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Council’s first property decision angers residents he new Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, has agreed, at the council’s first public meeting on May 25, to sell land in Orchard Rd, Kangy Angy to the NSW Government to build a multi-million dollar train maintenance facility.

Kangy Angy residents have been fighting the land sale and the proposed development since they learned about it in September. Transport for NSW has also announced the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) and concept plan for the facility will be on public exhibition from June 6 to July 4. Ms Michelle Nicholson from the Kangy Angy Residents Action Group said Transport for NSW representatives met with residents on Friday, May 27 “to fulfil their obligations to engage in community consultation. “When we raised our concerns about the flooding the project director said it was ‘their risk’. “We believe this is not their risk to take, as they are also risking our tax payer dollars, the endangered species, and worsening the flooding in our area,” Ms Nicholson said. The land was identified by the former Wyong Council as an alternative site to land at Warnervale for Transport for NSW to

Flooding of the Kangy Angy access road near the proposed train maintenance site on June 4 and 5

use as the maintenance and stabling facility for its new intercity fleet. Documents obtained under the Government Information Public Access (GIPA) Act indicate that Transport for NSW wanted their facility to be built on land at Warnervale but Wyong Council discouraged that location as it interfered with the former council’s plan to develop Wyong as a business and education precinct. In September, Transport for NSW named the flood-prone Kangy Angy land as the preferred location to establish the new Fleet Management Facility. In making his first planning decision in the position of administrator with the newly-formed Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds said:

“It is likely the State Government would have moved to compulsorily acquire this land if council had not agreed to sell it. “This decision guarantees the best outcome for council and residents.” Mr Reynolds said the new facility would have the potential to create hundreds of local construction jobs and ongoing employment. “The decision I had to make was about the land transfer,” Mr Reynolds said at a media conference after the meeting. “There is a separate question about whether the facility should be developed and that is part of a planning process,” he said. In responding to comments from residents that as an appointee of

the NSW Government, Mr Reynolds was simply doing its bidding, he said: “The decision was would I agree to sell the land. “I am independent of government influence, I am not here to do the government’s bidding, I am here to serve the council,” Mr Reynolds said. “Business goes on. “We have to deal with business as usual and the state government said if we don’t sell it, it will be compulsorily acquired,” he said. Central Coast Council CEO, Mr Rob Noble: “You could align the decision about the Kangy Angy land with the Sword of Damocles that came down with the immediate sacking of all councillors. “We have had a sword held over our heads,” Mr Noble said.

“Council has been forced into a situation of agreeing to sell or forced to accept terms that may not be beneficial to the community. “It is really sad when potential impacts arise on the people of that area,” he said. Mr Noble said he would defend the decision to keep the sale price of the land confidential until the deal was finalised. “The price will eventually become public but … commercial in confidence is a really important element of business deals when money is involved,” Mr Noble said. “We are shocked by the decision made by the administrator,” Kangy Angy Residents Action Group spokesperson, Ms Michelle Nicholson said following the council

meeting. “Resident, Mr Neil Bolte and Community Environment Network representative, Mr Mike Campbell, were both given reasonable time to voice the Kangy Angy residents’ concerns about the transfer of the land,” Ms Nicholson said. “Tonight’s decision by Central Coast Council’s new administrator to offload flood prone, environmentally sensitive land to Transport for NSW to build a $300 million train facility is irresponsible and is detrimental to the Kangy Angy and Ourimbah area. “Let’s hope the reckless decision tonight is not a sign of things to come from the new amalgamated council. “Residents will continue to fight the proposed development that is being built in a ridiculous location. “The facility would have no access in, would be built by filling in a wetland and wasting our tax payer dollars. “Transport’s consultants put forward eight preferred sites and Kangy Angy was not one of them. “Transport for NSW need to rethink their illconceived plan.”

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Council continues to defy state government over PAC site

n deﬁance of the NSW Government’s wishes, Gosford Council has determined to prepare a speciﬁc plan of management for the War Memorial and Poppy Park to ensure the areas continue to be community open space.

Gosford mayor, Cr Lawrie McKinna, used his casting vote on April 26 to support a motion for council to prepare a plan of management to ensure Poppy Park and the War memorial have a declared purpose. Cr Hillary Morris put the notice of motion and said: “There has been a great deal of consternation regarding the protection of both the War Memorial site and Poppy Park. “As both sites are owned by Crown Lands, it is appropriate for council to develop plans of management as required under the Crown Lands Act. “Currently both sites have a generic plan of management, however, a more formal plan of management should be implemented to ensure both parks receive declared purpose status.” Long-standing arts campaigner, Ms Margaret Hardy, spoke in favour of the motion. “I am here representing the people who want the performing arts precinct built on the former school site,” Ms Hardy said. She noted that the NSW Government was insistent that the regional performing arts centre should be built on the Poppy Park site. She said the War Memorial and Poppy Park both represented a “memorial and it should be honoured”. “Given their importance, they should have a speciﬁc plan of management

Gosford Council will draft a speciﬁc management plan for the War Memorial and Poppy Park to keep them as open community spaces

developed in consultation with the community to set out how council will manage the land and how it will be conserved and developed,” Cr Morris said when speaking for her motion. “I have heard from the community loudly and clearly that they don’t want anything else built there,” Cr Morris said. Cr Deanna Bocking attempted to amend the motion so that the “declared purpose would include permitted uses for a performing arts centre with the land being predominantly open space, so it does have a declared purpose but doesn’t rule out having a performing arts centre there”. The amendment was seconded by Cr Chris Burke. Cr Bocking said there had been support to build the performing arts centre on Poppy Park since 2013 and recalled quotes from previous newspaper reports referring to it as the

“centrepiece of the Gosford waterfront” that would kick start the CBD’s revitalisation and a “game changer”. “We are taking a gamble that we could lose any funding at all for the Performing Arts Centre,” Cr Bocking said. “The only comment I have got from the community thus far is ‘just build it’,” she said. “The State Government owns the school site, so I am pretty sure they want to sell it to the highest bidder to put funds back into local school improvements. “The RSL is happy, FOPAP is happy, it is in the DCP, we have the cost of land covered in federal and state grants, so why not just get on with it? “What people will not get over is Gosford’s ‘mode of going nowhere operation’ that we seem to be stuck in,” she said. Cr Burke then spoke in support of Cr Bocking’s proposed amendment. “This has been going on

for 20 years,” Cr Burke said. “Whenever we are close to having something happen on the waterfront, we hear from a silent minority, this time 2,000 people out of 165,000,” he said. Cr Burke said he believed that if the NSW Government and Federal Government were contributing $22 million towards the $32 million project, “they should have a say in where it should go.” Cr Bob Ward also supported the proposed amendment. “The amendment doesn’t say the site of the performing arts centre should be the War Memorial or Poppy Park, but that a plan of management should include that potential use,” Cr Ward said. “Why cut off that option entirely, we might rue the day we did that,” he said. Cr Jeff Strickson said the issue of where to locate a regional performing arts centre had been discussed for the whole eight years he

had been a councillor. “I just want to see Gosford move forward, and if we keep procrastinating, it is not going to move forward, we are going to lose this. “If we have alternate sites and the opportunity to negotiate with the State Government, I would encourage ofﬁcers to do that sooner rather than later, because the only people who are going to suffer here are the people of the local government area. Cr Bocking, Strickson, Burke and Ward voted for the amendment but it was defeated by Cr McKinna’s casting cost. Gosford Council’s CEO Mr Paul Anderson said before anything could be built on the Poppy Park, council would have to take ownership of the land (which it currently manages for Crown Lands) and have any title extinguished. He said the land had been valued at $3 million and would need to be purchased

by Gosford Council from the Department of Lands. Mr Anderson also said that the Poppy Park site had only been used as a potential site “for the purpose of getting state government funding”. Cr Vicki Scott also spoke in favour of the original motion. “I don’t know how the State and Federal Governments can ignore what the people are saying because it is loud and clear that the people want the entertainment centre on the school site,” Cr Scott said. “The State and Federal Government would prefer to put ugly office blocks on the school site so the office workers can enjoy the view,” she said. In closing the debate, Cr Morris said: “Poppy Park showed the community what can be done when you show imagination on a piece of open space like that. “I don’t want to lose a precious piece of open space. “As far as I am concerned, I am happy to accept the loss of state money and hope that the Federal Government would fill the gap. “I was never happy with the location or the design; I accepted it as a concept plan that allowed us to go out and get the funding,” she said. Votes for and against the motion were also split at four a-piece, so Cr McKinna used his casting vote from the chair to support the motion for council to prepare a specific plan of management for the War Memorial and Poppy Park and for it to remain as open community space. Gosford Council agenda, Apr 26, 2016 NM.7 Meeting transcript, Apr 26, 2016 Gosford Council ordinary meeting Jackie Pearson, journalist

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he NSW Government has not given strategic endorsement to a regional airport incorporating passenger services at the Warnervale site or any other site on the Central Coast.

“Our central objective in growing Warnervale Airport as an aviation business hub has always been about creating jobs, attracting commercial investment and growing our local economy for the benefit of local residents,” said Wyong mayor, Cr Doug Eaton OAM. “We need the Act repealed to enable Warnervale Airport to reach its full potential as a catalyst for economic development and employment growth,” he said. “I congratulate the State Government on taking this initiative. “This is the only Act of its kind to regulate a single airfield and no other airport in Australia faces the same restrictions. “Since it was enacted, the modern NSW planning controls and regulations have changed to the point where the Act is basically redundant as other more rigorous processes are in place to govern changes. “There is simply no need for it,” he said. According to Cr Eaton, under current NSW legislation, with or without the Act, any major proposed changes to the airport would require an extensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) and

community consultation process. “It is important that the community understands what a game changer activation of Warnervale Airport will be for jobs on the Coast,” Cr Eaton said. “In its current form, it can cater for a wide range of general aviation and small capacity commercial aviation,” he said. “Right now we are in talks with an aircraft manufacturer to locate its manufacturing operation to Warnervale Airport. “This would be the first new aircraft manufacturing facility to locate in Australia in decades, and has the potential to create hundreds of jobs. “We have also been exploring with airlines the possibility of having passenger services to Melbourne, Brisbane and regional areas with small capacity aircraft that can operate from the airport. “It is key infrastructure to support population growth and that’s why it was included in the NSW Government’s Your Future Central Coast Discussion Paper 2015 and Gosford City has supported the airport in its submission to the Draft Central Coast Regional Plan 2016.

“Council is committed to working with all parties and neighbours to ensure that the Central Coast benefits from the advantages that other regions have gained from a general aviation business hub.” According to Wyong Council, there has been increased demand for general aviation use of Warnervale Airport. The council is preparing to advertise for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for general aviation and industry operators seeking opportunities to expand or build their businesses on the Central Coast. General aviation includes aviation businesses such as aircraft maintenance operators, recreational and corporate aviation, helicopter services and emergency services aviation. Council has allocated $6 million in 2016-17 as a first step in activating Warnervale Airport’s potential as a general aviation business hub. The funds will go towards voluntary land acquisitions and water, sewerage and road upgrades for the facility. Media

According to a ‘frequently asked questions’ document released by NSW Planning and Environment, the Warnervale Airport is not shown in the Draft Central Coast Regional Plan, the North Wyong Shire Structure Plan, Central Coast Regional Strategy or the Central Coast Regional Transport Plan. “Wyong Council has made public statements that the Central Coast needs a regional airport and that the existing Warnervale Airport could be an option for this,” the document said. The Department of Planning is currently investigating a noncompliance issue at the airport, the document said. “The Department is currently investigating if the runway has been extended and as a result, if curfew and flight movement restrictions apply. “The Department is also investigating if the vegetation cleared in the Environmental Conservation E2 zone at the southern end of the site has caused any environmental harm.” According to the Department of Planning, there are no current applications for the upgrade or extension of

the future of Warnervale Airport to protect the amenity of the surrounding area. It restricts aircraft movement in the event there was a proposal to extend the runway or build a new runway. The Act: limits the length of any runway to 1,200 metres with potential to make an application to the minister for a runway of up to 1,800 metres in length; prevents the construction of a new runway at the airport except at a site approved by the minister; and provides for a process to review any proposal to expand operations. Stakeholders will be consulted about specific objectives and written submissions will be accepted until May 27.

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Peninsula comes under Central Coast Council Gosford Council no longer exists. The change took place on Thursday, May 12, with a proclaimation by NSW Governor General David Hurley. The new council will be run under administration by Mr Ian Reynolds. The interim general manager is Mr Rob Noble, acting CEO of Wyong Council. Gosford Council chief Mr Paul Anderson has been named his deputy. The Peninsula will become part of the Gosford West Ward which will remain unrepresented until elections in September next year. The Gosford West Ward covers the area from the northern side of the Hawkesbury River in the south to Buckety in the north-west. It includes communities as diverse as Mangrove Mountain, Gunderman, Peats Ridge and the Gosford CBD. The three councillors who will eventually represent the Gosford West Ward will be required to live in the Ward. Areas to the north of the Rip Bridge will be included in the Gosford East Ward as the southern shore of Brisbane Water is the boundary for Gosford West. The Gosford West Ward is, geographically, the largest of the five wards that will make up the new Central Coast Council. Under the Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, Gosford City Council ceased to exist and Gosford with Wyong Shire Council areas were amalgamated to form the Central Coast Council. Elected councillors reported different interpretations of whether they had been stood aside or sacked. Former Gosford deputy mayor, Mr Craig Doyle, said he believed all councillors, including the former Gosford mayor, Mr Lawrie McKinna, had been sacked. “I can’t even say I received a bluey in the mail,” Mr Doyle said. “The information we have received from the Minister and the

The Peninsula (dark purple) is now part of the Gosford West Ward of the new Central Coast Council. The Gosford West Ward boundaries are shown in purple, the Peninsula marked in dark purple

government has been scant,” he said. “I received an email from the mayor,” he said. The proclamation said that it didn’t apply to rates in the 201617 rating year but it did not specify a three-year rate freeze, as promised by the NSW Government prior to Gosford councillors making their decision about whether to vote in favour of, or against, amalgamation. Mr Doyle said he was part of a joint delegation that met with NSW Premier Mr Mike Baird and Local Government Minister Mr Paul Toole late last year. “It wasn’t until I eyeballed the Minister face-to-face and received a couple of assurances that I voted for amalgamation,” he said. “One of those assurances was a three-year rates freeze and when

I went to school 2017-18 wasn’t three years away from 2016,” he said. “Rate equalisation is going to be a very provocative thing when it happens,” he said. The proclamation said the rating structure is to be reviewed within the first term of the new council following the first election of the council. Mr Ian Reynolds has been appointed as the administrator of the newly-formed Central Coast Council. Mr Reynolds is a local government consultant based in Castle Hill. He established Ian Reynolds and Associates in 2012 after working in the government sector for 30 years. Since 1994 he has held a range of senior executive roles in

local and state government with responsibility for urban planning, public infrastructure and financing, public policy development, rezonings and land development processes. The new council will be run under administration until September 2017, when the first local government election for the new local government area will be held. The number of councillors to be elected at that time will be 15 and the first mayor will be elected by councillors. The code of meeting practice to be adopted by the new Central Coast Council is to be the Wyong Shire Council code “until it is amended or replaced in accordance with the Local Government Act”. The proclamation gives the NSW

Minister for Local Government discretion to determine “any matter or thing requiring determination” referred by the administrator. In turn, a wide range of matters can be referred to the NSW Office of Local Government for determination, according to the proclamation. After the initial period the new council will, in accordance with the Local Government Act, be able to make changes to matters such as how the new mayor is elected, changes to wards or changes to councillor numbers. Joint Regional Regional Planning Panel appointments have been scrapped. The proclamation gives the Local Government Minister power to hire and fire administrators up until the September 2017 election. In turn, it gives the administrator has the power to hire and fire the general manager and deputy general manager, should the need arise and within the terms of their employment contracts. Staff members transferred from Gosford Council to the Central Coast Council were transferred under the same employment contract of employment. There will be no onus on the first elected Central Coast Council to stick with the staff organisational structure set out in the proclamation. Anything commenced but not completed by Gosford Council may or may not be completed by the new council. The codes, plans, strategies and policies of the new council are to be, as far as practicable, a composite of the corresponding codes, plans, strategies and polices of each of the former councils. The code of conduct for a new council is to be the model code in the Act (within the meaning of section 440 of the Act) until a code of conduct is adopted by the council in accordance with the Act. Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, 12 May 2016 Interview, 12 May 2016 Craig Doyle, Gosford Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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the airport and compliance investigations would not be impacted by the review of the Act. The Warnervale Airport Restrictions Act requires the minister for planning to review it to determine whether its policy objectives remain valid and if the terms of the Act remain appropriate. “Since the introduction of the Act, there have been a number of new planning instruments that provide for assessment of airports as well as a number of regulations applying to aviation and related activities,” the document said. The Act came into force on June 1, 1997, as a response to proposals to expand the Warnervale Airport from a 900 metre runway to an 1,800 metre runway. The overall policy objective of the Act is to impose restrictions on

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Councillors sacked, new council formed and administrator appointed

osford City’s 10 elected local councillors were sacked on Thursday, May 12 when the council was dissolved and a new Central Coast Council proclaimed. Under the Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, Gosford Council ceased to exist and the amalgamation of Gosford with Wyong Council, to form the Central Coast Council, was made a reality after almost a year of speculation. Wyong councillors also lost their jobs. Mr Ian Reynolds was appointed as the administrator of the newly-formed Central Coast Council in place of the elected mayors and councillors. The new council will remain under administration until elections are held in September 2017, a full 12 months after the next local election was due. Former Gosford mayor, Mr Lawrie McKinna said he wished to thank the community for the privilege of being able to serve them. He was shocked by the timing of the announcement and unsure about whether he would have any formal or consultative role during the administration period. Mr McKinna had not had any contact with Mr Ian Reynolds before or after the proclamation on May 12. Former deputy mayor, Mr Craig Doyle said he was nonplussed by the fact he had not been personally or ofﬁcially notiﬁed that he had lost his job. “I’m feeling, as the elected representative, that the mouthpiece of the community has been taken away and what have you replaced it with?” he said. “I’m feeling pretty disappointed,” said Cr Vicki Scott. “It is leaving a huge hole

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in the community and it is a huge knock to democracy, there should be some form of representation,” she said. “We have been told we’ll get an email,” she said in relation to an earlier call from councillors to express interest in playing a role on the new council. “It has been a real privilege to carry out this role for the last 12 years …it has shown me how we can help each other and thrive by good communication and good consultation and the importance of having elected representation to determine the voices of the community, but I’m not going anywhere,” she said. Ms Scott said the next 16 months without elected representation marked a period when very large development applications would be coming through, a lot with large associated issues and problems. “Without councillors, how will that work?” she said. “I am pretty sure that the administrator will be listening to the people, but he is one person,” she said. Cr Bob Ward said he was not surprised by the proclamation as there had

been speculation that it would be announced soon. He said the formation of the Central Coast super council would give the region a strong and unified voice to fight for government funding. Ms Gabby Bowles said she knew the amalgamation was coming but was surprised to find herself “turfed out” as an elected representative “given that we were told we would have the opportunity to participate.” Mr Chris Burke said his status was not made clear when the proclamation was made on May 12 and that he still wanted to have a role with the new council. “There’s so much work unfinished by the Council that may never bear fruit now when the new administration takes effect,” he said. Mr Deanna Bocking said she had expressed interest in having a role in the Central Coast Council, “so hopefully I will be able to continue in some sort of advocacy role, but I am just not sure what that will be; the sense of uncertainty doesn’t mean the changes will be bad.

“We don’t know what roles will exist but if there’s absolutely no advocacy I wouldn’t be happy but we just don’t know, everything’s still speculative,” she said. The Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds is a local government consultant based in Castle Hill. He established Ian Reynolds and Associates in 2012 after working in the government sector for 30 years. Since 1994 he has held a range of senior executive roles in local and state government with responsibility for urban planning, public infrastructure and ﬁnancing and public policy development. According to a statement from the new Central Coast Council, Mr Reynolds will be paid out of the Council’s budget from funds formerlyt allocated to payment of the mayors and councillors. The interim general manager of the new Central Coast Council is Mr Rob Noble, who has been acting chief executive ofﬁcer of Wyong Council since September 2015. Mr Paul Anderson, former

chief executive officer of Gosford Council, has been named as deputy general manager of the new council. Mr Anderson is currently on leave and unable to comment on whether he will be going forward in the role he was appointed. The number of councillors to be elected in September 2017 will be 15 and the first mayor will be elected by councillors. The code of meeting practice to be adopted by the new Central Coast Council is to be the Wyong Shire Council code “until it is amended or replaced in accordance with the Local Government Act”. The proclamation carves the new Central Coast local government area into five wards, each with three councillors. The wards are Gosford West, Gosford East, Wyong, The Entrance and Budgewoi. It is understood that the three councillors elected to represent each ward must be residents of the ward. The proclamation gives the NSW minister for local government, Mr Paul Toole, discretion to determine “any matter or thing requiring determination” referred by the administrator. In turn, a wide range of matters can be referred to the NSW Office of Local Government for determination, according to the proclamation. After the initial period, the new council will, in accordance with the Local Government Act, be able to make changes to matters such as how the mayor is elected, changes to wards or changes to councillor numbers. Joint Regional Planning Panel appointments have been scrapped. The proclamation gives the local government minister power to hire and fire administrators. It also gives the administrator power to hire and fire the general

manager and deputy general manager, should the need arise, and within the terms of their employment contracts. Staff members transferred from Gosford Council to the Central Coast Council were transferred under the same employment contracts. There will be no onus on the ﬁrst elected Central Coast Council to stick with the staff organisational structure set out in the proclamation. Anything commenced but not completed by Gosford Council may or may not be completed by the new council. The codes, plans, strategies and policies of the new council are to be, as far as practicable, a composite of the corresponding codes, plans, strategies and polices of each of the former councils. The code of conduct for the new council is to be the model code in the Act (within the meaning of section 440 of the Act) until a code of conduct is adopted by the council in accordance with the Act. It is unclear, from the proclamation, how the ward boundaries for the new council were determined. The proclamation said that it didn’t apply to rates in the 2016-17 rating year, but it did not specify a three-year rate freeze, as promised by the NSW Government. Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, 12 May 2016 Interviews, 12 May 2016 Lawrie McKinna, Craig Doyle, Vicki Scott, Chris Burke, Bob Ward, Gabby Bowles, former Gosford councillors Jackie Pearson, Dilon Luke and Jasmine Gearie, journalists

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Central Coast Council to hold its first public meeting he first meeting of the new Central Coast Council is to be an Extraordinary Meeting and it will be held at the Wyong Civic Centre on Wednesday, May 25 at 5:00pm.

The Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016 that dissolved Gosford and Wyong Councils and created the new Central Coast Council did not provide detail on how meetings would be conducted during the administration period. In announcing the first meeting, a media release from the Central Coast Council said: “Newly appointed administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, will preside over the first Central Coast Council meeting on Wednesday 25 May.” Mr Reynolds said he was pleased and privileged to take on the role of administrator of one of the largest councils in Australia. “We will be managing an annual budget of $800 million and over $8 billion in assets for over 331,000 residents, a huge challenge, but one that staff and myself are certainly up for. “It is an exciting time to be here, the Central Coast has now been established as a region in its own right and can only go from strength to

The former Wyong Council chamber will be the venue for the ﬁrst meeting of the new Central Coast Council on May 25

strength. “Staff have been working hard on the transition to one council and residents should be assured that the services they expect from their local council will not only be continued but will be enhanced. “I look forward to getting out and about and learning as much about the area as I can as soon as possible,” he said. A statement from the Central Coast Council said the public could attend the meeting. Wyong Regional Chronicle asked the Central Coast Council to explain the format the meeting would take, given that the former mayors of Wyong and Gosford Council and all elected councillors

were dismissed on May 12 and replaced with an administrator. The new council’s communications team said the administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, would perform the role of mayor and councillors by considering reports from directors. The administrator may ask questions of the relevant director in relation to a report or recommendation. Members of the public can still apply to address the meeting about a particular item. At the end of the discussion of an agenda item, the administrator will make a decision as to whether to approve, amend, defer or refuse a report’s recommendation. A business paper for

the Extraordinary Council meeting is available on both the former Wyong Council and Gosford Council websites. Items to be discussed at the meeting include administrative and governance matters such as: a code of conduct and related matters; committees of the former Gosford and Wyong Councils; interim salary arrangement for council; code of meeting practice and location of council meetings; and, the interim organisational structure for the new council. According to the business paper, the meeting will also make determinations in relation to: a quarterly budget review for the former Gosford Council; determination of water,

sewerage and stormwater drainage fees and charges for 2016-17 in respect to the former Gosford Local Government Area; and the proposed transfer of land at Kangy Angy to Transport NSW. Meetings of the new Central Coast Council will be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of most months and will alternate between the chambers at Wyong and Gosford. The Wyong meeting will be held on the fourth Wednesday of each month and the meetings held on the second Wednesday of the month will be located in Gosford. The new council is also expected to agree that all future meetings will be audio recorded and, in the future, podcasting of meetings will also be considered. The former Wyong Council did record its meetings; Gosford Council did not. Under the Proclamation which dismissed the former councils and created the new Central Coast Council on May 12, clause eight stated that the code of meeting practice of the former Wyong Council was to be the new council’s code. However, the former Wyong code would have meant that all meetings of the new Central Coast Council would have been held in Wyong, hence amendments were

required. An amended code of meeting practice is also likely to go on public exhibition for 28 days and submissions can be made for at least 42 days from the date the draft code goes on exhibition. Alternating the meeting venue between Gosford and Wyong: “Will provide the public with more equitable access to and participation in council meetings,” a report from the interim general manager, Mr Rob Noble, to the May 25 meeting said. Other amendments to be made to the code of meeting practice were the inclusion of the definition of an administrator to clarify to the community and staff how the code applies to the administrator, and clarification of meeting venues to specify addresses. A further report will be provided to council on July 27 to allow the council to consider submissions and whether to adopt the amended code. Media release, May 17, 2016 Business paper, May 25, 2016 Extraordinary Council Meeting Agenda item 3.7, May 25, 2016 Central Coast Council extraordinary meeting Media statement, May 17, 2016 Central Coast Council media Jackie Pearson, journalist

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From left: Central Coast Council administrator Mr Ian Reynolds and chief executive ofﬁcer Mr Rob Noble discuss their plans for the new local government area with media

going to look like,” he said. Mr Noble’s recommendation to the first Central Coast Council’s meeting stated: “There is a need to urgently review those committees and other groups, and to identify opportunities for improved engagement with the community of the Central Coast. “That review must carefully consider the current legal status of those committees and bodies, the potential legal consequences of any alteration to the constitution or membership of those committees

and other bodies, and ensure that future committees of the Council are directed to addressing the needs of the whole community of the Central Coast.” “We are now the Central Coast, we are all part of a big new thing,” Mr Reynolds said. “Part of my role is to make sure the council reaches out to the whole Central Coast,” he said. In addition to getting committees up and running, Mr Reynolds said he had already changed the NSW Government’s decision to have all

Central Coast Council meetings held in the former Wyong Council chambers. “The government proclamation meant all meetings would be held in Wyong and I think that is inappropriate so I changed the rules so we can meet in Gosford and Wyong,” Mr Reynolds said. “I don’t expect people to come from Patonga to Wyong, for instance, unless they want to come to speak and I would encourage that,” he said. All Central Coast Council

meetings will be audio recorded and the public will be able to access those recordings using the Government Information Public Access Act (GIPA). Mr Reynolds is also moving ahead with the creation of a Local Representation Committee that will be made up of former councillors from Wyong and Gosford as another way of ensuring all communities within the new LGA have a voice. “I have already spoken with all the councillors bar one,” Mr Reynolds said. “The best way to keep them involved is to give them a seat at the table,” he said. Mr Noble said the NSW Government had provided the administrator with a template terms of reference for the establishment of the Local Representation Committee and that Mr Reynolds was expected to make a decision at the next council meeting about the terms for the committee. All former councillors have been given written notice that they will be invited to express interest in being part of the committee. However, Mr Reynolds would not comment on the number of positions available. “Yes, we are a new council, but there are issues north and south that have a history with them and the former councillors will still have their contacts within the community,” Mr Reynolds said. “The purpose of the committee is to get feedback,” he said. Interviews, 26 May 2016 Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Council Rob Noble, Central Coast Council Central Coast Council agenda item 3.5, 25 May 2016 Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Underpass open by September, says dept. The Woy Woy rail underpass will be open to trafﬁc by the end of August, according to the latest update from Transport for NSW. Previously, it had stated the work could take up to six months

to complete. The department still has not confirmed the cost of the repairs to the underpass: “We will confirm the costs within the next few weeks, following further planning,” the department

said in a statement issued on May 13. “This cost will be for the new bridge protection, which will include clearance frames on both road approaches to the bridge, designed to act as early warnings

to high vehicles as well as crash beams on either side of the bridge, designed to protect the bridge from potential vehicle collision,” the statement said. “The underpass will be open to traffic by the end of August.

“The safety of our customers and people is our number one priority.” Media statement, 13 May 2016 Scott Gillespie, Transport for NSW

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Public meeting called over Coast’s major environmental and public health issue

Committee structure to give community a voice The Peninsula will have a voice on the Central Coast Council during the next 16 months through a committee structure, according to council administrator Mr Ian Reynolds. Mr Reynolds said all the committees of the former Gosford Council no longer existed and he had asked for a report from CEO Mr Rob Noble by June 8 to determine what the new council’s committee structure will be. Wyong Council’s committees have also been dissolved, Mr Reynolds said. “There were stacks and stacks of committees across the north and the south of the new LGA,” Mr Reynolds said. According to a register of the committees of the former Gosford Council, the council had 29 committees. Wyong Council had a different structure with 12 committees, five groups, two working parties and 12 external bodies or groups. The register of Gosford Council committees lists the names of community representatives, who appear to have been included on the vast majority of the former council’s committee. The database of Wyong Council committees lists community representatives on only one committee, the Tuggerah Lakes estuary. It is uncertain which, if any, of the committees of the former Gosford Council will be kept. “We need data first,” Mr Noble said. “Ian will get the list of committees and review it with senior staff but right now we don’t know what it is

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he new Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, has agreed, at the council’s first public meeting on May 25, to sell land in Orchard Rd, Kangy Angy to the NSW Government to build a multi-million dollar train maintenance facility.

Some of the exposed waste at the Mangrove Mountain landﬁll

public meeting will be held at Gosford Leagues Club on June 16 to alert Gosford and Wyong residents to the risks associated with the Mangrove Mountain landﬁll.

The Mountain Districts Association community group has called the meeting as part of its campaign for a public inquiry into the operation and regulation of the “huge leaky waste dump that has the potential to poison the water supply to over 300,000 residents of the Central Coast.” The group’s primary aim is to see the dump closed and the site cleaned up, “rather than put the community at even greater risk by allowing substantially more waste to be dumped on the site over the next 10 years. “We have absolutely no conﬁdence that EPA and Council oversight will be any better than it has been over the past 15 years,” said Mountain Districts Association spokesperson Dr Stephen Goodwin. “Successive dump operators ran amok and broke all the rules and guidelines without any substantial penalty,” Dr Goodwin said.

“This gross mismanagement continues to this day. “Everyone except the community up here has turned a blind eye,” he said. “It beggars belief that an environmentally unsafe waste landﬁll of this size could be permitted to continue operating,” Dr Goodwin said. “The EPA and the minister for the environment might like to say otherwise, but they have no data to back up their assertions of no harm. “Occasional selective water sampling is not proof of no impact. “Everyone knows leachate entering the drinking water is a health issue. “Would you knowingly drink the stuff?” he said. “Worse, despite being warned, the NSW premier, continues to ignore the call to shut it down, clean it up and repatriate the site, and hold a commission

of inquiry into what went wrong,” he said. The public meeting at the Central Coast Leagues Club on Thursday, June 16 from 7:00pm aims to alert Gosford and Wyong residents to the risks and what needs to be done about it, Dr Goodwin said. “The appointment of new Central Coast Council administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, gives the community an opportunity to provide a detailed brieﬁng of the facts and to seek action and support for appropriate measures,” Dr Goodwin said. “Mountain Districts Association will be seeking a meeting with Mr Reynolds at the earliest opportunity. “He has also been invited to the public meeting. “This will give him a ﬁrsthand opportunity to hear the facts and the community’s opposition to the dump. “There needs to be a Commission of Inquiry into

Area excavated in 2012 destined to be lined and ﬁlled with more waste

the activities of Mangrove Mountain Landfill. “It is the only way all of the facts can come out into the open. “While we know a lot about what has gone on, we also know that there is a lot of other damning information not in the public domain for reasons of confidentiality, that needs to come out. “This must have an opportunity to be made public and a commission of inquiry is the only way this can happen. “The EPA and the former Gosford Council are both guilty of failing to meet their statutory obligations with regards to the Landfill. “They have sat and watched the pile of waste grow to mountainous proportions way beyond what council approved. “They have turned their backs while illegal waste was dumped there so that we now have a major environmental problem. “This is the Central Coast’s major environmental and public health issue,” he said.

According to Dr Goodwin, despite EPA initial assertions that it did, the mountain of waste does not have an impervious lining underneath it capable of capturing all of the toxic leachate ﬂowing from it and diverting it into a holding pond for proper treatment and disposal. “Most of the leachate is going straight down into the groundwater aquifers and into the catchment for the Ourimbah Creek system that supplies drinking water to Central Coast residents. “On top of this, even if the waste mound was lined, the current leachate pond of 100,000 litres is only three per cent of the correct design capacity for a pile of waste this size. “And it will get far worse. “A six million litre leachate pond is planned to be sited on the golf course. “How will this huge volume of toxic liquid be continually accessed, emptied and treated?” Dr Goodwin said. Dr Goodwin said he believed the Mountain Districts Association had

uncovered legal grounds for a new DA process in its investigations. “The law is the law and this cannot be ignored,” Dr Goodwin said. The group also wants questions answered about whether former Gosford councillors were fully advised of critical information relating to the landﬁll. “As a result, councillors may not have been in a position to make a fully informed decision on how council might proceed in dealing with this matter during the period when council was in the Land and Environment Court with the Landﬁll Operators. “This would appear to contravene the former Gosford Council’s code of conduct and is a major public concern that demands investigation.” The community meeting will commence at 7:00pm. Media release, May 30, 2016 Stephen Goodwin, Mountain Districts Association

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Council’s first property decision angers residents

Flooding of the Kangy Angy access road near the proposed train maintenance site on June 4 and 5

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Residents’ group threatens legal action over land sale n his address to the Central Coast Council meeting on May 25, issues overcome in early member of the Kangy Angy Residents’ Action Group, Mr Neil Bolte June. “This land is currently said the residents’ main objections to the land sale were that it was being rezoned as flood-proned and environmentally sensitive.

“We are not opposed to the facility in itself, or the opportunities that it will bring to the Central Coast area, but any cursory glance at this location will show that this location is absurd and does not pass any kind of common sense test. “This area is currently zoned E2 and E3, is flood prone, contains threatened species and has no access suitable for this facility,” Mr Bolte said. “Let alone that it impacts on numerous residents, whereas there are other sites available that contain little or none of these factors. “With regard to the agenda and business paper for this item, there is nothing in the notes regarding this agenda item that would indicate that the local residents are against this proposal, only that we have had meetings with TfNSW and that they have offered

to provide us with sewer, water and all weather access. “We already have sewer and water, and as far as all-weather access, we currently have sealed road access that we paid for, but do not have floodfree access, only because Council did not proceed with their undertaking, given in 2014, that they would upgrade the old Turpentine Rd extension (that already exists but is in disrepair). “To imagine that we local residents are in any way supportive of this project proceeding on the Kangy Angy site is an absurdity. “We, the residents, have completed an Environmental study of the area and their preliminary advice is that the Land and Environment Court would likely find the site unsuitable for the proposed development. “The site at Kangy Angy was not listed on

TfNSW’s list of preferred sites that were originally investigated. “The business papers acknowledge that TfNSW first looked at Warnervale as their preferred site, but this was opposed by council, as there were plans to build a University precinct in this area. “This University has now been shown to be economically unviable, and the Minister for the Central Coast, Scot McDonald has stated that a university will never be built at Warnervale. “As Council’s only objection to that site at the time has now been removed, we will be, and we suggest that Council should also be, pressing TfNSW to revisit their originally preferred site at Warnervale. “There is also the possibility that the Bushell’s Ridge site owned by the Darkinjung Aboriginal Land Council will have its native title

Industrial land, has immediate access, no flooding issues and no neighbours. “From council’s business papers, page 116, there are two options for council, sell the land to TfNSW, or have them compulsorily acquire it.” Mr Bolte said council’s business paper stated that: “Valuation of the land in both options will be undertaken in the same manner, so there is no financial advantage to Council under either process, however option one [sale of the land] is a more expeditious process.” “As a first decision of this new Council, are we now about to adopt expediency over process?” Mr Bolte said. “We therefore request that Council resolve to defer the decision to transfer the land to TfNSW until such time as Transport have an approval in place and that there is certainty that

Localised flooding near the proposed train maintenance site, June 4 and 5

the facility will in fact be built on the Kangy site. “Should Council resolve to sell the land to TfNSW immediately, we will consider legal action to prevent that sale. “Should council resolve to sell the land to TfNSW, we question why the sale details are to be held in closed session of council. “There is nothing under the exclusion of the public section that would relate to this item being conducted in closed session.

“We would argue that there is no commercial advantage to TfNSW as they are another government body and as previously stated, the price will be determined by valuation. “We would also question that if council does resolve to sell the land, whether Council is getting the highest and best value for the land.” Email, May 26, 2016 Michelle Nicholson, Kangy Angy Residents Action Group

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Harris calls for a full EIS on Kangy Angy site hadow minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, has called on the NSW Government to undertake a full Environmental Impact Study for their proposed Rail Maintenance Facility at Kangy Angy.

The new administrator of Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds, passed the sale of the Council portion of the land at the council’s inaugural meeting on May 25. “Given the fact that Transport for NSW could compulsorily acquire the

land, his decision was not unexpected,” Mr Harris said. “However, Transport for NSW should be required to complete a full EIS instead of a Review of Environmental Factors (REF) on the site, given the sensitive

environmental and flooding issues at the site,” he said. “An EIS should be completed before any final approval is given. “The current concept design includes new access with a new bridge over the railway

to provide access to the facility from Enterprise Dve. “This arrangement will link Enterprise Dve to Orchard Rd and offer an alternative access for local residents in times of flood. “There are claims such a bridge could cost as much as $50 million. “Residents are rightly concerned that the proposed approval

process will not properly identify potential flood and environmental issues,” he said. “It is well known that this area regularly floods and any mitigation works could impact on surrounding properties causing massive issues. “We all know this site was the last choice and pushed on to Transport for NSW by the now defunct Wyong Council.

“The Darkinjung LALC is still keen for this project to be sited on their land at Bushells Ridge. “Because of the sensitivity of the site, the NSW Government should be forced to carry out a full EIS, especially when they are the final approval authority.” Media release, May 27, 2016 Colleen Michael, office of David Harris

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entral Coast Council’s first meeting - off to a bad start.

The first meeting appears to be a bad sign for the environment of the Central Coast. One of the items on the agenda at the very first meeting of the new Council was land at Kangy Angy. The proposal was to transfer 7 lots of land to Transport NSW for a new stabling and maintenance facility for the intercity fleet. Local residents have been campaigning against this proposal. The land is mostly zoned E2 - the highest environmental zoning outside National Parks - is flood prone and identified as Coastal Protection lands. It has threatened species and an endangered ecological community on the site. The recommendation in the Council agenda was to approve the transfer of the land to Transport NSW and to keep the details of the sale of this public land confidential. Two community members spoke opposing this recommendation - however to no avail. The new Administrator, Mr. Ian Reynolds, took almost no time in approving the transfer of the land. There was no evidence that he considered, or cared for, the views of the community or the significant environmental values of the land.

Mangrove Mountain Landfill - help to close it down and clean it up! Mountain Districts Association (MDA) and CEN are joining together to call for the immediate closure and remediation of the Mangrove Mountain Waste Landfill to protect the drinking water catchment of the 330,000 residents of the Central Coast. This huge dump poses a major threat to the health of present and future generations of residents. The MDA has submitted a 163page document to Premier Baird detailing major irregularities in the licensing, operation and management of Mangrove Mountain Landfill over a period of 18 years. Together we are calling for a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the facts behind Gosford City Council (GCC) and NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)’s handling of their statutory responsibilities. So far, the NSW government have rejected these calls. To sign our petition - go to www.cen.org.au

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NSW Government is trying to get rid of laws that protect our biodiversity After months of speculation, the Baird government released draft laws on 4 May that will scrap protections for our unique wildlife and bushland.

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Jane Smith, CEO Picture: Some of the dump spoil in our drinking water catchment

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However, If the plan the government released becomes law, it will result in the death of thousands of animals every year, and take NSW down the same dangerous path of broad-scale land clearing. Some of the changes the government wants to make are:

Approximate location of land at Kangy Angy

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$60 million waterfront residential apartment and retail project in Toukley development application was lodged for a $60 million waterfront residential apartment and retail project in Toukley.

The project, entitled Lakeside Gardens, is the first of seven new developments earmarked for Toukley in the hope of revitalising the area. The mixed-residential waterfront proposal is being handled by Toukley-based developer Rustrum Pty Ltd, who have been working closely with council since 2009, to create Lakeside Gardens in accordance with the area’s Strategic Plan. Designed in direct response to the former Council’s Key Site Strategic Plan, and formed in consultation with the local community, Lakeside Gardens will complement the natural foreshore backdrop in

A perspective drawing of Lakeside Gardens

this long established and popular holiday resort location. The development is sensitively designed to integrate with and revitalise the adjoining Toukley Gardens Park, which will be extended through to Rowland Tce, thus providing new pedestrian and cycle access from Main Rd

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Public meeting over major threat to hreats to the health and safety of the Wyong region’s water supply as a result of toxic chemicals escaping from a waste landfill at Mangrove Mountain will be the subject of a public meeting.

“Residents of the former Wyong LGA are rightly upset at the threat to their water supply from the Mangrove Mountain Landfill,” said Mountain Districts Association spokesperson Dr Stephen Goodwin. The Mountain District Association has organised a public meeting to be held on June 16 to ensure the whole Central Coast community is aware of the potential threat to its water supply posed by the Mangrove Mountain landfill. “Our Association has been working hard to get some recognition of this environmental risk and for the EPA to act to close

Ponding on top of the Mangrove Mountain waste mound in February

it down and clean it up,” he said. “The Wyong water supply is threatened by toxic chemicals escaping from this waste landfill into the Ourimbah Creek system that supplies Wyong with drinking water,” Dr Goodwin said.

“We know that toxic leachate is continually leaking out of the existing waste mound at the landfill, directly down into the groundwater aquifers that carry water into the Ourimbah Creek system. “If this isn’t stopped,

then a major health problem could occur,” he said. “This is because there is no impervious lining to capture the leachate under 85% of the 800,000 cubic metres of waste currently known to be dumped in the landfill.”

Ourimbah Creek resident, Ms Pam O’Sullivan said: “An uncontrolled discharge escaped from the direction of the Mangrove Mountain Waste Landfill into Ourimbah Creek last July. “It flowed past our home as an intense discolouration and was reported to the EPA. “Wyong Council sent photographs and water sample results to the EPA, but to date, nothing concrete has been heard from them,” Ms O’Sullivan said. “All the EPA keeps saying is that it is still under investigation. “Maybe they are hoping that the one year statute of limitations on investigations will pass and they won’t have to do anything. “Is this the way the EPA is protecting our environment and the health of our community?” Ms O’Sullivan said. Speakers at the public

meeting will talk about the background to the problem, impacts on local residents and environmental concerns for the future, and set out what needs to be done to make the site safe and to prevent a major water pollution catastrophe from occurring. The meeting will be held at Central Coast Leagues Club on Thursday 16 June commencing at 7:00pm. “Those intending to come along should aim to get there by 6:30pm to register and get a seat,” said Dr Goodwin. “The Wyong community needs to send a strong message to the NSW Government that allowing their water supply to be put at risk is just not on,” he said. “We have absolutely no confidence that continued EPA and council oversight will be any better than it has been over the past 15 years.

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Wyong region’s water supply “Successive dump operators ran amok and broke all the rules and guidelines and apart from a warning, no penalty has been imposed. “This gross mismanagement continues to this day. “The former Gosford Council and the EPA turned a blind eye to it until it became an environmental problem. “In a recent Land & Environment Court case, the Court issued an order for an additional 1.3 million cubic metres of waste to be dumped there over a 10 year period. “It beggars belief that an environmentally unsafe waste landfill of this size could not only be permitted to continue operating but allowed to greatly expand. “The EPA and the minister for the environment might like to say otherwise, but they have no data to back up their assertions of no harm.

Mountain Districts Association has alleged leachate has been resprayed onto the waste mound at the Mangrove Mountain landfill

“Occasional selective water sampling is not proof of no impact. “Everyone knows leachate entering the drinking water is a health issue. “Despite being warned, NSW Premier, Mr Mike Baird continues to ignore the call to shut the landfill

site down at Mangrove Mountain, clean it up and repatriate the site, and hold a Commission of Inquiry into what went wrong,” he said. “The new Central Coast Council administrator Ian Reynolds and CEO Rob Noble were invited to the meeting, but

unfortunately both have declined. “Other representatives of Central Coast Council have been invited and we hope they can attend. “There needs to be a Commission of Inquiry into the activities of Mangrove Mountain Landfill.

“It is the only way all of the facts can come out into the open. “While we know a lot about what has gone on, we also know that there is a lot of other damning information not in the public domain for reasons of confidentiality that needs to come out.

“This must have an opportunity to be made public and a Commission of Inquiry is the only way this can happen. “The EPA and the former Gosford City Council are both guilty of failing to meet their statutory obligations with regards to the Landfill. “They have sat and watched the pile of waste grow to mountainous proportions, 30 metres high, way beyond what council approved. “They have turned their backs while illegal waste was dumped there so that now we have a serious environmental problem. “This is the Central Coast’s number one environmental and public health issue and Mr Baird wants to do nothing about it,” he said. Media release, Jun 3, 2016 Stephen Goodwin, Mountain Districts Association

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Garbage workers’ dispute ransport Workers Union NSW acting secretary, Mr Richard Olsen, said industrial action by Central Coast waste workers was a last resort forced on them by the refusal of the new Central Coast Council administrator to agree to safeguard their jobs in the upcoming tender process.

Indefinite industrial action began on Thursday, June 2 and affected all suburbs and communities across the Central Coast, with bins left on the

kerbside. As of Monday, June 6 workers had voted to continue their strike until 9:00am on June 7 when they were expecting

to meet with the administrator of Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds. However, CEO of the council, Mr Rob Noble

had told a local radio station that council would not meet with the workers again. Local waste collector and TWU representative, Mr Ian Hankinson said if the June 7 meeting did not go ahead, workers would take another vote as to whether to return to work or continue their

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action. “Monday morning’s vote was very clear, they want a resolution, they want an answer,” Mr Hankinson said. “For more than a year, these hard working locals have been let down by a series of mayors and councils, who used the impending council merger as an excuse to avoid writing job security into the upcoming tender for council waste services,” Mr Olsen said. “We’ve held negotiations with the new administrator and, while there has been some movement, he has refused to give our local waste operators and their families the guarantees they desperately need. “We know that Campbelltown City Council has inserted clauses into their waste service tenders that protect local jobs, existing workers and their conditions. “It’s been done before and it can and must be done on the Central Coast.” Local waste operator, Mr Ian Hankinson, said the workers don’t want to inconvenience their neighbours and the community, but had been left with no choice. “It’s a shame that it has come to this,” Mr

Hankinson said. “We’ve exhausted every other avenue over the past year. “This is about all of our abilities to keep a roof over our family’s heads, pay the bills and put some money into the local economy,” he said. “We’ve all got families to support and we won’t get paid when we go on strike, but this is about making sure locals like us still have jobs in a years’ time. “We hope the community of the Coast understands where we are coming from.” Mr Olsen said that while industrial action was ongoing, waste operators remained willing to continue to negotiate with the administrator to bring a reasonable end to this dispute. “We want to make sure dodgy outside operators don’t come barging in, putting their unsafe trucks on our streets.” Central Coast Council’s administrator and CEO held an emergency meeting with representatives of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) on Wednesday, June 1, ahead of the planned industrial action by local garbage workers on June 2 and 3. Continued P9

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decision to go ahead with industrial action, Mr Reynolds urged Remondis to go to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to resolve its dispute with local garbage drivers. The workers, represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) lodged a dispute

with the FWC over their working conditions with Remondis and called a strike from 2:00am on Thursday, June 2. Mr Ian Reynolds said Council has been unfairly dragged into the dispute because of the tender process it is undertaking for a new waste contract in 2018.

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New council senior structure has less executive positions he interim executive structure adopted by the Central Coast Council at its first public meeting on May 25 did not include the interim deputy general manager’s role that was initially allocated to former Gosford Council CEO, Mr Paul Anderson.

The interim executive structure adopted by Mr Reynolds includes Mr Rob Noble, whose title changed from interim general manager to chief executive officer. Six new executive positions then report directly to the CEO. They are: chief financial officer (CFO); group leader of customer and community relationships; group leader of assets, infrastructure and business; and, group leader of environment and planning. An executive manager of people and culture and an executive manager of

governance also report to Mr Noble, although they are a line down the hierarchy from the new CFO and group leader positions. An executive manager of transition and business performance and a chief information officer then report to the new CFO. Those eight positions replace the 12 executive positions spread across the two former councils. “The top end will be appointed by June 17 through an internal recruitment process,” Mr Noble said. “Potential aspirants

chief fi nancial officer officer is at financial the top because financial operation is critical. “The other people are group leaders and the idea is in that position you have a leadership role. “Then in due course, we will work through the rest of the structure.” The group leader role is a departure from the traditional local government title of ‘director’ and is part of the Noble and Reynolds strategy to have a customer-focused culture within the Central Coast Council.

[directors from the former Gosford and Wyong Councils] will be competing if they wish, or participating in the conversation to help determine the best fit,” he said. “We will propagate that from inside the organisation initially, and then underneath that, once we have identified subsidiary structures, there will be other people competing for those roles.” Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds said: “If you look at the structure I adopted last night, the

“There is a process, and of necessity we must, and want to, consult with staff about which functions will be reporting up to those senior people and there will be a recruitment process associated with that,” Mr Noble said. Of the existing senior executive positions from Gosford and Wyong Councils, only one of those officers has their tenure contractually protected, he said. “So those other people will either choose to compete for a slightly lower position or negotiate their departure,”

Mr Noble said. At its first meeting, the Central Coast Council resolved to engage the services of Winton Consulting to assist in the harmonisation of the salary systems of the former Wyong Council and Gosford Council. Winton Consulting was appointed without council undertaking a tender process. CEO of the Central Coast Council, Mr Rob Noble said: “Due to …extenuating circumstances, a satisfactory result would not be achieved by inviting tenders for these services.” The anticipated cost of the engagement is $216,605 inclusive of GST. Media conference, May 26, 2016 Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Council Rob Noble, Central Coast Council Agenda item 3.6, May 25, 2016 Central Coast Council extraordinary meeting Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Residents campaign to protect Glenning Valley bushland group of residents campaigning to protect Glenning Valley bushland from what they say is an unsustainable housing development, were meeting the administrator of the Central Coast Council on June 6.

Group co-spokesperson, Ms Jessie Fancett said: “This is a prime opportunity to see if the Central Coast Council is a diplomatic council and will listen to the community.” A peaceful protest was held outside Wyong council chambers to coincide with the first Central Coast Council meeting on May 25. “Chief executive officer, Mr Rob Noble, addressed the community who were protesting against the development, and he appeared to be open to hearing what we had to say,” Ms Fancett said. “We know that the administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds came from Blacktown Council and was later deputy director general at the NSW

Peaceful protest outside the first Central Coast Council meeting by the ‘Say No to the Glenning Valley Development’ group and others

Department of Planning and has a good reputation regarding sustainable development,” she said. “Hopefully he will support our cause, but time will tell. “The ‘Say No to the Glenning Valley Development’ group will continue to campaign and bring awareness to the community surrounding the uncertainty of the decisions made about the development by the former Wyong Council as well as the uncertainty of the bush

land’s future. “We will not stop lobbying until this land is permanently protected and we are calling on the candidates in the upcoming federal election to support us.” The group has been fighting the development proposed for the native bush land in Glenning Valley for years. The residents were outraged by the lack of information they received when the development application was lodged

with the former Wyong Council in December. Only a handful of locals were notified, according to Ms Fancett. “Residents were further shocked and very distressed to see a fence erected around the proposed development that has contributed to native animals being injured, killed and displaced,” Ms Fancett said. “Residents feel their concerns are falling on deaf ears,” she said. “This development will

see around 38 hectares of natural bush land destroyed as well as threatened and endangered flora and fauna,” she said. Residents argued the development area included the winter habitat of the endangered Swift Parrot. Another spokesperson for the group, Ms Kylie Boyle, said the development was proposed for land originally zoned 7F Environment Protection, 7G Wetlands Management and 7A conservation. The land was rezoned

in 2013 to a combination of R2 Low Density Residential and E2 Conservation. “This area is home to many threatened and endangered species including: 29 Melaleuca Biconvexo (Biconvex Paperbark); the Little Lorikeet, Powerful Owl and Varied Sitella bird species; Koala (scats found) and Yellow-Bellied Glider; Grey-Headed Flying-fox, Easter False Pipistrelle, East-Coast Freetail Bat, Eastern Bentwing Bat, Little Bentwing-bat, Greater Broad-nosed Bat; and the Wallum Froglet. “Additionally the White bellied Sea Eagle is known to have a nest in the site.” Ms Boyle said data submitted with the development application was from 2010 and that residents believed “new independent environmental assessments should be conducted.” Emails, May 23 and 30, 2016 Jessica Fancett, Glenning Valley Email, Jun 3, 2016 Kylie Boyle, Say No to the Glenning Valley Development group

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Services Union organises political forum

Greens to target homelessness

urimbah RSL will be the venue for a political forum, organised by the Australian Services Union, on June 9.

reens’ Candidates for Robertson and Dobell said crisis housing solutions, long term funding and sustainability solutions for homelessness were at the top of the Central Coast Greens policy

list.

A range of fully funded policy platforms were announced by the Australian Greens, and local Greens’ candidates pointed out how these, if supported by the major parties, would bring significant benefits to local communities. “We support any additional funding for front-line emergency housing services, because so much money has been cut by recent governments,” Robertson Greens candidate, Ms Hillary Morris said. “However, the funding model used shouldn’t be based on whether or not an emergency service is in a marginal seat, funding should be provided to critical emergency and

long-term programmes wherever it is needed,” she continued. According to Ms Morris, the Australian Greens’ Homelessness Policy released on April 13, outlines a 10 year funding budget which will allow service providers to make secure, long term plans to help everyone find a safe path home. “This is a complex problem, and solving it so that we do not need to make desperate appeals, requires coordinated policies addressing some of the causes of homelessness,” Greens Candidate for Dobell Ms Abigail Boyd said. “We have also released details of better

funding for domestic violence, mental health, Aboriginal and Torres St Islanders who are sadly over-represented in disadvantage in this country, and affordable housing. “We have several plans to increase employment options. “Further relevant platforms will be announced during the election campaign. “All are fully costed. “All draw on existing Greens’ policies and philosophies and they all reflect the way Greens MPs will vote.” Ms Boyd concluded. Media release, Jun 1, 2016 Justine Suthers, Central Coast Greens

“We hope all the major party candidates running for the seats of Robertson and Dobell will not only attend our forum, but that they will also be willing to pledge to protect vital local community services on the Central Coast,” said ASU acting secretary, Ms Judith Wright. Ms Wright said one of the questions that will be put to the candidates at the forum will be: “If there are no Central Coast services to turn to for housing, legal or financial support, what will you say to the woman leaving her violent partner?” Ms Wright said over $1 billion had been cut from funding for essential community services nationwide during the past three years. “The cuts have impacted on services supporting

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who rely on them, or are they happy and willing to see services face further cuts and potential closure,” Ms Wright. As part of the forum, candidates will be asked to sign a pledge committing to: fight for increased funding for community services; oppose corporations taking over essential community services to profit from vulnerable people; support a fairer way of support a fairer way of funding community services that provides longer term certainty for services and the community they support; and, end the gagging of community services from speaking out on behalf of the community. Media release, Jun 2, 2016 Felicity Wainwright, Essential Media

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women, families leaving violence, assistance programs for young people with mental health issues, and, community and Aboriginal legal services,” she said. “These cuts have forced community services on the Central Coast to reduce the support and services they provide to some of the most vulnerable members of our community. “The community deserves to know where our local candidates stand. “The forum will be an opportunity for local community workers to quiz those hopeful of securing our votes on whether they are willing to stand up for the most vulnerable in the community. “Will they fight to protect community services and the people

there are 672 fewer apprentices in Dobell under the Liberal Government.

“The Liberals have cut $2.75 billion from the skills portfolio, including $1 billion in cuts to apprentices through the Tools for Your Trade program and access and mentoring Programs.” Ms McBride said. “These cuts have hit local apprentices hard. “They have had a devastating impact on apprentices in training in Dobell, with numbers falling from 2,323 in June 2014 to 1,651 in March, 2016. “That’s almost a 30 per cent drop in local apprenticeships in Dobell.

“Our community wants to see a serious investment in our local skills sector and the Turnbull/Abbott government have failed to deliver,” Ms McBride said. Ms McBride said she fully supported Labor’s plan to support TAFE into the future and develop a National Priority Plan to back the public sector and weed out dodgy private providers. “A strong local TAFE sector is the key in providing our youth with the educational opportunities they need to get ahead. “When I’m out in the

community, I continue to hear from parents and young families about the life changing impact that TAFE can make. “I’m proud be part of a Labor team that is dedicated to putting skills and education first,” Ms McBride concluded. Media release, May 25, 2016 Jack Power, for Emma McBride Labor Candidate for Dobell

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he recent Electoral Commission boundary redistribution gave Mr Pat Conroy the opportunity to run as Labor candidate for the seat of Shortland in the July 2 federal election.

“I was elected to parliament in 2013 as the member for Charlton on the north and western sides of Lake Macquarie,” Mr Conroy said. “But with the Electoral Commission’s boundary changes, I now live in the seat of Shortland,” he said. “I will be seeking to follow Jill Hall, who is retiring after 18 years as the Local MP. “I grew up in Ettalong, and attended Ettalong Public School and Gosford High School. “My first job was at Coles in West Gosford and I commuted every day from the Coast to study Economics at Sydney University. “When I met my wife, Keara, we lived in Belmont and now live in

Speers Point, where we are raising our two young children. “Keara is a nurse, so I’m acutely aware of the pressure on frontline health services in our area. “Labor has fought to protect Medicare because we understand that preventative health measures actually reduce the pressure on local hospitals like Belmont, Wyong and the John Hunter. “I am an economist and have worked in roles in the mining and manufacturing industry. “If elected, I will work to improve transport infrastructure and amenities that enhance our coastal lifestyle and strengthen our economy at a local level.

“Labor’s policy to support Australian industry and encourage economic diversification will benefit regions like the Central Coast and provide local job opportunities,” Mr Conroy said. The Australian Electoral Commission’s recent boundary redistribution has seen part of the electorate of Charlton relocated to become part of the electorate of Shortland. At the southern end of the electorate, the suburbs of Gorokan, Lake Haven and Charmhaven have moved out of Shortland and in to the neighbouring seat of Dobell as a result of the redistribution. Email, May 27, 2016 Heather Robinson, ofﬁce of Pat Conroy

McNamara pledges $12.3 million towards road upgrades

f re-elected, the member for Dobell, Ms Karen McNamara has pledged to make ﬁxing roads in her electorate a key priority, with $12.3 million committed towards road upgrades.

Six million dollars would be used for Blenheim Ave, Berkeley Vale, which would see roads and footpaths upgraded to improve pavement life and mitigate flooding, as well as intersection, signage and lighting upgrades. $4 million would be spent on Audie Pde, Berkeley Vale, to upgrade the road and drainage, including a comprehensive storm water drainage system. Hutton Rd, North Entrance, would receive $2 million, for pavement renewal and upgrading of

drainage. Finally, $300,000 would be spent on Wattle Tree Rd, Holgate, to upgrade the road and improve safety around Holgate Public School. “I am committed to reducing crashes on our roads,” Ms McNamara said. “This investment is helping to make our local roads safer for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. “When I am speaking to the community, the most common topic is roads and guttering. “Our community want it and I am pleased to be

able to deliver it.” The funding would mean that the work which was previously scheduled by Central Coast Council to be delivered from the 2017-2018 financial year, over three years, could be delivered in the 2016/2017 year. This funding is on top of previous infrastructure commitments including Black Spot funding, Roads2Recovery funding and Bridges Renewal funding. Media release, Jun 3, 2016 Colby Crane, ofﬁce of Karen McNamara

Other Regional News - In brief Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262, & 2263. Given the arrival of new Central Coast Council, following is a summary of news articles published in the

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Peninsula News focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2256 & 2257.

Committee structure to give community a voice

Underpass open by September, says dept.

New bike shed opened at station

The Peninsula will have a voice on the Central Coast Council during the next 16 months through a committee structure, according to council administrator Mr Ian

The Woy Woy rail underpass will be open to traffic by the end of August, according to the latest update from Transport for NSW.

The first Opal activated bike shed in NSW has been unveiled near Woy Woy Station.

Wicks promises $2.7 million for road repairs

Council targets speed in Bourke Rd

Trivia lunch sends four Ethopian girls to school

A Turnbull Government would spend $2.7 million to repair three roads on the Peninsula, according to Federal Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks.

Drivers speeding on Bourke Rd in Umina were targeted by Gosford Council during May, in response to the deaths of three people, and injuries to a further 75 in car crashes over the last five years.

A fund raising trivia lunch held in Umina Beach has raised enough money to send four girls in Ethiopia to school for a year, according to event organiser Ms Amy Cardino of Ettalong.

Executive structure adopted by Central Coast Council

Shorten addresses 400 at Country Club

Police seize commercial quantity of prohibited drugs

An interim executive structure has been adopted at the fi rst meeting of the Central Coast Council on May 25.

Labor Leader Mr Bill Shorten visited the Everglades Country Club on May 20 and addressed a crowd of 400.

Police have seized prohibited drugs with an estimated street value of $1.5 million in raids on the Peninsula.

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Coast Community News focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2250, 2251 & 2260

Public meeting called over Coast’s major environmental and public health issue

Snap garbage collection strike called

All former council committees dissolved

A public meeting will be held at Gosford Leagues Club on June 16 to alert Gosford and Wyong residents to the risks associated with the Mangrove Mountain landfill.

No domestic garbage will be collected across the Central Coast on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3 as a result of industrial action by local waste operators.

All committees associated with the former Gosford Council have been dissolved as part of the dismissal of the council and creation of the new Central Coast Council.

New council interim executive structure announced

Forming the biggest council in NSW is a real challenge

Proposed coastal reform legislation lacking critical information

The interim executive structure adopted by the Central Coast Council at its first public meeting on May 25 did not include the interim deputy general manager’s

The administrator of the newly-formed Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds, said he was “really pleased” with the reception he was given at the council’s

The NSW Coastal Alliance, representing regional coastal communities, has called on the NSW Government to withdraw its proposed Coastal Reforms Legislation,

I am not here to do the government’s bidding Reynolds

Former council forecasts $20 million surplus

MMAD and scouts receive grants

Making A Gosford City may have to A $20 million surplus was Musicians and Kariong wait until September 2017 to forecast in a report to the first Difference take its place as the jewel in meeting of the Central Coast Scouts are to receive a the crown of the new Central Council on the financial federal Government Stronger Communities Programme Coast Local Government position of the grant. former Gosford Council. Area. The full articles and more can be seen on line on our website www.centralcoastnews.net Coast Community News focusses on news specifically related to post code areas 2250, 2251, 2260 and articles can also be read and shared on your mobile phone by going to www.coastcommunitynews.com.au.

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Sports Club left in the dark n January 14 there was a freak storm event on the Central Coast, mainly in the Berkeley Vale area, bringing with it 110 kilometre winds and torrential rain, creating havoc and devastation to homes primarily due to fallen trees and flooding.

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oval and do maintenance to the facilities, the facilities and oval would be in disrepair. Council displays this on the web site: “We maintain 36 sports fields (ovals), 16 tennis complexes, 7 netball centres, as well as softball, baseball, basketball and other facilities. “Participation in organised sporting activities by young people is extremely high in our Shire with over 15,000 people using our sports fields each year. “Our staff mow around 35.5 million square metres of grass every year to keep our grounds, parks and reserves in top condition.” They don’t mow our grass. Our champion club and committee members do. After a storm that was widely felt on the Central Coast, the council decided all of our lights (except one) were to be condemned. My question is, why weren’t they ever maintained by the council before? This was written in the council financial report: “Council is responsible for managing $4.3 billion in infrastructure and other assets that belong to the community, who have requested that we get back to basics by addressing asset maintenance and the asset backlog”. How much of that was

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At Berkeley Vale Sports Ground, one of our floodlight poles snapped under the severe stress from the wind and came down. Due to safety concerns, a few days later, Wyong Council did an audit on the rest of the light poles and, as a result, removed the others, leaving our oval without lights for training, or any other operations. Prior to this incident, council had never done any safety inspections or any maintenance to the poles and facilities. The Berkeley Vale area has now been made a disaster zone from this storm. Grants and funding are available, but we have not received any. It is an absolute disgrace that Wyong Council would not show any compassion towards Berkeley Vale Sports Club. They had the audacity to charge the club seasonal fees for a new oval to train at. We still have to maintain our home ground with $1,000 a month fees for use during the week and on the weekend. Throughout the club’s history of paying these fees, how often were our oval and facilities maintained? If our own committee and club members did not cut the grass on the oval, mark out the lines on the

spent at Berkeley Vale compared to other clubs in the shire? I have had discussions with club members and sponsors, who we wouldn’t survive without, and the revenue raised with raffles and sponsorship will not be enough to allow our club to have the opportunity to pay for the lighting needed. We have applied for many grants so far including an arts and crafts grant. We have been informed that it is our responsibility to replace the lights. If that is the case then why are we paying maintenance rates on a council-owned ground that is registered on their website as one of their facilities with toilets, hall, and floodlights? It has the name of the oval and the council logo plastered out the front on a sign. Why can’t we acquire the proper assistance when maintaining a councilowned oval, considering that Wyong Council had a surplus of $10.2 million dollars last financial year, yet they can’t find $150,000 for much needed lights? I know this is a hard subject, but I really think this community-based sports club is being bullied by our local council who we are always happy to support. Is it up to local business

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to donate money to supply adequate training facilities and lights for local sports clubs? If that’s the case, maybe we, as a community, should stop paying our council rates. Woy Woy Rugby League Club has been given $2 million dollars from Gosford Council and a further $6 million from state and federal government to rebuild their facilities. Once again all the Berkeley Vale Sports Club is asking for is $150,000 for lights which is the estimated cost from council to replace them. The Entrance Rugby League Club has just been granted $2 million dollars in federal grants to build a grandstand and club house? The Mingara athletes track has been promised $500,000 for a new grandstand. A least all those clubs have lights for training: we do not. Both The Entrance and Woy Woy Rugby League Clubs have the financial backing from their RSL or Leagues Clubs. Berkeley Vale has no

leagues club for financial support. The Berkeley Vale Rugby League and Sports Club was established in 1985 and has been running for 31 years. Please remember this successful Junior and Senior Rugby League Club has many players coming through from under six to first grade and the community relies on not only the Rugby League side but our netball teams, but also our continued work with touch football. We are also the first and only club on the Central Coast to have a women’s rugby league team that has been highly successful in the NSWRL competition. This is not a hate campaign, but just a reminder that our great game and community need sports clubs like Berkeley Vale Sports Club to provide our future generations with

healthy opportunities. To make things worse, we have had two of our rugby league players suffer horrible injuries this season. Our club and community has rallied around and supported them admirably and will continue to do so through their long rehabilitation. It would be great if someone from government or council would offer the same support to us. To date, no one has come forward to assist us with the financial support we need. We have literally been left in the dark. If we don’t get an adequate solution I feel this may be the end of our great club. Email, Jun 1, 2016 Andrew Dick, Berkeley Vale

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Free bike clinic for children with a disability AD Disability Services will hold a Freedom Wheels bike clinic at Tuggerah in June for local children living with a disability, who have difficulty riding a standard bike.

TAD’s Freedom Wheels Bikes enable children with disabilities to ride a bike when it was never thought possible. Many of these children cannot walk independently but they can ride. These special bikes are designed to suit the individual child’s physical and cognitive abilities. TAD’s physiotherapist, Mr Brendan Worne, said he will be assessing children and ensuring

that each custom made bike meets their needs. They will also be reviewing children who received a Freedom Wheels bike previously and may require a bigger bike. “It’s a great opportunity for local kids to be assessed by a therapist for a custom bike,” Mr Worne said. Mr Chris Tynan, TAD’s community awareness officer, will be holding an information session on how TAD will deliver

services under the NDIS. People with a disability, parents, therapists and other support workers are encouraged to drop in. TAD is a not for profit organisation, the assessments are free and Freedom Wheels bikes are subsidised. The clinic will be held on Monday, June 6 at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, 6 Teamster Close, Tuggerah. Media release, May 20, 2016 Alison Bray, TAD Disability Services

Hakea Grove aged car centre is expected to open in July at Hamlyn Terrace

he overwhelming demand for residential aged care on the Central Coast is set to ease a little with the development of Hakea Grove, a large, state-of-the-art aged care centre in Hamlyn Terrace.

Opening in July, Hakea Grove will have the capacity to accommodate up to 150 aged care residents in a spacious home-like environment focused on the personal preferences of individual residents. Facility manager, Ms Carol Hamilton said: “Hakea Grove has been carefully designed to allow residents to genuinely feel at home. “Very often residents move from their home into an aged care facility and are distressed by the feeling that they are no longer in control of their choices,” Ms Hamilton said. “At Hakea Grove, we will honour our residents’

right to make their own choices. In addition to single rooms, the facility will offer companion rooms. Privacy is respected and residents are encouraged to bring their own personal items to ensure they feel comfortable and thoroughly at home. The layout of the facility has been designed to reflect the very latest research in optimal aged care practices and philosophies. “We are highly conscious of the fact that staff at the facility will be working in our residents’ homes,” she said. “We have located our offices in the centre of the building so that they

don’t intrude into our residents’ living space. “The building is expansive and has been designed with large windows to let in as much light as possible. “There are multiple lounge, sitting areas and dining rooms, each with delightful nooks for residents to enjoy relaxing with friends in privacy and comfort, just as they would at home. “Courtyards and landscaped grounds provide ample opportunity for residents to spend time outside”. says Ms Hamilton. Media release, May 23, 2016 Janice Wells, Milestone Belanova

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Students complete European history tour

Lake Munmorah participates in four day challenge

tudents from Lake Munmorah High School built bridges, circuit cities, constructed catapults, programmed robots and solved a crime using forensics at this year’s ‘Build Me a Future’ Day.

Lake Munmorah High School was one of 22 schools that went headto-head over the four-day event to compete for the first place trophy and a three-dimensional printer for their school. The University of Newcastle’s Science and Engineering Challenge ran the event in cooperation with Regional Development Australia, ME Program, SMART and UON’s

tudents from Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College have returned from their European History Tour.

The tour started in Rome with students getting to visit the Vatican and other iconic and historical sites throughout the city including the Trevi Fountain, Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Students also got to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum and tested their endurance by climbing Mt Vesuvius. The second leg of

their tour kicked off in Germany where WWII sites were atop the agenda including the Nuremberg Palace of Justice and the Dachau Concentration Camp. Austria and London were the next legs of the tour with Buckingham Palace, the Globe Theatre, Big Ben and some more modern attractions like the London Eye and Abbey Lane highlights of

the city. The Schools History Coordinator, Ms Carlene Burraston, said the trip would not have been possible without the wonderful efforts and behaviour of staff and students who participated. Newsletter, May 31, 2016 Carlene Burraston, History, Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College

faculties of science, IT, engineering and built environment. The ‘Build Me a Future’ day has been running for five years and is aimed at students in years seven and eight to inspire them to choose the subjects in years nine and ten that will help them progress through the rigours of science and maths in senior high school. The challenges on the

day were built to allow students to experience aspects of science and engineering that they would not usually see in their school experience. Students were encouraged to explore scientific principles for themselves rather than being guided to a predetermined answer. Media release, May 27, 2016 Annabelle Regan, Science and Engineering Challenge

Biology students undertake field work ield work has been a focus for biology students at the Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, with both Years 11-12 completing practical studies to further their work in the biology unit.

Year 11 students completed a field trip to the Bateau Bay rock platform. The trip helped expand upon their work in cellular biology, with the class performing experiments to highlight

how substances move in and out of cells. Year 12 biology students also took a field trip to Taronga Zoo for an overnight behind the scenes field study opportunity. Students got to explore

the Zoo and observe its occupants after hours and in the early morning before it opened and crowds arrived. Newsletter, May 31, 2016 Sam Thomas, deputy principal Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College

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u d g e w o i Public School has begun planning their annual Bilby Bash.

The 2016 event will be held on September 20, and is a day of celebration and fun for indigenous students in Years 3-6. The Bilby Bash invites all primary schools in the Muru Bulbi Aboriginal Consultative Group to celebrate Aboriginal culture through dance, games and crafts. The event culminates in a concert where all participating schools are invited to perform. Newsletter, May 30, 2016 Vicki Keats, deputy principal Budgewoi Public School

Year 12 students observing elephants at Taronga Zoo

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New look Lifeline store opens in Wyong

Business workshops held number of workshops were held at The Entrance on Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27 for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

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ifeline Central Coast opened the doors to its first fashion and NSW Small Business Versatile with MS Emilya homewares concept Commissioner, Ms Colliver; and, business store in Wyong on Robyn Hobbs, said the advisory sessions aboard May 30. workshops, breakfast the Small Biz Bus. seminar and advisory sessions inspired creative minds and uncovered new opportunities for The Entrance. The workshops included: Creating Great Creative Places with Ms Katherine O’Regan; Top Ten Tips for Creative Businesses with MS Monica Davidson; The Importance of Being

Ms Hobbs said: “Small business is the heartbeat of our local communities and the Office of the NSW Small Business Commissioner is devoted to making running a small business in NSW easier and more rewarding.” Media release, May 23, 2016 Natalie-Eve Gambell, NSW Small Business Commissioner

Toukley Art Society exhibition he Toukley Art Society will exhibit their seventy-second annual exhibition everyday until June 26 in the Federation Gallery, Gorokan.

Displays include: paintings in oils, acrylics, pastels and watercolours, painted silks, porcelain work, cards, jewellery and other hand crafted art. The Society also wishes to remind patrons that the

Federation Gallery now also has a coffee shop, also open every day, for the convenience of gallery visitors. Media release, May 27, 2016 Helen Morrison, Toukley Art Society

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Beautiful Music Beautiful Location Long Weekend 11 & 12 June Memorial Hall Saturday 11 2.30pm - Estivo Trio, outstanding young musicians $35 7.30pm - Renowned pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska $40

Sunday 12 2.30pm - The Song Company 'Sounds Sublime' $40 7.30pm - 'Classical to Coltrane' String Quartet & Jazz Trio $40

Four concerts special package $135 Bookings 4343 1455

Helping to unveil the new store at a morning tea was Ms Yvie Jones, the Logie Awardwinning cast member of the Network 10 series Gogglebox Australia, who grew up on the Central Coast. Retail operations manager, Mr Jason Fox, said Lifeline has relocated its Howarth St store to the heart of Wyong in Alison Rd for a more convenient and better shopping experience. Mr Fox said the recently-restored 115-year-old heritage Chapman building was a beautiful location. He said the new store will focus on women’s fashion and homewares, a first for charity stores on the Central Coast. “Our data shows that the old method of cramming a store full and selling everything doesn’t work,” Mr Fox said. “The prices haven’t changed, we are just providing people an even higher quality shopping experience,” he said. At the morning tea, Lifeline also launched a new local fundraising and workplace giving initiative, ‘84amate’, designed to help raise more much needed funds. “With suicide rates at a 13 year high, our services are needed more than ever to help local people,” said Mr Fox. Lifeline has had a store in Wyong for 25 years. Lifeline Central Coast provides telephone crisis support and other suicide prevention services, such as face to face counselling and training, estimating it saves 5,000 lives every year. It relies on community support for 55 per cent of its funding.

From left: Lifeline Central Coast CEO Ms Gillian Summers with Wyong store manager Ms Jayne Hughes and actress Yvie Jones

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The Greens The Entrance - Warrigal St, The Entrance NSW 2261 - 02 4332 5955 WEB - www.thegreenstheentrance.com.au FB - www.facebook.com/thegreenstheentrance

Not for Profit Organisations Arts & Culture Central Coast Potters Society Classes, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions and social events. Annual exhibitions in May and December. Open Day in Sept 4324 5343 info@ccpotters.org

Wyong Drama Group A friendly group, presenting 3 major productions a year. Monthly meetings 1st Tues. 7.30pm Grove Community Centre 1300 665 600 wyongdramagroup@gmail.com y g g p@g

Animal Care Central Coast Cat Care $20 Desexing Special Cats only No Pedigrees 4388 6448 4325 3163

Community Groups ARPRA ARPRA is the peak body representing residents living in Residential Land Lease Communities in NSW. We are a non-profit org providing advice and advocacy and training 4358 8246 arpranorthlakes@outlook.com.au

Bateau Bay Men’s Shed Environment for mature aged men to repair items, share and learn skills and socialise 9am to 1.30pm Tue to Thur 1 Bay Village Road, Bateau Bay 0435 807 633 bateaubayshed@gmail.com

Bateau Bay Neighbourhood Centre Financial Counselling, Tool Library, Computer Hub and Computer Lessons, Private Art Therapy Sessions, Homework Help, Self Esteem Group, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group, EAPA-Energy Accounts Payment Assistance, Early Links Outreach Worker, Tax Help, Holiday activities for kids and young people, Community Garden, Events, Referral Services, Op Shop and Food Store. Community BBQ on first Thurs and All Abilities Disco on Last Fri of each month 4332 7450 http://bbnc.org.au

Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre Indoor bowls, mahjong, walking for pleasure, slimmers support, hand and foot Bolivia cards, Toy library and community garden 4388 5801 manager@bvnc.org.au www.bvnc.org.au

Central Coast Community Legal Centre Non-profit org in Wyong providing free legal advice. Intake times for legal advice Tue & Wed10am12pm, Thur 2-4pm 4353 4988 admin_cclc@clc.net.au

Central Coast 50+ Singles Social Group Invites Ladies & Gents for dinner, dancing - BBQs & Socialising each w/e. Monthly programme for all areas of the coast 4396 3640 0437 699 366 50pssg@gmail.com

Central Coast Social Group Social contact, entertainment events, new friendships, for 30’s-60’s Live music, house parties, dinners, BBQs, picnics, trips away etc. Monthly Meet & Chat 0422 243 101 email cco30s@live.com.au

Gambling Solutions Gambling help counsellors providing free confidential professional service to gamblers, family and friends Woy Woy, Kincumber, Gosford and The Entrance 4344 7992

Lake Munmorah Senior Citizens Club Computer Classes, dancing, exercise, pilates, yoga, craft, carpet bowls and Tai Chi. 4358 8390 Long Jetty Senior Citizens Club Computer classes, line dancing, tai chi and zumba gold - M-F, 9am to 3pm for full list of activities 4332 5522 Long Jetty Over 50s Club Indoor bowls, computers, exercises, yoga, linedancing, tai chi and more 9am to 3pm 4332 5522 Mingaletta Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Corporation Meeting place and referral hub for education, health, well-being and cultural programs through

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consultative services and community programs Mon-Fri 9am 4pm 4342 7515

9.30am to 12 noon 4367 9600

admin@mingaletta.com.au

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Wyong) Meet last Mon Toukley RSL Club, Holmes Ave Toukley 10.00am to 12 noon 4356 9300

Volunteering Central Coast Refer potential volunteers to community organisations and provide support to volunteers and community organisations. Training for volunteers and managers of volunteers Information Sessions held regularly across the Coast 4329 7122 recruit@volcc.org.au

Wrap with Love Knitting blankets for cold humanity. Donations of 8ply yarn gratefully received Long Jetty: 4333 4353 Toukley 4399 3351 Wyong Neighbourhood Centre Supporting disadvantaged vulnerable and isolated members of our community offering a range of community services, events, projects, workshops, arts programs and an open community garden. 4353 1750 Wyong Toastmasters Club Vibrant, progressive group. Conquer your fears of public speaking in a supportive learn-by-doing environment. 10.30am - 1st, 3rd and 5th Friday Wyong RSL Anzac Ave Wyong 4328 8297 j pp @ joppa@theorchards.com.au

Garden Clubs Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Club 3rd Sat 1 to 3.30pm Plants for Sale, Raffles, afternoon tea Charmhaven Community Centre 0401 544 052 4399 2420

Health Groups Better Hearing Australia Central Coast Hearing loss management Support and educational group providing practical experience and confidence Learn the benefits to hearing aids 4321 0275 www.centralcoast.betterhearing australia.org.au

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Gosford) Meet last Fri Terrigal Uniting Church 380 Terrigal Drive, Terrigal

www.pcfa.org.au

GROW Support Groups Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and to improve mental health and well-being. Anonymous, free and open to all. Weekly meetings at Bateau Bay and Wyong 1800 558 268 www.grow.org.au

ParaQuad Specialist healthcare products delivered to your door. Wound care and respiratory and nutrition requirements Professional Clinic Support available 1300 886 601 www.brightsky.com.au g y

Music Doyalson-Wyee RSL Sub Branch Youth Club

Ballroom Dancing Classes held at the Youth Club Monday 5pm mathewmoshou80@gmail.com

Soundwaves Men’s acapella 4 part harmony chorus - all ages 7pm Mon Central Coast Leagues Club John 0413 276 698 jbthomson51@gmail.com

Tuggerah Lakes Showband Play brass instruments, meet every Tues & Thurs. Play at community events Park Road The Entrance (north end) 0407 406 669

Political Groups Australian Labor Party Ourimbah/ Narara Branch Discussion/action community issues 3 levels of Government Niagara Park Primary School 7.30pm 1st Mon 0410 309 494 kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

NSW Labor Party The Entrance Day Branch Monthly meetings to discuss and debate policy as well as campaign for local labor candidates and Members of Parliament. 2nd Mon 2pm The Entrance Leagues Club 4332 2907

Politics in the Pub Central Coast Discussion of important political, social, economic, educational and philosophy issues in a non partisan manner. The Grange Hotel 4th Thur (ex Dec) Warnervale Branch - NSW Labor Party To support and promote NSW Labor within the Warnervale area. 1st Tue 7pm Hamlyn Terrace Community Centre 0419 128 497 warnervale.labor@gmail.com @g

Probus Clubs Bateau Bay Ladies Probus Club Warm welcome, friendship and interesting speakers. 4th Mon, RSL Hall, Killarney Vale 4332 6625 Toowoon Bay Probus Club Morning tea, guest speakers talking on topics relevant to Seniors, as well as regular exciting social events. 4th Thur 10am. Anglican Church Hall, Cnr Brooke Ave & Eastern Rd., Bateau Bay 4334 3979 Tuggerah Combined Probus Club Inc Meet new friends and enjoy social events. 2nd Thur., 10:30am, guest speakers. Social outings 3rd Thur. Woodbury Park Community Hall, Mardi 4351 0450

Service Groups Inner Wheel Club Wyong Women’s club with the common interest of giving back to the community while developing lasting friendships. 7.00 pm 3rd Wed Wyong Uniting Church 4393 2755 iiw.au.wyong@gmail.com

The Rotary Club of the Entrance Inc. A small, friendly and effective club supporting many local organisations, and international Rotary Activities. Meetings 6.30 pm Tues Mingara Recreation Club 4367 6540 rotarytheentrance@gmail.com

Torchbearers for Legacy Toukley Raising funds for Brisbane Waters Legacy. Harry Moore Golf Day, Garage markets and street stalls. 2nd Mon 9.30am Norah Head Legacy 0414 701 489 hartas@bigpond.net.au

Northern Settlement Services - Volunteers

Friendly visits to the elderly in nursing homes. People with a second language encouraged to apply. Training & support provided 4334 3877 cvscc@nsservices.com.au

Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes Volunteers wanted, challenging conditions, interrupted meals, early starts, breathtaking Tuggerah Lakes views. Rewards: - Saving distressed boaters or maybe saving a life 0488 442 051 uc.tuggerahlakes@ marinerescuensw.com.au

Special Interest Brisbane Water Caravan Club

Looking for new members www.bwcaravanclub.wix.com/bwcc

4344 4363 Biz Plus Networking Association Grow your business and in the process build worthwhile relationships. Biz Networking breakfasts Every Thur 7:15- 9am Erina Leagues Club Geoff Neilson network@bizplus.com.au

Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service Free telephone advice and advocacy for all tenants as well as residents in residential parks 4353 5515 cctaas@hotmail.com

National Parks Association Central Coast Twice weekly bush walks, varying distances and grades of difficulty. Explore, enjoy scenery, fauna, flora, history. Keep fit and make friends 4389 4423 & 4332 7378 Central Coast Lapidary Club Minerals & Gems

Learn silverwork, Cabochons, Faceting, Enamelling, Stone Fieldtrips & fossicking Weekly Workshops Tues and Thurs 8.30am-2.30pm Thurs 6-10pm 10 Ourimbah Creek Rd Ourimbah 4362 2246 cclapidary@optusnet.com.au

Central Coast Soaring Club Inc Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Instruction FREE to members. 14 Y/O and up for Training Thur, Sat, Sun (weather

permitting) Bloodtree Rd Mangrove Mountain 0412 164 082 0414 635 047 www.ccsoaring.com.au

Bridge Club Social bridge Tues, 9.45am-1pm The Greens The Entrance (with or without a partner) Len 4332 6989 David 4392 0606 Tuggerah Lakes U3A Long Jetty - Discussions, play reading, cryptic crosswords, talks, readers group, Mahjong Toukley - Creative writing, French conversation Berkeley Vale - Music Appreciation Chittaway Bay - Movies 4390 2451 www.tugglakesu3a.info

The NSW Justices Association Inc Seeking volunteers for 6 community JP Desks in Wyong Shire Free Insurance and training provided 0418 493 388 benefits@nswja.org.au

Mingara Indoor Bowls Club Daily competition (singles, pairs & triples) Winner’s Prize Strongly social. Sun 9.30am- Noon. Mon 6.30–9pm. Wed 9.30am-2pm Ray 4389 2567 Mingara Club 4349 7799 raymurphy1935@hotmail.com ay u p y 935@ ot a com

Sport KI-DO Mingara Judo Academy Junior boys and girls Mon and Wed Two classes 6-8.30pm from 7yrs Kangy Angy 0413 237 010 www.kidomingarajudo.com.au do ga ajudo co au

Womens Groups BPW Central Coast

Empowering women of all ages in the areas of work, education, well-being and friendship. Monthly dinner meetings, two course meal and speaker. Community transport avail. Chris Levis 0438 989 199 bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com www.bpw.com.au/central-coast

Northern Women’s Health Centre Family law advice, counselling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues. All services are provided by women for women 4351 1152 www.cccwhc.com.au

If you would like your Community Organisation listed here, call us on 4325 7369 or see www.centralcoastnewspapers.com Entries in the Not For Profit Community Organisations Directory are free. However, we require each organisation to subscribe to each newspaper to ensure that someone from that organisation keeps their entry up to date. Australia Post is about to increase their postage rates by over 42% and we can no longer continue to absorb these increases. Subscription rates have therefore needed to be increased from $50 to $75 for 25 editions.

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World premiere of Sepia Secrets at The Grove

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Knit in Day planned to sew wraps

yong Drama Group presents the world premiere of Sepia Secrets written by local playwright Mr Andy Kabanoff.

This sweetly moving play will resonate with many of us with immigrant background. It will touch hearts and make connections with both the past and the present. A retired Australian man makes a trip to Europe to retrace his parents’ footsteps and hopefully to find answers to questions that have

troubled him. In Dubrovnik and in an Austrian village, the family story unfolds; one which explores the confusion and loss caused by war and revolution, and the reasons his parents, like so many others, wanted to make a fresh start a long way from the tragedies they’d experienced. This is Andy’s, the

author, story, and his parents’ story, but also the story of so many Australians, people past and present who hope for a better future in a new land. Performances begin at The Grove Theatre, 1 North Rd, Wyong on Friday, July 1. Media release, Jun 3, 2016 Pollyanna Forshaw, Wyong Drama Group

The Wyong Diary

For events in post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262 and 2263

Saturday, Jun 11

Thursday, Jun 16

Crawfish Stew playing at Rathmines Bowlo from 2:30pm Exposure, public art exhibition at The Entrance Art Gallery from 10:00am

Community Arts Workshop, The Entrance Community Centre, 10:00am to 2:30pm

Sunday, Jun 12 Mr Lee Kernaghan will perform The Songs and The Stories at Doyalson RSL Club The Arc Riders, The Hollerin’ Sluggers at Coast Hotel, Budgewoi from 3:00pm

Saturday, Jun 18 Crawfish Stew playing at Bateau Bay Hotel from 8:00pm

Sunday, Jun 19 Central Coast Country Music are having a Round-Up Day at Toukley Golf Club from 1:00pm

Tuesday, Jun 14

Monday, Jun 20

Chair Chi, gentle exercise and relaxation to learn the benefits of traditional tai Chi in the comfort and safety of a chair, Lake Haven Shopping Centre, from 10:30am until Tuesday, July 5

Triple P Positive Parenting Program, 50 Wyong Rd, Tuggerah, 10:00am to 12:00pm until Monday, July 4

Wednesday, Jun 15 Local treasures, The Venerable Rod Bower, Tuggerah Library, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, bookings required and light refreshments

Wednesday, Jun 22 Workshop on records from England and Wales by Wyong Family History Group, Tuggerah Library, Westfield Tuggerah, 10:00am to 12:00pm

Friday, Jun 24 Crawfish

Stew

playing at Royal Hotel Wyong from 8:00pm

Friday, Jul 1 Wyong Drama Group presents Sepia Secrets at The Grove Theatre, from 8:00pm also Fri Jul 8, Sat Jul 2, 9 matinees and evenings and special performance Wednesday, Jul 6 at 8:00pmExposure,

Saturday, Jul 2 Stormcellar playing at The Greens, The Entrance 8:00pm

Wednesday, Jul 6 Free Freedom Wheels assessments for local children with a disability, 6 Teamster Cl, Tuggerah C h i l d r e n ’ s watercolour workshop, Lakes Anglican Church, Kanwal 10:00am to 12:00pm and Jul 13

Friday, Jul 8 Winter blues & jazz festival, Memorial Park The Entrance

See the Peninsula News for events in post code areas 2256 & 2257 and the COAST Community News for events in post code areas 2250, 2260 and 2251 If you’ve got something happening in the Wyong Region over the next few weeks, let us know about it and we’ll list it here for you, for free. Contact details are on page 2.

Contributors to the 2015 Knit In Day are already busy making squares for Wrap With Love 2016

nitters and crocheters across the Central Coast are again busy making 25cm squares for the 2016 Knit in Day in support of Wrap With Love.

When they’ve made 28 squares, a wrap can be made by sewing the squares together (four squares wide and seven squares long). Many groups, from the Hawkesbury River to the southern end of Lake Macquarie, in villages, churches, schools, service groups, clubs, and social groups, meet regularly throughout the year. There are also many individual supporters who enjoy helping others in need. The finished wraps are distributed across Australia and around the world to the needy, who

may be ill, displaced, suffering from natural disaster or receiving humanitarian aid from the many organisations supported by Wrap with Love Inc. So far, since February, 4,200 Wraps have been distributed. The 2016 Knit In Day will be held on August 5 at the Toukley Senior Citizens Memorial Hall in Pearce Avenue Toukley. This day is held to sew up the squares that have been donated for the cause. The squares are knitted in garter stitch or can be crocheted, in eight-ply

yarn, but the size must be 25cm, as this keeps the finished wraps a uniform size and weight for packing and transporting. Drop off points for anyone wishing to donate squares are the Libraries at The Entrance, Bateau Bay, Lake Haven, Tuggerah and Toukley. June and July are the months recommended for donations, with the final date being July 29. The final result from last year’s Knit In was 244 wraps, a great result. Media release, May 20, 2016 Diana Johnson, Wrap With Love Inc

Exposure entries exposed he public exhibition for the 2016 Exposure photographic competition will be held at The Entrance Art Gallery from June 11 to 26.

The gallery is open every days. The Entrance Art Gallery is located at The

Entrance Community Centre on the corner of Battley and Oaklands Ave.

Email, Jun 3, 2016 Tanya Press, Central Coast Council

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Out&About

Community raffle to be drawn and Church to be built on solid foundation of paddle pop sticks $80,000 presentation to be made

Launch event for the Northlakes Toukley Rotary raffle with guest Karen McNamara

he Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley will be drawing their community raffle at the Halekulani Bowling Club on June 8.

T The concrete slab being poured

addle pop sticks containing hand-written Bible texts have been incorporated into the concrete foundations of the new Warnervale Regional Uniting Church worship and community building.

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In February 2015, the congregation of Warnervale Regional Uniting Church said goodbye to their heritagelisted weatherboard church building, which was no longer suitable, and commenced Sunday services at the Warnervale Public School. The hope was for a new purpose-built worship and community building on the corner of Warnervale and Louisiana Rds. This project is now underway. What started as a simple comment at a recent home group Bible study, quickly grew into a full-blown event. The suggestion was for members of the Warnervale Regional

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Uniting Church to write appropriate Bible references on paddle pop sticks. These would then be placed at the building site when the concrete was poured for the slab of the soon to be built Worship and Community Building. This concept was swiftly taken up and the word rapidly spread throughout the church membership as the slab was due to be poured in a few days. Come Sunday morning, the congregations of both services came prepared with their Bible texts, and dozens of paddle pop sticks were collected to be incorporated into the concrete slab. On this solid foundation of God’s word, a Worship and Community Centre will be built. Email, May 25, 2016 Lynne Matson, Warnervale Regional Uniting Church

The community raffle was introduced this year for the first time to allow Northlakes Toukley Rotary to assist organisations and charity groups to raise funds, with 100 per cent of the ticket sales going to the group who sold the tickets. Just some of the organisation that will benefit from this initiative are Ronald McDonald Family Room Gosford, Camp Breakaway and Wyong Lakes AFL club. First prize in the raffle is $3500 in cash, donated by The Halekulani Bowling Club. Second prize is $1500 worth of meat donated by Georges Toukley, and third prize is a two day stay and play package donated by Kooindah Waters Resort. Between 6-8pm 15 $100 door prizes will be given away, with raffle tickets available until 7:30pm. A cheque presentation will take place before the major draw, where Northlakes Toukley Rotary will present around $80,000 to local and international projects,

such as the eradication of polio and Wyong Hospital. These funds have been raised through Rotary’s annual race day, golf day and Christmas trees sales. There will also be live entertainment on the

night, and a mini expo of local businesses and charities that has been associated with the club in 2016. Media release, May 29, 2016 Jenny Abourizk, Northlakes Toukley Rotary president

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Roos monster bears he Wyong Roos Rugby L e a g u e side put in a dominant second half performance to down the North Sydney Bears 30-4 in torrential conditions at North Sydney Oval in the Intrust Super Premiership on Saturday, June 4.

Both sides completed near the mid-60 per cent mark, struggling to maintain possession thanks to the conditions, but it was North Sydney who struggled the most throughout the contest, failing to get a grasp on the game with their lack of field position and limited try-scoring opportunities. Wyong controlled the game from the getgo thanks to wonderful performances by Tyler Cornish, Mitch Williams and Abraham Papalii. Wyong had the first opportunity of the afternoon when Williams threaded a grubber in from dummy half, but Zane Tetevano could not ground the ball. After a forced dropout thanks to a smart kick by Omar Slaimankhel, Williams was put another grubber

here was no standing on the sidelines when former Canberra Raiders’ Captain, Alan Tongue, and Rabbitohs’ and Dragons’ flyer, Dylan Farrell, visited Toukley to kick off the seventh season of ‘Tackling Violence’, on May 31.

Abraham Papalii scored a powerful try to cap off a 30 to 4 victory

through that deflected off Sitiveni Moceidreke, and with a bit of luck, got a second boot to the ball into the in-goal and planted the ball down himself to score the first try of the match. Wyong dominated

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Rugby league training session with a difference

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field position for most of the first half, but North Sydney had four consecutive repeat sets attacking the Roos’ line. The Roos’ defence held strong, however, and a Moceidreke forward pass with only a minute remaining on the clock let Wyong off the hook, and meaning they led 6-0 at half-time. Jayden Nikorima got ever so close just minutes into the second half, when Cornish put in a perfect grubber, but Latrell Schaumkel swatted the ball out of the would-be tryscorer’s grasp at the last second. The only thing that could have stopped Nikorima in his next chance was a torn hamstring soon after when Moceidreke put a grubber through, it was deflected off a Roos’ player and the young half darted 80 metres up-field to score. As he was about to score the try, he pulled up short and clutched at his hamstring, but still made it to the line. As the rain began to vigorously pelt down, the Roos extended their lead to 18-0 after

a left-to-ride mid-field shift created an overlap and allowed Dominic Reardon to score, before Cornish slotted a beautiful conversion from the sideline in tough conditions. The Bears had a sniff of comeback with an unconverted try to Tevita Cottrell in the corner, but Papalii was rewarded for a powerhouse performance with a strong try in the final 10 minutes, increasing the Roos’ lead to 24-4. Cornish kicked an amazing 40/20 in the dying minutes and was nailed by a Bears defender in the process, and scored off the back of that with a show and go on the buzzer to win the game 30 to 4. Website, Jun 6, 2016 Matt Buxton, NSW Rugby League

Tongue and Farrell put students from Gorokan High School and the Toukley Hawks players through their paces with a rugby league training session with a difference. Tongue devised a set of NRL footy drills that mirror the behaviours and power imbalances that exist in a domestic violence situation. “I wanted to reinforce the messages of the ‘Tackling Violence’ campaign in a way that was relevant for footy players and for young people” said Tongue. “As a young player, I always learned better through doing. “These drills help the players and the kids understand the concepts we’re talking about when we talk about domestic violence relationships. “We talk about power and control, trust and communication as key components of a good footy team. “But these components used in the wrong way, in a domestic violent relationship, can do terrible damage,” he said. The Hawks players and officials have signed a code of conduct that penalises them for domestic violence offences and the club will be monitoring the code during the season. “The Hawks are committed to standing up against domestic violence in our community”, said club stalwart Mr Ian Naden. “The workshop is a

really helpful way for our players and our club to understand the issue, and to understand the part we can play in doing something about it. “Men are responsible for the violence, and as men, we have to set the standard for women’s and children’s safety in our communities,” he said. For Farrell, the ‘Tackling Violence’ program provides an opportunity to start the conversation with young people that are just beginning their first relationships. “As a young player in the NRL, I found it really helpful to attend the health and welfare education programs they provided, and I got a lot out of them that helped me with my footy career and my personal life. “I hope the ‘Tackling Violence’ program can start off a conversation for the kids at Gorokan High that gets them thinking and acting in a safe and healthy way in their relationships,” Farrell said. Tackling Violence is a NSW Government domestic violence education and prevention program. In 2016, 19 clubs across NSW have been sponsored to sign a code of conduct that penalises players for domestic violence offences. Media release, May 31, 2016 Susan Lindsay, Tackling Violence Program Manager

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Budgewoi Sailing Club junior at the Hobie 16 World Championship

Sport

Zone misses out after drawn third match

ailing is more than a sport – it is a way to build a sense of belonging along with self-esteem and confidence, according to the Budgewoi Sailing Club.

Budgewoi Sailing Club spokesperson, Ms Doreen Vandersteen said: “If you’d like to learn the sport of sailing, then Budgewoi Sailing Club is the place for you. “As a sailor, you can achieve proficiency in the sport, a chance to improve your skills, gain an understanding of basic

racing principles and tactics, and eventually move into club, state or even world-level competition.” She said Mr Peter McDougall is an example of a sailor who started sailing when he was a young boy and has now achieved a high level of sailing.

“His goal was to enter World Championship competitions and he has accomplished that. “He is flying the flag for Budgewoi Sailing Club at the Hobie 16 World Championship in China. Email, May 26, 2016 Doreen Vandersteen, Budgewoi Sailing Club

Central Coast Seniors Side 2016

he Central Coast Bowls zone team was defeated at the Inter-Zone Sides Championship held from Tuesday, May 17 to Thursday, May 19 at Cabramatta.

T Peter McDougall from Budgewoi Sailing Club at the Hobie 16 World Championship in China

192 bowlers attended the event from 16 zones. Bowls Central Coast were beaten in the first round and won the second. In the third round, Bowls Central Coast

Round 9 kicked off at Don Small Oval, Tacoma, with Wyong Lakes Magpies keeping the Warners Bay Bulldogs down with a 21 point to nil victory. Rebecca Ives kicked

two goals for Wyong Lakes, with Alex and Abby Pearce managing one goal each in support. The Magpies best players were Ashleigh Sephton, Claudia McNaught, Emily Bohan,

Leah Tagilala, Abby Pearce and Georgia Broadbent. Sports report, Jun 5, 2016 Garry Burkinshaw, BDAFL Football Operations Coordinator

Mr Lindsay Willding and Mr Bill Constantine, both from Halekulani Bowling Club, skippered for the teams on the day. Media release, May 20, 2016 Kevin Dring, Bowls Central Coast

Anthony Kalik signs with Hajduk Split

Wyong Lakes stop Warners Bay from scoring in women’s AFL yong Lakes had a spectacular showing during Round 9 action of the GE BDAFL Women’s Competition on June 4.

locked scores with its competitor with 55 shots each. Overall, Sydney South West won with runners up Mid-North Coast, leaving Bowls Central Coast at a loss.

entral Coast Mariners midfielder Anthony Kalik has swapped his loan agreement with Hajduk Split for a permanent transfer to the team.

Kalik, 18, joined the Croatian club on a loan agreement in February, and has since made 12 appearances on the field. The Mariners’ original loan agreement with Hajduk Split included an option for the club to

sign Kalik based on his performance. Kalik has impressed Hajduk Split’s head coach, Mr Damir Buric, enough to earn a dream transfer to Europe. Kalik, who made 13 A-League appearances

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Sport

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Sevens tournament boasts an impressive line-up

Ourimbah lose to undefeated Terrigal he Central Coast Rugby Union competition moved into Round 8 with Ourimbah narrowly going down to Terrigal on May 28.

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he 2016 UON Central Coast Sevens Tournament is getting closer with the official launch and red carpet event to take place on June 15.

VIP guests will gather for the premier of ‘For the Love of the Game’, a feature documentary shot at the 2015 tournament by acclaimed producers Onion TV. Meanwhile, Tonga’s National Sevens Champions, the Toloa Old Boys, are set to make their debut at the UON Central Coast Sevens in October. The side currently features six of the Tongan National sevens team and will be the first Tongan team to compete at the Central Coast Sevens. Tournament director, Mr Craig Morgan, said “We are excited to welcome Toloa Old Boys to the Central Coast Sevens. “They are the reigning Tongan National Champions, so will no doubt bring their strongest side to represent not only their club, but also their country. “We have a great Tongan community on the Central Coast who will celebrate the news of the team’s inclusion, with strong support expected for the team,” Mr Morgan said. “Toloa Old Boys join an impressive line-up of teams from around the world ready to converge

on the Central Coast to contest what is regarded as one of the toughest invitational tournaments in the world,” he said. Fiji’s Nabua Broncos have been announced as the first international youth team set to contest the 2016 youth boys tournament, kicking off on Friday, October 21. The youth tournament in the under 17s age bracket is expected to be played in front of talent scouts and high-performance units looking to unearth the next generation of olympians and future rugby superstars. The inclusion of the Broncos will add an exciting dimension of Fijian flair to the youth event, which is open to clubs, schools, provincial and international sides. “We have a strong affinity with Nabua, their inclusion is a great addition to the event, with another piece of history being created for the tournament,” Mr Morgan said. Nabua were also the first ever international side to enter the open men’s tournament several years ago. As for the women’s Kinesio Cup, a powerful,

successful and highly skilled Sydney University Women’s Rugby Club are set to return to the UON Central Coast Sevens. The students, one of the most highly regarded and successful women’s teams in Australia, have a renewed focus on the sevens format with an exciting squad of youth and experience. Sydney Uni won the inaugural Central Coast Sevens tournament in 2009, and in recent years, have enjoyed success in both the XVs and Sevens formats, taking out the Sydney Women’s XVs premiership in 2015, as well as holding an impressive domestic sevens record, with various finals appearances and cup victories along the way. The squad boasts a wealth of representative experience, with nine Sydney representatives who took out the national XVs championships, five players in the extended Wallaroos squad, and eight players in the NSW Sevens team in 2015 who took out the National Sevens Championship. Media release, May 30, 2016 Craig Morgan, UON Central Coast Sevens

Ourimbah could not knock Terrigal off their undefeated campaign but gave them a highly contested battle to keep it, at The Haven Oval. The match was an even battle for most of the 80 minutes but it was the home side who were always that little bit more in control. There was nothing in the first half with Terrigal only going to the halftime break leading by 15

points to 10. At that stage both teams knew they could win the clash. In fact, both halves of the match proved very similar with Terrigal able to control proceedings on the paddock and the scoreboard. Ourimbah were always in the match but just could not bridge the gap on the scoreboard. Flanker Jarrod Grange had a great game for

Ourimbah, and besides scoring a try, he was most effective in attack and defence. While Steve Pike at lock, made a real impact on the match. The final score saw Ourimbah go down 20 points to 31. Matches scheduled for June 4 were called off due to inclement weather. Sports report, May 29, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

Warvnervale earn their first win of the season

n Round 8 of the Central Coast Rugby Union competition, Warnervale scored their first win of the season in a very high scoring match at Woongarrah Oval on May 28.

Warnervale defeated neighbouring club The Lakes by 39 points to 35 in a match that went right down to the wire. Warnervale got away to a great start and secured a great lead. They jumped to a 24 to 11 point lead at halftime and further increased that early in the second half. At that stage it was all the home team. They were playing effective team rugby and were getting the rewards. However, The Lakes were not to be denied. They came storming

back into the match and all but snatched the win at the end. However, it was always Warnervale who looked the winner and who played some great rugby. Warnervale had several very good players on the day. Their best players were flanker Tane Tonga, who crossed for two personal tries, halfback Brenton Acreman, inside centre Jack Hogan, and fellow centre Sione Branxton. The home side started the match well and gained

the ascendancy and were able to hold off a fast finishing The Lakes side. The visiting team also had several very good performers. Best for them were five-eight Brendan Quigg, centre Paul Wilson and prop Glen Stone. These two teams are improving with every match and will trouble all teams from now on. Matches scheduled for June 4 were called off due to inclement weather. Sports report, May 29, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

Bombers dominate in AFL illarney Vale dominated in Round 8 of the Black Diamond Cup, winning their second game straight over Warners Bay on June 4.

K A scene from For the Love of the Game documentary which was filmed at the 2015 UON Central Coast Sevens

Killarney Vale hosted the game and the home ground did the Bombers some good, with some impressive play from the home team resulting in a 27 point win over the Warners Bay Bulldogs. Final scores for the game were Killarney Vale

7.16.58 and Warners Bay 4.7.31. The defence from the Bombers was too good for Warners Bay, who were kept goal-less for the first and third quarters. This win keeps Killarney Vale in the hunt for the top four spots.

Killarney Vale were best served by Ryan Barrett, Shaun Sinclair, skipper Brendan Lewis and centre Josh Mifsud. Sports report, Jun 5, 2016 Garry Burkinshaw, BDAFL football operations coordinator