Warnie (PG) [s] – Shane Warne was the King of spin who changed the game of cricket forever. His untimely death in 2022 at the age of 52 stunned the world. This special documentary features great ‘Warnie’ stories. America’s Got Talent Extreme (PG) The Latest Seven News [s] The Front Bar (M) [s] Splitting Up Together (PG) [s] Home Shopping Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Pay It Forward” (M v) (’00) Stars: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr Dog Patrol (PG) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Movie: “Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets” (PG) (’02) – As their second year at Hogwarts begins, Harry Potter and his friends find themselves facing new challenges and dangers at the wizarding school. Stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman The Latest Seven News [s] Program To Be Advised Home Shopping

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

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Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra [s] 7:00 NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] Explore [s] 8:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 12:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 2:30 3:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 3:30 NINE News [s] 4:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] 4:30 La Brea: The Storm (M) [s] – When a chaotic superstorm hits 5:00 6:30 the clearing, a structural 7:30 collapse puts Marybeth and Lucas’ lives in danger. Gavin 8:45 embarks on a journey into his past. 9:55 NINE News Late [s] 100% Footy (M) [s] 10:45 Bluff City Law: The All-American (PG) [s] 11:35 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 12:35 Hello SA (PG) [s] Home Shopping 1:30

The Talk [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (M) [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] Left Off The Map [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] Would I Lie To You? Australia (M) [s] FBI: Most Wanted: Shattered (M) [s] FBI: Most Wanted: Ghosts (M) [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] Home Shopping

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [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] Married At First Sight (M) [s] The Hundred With Andy Lee (PG) [s] – Host Andy Lee is joined in the studio by a panel of Australia’s funniest comedians and a 100 regular Aussies. NINE News Late [s] True Story With Hamish & Andy: Sal (PG) [s] Mr Mayor: Dodger Day (PG) [s] Killed By My Stalker (M l,v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Delish [s]

6:30 My Market Kitchen [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] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Left Off The Map [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [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 NCIS: The Wake (M v) [s] 9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles: Murmuration (M v) [s] 10:30 NCIS: IRL (M v) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] My Way (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] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Under Investigation: The Coward Killer (PG) [s] – Follows the trail of the ‘Coward Killer’, John Wayne Glover, from the 1960’s to his murder spree of elderly women in the 1980’s. NINE News Late [s] Forensics: The Real CSI: Indecent Exposure (M) [s] Grand Hotel: Long Night’s Journey Into Day (M l,s,v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Home Shopping

6:30 My Market Kitchen [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 Program To Be Advised 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Left Off The Map [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 8:30 Gogglebox Australia (PG) [s] 9:30 Program To Be Advised 10:30 This Is Us: Heart And Soul (PG) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Driving Test (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] NRL: Dragons v Sharks *Live* From WIN Stadium [s] NRL: Knock Off (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] New Amsterdam: The Legend Of Howie Cournemeyer (M) [s] The Horn: The Smallest Price (M) [s] – Following the perilous work of Air Zermatt, an alpine search and rescue team that operates on the peaks of Switzerland’s Matterhorn mountain. Getaway (PG) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 The Talk (PG) [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 2:15 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Left Off The Map [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Football: FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers: Socceroos v Japan *Live* From Stadium Australia [s] 10:30 Law & Order: SVU: In The Year We All Fell Down (M) [s] 11:30 Law & Order: SVU: TrickRolled At The Moulin (M) [s] 12:30 The Project (PG) [s] 1:30 The Late Show (PG) [s]

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

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SBS (C30)

5:00 France 24 Feature News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch – Deutsche Welle English News 6:00 Worldwatch Continues 2:00 Talk For Life 3:10 Hidden Algeria: The Sahara (PG) (In English/ French) 4:10 The Royal House Of Windsor: Fire, Feud And Fury (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Scotland - Escape To The Wilderness (PG) 8:30 Royal History’s Myths And Secrets (PG) 9:35 Great House Revival 10:30 SBS World News 11:00 Paris Police 1900 (MA15+) (In French) 12:10 Tin Star (MA15+) 1:15 Unit One (M l,s,v) (In Danish) 4:30 Vice Guide To Film (MA15+) 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00 3:40 4:10 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:25 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00 2:30 3:40 4:10 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:35 10:35 11:10 12:00 12:55 1:55 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 3:40 4:10 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Rivers Of Australia: The Murray (PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) The Royal House Of Windsor: The Top Job (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind (PG) SBS World News Zelenskky - The Man Who Took On Putin (M) Great British Railway Journeys (PG) Insight: Catfishing (PG) Dateline: Murder In Malta The Feed SBS World News The Point Shadow Lines (MA15+) (In Finnish) Transplant (MA15+) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Dateline Insight (PG) Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Michael Mosley’s Health Intervention (M) Life On The Outside (M) The Responder (MA15+) SBS World News In Therapy (M l) (In French) The Handmaid’s Tale: Chicago (MA15+) The Good Fight: And The Firm Had Two Partners (M l,v) Before We Die (M d,l,v) (In Swedish) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour North America With Simon Reeve (M d,l) Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Railways And Tourism (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Every Family Has A Secret: Peter Eden And Derek Pedley (PG) The Royals - Keeping The Crown: Breaking Tradition (PG) Britain’s Most Expensive Houses (PG) SBS World News

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Moyna celebrates her 100th with a craft morning tea Wyoming resident Moyna Dunn celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by her friends at a special craft morning tea on March 14. With her love of knitting, Moyna has been attending craft group for 24 years after moving to the Central Coast from Sydney’s lower North Shore and beaches. Moyna said she has no regrets, with some of her most beloved memories being those

of her family, and looks back with fondness of her upbringing, spending time with her parents and brother Geoff. Now with two daughters of her own, Moyna has four granddaughters, 13 great grandchildren and one greatgreat grandchild. Though she may not see her family as often as she would like, Moyna said she cherishes the time she gets to spend with them and believes that family is the real meaning of life and

the secret to ageing with love and kindness. Just one day shy of her special day on March 15, Moyna was celebrated by the team of Home Instead as their first Central Coast/Newcastle centenarian. Home Instead caregiver, Mary Biddlecombe, has been caring for Moyna in her home once a week for the last two years. “Moyna is such a joy to be around – she is so full of spirit,

you would never think that she’s about to turn 100. “Her positivity and cheeky nature is second to none.” Moyna said she’s grateful to the caregivers at Home Instead who have looked after her for many years. “All my caregivers are the most delightful, caring and thoughtful people,” she said. Maisy Rae

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Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World Author: Peter S Goodman Publisher: Custom House

I heard about this book while listening to ABC radio. Peter S. Goodman is a global economics correspondent at the New York Times. He has worked for the Washington Post, Huffington Post and International Business Times. Davos Man is a term coined in 2004 by Samuel Huntington, a political scientist. It stands for “those so enriched by globalization and so native to its workings that they were effectively stateless, their interests and wealth flowing across borders, their estates and yachts sprinkled across continents, their arsenal of lobbyists and accountants

BOOK REVIEW straddling jurisdictions, eliminating loyalty to any particular nation.” Generally, anyone that attends the Davos Forum. Goodman focuses on five “specimens”: Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JP Morgan Chase; private equity magnate, Stephen Schwarzman; richest man on earth Jeff Bezos of Amazon; asset manager Larry Fink; and Marc Benioff, founder of Salesforce. But he will also comment on the Forum’s founders, Klaus Schwab, Bill Clinton, Emmanual Macron, Steven Mnuchin, Mitch McConnell and George Osborne, “each of these figures has aided Davos Man in pursuit of fresh prey while helping himself to choice morsels”. While much of the book is about the destruction Davos Man has done to the United States, attention is also drawn to the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Sweden. How, under the guise of dogooders, billionaires are depleting the world to line their pockets. Banners at the forum claim

They applied their lobbying muscle to turn gargantuan, taxpayer-financed bailout packages into corporate welfare schemes for the billionaire class.”

the mission is, “Committed to Improving the State of the World”, while behind the scenes, “It is the largest lobbying operation on earth. The most powerful people gather together behind closed doors, without any accountability, and they write the rules for the rest of the world.” By financing politicians and deploying lobbyists they have wreaked havoc on financial regulation, removed anti-trust laws, weakened labour movements.

Goodman uses the term “Cosmic Lie” often in the book and states that it means “the alluring yet demonstrably bogus idea that cutting taxes and deregulating markets will not only produce extra riches for the most affluent but trickle the benefits down to the lucky masses-something that has, in real life, happened zero times”. While the pandemic claimed lives and livelihoods for many, Davos Man “feasted on the calamity, snapping up real estate, shares of stock, and other companies at distressed prices.

All the while taking credit for “rescuing humanity.” Marc Benioff called CEOs heroes. Bezos kept Amazon running while putting his workers at risk. They have decimated health care and then patted themselves on the back when procuring protective gear “If the agony of 2020 had demonstrated anything it was how the rich could not only prosper but profiteer off everyone else’s suffering.” I think the prologue of the book is great and really made me angry with the state of the world and despondent that there seemed to be no way to stop it, nobody that couldn’t be bought off. Goodman gives many examples and goes into a lot of detail, but it was too much for me.

About a third way through my interest waned and I found myself playing Wordle instead. It is a well-researched book, and I think it is an important message to get out, but maybe an abridged version would have been better. The solution, according to Goodman, “can happen only through the exercise of democracy – by unleashing strategies centred on boosting wages and working opportunities, by erecting new forms of social insurance, by reviving and enforcing antitrust law, and by modernizing the tax code to focus on wealth.” Perhaps it’d be enough to just take the assets off the five specimens – just like we did with those Russian Oligarchs. (I mean aren’t these guys Global Oligarchs? Doesn’t that word have an evil ring to it now?) Oh, and in case you want to buy this book this book, it is available on Amazon – Jeff B sends his regards. Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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Business & Property Councillors had ultimate responsibility, despite staff failures, says Commissioner The Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch found no single smoking gun but was critical of both staff and councillors in her report into the financial crisis at Central Coast Council (CCC) that became public in October 2020. The Commissioner concluded “that not all CCC councillors, and perhaps not any, possessed the knowledge and skill to analyse the information provided to them so that they understood what was happening to the Council’s finances from May 2019 until the financial crisis in October 2020”. “CCC’s response to the financial problems it was facing was too little and far too late,” McCulloch said. “Ultimately the responsibility for the fate of the Council rests with the councillors but they were not adequately supported by a General Manager who was able (sic) to provide strong leadership of the staff on financial matters at the time it was needed,” McCulloch stated in her report. The Commissioner said that some staff at CCC failed to adequately perform their duties, resulting in a situation where there was insufficient strategic financial direction and information provided to councillors. Like Administrator, Dick Persson, said in his 30-day interim report in December 2020, the Commissioner pointed to the IPART decision in

2019 to reduce water rates as one area where the Council failed to act. “Instead of reducing capital expenditure, the Council allowed the budget deficit to increase, with the likelihood that the projected figure would not be met due to lack of planning of any proposed “targeted savings”,” Commissioner McCulloch said. “The IPART determination on 24 May 2019 almost doubled the CCC forecast decrease in revenue and again no changes were made to the draft budget, even though the projected deficit had grown from $7.7M to $18.6M,” the report said. She referred to the NSW Treasury Corporation’s report, published back in 2013, Steps to Amalgamation, which said break even operating costs were essential. The Commissioner said the costs of the merger “on any reckoning” far exceeded the merger grants and the merger

was far from complete when the councillors were suspended. “The constraints on staff changes existed until May 2020 and the ‘rates path freeze’ until June 2021,” the Commissioner said. “The Council had inherited significant infrastructure backlogs from the (former Gosford and Wyong) councils as well as significant, but manageable debt levels. “It would be unrealistic and unreasonable to expect efficiencies or financial savings to have been evident by October 2020.” She said it was “regrettable” that acting CEO Brian Bell disbanded the merger Project Management Office in 2017, without which measurement and reporting on the progress of the merger processes at the whole of Council level no longer occurred. When councillors did make calls for information about the

costs (but not benefits or savings) and progress of the merger it took many months for staff to respond. “Eventually, a report was presented to the meeting of CCC on 25 November 2019, however it deferred until early 2020 the provision of information relating to the estimate of costs of the amalgamation,” she said. “Given the lack of information available to councillors about the progress of and costs associated with the amalgamation it is unsurprising that the governing body did not have a primary focus on efficiencies and financial savings which might have been available from the merger process, particularly when the process was still some years away from completion,” she said. However, she said the financial crisis which befell CCC in October 2020 was not the result of the governing body

being ignorant of the financial consequences of its decisions. She noted that Council finance staff actively discouraged the councillors from reviewing the budget in the presentation to the councillor briefing on 3 June 2019 and the report to Council on 11 June 2019, even though there was still time to make adjustments. “Nevertheless, it was a decision for the councillors, not the staff, to adopt the budget with no significant changes,” she said. “In my view the budget decisions of the elected body did contribute, and in a significant way, to the financial crisis of CCC in 2020.” She said the governing body had the means at its disposal to keep the financial performance of the council under review, but it failed to do so adequately. “The monthly investment reports were adopted en masse with other information reports, without comment, questions, or debate. “The quarterly budget reviews were not used as opportunities to correct adverse trends.” As for the restricted funds issue, McCulloch said the investment report for October 2019 did not contain any additional comment to alert the reader to the fact that unrestricted cash was in the negative. Unrestricted cash remained negative until the Council was

suspended in September 2020. “At no time was any notation made in an investment report to alert the councillors to that fact,” the Commissioner said. “Weekly briefings by Council staff were held with those councillors who wished to attend, about various matters, including upcoming reports. “The councillors were never informed that the unrestricted funds had been exhausted nor were they warned about the consequences of having no unrestricted funds available.” She said the staff reports were designed to “obfuscate rather than elucidate”. But she said the information about the decline in CCC’s finances and the use of restricted funds was there if one knew where and how to look. “As Cr Hogan recounted in her evidence, the balance of unrestricted funds could have been calculated by deducting restricted funds from the total of cash and investments as shown in the investment reports,” the Commissioner said. “The staff of CCC responsible for those reports bear a significant responsibility for the lack of knowledge on the part of the councillors for the unlawful use of restricted funds.” The Report is 91 pages long and has more details on councillor behaviour. Coast News will cover this area of the report next week. Merilyn Vale

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Ensure there is a deadline for completion. Also be wary of sunset clauses as some developers have cancelled contracts due to construction running past the sunset date and then on-sold the property at a much higher price. In some states, including NSW, recent legislation means if a developer wants to rescind your contract on the sunset date, it must have your permission to do so. Ensure that, in the worst case, if you are pushed out of the contract, you will receive your full deposit. 3. Pay attention to the strata fees. These ongoing costs of owning an apartment can be hefty. While a development with a big pool and gym may seem appealing, the maintenance of these amenities will lift the cost of your strata fees. 4. Conduct a thorough pre-settlement inspection. Enlist an expert to help and make sure you check room sizes and all fixtures and fittings. Other checks you should undertake include a flood test on the balcony to ensure water drains away from the apartment and does not pool. And test all power points and the hot water pressure. PAM WALKLEY

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Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent merger a step closer The merger of Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent, both with branches on the Central Coast, is a step closer, with the Boards of Directors of both institutions unanimously endorsing the proposal and recommending their respective members vote in favour of joining the two mutuals. After announcing a Memorandum of Understanding last August to explore merging, Chair of Greater Bank, Wayne Russell, and Chair of Newcastle Permanent, Jeff Eather, have formalised the Boards’ support by signing a Merger Implementation Agreement (MIA). The merger proposal will now be submitted to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority for review, before being put to members of both organisations at meetings likely to take place later this year. Russell said both organisations have conducted extensive due diligence over the past five months and unanimously agreed the proposed merger is in the best

interests of their respective member bases. “The due diligence process has confirmed our initial view that this is the right time to bring together our two organisations, which in their own right offer exceptional financial strength built on years of solid performance,” he said. “Combining our resources and financial strengths provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and innovate, to deliver even better value for Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent customers.” The merged organisation would become one of Australia’s leading customer-owned financial institutions, keeping both iconic brands – Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent – and serve a combined customer base of almost 600,000 people. The combined entity will have $19.8B in assets and will bring together both organisations’ workforces with no forced redundancies for at least two years and maintain the Hunterbased customer contact centres and headquarters and

all current branches for at least two years. Eather said merging the two locally grown mutuals would ensure long-term sustainability, without compromising either’s values. “This is a highly compelling opportunity to grow and compete on our terms,” he said. “Importantly, we remain fiercely committed to being customer-owned and continuing to invest profits for the benefit of our customers and the communities we serve.” If the merger proceeds, it is proposed Wayne Russell will chair the merged entity and Jeff Eather will assume the role of Deputy Chair. Newcastle Permanent Chief Executive Officer, Bernadette Inglis, will be Chief Executive Officer and Scott Morgan, currently Chief Executive Officer of Greater Bank, would be the entity’s Deputy CEO. Further information is available on the Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent websites. Terry Collins

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Business owners call for more action on skills shortages Business owners and organisations at the top end of the Coast have implored Emma McBride MP and Shadow Treasurer, Jim Chalmers to help address the skills shortage they are facing. Joanne Brearley from Jigsaw Autism Services at Tuggerah; Sharryn Brownlee joint owner of Ace Electrical Services; Paula Martin, Senior Director Regions and Visitor Economy for Business NSW; Ian from Herbies Spices and Director of Central Coast Industry Connect

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and Katrina Woolcott, Business Manager at Business Wyong gathered at a lunch organised

by McBride where they explored the struggles businesses currently face.

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jobs availability. The issue of skills shortages on the Coast does not go away. In 2019, Paula Martin said that Business NSW had seen a big increase in job vacancies for businesses experiencing skill shortages – 82,000 in 2019, compared to 54,000 in 2017. McBride said that Labor’s plan for free TAFE will help address the skills crisis by encouraging those on the Coast to take up a trade or training course in industries that already have gaps.

“This will give job seekers the chance to find more secure work and it will help fill a gap in the workforce for small business,” she said. The group also drew attention to other factors that hinder businesses including rising rent prices, and that they are forced to spend too much time on red tape. McBride said the roundtable was very productive. “It was great to hear directly from small business owners in our community,” she added. Nicola Riches

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Council to investigate emergency flood recovery funding Central Coast Council will investigate funding opportunities through the State Government to help in its flood recovery efforts. Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Sam Farraway, this week announced that councils hardest hit by the floods would receive a total of $46M in fast-tracked emergency funding to kick start urgent road repairs and restore access to communities across the north coast. “Council will continue to assess opportunities to secure funding that assists with recovery efforts,” a spokesperson said. “This includes our eligibility to access the existing approved NSW Disaster Declaration funding to be used to repair damaged essential public infrastructure.” Farraway said flooding had caused millions of dollars of damage, including destroyed road surfaces, wrecked signage, landslips across roads, and damaged bridges and culverts.

The funding will help with things such as urgent road repairs

“Our communities have been through a challenging couple of weeks, so we want to ensure councils have access to the cash they need to get work

underway right now,” he said. “The funding builds on the new specialised unit tasked with the repair of vital regional road and rail infrastructure

damaged and destroyed by these floods “Councils will have direct access to this specialised, dedicated unit within Transport

for NSW, which will provide expertise and extra resources to quickly assess the damage, fix it and continue to improve and make our roads and rail

network more disaster resistant.” Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery, Steph Cooke, said fixing roads is an important early task in the recovery process. “Getting this funding in the hands of councils means work can begin as quickly as possible on the local roads most in need of repair,” Cooke said. Minister for Local Government, Wendy Tuckerman, said the direct support for severely affected councils was essential to rebuilding and repairing critical infrastructure and support future recovery works. While the funding will initially be made available to councils in Ballina Shire, Bellingen Shire, Byron Shire, Clarence Valley, Glen Innes Severn Shire, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tenterfield and Tweed Shire, additional councils may be eligible to receive advance funding and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Terry Collins

Call to support locals during Small Business Month Business NSW Central Coast says Small Business Month, officially launched on March 1, is an opportunity to celebrate and recognise the thousands of small business owners, and their employees in the region and right across NSW. Small Business Month 2022 comes with the focus to

Rebuild, Recharge, and Renew. “The last two years have been incredibly difficult for the small business community, and sadly, many haven’t been able to keep their businesses going,” Regional Director, Paula Martin, said. “Small Business Month gives us all a chance to recognise our favourite small business and give them the encouragement

to keep on doing what they do best. “There are many events across the Central Coast during March to help small businesses prosper in their local towns and broader regional economies. As an official collaborative partner, Business NSW will be participating in a number of workshops and events, including the Business NSW

Central Coast Economic Breakfast which will bring people together to review the economic outlook for business in the current volatile environment. “It’s also an opportunity to recognise the significant contribution of Local Chambers of Commerce including Business Wyong, Gosford Erina Business Chamber and Coastal

Towns Business Chamber who have been provided funding through the Small Business Commissioner to showcase their region during this month,” Martin said. “The Central Coast has over 17,000 small businesses (employing) over 70 per cent of our locals. Minister for Small Business, Eleni Petinos, said small

businesses are an integral part of our communities, especially in our smaller towns and regions, forming part of the social fabric and a place where community bonds are strengthened. Further information on Small Business Month is available at: smallbusinessmonth.nsw.gov. au. Terry Collins

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Prime Minister officially opens clinical school and research institute Prime Minister Scott Morrison was on the Central Coast on March 14 to officially open the University of Newcastle Central Coast Clinical School and Central Coast Research Institute in the grounds of Gosford Hospital. The new building, which was made possible through a funding partnership between the Federal and NSW Governments and the University of Newcastle will educate and train the region’s future doctors, nurses and midwives, as well as support translational research into new models of integrated care through the Central Coast Research Institute. The facility, which took years to come to fruition, welcomed its first students earlier this year. Morrison, who has followed the project since it was proposed while he was Federal Treasurer, said it was more than just a clinical college and research institute.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison officially opens the facility under the watchful eye of Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, and Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks

“When I look at the regions, I see the future income and powerhouse of the Australian economy, and the future wellbeing and livelihoods of countless millions ofAustralians who will increasingly take up that dream – where you can go and live and work in a place like the Central Coast,” he said. “But for that to work, you’ve got to have a community base of infrastructure and services … and a university sits at the heart of pretty much every

successful economic regional plan you care to nominate anywhere in the world, let alone in Australia.” For many local students, the new University of Newcastle Central Coast Clinical School means they no longer need to go to Sydney or Newcastle to study medicine. The building features more than 200 rooms and breakout areas, including: nine lecture and seminar rooms; 15 learning

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suites, consultation, training and teaching rooms; a costaffed LHD/University library; six problem-based learning areas; three simulation wards; one simulation laboratory and a research laboratory. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and State Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said the NSW Government was proud to partner with the Federal Government and University of Newcastle as part of the

$72.5M investment into the Central Coast region. “(This) provides a unique and exciting opportunity for students to be able to walk across the road and receive on the ground experience, relating to their industry,” he said. “This is just the start of what’s to come for our region – I look forward to seeing continual growth for all industries across the Central Coast.” University of Newcastle Vice-

Chancellor, Professor Alex Zelinsky, said the university was proud of its role in bringing the new facilities to life as part of its partnership with the Australian Government and NSW Health. “Our university has had a long commitment to the Central Coast through our Ourimbah campus and (this) opening in Gosford represents the next phase of our commitment,” he said. “People on the Central Coast should absolutely have the same expectations as people in Sydney of being able to access world-class university education on their doorstep.” Central Coast Local Health District Chief Executive, Scott McLachlan, said the official opening was a landmark moment in realising a healthy and vibrant future for the Central Coast. “Our future doctors and nurses will learn under the same roof as leading health researchers, and on the doorstep of Gosford Hospital.” Terry Collins

COULD YOU BE AN OFFICIAL COMMUNITY VISITOR (OCV)? OCVs visit children and young people in residential out-of-home care (OOHC), and adults living in disability supported accommodation and assisted boarding houses, throughout NSW. OCVs speak with residents and staff, review records, and identify and raise issues affecting residents. They provide a voice to those living in visitable services who may be unable to speak up and raise issues of concern on their own behalf. OCVs are appointed by the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services. The work is part-time, sessional work mainly in the evenings and on weekends and visiting hours are variable (between 15–40 hrs per month). Hourly remuneration is $34.14 plus expenses. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply. Current employees of the Department of Communities and Justice are ineligible for appointment. Current areas we are recruiting in are: • New England (Armidale, Tamworth) • Central Coast (Gosford/Wyong) • Central West / Far West (Dubbo) • Hunter (Newcastle) • Sydney (northern beaches and western suburbs)

NSW Governor Margaret Beazley chats to Coast Shelter staff and clients

Coast Shelter rolled out the red carpet on Thursday, March 10, when NSW Governor Margaret Beazley, who is the organisation’s patron, popped in for a visit. Beazley toured the Gosford headquarters with CEO Michael Starr, staff members and two young clients as she heard about the challenges the organisation has faced and to offer support. Starr said the Governor’s enthusiasm and encouragement would make a

lasting impact on staff and clients alike. “We look forward to working with her especially this year as it is our 30th anniversary,” he said. Beazley said the team at Coast Shelter worked tirelessly to support community members confronted with homelessness and domestic violence. “I am glad to have had this opportunity to come and meet with staff and clients and to thank them for their contribution and courage,” she said. 2022 marks the 3oth

anniversary of Coast Shelter. The not-for-profit organisation provides specialist homelessness, domestic and family violence support services and crisis accommodation for women, women with accompanying children, young people and men on the Coast. To find out about Coast Shelter’s homelessness and domestic and family violence services visit www. coastshelter.org.au or call 4325 3540. Terry Collins

Essential requirements • Given the risks to people with disability and older people from COVID-19, the OCV scheme expects all applicants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. • Holding a valid WWCC and submitting to a criminal record check are also requirements of the role. Further details on the OCV position and expression of interest details are available online at iworkfor.nsw.gov.au. Search under ‘Official Community Visitor’ in the keyword search. Apply online at iworkfor.nsw.gov.au. Applications will not be accepted in hard copy. More information on the role Please review the factsheets: ‘A week in the life of an OCV’ and ‘Interview with an OCV’ for information from OCVs about what the role is like: https://www.ageingdisabilitycommission. nsw.gov.au/about-us/official-community-visitors Probity checks will be completed on recommended applicants following interview. Applications close on: Saturday, 19th March 2022 at 11.59pm No late applications will be accepted.

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Full Circle Farm: it’s not the cow, it’s the ‘how’ local and asking the producer directly, about their agricultural practices. This week we’re chatting to local farmer Shannon Kelly from Full Circle Farm about a practice that is possibly the single biggest determining factor of meat quality – something colloquially referred to as rotational grazing.

GEORGIA LIENEMANN We’re midway through a series exploring the countless benefits associated with sourcing good quality meat and animal products. Last week we touched on how misleading labels like ‘free range’ and ‘organic’ can be and highlighted a more reliable way of discerning quality: shopping

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‘Adaptive Grazing Management’. This approach to grazing brings a plethora of benefits to the land, the animal and the consumer. So much so, we do it with all of our animals. 1,000 egg layer chickens, 1000 meat chickens, 50 pigs and 200 ducks. All of them move. To understand why this way of farming is so exciting, we first need to understand what needs improving with standard grazing practices. Typically, herds are ‘setstocked’. Cattle, for example, are given a large paddock, continuously grazing the pasture with little or no periods of rest. The problem with this is that cattle are like children: they head straight for the ice-cream! The herd eat the best, sweetest grass first, leaving the lower successional species (their veggies) to go to seed. When they stay in that same paddock, the real issue is created when that ‘ice-cream’ plant starts to recover and grow new leaves. Since those cheeky cattle love their ice-cream about as much as I like a generous bowl of salted caramel ice-cream; they go back to those plants and over-graze them when they are in their most fragile phase. This sets the plant back, sometimes wiping them out completely. Instead of the paddock improving, the less palatable plants proliferate and the

quality of pasture and its capacity to nourish the animal, declines over time. What is Adaptive Grazing Management? Adaptive Grazing Management is the process of moving animals continually through paddocks with a focus (and sometimes obsession!) on pasture recovery. Good graziers will slow down and speed up their herds to accommodate the continual variables mother nature throws at them. This is what we do at Full Circle Farm. After our herd have grazed the pasture, they are not allowed to come back to that paddock for 30-150 days, depending on the season, rainfall and other variables. The herd eat a more balanced diet of higher and lower quality pastures. Our pasture can then recover, allowing all plants to fully recover before their next grazing period. The main result is pastures, soil and land that maintains its health – and even regenerates. Some may look at this approach and conclude that it’s too much work. Not so! Moving cattle each day is such a joyous activity. They come like big puppy dogs when you call them, making the cattle prod and cowboy antics null and void. This way of grazing is nothing new. In fact; it’s a blatant plagiarism of a naturally occurring,

beautiful relationship between the ruminant animal and grasslands. Think of the wildebeest on the Serengeti. Huge herds of ruminant animals mobbed together for fear of predators, mowing grasslands flat and constantly moving onto new ground. Adaptative Grazing Management seeks only to copy the genius of nature and its patterns. For anyone playing at home; no, we don’t have a bunch of lions waiting in the bushes keeping our cattle mobbed together. It wouldn’t be very kidfriendly! We use single strand electric fence lines that we can construct and deconstruct in minutes. Combined with a portable water trough, we have the ability to keep our cattle mobbed together and match the topsoil generating process that’s been around for eons. Regenerating soil and pasture health There are numerous other benefits to this approach of land and animal management. When perennial pastures are pruned and allowed to recover properly, they pulse carbon from the atmosphere down into the soil where it belongs, improving our most valuable resource – our soil – over and over again. There are farmers turning deserts back into grasslands, cleaning up our air, reviving communities, simply using the humble, underrated, overvilified cow. Regarding environmental health as a whole, the saying ‘it’s not the cow it’s the how’ is incredibly fitting. The secret to drug-free cattle When our herd of cattle constantly move onto new ground, they are moving away from ‘yesterday’s toilet’. Parasite cycles work by larvae hatching out of dung, crawling up a leaf to be ingested again by the animal.

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When the herd has moved onto fresh pasture, the parasite has no host to ingest them and they die off – breaking the cycle. This is why our animals don’t do drugs! When parasite cycles are shut down, we don’t need to pump our animals with pharmaceuticals to keep them healthy. This equals cleaner meat, with no nasties. This way of managing ruminant animals is normal and natural. It’s grounded. When we put the majestic cow into feedlots, we create a food system that is completely abnormal. We need thousands of square kilometres of land to grow grain to feed to an animal that is not even designed to eat it. All for the lofty industrial goals of bigger, fatter, faster, cheaper. A food system like this hurts our land, the animal and ultimately the consumer’s health. Why don’t we as a society get behind food production systems that are the opposite to this? Consumers have had and will always have the power to drive change. Adaptive Grazing Management can sequester carbon, regenerate soil and improve pasture. What a story. What hope for our nation and beyond! The humble cow, the caring farmer and the conscious consumer: working together in an utterly fantastic land-healing endeavour. So, the next time you buy beef or any other animal protein, ask ‘how often are they moved’ and ‘did they eat their ice-cream AND veggies’! Full Circle Farm offer their delicious, quality products to the public via convenient online shopping with home delivery, local markets and ‘food clubs’ all over the coast. To find out more, head to fullcirclefarm.com.au or follow their story on Facebook or Instagram.

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Flooded and Soggy Garden Rescue

CHERALYN DARCEY

An overly soggy garden that dries out over a few days can be revived without too much fuss, but a flooded garden needs a deeper clean-up and a few more steps to keep you safe and get your garden back to health. If plants are left to stand in water for more than a few days, they can die from lack of oxygen supply to their roots and if they do manage to survive then fungal diseases that develop in these conditions may still be a major challenge. When flood occurs, toxic compounds can wash into your garden such as chemicals, petroleum products and raw sewage along with pathogens and unwanted weeds. Then there is silt. This is a sediment of dust sized partials that move easily in water and when the water recedes, the silt will compact and lead to increased acidity and oxygen starvation in soil. When this silt and mud is left on plants it will also stop the process of photosynthesis. Once the sun returns its gaze upon our gardens, it’s time to get into rescue mode, but not so fast! There is a right way and more importantly, a safe way to save our plants. First Steps to Recovery As always, safety first and if your garden was flooded then you need to wear waterproof gloves and boots and a mask is also advisable.

This is to reduce the risk of you becoming infected with pathogens. If your garden flooded then you need to wash away any left behind silt and mud from plants, paths, structures, and the surface of the garden as soon as possible. Silt will harden as it dries and be difficult to remove. Get rid of all debris that has fallen or swept into your garden as soon as possible as rotting plant materials will contribute to the spread of disease and fungal activity as well as invite pests in. Let the garden dry out, don’t start planting just yet and do not eat any raw leafy greens, soft fruits, or berries as these will more than likely have absorbed dangerous levels of contaminates. Rule of thumb is to not eat produce for a month, to wash with soapy water and cook before consuming. If you suspect that your garden has been contaminated with raw sewage, then you should remove and destroy annuals and not consume from longer living plants until the following year. Soil Rescue After washing, dig in any remaining silt and turn over soil well to help aerate the garden beds. Your soil will need to be treated with fungicide as well to hold back outbreaks. All that water would have also washed away nutrients and even broken down your soil structure. This needs to be repaired quickly so that your existing plants have a better chance at survival as well. Do a soil test to determine what may be needed to improve your soil and add organic matter, fertilisers, and composts to replace lost nutrients. If you can get hold of a bunch of seaweed, then mulching with this will help increase fertility of soil, break down any remaining silt and encourage the return of worms but any organic mulch will help.

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You need to be tough and face the fact that some of your plants may not recover but you can help by using fungicides and pest control methods. Use seaweed solutions liberally as these promote strong root growth and are an amazing health tonic for stressed plants. Be ready for competing weeds to start showing up as they move in more easily with silt and remove as soon as you see them. If a plant seems beyond rescue, be strong and remove it as it may infect other healthier plants in your garden.

General advice it to wait at least 60 days after flooding until you plant again. For those gardens that experienced heavy rainfall without actual flooding, test the readiness by rolling a ball of soil in your hand. If it will easily crumble when pushed with a finger and no water can be seen oozing out, then you are right to plant. If you need to wait, there is nothing stopping you planting your seeds in seed pots and trays while your garden recovers. By the time the seedlings are ready, your garden will have had time to rest, repair and rejuvenate.

With all this rain, again hold off on planting anything directly in the garden but you can plant out seeds in sheltered spots. You can plant the following now: Culinary herbs, beetroot, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbages, carrot, cauliflower, chicory, cress, endive, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, mustard, onions, parsnip, peas, salsify, shallots, spring onions, silverbeet, swede, spinach, turnips, ageratum, alyssum, calendula, candytuft, carnation, columbine, cornflower, delphinium, dianthus, everlasting daisy, forgetme-not, foxglove, godetia, gypsophila, hollyhock, larkspur, nigella, pansy, polyanthus, poppy, primula, snapdragon, statice, stock, sweet pea, wallflower

Lawn Repair Flooded lawn areas can be saved if the remaining silt is less than about 2cm deep. Try and wash off as much as possible and go over the surface with steel rake to break up the silt surface. Hose on a seaweed solution to encourage root growth. For deep silt, you may need to start again but the trick is to get rid of the silt and to get air into the soil below.

YOU AND YOUR GARDEN Soil to Plate with Youth Connections and SWAMP Sustainable Wetlands Agricultural Makers Project (SWAMP) at the Central Coast Wetlands is facilitating an amazing project with Youth Connections of Tuggerah. Created with the support of Central Coast Council and delivered by the enthusiastic volunteers of SWAMP, it is a grass roots pilot program aiming to deliver a nature, gardening, cultural and educational program for the young clients of Youth Connections. In the spirit of ‘soil to plate’ the project will see the creation of a ‘pizza garden’ and then the cooking of pizzas to share with family and friends. In the first week Youth Connections participants travelled to Narara Valley Nursery to begin the preparation and decision making around what will be needed to create the pizza garden. The youth engaged with decisions about which soil, what seeds or seedlings they might like in their garden, as well as the smells and sounds of a bustling nursery with a wide variety of plants.

In the following weeks an above ground garden was established at the SWAMP community garden site by the group for the selection of herbs and vegetables that will eventually find their way into on to the pizzas. Other activities included kitchen apron making and a joyful visit to Grace Springs Farm in Kulnura which enabled all to experience agriculture on a larger scale. Thank you to Syl Marie Photography. youthconnections.com.au swampcentralcoast.com.au

FLOOD-PROOF GARDEN I’m not too sure there is such a thing, but here are a few ways that may help reduce the risk of flood and help water drain more easily from your garden. Create a slope to your garden, even 2 degrees can be enough, so that water runs off more easily and make sure it slopes away from buildings. The installation of drains and even the clever French Drain will help immensely. These are also known as ditch drains, French ditch, sub-surface drains and land drains and they not only help save your garden but will pull water away from the foundation of your home as well. They work by collecting overflowing water and filtering it through gravel or rocks. Selection of plants is always important so considering planting more natives as these will generally be more adaptable to conditions and to recovery as well as helping stop possible soil erosion. To direct water away from your house and to store for later use, install a water tank and consider rain barrels under your down pipes. Collected water in these can be used for the garden later. GARDENING GUIDE FOR COAST

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HAVE YOU GOT A GARDEN OR GARDENING TOPIC TO SHARE? Down in the Garden is looking for Central Coast gardeners who would like to share their garden with us. We are particularly looking for: Evergreens, Tulips, Spring Bulbs, Water Feature Gardens, School/ Children Gardeners, Commercial Kitchen Gardens, Medicinal Plant Gardeners, and Community Gardens but all gardens and gardeners are welcome contact: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 10am live every Saturday on CoastFM963. She is also co-host of @ MostlyAboutPlants a weekly botanical history & gardening podcast with Victoria White. Archived articles can be found on Cheralyn’s Blog: www.florasphere. com Send your gardening questions, events, and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com

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Macy Callaghan wins her Round 3 heat, advancing into the quarterfinals.

SURFING The World Surf League’s year’s Central Coast Pro QS 3000 continues at Avoca Beach, with local favourites Molly Picklum and Macy Callaghan in good form. A repeat of last year’s final may be on the cards with both Picklum and Callaghan entering the event’s finals with plenty of experience surfing at Avoca. Shelly Beach’s Picklum is back

competing on her home break making the most of a brief gap in the Championship Tour schedule. Her form has so far been a notch above her competition with three heat wins to advance into the quarterfinals. “I’m stoked to be through another heat here at Avoca and surf against some of my best friends including Kobie Enright who I have been very close with for a long period of time,” Picklum said.

“It’s such a funny experience surfing against ladies that you’ve been friends with forever and then trying to put your competition head on as you try not to get distracted. Recent North Shelly Boardrider champion, Macy Callaghan, also advanced into the quarterfinals with a scheduled contest against Ellie Brooks. Quarter and semi-final wins for Callaghan and Picklum will see them once again meet in a

Grand Final clash. In the Men’s event Round 3, Ryan Slattery from Toukley outperformed Championship Tour wildcard Reef Heazlewood and Oceania Regional number six, Alister Reginato, for his first competitive appearance this year. The underdog on the scene showed proficiency in his powerful rail game to advance into Round 4 against two more heavy hitters in Mickey

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McDonagh, currently ranked second, and New Zealand’s Billy Stairmand. Although boasting the best wave of the heat, Slattery was unable to finish it off with a second and fell out of the competition as a result. Local wildcard entry from Avoca, Tahlia Hirst gave her best in the opening round although fell behind a top performance from Sophie McCulloch and in a close contest for second place against

Jesse Starling. “It was really fun (and) a really good experience for me,” Hirst said. With 3,000 qualifying points up for grabs, the remaining surfers in the mix will seek to be at their best for the finals to continue at Avoca over Friday and Saturday. Haakon Barry

Mariners’ draw far from Glory FOOTBALL The Central Coast Mariners have come away with one point on the A-League ladder after a deadlocked draw against Perth Glory in Perth Tuesday March 15.

Jason Cummings in action for the Mariners

It was a case of desperate defence for the Mariners who were kept constantly on the back foot under a barrage of 21 shots by their hosts.

More than once,Mark Birighitti’s efforts in goal made the difference between a draw and defeat, most pertinently seen in the 18th minute with a saved penalty shot. Jason Cummings’ obstinate knee caught the leg of ex-Mariner, Jack Clisby on his darting run into the penalty area. Bruno Fornaroli stepped up to take the chance and shot low and hard, yet too close to Birighitti

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hand on it.” For Head Coach, Nick Montgomery, taking one point away from Perth with a few key players missing may have been a good, if not lucky, outcome. “Of course, I’m happy to come away with a point, (but) I think that’s probably our worst performance of the season.” “(In the) first half we were unacceptable, I told the boys at half time that the good thing is we can’t play any worse than we’ve just played. “We had to make quite a few changes, leaving boys behind due to circumstances from the border which is out of our control. “We knew the rules and regulations in terms of not having the booster … I’m not going to force anyone to get a booster jab just to travel to Perth and play a game, I totally respect their decision.” The Mariners are now preparing for their upcoming match against the Macarthur Bulls, to be played on Saturday, March 19 at Glen Willow Stadium in Mudgee. Haakon Barry