Coast Community News 336

1 APRIL 2022

ISSUE 336

News

Big winners on the Central Coast from the Federal Budget, handed down on March 29, included low to middle income earners, working parents, first home buyers and motorists.

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Out&About

National triumph for local cyclists

Brackets and Jam returns to Kincumba Mountain this Saturday, April 2, at 1pm with an afternoon of superb music and friendly company.

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Business The Central Coast Cycling Club’s junior trio of Liliya Tatarinoff, Nicole Duncan and Maya Dillon have returned from the 2022 National Track Championships weighed down in gold, silver and bronze.

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Court says up to 1.14 million cubic metres of waste can be dumped at Mangrove Mountain The Land and Environment Court (LEC) has found the court orders entered by Gosford City Council in 2014 stand and that the operator of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill doesn’t need to obtain further development consent to carry out those orders but would require consent for new land uses or a materially different development.

LEC Justice Rachel Pepper ordered that Verde Terra (VT) may “lawfully carry out the works ordered by the Court on

29 August 2014 … without the need to obtain further development consent” and said her judgement was the culmination of a “long running and increasing complex dispute”.

The 2014 orders between the former Gosford City Council and VT included agreement to accept 1.14 million cubic metres of waste at the Mangrove Mountain Landfill Golf Course site whereas the original 1998 consent allowed for 240,000 cubic metres of fill.

The 2014 consent orders were said to result “in remediation of the site” and

achieve “appropriate controls and monitoring during the construction of the golf course to minimise risk of environmental harm”.

Under the 2014 orders, waste was to be removed, or shifted into lined cells, the waste mound capped, and the remodelled 18-hole golf course completed within 10 years.

“There was no requirement expressly stipulated in the 2014 consent orders for VT (or any other entity) to obtain further development consent in order to carry out the works specified by the orders,” Justice Pepper ruled.

She criticised Central Coast Council for not acting earlier on its concerns VT breached its development consent and pursued activities beyond the 2014 LEC orders.

Her judgement refers to remedies available to Council as consent authority under the Environment Planning and Assessment Act (EPAA).

Council said it was considering the judgement.

According to the new orders, it has 28 days from March 25 to “appeal” or request the LEC to vary its terms.

VT accepted that breaches of

the 1998 consent had occurred but argued the breaches occurred when the landfill was controlled by another operator.

“It was not in dispute that prior to the making of the 2014 consent orders, the Council sent its own waste to the landfill,” Pepper said.

With one exception, the 2014 orders said “any future amendment will only occur with the consent of Gosford City Council” and, according to the judgement, this hasn’t occurred.

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Three Central Coast businesses have taken out gongs at the 2021 Australian Small Business Champion Awards, announced on March 19 at Star Casino.

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Sport

The Central Coast Mariners are growing more confident of reaching the A-League finals after defeating Adelaide United 3 – 0 at Central Coast Stadium on Saturday evening, March 26.

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Court says up to 1.14 million cubic metres of waste can be dumped at Mangrove Mountain From page 1

So, while VT now has the court’s permission to carry out the 2014 court orders, Justice Pepper has specified that any activities beyond those orders are not permitted.

Following the 2014 court orders VT revised the site’s Landfill Environmental Management Plan (LEMP) and Leachate Management Plan (LMP) via the EPA without seeking Gosford City Council’s permission.

“The 2014 LEMP and 2014 LMP were not consistent with the 2014 CCN encourages “community publication and to validate, amend, consent orders,” Justice Pepper journalism”, including story update, expand or reduce the found.

The final landform and golf course leads, citizen reports, media information provided at our sole layout was materially different from releases and letters to the Editor. discretion and in accordance with our the landform and the golf course editorial guidelines. layout referred to in the 2014 orders.

All contributions should be emailed Material that is offensive, defamatory, During the latest case, VT accepted to: editorial@centralcoastnews.net or overtly political will not be published. that Council never formally approved CCN reserves the right to use, or not the 2014 LEMP and LMP and Justice use, any material sent to us for Pepper found Council could apply for LEC injunctions or use its powers as Editor: Ross Barry consent authority to approve or refuse Journalists: T erry Collins, Maisy Rae, Nicola Riches, Merilyn Vale activities that fall outside the 1998 consent and 2014 court orders.

Graphic Design: Justin Stanley, Brad Yee “I accept that the evidence discloses, Distribution: Anthony Wagstaff as at the making of the 2014 consent Phone: (02) 4325 7369 orders, that the VT parties intended to use the land primarily as a waste Mail to: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2050 disposal facility,with the reconstruction ISSN 1839-9045 – Print Post Approved – PP100001843 – Printed by Spotpress Marrickville of the golf course being secondary.

“Waste disposal was the core activity of the VT companies and the Bingo group, whose business interests, personnel and accounting practices were all directed to this purpose.

“This is very different from the landfilling proposed for the purpose of remodelling the golf course as authorised by the 1998 consent.

“It is also very different from the works contemplated by the 2014 consent orders as those orders are properly construed.

“If works have been, or are proposed to be, carried out outside the scope of those orders, for example, pursuant to COMMUNITY any impermissible revision of the Amended 2013 LEMP and 2013 LMP, CCN then they will not be authorised, and can be injuncted.”

Between 2014 and the subsequent 2019-22 LEC actions, VT attempted to

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vary its Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) seeking EPA permission to carry out waste processing and waste storage at the site, land uses that weren’t part of any development consent or court orders.

According to Justice Pepper, “The Court has no power … to order some other use of the land not approved by the original consent.”

She found that the only authority that can approve a new land use is the consent authority.

In April 2016 the EPA’s 1996 environmental guidelines for solid waste landfills were superseded by 2016 Landfill Guidelines with more demanding minimum standards, including landfill cell lining for general solid waste.

The VT consent, the 2014 court orders and the operator’s EPL adhere to the 1996 guidelines and cells at the existing landfill are unlined.

However, according to Justice Pepper, “The 2014 consent orders explicitly permit an additional approval to be obtained.

“The Court, in Class 1, can consequently grant a new development consent which accommodates the 2016 Landfill Guidelines.”

Further amendments to the LEMP and LMP were submitted to the EPA in 2016 and 2017 which proposed changes not in the 2014 orders.

In 2017 the EPA sought clarification from Council that it could alter VT’s EPL if it conformed with Council’s development consent.

Council said VT needed either a ‘fresh’ development application or an application to modify the existing consent and in 2018 the EPA refused to vary the EPL. In December 2019 VT submitted a 2018 development application with a Statement of Environmental Effects stating the “Need for the Proposal” as for the development of a regional landfill.

It included the construction of two additional large sediment basins with linking overflow channels.

The Pepper judgement says EPA Regulations require the development

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must constitute alterations and additions to existing development and that, in the opinion of the consent authority, the alterations or additions do not significantly increase the environmental impacts of the total development.

Otherwise, a fresh development consent would be needed.

The judgement gave a comprehensive history of the golf course remodelling saga including the sale of the land by the RSL to Mangrove Properties for the modest sum of $750,000.

The case clarified the connections between the Tartak family, Bingo and the Mangrove Mountain Landfill.

We learn that Tony Tartak’s stated motivation for the purchase of the land was to give him more control of the subject site and that he would not have allowed this transaction to proceed had the 2014 consent orders not been made.

According to the judgement, the VT companies were operating as part of the Tartak family waste industry business (which included the Bingo group until Bingo Industries Pty Ltd was floated on the stock exchange in May 2017).

Bingo has advised it sold the asset before being listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and no longer has any connection to the Mangrove Mountain Landfill.

In July 2011 Tony Tartak purchased VT for $3M. His stated principal motivation in doing so was that the company had a contractual right to landfill on the Mangrove Mountain site.

“I accept that VT was not purchased in order to use the land for the purpose of a golf course,” Justice Pepper said.

Verde Terra has been contacted for comment but had not responded at the time of going to press.

Justice Pepper’s judgement ran to over 160 pages, 551 paragraphs and took from November 2020 to March 2022 to finalise and make public.

This story was originally published as part of a longer article on www. thepoint.net.au ESG News Site.

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Health District CEO defends Gosford Hospital wait times Central Coast Local Health District has hit back at claims by Gosford state MP Liesl Tesch that patients are being forced to wait longer for care at Gosford Hospital.

Tesch said Bureau of Health Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly results for OctoberDecember 2021 showed presentations at the hospital were at an all-time high, with ambulance and emergency department wait times substantially longer than the same quarter in the previous year.

Tesch said the report revealed only 43.8 per cent of Priority 1 calls to ambulances were responded to within 15 minutes (a 10.2 per cent decrease) and only 53.9 per cent of treatment was started on time (a 7.3 per cent decrease).

She said there was a 17 per cent increase to 3,253 patients on the waiting list for elective surgery and only 49.4 per cent of patients were leaving the Emergency Department within four hours (a 6.1 per cent decrease).

She said 19,224 people attended Gosford Hospital emergency department

The Emergency Department at Gosford Hospital

compared to 17,663 in the previous quarter.

Tesch said the situation had been brewing for years but was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“After two absolutely gruelling years dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, our doctors and nurses deserve appropriate patient-tohealthcare professional ratios, and so does our community,” she said.

Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) CEO, Scott McLachlan, acknowledged the report highlighted “another incredibly challenging period

for our staff, patients and community”.

“This quarter was impacted by the ongoing Delta outbreak as well as the emergence of the Omicron outbreak,” he said.

Nevertheless, staff at Gosford Hospital continued to provide high-quality and safe care, he said.

McLachlan said the almost 19,300 presentations in the Emergency Department was a 5.7 per cent decrease, with 1,166 fewer attendances, than the same period in 2020.

“Despite the decrease in attendances, emergency department performance at

Gosford Hospital was impacted by the need to follow strict processes to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the ED and protect patients, carers and staff,” he said.

“CCLHD is carrying out plans to reduce waiting and treatment times at Gosford Hospital – we have made our Emergency Department Short Stay Units (EDSSU) at both Gosford and Wyong hospitals available at all times.

“Our EDSSUs provide care for patients who require shortterm assessment, treatment and observation, freeing up emergency department beds

for other patients.

“We are also streamlining our admissions and discharge processes – this includes improving how bed bookings are made and ensuring patients who are ready to be discharged are reviewed earlier in the day so the beds are ready for new patients coming through from our emergency departments.”

McLachlan said non-urgent elective surgery was temporarily paused during the quarter at both Gosford and Wyong hospitals so the resources and capacity required for the COVID-19 response could be maintained.

“Despite this necessary pause, 809 elective surgeries were performed at Gosford Hospital during the October to December 2021 quarter and almost all urgent elective surgeries (97.7 per cent) were performed on time,” he said.

“Non-urgent elective surgery has now resumed on the Central Coast, and we expect to be operating at normal capacity in the coming weeks.”

McLachlan said long-term elective surgery recovery plans included adding more operating theatre sessions at both Gosford and Wyong hospitals as well as continuing to partner with private hospitals to perform some surgeries.

“The 2021-22 budget for Central Coast Local Health District is over $948M, an increase of more than $32M, or 3.5 per cent, on the previous year’s budget,” he said.

“Between mid-2012 and mid-2021, the District increased its workforce by an additional 1,265 full-time equivalent staff – an increase of 28.7 per cent – including 239 more doctors, 519 more nurses and midwives and 131 more allied health staff.”

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Budget wins for motorists, low to middle Big winners on the Central Coast from the Federal Budget, handed down on March 29, included low to middle income earners, working parents, first home buyers and motorists.

There was some short-term relief for those on the JobSeeker payment, but no long-term increases.

The Coast attracted more than $1.3B on infrastructure spending with $1B for a faster rail upgrade between Tuggerah and Wyong, $336M for the Pacific Hwy upgrade at Wyong, $51.2M for the Central Coast Highway-Tumbi Rd intersection upgrade and an $8.2M top-up for the Woy Woy commuter carpark, .

After paying close to $2 a litre for petrol due to rising oil prices in the face of the war in Ukraine, Central Coast motorists should see some relief at the bowser with the Government cutting fuel excise in half.

This could lead to savings of up to 22 cents per litre, but the cut will only last six months.

To help with the increasing cost of living, low- and middleincome earners will get an

Central Coast motorists can expect some relief at the bowser

extra $420 back on their tax returns.

The government’s low- and middle-income tax offset is also back for another year, meaning some people may get up to $1,500 back at tax time.

While wages are set to be lower than inflation in the next couple of years, the Budget forecasts price inflation will taper off and wages will outstrip inflation by the middle of the decade.

Pensioners, carers, veterans, jobseekers and other eligible concession cardholders, plus some self-funded retirees, will get a one-off payment of $250.

The extra cash, to help with the cost of living, will be paid in coming weeks. But there is no increase in JobSeeker payments.

In good news for those hoping to enter the Central Coast

The Budget contains some relief for first home buyers

property market, the government is expanding its first home buyers scheme, with new home owners now only needing a 5 per cent deposit to buy a house with no lenders mortgage insurance (LMI).

It is expanding the scheme from 10,000 places up to 35,000 places a year, but there are rules on who is eligible and how expensive the houses can be.

The Government is also creating a new regional housing scheme with 10,000 annual places from October 1 for first home buyers or people who haven’t owned property in the last five years.

To access it, people have to either build or buy a newly built home in a designated regional area.

The Budget also includes money to extend the Family Home Guarantee scheme,

aimed at helping single parents buy their first house or re-enter the property market, with just a 2 per cent deposit and no LMI.

Other budget highlights

RENEWABLES The government will spend just under $250M over five years to support investment in low-emissions technologies, including hydrogen.

Coast Connect Central Coast Council’s weekly news and community information

Administrator Message

A shout out to our Town Criers

Electric vehicles generating savings for Council

It was an absolute delight to host this year’s National Town Crier Championship event which offered unusual entertainment for all ages.

The Championships have been running for 32 years now and held under the authority of the Ancient and Honourable Guild of Australian Town Criers.

Town Criers from all over Australia represented their home Council and took to the streets of Wyong, delivering messages to the community about the businesses in the town centre, providing them with unique promotion and support.

This was followed by the Championships at Alison Homestead, which saw around 100 people gather and watch the 13 Town Criers battle it out over two ‘cries’ to win the Champion of Champions.

Following the Championships, Judy Campbell representing Campaspe Shire, Victoria & Murray River Council, was crowned the champion.

Well done to all Town Criers who took part, and congratulations to our 2022 Town Crier Champion Judy Campbell.

As fuel costs continue to climb, our fleet of battery and hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) are generating financial savings in addition to the environmental benefits that come from using sustainable transport.

Rik Hart - Administrator, Central Coast Council

Report any potholes or road damage caused by weather events by calling Council on 1300 463 954 or submitting online centralcoast.nsw.gov.au via the ‘Report an issue’ page.

Council meeting

Find out when the next meeting is and watch it online centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/meetings

Council’s fleet of sustainable vehicles include a hybrid 20-tonne excavator, a first-of-kind in NSW local government full battery electric tipper truck, six hybrid electric trucks, nine full battery electric passenger vehicles and 112 hybrid electric passenger vehicles.

Council’s decision to invest in EVs over the medium to long term is already paying early dividends both from a financial point of view, as well as the opportunity to upskill Council employed mechanics in a relatively new field of ‘high-voltage’ servicing and maintenance.

Rainfall continues to create potholes

Council’s crews continue to maintain our 2,200 kilometre road network across the region and fix potholes as soon as possible during and following heavy rain. Water entering and weakening the underlying road pavement and the added stress of traffic is the main cause of potholes, which is why we see more potholes after periods of heavy rain.

Want to operate a business in open space areas?

Expressions of Interest for Licensing for a Trade or Business on Open Spaces for the 2022-2023 financial year are now open. This is relevant to commercial operators that run businesses such as personal training, boot camps, surf school, kayak hire, art classes, corporate group training at parks, reserves, beaches and waterways.

Submit your EOI by 29 April at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Love Lanes returns to Wyong

Explore hidden gems and discover forgotten laneways at Love Lanes Festival. Spread across four lanes, four stages and one park, this one-day festival on Friday 8 April is a combination of colours, sounds, smells with the buzz of a community street festival.

Search ‘what’s on’ online at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

How to stay active when it’s raining

When the rain hits, break free from cabin fever and visit Woy Woy’s Peninsula Leisure Centre for an indoor heated swim, dip in the spa or work out in the gym or basketball courts. Toukley Aquatic Centre and Gosford Pool also have indoor heated pools, and Lake Haven Recreation Centre also has a gym, indoor sports hall and courts.

Search ‘gyms and pools’ online at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

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income earners and first home buyers

Coast agitating for pay increases received no joy from the Budget, despite warnings from the Aged Care Royal commission that the sector is short of workers and existing workers are underpaid.

But the Budget does include $49.5M to subsidise 15,000 vocational education and training places for those already in or looking to enter the aged care workforce.

The Government will also fork out $340M to embed pharmacy services in residential aged care homes.

It will spend $148.6M over five years to encourage investment in “affordable and reliable power” which includes $84M for community microgrid projects in regional and rural Australia.

But the spend on some key climate change agencies, including the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the Australian Renewable Energy (ARENA), is set to fall by 35 per cent over the next four years.

PARENTAL LEAVE A shake-up of the Government’s Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme, combining two weeks of Dad and Partner Pay and 18 weeks of Parental Leave Pay, will mean mothers and fathers will be able to access the full 20 weeks and choose to split the leave between them. Single parents will now be able to access the full 20 weeks of parental leave.

The income test will be adjusted to include a household income threshold of $350,000 per annum.

MENTAL HEALTH

$336M for a Pacific Highway upgrade at Wyong is part of a huge infrastructure spend

HEALTH Trodelvy, a drug used to treat a rare form of breast cancer, has been put on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, meaning some women will save tens of thousands of dollars.

The Government will spend $58M over the next four years towards helping women with

endometriosis – this includes $16M for a specialised clinic in each state and territory and $25M to cover the cost of MRIs under Medicare.

Genetic testing for several conditions for couples who are planning to get pregnant will also become free as part of a new $181M program.

These conditions include cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular

atrophy and fragile X syndrome.

Tests can cost between $250 and $450 but will be free under Medicare (in most circumstances) from November next year.

The Government has also pledged $1.3B over the next six years for measures identified in the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children.

These include $54.6M over the next five years for the Keeping Women Safe in Their Homes program, which allows women to check for spyware on their phones and computers and sweep their homes for hidden cameras.

AGED CARE

The Government will invest $500M over the next five years in the next stage of the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan, including $42.3M for Lifeline and $14.8M for Headspace.

Australians on a mental health plan will again receive an additional 10 partially Medicare-subsidised visits to a psychologist, a measure first announced during the coronavirus pandemic.

Aged care workers on the

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Catholic school staff could strike next term Teachers and support staff at the region’s Catholic schools will consider strike action in term two if agreement cannot be met on their claim for higher wages and better working conditions.

Members and delegates at the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch Council voted unanimously on March 19 for teachers and support staff in Catholic schools to move towards protected industrial action.

The union has almost 20,000 members in 600 Catholic schools in NSW and the ACT. The union has five key demands: for teachers to be “paid what they’re worth”; for support staff to be given a “fair deal”; a reduction in paperwork; the provision of time for proper lesson planning; and an end to staff shortages.

IEUA NSW/ACT Branch Acting Secretary, Carol Matthews, said members were frustrated at the slow pace of negotiations, with no offer yet received from the employers.

“The union sent the claim to the employers in November last year, well before

Members and delegates at the Branch Council meeting vote to investigate protected industrial action

agreements expired at the end of 2021,” she said.

“The severe shortage of teachers in Catholic schools across NSW and the ACT is a direct result of declining pay coupled with excessive workloads.

“It has been turbo-charged by the COVID-19 pandemic with staff either off sick or isolating.

Teachers are exhausted because of extra demands to cover absent

colleagues’ classes.

“Members have reported standing in a corridor between classrooms trying to teach two or three primary classes simultaneously … something has to be done before even more school staff burn out.”

She said union members agree with the NSW Teachers Federation that uncompetitive salaries and unsustainable workloads are driving new and experienced teachers away

from the profession.

President of IEUA NSW, Chris Wilkinson, who has been teaching on the Central Coast for 40 years, said strike action was inevitable if agreement could not be reached.

“We need to look at teachers’ workload – it is increasing day by day,” she said.

“With data collection, recordkeeping and lesson preparation, we teachers haven’t got time to sit down and plan lessons –

this has to be done on our own time at home.

“We are asking for two hours each week away from the classroom to plan lessons and that will mean more teachers are needed.”

Wilkinson said it was difficult to attract and retain young graduates into a profession that pays so poorly.

She said a bargaining meeting scheduled for March 10 had been cancelled and union

members, including support staff, were agitating for another meeting date.

Failing a satisfactory outcome, she said, teachers and support staff would consider options for strike action.

“It could be one day, half a day, or rolling strikes … we will need to go through the voting process to get to that point.”

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Gosford City Bowling Club president Guy Robins has dished out a history lesson to Central Coast Council saying Council needs to get its facts straight.

“This continuous campaign to get rid of the Bowling Greens so this land can be better utilised never ceases to amaze me,” Robins said.

“The Stadium is what it is and, really, short of knocking the whole thing down and starting again you are never going to be able to do anything else with it,” he said.

His comments come in response to Administrator Rik Hart giving Council the green light to proceed with a plan to rezone and reclassify the bowling club land.

Council called the land’s current status “a major hindrance” to the potential of further development of Central Coast Stadium which is right beside the greens.

Council wants “greater opportunities” for the land but it won’t say what these greater opportunities might be.

Robins calls it is a cynical plan to get rid of the bowling club so something else can be built

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there.

With the bowling club on reclaimed land, he says, developers have access to any amount of land more suited to development.

“Dane Drive is gridlocked from 3.30PM until 5.30PM Monday to Friday and you cannot widen the road,” Robins said.

“If we need a convention centre, which has been suggested, (can I remind people that) the Leagues club had one of those before they turned it into a gym.

“It was called the Regency Room which could hold 1,400 hundred people.”

Robins said when it came to other stadium suggestions such as shopping and food outlets, the council should stop trying to build all over the waterfront but should leave it alone for everyone to enjoy.

He said comments from the Administrator showed he didn’t understand how the bowling club was funded – or how it would be funded if moved.

“The history of this land the bowling club is on should be fully understood,” Robins said.

“One third of the Greens and

Gosford Bowling Club President Guy Robins says the bowling club is part of the leagues club

the Northern Car Park are owned by the Club.

“Two thirds of the Greens and the land the club house is on were owned by the Gosford Bowling Club up until about 1953 when it was given to the Council for the Council to look after for the bowling club members.

“Since that time the club has been paying lease fees for the land given to the council and rates for the land the club still owns, totalling over $10,000 per year.”

He said those amounts are shown in the Central Coast Leagues Club Financial Statements presented to

members for consideration at the Annual General Meeting each year.

“The Gosford Bowling Club and the Central Coast Leagues Club amalgamated around 1983 and are governed by one Board of Directors and one management,” Robins said.

“Funding of the bowling greens are crucial to all bowling clubs as they are expensive and bowling clubs can no longer exist just as bowling clubs.

“They can only exist as diversified Community Clubs which is what the Central Coast Leagues Club is, and which includes the Bowling Club.”

Costs for running the bowling club and its greens include the $10,000 for rates and lease, $20,000 for power costs, and maintenance costs.

Prior to COVID, members paid more than $50,000 in green fees and a small profit from the bar covered most maintenance costs, except the maintenance of the greens.

“Before anyone starts talking about moving the bowling club they should explain where the $80,000 for the maintenance of the bowling club greens is going to come from as this is currently paid out of the category 2 grants the Leagues Club has to spend in the community,” Robins said.

“Otherwise, this is just a cynical exercise to get rid of the Bowling Club so something else can be built there.”

Robins said the Bowling Club could not and would not exist away from the Central Coast Leagues.

The Central Coast Leagues Club paid out $372,000.00 to community groups as part of their Category 1,2 & 3 obligations under the Registered Clubs act.

Specifically written into these

grants are that maintenance of bowling greens and golf club greens can come out of these grants as they are community assets.

“The amount of money clubs have to spend is based on their profit on poker machines over one million dollars,” Robins said.

“Small clubs who do not make over a million dollars do not pay this tax.

“The Golf Club is one of those clubs and this suggestion to move the bowling club to where the golf club is would be the end of this community asset,” he said.

Robins said statements coming from Council were misguided and not in the best interests of Gosford or the Central Coast.

“The statements are not from an elected Council, but from the unelected Administrator appointed by the State Government,” Robins said.

“It’s time we had an elected Council again with elected representatives that may listen to their constituents.”

Merilyn Vale

Students strike for climate change Over 50 passionate locals turned up at a wet and windy Kibble Park on Friday, March 25, to demand governments take action on climate change.

The Central Coast School Strike4 Climate’s (SS4C) event forms part of the global movement from students to insist countries move towards a 100 per cent renewable energy generation by 2030.

The event featured speeches from students and activists before participants prepared to march through the streets of Gosford.

In a display of irony, the marchers were rained off only

a few minutes into the walk with the group taking shelter under the NDIS building.

Member of the Central Coast SS4C, Ethan Hill, said the group was pleased with the turnout considering it was their first action since the second COVID-19 lockdown.

The aims for Friday’s event included School Strike 4 Climate’s demands [of] stopping all new coal, oil, and gas projects, including the Adani mine in Queensland, [a] transition to 100 per cent renewable energy generation and exports by the year 2030, [and] funding [for] a just transition for all of the workers

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in the fossil fuel industry in Australia,” Hill said.

“Another aim for Friday’s event was to ask people to vote for parties that prioritise climate action in the upcoming election.

“As school students, we cannot yet vote, but we ask current generations to ‘Vote For Our Future’.

“It is always important that we continue to put pressure on our government and leaders to achieve climate justice and sustainability.”

With the Federal Election looming in May, Hill said the SSC4 is watching closely and would like local candidates and

parties to commit towards a comprehensive transition to renewables.

“We are looking for genuine plans that fit our demands, transition Australia to renewable energy sources and continue to put sustainability at their core, as there are no jobs on a dead planet,” Hill said.

“And I remind political parties that thousands of young people have turned 18 since our movement began in early 2019, meaning more in-tune teenagers will be voting for climate action.”

Maisy Rae Bedraggled protesters at the strike on March 25

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Banding together to help flood victims When Jan Hupfau heard about the devastation from floods in the north of the state, she was determined to do something about it.

At the age of 83, she rallied her fellow residents at Pine Needles Village at Erina and began a collection.

“I ran it by the girls at the front desk first and they thought it was a good idea so we put a notice in our monthly magazine,” she said.

There was an overwhelming response and there are now 61 boxes of goods waiting in the village storeroom for delivery to those most in need.

“There is clothing, kitchenware – all sorts of

things” Hupfau said. “There are boxes everywhere – the staff will be glad to see them go, I’m sure.

“One lady, who used to be involved with the Girl Guides, organised her friends and we have 42 hand-crafted blankets in our collection.”

Hupfau said she was motivated by the stories of people losing their homes following the floods and by her daughter, who lives at Brunswick Heads and has assembled a group to assist where they can.

“One man said they could help by just clearing his driveway and they found all sorts of things blocking it –

glass, pieces of furniture, even dead animals,” she said.

“These poor people need help to get on with their lives.”

Hupfau, who has always done charity work, said she felt she needed to do whatever she could.

“At first we had trouble organising a truck to take things up north for us. But the Salvation Army has now agreed to collect our boxes on April 8.

“We are still trying to work out exactly where they should go.

We are concentrating on Lismore and its suburbs and I would also like to see some things go further up north.”

Jan Hupfau (centre front) with fellow residents and some of the collected goods

Terry Collins

Copacabana residents pitch in to clean up With Central Coast Council up to its ears in clean-up activities following heavy rains this month, a group of around 30 Copacabana residents decided to conduct their own mop up, co-ordinated by the Navy Veterans Welfare Association of NSW. Spokesperson Roque Hammal said Copacabana was lucky compared to other areas.

“We have had to deal with blocked drains to the beach,

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and garbage and large amounts of driftwood along the foreshore and the rock area below the headland,” he said.

“Also, debris built up in our recreation parks.”

The clean-up was arranged in two stages.

On March 23, residents were assisted by Council, which provided heavy equipment to remove large pieces of rubbish from the lagoon area to the surf club and stockpile it at the lagoon awaiting removal.

“Working with a local contractor, we concentrated on clearing the debris and rubbish from the storm drain area, making the area safe and clean for our beachgoers,” Hammal said.

“Community members also trimmed back the tall grass along the path above the beach and two nine cubic metre skips were filled and removed.”

On March 26 the focus shifted to the larger driftwood from the foreshore and rock area as residents moved it into piles for

collection by Council.

“We also cleared the overgrowth on the footpaths and recreation areas and another nine cubic metre skip was filled,” Hammal said.

“A very kind donation of $1,000 was made by the widow of a veteran to sponsor 10 younger members of our community, who had registered to assist on the day. Each one received $100 to go towards their education needs.”

Copacabana residents pitch in for the clean-up Hammal said residents were grateful for support from local businesses, especially Beaumonts Coastal Excavation for organising the skip bins and supplying heavy machinery and tools.

“When we all work together with a common goal it’s amazing what we can achieve,” he said.

Source: Media release, Mar 29, Navy Veterans Welfare Association of NSW

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IPART water rate decision gut-wrenching IPART’s decision to approve Central Coast Council’s application for a 34 per cent water rate hike (plus inflation) is gut-wrenching for the community, and will cause serious hardship (CCN334).

Thirty-four per cent is exactly what the Council asked for, so it is difficult to understand public statements from IPART that it gave the Council less than it wanted; 19 per cent +4 per cent+4 per cent+4 per cent = 33.8 per cent after compounding.

IPART is supposed to protect customers from monopoly

FORUM pricing, but once again it has succumbed to relentless Council lobbying.

Being generous with ratepayers’ money is unlikely to lead to any significant improvement in services – certainly nowhere near a 34 per cent improvement in services.

The bulk of the extra money will be swallowed up by an inefficient bureaucracy that now has even less incentive to improve its poor performance and productivity.

In fact, this Council will never reform itself and never become more efficient if it is constantly being bailed out by ratepayers.

A savvy pricing regulator would understand that.

It is cynical of IPART to claim their decision to phase in the increase over four years is evidence they listened to the community and a survey in which 89 per cent supported phasing.

They fail to mention that in the same survey 84 per cent opposed the Council’s proposal altogether, and only 2 per cent were confident they could afford it.

The phasing is also tokenistic and so front-loaded as to be pointless – a massive 19 per cent increase in July 2022 followed by much smaller increases of 4 per cent a year over the next three years.

The IPART Tribunal is appointed by State Government and has approved in full an outrageous application from a Council administrator also appointed by State Government.

A community whose feedback has once again been ignored will draw its own conclusions.

Email, Mar 21, Kevin Brooks, Bensville

No reception for ABC 98.1FM I am disappointed that the ABC has never bothered to look into the terrible radio reception of ABC News Radio 98.1 FM along the length of Wyong Road.

The problem is not restricted to a specific vehicle, as I have had a Ford and a Holden and the problem is identical.

The reception on 98.1 is mostly hash, interspersed by

FORUM some other radio station cutting in and out over the ABC as you drive – it is so bad that the program is unintelligible, and not worth putting up with.

I have contacted the local office of ABC a few times over the last few decades, but they duck-shove to some other Commonwealth organisation

responsible for communications.

But it is surely up to the ABC to examine the situation on the Central Coast and either put in a repeater or increase the power of the transmitter.

I suspect that the hash is the result of being at the outer limit of the transmission’s reach – like the snow on the old analog black and white TVs. But how can Wyong Road,

almost the geographic middle of the Central Coast, have marginal reception?

Come on ABC, you do so many other things right – why not do the right thing by 98.1 FM? If it needs some extra dollars, surely, in an election year, the local Federal members can chip in.

Email, Mar 25 Geoff Robertson, The Entrance

Act of kindness brightened the day In times of COVID, the Ukraine invasion, floods and a coming election, let me share with you a wonderful act of decency and kindness.

I had just finished visiting a relative in hospital and was feeling a little depressed by it all.

On my way home, I stopped at my local shopping centre and, because of the rain, I decided to park under shelter.

The only vacant spot I could find was a tricky one with a pole on one side and a truck on the other.

Shopping done, I loaded the car, found a trolley bay to use and was concentrating on how I would extricate my car from its difficult spot.

Home I go, unpack the groceries and suddenly there is a knock on the door.

Standing there calling my

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Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper name was a pretty young woman holding my handbag!

I had left it in the shopping trolley.

My wonderful rescuer had found my address in my wallet and taken the time and effort to return it in person.

She even apologised that she couldn’t find a phone number to ring me.

Aren’t people wonderful?

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Brackets and Jam returns to Kincumba Mountain

Peter Healy and King rhythm

Brackets and Jam returns to Kincumba Mountain this Saturday, April 2, at 1pm with an afternoon of superb music and friendly company.

You can bring a picnic, a chair or rug and enjoy the cheapest

family friendly day out on the Coast.

The line-up includes Frances Swan, Tip the Hat, and Peter Healy with King Rhythm and friends, and there will be drum jams on the day.

Swan is an Australian singer-

songwriter who performs solo with piano and vocals, giving her a haunting indie-folk vibe.

Her electronic arrangements are dynamic and powerful with a distinctive northern European flavour.

She has written soundtracks for film and choreography.

Tip the Hat Tip the Hat is a new Central Coast band playing a mix of funky and smooth up-tempo blues, plus some older rockers out of the blues tradition. The band comprises Len Newman on guitar, Mick Field on bass and Dave Gardner on drums.

Peter Healy leads a stellar band of musicians to celebrate the long-awaited relaunch of Brackets and Jam. Paul Eagle, Matt Butler and Phil King will join Healy in the line-up.

The Kincumba Mountain Kiosk will be available for refreshments.

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The venue is at the top of Island View Drive at the west end of Kincumber St, Kincumber, and cost is $10 with accompanied children under-16 free.

Source: Media release, Mar 29, Brackets and Jam

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New music and arts collective set up

Coast town centres to come alive Four Central Coast town centres will come alive this April and May with Social Spaces – a series of pop-up activations aimed at bringing the community together and attracting visitors to Gosford, Wyong, The Entrance and Toukley to create vibrant and engaging spaces.

Central Coast Council Unit Manager Community and Culture, Glenn Cannard, said the initiative will help boost local businesses and create vibrant spaces in important town centres this autumn.

“Social Spaces is all about revealing the hidden treasures and spaces of Gosford, Wyong, Toukley and The Entrance and filling them with community events, pop-up dining experiences, school holiday activities and seasonal entertainment,” Cannard said.

“There will be two months of exploring amazing local food, kids’ activities, roving entertainment and more fun activities from Sunday, April 10 until Sunday, May 29.”

Highlights of the program will include heritage walks, school holiday activities (petting zoo, laser skirmish, mobile games

A new association has been set up to develop music and arts on the Central Coast.

truck, roving Easter bunny), pop-up dining experiences with live entertainment, and an array of delicious dinner options offered from local restaurants and businesses.

There will be self-guided Wyong heritage walks in May, with signposted stops to help you step back into the shoes of locals in the 19th century.

There is a downloadable tour guide flyer featuring information on each point of interest and a handy map and option to listen to the audio tour.

“As we move out of the busy summer period, this initiative

will provide continued support to local businesses that are still recovering from the financial impacts of COVID,” Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said.

“Creating social hubs that are alive and buzzing also creates memorable and enjoyable experiences for all and enhances the liveability of the Central Coast.”

For more information, see: lovecentralcoast.com/ socialspaces Source: Media release, Mar 28 Central Coast Council

Central Coast Music Collective will hold its official launch at Drifter’s Wharf, Gosford, on April 6.

Formed during COVID-19 lockdowns in April 2020, the collective brings together music industry and arts experts who share a vision of uniting the music scene with a clear, strategic framework.

They include managers, promoters, artists, lawyers, label managers, publishers, retail representatives, producers, event managers and hospitality professionals.

The evening will include a one-hour panel discussion with insights on navigating a career in the music Industry, followed

by Q&As, a networking session and live performances by local musicians Molly Millington, The Business Lounge and Neav.

Full bar and food service will be available and entry is free.

The event, from 6-10pm, is suitable for all ages, but under18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Molly Millington will perform on the night

The initiative is supported by Central Coast Council, Great Southern Nights, the NSW Government and ARIA.

Source: Media release, Mar 29 Central Coast Music Collective

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Stars: Johnny Depp, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, Wolf 1:00 Roth, Eddie Redmayne, Zoë 1:30 Kravitz, Callum Turner 4:00 11:15 Program To Be Advised 5:30 12:30 Home Shopping 6:00 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 10:00 (PG) [s] 12:00 12:30 12:00 Seven’s Horse Racing: 1:00 Randwick/ Bendigo *Live* [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 1:30 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s 2:00 2:15 Front Line (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Movie: “Cinderella” (G) (’15) – 4:30 5:00 When her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at 5:30 6:00 the mercy of her cruel 7:00 stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give 7:30 up hope, Ella’s fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing 8:30 stranger. Stars: Cate Blanchett 9:10 Movie: “The Hangover” 10:30 (MA15+) (’09) Stars: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed 12:30 Helms, Todd Phillips 1:00 11:20 Movie: “Sphere” (M v) (’98) 1:30 Stars: Dustin Hoffman 1:30 Home Shopping 6:00 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 10:00 11:00 (PG) [s] 12:00 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 1:00 Jabba’s Movies (PG) [s] 1:50 1:30 Movie: “Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol” (PG) (’87) 3:30 Stars: Steve Guttenberg 3:15 Surveillance Oz (PG) [s] 3:30 Border Security International 6:00 7:00 (PG) [s] 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 8:40 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Sydney Weekender [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Dancing With The Stars (PG) [s] 9:00 Crime Investigation Australia: 10:15 Hero To Hitman - Lindsey Rose 10:50 (MA15+) [s] 10:20 Born To Kill?: Gary Ridgway 11:40 ‘The Green River Killer’ 12:30 (MA15+) [s] 1:00 11:25 The Blacklist: The Skinner, 1:30 Conclusion (M) [s]

Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra [s] 7:00 7:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “Kill Thy Neighbour” (AKA “Hello Neighbour’) (M v) 8:00 12:00 (’18) Stars: Andrea Bogart, Hannah Barefoot 1:00 Garden Gurus Moments [s] 2:10 Pointless (PG) [s] 2:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 3:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 3:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] 4:00 4:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] NRL: Panthers v Rabbitohs *Live* From Bluebet Stadium 5:00 6:30 NRL: Golden Point (M) [s] 7:30 Movie: “The Nice Guys” (MA15+) (’16) Stars: Ryan 9:40 Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer 10:40 Outback & Under: Airlie 11:40 Beach [s] Home Shopping 12:40 Religious Programs A Current Affair (PG) [s] 1:30 6:00 Easy Eats [s] Weekend Today [s] 6:30 7:00 Today Extra Saturday [s] 7:30 Destination WA [s] My Way [s] 8:00 8:30 The Pet Rescuers (PG) [s] 9:00 Outback & Under [s] Explore [s] Movie: “Mermaids” (PG) (’90) 9:30 12:00 Stars: Cher, Winona Ryder The Garden Gurus [s] 1:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 2:00 Getaway [s] 3:00 NINE News Saturday [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Space Invaders: Caroline And 3:30 Adrian (PG) [s] Movie: “Bridget Jones’s Diary” 4:30 (M l,s,v) (’01) Stars: Colin Firth 5:00 Movie: “Music And Lyrics” (M) 6:00 (’07) Stars: Hugh Grant, Haley 7:00 Bennett, Drew Barrymore Outback & Under [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] 10:00 Australia’s Top Ten Of 11:00 Everything (PG) [s] 6:00 Easy Eats [s] 8:00 Weekend Today [s] Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 9:00 9:30 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] NRL: Women’s Premiership: 12:00 12:30 Semi Final 1 *Live* [s] 1:00 NRL: Women’s Premiership: Semi Final 2 *Live* [s] 1:20 NRL: Storm v Bulldogs *Live* 2:30 From AAMI Park, Melbourne [s] NINE News Sunday [s] 3:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 4:00 Underbelly - Vanishing Act 4:30 (M) [s] – Based on real events, the bizarre mystery of con-artist 5:00 Melissa Caddick who stole 6:30 millions from friends, family and 7:30 rich clients.

NINE News Late [s] The First 48: Spellbound (M) [s] Shallow Grave: After Dark (M) [s] The Garden Gurus [s] 8:45 Ultimate Rush (PG) [s] 9:45 Home Shopping

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

SBS (C30)

The Talk (PG) [s] 5:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 1:00 The Bold And The Beautiful 2:00 (PG) [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] 3:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 3:30 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:40 Everyday Gourmet With 4:10 Justine Schofield [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] Left Off The Map [s] 5:05 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 5:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 6:00 (PG) [s] 6:30 10 News First [s] 7:35 The Project (PG) [s] 8:30 The Graham Norton Show (M) [s] 9:20 First Dates Australia (PG) [s] The Dog House Australia 10:20 (PG) [s] 10:50 The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen 11:45 Colbert (PG) [s] Home Shopping 5:30 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 1:00 Religious Programs [s] 2:00 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 2:30 What’s Up Down Under [s] Left Off The Map [s] Pooches At Play [s] 4:00 4:30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey [s] 5:35 Studio 10: Saturday [s] Pat Callinan’s 4X4 6:30 Adventures [s] 7:30 The Offroad Adventure [s] All 4 Adventure [s] 8:30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 9:30 The Dog House Australia (PG) [s] 10:20 Farm To Fork [s] 10 News First [s] 11:15 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] Football: Isuzu Ute A-League Men: Round 21: Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory *Live* From Coopers Stadium 1:45 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 NCIS: Starting Over (M) [s] Religious Programs [s] 5:30 The Offroad Adventure Show 12:30 Luca’s Key Ingredient [s] 2:00 Studio 10: Sunday (PG) [s] Left Off The Map [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 5:05 My Market Kitchen [s] 5:35 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] The Dog House Australia 6:30 (PG) [s] 7:30 Waltzing Jimeoin (PG) [s] Farm To Fork [s] Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 10 News First [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] – The end is nigh as five castaways are whittled down to four. At the immunity challenge, 8:30 everyone digs deep but one tribe mate pulls out all the 10:30 stops.

FBI: Protective Details (M v) [s] 11:30 FBI: American Dreams & 1:20 Reveille (M v) [s]

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

Classifications: (G) General, (PG) Parental Guidance, (M) Mature Audiences, (MA15+) Mature Audience Over 15 Years, [s] Subtitles Consumer Advice: (d) drug references, (s) sexual references or sex scenes (h) horror, (l) language, (mp) medical procedures, (n) nudity, (v) violence

Worldwatch PBS Newshour Arabia With Levison Wood: Battlegrounds (M l,v) NITV News: Nula Destination Flavour China Bitesize Cook Up With Adam Liaw Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Railways And The Industrial Revolution (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Britain’s Secret Islands (PG) World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (PG) The Pyramids - Solving The Mystery (In English/ French) SBS World News 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games: The Mirror Cracked (M v) (In French) Worldwatch PBS Newshour Small Business Secrets (PG) Figure Skating: ISU World Championships Football: Countdown To Qatar Atypical Education (PG) The Secret History Of World War II (PG) SBS World News Celebrity Letters And Numbers (M) Princess Diana’s Wicked Stepmother (PG) World’s Greatest Bridges: The Millau Viaduct (PG) Anne Boleyn - Arrest, Trial, Execution (M) [s] Movie: “Lost City Of Z” (M) (’16) Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Edward Ashley, Angus Macfadyen Bamay Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) Worldwatch Motor Sports: Speedweek Volleyball: Australian Tour *Live* From Coolangatta Cycling: Volta A Catalunya Small Business Secrets (PG) The Secret History Of World War II: Pearl Harbor (PG) SBS World News Back To The Titanic – Documents the first manned dives to Titanic in nearly fifteen years. A team of experts use a specially equipped sub to capture the first ever 4K footage of the ship to analyse its rate of decay. They also build the most accurate model of the wreck in existence.

Meeting Gorbachev (PG) (In Russian/ German) Country Town Pride: Untold Australia (M l) In The Shadow Of The Moon America’s Great Divide: Obama To Trump (M v)

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

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

Wednesday 6 April

9:30 6:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:40 2:00 2:45 3:40 4:40 5:25 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30

Thursday 7 April

9:00 9:30 6:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 12:00 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:50 3:50 4:40 5:30 6:00 6:55 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:35 10:05 10:20

PRIME (C61/60)

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6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 2:15 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Farm To Fork [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 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 9:00 Would I Lie To You? Australia (M) [s] 10:00 FBI: Most Wanted: Silkworm (M) [s] 11:00 The Project (PG) [s] 12:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

5:30 Worldwatch 2:00 Arabia With Levison Wood: The Empty Quarter (PG) 3:00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize 3:40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Law And Order (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Scotland - Escape To The Wilderness (PG) 8:30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London (PG) 9:20 Expedition With Steve Backshall (PG) 10:25 SBS World News 10:55 Beneath The Surface (MA15+) (In German/ Danish) 12:05 Tin Star (MA15+)

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Landline [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Victoria (PG) [s] The Teacher (M l,s) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) [s] Escape From The City [s] George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces [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 Late News [s] The Business [s] Q+A (PG) [s] Deep Water (M l,s) [s] Manolo - The Boy Who Made Shoes For Lizards (M l) [s]

6:00 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 10:00 The 64th Annual Grammy 11:30 Awards *Live* From MGM 12:00 Grand Garden Arena, Las 1:45 Vegas (M) [s] – Honouring the best recordings, compositions, 2:00 3:00 and artists of the year.

4:00 1:30 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 5:00 2:00 What The Killer Did Next: 6:00 Norma Bell (M v) [s] 7:00 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 7:30 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 9:00 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 ABBA Forever [s] – A celebration of the lifetime of joy the group has brought to fans, ABBA Forever tells the story of what is surely the most surprising popular music story of 10:20 10:50 our age.

11:50 8:30 The Amazing Race (PG) [s] 9:30 The 64th Annual Grammy 12:40 Awards *Replay* (M) [s] 1:30 1:15 Harry’s Practice [s]

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Explore [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] Underbelly - Vanishing Act (M) [s] – With the police circling, Melissa Caddick vanishes without a trace leaving the police and her victims in a desperate search for her and their missing millions.

NINE News Late [s] 100% Footy (M) [s] Bluff City Law: Need To Know (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Home Shopping

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Weird Australia (PG) [s] Rosie Batty’s One Plus One Grand Designs New Zealand ABC News At Noon [s] National Press Club Address Back Roads: Great Australian Road Trip [s] Unforgotten (M l) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) [s] Escape From The City [s] George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] People’s Republic Of Mallacoota: The Liquorice Bullet (M l) [s] A Dog’s World With Tony Armstrong: Super Senses [s] The Poles Revealed: Polar Change (PG) [s]

6:00 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Tiny House Of Terror” 12:00 (M v) (’17) Stars: Francia Raisa, 1:30 2:00 Nazneen Contractor, Jesse 3:00 Hutch, Tammy Gillis, Matt 4:00 Bellefleur, David Stuart 2:00 What The Killer Did Next: Kate 5:00 6:00 Prout (M v) [s] 7:00 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 7:30 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 8:30 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 9:30 6:00 Seven News [s] 10:30 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 11:00 7:30 Why Ships Crash (PG) [s] 8:50 Police Strike Force (PG) [s] 9:50 The Rookie: Breakdown (PG) [s] 10:50 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:20 Rose West And Myra Hindley Their Untold Story (MA15+) [s] 11:25 12:40 12:20 Movie: “My Cousin Rachel” 1:30 (M l,s) (’17) Stars: Rachel 4:00 Weisz, Sam Claflin 5:00 3:00 Home Shopping

6:00 Today [s] 7:00 Today Extra [s] 7:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] 8:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 12:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 1:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 2:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 2:30 NINE News [s] 3:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 3:30 Program To Be Advised 4:00 Program To Be Advised 4:30 Program To Be Advised NINE News Late [s] 5:00 Mr Mayor: Avocado Crisis (PG) [s] – An avocado shortage 6:30 cripples LA; Mikaela discovers 7:30 that the only thing that can put 8:30 her to sleep is Arpi’s presentations.

9:30 Stalkers (M l,v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] 10:30 Home Shopping 11:30 Religious Programs 12:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s]

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Four Corners [s] Scottish Vets Down Under (PG) [s] People’s Republic Of Mallacoota (M l) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] National Press Club Address Media Watch (PG) [s] Deep Water (M l,n,s) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) [s] Escape From The City [s] George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces [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] Tomorrow Tonight [s] Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala (PG) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Family Pictures” (PG) (’93) Stars: Larissa Albuquerque, Jackie Blackmore 2:00 Autopsy USA: Dennis Wilson (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Double Fault - The Novak Djokovic Saga (M) [s] 8:30 Movie: “The Accountant” (M l,v) (’16) – As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.

Stars: Ben Affleck 11:05 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:35 The Front Bar (M) [s] 12:35 Splitting Up Together (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Australian Story [s] How Deadly World (PG) [s] The Poles Revealed [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] Deep Water (M l,n,s) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) [s] Escape From The City [s] George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] Sammy J (PG) [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Foreign Correspondent [s] Q+A (M) [s] Rosie Batty’s One Plus One: Russell Vickery [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 6:00 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 9:00 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 12:00 Movie: “Romeo Killer: The Chris 12:00 Porco Story” (M v) (’13) Stars: 1:00 Eric McCormack, Matt Barr 2:00 2:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 3:00 [s] – The latest news and 4:00 opinions from David Koch on 5:00 how to set up and maintain your 6:00 very own small business.

7:00 2:30 Dog Patrol (PG) [s] 7:30 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 9:50 6:00 Seven News [s] 10:35 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 11:05 7:30 Movie: “Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire” (M h,v) (’05) 12:00 Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robert Pattinson, Ralph Fiennes 10:40 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:10 Criminal Confessions: The Kill Club (MA15+) [s] 1:00 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30

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

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

8:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:50 1:00 1:30

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Program To Be Advised Bondi Vet (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] Travel Guides: USA (Part 2) (PG) [s] Movie: “Crocodile Dundee” (M l,s) (’86) Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil, Mark Blum NINE News Late [s] Damian Lewis - Spy Wars: Trojan Horse (M v) [s] Grand Hotel: Suite Little Lies (M l,s,v) [s] Talking Honey: Mummy’s Boy (PG) [s] Hello SA (PG) [s] Home Shopping

The Talk [s] 5:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 2:00 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 3:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (M) [s] 3:40 The Dog House Australia (PG) [s] 4:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] Everyday Gourmet [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] 5:05 Farm To Fork [s] 5:30 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 6:00 The Bold And The Beautiful 6:30 (PG) [s] 7:30 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] 8:30 The Dog House Australia (PG) [s] 9:30 NCIS: In The Wind (M v) [s] NCIS: Los Angeles: Bonafides 10:00 (M v) [s] 10:30 NCIS: Flight Plan (M v) [s] 11:00 The Project (PG) [s] 11:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:45

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Farm To Fork [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] 9:30 Bull: With These Hands (PG) [s] 10:30 This Is Us: Taboo (PG) [s] – Rebecca has a big announcement to make at Thanksgiving dinner.

11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra [s] 7:00 NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:30 Program To Be Advised Space Invaders (PG) [s] 8:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 12:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 2:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 2:30 NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] 3:00 NRL: Knights v Sea Eagles 3:30 *Live* From McDonald Jones 4:00 Stadium [s] 4:30 NRL: Knock Off (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] 5:00 New Amsterdam: Discon6:30 nected (M) [s] 7:30 URBEX: Enter At Your Own 8:30 Risk: Unstoppable (M l) [s] – 9:30 Documentary series about 10:30 urban explorers who explore areas above, around and below 11:30 the world’s most famous cities. 12:30 Getaway (PG) [s] Home Shopping 1:30

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

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TEN (C10)

NINE (C81/80)

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

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The Talk (PG) [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (M) [s] First Dates Australia (PG) [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] Farm To Fork [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] First Dates Australia (PG) [s] Gogglebox Australia (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised Blue Bloods: Hidden Motive (M) [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] Home Shopping

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

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

Worldwatch Arabia With Levison Wood: Valley Of The Past (PG) Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Railways And Royalty (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind (PG) SBS World News Great British Railway Journeys (PG) Insight: Forgetting Fatherhood (PG) Dateline: India’s Street Kids: Telling Their Own Story The Feed SBS World News The Point Thin Blue Line (MA15+) (In Swedish) Blood (MA15+) Worldwatch PBS Newshour Dateline Insight: Forgetting Fatherhood (PG) Cook Up With Adam Liaw The Architecture The Railways Built: Down Street (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Tony Robinson - Britain’s Greatest River: London Gateway (PG) Rise Of The Nazis - Dictators At War: Barbarossa (M) The Responder (MA15+) SBS World News Red Light (MA15+) (In Dutch/ Flemish) The Handmaid’s Tale: Vows (MA15+) The Good Fight: And The Fight Had A Detente (M l)

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Arabia With Levison Wood: Holy Lands (PG) 3:00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:15 The Architecture The Railways Built: Ffestiniog (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Every Family Has A Secret: Danielle Chisholm And Heather Horne (PG) 8:30 The Royals - Keeping The Crown: The Pursuit Of Normal (PG) 9:30 Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed (M) 10:40 SBS World News 11:10 Gomorrah (MA15+) (In Italian) 1:15 Fargo (MA15+)

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

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Grant applications open for aspiring young artists Bouddi Foundation for the Arts will accept online applications until May 29 for grants of up to $5000 from young local artists on the Central Coast who aspire to a career in any of the arts.

Over the 11 years since the group was founded by renowned Shakespearian actor John Bell, more than 150 young artists aged 15-30 have received over $300,000 in funding plus mentoring.

They have used their grants to travel internationally for study, stage exhibitions, and fund tuition and supplies in areas including visual arts, music, dance, writing and

theatre.

Many have gone on to enjoy exceptional careers in the arts.

One 2021 grant recipient who is making serious impact is singer/songwriter Niamh Watson of Narara, who performs under the name NEAV. Her grant enabled her to receive coaching and mentorship from ORIGIN Music and connected her with Double Drummer, which brought about publishing deals and mentoring.

This led her to win a Create NSW grant and put out of her debut EP. Origin Music MD, Philip Mortlock, said the grant had been a great kick-start to her

career development.

Applications can be submitted via the BFA web site – www. bouddiarts.org.au/ applications.

Applicants will be advised if they will be invited to auditions later in the year, and the annual awards event will follow.

To view a video about John Bell and the Foundation’s work go to http://www.bouddiarts. org.au/ or https://youtu.be/ kox2Ytk2r8A. It can also be viewed on the Foundation’s Facebook and Instagram.

Source: Media release, Mar 30 Bouddi Foundation for the Arts

Previous grant recipient NEAV

Take a bow, Lauren A local student and Ocean Beach lifesaver has been named ‘Best Conductor’ at the Loreto Normanhurst’s 50th Year of Music Festival on March 25 at the International Convention Centre (ICC).

Year 10 student Lauren Lawer received the honour for her performance of George Michael’s ‘Freedom! 90’, which was arranged by The Bella’s (Pitch Perfect 3).

“I chose Freedom! 90’ by George Michael as it’s about making a change in society through the empowerment given when we feel free in friendships with the people around us,” Lauren said.

“As a bonus, it fits our school’s values for 2022 which happens to be Freedom, and it’s also a fun and energetic song which I hoped everyone would enjoy.”

As the youngest conductor on the night, Lauren not only came away with the ‘Best Conductor’

honour, but also took out the Overall House competition for Kendall for the first time in its history.

She was accompanied by her sister and fellow Ocean Beach lifesaver, Rebecca, who participated in the choir.

Lauren and her accompanist had many hurtles to jump through due to COVID-19, including singing with masks on during practice and constant room changes to allow for social distancing.

Loreto Normanhurst organises a music festival every year involving all 1,100 students from years 5-12.

The festival showcases the students instrumental and dance ensemble talent and concludes with an epic ‘Battle of the House Choirs.’

There are eight house choirs which are all student led, with no teacher involvement.

Maisy Rae From left, Lauren and Rebecca Lawer

BOOK REVIEW

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The Paris Apartment Author: Lucy Foley Publisher: HarperCollins

Jess has to get out of London.

She fled her last dead-end job as a bar tender and has done something that could get her in trouble.

Thankfully, her brother Ben, in Paris, is only a Chunnel ride away.

Her timing isn’t great but what is a brother to do.

Well, half-brother actually – same mother, different fathers.

He leaves her a message to give her the address of the apartment “Just ring the buzzer, I’ll be waiting up for you.”

Jess arrives in Paris and calls Ben, but he doesn’t answer his phone.

She texts him, no reply.

She arrives at his apartment building and rings the buzzer, nothing.

The apartment building is in a lovely area, and in a street of beautiful buildings … and this one is the best.

Didn’t her brother get lucky to live in such a great place?

But it is getting cold and Jess is tired and

getting annoyed at Ben’s silence.

Thankfully a man enters a code into the gate to get access to the building.

A code that Jess is able to see.

After picking the lock to the apartment, Jess can see that Ben isn’t there.

What started as annoyance has become concern as Jess finds his wallet, clothes, cat and a scooter with a busted tire.

Jess goes through the building to ask each of its occupants about Ben. But they are all a bit strange.

What is wrong with this place?

There is Sophie in the penthouse.

She keeps herself immaculate, flawless lipstick, perfect hair that is cut and dyed every

six weeks.

Jacques, her husband “made it quite clear that he abhors women that allow themselves to go grey.”

Someone is blackmailing her.

Mimi is on the fourth floor.

She is an artist that went to convent school and just can’t seem to navigate through the world.

Camille, her room-mate, is flirty, pretty and popular.

They are the odd couple.

Nick is on the second floor and has known Ben since school days.

He is the one that offered Ben the apartment, but he seems to have some secrets.

Then there is Antoine.

He has issues with anger and alcohol.

His wife Dominique has just walked out on him.

And then there is the concierge.

An odd woman - sees everything but says nothing.

Jess tries to find out where her brother could be.

The occupants in building aren’t much help.

It is a small building, surely they must know more than they are saying.

Nick offers to take Jess to the police to file a missing person’s report.

But that seems to have stalled.

Ben was working on a story, one that he thought would make his career.

Could that be a clue?

And who is this mysterious woman that is also looking for Ben. I liked this book.

Sure, there are plot holes you could drive a Mack truck through (old saying from my past).

There are sections that were slow and characters that are not likeable.

But that being said, there were parts that were enjoyable and the ending was different.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this book will be made into a movie or tv series on Netflix.

Well worth a read.

Kim Reardon The Reluctant book Critic

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Business & Property Three Coast business shine at awards ceremony Three Central Coast businesses have taken out gongs at the 2021 Australian Small Business Champion Awards, announced on March 19 at Star Casino.

The Australian Small Business Champion Awards support and recognise small businesses across Australia.

Dyson Logistics of West Gosford won the Transport and Logistics award, George’s Fruit Barn of Terrigal took out the Fresh Food award, and Milk and Honey Hair of Gosford was successful in the Hairdressing category.

Dyson Logistics CEO and founder, Kane Dyson, said the win meant a lot considering the competition in the field.

“This is all about the staff and an absolute validation of all the hard work that Camilla, Madison and Andrea put in and the level of service they pride themselves on providing,” he

Kane Dyson accepts the 2021 Australian Small Business Champion Award for Transport and Logistics

said.

“I would also like to thank our valued clients for all the support shown us over the last seven years. Here’s to 70 more!”

Danielle Cohen and Belinda Beresford with their award Co-owner of Milk and Honey, Danielle Cohen, said staff were still on cloud nine following the win.

Cohen owns the salon with

her mother, Belinda Beresford, and their husbands.

“Mum and I went down to the awards ceremony but were pretty shocked to be announced a winner,” Cohen said.

“We thought it would be a great night but were certainly not expecting the win.”

Cohen put the success down to the “amazing team” at the salon.

“We pride ourselves on customer service and the beautiful hair we do,” she said.

“We are always putting in time and effort behind the scenes to keep the clientele coming in.

We are still pinching ourselves.

“With over 20,000 hair salons across Australia, being awarded this trophy is just beyond words.”

Marie George was overwhelmed by the win

George’s Fruit Barn owner Marie George said the win was overwhelming.

“My late husband Anthony K. George started this fruit shop in 1965 by just growing a few tomatoes, beans and corn on the farm and selling (them) on the side of the road (at) George’s Fruit Stall,” she said.

“We slowly introduced much more of a variety of products and now we are providing our

customers a one-stop range of food supplies. As they say, If you can’t find it anywhere, go to George’s.”

These days George’s stocks not just fresh fruit and vegetables but a variety of goods to go with them, including bread, fresh flowers, Asian groceries, continental delicatessen goods and glutenfree and dairy-free products.

“It’s been going for over 45 years and is something of an icon,” George said.

She credited customer service for the win.

The awards program originated in 1999 as the NSW Small Business Champion of Champion Awards, recognising the most outstanding businesses in the state. In 2007, the program expanded to outstanding small businesses from all states and territories across Australia.

Terry Collins

Coast business community welcomes Budget measures Business NSW Central Coast has praised the Federal Budget, handed down on March 29, for providing targeted support for businesses as they grapple with skills shortages, the pandemic recovery and the rising complexity of the digital economy.

“This is a Budget that has a number of welcome measures for businesses, particularly after the very hard two years we have had,” Business NSW Regional Director, Paula Martin, said.

“For every hundred dollars a

small business spends on training their employees, they will get a $120 tax deduction, which is a major boost to staff productivity and retention.

“Small businesses will also be able to claim a bonus 20 per cent tax deduction for investments in digital technologies like cloud computing, cyber security and web design. This is particularly important for Central Coast businesses who are lagging in digital enablement maturity.”

Martin said the measures demonstrated an understanding of the pressures of running a small business in

2022.

“With the current severe labour shortages across all industries on the Central Coast, upskilling our local workforce, coupled with an increase in permanent skilled migration, should also be a priority for the Government so Central Coast businesses can take advantage of the post-COVID economic recovery,” she said.

“Prior to the onset of the pandemic, the shortage of skilled labour was already a problem for the Central Coast, particularly in our high valueadded industries like food production and advanced

manufacturing.

“After two years of closed borders and a lack of international students, that problem has only intensified.

Labour shortages are now affecting every industry across the Coast and our hospitality, aged care and agriculture sectors have really felt the bite of no overseas workers.”

Martin said a new $2.8B investment system will see employers and apprentices benefit with cash incentives, supporting $5,000 payments to new apprentices and up to $15,000 in wage subsidies to employers.

“Fuel excise will be cut in half for the next six months, meaning the cost of filling up a tank of petrol or diesel will reduce, which will be applauded by many small businesses, particularly where staff have to travel long distances across the Central Coast to get to work,” she said.

“Long overdue road infrastructure investment into Wyong will help facilitate the growth of the region’s north, encouraging residential and business growth. And faster rail will give our large commuter workforce of over 44,000 workers valuable time back to

spend locally with their families and communities.”

Martin also applauded the extension of the popular Small Business instant asset writeoff scheme to June 30, 2023, allowing businesses with a turnover of up to $50M to write off new assets.

“One-off cost-of-living tax offsets of $420 will see more money in the pockets of our local workers and many are expected to receive a one-off payment of $250 to assist costof-living pressures,” she said.

Source: Media release, Mar 30 Business NSW Central Coast

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Labor promises better NBN coverage for Coast suburbs Many Central Coast residents can look forward to improved internet coverage if Labor wins the next federal election, slated for some time in the next two months.

Candidate for the seat of Robertson, Dr Gordon Reid, made the announcement last week at Avoca Beach with Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland.

Reid said multiple suburbs in the region would benefit from a $2.4B package to expand the fibre network to residents needing a faster speed than their copper wire can deliver.

Suburbs in the seat of Robertson which will benefit Candidate for Robertson, Gordon Reid, and Shadow Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, at Avoca Beach

are: Umina Beach, Terrigal, Woy Woy, Kincumber, Green Point, Narara, Wamberal, Avoca Beach, Kariong, Saratoga, Copacabana, North Avoca, Empire Bay, Blackwall, Booker Bay, St Huberts Island and Yattalunga.

It’s estimated up to 40,000 premises across Robertson will benefit.

Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) technology can deliver speeds up to 14 times faster than copper, with far fewer dropouts, and more reliable connectivity.

“We expect nearly seven in eight homes in the copper NBN footprint to have full-fibre access by late 2025 under our plan, with nearly half getting access by late 2023,” Reid

said.

“Labor believes the next decade should be one where Australia makes thing here again.

“A key element of our Future Made in Australia plan is a reliable, high speed NBN that will allow Australians to seize the economic opportunities before us.”

Reliable internet connection is vital for people who are working from home, for businesses to operate in a modern economy, and for people to access health services, Reid said.

Source: Media release, Mar 24 Candidate for Robertson, Gordon Reid

Buying a first home is becoming ever more difficult The dream of home ownership is becoming more and more difficult for Central Coast residents to achieve, with the average time needed to save a deposit for an entry-level home in the region estimated at seven years.

The figures are revealed in Domain’s annual First Home Buyer Report, which shows it is taking people aged 24-25 seven years and eight months to save a home deposit in the Gosford area and six years two months in the Wyong area.

Entry-level units are a slightly better proposition, with

estimated deposit saving time four years four months for Gosford and three years nine months for Wyong.

Even so, the Coast is still a more affordable housing market than Sydney, if only marginally.

The average time estimates for Sydney are eight years one month for a house and five years six months years for a unit – the highest figure for any capital city in the country.

These figures are based on a 20 per cent deposit.

The report recommends homeowners dedicate less than 30 per cent of income

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towards mortgage repayments to avoid mortgage stress.

But the biggest hurdle remains coming up with an upfront deposit.

“Many vying to get onto the property ladder have met the ongoing cost of rent, which, in today’s low mortgage rate environment can be a higher cost than mortgage repayments,” the report says.

“Asking rents are at record highs and low vacancy rates will translate into further rental price hikes, stalling savings goals.

“It becomes challenging when meeting the ongoing obligations of rent payments, weak interest accrued on savings, and the rising cost of living to save the all-important lump sum deposit.

“Then throw in the eyewatering rate of property price growth seen over the past year.”

The report says most measures of affordability show that it’s harder to buy a house than a unit, due to rate of price growth, price to income ratio, or affordability of mortgage

repayments.

“Wages have not kept pace with escalating property prices,” it says.

“Over the past 20 years, average annualised growth in capital city dwelling prices is 6.9 per cent and, for regionals, is 7.1 per cent, whereas annualised wage price growth is less than half at 3 per cent.

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“Housing costs as a share of income are higher in Australia than in most comparable countries.”

The report says calculating mortgage serviceability is another aspect for first home buyers to consider, with low home loan rates being a key driver of growth.

“This is a double-edged

sword driving prices upwards but at the same time improving the costs of a home loan through lower interest rates,” it says.

There may be some relief in sight with new measures for first home buyers announced in the Federal Budget on March 29.

Terry Collins

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Wild weather leads to increase in housing insurance claims The Central Coast region recorded the third highest number of housing insurance claims with the NRMA in NSW over the summer period – and that was before the latest flood crisis hit.

The latest NRMA Insurance Wild Weather Tracker shows the insurer recorded over 15,000 home claims for severe weather damage during summer as Australians faced record rainfall, floods and heatwaves.

This was an increase of 53 per cent on last summer.

In NSW alone there were 9,507 home claims for damage caused by wild weather this summer (70 per cent of all

home claims and 41 per cent more than last summer) – 7.5 per cent of them from the Central Coast alone.

Narara topped the region for claims, and also made the list of the top 10 suburbs statewide for claims.

Other Coast suburbs severely impacted were (in order) Bateau Bay, Wamberal, Green Point, Kariong and Kincumber, Terrigal, Saratoga, Niagara Park, Avoca Beach, Tumbi Umbi and Lisarow.

The summer NRMA Wild Weather Tracker also features research of 1,000 NSW residents which found 71 per cent are worried natural disasters are becoming more frequent and severe while 39

SES workers were kept busy over the summer months as storms wreaked havoc across the Coast

per cent don’t feel prepared to respond if severe weather hits their suburb.

It found that the Central Coast has fallen one spot to be the 7th best prepared region in the state, with the region’s selfassessed wild weather ready score falling seven points to 60/100.

The Tracker shows more than two-thirds of all home claims nationally were caused by wild weather.

“Since the catastrophic storms and floods across Australia’s east coast in February and March, NRMA Insurance has received more than 24,000 claims; however,

the full impact is still being determined,” a spokesperson said.

These figures will be outlined in the autumn edition of the Tracker in June.

NRMA Insurance Group Executive, Julie Batch, said the benefits of greater upfront investment in disaster mitigation are clear and the time for action is now.

“For more than a decade, NRMA and its parent company IAG have outlined that greater investment in mitigation can save lives, property and critical infrastructure which is critical for protecting communities and reducing the impacts of severe weather and natural disasters,” Batch said.

The Tracker monitors severe weather claims in communities across NSW, QLD, the ACT and for the first time, has expanded to include SA and WA in the latest report.

NRMA Insurance’s Executive Manager Natural Perils, Mark Leplastrier, said future risks of an area should be considered when planning or zoning.

“To better protect communities, we need everyone who brings expertise in understanding the impacts of severe weather events to be at the same table, sharing their data and insights,” he said.

Terry Collins

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Community Environment Network WILDPLANT SALE SATURDAY, 2 APRIL CEN’s ever-popular Wildplant Nursery Sale returns on Saturday, 2 April, from 9am to 12pm at the CEN HQ in our new, bigger and better nursery location.

If you haven’t visited CEN for a while you may not know that we’ve moved!

We are still at Ourimbah Campus of UoN but we’re much easier to find. Park at the Shirley St end of The Boulevarde

carpark (main carpark) and follow the signs on foot along Loop Road.

We will have the usual array of endemic (local to this area) species available from $3.30 and a few surprises including painted pots and rocks and tie-die bags.

It’s a great opportunity to get back into gardening after all the wet weather, learn about native plants and even do

your Mother’s Day shopping early!

Our volunteers are always on hand to help you with your plant selections.

See you there!

Saturday, April 2 9am to 12pm Wildplant Nursery, Loop Rd Ourimbah Campus

SCHOOL HOLIDAY WATERBUG HUNT Join Central Coast Waterwatch on a Waterbug hunt.

Come along and learn about the different types of waterbugs that can be found living in the waterways.

The Water Bug Survey is a fun and easy way to learn

about your local waterway. It involves catching bugs and finding out what lies beneath the surface.

The presence and abundance of the different types of waterbugs can provide an indication of the health of the ecosystem.

Activities will run 10am-

12pm, and 1pm-3pm on various days during the school holidays in the Tuggerah Lakes Catchment, please visit cenorg.au/events for more information and to register.

“This project received grant funding from the Australian Government’s Environment Restoration Fund Program”

UPDATE ON OUR GREEN TEAMS Rainy days have not proven to be a worry for our Landcare Green Teams. Four of our teams got together for working bees through March.

In fact, the rain created the perfect environment for some revegetation opportunities at Kat and Luke’s property.

Together with Bush Regeneration Supervisor Ben, the Matcham/ Holgate team took to the mattocks and Hamilton bars and successfully installed nearly 100 locally-native

plants, including some beautiful banksias and lush lomandras.

For more information on CEN’s Green Teams, how to join, or to learn about our upcoming events, please contact the Project Coordinator, Ben MacAndrew at ben.macandrew@ uon.edu.au or 43494491.

The Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery project has been supported by the Australian Government’s Bushfire Recovery Program for Wildlife and their Habitat

FIGHT TO SAVE STATE FOREST CONTINUES Ursula Da Silva of Camp Ourimbah reports that on Friday 18th March, CEN bush regenerators joined in on a guided community bush walk event, facilitated by Camp Ourimbah, to learn more about our precious native vegetation

throughout Forest.

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The event was established to see our community gather to protect these remnant patches of our natural world that are helping prevent climate catastrophe.

We are calling on our local, State and Federal politicians to take action in protecting the first koala sighted in the Ourimbah area since the 1960s as Forestry Corporation NSW, who intend to log Ourimbah State Forest, have decided not undertake any surveys following this sighting.

We ask you, the public, to consider this state forest, with prime koala habitat, to become a Koala Conservation Reserve instead of a tax-payer funded logging operation.

Please contact your local MP expressing your interest.

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From the Chair Submission writing is one of the many ways the Community Environment Network fulfils its objective to support Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) and oppose threats to it.

We recently responded to the public exhibition of the NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s Draft Central Coast Regional Plan 2041. Our submission recommended that the draft plan should be rejected in its current form as it doesn’t comply with the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

We questioned why there was no statement on how the 29 strategies/ directions and resulting list on 129 actions in the Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 were monitored and implemented. We asked why there was no reference on page 104 of the draft CCRP 2041 that provided a link to a report documenting the status of actions from CCRP 2036.

Visit our website to read the whole CEN submission. One of the most disturbing consequences of the Draft Plan, if adopted, would be that it would increase the residential density of the Central Coast five-fold and this would completely change the character of the region.

The new minimum development proposal for residential areas (which is currently 12 to 15 dwellings per hectare) is proposed to increase to 50 to 75 dwellings per hectare.

This new minimum would not be restricted to new residential release areas but is identified as a key strategy for the Karagi growth area which includes the local centres of The Entrance, Long Jetty, Bateau Bay and Killarney Vale.

Let’s hope the NSW Government comes to its senses and reviews this document.

Thankfully the Central Coast Council has also be critical of some of its key elements.

Gary Chestnut

The Community Environment Network (CEN) is an alliance of individuals and groups that work for ecologically sustainable development.

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Terrigal Sailing Club venue tender extended Central Coast Council has extended the tender deadline for a new business opportunity at Terrigal Haven.

The Council is looking for a new hospitality business to take over the old Terrigal Sailing Club venue.

With expressions of interest initially set to expire on March 22, Council has extended the deadline to April 12.

Currently occupied by a restaurant and café, Council is inviting experienced business owners and hospitality experts to create a new experience on the foreshore. “(This) creates an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant to create an outstanding business in a picturesque location for both locals and tourists to enjoy,” a spokesperson said.

Council Director Corporate Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Natalia Cowley, said expressions of interest for a new venture taking advantage of the site’s potential and meeting community expectations were welcome.

“Terrigal is a popular tourist destination, which was further bolstered by the new $6M boardwalk (which) provides a pedestrian link directly from

Terrigal promenade to this waterfront property at The Haven,” Cowley said.

“The area has a high level of foot traffic from both tourists and the local community across the year and spectacular views that extend to Wamberal beach on a clear day.

“The successful applicant will take over the whole venue – which currently consists of a

café, kiosk and restaurant spaces – and should be in a position to inject substantial capital investment to create an exceptional hospitality experience.

“Council will support the commitment and vision of the successful applicant by providing a 20-year lease and competitive annual market rent, or otherwise agreed upon within the second stage of the

tender.”

The tender has two stages, with the objective to firstly identify suitable businesses and hospitality experts with relevant experience and capacity to deliver through substantial capital to create an iconic venue.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said an opportunity to create a landmark business at

the sought-after location didn’t come around often.

“The Coast has grown as a popular tourism destination, and successful applicants should deliver an exciting venue that further adds to the exceptional attractions already on offer across the region,” he said.

Hart said a new venture should further enhance existing

facilities at The Haven, which include barbecue, boating and fishing facilities, a dog park, a lookout, sports ground and reserve pathways.

Once a shortlist has been prepared from the EOI, Council will seek to evaluate the commercial terms in Stage 2 of the tender.

Source: Media release, Mar 29, Central Coast Council

Former Council CEO drops defamation case Former CEO Gary Murphy has dropped his defamation case against interim administrator Dick Persson and Central Coast Council as a second defendant.

Murphy filed a Notice of Discontinuance of the matter in the NSW District Court on Thursday March 24 after the matter was mentioned for directions a couple of times previous to that.

Council has since put out a public statement saying it had made no settlement payment.

Murphy did not respond to questions from Coast Community News.

Murphy’s contract was paid out by Persson in November 2020 – weeks after Persson was installed as the Interim Administrator when the Councillors were suspended late October 2020.

Murphy took the job as CEO in July 2018 and announced in early October 2020 that Council had been using restricted funds without the permission of the elected Councillors or the

Local Government Minister.

He took leave while the Councillors argued over his offer to resign before they were suspended.

Murphy said at the time that he was keen to return to work with Mr Persson to turn the Council around but Persson paid out his contract.

Persson outlined his reasons for paying out the contract in media releases, on social

media and in Council meetings and public documents.

The Council is still under administration with Persson replaced by Rik Hart after six months.

The councillors have been sacked after the report from the Public Inquiry made public on March 17 recommended their positions be made vacant, effective immediately.

Commissioner Roslyn

McCulloch referred to the defamation case in her report.

“As I am aware that this issue is likely to be determined by a Court of record, I will not venture an opinion as to the state of Mr Murphy’s knowledge as to the use of restricted funds for unlawful purposes prior to his receipt of the Grant Thornton Phase 1 Report on 4 June 2020,” she wrote.

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The construction of a twostorey dual occupancy development and subsequent demolition of an existing dwelling in Booker Bay was approved unanimously by the Local Planning Panel (LPP) on March 24.

The decision comes after the 40 Webb Rd development application was referred to the LPP due to non-compliance with the Gosford Development Control Plan 2013 and matters

raised in public submissions including the removal of trees and amenity.

At an estimated cost of nearly $500,000, the applicant plans to demolish the existing dwelling and all site improvements, remove all existing site trees including an Apple Gum and three Jacarandas, construct a twostorey dual occupancy development containing two units and provide access to the site and associated road works.

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bedrooms with three bathrooms, an alfresco area and a private open space however unit two will include a single garage with carport.

The LPP said the proposal is satisfactory with regard to the relevant environmental planning instruments, plans and policies, with no significant issues or impacts identified.

However, the LPP said the applicant must plant a minimum of three replacement trees within the road reserve along Eastern Rd and one

replacement tree along Webb Rd. The replacement trees must be evenly spaced and adequately staked/protected to prevent vandalism.

The applicant must also maintain all works associated with the approved Landscape Plans for a period of 12 months from the date of any Occupation Certificate to ensure the survival and establishment of the landscaping.

The applicant also must

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replace all damaged, dead or missing areas of lawn and plantings at the completion of the landscaping maintenance period, including adjoining road reserve areas that are in a state of decline, to a healthy and vigorous condition in accordance with the approved detailed Landscape Plans and Development Consent Conditions.

Council received 15 public submissions about the development application with all raising concerns about the

removal of the trees within the site including a mature Angophora Floribunda commonly known as an Apple Gum. At the LPP meeting, Francis Wiffen addressed the panel and spoke about why they were against the proposal, whilst Sandra Trad represented the applicant as their Building Designer/Drafter.

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Cash up, debt down – all Council needs now is IPART support Central Coast Council’s total debt is now down to $326.7M, Administrator Rik Hart revealed at the March 22 Council-underadministration meeting.

Hart said that Council had paid back the restricted reserves debt and had also paid down “a bit” of other debt.

He said that subject to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART)’s two determinations, things were looking good for the organisation.

Council is awaiting two IPART final determinations in May.

One will rule on Council’s request to keep the general rates at current prices for ten years instead of three years and the second determination is about increasing water and sewer rates by 34 per cent.

“We have unrestricted cash of about $60M now,” Hart said, comparing it to the debt at the height of the financial crisis in October 2020 when the Council admitted it had immediate and substantial cash flow issues.

The councillors were suspended and the incoming interim administrator Dick Persson forecast in November

2020 that the Council would be in debt to the tune of about $565M by the end of the 20202021 financial year.

That included about $200M in restricted funds that were spent without Councillor or Local Government Minister approval.

But that forecast also included long term loans the new council inherited and $150M in new loans the administrator received in December which ended up being used – partly – to pay back the restricted reserves and partly to pay for staff redundancies in the

ensuing restructure to cut costs.

Speakers at the public inquiry queried the actual level of Council debt, with some saying it was never more than $440M even at the height of the crisis.

As at June 30, 2015 the former Gosford Council was noted as having $155M in loans outstanding and the former Wyong Council was noted as having $178M in loans outstanding (total $333M).

The amalgamation of the two councils into Central Coast Council in 2016 saw the new

council saddled with those debts which had dropped to $317M by merger and the new Council, which started life with less than $5M in unrestricted cash to play with, continued to pay them down.

Since the height of the crisis, Council has sold off assets worth about $60M and expects another $30M to come once further assets, including the Gosford Council chambers building in Mann St, Gosford, are sold.

The 2022 current debt level was revealed when Hart publicly explained a previously

confidential item in the March 22 agenda about a $12M balloon payment. A balloon payment occurs when interest repayments are lower than the actual repayment needed to cover the loan so it “balloons” out.

Hart said the decision on the balloon payment could be made public but not the actual documents.

Council will use $7M from the sewer fund and will borrow more than $5M to pay the $12M. Merilyn Vale

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Inflation is here and it doesn’t matter if you think it is going to be transitionary or not - there are consequences for the positioning of investment portfolios. So, the question that needs to be asked is, what investment strategies have historically done well or poorly in periods of high and rising inflation?

A recent paper titled “The Best Strategies for Inflationary Times”

by Harvey, Neville, Draaisma, Hemert analysed 34 episodes of inflation over the past 95 years.

They reviewed the historical performance of both passive and active strategies across a variety of asset classes for the US, UK, and Japan. They found that when inflation was 5%pa or higher within the domestic country level (not necessarily international) it had the greatest impact on investment returns.

The research showed that neither equities nor bonds perform well in real terms during inflationary regimes.

The data showed that fixed interest with duration and highyield bonds on average posted negative annual returns (-8%pa). The higher the maturity, the greater the sensitivity to rising inflation. The annualised real return during inflationary periods is -3%pa for two-year bonds, -5%pa for 10-year bonds, and -8%pa for 30-year bonds. Incidentally, inflation linked bonds (TIPS), which can also be referred to as floating rate credit, was the only type of fixed-interest category that posted a positive real return (2%pa) during past inflationary periods.

Now let’s turn our attention to the performance of equities. It was found that energy sector was the only equities sector delivering a positive real return (1%pa) during inflationary periods. Every other sector delivered negative returns.

Healthcare was almost breakeven at -1%pa. But the worst sectors were consumer discretionary (-15%pa), utilities (-9%pa), telecoms (-7%pa), and

financials (-9%pa). These poorer-performing sectors are exposed to the individual consumer, who is likely to curb spending habits as their purchasing power is diluted by rising prices.

Contrastingly, hard assets such as commodities overall delivered 14%pa during inflationary periods. Among the commodities aggregate, the best performer was energy at 41%pa followed by industrial metals at 19%pa, gold at 13%pa, silver at 12%pa and precious metals at 11%pa. Softer and agricultural commodities delivered more modest but still positive real returns of up to 8%pa. Thus, all commodities

have positive annualised real returns and have strong positive correlation to inflationary periods. The opposite is true during non-inflationary periods, when commodities deliver more modest returns of 1%pa.

Now, let’s review how different types of investment strategies perform during inflationary periods. The quality factor performs positively in inflationary periods, while low beta strategies struggle, which may be because low beta usually is linked to long duration and stable cash flows, specifically where they are not entirely linked to CPI. Incidentally, momentum equity strategies have shown to be a

standout performer in inflationary periods.

Another critical insight found on the impact of inflation on investment returns is the relative inflation rates between different countries. The varying levels of inflation rates between countries and regions can be used as a basis for applying regional diversification in investment portfolios. For example, it was found that when inflation runs low in the US and Japan but high internationally, the equity investment real returns in US and Japanese equities were 6% and 9% during the UK’s inflationary period over the past 95 years.

To put it another way, UK

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in five Australian online investors aged under 25,” says Guiamatsia.

When it came to overall user satisfaction with trading platforms, Superhero took out the top spot, with six of the 16 key service areas measured by Investment Trends.

Bell Direct and CommSec round out the top three for overall satisfaction.

Superhero also took out the title for value for money, customer service and mobile platform/app.

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investors would have been well served to invest in the US and Japanese equities when UK inflation was running much higher than US and Japanese inflation. Right now, in 2022, inflation is running at over 7% in the US and almost 6% in Europe but in Australia it is currently about 3.5%, which puts Australian equities in a good position to generate positive returns and may well be attractive to US and European investors. But if inflation is running higher than 5% everywhere in the world, then that will be a negative for equity markets and bonds. MAX RIAZ

Online investing rises faster in Australia Investment Trends’ latest survey found the number online investors in Australia grew by 21.6% in the second half of 2021.

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Health on The Streets team celebrates its second anniversary The Health on The Streets (HoTS) team, established in 2020 to provide care to people experiencing homelessness, celebrates its second birthday this month.

The team, funded as a pilot by the Federal Government and managed by Coast and Country Primary Care (CCPC), is seeing first-hand the impact of low housing supply, high rents, and property prices on homelessness on the Central Coast.

“Over the past two years the HoTS team (members) have become a well-known part of the Central Coast community, as they drive from one end of the (region) to the next,” CCPC CEO, Kathy Beverley, said.

Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, with the HoTS team

“Our HoTS team has continued to provide this service to our community through the current health pandemic and through the

Mangrove Mountain children’s centre reopens

challenges of the recent weeks with heavy rain and flooding.

“The team (has) certainly (experienced) an increase in referrals in recent weeks, and

over the past two years our outreach workers have assisted 112 individuals to be permanently or temporarily housed.”

Beverley said the team is nurse-led, supported by outreach workers, and provides culturally respectful holistic care, helping people with their immediate health needs, but also providing referrals to GPs and other services including Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol.

“We work in partnership with NSW Police, NSW Ambulance and NSW Health,” she said.

“We also support people sleeping rough with referrals to local housing services, refuges, NDIS and other outreach support services.

“No one day is typical for the team, who can move quickly to respond to referrals mainly from Central Coast Council rangers, various community

organisations, businesses, and community members.”

Beverley said team members build rapport and trust with clients and have regular hubs at Mary Macs at Woy Woy and Coast Shelter in Gosford.

“At the hubs our Registered Nurses provide comprehensive health assessments including primary health, public/sexual health, mental health and drug and alcohol,” she said.

In its two years, the HoTS team has engaged directly with 475 people, put in more than 2,700 hours of outreach, helped house 112 people and performed a host of other services.

Source: Media release, Mar 23 Central Coast Primary Care

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.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, with some of the children at Mountain Community Children’s Centre

Mountain Community Children’s Centre at Mangrove Mountain reopened last week, after being devastated by an electrical fire in 2017.

The fire left the centre inoperable, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and the community without a local pre-school to send their children to.

A fundraising effort by residents and businesses of the Mangrove community raised almost $60,000 for the rebuild through activities such as the Mountain Community Annual Country Fair, Bunnings barbecues, an end-of-year concert, raffles and even lamington drives.

Mary Luci, who founded the centre 39 years ago alongside her husband Paul, said the it is a big asset to the community.

“Without the centre, children are often left sitting in a truck or to play by themselves while their family are working on the farm, but here at the centre children are nurtured, taught

and get to play with other children,” she said.

The Lucis’ grandchildren are now going through the centre and their eldest grandchild is undertaking a traineeship.

“There was something about our little centre that made families want to bring their children here and now we have a centre that looks like a million dollars; we’re just blown away,” Luci said.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, popped in for the reopening.

“Not only is the building spectacular, you can tell the staff support the children and the families with absolute love the minute you enter the facility,” Tesch said.

“I was able to play with the kids on the gorgeous bike path, look at art works, hear stories, chat with committee members, staff and parents and celebrate the happiness with the community.

The new building has been dedicated to the Luci family.

Terry Collins

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) 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, 2 April 2022 at 11.59pm No late applications will be accepted.

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Kids in the Garden tops, shirts or pants or have fun with a set of fabric markers and let their imagination go wild.

CHERALYN DARCEY

More and more children are getting into gardening, and I am delighted with the young ages that families are involving them.

Local Mum Han Lee shared with me the enthusiasm her very young kids now have for gardening and a few tips that she has found along the way to help hold their interest.

Archer is nearly 5 years old and Luca 2 years old, and they have been helping Mum and Dad with the gardening since they learned to walk.

As a growing family they understand the benefits of growing their own food and the positive impacts it has on young children.

Han said, “We teach them about how bees help pollinate our fruits and vegetables and also how to pollinate plants ourselves when we don't see the bees visit our garden.

We also teach them the health benefits of our fruits and vegetables.

We believe in the connection of gardening and happy lifestyles; hence, we want to show our children all of the fun of growing your own food!”

Han’s tips to inspire the gardening bug in young kids: * Ask your kids what they would like to eat and then grow it. * Involve them in the daily chores like watering. * Let them get dirty and have fun.

Tools and Gardening Materials for Kids I’ve seen the cute kids gardening tools/toys out there, but I would suggest that if your kids are old enough to work with scissors supervised then I’d be much more inclined to purchase a child sized ‘real’ set.

Gardening is lots of fun, but it is a real-life skill and using ‘real’ tools generates an environment of responsibility that hopefully your kids will connect with.

If your child can manage adult sized tools, I would be investing in these but be mindful as cutting tools such as pruners and secateurs are a lot more powerful than general household scissors.

You should never leave these around any children at any time.

Go organic as this will be safer but make sure proper handling of soil, even organic pesticides, composts and mulches and the like are handled under strict supervision.

Masks must be worn to avoid inhalation of microorganisms and gloves worn when handling these substances and materials.

Technical Buzz There is no getting away from the fact that kids love electronics, and you can capitalise of this by introducing ways of using their gadgets for gardening goodness.

YouTube has a huge amount of gardening videos just for kids and often by kids.

Perhaps you have a budding ‘Costa’ or ‘Dirt Girl’ in your family and they would like to make their own gardening channel! There are also heaps of gardening apps out there.

Beware of the free ones that require additional payments though.

One that is a lot of fun that I can

recommend is ‘Plantsnap’, (www. plantsnap.com).

This app costs about $4 upfront with no additional payments and lets you take photos of plants and will help identify them.

It is not 100% accurate but it will get kids on the right track in their botanical exploration.

Others will also help you identify insects for the bug lovers in the house.

Make a Botanical Press Version One: Grab two sheets of thin flat wood (around A5 size is best) and drill holes in each corner and then secure together with screws and wingnuts.

Version Two: Use those sheets of wood and secure with four thick rubber bands.

Version Three: Use heavy cardboard (around A5) and secure with four thick rubber bands.

After collecting leaves, petals and flowers, lay two sheets of newspaper (cut to A5 size) onto the sheet of wood or cardboard and then top with

one sheet of white A5 paper.

Lay out your botanical specimens carefully on the white paper and then lay another sheet of A5 white paper on top and then another sheet of newspaper.

You can continue for a few layers and then finish off with two sheets of newspaper and the top of your press (wood or cardboard).

Secure with screws and wingnuts or rubber bands.

If it is loose, place press under heavy books as well.

Leave for at least two weeks or more.

drawings of your plants, dates you planted seeds or seedlings and notes about when they sprouted, flowered, and produced fruit.

Keep a record or what you might like to change next time and new plants you see on tv, magazines, books or in other gardens.

Use the botanical press (above) to dry and flatten leaves and flowers and add to your pages with tape.

The other thing garden journals are good for is making a note of when things don’t go right.

Make sure you describe exactly what went wrong, was it a pest, a disease, not enough water or maybe something else.

If you keep your garden journal and a few pens and pencils in a waterproof case, you can take it out into the garden with you.

Start a Garden Journal Kit you will need: a blank journal, a waterproof pencil case large enough to fit journal, pens/pencils, stickers/ stamps (optional).

Keeping a journal is a great way to record what is happening as you garden grows and to keep your personal observations, garden wishes, plans and feelings.

You can add your garden designs,

Make a Rain Gauge you will need: a clear plastic bottle, ruler, permanent marker/s, gardening wire (rubber coated), scissors.

Your garden needs at least 3cm

Garden Dress Up Most kids love the idea of dress-up so by designating ‘gardening clothing’ you can not only save their everyday cloths but make gardening seem a little special, (which it is!).

They will need protective footwear, and this could be a fun pair of gumboots, rubber clogs or an old pair of runners.

Gloves are also a must as little fingers like exploring and this will give some protection to them from bites, cuts and irritants.

There are kids aprons and overalls that are garden-specific but even a set of colourful clothing that you suggest are kept ‘just for gardening’ will fit the bill.

You could even look out for floral, botanical or garden creature themed

water per week (some plants more and the whole garden in the summer!) so creating a rain gauge is a very helpful project.

Soak off any labels and then cut the top of the bottle off so that you are left with a straight container with a bottom.

Mark out each centimetre on the bottle with the permanent marker/s.

Use black for the measurements for easy viewing but you may like to add a bit of artistic water themed artwork with the markers as well! Wrap the coated wire around the bottle and secure in the garden to a fence, pole or structure that is completely straight, with nothing above it so it can catch the rain.

You can keep a record of rainfall in your gardening journal, and it will help you know when your garden needs more water.

GARDENING GUIDE FOR COAST GARDENERS THIS WEEK 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, forget-me-not, foxglove, godetia, gypsophila, hollyhock, larkspur, nigella, pansy, polyanthus, poppy, primula, snapdragon, statice, stock, sweet pea, wallflower 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.

FORT DENISON

Times are in local standard time (UTC +10:00) or daylight savings time (UTC +11:00) when in effect.

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

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0308 0.41 0352 0.42 0333 0.44 0415 0.48 0458 0.54 0542 0.59 0632 0.65 0920 1.74 1000 1.66 0940 1.56 1017 1.46 1056 1.36 1137 1.28 1225 1.21 FRI 1536 0.36 SAT 1608 0.41 SUN 1538 0.48 MON 1607 0.55 TUE 1636 0.63 WED 1709 0.70 THU 1748 0.78 2145 1.68 2222 1.71 2157 1.71 2230 1.69 2306 1.66 2345 1.61 0030 1.55 0128 1.50 0237 1.47 0349 1.49 0449 1.55 0537 1.62 0009 0.62 0730 0.69 0840 0.71 0949 0.69 1048 0.64 1134 0.57 1213 0.50 0620 1.68 FRI 1323 1.16 SAT 1439 1.14 SUN 1601 1.17 MON 1701 1.25 TUE 1745 1.34 WED 1823 1.44 THU 1247 0.43 1842 0.84 1955 0.88 2118 0.87 2228 0.81 2322 0.72 1859 1.55

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

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The Food Farm: how secure is our food system?

GEORGIA LIENEMANN We’re midway through a series exploring the countless benefits associated with regenerative agriculture and the importance of shopping local.

This week we’re broadening our scope and looking at the bigger ramifications of our food choices. We’re chatting to local farmer Hannah Greenshields from The Food Farm in Yarramalong Valley.

Seeing images of empty supermarket shelves across the nation in 2020 was the first bout of food insecurity that many of us have experienced in our lifetime. The collective, widespread anxiety of not being able to source our usual staples was palpable – many panicked and travelled far and wide to stock their pantry; others ordered sourdough starter online for a short-lived crack at making bread at home.

On paper, Australia is a nation with reasonable food security.

We export 70%-80% of what we produce to other countries, so what went wrong in 2020 and are we at risk of further food insecurity?

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the risks of an already highly centralised food growing, processing and distribution system. But what is even more centralised is the fact that the

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majority of Australian farmers rely on importing most of their fertiliser to grow their crops and pasture.

reliant as we possibly can be to grow healthy, nourishing food for ourselves and our community.

Australia imports 95% of its urea from overseas markets.

The price of this fertiliser and many other synthetic fertilisers has grown by up to 300% with no sign of going down.

Regenerative farming has been the perfect fit for us – by improving the soil via increasing the organic matter and microbial activity, the soil has become close to self-sufficient in producing abundant amounts of pasture to feed the animals we raise. And with no need for expensive synthetic fertiliser, we have the wonderful building blocks for a resilient and secure food system.

Compounding this, the increasing degradation of soil means farmers are having to put more and more of this synthetic fertiliser on their land every year to get their crops up.

Not so long ago, the recommendation for a typical application of NPK fertiliser to a wheat crop was around 100kg a hectare; now, it’s over 200kg a hectare.

We face an interesting challenge – with the prices of fertiliser and other inputs significantly increasing to grow the crops as well as the dose required to grow those crops increasing, the likelihood of further food security issues such as price increases and a reduction in the amount grown is inevitable.

Finding another way As young farmers, this vulnerability to a very volatile and unpredictable market required to grow food further cements our need to be as self-

If you’ve been reading Georgia’s articles here for a while, you’ll understand that there are quite a few of us regenerative farmers here on the Central Coast. The Central Coast, whilst known for its beaches, is lucky enough to host some of the best farmland in the country. With almost drought-proof rainfall averages and mild temperatures, we have the opportunity to play a crucial role in growing the food to nourish ourselves and our close to 6 million neighbours within an hour’s drive of us.

It’s a wonderful position to be in, but the Central Coast is not without its challenges as a farming region.

Food and farming challenges for the Central Coast According to a regional report

by Central Coast Council, it is estimated that 90% of food production on the Central Coast will be gone by 2031 due to the encroach of urbanisation. We have already seen a 45% decrease in poultry meat production in our area from 2001 figures, representing a $10.5m loss to the local economy. Urban encroachment is also pushing the prices of local farmland higher, making it difficult for non-generational farmers to get a foot in the door and the industry as a whole having a succession problem with the average age of farmers over 60 years old.

We have managed to overcome this issue as first generation farmers by leasing a network of farms throughout the Yarramalong Valley to breed and grow our cattle, chicken and eggs.

Ideas to become more food secure in your household • Learn to grow your own food.

Even the smallest of backyards or balconies can grow food! Start with herbs and greens, and experiment from there.

There’s lots of wonderful community gardens which will put you in touch with likeminded people also passionate about growing food.

• Connect with your local Central Coast regenerative farmers. There’s plenty of us here growing meat, chicken, veggies and fruit right on your doorstep. We are resilient when it comes to fluctuating markets and always do our best to make sure our legendary customers have everything they need when food is not on the shelves in the supermarkets.

• Spread the word about your local farmers and that it’s important to you that the valuable farmland is protected from urbanisation in your local area.

Hannah Greenshields and Tim Eyes are first generation regenerative farmers growing grass-fed, grass-finished beef, pasture-raised organic chicken and pasture-raised organic eggs throughout the Yarramalong Valley. You can find their products at Carriageworks market in Redfern, Gosford Farmers market or via home delivery each week to most of NSW. Visit their website: www.thefoodfarm.com.au

• Join a community garden.

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Kincumber Avoca are 2021-22 CCCA Premiers Entering the Grand Final as Minor Premiers, Kincumber Avoca only needed to avoid defeat to claim the Jack Gavenlock Shield.

Intermittent rain on Saturday and Sunday ensured a result for the match itself was not possible, but it was possible to play 155 overs over the three days.

On Friday, March 25, Kincumber Avoca won the toss and elected to bat.

They set themselves to bat a long time and finished day 1 at 5 for 163.

Harry Woodhead batted very well to compile a well made 50, whilst veteran Shaun Robertson ended day 1 on 46 not out.

Alex Patterson was the pick of the bowler with 3 wickets for 40.

Resuming on Day 2, rain ensured that only 28 overs was possible and Kincumber Avoca pushed their score to 7 for 249 with Robertson still unbeaten on 89.

Entering the final day, all eyes were on Robertson as he searched for a well-deserved century.

Alas, on 97, Patterson enticed him to cut the ball to gully ending an excellent innings, made off 237 balls with 9 fours and a six.

Kincumber Avoca were finally dismissed for 285.

Patterson finished with 5 for

93 off a marathon 38 overs whilst fellow quick, Josh Bridge took 3 for 55 off 41.1 overs.

Terrigal Matcham took to the crease needing 286 runs off 78 overs to claim the Premiership.

The loss of Lloyd Radcliffe, 13, Harry Brien, 12 and Austin Haba 4 had the Bellbirds on the back foot and with the score at 3 for 50 persistent rain forced the players from the ground before the match was called off and the Premiership awarded the Kincumber Avoca.

Shaun Robertson was awarded the Damian Wright Medal as Player of the Match.

Source: Central Coast Cricket Association

Kincumber Avoca 2021 - 22 1st Grade Premiers (Inset) - Shaun Robertson

Mariners’ win puts them within finals reach FOOTBALL The Central Coast Mariners are growing more confident of reaching the A-League finals after defeating Adelaide United 3 – 0 at Central Coast Stadium on Saturday evening, March 26.

One month after losing to Adelaide away with a goal conceded in the game’s dying minutes, the blue and yellow have now completed an undefeated run through March with three wins and two draws.

Against Adelaide, early pressure from the hosts led to an early red card for the visitors’ goalkeeper, Joe Gauci.

In the 25th minute, Mariners keeper, Mark Birighitti launched the ball forward for Marcos

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Urena who was able to slip behind centre back, Lachlan Barr, and head the ball lightly around the advancing Gauci.

The Adelaide goalkeeper was left stranded outside the penalty area in his attempt to cut down Urena’s space and resorted to blocking the striker with his body.

Referee, Alireza Faghani’s initial yellow card was upgraded to red on the end of a VAR check, cleaving the visitors with 10 men and ompelling the substitution by reserve keeper, Steven Hall, to replace right wing, Lachlan Brook.

With a player advantage and two thirds of the match left to play, the Mariners were patient in building up pressure but despite some fierce counterattacking play by the

The Mariners celebrate after scoring against Adelaide

locals, Adelaide managed to keep the Mariners at bay until late in the second half.

The breakthrough goal came in the 77th minute for Urena on the end of tactical passing play that finally exposed the holes in Adelaide’s defence.

Josh Nisbet worked his quick feet in the midfield to outmanoeuvre Joshua Cavallo

and pass ahead of Lewis Miller running forward down the flank.

Miller’s first-touch, shinheight cross reached Urena in the centre, who put power and precision on the ball with his first touch volley to hurl it across goal into the corner of the net, well out of Hall’s reach.

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by Adelaide, the visitors were then forced to go searching upfield for a goal, leaving them exposed behind.

The Mariners were able to exploit this in the first minute of extra time when Urena added an assist to his name by feeding Jason Cummings a gift in between the Adelaide centre defence.

One-on-one against Hall, Cummings’ first time strike was a simple finish to end the Scottish-Australian’s seven game goal drought.

Only two minutes later, an over-struck Adelaide corner opened up the counter attack down the flank with Matt Hatch leading the charge onto a lob from Urena in his second assist of the match.

Tom Slingsby leads 'world's best sailors' SAILING Season 2 of the Sail Grand Prix has been won for a second consecutive year

by Gosford Sailing Club alumnus Tom Slingsby and the Australian crew of the Flying Roo, with a Grand Final victory in San Francisco Bay on Sunday, March 27.

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by Tech Team Director Brad Marsh – it was the Aussie boat, helmed by Slingsby, that pulled through best of the best.

Going into the race weekend with their spot in the Grand Final secured due to their most recent event win in Sydney Harbour late last year, a training run capsize caused damage to their boat’s wing, threatening their competitive chances.

Nonetheless, the Flying Roo made a quick recovery, nestling into second place behind Japan after three races on the opening day of racing, Saturday, March 26.

Helmed by fellow Australian from Lake Macquarie, Nathan Outteridge, the Japanese team continued their fine form to qualify as the third and final entry to the Grand Final race, with the American hosts also confirmed in the race.

The Grand Final began with a first-of-its-kind surprise in the form of a whale entering the race course, calling for a race restart.

When the three Season 2 leaders did get away, Australia immediately took the lead and did not give it up throughout six legs – on the fourth leg, the Flying Roo has an 800m lead on the competition.

In the end, it was a comfortable win for Aussies after an arduous, year-long season with eight stops around the world.

Australia SailGP Team helmed

by Tom Slingsby sails close to the shore in San Francisco, USA. Photo: Ricardo Pinto for SailGP “We’ve never really seen this calibre of fleet anywhere in the world,” Slingsby said.

“You always talk about, ‘Who is the best sailor around the world?’ But to be here with all even boats makes it huge for me that Australia came out on top. We can call ourselves the best sailors in the world. That is more important than money.

“Glory lasts forever, and it really feels like that.”

Tom Slingsby with the SailGP championship trophy. Photo: Bob Martin for SailGP There is now less than two months before the commencement of Season 3, which begins on May 14-15 in Bermuda.

The Woy Woy local had all the time he needed to press forward on goal, even to consider a pass to Cummings on the far side of the net, but instead made good with a nutmeg beneath the legs of Hall for his second A-League goal in as many games.

The Mariners win has lifted the team to 8th place on the ladder, with games in hand on a number of the teams above, many of which they will play over the next month.

Next up is Western United on Saturday, April 2, at Mars Stadium in Ballarat, Victoria – Western United are currently enjoying fine form and comfortable second place sitting on the table.

Haakon Barry

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O’Brien,

Joan Mareen

27.3.1929 - 26.3.2022 Late of Kincumber

Beloved wife of Doug (dec).

Loving mother and mother-in-law of Sharyn & Robert and Shane.

Loved nan of Sean, Kristy, Lauren and Gareth.

GG of her 13 great grandchildren.

Aged 92 Years “Gone to God” Family and friends are warmly invited to attend the funeral service for Joan on Monday 4th April, 2022 at Greenway Chapel and Memorial Gardens, 460 Avoca Dr, Green Point commencing at 10am.

In lieu of flowers donations to the Bear Cottage Children’s Hospice at Manly is appreciated

Haakon Barry

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Season 2 of the Sail Grand Prix has been won for a second consecutive year by Gosford Sailing Club alumnus Tom Slingsby and the Australian crew of the Flying Roo, with a Grand Final victory in San Francisco Bay on Sunday, March 27.

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National triumph for local cyclists CYCLING TRACK The Central Coast Cycling Club’s junior trio of Liliya Tatarinoff, Nicole Duncan and Maya Dillon have returned from the 2022 National Track Championships weighed down in gold, silver and bronze.

Taking place at Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane from Thursday to Wednesday, March 24 – 30, the three local Under 17 Women’s cyclists took out 15 medals between them in both individual and team events.

The first highlight came on Thursday when the trio competed together for NSW in the Team Sprint Gold Final against Victoria, not only winning but also breaking their own national record with a new

fastest time of 51.952 seconds.

From here, Maya Dillon went on to place third in the Sprint, winning her one-on-one tiebreaker in the Bronze Final against Victorian, Haylee Jack.

Nicole Duncan counted a total of four gold and three silver medals, most significantly winning the Points Race Final after 50 laps, or 12.5km.

Duncan also momentarily set a national record in the Individual Pursuit with 2:32.997, only for ACT cyclist Lauren Bates to re-set the record with 2:29.925.

As well as this, Duncan found gold in the Scratch Race Final with Tatarinoff falling into second place.

This result was reversed in the Keirin Final, with Tatarinoff taking out gold in 35.769 seconds and Duncan taking

silver, only 0.63 seconds behind.

Tatarinoff also set a new personal best and national record time of 35.768 seconds in the 500 metre Time Trial, overcoming a longstanding record since 2014.

By the end of the Sunday March 27, Tatarinoff had five gold and one silver medal.

For these three cyclists, it has been a long road to the National Champs, one paved with many accolades from many competitions picked up along the way.

With the Track season now at a close, attention turns to the upcoming road racing season soon to begin, with a wellearned break to be enjoyed inbetween.

Haakon Barry Liliya Tatarinoff (right) and Nicole Duncan (left) show off their medals from the 2022 National Track

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