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23 January 2019

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Federal Environment Minister approves Wallarah 2 Coal Mine

he Wallarah 2 Coal Mine has received Federal G o v e r n m e n t approval, despite the NSW Land and Environment Court still to rule on it. Environment Minister, Melissa Price’s, decision on Friday, January 18, to give the go ahead to the Wallarah 2 Coal Mine has been condemned by community groups and opposition politicians. The Australian Coal Alliance (ACA) said it was short sighted and reckless. The Greens called the timing of the decision cynical. Resident activist, Gregory Olsen, who started a change.org petition against the mine, called it outrageous. But Wyong Coal, owned by Korean company Kores, said its Wallarah 2 project would add significant direct and indirect employment and long term economic benefit, including more than 800 ongoing jobs, and more than $600M every year in regional economic contribution. The company is working on final feasibility and detailed design activities in line with both the federal Government approval, and the NSW Planning Assessment Commission approval from 12 months ago. Wyong Coal said it had been to the Land

Mr Barry O’Farrell and Mr Alan Hayes (centre) with four Liberal politicians promising to stop Wallarah 2 in 2011

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and Environment Court appeal in November, 2018, and remained confident of the determination process and approval. “This action reviewed the various administrative steps, processes and responsibilities culminating in the planning approval granted by the PAC in January, 2018,” the company said in a newsletter. The legal judgment is expected early this year. Australian Coal Alliance (ACA) said it had been estimated that the proposed mine would result in the loss of between 900 to 1300 ML of drinking water a year from the Central Coast’s drinking water catchment during its 28 year lifespan, though there was some uncertainty about the quantum of that loss. ACA Campaign

Manager, Alan Hayes, said the mining company, in their own Environmental Impact Statement, stated that between 2.5 to 3.25ML of water would be lost each day. “Proponent Kores, which plans to export the coal for power generation, proposes to construct a pipeline to deliver compensatory water to Central Coast Council, although there was no actual documentation in their EIS to show how this could be achieved,’’ Hayes said. “It is because of this and other errors by the Planning Assessment Commission in their January, 2018, approval, that enabled the community group, the Australian Coal Alliance, to take the Government and the proponent to the Land and Environment Court last November.

“A judgement on the outcome of the court action is expected sometime between mid April and early May.” Hayes said that the latest approval was an indication that the Australian government’s priorities were still not sufficiently focused on water conservation. “This summer is showing us how precious water is, and how disastrous it can be and how vulnerable we are, when it runs dry. “It’s reckless and unacceptable for a coal mine to undermine the water for the growing cities of the Central Coast, which have suffered from water shortages in the past.” Hayes said ACA had already instructed their solicitors to request a ‘’statement of reason’’, as allowed by the Environment Protection

Biodiversity and Conservation (EPBC) Act. “The Government has 28 days to supply that information from the date of their approval, and once received, we have 28 days to lodge proceedings,” he said. Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, labelled the decision reckless. “Minister Price has ignored the Central Coast community’s pleas to use her powers to stop this mine,’’ McBride said. “This decision is shortsighted and dangerous. “The government is prepared to risk the water supply of the entire Central Coast for this highly speculative, foreign owned, coal project.‘’ McBride said that under the previous Labor Government, a ‘’water trigger’’ was written into the Environment

Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) 1999 to protect water catchments from the impacts of longwall coal mining. She said Labor had established an Independent Expert Scientific Committee (IESC) on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development to ensure that proposals for new coal mines were examined for their impact on critical water resources and endangered species. In 2013, the IESC raised a long list of potential impacts of the Wallarah 2 coal mine on the water catchment and endangered species. “Rather than listen to the independent expert advice, this government recruited new IESC members to tell it what it wanted to hear,’’ McBride said. “It appears the Minister and the Government’s hand-picked IESC members are prepared to allow Kores to make it up as they go along, allowing monitoring and self-regulation to take the place of proper controls. “The set of conditions Minister Price has applied will be too little too late when the predicted subsidence occurs damaging water supplies in the catchment.

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Dever said looking at infrastructure was vital, as Gosford went ahead. “We need to take a good look at our roads and traffic management,” he said. “We also have to look at connectivity.to help make Gosford the jewel in the crown it should be. “Despite the work which has been done

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ublicly available air quality monitoring should be conducted at Wyee, a community with an aging coal-fired power station, but with no current air m o n i t o r i n g , according to a new report into the health burden of fine particle pollution from coal-fired power stations. According to the report, over the remaining 12 years of operational life for Vales Point, it will result in 547 additional deaths, 475 lower birth weight babies, and 709 additional cases of new onset diabetes. In the remaining 12 years of operation for Eraring, it will lead to 1,219 additional expected deaths, 1,058 low birth weight babies, and 1,579 additional cases of new onset diabetes. Local residents will have an opportunity to discuss the findings of the report at a public forum on Thursday, November 29. The report’s author, Dr Ben Ewald, Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle’s Centre for Clinical Epidemiology

Dr Ben Ewald and Biostatistics, and, Dr James Whelan, from Environmental Justice Australia (EJA), will be guest speakers at the meeting, to be held at the Wyee Community Hall from 6:30 to 8:00pm. Mike Campbell from the Community Environment Network (CEN) will also speak at the meeting. EJA recently commissioned the report into the health impacts of air pollution from NSW power stations.

It is the first report of its kind in Australia. The report found that coal-fired power stations are one of the biggest sources of air pollution in Australia, causing asthma and other respiratory problems, reduced birthweight, diabetes and premature death. It concluded that public health is impacted in communities near power stations and up to 200km away, and that air pollution is poorly

controlled in NSW. Vales Point Power Station, at Mannering Park, is the only one out of the five still operating in NSW that is located within the Central Coast local government area, but the nearby Eraring Power Station, in the Lake Macquarie LGA, would, according to the report, also have detrimental health impacts on the Central Coast community. “The form of pollution that has the strongest

effect on health is fine particles (PM2.5) and one of the major sources of PM2.5 in the Sydney Greater Metropolitan region is burning coal for electricity,” the report said. “Eraring and Vales Point … make the largest contribution to the health burden from power generation, since prevailing weather patterns are most likely to carry pollutants from these sources into the Sydney basin where

the largest population resides,” it said. “The continued operation of all the coalfired generators in NSW imposes a substantial health burden that could be alleviated by imposing stricter licensing conditions for operators that would require postcombustion capture of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx), or by bringing forward closure of plants.” “It’s shocking to think that based on the current operating life of the five power stations, the air pollution they produce will kill 3,429 more people,” Ewald said. “As a Newcastle doctor, I knew that air pollution from coal fired power stations is harming local communities, but as a researcher, I never imagined that the scale of their impact would be so severe,” he said. “Literally hundreds of people are dying premature deaths every year because of coalfired power.” The study coincides with the review of pollution licences for the Vales Point and Eraring Power Stations.

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Premier’s proposed fast train study met with support and scepticism

SW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, visited Gosford Train Station on December 5, to announce that the Central Coast would benefit from significantly reduced travel times, after being included in one of the four proposed fast rail routes identified by the NSW Government. In July, the government released, A 20-Year Economic Vision for Regional NSW. One of the key elements of that vision is better connectivity between regional centres, and from cities and international gateways. Premier Berejiklian said a fast rail network is a game changing project which would attract more investment and generate new job opportunities for the Central Coast. “We know fast rail would transform the way people get to and from the Central Coast forever,” Berejiklian said. “It would slash travel times allowing more people to leave the car at home and catch the train to either Sydney or Newcastle,” she added. The delivery of fast rail to the Central Coast has the potential to reduce travel times by up to 75 per cent. The NSW Government has appointed Professor Andrew McNaughton, to lead an expert panel to provide advice to the Premier on how the government should best deliver a fast rail network to connect the state. “Long distance fast and high speed rail studies have been undertaken in Australia over many years,” Premier Berejiklian said.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, with Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch and the Liberal candidate for Gosford, Sue Dengate, at Gosford Train Station

“These studies have usually focused on linking the major Eastern Seaboard cities of Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne, and focused on rail as a competitor to air and road transport options. “Most of the studies found that the costs and required ticket prices of an interstate high-speed rail network would be insurmountably high compared to likely customer volumes. “Until now, limited work has been done on the potential for a fast rail network connecting regional cities within NSW. “The Fast Rail Network Strategy will, for the first time, provide a comprehensive assessment focused on connecting regional cities,” Berejiklian said. “The NSW Government is committed to moving from

high-level vision to planning, and on to delivery,” the Premier continued. “Having a strategy will ensure that future investment decisions on fast rail are well considered. “Preparing the Fast Rail Network Strategy in 2019 is the first significant step in taking the network from vision to delivery,” she said. Under the Strategy, preliminary works will commence on that first stage of the fast rail network in the next term of government, if the Liberal Nationals retain power. Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, joined the Premier in making her announcement and said a fast rail link from the Central Coast to Sydney and Newcastle would transform the region. “This announcement is also

on top of the New Intercity Fleet Trains which will enter service late next year,” Crouch said. Sue Dengate, Liberal Candidate for Gosford, said fast rail will be a huge boost for the Central Coast. “Faster travel times will mean that workers can spend less time commuting and more time with their families,” Dengate said. Following the Premier’s announcement, several Central Coast government agencies, politicians, development agencies and community figures weighed in on the Coast’s possible inclusion on the fast train route. Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said faster rail for the region was a dream many residents of the Central Coast would like to see

realised. “We have many residents who leave the Coast early in the morning and return to their families late in the evening due to job opportunities being in Sydney and Newcastle, and so today’s announcement is very welcomed. “This announcement builds on the process that was first started in September 2017 when the Federal Government launched the Faster Rail Prospectus at Gosford Station, and this Prospectus was all about calling for new and upgraded rail infrastructure to help link cities and the regions,” Wicks said. “This announcement has huge potential for the Central Coast and will slash commute times and has huge returns for residents. “This announcement is for

our hard working commuters and those people who use our trains on a regular basis who want to live on the Central Coast and be linked to two great cities that surround it, Sydney and Newcastle,” Wicks said. Central Coast Council Mayor, Jane Smith, has welcomed the State Government’s announcement of a northern high speed rail route which could reduce travel times between Sydney and the Central Coast. Mayor Smith said this would make a significant difference to thousands of Central Coast residents who commute to Sydney every day, often spending up to four hours a day on a return train journey between the Coast and their destination. “We know commuting is a major issue for our community, with many Coasties having to travel off the Coast every day for work or study,” Mayor Smith said. “Reducing the commute to Sydney from around 90 minutes to 30 minutes would allow the community to have an additional two hours per day or as much as 10 hours per week for other activities at home or in their community, like spending time with their family, rather than sitting on a train,” Mayor Smith said. “This could also have a flow on effect of encouraging those who drive to Sydney each day to leave their cars at home and hop on a train, which would also reduce traffic on our major roads and deliver benefits to the environment. Continued P3

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Action taken to protect the largest fresh water wetland on the Central Coast S

ignificant steps have been taken to achieve the p e r m a n e n t protection of Porters Creek Wetland, the largest fresh water wetland on the Central Coast.

Mayor, Jane Smith, has made the permanent protection of the Porters Creek Wetlands one of her major goals as the first Mayor of the amalgamated Council. She said it was a “critical part of the bigger picture for that area” in terms of how surrounding land could be developed to create employment. “The former Wyong Council, for some 20 years, and different people, have been recognising its value and it needs protection, and they just haven’t been able to deliver what is required,” she said. “So I am really pleased that we are making progress.” She said the report considered at the Monday, December 10, Central Coast Council meeting put in place the need to reclassify the SEPP14 (protected) wetland from Operational land to Community land, to ensure it could not be sold off. “I think that is an important first step. “There have been numerous studies of the wetlands and part of the resolution was to pull that information together and

Porters Creek Wetlands, west of Wyong, cover 3.6 hectares and is the region’s largest wetland of significance important for Tuggerah Porters Creek Wetland Lake, for the run off and were identified and water quality going into discussed. Tuggerah lakes. Of seven options “In terms of flora and considered, a Biodiversity fauna, it has threatened Stewardship Agreement species and endangered was considered to be ecological communities.” a strong mechanism to According to the staff protect the wetland. report presented to the “The next strongest meeting, Porters Creek are the existing planning Wetland is significant instruments, State and because of its ecology Local, which are already and its impact on in place,” the staff report improving downstream said. water quality from its “A Biodiversity large catchment area. Stewardship Agreement Work on the December can provide offsets 10 resolution started in for development March, when Council opportunities elsewhere, unanimously resolved and will support the to request the CEO to creation of an income arrange a meeting with stream to fund the the Office of Environment ongoing management and Heritage, of biodiversity in Porters Department of Planning Creek wetland,” it said. and other stakeholders “Landowners, including to identify mechanisms Council, may consider to permanently protect entering into a voluntary Porters Creek Wetland. Biodiversity Stewardship The meeting was Agreement (BSA) on held in May, and any parcel of land under several mechanisms the NSW Biodiversity to permanently protect Conservation Act 2016.

turn it into a proposal and a case for why it needs stronger protection. When introducing her motion to the meeting, which was seconded by, Clr Kyle MacGregor, Mayor Smith said she wished to see Council engage a consultant with wetland expertise, to initiate biodiversity stewardship agreement and investigate whether it could be declared as a wetland of international significance. She said she wanted Council to liaise with National Parks and prepare a submission and to look at what planning clauses might be considered for an LEP or DCP to minimise impacts. “The significant part, in my view, about Porters Creek Wetland, is that it is the largest fresh water wetland on the Central Coast. “Just by nature of the size and role, it is

“There are provisions within the agreement for “in-perpetuity conservation. “Council would be able to sell credits and receive an annual management payment to service the BSA. “This can provide permanent protection for the management of biodiversity and allow for the creation of biodiversity credits for sale. “The resulting stewardship site generates biodiversity credits which represent the expected improvement in biodiversity that will result from the protection and management of the site. “A landholder (Council) can sell the biodiversity credits to a developer, the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, or other interested parties. “Once credits are sold, the site needs to be maintained in perpetuity. “The potential credit status of the Porters Creek wetland land parcels would need to be assessed. “A BSA is registered on the land title. “When land that includes a BSA is sold, then the new owner takes over the obligations of the stewardship agreement and in return receives payments from the Biodiversity Stewardship Payments Fund.” Another strategy would be to donate the land to National Parks.

“NPWS would assess the value for use as a national Park, its diversity and cultural heritage values, recreational opportunities, park management benefits and economic impacts. “The land would need to align with the NSW National Parks System Directions Statement. “This is a strong level of protection. “The national Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 is the legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places. “Under the Act, the Federal Environment Minister may declare a specified wetland to be of international importance (often called 'Ramsar' wetlands after the international treaty under which such wetlands are listed). “There are presently 12 Ramsar wetland sites in NSW, the closest being Hunter Estuary Wetlands, and Myall Lakes. “The nomination process would include comments from the State. “The process is long [and] a declaration would be unlikely.

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Source: Interview, Dec 11 Jane Smith, Central Coast Council Agenda item 5.8, Dec 10 Central Coast Council ordinary meeting Jackie Pearson, journalist

Woy Woy has been designated a “principal town centre” in a review conducted for Central Coast Council which was adopted at the December 10 council meeting.

The staff review has recommended a hierarchy for town centres that would see Woy Woy classified along with Wyong, The Entrance, Gosford and Terrigal as principal town centres. Umina and Ettalong, as well as Toukley, Long Jetty, Budgewoi, Avoca and Kincumber, would become “major town centres … all of which should have a targeted and coordinated place activation focus for Council”. “It is a key finding of this review that a more formalised and centrist approach is required within Council to ensure that we are properly servicing the identified principal and major town centres,” the review written by council staff said “To meet this objective, an expansion of responsibilities and staffing would be needed,” it said. The review also identified a “gap in the regional delivery of economic development for the Central Coast, particularly by Central Coast Council. “Key aspects of strategic economic development linked to the needs of expectations of the community, such as sustainability, jobs generation, transport planning and support of innovation and start up businesses, are not currently being adequately addressed,” the review said. The aim of the review was

to “focus on holistic place management and activation, effectively addressing the interdependencies between effective asset management, marketing and promotion, tourism, business development, economic development and delivery of quality events within key precincts. “The future management of town centres should aim to provide a strategic, streamlined and costeffective approach, to ensure priority service delivery of town centre management functions. “In a region as large and diverse as the Central Coast, the definition of a ‘town centre’ is important to establish, to ensure that coordinated resources are focused on areas that provide the best opportunity to achieve place activation, economic development and social connection to our community.” All commercial property owners within the former Gosford Local Government Area pay Special Rate Levies, but only Gosford has been serviced by a third party entity responsible for marketing, promoting, event delivery, business development and varying levels of asset maintenance. The review found that Council provided “limited and varying funding levels” which meant the town centres on the Peninsula struggled to get funding for events. “Little funding is directly targeted towards activities or projects,” the review said. “In the absence of a dedicated focus or town centre management team within Council, little coordination or strategic decision

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is taken to ensure capital works projects, maintenance or events and activations meet broader objectives,” it said. Another finding was that aligned delivery of services such as security and cleaning would ensure best value and consistent service levels. The review recommended that Council request the CEO to investigate how to resource a dedicated team within Council to coordinate town centre management. Another recommendation was for Council to work with the NSW Business Chamber to develop a model to specifically support local economic and business development initiatives. Council will also establish an external regional model to provide a regional focus and direction for delivery of economic development, marketing and promotion, business development and attraction of major events for town centres across the Coast. A professional board for the regional model will be considered. The Place Activation section within Council will be expanded to ensure best practice internal coordination of assets, contract management, leasing, delivery of events and services. Central Coast Council Mayor, Clr Jane Smith, said th report back to Council should also “consider how we consult and engage with communities in those town centres”. SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 4.1, 10 Dec 2018 Jackie Pearson, journalist

Residential zone is “to promote best practice in the design of multi-dwelling housing and other similar types of development; to ensure that non-residential uses do not adversely affect residential amenity or place demands on services beyond the level reasonably required for multidwelling housing or other similar types of development”. “Specific minimum lot sizes for multi-dwelling housing, residential flat buildings and attached dwellings are not set under the Central Coast Development Control Plan. “This form of housing can be

managed through other provisions of the DCP chapter applying to these forms of development such as building setback, floor space ratio, open space requirements etc. “The removal of this clause, for these land-uses, will allow greater flexibility to encourage higher density development within the R1 zone. “It will also reduce expectations of unfeasible development where greater lot sizes would be required.” The Council held its first information sessions on the proposed new development and

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Firefighters rescue trapped ducklings Firefighters from the Umina unit of Fire and Rescue NSW have responded to reports of a family of ducks trapped in a drain in Ettalong.

The firefighters arrived to find a distressed mother duck circling the drain. Upon inspection, it was

determined three ducklings had become trapped and an operation to retrieve them commenced. All three ducklings were rescued and found to be in good health and reunited with their mother. SOURCE: Social media, 11 Dec 2018 Scott Kell, Fire and Rescue NSW Umina Unit

zoning controls in Wyong and Erina on December 11 and 12. It has said it will announce more information sessions in the New Year but it is unclear whether any sessions will occur on the Peninsula. Council representatives will be available at Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy, on Thursday, January 17 from 10:30am and 12:30pm to give residents information about the proposed consolidated development controls. Submissions from the public will be accepted until February 28. The consolidated plan has been placed on public exhibition

two years after the new Central Coast Council resolved to prepare a planning proposal to consolidate the provisions of the Local Environmental Plans from the former Gosford and Wyong Councils. The draft plan standardises matters not dealt with under current controls. “The preparation of a Consolidated Central Coast Local Environmental Plan is the first step in the process to preparing a Comprehensive Plan,” according to details on the Council’s yourvoiceourcoast website.

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Younger generation are going to cop the worst from climate change effects

roups and individuals distributing misinformation about Central Coast Council’s imminent draft Climate Change strategy, are causing unnecessary fear, according to, John Asquith, Chair of the Community Environment Network (CEN).

New planning controls to increase residential density Development controls included in a draft new planning scheme would permit higher density development in residential areas around Woy Woy.

The proposed change is directly at odds with the position of local community groups like Save Our Woy Woy. The draft Consolidated Central Coast Local Environmental Plan and Development Control Plan were placed on exhibition last week. According to the draft, the new objective for the R1 General

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Woy Woy designated as town centre like Gosford

“For a start, the idea of planned retreat on the Coast is a nonsense,” Asquith said. “If you have a look at the maps, there are only a few areas on the Coast where planned retreat could be an option,” he said. “One of them is Wamberal Beach. “Planned retreat is where you give up the land because you don’t want to build infrastructure, but at Wamberal, a sea wall is the plan, so to build that infrastructure is the opposite of planned retreat. “The problem at Wamberal is that the landholders don’t want to contribute the $500,000 each needed to build the wall, even though it is to protect their private property. “They expect the rest of the ratepayers to cover the cost. “That would mean roughly, the rates of every 200 ratepayers would be going to save one waterfront landholder’s property. “That has been the problem at Wamberal for the past 20 years. “Council has always been howled down when they say private landholders have to save private land, and the Council has to pay to save public land. “As you work your way down the Coast, as far as I know, there is no erosion problem

Avoca Beach Surf Life Saving Club innundated by East Coast Low Pressure System June 4 and 5, 2017

that threatens houses at Avoca, then there are little bays that are not threatened with erosion, because they have headlands holding everything together. “Ettalong, Umina and Ocean Beach are being eroded, but planned retreat can only occur where there is no public infrastructure between your house and the ocean, or a lack of preparedness to build infrastructure. “However, all along that coastline in those areas, there is a road between the houses and the beach. “There are virtually no houses not separated from the beach where it is eroding, by a road or park or reserve with public infrastructure. “Therefore planned retreat is not an option there either, because there is already public infrastructure, namely a road, with foundations and everything that goes with that. “There is no plan to abandon roads, so if you have a road between you and the threat, it is about the best thing you can have. “If the road stays, you stay, so planned retreat is virtually an option in no parts of the Central

Coast.” Asquith said that he did not believe low-lying areas around Brisbane Water, including Davistown and Saratoga, would be considered for planned retreat either. “Most of those houses front a reserve. “All along Davistown, there is a big public reserve that is all a public facility and it would not be abandoned. “There is nothing in the policy saying that if you get inundated four times a year, you will have to leave your home. “Council does not have the power to make you leave your home. “They don’t have any need to look at planned retreat. “The thing the policy will do will mean that we start to take action to slow down climate change, plant more trees, build sea walls, do whatever we have to do. What the Council should do, in my view, is to be planning for change, as these areas are affected by flood levels, they should be adopting strategies to make the drains bigger, raise the road level, and call that

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adaptation. “You adapt and do what you can. “You can’t stop it, so you adapt to it. “Tell me, where are they planning planned retreat, because there is nothing in the policy about it? Asquith said members of the older generations needed to think about the legacy they were leaving their children and grand children, and that plans needed to be put in place now to ameliorate future risks. “Councillors have been criticised for setting flood levels that are too high, but they are not too high. “It is a fact that on the Central Coast, with a South East Low, and a maximum storm surge, the amount the ocean is lifted with the low pressure air, is five metres plus the high tide, plus the flood waters, and flood levels set by Council need to reflect that. “I was in New Orleans earlier this year and had a good look at the storm surge they got from Hurricane Katrina, and they got a nine metre storm surge on top of a high tide.

“Some of the bridges, one huge bridge, were being demolished, one was way up in the air, but it was being demolished because people who had been on that bridge during Katrina were washed off and drowned. “There are exceptional circumstances, so you at least plan for those Proposed Maximum Floods of five metres, which are half of what New Orleans experienced in Katrina. “We were amazed that when we were more than 100 miles from the ocean, we went out on the Bayou and they were showing us boats that were ripped off moorings on the coast and dumped in the bayous, and they gave up trying to repair them and getting them back out to the ocean.” According to John Asquith, those on the Central Coast attempting to undermine the need for Council to plan for sea level rise, “are talking the thing down for their own private benefit. “They are all older men and they won’t be around when the worst of it hits. “It is the younger generation who are going to cop the worst of this, and these people will be long gone and long forgotten. “They are running a scare campaign because Council is going through a very careful process to make sure people’s voices are heard. “Council are going through a number of steps before they have a draft policy, so I would suggest that people who have concerns should identify what it is that concerns them, and ask Council to explain and consider.” Asquith said plans needed to be put in place now, not in 50 or 100 years’ time. “We cannot wait 100 years

to try and turn around the processes that are already in place. “It is happening right now and we are seeing it every day, with stronger cyclones, much more instability in the climate, and it is easy to understand, because there is more heat, and heat is energy. “Two weeks ago, in north Queensland, we had rainforests on fire, and now we have the biggest cyclone we have had in 15 years. “Our thoughts should be focused on the legacy we leave, so if a person of 20 today is going to be seriously impacted over the next 40 years by climate change, it is going to affect their food supply. “In NSW, we already have a shortage of grain. “This is the third year of drought in the wheat belt. “People of retirement age will see the impact on their children and grandchildren. “We inherited a planet that was functional when we were children, and we are leaving a legacy that our children and their children will not be able to turn around in their lifetime. “The job we have got is more than looking after ourselves. “Think of the legacy you are going to leave, whatever age you are. “You can see the effects that climate change are going to have on the rest of your life. “The scientists are saying that if we don’t act in the next 10 years, we are not going to keep temperature rises under two degrees, and they have identified a two degree rise as one that would see systems go out of control.” Source: Interview, Dec 14 John Asquith, Community Environment Network Jackie Pearson, journalist

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Mayor criticises non-complying development approvals Central Coast mayor Cr Jane Smith has criticised the number of non-complying development applications being approved by the Council.

She said findings from ICAC reports showed that it was when councils did not enforce their own planning controls that it created problems. Cr Smith said it was extremely disappointing “that our community spends a lot of time and effort in developing and consulting and being a part of the development of local environment plans and development control plans with the expectation that our council will enforce those planning guidelines and controls”. She said Gosford Council had a reputation for not enforcing its planning controls. “So I had hoped that, as a new council, we could provide certainty to our community and certainty to developers by adopting a decisionmaking process that did reflect our community’s expectations from being involved in that planning,” she said. Most recent applications for multiple dwelling developments on the Peninsula have been approved, despite not complying with the council’s development control plan (DCP). “Although the DCP perhaps does not have the strength of a local environment plan and one non-compliance may be considered acceptable to have so many non-compliances I would think sets a poor precedent for future development,” Smith said. Cr Kyle MacGregor said: “The most important issue we are dealing with here is what is the point of having planning controls if people won’t comply with them. “I believe we should be getting people to do their best to comply,”

Cr MacGregor said. “In the event there is massive variations and they are not able to comply I think we should have a very stringent look at that,” he said. The councillors were speaking at the final Council meeting for 2018, successfully arguing for the refusal of not a Peninsula development but a Terrigal development which council planners had recommended be approved. Cr Smith’s grounds for refusal were based on nine noncompliances with the development control plan. The non-compliances she listed were similar to, or the same as, non-compliances with a growing number of residential developments that are being approved by Council on the Peninsula. “To approve this development when there is such noncompliance with the DCP would be to create an expectation for similar concessions,” Cr Smith said. Cr Smith’s reasons for refusal included non-compliance with setbacks, communal space, deep soil zones, and side boundary setbacks, activation of a laneway. Such non-compliances have been regularly accepted, and used as precedents, when included in Peninsula development applications but Cr Smith appears to have drawn a line in the sand when it came to the Terrigal development. Cr Smith said she was interested in reaching out to the Peninsula community to learn more about their concerns regarding the number of developments applications lodged with Council that did not comply with the current Local Environment Plan or Development Control Plan.

SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda, 10 Dec 2018 Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Excessively non complying Terrigal development rejected

he public exhibition period for the revised Draft Development Control Plan Chapter relating to Tree and Vegetation Management has been extended by Central Coast Council to January 28.

entral Coast Mayor, Jane Smith, has stressed the need for Council to enforce its own planning controls, after an application for a shop top housing development at 5-7 Church St, Terrigal, was refused at the final Council meeting for 2018.

Station building may become retail space The upper level at Woy Woy railway station may be used as retail space.

Sydney Trains is offering the station’s former ticket office for lease. The 28sqm ticket office is being advertised through commercial

property agent specialists Real Commercial. The former ticket office site has been listed for a five-year lease as a retail space. No price was available with the listing but key selling points included Woy Woy station’s role as a major transportation hub for the

southern Central Coast and the areas predicted residential growth rate. The listing also stated that the station sees over 115,000 passenger movements monthly.

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Measles alert issued for the Peninsula NSW Health has issued a measles alert for the Peninsula after a tourist who visited Woy Woy and Umina over Christmas was diagnosed with the disease.

The tourist from Canberra visited the Peninsula between December 26 and 30 and made several visits to popular community locations including Jasmine Greens Kiosk, Umina Beach Shopping Centre and Deepwater Plaza.

According to NSW Health’s communicable diseases director Dr Vicky Sheppeard, anyone who visited these locations at the same time should be aware of symptoms. “The time from exposure to the disease to the onset of symptoms is typically about 10 days but can be as long as 18 days so people should be alert to symptoms until mid-January,” Dr Sheppeard said. The infection is highly contagious and can spread through coughing or sneezing.

Measles symptoms include fever, sore eyes and a cough followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash spreading from the head and neck to the rest of the body. Infants under 12 months, who are too young to be vaccinated, and young adults are most likely to be susceptible to the infection, Dr Sheppeard said.

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Smith moved for refusal of the application, which would have comprised two groundfloor shops, 12 residential units and 23 onsite carparking spaces, against the advice of Council staff, making special mention of its level of non-compliance. She said the development exceeded the number of storeys by 25 per cent, had no setback to Hudson La, and no communal space had been provided. Smith said members of the community spent a lot of time and effort contributing to the development of local environment plans and development control plans with the expectation they would be enforced. “Both the former Gosford and Wyong Councils had a reputation for not enforcing their own planning controls,” she said. “So I had hoped that as a new Council, we could provide certainty to our community and to developers by adopting a more reflective decision making process.” Smith said previous ICAC reports showed problems were created when councils didn’t enforce their planning controls.

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A report from Council’s Environment and Planning Directorate had recommended that Council grant conditional consent to the proposal, but in a narrow vote, Councillors voted, seven to six, to refuse consent for the $10.7M development in the B2 Local Centre zone. “The development, as it currently stands, has significant non-compliance with the Development Control Plan (DCP),” Smith said. “To approve this development when there is such noncompliance with the DCP would create an expectation for similar concessions. “Although the DCP perhaps doesn’t have the strength of a Local Environment Plan, and one non-compliance may be considered acceptable, to have so many non-compliances

sets a poor precedent for future development in Terrigal CBD.” Clr Kyle MacGregor, who seconded the motion, said: “The most important issue we are dealing with here is what is the point of having planning controls if people won’t comply with them? “I believe we should be getting people to do their best to comply. “In the event there is massive variation and they are unable to comply. then I think we’ve got to have a pretty stringent look at that and really go over the detail of it. and try and find a better outcome for the community.” The refusal was based on three points, with the resolution saying that: “The development is not in the public interest as it will create an expectation

that similar non-compliance with Council’s planning controls is acceptable; the development exceeds the number of storeys by 25 per cent; the external wall height is a 23.55 per cent variation; maximum width of enclosed floor space at the fifth level has exceedance of between 10 and 26 per cent; no setback to Hudson La, representing 100 per cent variation; no communal space is provided, representing 100 per cent variation; no deep soil zones are provided, representing 100 per cent variation; and, no side boundary setbacks for visual privacy, representing 100 per cent variation. Source: Agenda item 3.1, Dec 10 Central Coast Council ordinary meeting Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Public exhibition of draft Tree and Vegetation Management policy extended

This extension, based on community feedback, will provide residents with additional time to lodge a submission on the important harmonisation of tree and vegetation management works policies across the Central Coast. If adopted following exhibition, the existing Wyong and Gosford Development Control Plans (DCP) would be amended to include the revised Chapter providing the community with a consistent policy until such time as Council adopts a Consolidated DCP. Council’s revised policy relates to urban and environmental zoned lands, and requires a land owner to obtain a permit before the pruning or removal of any tree or any vegetation located greater than three metres from a house or other approved building, where the proposed pruning or tree removal is not covered by a set of nominated exemptions. Council may also issue permits for minor clearing of land not associated with new development, and where the clearing does not exceed the specified threshold. This revised policy accords with recent NSW Government Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation

reforms and will provide greater clarity for residents. The Community Environment Network (CEN) has asked its members to make submissions to “help save the trees in the back yards of the Central Coast”. “If the draft Chapter is not amended, trees will be lost unnecessarily,” a CEN direct mailout to members said. “The draft Chapter generally requires landowners to obtain a permit from Council to remove or prune a tree, but the draft also describes exemptions to avoid having to obtain a Council permit. “Under the proposed Chapter, trees may be removed without a permit if ‘evidence’ is provided by an arborist with Trade (AQF3) qualifications that they are dead or pose a risk to persons or property, and are not required as habitat for native fauna. “AQF3 training does not cover tree species, diseases, assessment or reporting. “Most tree-removers hold AQF3 qualifications. “Since tree-removers are paid to remove trees, they have a clear conflict of interest if they are authorised to condemn trees. “In addition, Council should recognise the value of nonnative trees. “In some areas, maples, jacarandas and other large exotics provide the only canopy. These should be retained while more natives are introduced.” Source: Media release, Nov 27 Central Coast Council media Email, Dec 2 Community Environment Network

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Federal Environment Minister approves Wallarah 2 Coal Mine

Mr Barry O’Farrell and Mr Alan Hayes (centre) with four Liberal politicians promising to stop Wallarah 2 in 2011

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and Environment Court appeal in November, 2018, and remained confident of the determination process and consequent approval. “This action reviewed the various administrative steps, processes and responsibilities culminating in the planning approval granted by the PAC in January, 2018,” the company said in a newsletter. The legal judgment is expected early this year. Australian Coal Alliance (ACA) said it had been estimated that the proposed mine would result in the loss of between 900 to 1300 ML of drinking water a year from the Central Coast’s drinking water catchment during its 28 year lifespan, though there was some uncertainty about the quantum of that loss. ACA Campaign

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New two billion dollar power plant C T he owner of Vales Point is expected to respond to the F e d e r a l Government’s call for expressions of interest of energy projects, with a two billion dollar investment proposal at the power station, says Environmental Justice Australia (EJA).

The deadline was January 23 with the projects expected to be public in coming days. “Queensland energy billionaire Trevor St Baker, is expected to submit proposals forl government support in three new coal-fired generators in Victoria and NSW,’’ EJA lawyer, Nicola Rivers, said. “Communities in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and the NSW Central Coast will be exposed to a massive amount of additional air pollution if

plans for three new coalfired power stations are endorsed by the Morrison Government,’’ she said. “The proposal includes a $2 billion coal plant on the site of the ageing Vales Point power station and would likely require massive government subsidies. “Despite being touted as ‘low emissions’, new coal plants emit almost as much toxic air pollution as old ones,’’ she said. St Baker’s company, Delta Electricity, runs the Vales Point power station. The Government wants to increase firm electricity supply and improve wholesale market competition, in order to reduce electricity prices. The program will sound out the market. Source: Press Release, Jan 22 EJA lawyer, Nicola Rivers Website, Jan 22 Underwriting New Generation Investments Program, Government Department of the Environment and Energy

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Free pet microchipping

ouncil is holding a free microchipping day on February 16.

Northern Central Coast residents are encouraged to bring their pet to SoCare Wyong Animal Care Facility, in Charmhaven, to have them microchipped at no cost. Mayor Jane Smith said microchipping was one of the first steps in responsible pet ownership. “Should your cat or dog ever go missing, microchipping helps reunite pets with their owners,” Mayor Smith said. “It’s an important and simple step in pet ownership, along with registering your animal and ensuring your contact details are up-todate,” she added. Pet owners must microchip and register their new pet by 12 weeks of age, or when they are first sold, which ever happens first. If owners fail to

Central Coast Council is holding a free microchipping day in February microchip their pet, then they may be issued a fixed penalty notice of $180. “We know how important it is to have your pet microchipped and that’s why Council is offering this free service,” Mayor Smith said. “Each year the animal care facilities on the Coast receive a number of dogs and cats that

have been abandoned. “This number typically increases after the festive season, with many people giving pets as gifts and not realising the level of care needed to raise a pet,” Mayor Smith said. More than 45 per cent of cats and dogs that come into the facilities are not microchipped, and less than 60 per cent

of these are reunited with their owners. Residents that have their pet microchipped, registered, or update their details, will also receive a Happy Pet gift pack, a small bag full of treats, information and a toy for their pet. Source: Media release, Jan 2 Central Coast Council Media

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Federal Environment Minister approves Wallarah 2 Coal Mine

he Wallarah 2 Coal Mine has received Federal G o v e r n m e n t approval, despite the NSW Land and Environment Court still to rule on it. From P1 “Can the Minister guarantee that a secret deal between a NSW Government-appointed Central Coast Council

administrator and Kores, to replenish the water catchment with treated mine water, will not put the health and wellbeing of our community at risk? “I have always opposed this mine and will continue to stand with the community to stop this coal mine.’’ Central Coast Greens repeated their multiple calls to stop the mine, saying that, Minister Melissa Price, should have used the risk to

Coast water supplies as a reason to halt the mine. Greens’ NSW Upper House candidate, and Coast resident, Abigail Boyd, said that Jilliby Creek or Wyong River could not be repaired if damaged. “Coal from this mine will add to emissions, which are contributing to a climate emergency. “It makes no sense, in 2019, to approve a new coal mine anywhere in Australia, and certainly

not on the Central Coast,” she said. Boyd said it was cynical for Minister Price to release her decision in the summer holidays. There are a number of conditions, including a prohibition on long-wall mining until a Groundwater Management Plan has been approved by the Federal Minister. Greens MP and Planning Spokesperson, David Shoebridge,

said: “This is another dreadful decision from the Coalition on climate change, coal and water. “This is a mine the Liberals promised would never go ahead, but now it’s being backed in at both a state and federal level. “With a state election just months away, we need a state government that finally steps up and says no to the coal industry. “The Greens are

committed to stopping this mine and protecting the Central Coast, if necessary by legislation that strips away previous approvals,” Shoebridge said. Source: Wallarah 2 Newsletter Dec Media Release, Jan 21 Emma McBride Media Release, Jan 21 Central Coast Greens Media Release, Jan 21 Australian Coal Alliance Interview, Jan 22 Gregory Olsen Interview, Jan 22 Merilyn Vale, journalist

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big year ahead in 2019 with State and Federal elections. Climate change is looking to be a major issue for all ages and political allegiances. In doing some research on climate and air pollution, I had reason to talk to people on air quality and asthma. Doctors advised me that: “Despite extensive epidemiological research, there is currently no evidence of a threshold below which exposure to particulate matter does not cause any health effects. Any increase in air pollution carries the risk of increased health effects.” In other words any pollution can affect your health. There are many sufferers of asthma (30,000 on the Central Coast) and their voices are not being heard. For example, the Asthma Foundation advised that“ Asthma Australia recognises air pollution poses a significant public health risk, particularly for people with asthma. We strongly believe everyone has the right to clean air.” The NSW Government (Minister for Environment) was working on a NSW Clean Air Agreement. However, nothing has happened in over 12 months. As a sometime sufferer of asthma, it became apparent to me that the CC should have a Strategy for Cleaner Air. Consequently, CEN is establishing an Air Pollution sub-committee to investigate and anyone with advice or experiences to share is asked to send CEN information at cen@ cen.org.au John Asquith, OAM

World Wetlands Day is celebrated coastlines from storm surges. SATURDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 2019 each year on 2 February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar. The WWD theme this year is Wetlands and Climate Change. Wetlands play a critical role in storing carbon and reducing the impact of extreme weather events associated with climate change. They store floodwater and can protect

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Three community groups forced to leave

s Wyong Race Club gears up for a $6m expansion, three community groups on its land are packing up to go, after more than a century on site for one of them. The Central Coast Poultry Club, the Wyong Lions, and the Central Coast Volunteer Rescue Squad have to vacate their premises. The Pigeon group has already left. Lions Club President, Colin Slack, said his club’s main objection was the lack of compensation for their shed. The Lions Club holds a barbie at Bunnings each month and stores their equipment at the shed. Wyong Race Club CEO, David Jewell, said Lions Club had not mentioned compensation to him. He said the groups have known for years that they would be leaving and unfortunately, that time had come.

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But one of the community groups is still fighting the eviction. The Poultry Club has to be out by February 7 because it refused to sign a temporary lease, while the rescue squad and Lions will move at the end of January. The Poultry Club is asking for legal documentation from the race club to establish that the race club is the sole owner of the land. A poultry club official said that after 113 years of continuous occupation and use of the site, the club was to go, with no compensation as previously promised by previous race committees, and no longterm site or facilities to move to. “So all of the community support we provide and economic benefits to Wyong from the results of our activities will be lost,’’ the spokesman said. “That is where we are at, but we will continue to fight.’’ Jewell agreed that

Lions Club members stored their barbie equipment at their racecourse premises. there had been some Club has never paid a discussion more than ten cent for the land. years ago about a possible Central Coast hotel development that Councillor, Jillian Hogan, could have resulted in says she supports the compensation, but that club’s stance. development did not go “It isn’t council land, ahead and the discussion but we should have a role was not binding. to play,’’ she said. He said he could not “The race club has to comment about the land prove it is their land. ownership because the “Show us that you matter was the subject of actually own the land. legal proceedings. “I can’t find their The Central Coast Constitution to see Poultry Club says history what their objectives and practice supports are – I’d like to see their the assertion that a trust Constitution. relationship exists over “I question whether the the land. Wyong Race Club ever It says Wyong Race

had an interest in that land, being that they don’t report on those actions of the groups in their annual report,’’ she said. Volunteer Rescue Squad President, James Hedges, says his squad will move out on February 28, but he said he was happy. The VRA was getting some money in compensation for the building they were in, and they were in negotiations to use a council building at Warnervale. “There is nothing we can do. We were told by council that the race course owns the land and there’s nothing we can do – so we’re going,’’ he said. Central Coast Council in December received and noted a report which said the race course land was not owned by the community and the race course considered it private land owned by the club. The council said Wyong Race Club Ltd was the registered title holder of

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Tree removal policy has an extended public exhibition period C

entral Coast Council has extended the public exhibition period for the revised Draft Development Control Plan Chapter relating to Tree and V e g e t a t i o n Management, to January 28. This extension, based on community feedback, will provide residents with additional time to lodge a submission on the important harmonisation of tree and vegetation management works policies across the Central Coast. If adopted following exhibition, the existing Wyong and Gosford Development Control Plans (DCP) would be amended to include the revised Chapter providing the community with a consistent policy, until such time as Council adopts a Consolidated DCP next year. Council’s revised policy relates to urban and environmental zoned lands, and requires a land owner to obtain a permit before the pruning or removal of any tree or

any vegetation located greater than three metres from their house or other approved building, where the proposed pruning or tree removal is not covered by a set of nominated Exemptions. Council may also issue permits for minor clearing of land not associated with new development, and where the clearing does not exceed the specified threshold. This revised policy accords with recent NSW Government Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation reforms and will provide greater clarity for residents. However, according to the Community Environment Network and Save Wyong’s Trees, the policy, in its draft form, would fail to adequately protect the backyard trees of the Central Coast. “If the draft chapter is not amended, trees will be lost unnecessarily,” said, Barbara Gorman, of Save Wyong’s Trees. While the draft chapter generally requires landowners to obtain a Permit from Council to remove or prune a tree,

the draft also describes Exemptions to avoid having to obtain a permit. Under the proposed chapter, trees may be removed without a Permit if Council is “satisfied” that they are dead or are assessed as posing a risk to persons or property and are not required as habitat for native fauna. Evidence of these assessments is required to be kept by the landowner for six months after the tree removal. Under the current draft, the required evidence may be provided by an arborist with ‘Trade (AQF3)’ qualifications. “AQF3 training does not cover tree species, diseases, assessment or reporting,” Gorman said. “This is covered in AQF5 training,” she said. “Tradesmen with AQF3 qualifications do not have the knowledge to assess if ‘vegetation is dying or dead and is not required as the habitat of native animals’. “As most tree-removers hold AQF3 qualifications, there is a risk of unreliable evidence from sources with only this qualification.

“Since tree-removers are paid to remove trees, they have a clear conflict of interest if they are authorised to condemn trees,” she said. “Council can only maintain the tree canopy on the Central Coast if it carefully controls removal processes. “If removal without a Permit is to be authorised under certain circumstances, Council must choose to be ‘satisfied’ by evidence provided only by those who are properly qualified to assess and report on trees and who are also independent of any removal company. “An AQF3 arborist is not qualified to make risk assessments of trees or to report on their condition. “I ask that Council amends the draft plan so that Council will be ‘satisfied’ of the need to remove a tree based on evidence provided by Council’s own AQF5 qualified Arborist or by an AQF5 qualified Arborist or Ecological Consultant who is independent of any tree-removal entity. “In either case, removal must not occur prior to

Council determination. “Evidence must be submitted to Council prior to removal, be written, and include photographs identifying the tree species and condition; include evidence that the tree is dead or dying and that failure is imminent, and that the vegetation is not required as the habitat of native animals. “Appropriate Council staffing, Procedures, Forms and Records must be developed to enable these changes to be fully effective.” Gorman said she believed another issue that residents needed to raise in their submissions, was the need for Council to align this policy with its Community Strategic Plan, and its vision for an urban forest policy and the greening of the Central Coast. “Council should quickly develop a comprehensive and current Central Coast Heritage and Significant Tree Register and recognise the value of non-native trees. “In some areas, maples, jacarandas and other large exotics provide the only canopy.

“These trees need to be retained while more natives are introduced. “In order to defray costs, Council should require the payment of a substantial tree removal application fee and substantial fines for contravention of policy. “Council should require the planting of replacement trees as part of any permit, and monitor compliance. “Council should list reasons for removal that would be considered inadequate, such as leaf drop, increasing natural light, improve street lighting of private property, enhance views, reduce shade, reduce fruit, resin or bird droppings, minor lifting of paths by tree roots, fence erection, unverified bushfire hazard control, and potential damage to sewer mains unless supported by advice,” she said. Source: Media release, Nov 27 Central Coast Council media Media release, Dec 6 Barbara Gorman, Save Wyong Trees

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Vales Point Power Station ash dam fill found to be contaminated by asbestos T

he company which was operating the ash dam at Vales Point has left the site. No deliveries of fill are being accepted at present. Delta Electricity, the operator of Vales Point Power Station, has confirmed that the site is no longer being managed under contract by Howards Recycling Services. The Chronicle understands a legal process is underway. The split comes after building and demolition waste was discovered on the ash dam site in September, 2018, and reported to the Environmental Protection Agency. The material has been identified as concrete, brick and other construction type waste, including some asbestos containing material. Delta said it did not pose a contamination threat, but it identified that the material was outside its licence conditions and immediately took steps to isolate the area and report the issue to the EPA. C o m p a n y spokesperson, Steve Gurney, said Delta was working with the EPA to identify the source of the material. All deliveries have been suspended while further enquiries are taking place and further testing is

taking place at the site. Gurney said that Delta would tighten controls around future truck deliveries, once deliveries recommenced. He said the company had a stockpile on site and was ahead of its capping plan. In future, when deliveries restart, controls would ensure that every load would be inspected to ensure compliance with the VEMN/EMN classification and the origin of material clearly identified. The ash dam is licenced to take deliveries of ‘clean fill’ classified as ‘Virgin Excavated Natural Materials’ (VENM) and

‘Excavated Natural Materials’ (ENM) which is used to cap and rehabilitate the ash dam. Gurney said that the EPA had granted a temporary exemption for Delta to continue to receive VEMN from the NorthConnex infrastructure project, but Delta was not taking any deliveries at this time. “The EPA has also issued a ‘clean-up notice’ to Delta and we are working with them to ensure that further testing is conducted and a remediation plan is in place,’’ Gurney said. In a separate incident, Delta has confirmed that it has also been targeted

by vandals who have placed small amounts of fibro material in a number of locations around the Ash Dam over recent weeks. Gurney said: “This is not a case of illegal dumping on Delta buffer lands. “This is deliberate and intentional with vandals cutting fences at different locations and placing small amounts of asbestos containing material onto the land. “This appears to be a targeted attack by a person or persons intent on causing community concern and/or reputational damage to Delta.’’

He said Delta has been working with the EPA and the NSW Police, with materials and other evidence removed for forensic testing. Delta has undertaken air quality monitoring which has shown no evidence of air borne contamination. A specialist asbestos removal contractor has been engaged to undertake a thorough clean up of the site, which is subject to a clean-up notice issued by the EPA. “Delta takes this threat seriously and is firstly focused on ensuring that this material is isolated and does not pose a risk to the community or

employees who work in and around the ash dam area,’’ Gurney said. ‘‘Delta has increased its security measures and will work with the EPA and NSW Police to ensure that these criminals are identified and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.” M e a n w h i l e , Environmental Justice Australia has put in a GIPA request trying to get to the bottom of the dumping at the ash dam. A GIPA request asks Government departments to disclose otherwise inaccessible information. The group wants to know what quantity of asbestos was found and how and when the site is being remediated. When news first broke in late December about the contaminated fill, community groups voiced their concern that Delta had not informed them. Mannering Park Progress Association spokesperson, Sue Wynn, said Delta did not raise the incident at a meeting with community groups. The company said the information was shared at a Care Forum. Source: Interviews, Jan 18 Sue Wynn, Mannering Park Progress Association Environmental Justice Australia, Dr James Whelan Press Release, Jan 21 Delta Energy Merilyn Vale, journalist

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Combined council releases its first annual report C

entral Coast Council has released its latest Annual Report, which provides a comprehensive account of Council’s performance from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018. The progress of 101 actions and targets that formed part of the Operational Plan for 201718 is reported against four key themes: Community, Environment, Economy, and Governance and Leadership. Mayor, Jane Smith, said the Annual Report was the first for the current elected Council, and highlighted important achievements in collaboration with key stakeholders and the community. “We prioritised spending to deliver projects that the community told us mattered to them, and that aligned with the vision of our first ever

Community Strategic Plan (CSP), to create a ‘smart, green and liveable region with a shared sense of belonging and responsibility,” Mayor Smith said. “We are committed to delivering openness and transparency in decisionmaking and have set up Advisory Committees to maximise community participation,” she said. “We continued to live stream all Council meetings and to get out and talk to our community at pop-up stalls and information sessions and actively encourage feedback.” Council spent $541M in essential services and $207.9M in capital works projects, including roads, transport and drainage, water and sewer, open space and recreation, waste management and coast management. Council’s Chief Executive Officer, Gary Murphy, said the results demonstrated a forward focus in Council’s

position as a new regional and significant local government organisation. “The operating surplus is a result of the integration of the two former Council’s finances and is testament to the work of Council staff to create a resilient and sustainable organisation for the future of the coast community,” said Murphy. “During the ongoing transition to single processes, Council staff remained focussed on bringing innovation into what they do and how they do it and are aware of the opportunity that a new regional Council has to make effective changes that will benefit the community,” he said. Key highlights and achievements on each theme in the Annual Report 2017-18 included completion of a total of 22 out of 26 actions and targets from the theme of Community, with two on target for completion and two being carried over to

2018-19. Achievements in the Community theme included the development and adoption of the first ever Community Strategic Plan for the Central Coast (One – Central Coast). In the area of Environment, 11 out of 16 actions and targets were completed, with five being carried over to 2018-19. Achievements included: construction of a 200 metre boardwalk at Saltwater Creek Reserve to protect the sensitive foreshore habitat, improve water quality and provide recreational opportunities for the community; delivery of 1,200 reusable keep cups to local cafes with the aim of reducing litter and the amount of single use coffee cups ending up in landfills; and, a roadside litter project was implemented to provide an integrated approach to litter prevention through education and awareness,

infrastructure, regulation and enforcement. The project focused on hotspots including the Blue Haven Link Rd. A total of six out of 16 actions and targets were completed in the category of Economy, five on target for completion, with one being carried over to 2018-19, and four closed. Achievements included launching the new Central Coast tourism website to showcase what the Central Coast has to offer and attract more visitors to the region. The Norah Head Masterplan was adopted, including 51 projects to be implemented at Cabbage Tree Bay, the rock pool and boat ramp, Mazlin Reserve, Bush Street Reserve and Young Street Reserve. Council continued work with the State Government to implement the Central Coast Regional Plan, with more than 6,000 dwelling consents granted since

the commencement of the Plan. In the area of Governance and Leadership, a total of 43 actions and targets were listed within the Operational Plan 201718. Performance on these actions resulted in 21 completed, five on target and 17 closed. Achievements included: launching the 2018 scholarship program, with successful applicants working alongside professionals to gain new skills and experience before completing their studies and entering the workforce full-time; and, developing and launching of Council’s new website. The audited financial statements for the 201718 reporting period are also included in the Annual Report as an addendum. Source: Media release, Dec 4 Central Coast Council media

Police numbers are 50% below state average M

ember for the Entrance, David Mehan, has called on the NSW Government to explain why the Central Coast has again received none of the new police graduating from the Goulburn Police Academy.

Figures released by NSW Police showed that none of the 257 new probationary constables graduating from the academy would be allocated to Central Coast Police Districts. “The Central Coast received none of the August graduating class either,” Mehan said.

He said that out of the 777 recruits that have graduated from the Police Academy in 2018, only one had been allocated to the Coast. Dwindling Police numbers on the Central Coast have been an ongoing issue, with the Berejiklian Government refusing to give a straight

answer when asked if the Coast would receive some of the new Police funded in the 2018-19 NSW Budget, Mehan said. A Productivity Commission report revealed that on average, NSW has 239 police officers for every 100,000 citizens, and nationally,

there are 274 police per 100,000 citizens. The Central Coast is well below this average at 119 police per 100,000 citizens, according to Mehan. “NSW Labor supports the NSW Police Association in their call for a major increase in

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Consolidated Local Environmental Plan on exhibition P

lanning controls for the Central Coast are currently being consolidated by Central Coast Council to deliver efficiencies and simplify planning for thewholecommunity. The Consolidated Local Environmental Plan, a blending of the development controls of the former Wyong and Gosford Councils, which has been in the pipeline since the amalgamation, has finally been placed on public exhibition. The deadline for public submissions is February 28. The Central Coast is currently operating under four different planning instruments, each with different controls. The Wyong Local Environmental Plan 2013 (WLEP 2013) is the planning instrument for the northern area of the Coast. The NSW Department of Planning has granted Gateway Determination for the Consolidated Local Environmental Plan for the whole Central Coast that was placed on exhibition from December 6. Council’s Director, Environment and Planning, Scott Cox, said Council staff had worked with all government agencies to develop a balanced plan that would protect and embellish the Coast’s natural beauty whilst enabling more flexibility in terms of low density housing. “This will mean that we can now deliver a consistent approach to development controls, making the process simpler, more efficient and transparent,” Cox said. “The ultimate goal here is to have one Local

Environmental Plan (LEP) and one Development Control Plan (DCP) that will help improve our local environment and encourage investment, create new jobs and quality housing for the growing population of the Central Coast. “So if you are a property owner on the Central Coast or plan on becoming one, and want to build, renovate or develop, now is the time to find out how the consolidation of planning controls may affect you.” A Consolidated DCP will be exhibited alongside the Consolidated LEP and will focus on simplifying and harmonising the current development controls of both former Councils, creating a single Central Coast DCP. Mayor Jane Smith said it was important for all of the community to get involved and to take time to understand how development controls apply to local areas and the broader Central Coast. “There is a need to unify development controls across the Coast and I encourage the community to have a look at how it could affect their neighbourhoods as there

will be changes,” Mayor Smith said. “The next stage, the Comprehensive LEP process, will be crucial, as that is when there is real opportunity for the community to have a say in the planning controls that will apply to and shape their local areas.” The Comprehensive LEP and DCP will involve undertaking comprehensive land use

studies on a variety of issues across the Central Coast. This will include comprehensive studies on employment, residential, town centres, and rural and environmental lands. These land use studies will provide an up to date analysis on all the major planning issues which exist on the Coast. These reports and

strategies will provide a solid foundation to accommodate growth and support community values and the wellbeing of both current and future residents. The Comprehensive LEP and DCP will support the implementation of development controls that can be used in the e-planning environment. “The development of a Comprehensive LEP and

DCP will take some time and involve extensive consultation and community engagement to work through location specific challenges,” Mayor Smith said. “That is why we are taking this initial step to establish Consolidated Plans, one set of rules based on the best option from the two former Council’s planning instruments that will form a basis for more detailed discussion with the community into the future. “I encourage everyone in the community to get involved now, make a point of finding out what rules may affect you, what may change for your street or suburb, and if you have an opinion on the changes, make a submission to Council.” A second round of information sessions will be held in early 2019. Source: Media release, Dec 5 Central Coast Council media

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Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital

uggerah Lakes Private Hospital (TLPH), the former Wyong Shire’s newest major health facility, has moved closer to completion, with staff announcing that the hospital will open in May.

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Located in the fast growing area of Kanwal, directly opposite Wyong Public Hospital, TLPH occupies a prime location on the corner of the Pacific Hwy and Craigie Ave. Part of the Healthe Care Australia group, TLPH will

complement the range of private surgical, medical, mental health and rehabilitation services currently on offer further down the Central Coast, at the group’s other established hospitals, Gosford Private Hospital and Brisbane Waters Private Hospital. “We are so excited to be opening the doors of our state-of-the-art facility,” said TLPH CEO, Laura Barnett. The new hospital will create up to 50 jobs and include three operating theatres, day and inpatient beds, specialist

Consulting Rooms, Pathology and Radiology services, and an onsite café. TLPH is also set to attract high quality specialists and surgeons from across the Coast, Sydney and Newcastle. It will cater for multiple specialties, including orthopaedics, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology, general surgery, colorectal, gynaecology, urology, plastic surgery, vascular surgery and dental. Source: Media release, Jan 21 Haydn Murray, Healthecare Australia

Chain Valley Colliery purchased by Delta Electricity

elta Electricity has bought Chain Valley Colliery and removed the threat to the employment of about 250 workers at the mine.

The news was welcomed by employees, the local community, and by the receivers, who said the sale provided certainty for the future operations of the colliery, the employees and suppliers. The Chain Valley Community Consultative Committee’s Independent Chairperson, Margaret MacDonald-Hill, said the general consensus was that everybody was very pleased with the sale and the job security it ensured, and it would be discussed further at the February meeting of the committee. The CFMEU said it was by far the best outcome for both the mine and the workers’ future. “It will probably provide the security and stability they’ve been looking for,’’ CFMEU Mining and Energy Division District President, Peter Jordan, said. The receivers will continue to manage operations through a transitional period as assets and contracts are transferred to Great Southern Energy, a subsidiary of Delta Electricity. Delta Managing Director, Greg Everett, said the purchase was an important step in securing affordable and reliable base load electricity supplies in NSW.

“Whilst many power stations elsewhere have the security of minemouth coal mine supplies to power stations, New South Wales power stations have traditionally relied on market based contractual arrangements for fuel supplies,’’ he said. “In recent years, fluctuations in the availability and price of coal have impacted on the cost of electricity to consumers.” Whilst Chain Valley has recently experienced financial difficulty, going into receivership late in 2018, Delta expects the mine will become a consistent, long term supplier of good quality coal to the power station. Everett said that Delta’s owners, Trevor St Baker and Brian Flannery, had made significant investments in Vales Point Power Station since acquiring that asset, and they intend to bring the same productive investment and shrewd business acumen to the mine, which would benefit by replacing old infrastructure and hired equipment to improve production costs. The mine purchase adds to the growing Delta Electricity portfolio, which includes a recently announced solar offtake agreement for 150MW, a 230MW pumped hydro project near Port Augusta in South Australia, and a 45MW solar farm on the rehabilitated ash dam lands at Vales Point. In a November, 2018, press release, the company said Delta recognised that both despatchable power and low emission

technologies had a role to play in supporting an affordable, reliable and sustainable national electricity grid, and that the Vales Point site was an example of how both technologies could be colocated and integrated into the grid. The proposed solar project will generate up to 100 construction jobs over 18 months, and up to five ongoing operational roles. Delta has also started retailing electricity to large industrial customers. “Delta’s increasing vertical integration from fuel supply through to end users, together with a business that embraces traditional and new sources of power, will provide a more sustainable business into the future for all stakeholders.” Everett said. On Wednesday, October 3, 2018, Delta Electricity was informed that the Director of LakeCoal and Fassi Coal had placed the mine into voluntary administration. As the first ranking secured creditor to the LakeCoal companies, Delta appointed, Barry Taylor and Todd Gammel, of HLB Mann Judd as Receiver. Chain Valley mining started in 1962 Source: Press Release, Dec 20 LakeCoal Media Release, Dec 19 Delta Electricity Interview, Jan 18 CFMEU Mining and Energy Division District President, Peter Jordan Interview, Jan 18 Chain Valley Community Consultative Committee Chairperson, Margaret MacDonald-Hill

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Data collecting overkill is taking resources away from helping people

lr Jillian Hogan, Manager of the E p i c e n t r e (neighbourhood centre) at San Remo, has asked people to consider carefully when voting at the NSW state election in March. “The Non-Government sector has been through the wringer and is stressed beyond its financial and physical means,” Hogan said. “ H i s t o r i c a l l y, Neighbourhood Centres were funded to bring people together through social activities, for example, basket weaving, yoga and crafts,” she said. “Now we are working with people who are experiencing complex issues such as, domestic and family violence, homelessness, mental health issues, elder abuse, drugs and alcohol addictions,

unemployment, abject poverty and the list goes on. “In the past four years, we have been through a rigorous reform process to align with early intervention target areas, which were designed around child protection. “Services, Peak Bodies and FaCS district offices across the state worked hard to develop a system that would support and strengthen service delivery, families and communities. “The NSW Government has held the sector at ransom and led us to believe that if we did not ‘perform and align’, then our funding would be cut or go out to open tender. “The message we received was that we had to work harder, faster, more efficiently. “We could not work with seniors or undertake any community development work. “Neighbourhood

Centres are one of the few entities left that are non-secular. “They are built upon local place-based needs and relationships. “They are the fabric of community and the ‘go to’ place for help and support. “Services provide a whole range of early intervention programs and strategies, however there has not been an increase in funding to address the complexities of the issues we deal with every day. “Recently, it was announced that the reforms and contracts are ‘off the table’ and we have a reprieve of one year. “Four years of consultations and looking for solutions have been wasted with very few outcomes. “Then, within a week of that announcement, the State Government introduced a new

framework and a new way of reporting, so here we are again, moving into yet more reform. “What the State proposes will mean that the reporting process will take at least one person three days per week to enter the data. “We have over 400 people a week who access services and supports and each person/program will have to be entered. “People become cases, people become statistics. “There is no increase in funding to do the extra data entry work and it comes at the cost of the Non-Government sectors’ current funding, and takes away from the people we serve. “Our organisation is only funded for one fulltime equivalent person and we rely heavily on volunteers to deliver programs. “It is simply not realistic to expect organisations

to address complex issues as well as doing time consuming data input. “This demonstrates the disconnection between government and community and how out of touch they are with what happens on the ground. “The responsibility rests with the government’s poor decision making, policy changes, cuts in funding and time wasting, all costly bureaucratic nonsense. “Under the previous Labor State and Federal governments, there was significant investment to address long-term disadvantage and generational unemployment, as well as for young parents. “We succeeded in working together to set up the Better Futures Hub, LEAP, Local Employment Access Program and supported the Dale School for young

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parents. “This is what can be achieved if we have a sound government which understands and works collaboratively with the NGO sector and makes policies that are achievable and responsible. “The NGO sector cannot continue to address such complex issues with limited resources, limited funding and a government that is just not listening. “We work with people, we need to stop this data collecting overkill. “Just like in the education system, where teachers are now data entry experts rather than teachers. “We are Social Welfare Workers and need to get back to our core business in supporting the health and well-being of all people.”

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Summer burn off for Wyong bushland

Laurie Maher is the 2019 Australia Day Ambassador F

ormer CEO of Coast Shelter and former Mayor, Laurie Maher, has been named the 2019 Australia Day Ambassador for his tireless work providing support for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness on the Central Coast. As the former CEO for a not-for-profit charity, Maher has led the development of 10 different programs which work together to end homelessness on the Coast including: Kara Women and Children’s Refuge; Neleh Women and Children’s Refuge; Elandra Women and Children’s Refuge; Rondeley Domestic Violence Program;

Council has advised that NSW Rural Fire Service is planning a burning operation in Wyong over the coming days impacted by smoke and entral Coast favourable. Favourable conditions embers. Council has The ecological advised that the NSW are forecast between January 21-25, with requirements of the Rural Fire Service is burning scheduled to bushland at the corner preparing to burn bushland at the occur between 9am and of the Pacific Hwy and 6pm on the selected day. Pollock Ave mean that corner of the Pacific The NSW Rural Fire summer is the preferred Hwy and Pollock Ave, Service advises that time to burn at this at Wyong. residents in the vicinity location. The programming of of the burn should take Source: the burn is dependent on appropriate precautions Website, Jan 18 Central Coast Council minimise being weather conditions being to

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Coimba Men’s Refuge; Rumbalara Refuge; Maya Young Women’s Refuge; Youth Angle; Woy Woy Youth Cottage; Wyong Youth Refuge; and, Coast Community Centre. Central Coast Council Mayor, Jane Smith, said Maher’s community advocacy and national pride made him the perfect choice for the role of Australia Day ambassador. “Laurie’s leadership as the former CEO of Coast Shelter has helped provide accommodation to over 150 men, women, families and youth every night, as well as the provision of over 1,000 free meals every week through the Coast Community Centre,” Mayor Smith said. “As a former Mayor of Gosford City Council,

and award recipient for Services to the Aboriginal Community, Laurie has demonstrated his commitment to community service on the Coast. “This service and commitment saw him honoured with the Order of Australia Medal in 2010 and we are pleased to bestow Australia Day Ambassador honours on him. “Laurie is an outstanding ambassador for the Central Coast and I am delighted that he will join me to help present the Australia Day Awards on Saturday, January 26, and will also help officiate at our community events at The Entrance and Woy Woy,” Mayor Smith said. Source: Media release, Jan 9 Central Coast Council Media

Local members retain shadow cabinet positions T

he Member for Wyong, David Harris, and Member for Swansea, Yasmin Catley, have retained positions in the NSW Shadow Cabinet, following the replacement of opposition leader,

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Daley announced his Shadow Cabinet lineup for 2019 on Tuesday, November 27. Harris remains Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Shadow Minister for Regional Affairs and Shadow Minister for

Aboriginal Affairs. He is also Shadow Assistant Minister for Education. Catley is Shadow Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation. Source: Media release, Nov 27 Julian Lee, office of Michael Daley

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an issue. “What does the NSW Government have to hide? “There is too much secrecy surrounding this project,” he said. The office for Minister of Transport, Andrew Constance, said the refusal was a safety issue but that Transport for NSW and the builder were proactively engaged with affected property owners. Meanwhile, residents are not happy about the planned relocation of high voltage power poles over the Australia Day long weekend. It will include removing, replacing or refurbishing power poles and restringing power lines, and bridge pier piling, which will consist of vibration and impact piling, welding and concrete works. Source: NSW Government night work update, Jan 2019 Press Release, Jan 11 Office of David Mehan Email, Jan 20 Susan Zgraja, KARAG committee member Email Jan 21 Department of Transport

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The cleared area at Kangy Angy has been described as a moonscape and an open cut mine environmental facts that the next election,’’ she briefing could not be Enterprise Dve, without made this site unsuitable, said. facilitated at this time. any consultation with the and have continued “Coming so close to He said surrounding owners or tenants in the unabated, creating a a State election with residents and community estate. moonscape. marginal seats in the members have been Mehan said that it was “We do acknowledge offering, one would think voicing their concerns typical of the Berejiklian that it is now too late to that Gladys Berejiklian about the Kangy Angy Government to blatantly turn the clock back, but would attempt to construction site since disregard what the much like the residents stem the flow of votes the public works project community wanted, from the Opal tower, and away from her party, began in June, 2018. particularly with public those houses cracking particularly on projects The industrial estate works. above the tunnelling of that are controversial and at Fountaindale recently “Surely, allowing a local West Connex, we have problematic.” had a 23 year old sound MP access to a publicly no power, no rights and Mehan said that a barrier mound and tree owned facility in their no say. response on behalf of the screen removed along electorate should not be “This government NSW Transport Minister, at least makes that Andrew Constance, abundantly clear. advised that his request “Be it on their heads at for a site inspection and

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KARAG committee member, Susan Zgraja, said, David Mehan, was acting on behalf of his constituents when he requested an on-site meeting to address concerns from nearby residents. His request was directed to the Minister of Transport, Andrew Constance, who refused. “This of course conjures up all sorts of questions as to why?’’ Zgraja said. “What have they got to hide? Why no transparency? “Why are Transport not engaging with the community? “Not only is Transport continuing its insults to the residents around the installation, but the insult is doubly so when our elected representative is included,’’ she said. “From the get go, Transport has ignored the

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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 most recent edition of each of our sister Central Coast publications. The full articles and more, as well as all previously published editions, can be seen on line on our website www.CentralCoastNews.

net Copies of these other publications may be obtained from our offices in Gosford, by subscription, or from a myriad of locations in the areas covered by each publication.

Edition 461

14 January 2019

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

Mayor criticises Station building may become retail space non-complying Central Coast mayor Cr Jane A local fishing club has been Smithdevelopment has criticised the number informed it has until December of non-complying development 17 to vacate its long-term home approvals applications being approved by the within the grounds of the Woy Woy Mayor criticises non-complying development approvals

Council.

Sporties Bowling Club.

Central Coast mayor Cr Jane Smith has criticised the number of non-complying development applications being approved by the Council.

Peninsula properties deleted from heritage list

Chamber reports strong Christmas trade

Nursing home proposal to go before planning panel

A community-based heritage The Peninsula Chamber of The Joint Regional Planning study initiated by the former Commerce has reported strong Panel will meet in the Gosford Station mayCoast Council Gosford Council has been finalised, trade over the Christmas break. building Chamber of Central but Central Coast Council has Thursday, January 24, to become on retail space resolved to delete two Peninsula determine a proposal for a threeThe upper level at Woy Woy property agent specialists Real southern Central Coast and the residential growth railway station may be used Commercial.storey aged areas properties from the list. carepredicted facility at 45 The former ticket office site has rate. as retail space. Peninsula Tourism Partners claim council neglect

Sydney Trains is offering the station’s former ticket office for lease. The 28sqm ticket office is being advertised through commercial

been listed for a five-year lease as a retail space. No price was available with the listing but key selling points included Woy Woy station’s role as a major transportation hub for the

Council staff sum up Woy Woy plan in two paragraphs

Peninsula Tourism Partners president Ms Kim Cole believes the Peninsula is constantly being given the cold shoulder by Central Coast Council.

The listing also stated that the station sees over 115,000 passenger movements monthly.

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26 and 30 and made several visits to popular community locations including Jasmine Greens Kiosk, Umina Beach Shopping Centre and Deepwater Plaza.

should be alert to symptoms until mid-January,” Dr Sheppeard said. The infection is highly contagious and can spread through coughing or sneezing.

be susceptible to the infection, Dr Sheppeard said.

s usual, Susan Zgraja’s letter (WRC editon 155) was spot on in describing the project at Kangy Angy.

The contractors are, as you would expect, tight-lipped about the suitability of the site. They didn’t choose the location for the Railway Maintenance facility, but you don’t have to be too clever to see how they are struggling to overcome its limitations, particularly after the recent heavy rain. Kangy Angy residents did warn Transport for NSW about these issues but were met with blank stares, and the oftrepeated “It is the best site on the Coast for this facility”. The very fact that they

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FORUM were talked into it by the then Wyong Council as the only option, shows a lack of faith in their own ability to select an appropriate site after their team had originally selected eight potential sites. It does make you wonder if the effect on local residents and the style of the area were any part of the selection criteria. Apparently not.

Within the limitations of their contract, the contractors are attempting to minimise the effects on the locality, but that is a losing battle when you have to spend eight hours a day pounding the unsuitable ground into something usable for the project. Anyone for earmuffs? My wife grew up in London during the WWII blitz and finds it virtually impossible to live with the same sort of aural punishment all over again. We may well be driven out of what was an unspoiled rural location, but how do you sell a property with all this noise and construction activity going on around you? Email, Dec 13 Tony Caldersmith, Kangy Angy

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Gosford West Ward Councillor The Peninsula community’s push Richard MehrtensMeasles has received alert back against overdevelopment issued a two-paragraph answer from continues with more than 40 the council staff to a for question on Peninsula submissions lodged against According to NSW Health’s million Measles symptoms include NSW Health has issued notice regarding the future of Woy a $7.59 mixed-use communicable diseases director fever, sore eyes and a cough a measles alert for the anyone who followed three or four days later by Peninsula after a tourist Dr Vicky Sheppeard, Woy Town Centre. development on the corner of visited these locations at the same a red, blotchy rash spreading from

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“The time from exposure to the body. diagnosed with theseen disease.ondisease The full articles and more can be line on website to the our onset of symptoms Infants under 12 months, who The tourist from Canberra visited is typically about 10 days but can are too young to be vaccinated, the Peninsula between December www.centralcoastnews.Net They can also be seen beonas www.PeninsulaNews.info long as 18 days so people and young adults are most likely to SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda, 10 Dec 2018 Reporter: Jackie Pearson

NSW Health has issued a measles alert for the Peninsula after a tourist who visited Woy Woy and Umina over Christmas was diagnosed with the disease.

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Public exhibition of draft Tree and Council’s proposed Pile Burning Vegetation Management Policy labelled a very bad policy policy extended

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

Excessively non Publiccomplying exhibition of draft Tree Excessively non complying and Vegetation Management Terrigal development rejected Terrigal development policyrejected extended Central Coast Mayor, Jane Smith, has stressed need for Council to entral Coastthe Mayor, JaneitsSmith, enforce ownhas planning controls, stressed the need after an toapplication for a shop for Council enforce its planning controls, topown housing development at 5-7 after an application for a shop housing was refused at Church St,topTerrigal,

development at 5-7 Church St, Terrigal, was

Policy refused on at Open the finalPile Burning on Council meeting for land zoned environmental to be 2018. debated Smith moved for refusal of the application, which would Central Coast Council will look at have comprised two groundfloor shops,landowners 12 residential whether who want to units and 23 onsite carburn woody debris parking spaces, against the on land zoned advice of Council staff, making environmental will special mention of its level of need a permit, non-compliance. when Council’s draft Open Pile She said the development exceeded the number returns of Burning Policy to Council

The public exhibition period for the revised Draft Development Control Plan Chapter relating to Tree and Vegetation Management has been extended by Central Coast Council to January 28. Plan for the entire Central Coast on exhibition

Abrahams calls for multi party objection to off shore exploration Independent candidate for Robertson and local businessman, David Abrahams, has called for an end to all oil and gas exploration off the beaches of the Central Coast.

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Management has been Central Coast”. extended by Central “If the draft Chapter is not Coast Council to January amended, trees will be lost 28. unnecessarily,” a CEN direct

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mailout to members said. This extension, based “The draft Chapter generally on community feedback, will provide residents with requires landowners to additional time to lodge a obtain a permit from Council submission on the important to remove or prune a tree, harmonisation of tree and but the draft also describes vegetation management exemptions to avoid having to works policies across the obtain a Council permit. “Under the proposed Chapter, Central Coast. If adopted following trees may be removed without a permit if ‘evidence’ is exhibition, the existing Wyong and Gosford Development provided by an arborist with Trade (AQF3) qualifications Control Plans (DCP) would be amended to include the that they are dead or pose a risk to persons or property, and storeys by 25 per cent, had revised Chapter providing the no setback to Hudson La, and The subject land community with a consistent are not required as habitat for native fauna. no communal space had been policy until such time as A report from Council’s sets a poor precedent for that similar non-compliance “AQF3 training does not provided. Council adopts a Consolidated Environment and Planning future development in Terrigal with Council’s planning cover tree species, diseases, DCP. Smith said members of controls is acceptable; the Directorate had recommended CBD.” assessment or reporting. the community spent a lot of Council’s revised policy that Council grant conditional Clr Kyle MacGregor, who development exceeds the “Most tree-removers hold time and effort contributing consent to the proposal, but seconded the motion, said: number of storeys by 25 per relates to urban and AQF3 qualifications. to the development of local in a narrow vote, Councillors “The most important issue we cent; the external wall height environmental zoned lands, environment plans and “Since tree-removers are voted, seven to six, to refuse are dealing with here is what is a 23.55 per cent variation; and requires a land owner development control plans paid to remove trees, they consent for the $10.7M is the point of having planning maximum width of enclosed to obtain a permit before the with the expectation they have a clear conflict of interest pruning or removal of any development in the B2 Local controls if people won’t comply floor space at the fifth level would be enforced. if they are authorised to has exceedance of between tree or any vegetation located Centre zone. with them? greater than three metres from condemn trees. “Both the former Gosford “The development, as “I believe we should be 10 and 26 per cent; no setback a house or other approved and Wyong Councils had a “In addition, Council should it currently stands, has getting people to do their best to Hudson La, representing reputation for not enforcing 100 per cent variation; no building, where the proposed recognise the value of nonsignificant non-compliance to comply. pruning or tree removal is not native trees. their own planning controls,” communal space is provided, with the Development Control “In the event there is massive covered by a set of nominated she said. “In some areas, maples, Plan (DCP),” Smith said. variation and they are unable representing 100 per cent exemptions. “So I had hoped that as a jacarandas and other large “To approve this development to comply. then I think we’ve variation; no deep soil zones The articles and more can be seen on line on our website www.centralcoastnews.net Coast Community Council may also issue newfull Council, we could provide exotics provide theNews only when there is such non- got to have a pretty stringent are provided, representing 100 for minor clearing of canopy. These should be certainty to our community cent variation; and, no2260 side permits focusses on news specifically related to 2251, and articles can also be read and compliance with the DCP look atpost that andcode really goareas over per2250, land not associated with new and to developers by adopting retained while more natives would create an expectation the detail of it. and try and boundary setbacks for visual shared on your mobile phone by going toprivacy, www.coastcommunitynews.com.au. a more reflective decision representing 100 per development, and where the are introduced.” for similar concessions. find a better outcome for the clearing does not exceed the making process.” cent variation. “Although the DCP perhaps community.” Source: specified threshold. Smith said previous ICAC Media release, Nov 27 doesn’t have the strength of The refusal was based on Source: This revised policy accords reports showed problems Central Coast Council media a Local Environment Plan, and three points, with the resolution Agenda item 3.1, Dec 10 with recent NSW Government were created when councils Email, Dec 2 Central Coast Council ordinary one non-compliance may be saying that: “The development Community Environment Management and didn’t enforce their planning meeting Land considered acceptable, to have is not in the public interest as Network Jackie Pearson, journalist Biodiversity Conservation controls. so many non-compliances it will create an expectation

The long-awaited Consolidated Local Environmental Plan (LEP) for the entire Central Coast has been placed on exhibition until February 28.

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Chair of the Community reforms and will provide he public exhibition Network, Environment John period for the greater clarity for residents. The Community Environment Asquith, labelled Central Coast revised has Draft Development Control Network (CEN) has asked Council’s proposed Pile Burning Plan Chapter relating its members to make to “help save the to Tree and Vegetation Policy a “very badsubmissions policy”. trees in the back yards of the

Debate continues over animal circuses

Update on the release of information provided

With the Stardust Circus set to remain at Gosford’s Leagues Club Field until January 28, a local teen is ramping up her efforts to have circuses using live animals banned from the Central Coast Council

Council has provided an update on the release of information under the Government Information Public Access Act 2009 (GIPA Act) and on its proactive release program during the 2017-18 financial year.

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FORUM ago, insisted that coastal councils develop a sea level policy based on one metre of sea level rise over the next 50 years. I attended Wyong Shire Council’s meeting of the Coastal Management Committee and brought evidence that sea levels were in fact falling. Despite this data and an acknowledgment from a council officer that this was correct, they still went ahead and drafted a sea level policy allowing for 0.5 metres of sea level rise in the next 50 years. Anyone can look up this data and wonder why the hysteria exists. As for Carbon Dioxide, there has only been 2 occasions in the past 600 million years when levels have dropped below 400 PPM. These periods are now and 315 million years ago. I would argue that we are facing a loss of Carbon Dioxide, as levels

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peaked at 5,000 PPM. Plant life requires a minimum of 150 PPM to survive. Scientists have ignored history. Even in the last 2,500 years, we have had several dramatic climate changes, The Roman Warming, 250 BC to 400AD, The Medieval Warming, 950 to 1250 AD, The Little Ice Age, starting in 1300 AD and lasting till around 1870 AD. It was warmer 1,000 years ago. You see, climate changes, and to suggest that humans have a substantial impact is to ignore what has happened in the past. There have been seven dramatic cooling’s and seven warming events in the past 600 million years. I urge Governments at all levels to use common sense and tread carefully. Email, Dec 12 Garry Clifford, Glenning Valley

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FORUM This has created the sacking of the contractor, yet the damage has been done. As I have previously called for, what we need is a complete Human and Environmental Health audit on the region, as the further I look into the issues, the worse it gets. The cancer clusters are out of control, with many people now calling me to tell me their stories, and when we have preschoolers contracting brain cancer, we actually do have a massive health issue. As for the PFAS issue, I have employed the services of Denton Lawyers, the legal team fighting for the Williamtown community with their class action against the Federal

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oongarrah re s i d e n t , Darren Hill, has been identified as the man who died in a car crash at Berkeley Vale on Tuesday, January 15. According to police, Hill was on his way home from work when his Kia Rio was struck head on by a Land Rover Discovery, on Wyong Rd, just before 5am. Hill died at the scene. It is understood that the Land Rover was a stolen vehicle and was travelling along the wrong side of the road at the time of the incident. The driver of the Land Rover, believed to be a man aged in his 20’s, was seen fleeing the scene. Speaking to 7 News, Hill’s mother-in-law, Diane Connell, said her

even people from across the former Wyong LGA have been charged with 290 offences, following an investigation into the distribution of prohibited drugs on the Central Coast.

Darren Hill has been identified as the man who died during the incident family was devastated by the news of Hill’s death. “To be honest, I don’t know how they’ll survive without him. “He was just their rock and that’s been taken,” she said.

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Connell said the other driver’s actions were inexcusable and said the whole incident was a “horrendous act by a coward who ran off.” Investigators from the Crash Investigation Unit are continuing their inquiries into the events leading up to the crash, with Northern Region Traffic Tactician, Traffic and Highway Patrol Command Chief Inspector, Amanda Calder, appealing for anyone with information about the incident or other driver to come forward. A report will be prepared for the Coroner Source: Media release, Jan 15 NSW Police Media Interview, Jan 16 Diane Connell, 7 News

In October, 2018, investigators attached to Tuggerah Lakes Drug and Anti-Theft Unit established Strike Force Lamprey to investigate the supply of prohibited drugs. Following ongoing inquiries, at about 7:30am on Thursday, January 10, police executed six search warrants simultaneously at properties in Long Jetty, The Entrance and Bateau Bay. A number of items were seized including drugs, drug paraphernalia, mobile phones, prescription medication, and more than $50,000 cash. A 42-year-old man was arrested at a home in McLachlan Ave, Long Jetty. A 21-year-old woman was arrested at a unit in The Entrance Rd, The Entrance. They were both taken to Wyong Police Station and charged with supply prohibited drug (small quantity) (x19) and possess prohibited drug. A 54-year-old man was arrested at a unit in McLachlan Ave, Long Jetty. He was taken to Wyong

Police Station and charged with supply cannabis (indictable quantity), and possess prohibited drug (x2). Three men, aged 27, 34 and 64, and a 60-year-old woman, were all arrested at a home in Morley Ave, Bateau Bay. The 64-year-old man was charged with 159 drug offences, including 154 counts of supply prohibited drug. The 27-year-old man was charged with supply prohibited drug (x19) and knowingly participate in criminal group. The 34-year-old man was charged with supply prohibited drug (x8), possess prohibited drug (x3) and knowingly participate in criminal group. The seven men and 21-year-old woman were all refused bail to appear at Wyong Local Court on Friday, January 11. The 60-year-old woman was charged with supply prohibited drug (x3) and knowingly participate in criminal group. She was refused bail and appeared at Wyong Local Court on Thursday, January 10. Tuggerah Lakes Police District Commander, Superintendent John Gralton, said Strike Force Lamprey’s outcome is the result of a dedicated joint

operation. “The results demonstrate our commitment to investigate drug supply and put offenders before the court,” Superintendent Gralton said. “Strike Force Lamprey is the result of Tuggerah Lakes police coordinating with officers from Brisbane Water Police District and the State Crime Command Drug and Firearm Squad, and I thank all involved for their assistance. “We will continue to investigate, prevent and punish those involved in drug supply and other criminal activity,” Superintendent Gralton said. Two men from the former Gosford LGA were also arrested after Strike Force Lamprey raided homes in Holgate and Wamberal. A 41-year-old man was arrested at a home in Tall Timbers Rd, Wamberal. He was taken to Wyong Police Station and charged with 47 drug supply offences. A 37-year-old man was arrested at a home in Milina Rd, Holgate. He was taken to Gosford Police Station and charged with supply prohibited drug, possess prohibited drug, enhanced hydroponic cultivation of cannabis (commercial quantity), and dealing with proceeds of crime. Source: Media release, Jan 11 NSW Police Media

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man will face court over the death of a pedestrian in Gorokan. At about 6:30pm on Thursday, November 22, emergency services attended a crash on Marks Rd, Gorokan. Officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District

attended and located a 47-year-old man with severe injuries to his head, arm, and leg. He had been struck while crossing Marks Rd by a Ford Falcon sedan driven by a 27-year-old man. The 47-year-old man was unable to be revived.

The 27-year-old driver was uninjured. He was taken for mandatory blood and urine testing. Following inquiries by the officers attached to the Crash Investigation Unit, on Monday, January 14, the 27-year-old man was issued a Future Court Attendance Notice

for dangerous driving occasioning death, and negligent driving occasioning death. His licence has been suspended and he is due to appear at Wyong Local Court in March. Source: Media release, Jan 18 NSW Police Media

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man has been c h a r g e d following a crash in Tuggerah that left a woman with serious injuries. At about 8:40am on Thursday, December 27, a sedan travelling east on Johnson Rd, Tuggerah, hit a woman who was standing outside a motor vehicle dealership after dropping off her car. The sedan continued into the dealership where it crashed into a number of parked cars.

The 35-year-old woman suffered serious head and internal injuries and was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital, where she remains in a serious condition. The driver, a 27-year-old man, and passenger, a 30-year-old woman, were both taken to Gosford Hospital for treatment of minor injuries and have since been released. Officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District

established a crime scene, which was examined by officers from the Metropolitan Crash Investigation Unit. Following inquiries, the 27-year-old man was arrested and taken to Gosford Police Station. He was charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm. Source: Media release, Dec 28 NSW Police Media

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olice are investigating the circumstances surrounding the stabbing of a man in Toowoon Bay. At about 11:50pm on Monday, December 17, a 31-year-old man presented to The Entrance Police Station with a stab wound to his abdomen. NSW Ambulance paramedics were called,

and the man was treated before being air-lifted to Liverpool Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition. Early investigations have led officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District to establish a crime scene in the lower carpark of Toowoon Bay Beach, Toowoon Bay. It’s believed the

31-year-old man was sitting in his car with a woman when they were approached by a man. The man allegedly reached into the car and stabbed the victim before fleeing the scene. The woman drove the victim to The Entrance Police Station where they sought treatment. Investigations continue. Source: Media release, Dec 18 NSW Police Media

Man charged with possessing a shortened firearm

44 year old man has been charged with possessing a shortened firearm in Toukley. At about 10:45pm on Thursday, January 3, police were called to Crossingham St, after reports that a man was walking around with a firearm. Police from Tuggerah Lakes Police District attended and identified a home in the street where

the man was believed to have gone. The officers attended, and after speaking to a woman in the premises, commenced a search. A man in the home was spoken to by the officers, who subsequently located a loaded shotgun on the rear roof of the home. Officers also seized several other items for

forensic examination. The man was arrested and conveyed to Wyong Police Station. He was later charged with possess shortened firearm without authority, not keep firearm safelyprohibited firearm, possess ammunition without holding licence and acquire firearm subject to prohibition order. Source: Media release, Jan 5 NSW Police Media

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30-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured in a multi vehicle accident in Long Jetty. Just before 4pm on Tuesday, January 15, police were called to Tuggerah Pde, near Lake St, after a motorcycle and Holden Commodore station wagon collided. The male motorcyclist was airlifted by the

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Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: http://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/ Information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

The 53-year-old driver of the Holden was not injured but was taken to Wyong Hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing. His male passenger suffered minor injuries but did not seek hospital treatment. A crime scene has been established as investigations continue.

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hree people have been arrested following a police pursuit through Lake Macquarie and the Northern Central Coast. At about 3:15pm, on Thursday, January 3, a 36-year-old woman was driving a Mitsubishi Pajero on Wakefield Rd, Ryhope, when she pulled over to the side of the road. Whilst pulled over, she was threatened by a man with an axe, who forced her from the car. The man, as well as another man and woman, then entered the vehicle and drove from the scene.

At about 3:30pm, police received several reports of a vehicle being driven erratically on the M1 near Warnervale. A short pursuit was initiated, but terminated shortly after, due to safety concerns. Police located the vehicle at the intersection of Sparks Rd and Minnesota Rd, after it collided with another car. The sole occupant of the second car sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene by paramedics. Three offenders from the Pajero, two men

aged 32 and 20, and a 22-year-old woman, were arrested by police at the scene before being taken to John Hunter Hospital with minor injuries. Officers from Tuggerah Lakes and Lake Macquarie Police Districts established a crime scene and are investigating the incident. Initial inquiries suggest that another vehicle, which was stolen from Queensland, was dumped on the M1 motorway at Ryhope by the offenders shortly before this incident. Inquiries continue. Source: Media release, Jan 3 NSW Police Media

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new state-wide campaign aimed at mobilising members of the public in the fight against illicit drugs is underway in Tuggerah Lakes Police District. The Dob in a Dealer campaign, funded by the Commonwealth Government, is aimed at stopping Australia’s supply of illicit drugs, including methylamphetamine (ice), cocaine, MDMA, heroin and cannabis. The campaign is being held in 14 locations across NSW, with police and Crime Stoppers conducting intensive community-engagement activities to highlight the important role that members of the public play in helping police shut down drugmanufacturing syndicates and arrest drug suppliers. Local residents are being urged to contact Crime Stoppers to report drug-dealing activities, with all information treated in the strictest of confidence. Tuggerah Lakes Police District Commander, Superintendent John Gralton, said the manufacture and supply of illicit drugs remains of serious concern to the community, particularly in areas where it has taken hold, and is seriously impacting the lives of people who live there. “Our officers see the impact of illicit drugs in the community on a daily basis, and police, together with the community, want it to stop,” Supt Gralton said. “The message we want to share today is that the community can help police stem the flow of drugs by providing confidential information

about those involved in the manufacture and supply. “Members of the public should not feel bad about dobbing in drug dealers as they do not care about you or your family, they do not care if people become addicted, commit crimes to feed their habit, or overdose and die. “They only care about the money they can make,” Supt Gralton said. Crime Stoppers NSW CEO, Peter Price, said responding to drugrelated offences not only costs millions of dollars in healthcare and law enforcement, but tragically and unnecessarily, it costs human lives. “Someone’s son or daughter is likely to die today because of a drug dealer selling their poison for profit,” Price said. “We know from history that public support helps police intervene in criminal activity and disrupt organised crime gangs who are responsible for the manufacture and supply of these drugs. “When this campaign was first launch in 2016, reports to Crime Stoppers about drug related activity increased by 126 per cent. “We don’t want to know who you are, we just want to know what you know. “We’re asking you to be a mate and look out for the welfare of family, friends and colleagues by reporting to Crime Stoppers anything you have seen or heard that could relate to the import, manufacture or supply of illicit drugs, and help police bring those responsible to justice,” Price said. Source: Media release, Jan 8 NSW Police Media

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Powered by Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS), Febfast is the great Australian pause from alcohol, sugar or something of your choice, for the month of February, in support of disadvantaged young people aged 12-25 across the country. Participants are encouraged to give up something of their choice and register to take on the challenge. The money raised funds youth workers who dedicate their time to connect young people with the support, programs and services they require to overcome adversity and realise opportunity. Torrens University’s Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU) revealed in 2017 that the former Wyong Shire was the cancer capital of the Central Coast, with cancer rates 20 per cent higher for all forms of the disease than the NSW average. The suburbs of Wyong and Watanobbi were revealed as the Coast’s cancer cluster, recording individual cancer rates 20 per cent above the state average. Blue Haven, Doyalson and Chain Valley Bay were also labelled cancer hot spots, recording rates 16 per cent higher that the state average.

Women across the Coast’s north are being urged to take part in Febfast to help lower breast cancer cases in the region Dr Ling said Febfast was the perfect opportunity for local women to give their breast care a boost by giving up alcohol for the month. “Recent research has shown that wine o’clock during our working week is a contributing factor for breast cancer that many women may be underestimating. “The evidence is solid, with a recent Cancer Council Australia report stating that one in five of the nation’s breast cancer cases is now linked to excessive alcohol consumption,” Dr Ling said. According to Dr Ling, the alcohol increases the risk of breast cancer through two main ways: Alcohol is broken down by the body into a toxic chemical called

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he Student Leadership Team from Wadalba Community School ended their 2018 by donating over $5,000 worth of funding to five different charities. According to Principal, Jason McGrath, the Leadership Team raised

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speakers for the COLA, and $400 to be put back into leadership projects. “We also raised $500 for Catholic Care Safe Houses with White Ribbon Day events. “Students also raised a big $1,000 for embattled farmers,” McGrath said. Source: Website, Dec 18 Jason McGrath, Wadalba Community School

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tudents from all three campuses of Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College have donated over 200 gift items for disadvantaged children. A gift drive was held across all three campuses throughout November, calling for the donation of specific items to fill a list of Christmas wishes provided to the College by local charities. “We have just finished sorting the gifts from the gift drive.

“Thank you to Berkeley Vale, Tumbi Umbi and The Entrance Campus staff and students who made 248 wishes come true,” said The Entrance Campus Principal, Kirrily Harvey. The donations were

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ear 10 students from St Peter’s Catholic College, Tuggerah, took part in a voluntary tree planting exercise, on November 21. Students visited the Pioneer Dairy Wetlands in Tuggerah to plant native species. “Students planted eucalyptus saplings, acacias, some of the threatened Melaleuca

Biconvexa and ground covers,” said College Principal, Tim Hildebrandt. “The students had fun finding out about the management of this area, digging in the soil, spotting worms and learning how to plant a tree for successful growth. “We hope these students revisit the site to see their trees grow,” he continued.

December 6. “Welcome to your school Kinder 2019. “We loved seeing your smiling faces at orientation and there were many proud big brothers and sisters

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“Thank you to, Jed Field, a local ecologist working with the Wetland Trust that manages this site, for the expertise and time that he gave to the students. “Thank you to these wonderful students for getting into this and giving back to our community and environment,” Hildebrandt said. Source: Website, Nov 21 Tim Hildebrandt, St Peter’s Catholic College Tuggerah

Kindergarten cohort welcomed t Mary’s Catholic School, Noraville, welcomed students from its Kindergarten cohort for 2019 during their Kindergarten Orientation, on

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about to welcome you,” said Principal, Kevin Williams. Source: Website, Dec 6 Kevin Williams, St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Noraville

Lake Munmorah High School’s 2019 Student Leadership Team

ake Munmorah High School has unveiled its 2019 Student Leadership Team. The school’s 2019 Captains are, Travis Howard and Madison Small.

Vice Captains are, Lilly Jackson and Will Tolputt. Sports Captains are, Emillie Heinemann and Ryan Nuttridge. Rounding out the 2019 team are Prefects, Kaden Munise and Daphne Byron.

“We look forward to seeing amazing things from this wonderful team,” said Principal, Tony Keevill, said. Source: Website, Dec 18 Tony Keevill, Lake Munmorah High School

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FREE Holiday fun at The Entrance Weekdays during the January school holidays Monday 7 January – Friday 25 January. Bring the kids down to The Entrance these school holidays for a range of fun free activites. Live Entertainment 7, 14-15, 17-21, 25 January Waterfront Plaza

Monster Bubbles 16 January Memorial Park

Slime Workshop 23-24 January Waterfront Plaza

Dinosaurs – Life Long Ago 8 January Waterfront Plaza

Chalk The Walk 17-20 January Waterfront Plaza

Dinosaur Train Show 9-11 January Memorial Park Stage

African Drumming 22 January Memorial Park

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2019 Love Lanes Festival has extra areas and more events

reparations for the 2019 Love Lanes Festival are well underway, with event organisers, Central Coast Council, teasing some of this year’s event highlights. Love Lanes Festival is an annual event held in Wyong on February 9 from 4pm. Linked to Valentine’s Day, Love Lanes showcases Wyong in its best light, with three lanes, four stages and one park filled with entertainment, culture, dining, retail and educational experiences. “This one day festival is a combination of colours, sounds and smells, with the buzz, hype and vibe of an outdoor community street festival, encompassing the theme of love. This year’s event will be spread across Coastwide First National Lane, Bakers Lane, Robley’s Lane and Wyong Town

Park. Coastwide National Lane will be this years go to foodie destination, offering visitors a smorgasbord of produce, sourced from around Wyong, to enjoy. Coastwide National Lane will also be the shopaholic’s paradise with an array of local retailers setting up market stalls throughout the laneway. This lane will also host the Main Stage which features the Festival’s headlining acts: Pinkish Blue, Uncle Jed, I Know Leopard and Eliott. The Fishbowl Arcade is also located in this lane. An immersive and interactive arcade, The Fishbowl will feature roaming performers and other entertainment. The twinkling lights of the laneway’s piazza also make for an enjoyable experience come sunset. Bakers Lane will feature the Musicians Making a Difference (MMAD)

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Stage, The Motel Mezza Chill Zone, The Teenagers Zone and the Wyong Baptist Church (WBC) Kids Zone. The Lounge Room is the social enterprise of MMAD, a creative community space in Gosford. Feature artists gracing the MMAD Stage include: Riley Lovell, Libby Ingles, Bjorn Kjell, Justin Kelderman, Anthony Snape and Samm Tracy. Visitors are encouraged to soak up the sun and enjoy the live music in Motel Mezza’s licenced chill-out area, or relax and re-energize while indulging your tastebuds in a Middle Eastern style BBQ, with a selection of delicious beverages, or stop by and stay a while at the WBC Kidz Zone where c hildren can enjoy an array of free activities including craft and face painting, and rid some excess energy on the jumping castle, soft play, yard games plus much more.

The Teenage Zone will also include an array of free activities including a free rock climbing wall. Visitors are also encouraged to take a stroll down Robley’s Lane and enjoy good times accompanied by great tunes and cold beverages in the licensed bar area. They will be able to explore the market precinct or relax on the spacious Chapman Building lawn while enjoying the talented aerial performers and the entertaining buskers. An entirely new and exciting part of Love Lanes this year will be at Wyong Town Park where the stalls of local community organisations and information on how they share the love in our community will be. This area will also have free kid’s art and craft activities, a drumming circle and performances on the Wyong Town Park Stage. Roundabout Circus

will encourage people to roll up and join in the interactive circus activities as well and this area will also feature the Festival’s major digital art installation, The Lightness of Love. Experiential media artists, Chuck Grotte and Dale Collier, have collaborated to present an interactive projection there. Trees, stairwells and paths will all come to life with colour and movement. The Lightness of Love is a work created to honour those who show the community that love is more than something you feel, it is something you do. Wyong Town Park will also have its own stage, showcasing a variety of feature acts including: Central Coast Music Factory, XTRACT Drama Show, Bridgette Johnson, Kel K Styling Love Yourself Fashion Show, Central Coast Ukulele Club, Marlee

Carter and the Lee Academy Dancers. This year’s Festival will also feature a Wyong CDB Heritage Walk. Visitors will be able to follow the newly installed Heritage signs that showcase the rich history of the Wyong township. Guided tours will be hosted by the Wyong Family History Group and will give a peek into life in Wyong over 100 years ago. The tours will finish at the historic Royal Hotel, celebrating 130 years in 2019. Entry is free but some events and activities at the Festival will incur a cost/require prior registration. For a full list of events, including performance times, visit Central Coast Council’s website. Source: Document, Jan 18 Love Lanes Festival 2019 Program Website, Jan 18 Love Lanes Festival 2019 Dilon Luke, Journalist

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Breakfast with the Birds

Wedding to be a part of Love Lanes Festival

he Royal Hotel, Wyong, will host a Royal Wedding as part of the 2019 Love Lanes Festival. According to Hotel owner, Marney McQueen, The Royal Hotel has teamed up with a number of local businesses to create a Royal Wedding Package for one lucky couple, valued at over $7,000. “The winners were Wyong couple, Jock Cunningham and Angela Johns, who have been together for 15 years, and have known each other for 30 years,” said McQueen. “Jock is a Scotsman and his bride will be piped down the aisle by a Scottish bagpiper. “They will have a bridal party of four, including Angie’s sister, Debbie, and her husband, Mario,

T Jock’s son, Aaron, and Angie’s best friend, Val. “Jock’s brother Eddie will be coming from Scotland. “The brothers have not seen each other for 26 years. “Jock’s sister, Irene, will also be coming from Scotland for a reunion after 13 years. “What better occasion than a Royal Wedding to bring them all together,” McQueen said.

According to McQueen, the prize was hotly contested, with an overwhelming number of couples entering. “It is going to be an amazing wedding, and we have been inspired to do it all again next year. “Congratulations and all the best to Jock and Angie, the happy couple,” McQueen said.

he Community Environment Network (CEN), is hosting a Breakfast with the Birds at Tuggerah’s Pioneer Dairy Wetlands, on February 2, in celebration of World Wetlands Day.

The international theme for World Wetlands Day 2019 is Wetlands and Climate Change. “Earth’s climate is changing, temperatures are rising, oceans are warming, snow and ice are melting and sea levels are rising faster than recorded during any Source: Media release, Jan 18 previous century,” said Marney McQueen, Royal CEN Chair, John Asquith. Hotel, Wyong ADVERTISEMENT

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he Entrance waterfront is set to come alive on Australia Day with an array of family friendly activities throughout Memorial Park. Glenn Shorrock will headline a stellar lineup of local musicians and entertainers on the Memorial Park Main Stage, with amusement rides, roaming entertainers, food vendors and a smorgasbord of children’s activities also crowding into the park. The popular Vera’s Water Garden will also be switched on for kids to beat the heat. There will also be a free activities zone with a huge chess set, Mega 4, bowling, sack races and plenty more for the whole family to enjoy. The festivities will conclude with a fireworks display.

Craig Reucassel to discuss War on Waste at free event

entral Coast Council is encouraging the community to secure their free tickets to hear from, Craig Reucassel, host of the ABC’s popular War on Waste program, at a community event at The Art House, Wyong.

All the action commences from 1:30pm with the fireworks display rounding out the festivities from 9pm. Council has advised the following road closures will be in effect from 4pm on January 25: Marine Pde, The Entrance, between The Entrance Rd and Beach St; Marine Pde Carpark; The Entrance Rd via Victoria St; and, Coral St, east of Duffy’s Lane.

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Council advises revellers travelling from north of The Entrance Bridge to park on the north side of the bridge and walk to Memorial Park. Visitors travelling south to The Entrance are advised to park away from the road closure area and walk to Memorial Park. Source: Media release, Jan 9 Central Coast Council Media

The Chaser alumni will be speaking from 6-7pm on February 20, and will discuss with residents practical ways to reduce household waste. Central Coast Mayor, Jane Smith, said she was pleased Council had secured such a high profile advocate who is keen and willing to share his knowledge and experience with the community to create positive change on the

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Central Coast. “Working towards more than 45 per cent of domestic waste being diverted from our landfill sites each year is a key deliverable of our first Community Strategic Plan, as is educating the community on practical ways to do this,” Mayor

Smith said. “Drawing on his knowledge from the last two seasons of War on Waste, Craig will talk about the staggering amounts of food, fashion, packaging and electronics we produce and consume in Australia, and how we can all be a part of the solution to reduce waste. “If your new year’s resolution was to become more waste conscious, then this free event is not to be missed,” Mayor Smith said. Attendees will also receive a sustainable gift to help them improve waste behaviours and will be invited to sign a pledge to undertake more sustainable waste practices. Source: Media release, Jan 10 Central Coast Council Media

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A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF EVENTS OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS ON THE CENTRAL COAST THURSDAY, JAN 24

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Your Child’s Brain on Marine Debris Music with Dr Anita Workshop - Saltwater Creek, Collins, Laycock Street Theatre Lions Park Long Jetty, Auditorium, Free, 3 - 5pm Ticketed, 6 - 8pm 4349 4757 43233233 https://centralcoastconservaFRIDAY, JAN 25 torium.com.au/

Music Educators & Clay Mega Beasties, Teachers Gosford Regional Gallery, Workshop: Music Bookings essential, learning and the brain, 10:30am - 12:30pm, Robert Knox Hall, Clay Dungeons & Castles, Ticketed, 1:30 - 3:30pm 9:30am - 12:30pm Back to School Kids https://centralcoastconservatorium.com.au/ Cooking Classes, Imperial Centre, TicketFriday Fun Craft, ed, 21/01 - 25/01, Erina Library, 2 - 4pm Multiple Sessions

History Group - $5 Friday Films, ‘Back to Bourke’,

The Life & Music of Stevie Wright and The Easybeats, Ettalong Diggers, Ticketed, 8pm 4343 0111 The Mural Project, RYSS Wyoming, Free Youth Event for 12 25 yrs, 11am - 4pm

SATURDAY, JAN 26

Taylor Henderson, Laycock Street Theatre Auditorium, Ticketed, 7:30pm Pearl Beach Aboriginal

Australia Day at The Foreshore Woy Woy & Memorial Park The Entrance, Free, 2 - 9pm centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ events

Australia Day Steak Competition and Kids BBQ Comp, The Dam Hotel

Australia Day BBQ on the Terrace, Ettalong Diggers, Bookings essential 4343 0111

Spencer Cup Riverside Markets, Spencer Foreshore, Free, 10am - 3pm

TUESDAY, JAN 29

SATURDAY, FEB 2 World Wetlands Day, Central Coast Wetlands - Pioneer Dairy, Ticketed, Bookings essential, 8am - 11am

Wyong Neighbourhood Centre Inc - Come and join us for some Wood Fired Tracey-Lee Psychic Pizza, 8 Rankens Court Medium, Wyong, Ticketed, Central Coast Leagues Club 5:30 - 7:30pm in the Parkview Room, Ticketed, 7pm

WEDNESDAY, JAN 30

Gosford Raceday, The Entertainment Grounds Gosford, Ticketed, 12pm - 6pm

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Troubadour Folkclub : The Wonderfull Winter Wilson, St Lukes Hall, Ticketed, 7pm

Wildplant Community Nursery Sale Day, CEN Office Ourimbah, 9am - 12pm

Craft Beer, Burgers & Blues Weekend, The Dam Hotel

SUNDAY, FEB 3

controls, Erina Room at Erina Fair, 6 - 8pm SATURDAY, FEB 9

Marine Discovery Clean Up Australia Day Centre - Love The at the Terrigal Lagoon, Lagoon Project, Meet at the front of the Terrigal Scout Hall, Marine Centre, 8am Ticketed, 9:30am - 2pm 4349 4756 Coast Onscreen Seniors Short Film Workshops: Short Film Aspects, Workshop 1, Bookings required, 10am - 2pm

UB40 FT Ali Campbell & Astro, The Entertainment Grounds Gosford, Ticketed, 8pm

Terrigal Love Our Lagoon Project: Water Quality & Marine Debris Workshop, Gary Puckett and The Terrigal Scout Hall, Union Gap, Ticketed, Ettalong Diggers, 9:30am - 2:30pm Ticketed, 7:30pm register at www.ccmdc.org. 4343 0111 au/events-

Tuggerah Lakes U3A presents Two Travel Talks: By train through China and The Songs of Neil Young, Avoca Beachside Markets, Tibet and Adventures in Laycock Street Community Heazlett Park Foreshore, Croatia and nearby islands, Theatre, Ticketed, The Entrance/Long Jetty Free, 9am - 2pm 8pm WEDNESDAY, FEB 6 Summer Spandex - cutting RSL Hall, 10am - 12pm edge cabaret-performance, Blues Express II - FundraisSenior Moments, Laycock Street Community Aussie Nightmarkets, er for Gosford Hospital, Central Coast Council The Art House Wyong, Theatre, Ticketed, The Entertainment Grounds Hardys Bay Club, Pop up Stall Ticketed, Multiple screen8pm Gosford, 5pm - 10pm 7pm consolidating planning ings

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Australia Day with Driftwood, Hardys Bay Club, 2pm

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Warnervale move to equal first position on the First Grade cricket table W

arnervale have moved to equal first position of the Central Coast Cricket Association First Grade table, following the completion of Round 13, on January 19. L i s a ro w - O u r i m b a h , Northern Power, and Narara-Wyoming were also winners in Round 13. At Erina Oval, Warnervale were able to gain an outright victory over Kincumber-Avoca after an enthralling day two of play. Trailing by 31 runs with six wickets in hand when play resumed, the Wildcats lost only one further wicket before passing KincumberAvoca’s total, and then proceeded to lift the total to 215 before being dismissed. Kane Harmsworth was the standout with the bat, with a quick fire 46, whilst, John Boyd, was run out for a dogged 25, the same total, Daniel Hill, managed at the end of the innings. With a lead of 88 runs with 68 overs still to play, Warnervale invited Kincumber-Avoca to have a second bat, and struck immediately when Harmsworth had Swaine caught at slip with just seven runs on the board. The Griffens batsmen then dug in, with, Ryan Jewiss 25, Harry Woodhead 31, and, Nathan Auslebrook 20, showing great determination, and it looked as though they were going to thwart off an outright defeat, however, first, Lance Keen 2/30, and then, Harmsworth 3/24, were able to gain vital breakthroughs before skipper, Simon Keen 4/15, was able to make short work of the tail. In all, Kincumber-Avoca lost their last six wickets for 28 runs, to be all out for 112, giving them a

lead of just 24 runs, which Warnervale were able to score without the loss of any wickets, with 10 overs to spare. Whilst the 10 points were important for Warnervale, what would have been more pleasing was the form with both bat and ball off Harmsworth, who on his day, is the most destructive player in Central Coast Cricket, and also, the successful return to the bowling crease of Keen. Burly spinner, Nick Babcock, and reliable quick, Dave Molan, came to the fore as the Northern Power recorded a much needed win over Terrigal-Matcham. The win saw Northern Power remain in striking distance of the top four, however the loss for Terrigal Matcham leaves them with plenty of work to do if they are to contest the finals. Chasing Northern Power’s total of 229, Terrigal Matcham suffered the loss of two early wickets. However, Dante Otto and Ryan James, rescued the innings with a 45 run partnership for the third wicket. When, Nathan Stokes, took the valuable wicket of James, Babcock and Molan worked in tandem to take the final seven Bellbirds’ wickets for the loss of just 17 runs. For the second week in a row, Babcock mesmerized the opposition batsmen taking 4/24 off 12 overs, whilst Molan took 4/31 off 13 overs, three of which were caught behind by, James McCrombie. Batting a second time, Terrigal-Matcham fared only marginally better, finishing the day at 7/85, however it took resolute defence of, Gamal Strik and Josh Toohey, who survived 87 balls between them to thwart off an outright loss. Nathan Stokes was the

most successful Northern Power bowler with three wickets. With the first innings result already decided, Wyong and The Entrance played out a sedate second day, with Wyong claiming the first innings win and remaining on top of the table. Resuming at 4/81, Wyong were dismissed for 128, with, Kris Capeski 5/24 and Kobe Allison 3/30, doing the damage. With 63 overs still to play, The Entrance chose to use these for batting practice, and when stumps were called, they were 3/73, with, Ben Day 29 and Ash Hardy 21, both unbeaten. Source: Media release, Jan 21 Garry Burkinshaw, Cricket NSW

Tarnae Mahon

ix Wyong Roos’ players have been named to Central Coast R o o s t e r s ’ Representative Squads for the 2019 season. Roos’ players, Luke Sharpe, Kye Martin, Jarrod Kessler and Tarnae Mahon, will all contest the 2019 Country Championship with the Roosters’ Under 23’s Squad. Sharpe was a standout for Wyong in the 2017 and 2018 Intrust Super Premiership. Martin, Kessler and Mahon have represented

the club in the last two First Grade Grand Finals. “All four will do themselves and the Club proud,” said Roos’ First Grade Coach, Anthony Clarke. The Roosters’ Under 23’s will face Monaro at Morry Breen Oval on March 16. The Roos’, Claire Reed and Emma Frost, were also named to the Central Coast Roosters’ Women’s Representative Squad for the inaugural Country Rugby League Women’s Championship. “The huge advance in the women’s side of the game demanded a top level representative

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Emma Frost competition to parallel the men’s Under 23’s,” Clarke said. “The Women’s Squad will play 13 a side tackle matches for the first time in 2019 in a Country Championship format. “Wyong Roos is honoured and proud to have Claire and Emma selected to represent Central Coast Division,” Clarke added. Like the Under 23’s, the Women’s team will meet Monaro at Morry Breen Oval on March 16. Source: Website, Jan 4 Anthony Clarke, Wyong Roos

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COMMUNITY GROUPS Bateau Bay Men’s Shed

Country Women’s Association of NSWToukley

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

Monthly Market 2nd Sat 9am-1pm 175 Main Rd, Books, bric-a-brac, cakes, Devonshire tea, handicrafts, plants, preserves, sausage sizzle, fun, fellowship, fundraising Meetings 1st Wed monthly 10am

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Gambling Solutions

0435 807 633

Bateau Bay Neighbourhood Centre

Information, Child & Adult Groups & Services, Youth Worker, Free Counselling, Energy Account assistance (EAPA), Food Assistance (incl. Food Store), Op Shop, Computer Lessons, Equipment (PCs, Laundry Facilities & Lawnmower),Community Events.

4332 7450

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Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre

0402 800 502

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

4344 7992

Freemasons

Annual event 4th Thurs in May each year Regular event 4th Thurs monthly from 10am Ladies are invited Morisset Masonic Centre Westlake Daylight Masonic Lodge 5 Yambo Street Morisset

Information & Referral, Talks & Jack Harris 4392 1231 Information Sessions. Energy Account Assistance (EAPA), Freemasons Counselling (concession available), Lodge Toukley 933 Food Help, & Access to PCs, Meets 1st Wednesday each month Internet & Printing. Toy Library, - Toukley Memorial Hall Pearce Community Garden & Activities Street Toukley Groups including Cards, Indoor John Jenkins 4392 1631 Bowls, Mah-jong & Berkeley Vale Walking for Pleasure. School Friendly Travellers Holiday Activities & Workshops.

4388 5801

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Central Coast Caravanners Inc

3rd Sun Monthly Visitors - New Members welcome, Trips Away, Social Outings, friendship with like minded senior folk - Details from Geoff

0447 882 150

Central Coast Community Legal Centre Not for profit service providing free legal advice. Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

4353 4988

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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

0412 200 571 0437 699 366 50pssg@gmail.com

The Creative Compassion Centre Inc. Secondhand Shopping, Upcycling Minimalism, Creativity, Community Lounge Area, Free Wifi, or a cuppa and chat, call in and see us at 5/2232 Pacific Highway (Next to BYO Cellars) Opening hours Mon-Sat - 9-4pm

0437 048 815

Caravan Club

Caravans, Tents, Mobile Homes, All welcome plus social outings & trips away New memebers and visitors are invited to attend

Seeking volunteers for added community desks in Wyong Area Free Insurance and training provided

0418 493 388 marketing@nswja.org

The Lions Club of The Entrance Inc

Serve your community make friends, join Lions. 1st and 3rd Wed, North Entrance Surf Club. Runs The Entrance Markets Sunday Mornings Behind The Entrance Cinema.

0488 286 006

theentrancelions@gmail.com

Tuggerah Lakes Toastmasters Club

Thinking about being more effective and more persuasive? Learn clarity, brevity, context, impact and value. This is achievable at Tuggerah Lakes Toastmasters

0409 487 095

Toukley Presbyterian Church

Hargraves St & Victoria Ave Family Service (Sunday School 9.30am) Cafe Church - informal (in hall 5pm) Community Activities ALL WELCOME toukleypc.org.au

4392 9904

Volunteering Central Coast

Refer potential volunteers to community organisations and provide support to volunteers and 0458 645 979 www.friendlytravellers.com community organisations. Training for volunteers and Lake Munmorah 50s Plus managers of volunteers Information Sessions held regularly Leisure and Learning across the Coast Club 4329 7122 Computer Classes, dancing, recruit@volcc.org.au 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, line-dancing, tai chi and more - 9am to 3pm

4332 5522

The Lunch Bunch

Social lunches for seniors on the Central Coast, meet at 12 noon 1st Sun - Tigers Club, Bateau Bay 3rd Sun - Breakers Club, Wamberal Call or SMS 0418 772 569

The NSW Justices Association Inc

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

GARDEN CLUBS Central Coast Permaculture

meet friendly like minded people at our information night held at Tuggerah Community Hall on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. 6:30 for 7pm start

Bob on 0412 133 808

HEALTH GROUPS Better Hearing Australia Central Coast

Hearing loss management Support and educational groups providing practical experience and confidence Learn the benefits of hearing aids

4321 0275

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Wyong) Meet last Friday Month Terrigal Uniting Church 380 Terrigal Dre, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon

4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

Food Addicts in recovery anonymous

Having trouble controlling the way you eat? Over weight, under weight, obsessed with food, weight or diet? Wednesdays 6:30pm Sanremo Neighbourhood Centre

0404 044 610 0419 201 056

GROW Support Groups

Music eduction provided Rehearsals Tue 7pm Gosford TAFE Lots of Performance opportunities, or hire us for your next event.

0412 948 450

coastalacappella@gmail.com

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

Central Coast Greens

The Central Coast Greens For a fairer, more transparent and accountable government based on democratic principles Local, state-wide, national and international issues and campaigns - Council and parliamentary representation - Developing a new economy Protecting our environment Peaceful conflict resolution Community participation We meet monthly every 3rd Thu - Details and info: centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.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

Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and to improve mental health and wellbeing. Anonymous, free and open to all. Weekly meetings at Bateau Bay and Wyong

To support and promote NSW Labor within the Warnervale area. 3rd Tue 7pm Hamlyn Terrace Community Centre

www.grow.org.au

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HISTORY GROUPS

PROBUS CLUBS

Museum & Historical Society Wyong District

Tuggerah Combined Probus Club Inc

1800 558 268

Groups/Schools Welcome Morning tea/lunch for group bookings, wheelchair friendly, Alison Homestead 1 Cape Rd Wyong Open Sun-Thur 10am-2pm

Warnervale Branch - NSW Labor Party

0419 128 497

Meet new friends and enjoy social events. 2nd Thur., 10:30am, guest speakers. Social outings 3rd Thur. Woodbury Park Community Hall, Mardi

4351 0450

Wyong Toastmasters 4352 1886 Club www.alisonhomestead.com.au Probus Club A friendly way to improve of Wyong Inc public speaking and meet at wyong golf club leadership skills, stay sharp, 4th Mon, Morning Tea, Guest and increase confidence. 1st, Soundwaves Speakers, regular monthly outings 3rd, 5th Friday A cappella harmony for Men – new 4352 3692 10:30 - 12:30 Wyong RSL. All members welcome. Rehearsals probuswyong55090@gmail.com welcome. Mondays 7.00pm to 9.30pm 0432 570 935 Central Coast Leagues Club, Dane

MUSIC

Wyong Uniting Church Sunday Service 9am All welcome - Bible study Watanobbi Road Wyong Weekly writers group

4352 1528

Drive, Gosford

Ring Max on 4324 3631 or Kieran 4324 1977

SERVICE GROUPS

Inner Wheel Club Wyong

Women’s club with the common interest of giving back to the Coastal a Cappella community while developing lasting Vibrant women’s a cappella chorus friendships. 7.00 pm 3rd Wed new members welcome. Wyong Uniting Church

4393 2755

iiw.au.wyong@gmail.com

The Lions Club of Wyong Inc

47 years supporting local activities Join us - Meet new friends 4th Tues Monthly 6:30pm Don Small / Lions retirement village Call James

0415 909 269

www.wyong.nsw.lions.org.au

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

0409 449 498

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SPECIAL INTEREST 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

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

Tuggerah Lakes U3A The Entrance - cryptic

crosswords, play reading Bateau Bay - Memoirs, Reading Group - Killarney Vale - Talks, Mah Jong - Toukley - Creative Writing Berkley Vale - Music appreciation - Chittaway Bay - Movies

4390 2451

www.tugglakesu3a.info

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

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Combined community effort results in a new storage shed for Norah Head surfers

orah Head S u r fi n g F r a t e r n i t y ’s equipment storage shed was recently opened by Member for Wyong, David Harris. The shed is built on Crown Land, sub-let through the Norah Head Sporties Club, a major sponsor of the Fraternity. The shed was required to safely store the ever increasing amount of equipment the club needs to be able to operate. It was built at a total cost of around $115,000, with the aid of $50,000 provided by the NSW Community Benefits Program, a result of a successful grant application in 2016. Most of the work performed on the project

The Norah Head Surfing Fraternity and guests celebrating the opening of their new shed was carried out by volunteer labour provided by club members, many of whom are employed and qualified in most aspects of the building industry, and local businesses. Central Coast Rack and Shelving and Mightylagg Pty Ltd also donated equipment hire. “The Norah Head

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Surfing Fraternity (NHSF) has a rich and proud history of involvement in competitive surfing for over 40 years,” Harris told the crowd at the opening. “You have a hardworking committee who are doing a great job for the local community by providing a good club environment for your members. “I see the results of the club’s organisational skills when you run your monthly contests at Soldiers Beach. “It is most impressive that you are also able to unite to put in a combined effort and pull together the local community to help build this much needed facility for the safe storage of the essential equipment required to successfully run the club. “This building will be of great benefit to current and future members, and it is terrific to see the three generations of members so well represented here today,” he continued. “This project represents exactly what the Community Benefits Program is about: clubs like yours showing initiative and working

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hard to provide important community facilities with assistance from our grants programs. “I congratulate the club on your efforts in bringing this project to fruition,

and I hope that you have much future success and continue to grow as an important local community organisation for generations to come,” he said. NHSF President, Brett Courte, said the club was proud of its efforts and the commitment of members to the project. He also praised the local business community which supported the effort in many ways, especially club member, Michael Whittaker of MW Building Group, who kindly supervised the work and provided a significant amount of donated labour towards

it.

Life members, Lindsay Secomb and George Grey, ensured the working bee crews were well fed. The club is already planning an upgrade of the shed to incorporate a training room for coaching and judging seminars, provide essential amenities, install storage cabinets, a solar power system, storm water collection tanks, and carry out painting, paving and landscaping work. Source: Media release, Jan 17 Tony Booth, Norah Head Surfing Fraternity

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