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Andrews should re-open rehab unit, alliance says Member for Gosford Ms Marie Andrews should reopen the Rehabilitation Unit at Woy Woy Hospital if she was really concerned about the Peninsula community, according to the Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance. Alliance chairperson Mr Bob Mudge said it was an amazing coincidence that Ms Andrews broke her silence on the issue when the group of supporters had staged a protest at NSW Parliament House on June 1. Mr Mudge said Ms Andrews made an appearance outside Parliament House to confront Alliance protesters. He said that Ms Andrews claimed that the transitional unit at Woy Woy was an adequate replacement for the rehabilitation

Member for Gosford Marie Andrews with protesters from the Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance outside NSW Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney

unit. Mr Mudge commented: “The transitional unit at Woy Woy is not a rehabilitation unit and its services are charged for.” “The Woy Woy Rehab Unit was not relocated to Wyong but closed and the patients were moved to Wyong. “If the Rehab Unit was closed because of a clinicians’ report in 2008, why was an internal recommendation in 2007 to increase the rehab beds on the Central Coast to 60, 30 at Woy Woy and 30 at Wyong ignored?” Mr Mudge said these were fair and valuable points that needed to be addressed by the State Government. Email, 2 Jun 2010 Bob Mudge, Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance

Andrews moves to use rehab space Member for Gosford Ms Marie Andrews has called on the State Government to refurbish “unused space” at Woy Woy Hospital. Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance has described the move as putting “other health services into our rehabilitation building”. Ms Andrews said: “The relocation of rehabilitation facilities has made space available, which I believe should be put to good use.

“It is clear that the rehabilitation services that moved to Wyong Hospital in December 2008 will not be returning to Woy Woy Hospital. “I am calling on the State Government to refurbish the available space at Woy Woy Hospital in order to improve services for our community. “Woy Woy Hospital already provides an After Hours GP Services, general medical care, hydrotherapy and other specialised services.

“The available space at Woy Woy Hospital could be used to provide better community health facilities to beneﬁt the Peninsula, particularly residents in nearby aged care facilities. Ms Andrews said the soon-tobe released State Budget was a good opportunity for the State Government to provide funding for better services at Woy Woy Hospital. “I have spoken to both Premier Kristina Keneally and the Minister

for Health, Carmel Tebbutt about the need for better health services on the Peninsula,” she said. Ms Andrews said: “Collocating rehabilitation services with acute-care facilities, means less disruption and better care for patients by reducing the need for patient transfers. “This has brought the Central Coast in line with the nationally and internationally accepted model of care for patient rehabilitation. “A free courtesy bus has been

provided between Woy Woy, Gosford and Wyong Hospital to allow relatives and friends visit patients. “The bus is available Monday to Friday and bookings can be made seven days a week from 6.30am until 10.00pm.” Press release, 31 May 2010 Marie Andrews, Member for Gosford

Timed parking may go while carpark is built Gosford Council has asked the local trafﬁc committee to consider the temporary removal of timed parking in the Woy Woy CBD and relevant surrounding streets as a matter of urgency. The issue comes after local commuters and residents have complained of the impact of the Woy Woy Commuter Carpark closure, despite the opening of a temporary car park near Woy Woy Oval to alleviate disruptions. According to council’s resolution, the review should take into consideration the impact of the temporary removal of timed parking on local businesses, with a report to be brought to council for a decision at the earliest opportunity.

In addition, council has voted to put in place a management plan, in conjunction with the Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation, to provide information on car parking areas within the Woy Woy transport node to allow for an increase in commuter car parking spaces during the redevelopment of the commuter car park. The plan is expected to be placed on public exhibition and highlighted in the local media to ensure commuters are notiﬁed of changes to parking areas around Woy Woy CBD. The notice of motion was put forward by Cr Terri Latella who tabled a petition of more than 600 signatures at the June 1 council meeting. Cr Latella said commuters,

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residents and visitors to Woy Woy were angry and frustrated with the availability of car parking within the CBD since the beginning of construction for the expansion of Woy Woy Commuter Car Park last month. Cr Latella said hundreds of commuters had also been issued with parking infringements since construction had begun and called for them to be waivered. However, general manager Mr Peter Wilson did not support the motion and said the process of waiving parking ﬁnes was illegal, posing a number of liability issues. Local commuter Ms Jennifer Richmond said she had been parking in the Woy Woy CBD for years and welcomed the expansion of the Woy Woy Commuter Car

Park. “More car parking spaces for Woy Woy is long overdue and it will be great to see the commuter car park reopened but until that time there needs to be some leniency with council,” Ms Richmond said. “Commuters have been forced to park on side streets, on footpaths and even get to the station much earlier than usual to secure a car spot. “Some Peninsula commuters even go to Gosford to risk the chance at getting a secure and legal car park. “Even when people have been parking in the same car spots for years in side streets it’s only now that they are getting ﬁnes... why start now? “There are no ‘no parking’ signs

to indicate otherwise.” Cr Craig Doyle acknowledged that the area was under pressure and something needed to be done to manage the problem. “It is unfortunate that this issue was not addressed in the initial planning stages of the project,” Cr Doyle said. “But now we are aware of the problem we need to take the opportunity to manage the issue appropriately and in a proactive way.” The issue is expected to be addressed at the local trafﬁc committee’s next meeting on June 7. Clare Graham, 1 Jun 2010 Council agenda NM.12, 1 Jun 2010

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Retirement site may not be sold The company had secured 16 deposits of $1000. “The deposits are fully refundable and are held in an audited trust account,” Mr Anderson said. “The deposit holders and people who have attended free information days or enquired directly about Everglades Retirement Gardens have been kept informed on the status of the village.” Mr Anderson said Leasurement was passionate about seniors living and working closely with its local community on the Peninsula and the broader Central Coast. He said the seniors living village would provide a number of benefits including jobs created during construction work on the Everglades Retirement Gardens site with flow-on benefits for the Peninsula community. “In addition, full-time jobs will be created when the village is complete,” Mr Anderson said. “Leasurement will provide muchneeded housing for the seniors community. “This has been confirmed with the level of deposits and enquiry we have received since November last year. “The village has attracted residents and enquiry from outside the Central Coast region. “This will generate positive benefits for the local community.”

The company responsible for managing the sale of units for a proposed seniors living development in Umina may reﬁnance the development to avoid a mortgagee sale.

Council writes opposing Tesrol development Gosford Council will advise the Department of Planning that the application for an eight-storey beachfront development proposed for Ettalong should be deferred until its Draft LEP is gazetted. A council report stated that council had a number of concerns with the application including the proposed height, excessive ﬂoor space ratio, its inconsistency with the desired future character of the area and failure to follow recommendations contained in the Peninsula Urban Directions Strategy. Council also resolved at its meeting on June 1, to advise the Department of Planning of its standard practice for being involved in any consent granted by the Director-General. Gosford mayor Cr Chris Holstein said it was now the time for council to act responsibly with the situation they had found themselves in. “I don’t agree with the fact that one person now decides the future of this development and the matter is now out of our hands,” Cr Holstein said.

“But it is council’s duty of care to act responsibly and voice our concerns to the department. “Now is a good time to ensure council and the community’s opinions are taken into consideration by the Department of Planning when they go to make its ﬁnal decision. Cr Doyle agreed and said it was now up to the Minister to decide the fate of the Ettalong landscape. “The courts make it frustrating for council when we try our best to make a balance with developments,” Cr Doyle said. “This is not the ﬁrst time the power has been taken away from us due to Department of Planning intervention. “The decision will now be up to someone who doesn’t live in the area and understand local issues and community needs which is very unfortunate.” Cr Latella said the Mantra Resort development would not help the issue. “How can this development go ahead when council and the community object to it? “It’s just ridiculous and it all comes down to the Mantra – that ugly, unsightly building that does

nothing for tourism.” “The Mantra has now set a precedent for the area that local residents do not want. “If this development goes ahead it will wreck the beachside quality of Ettalong and ultimately create a Queensland that falls outside of planning instruments and does not reﬂect the appreciation of the Peninsula community. “The local community does not want this development... it stinks.” However, Cr Jeff Strickson was the only councillor present at the meeting to support the development. “Ettalong is a unique area to the Peninsula,” Cr Strickson said, “In talking with major retailers the reason stopping them from coming into the area is that the area does not attract the right demographic they are looking for. “I believe this development will contribute to the ongoing good of the Ettalong community. “This development will breathe life into the area like we are trying to do in Gosford and we should put no pressure on the Minister to stop it.” Clare Graham, 1 Jun 2010 Council agenda ENV.29, 1 Jun 2010

Coastal specialist speaks The Bays Community Group will have the Department of Environment’s principal coastal specialist Mr Phil Watson as guest presenter at its next community meeting on Wednesday, June 16. The meeting will be held at

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Transition wards are not rehab Once again I wish to thank and applaud the Peninsula News for the support by publishing our letters about the great loss of the Woy Woy Rehabilitation Unit. On June 1, a bus was organised and kindly hired by Ed James to go to State Parliament house to protest about the removal of the Woy Woy Rehabilitation from the Peninsula. About 30 dedicated residents were involved. It seems that when the rehabilitation unit was built and furnished, the population was nowhere near what it is now. Somehow it has been decided it would serve better in an area that is not accessible by public transport. The group of interested citizens have been meeting for over two years to get the rehab back where it belongs, plus added improvements to the public hospital. Our venture on June 1 was to point out to the State Government we are not happy with the loss of

Forum our rehabilitation beds and want them returned to its rightful place. The building is there and we need the beds back. We were hoping for a hearing with the Health Minister or one of the representative team, but they stayed clear of us, as did other members of the government Marie Andrews, our local Labor representative, came out of Parliament House. Credit is given for her appearance to address us disappointed and angry voters when no one else ventured out. Unfortunately, all her replies regarding the rehab were negative. We do not accept the excuses or reasons she put forward that the transition wards are doing the same jobs. They are a completely different service and very important part of health care and should have been added on to what we already had.

We are not going to accept her word of its removal being permanent. Anything removed can be put back and we intend to keep battling until someone in Government sees sense and does something about having the rehab back where it belongs and people on the Peninsula can access it as can others will, owing to our much better public transport train service and a bus service to the hospital door. The free bus service offered to us to Kanwall does not allow a freedom of choice of time. For too many years, we on the Woy Woy Peninsulas have been treated as the poor relations with our hospital facilities. With an aging population, totalling over 9000, as well as younger families in the area, the neglect is not acceptable to us and we need action and we need it now. Joan Armstrong, Umina Email, 3 Jun 2010

Greens should have 24 seats Opinion polls suggest that the Greens now attract approximately 16 per cent voter support, the ALP around 36 per cent and the Coalition around 43 per cent. If fairly translated into seats, that is, proportionally, the Greens would win 24 seats, the ALP 54, Coalition 64, and a possible eight seats to be divided amongst them and a few Independents (total 150). Australia’s electoral system,

Forum preferential voting based on single-member districts, will deny the Greens such a result. They would be fortunate to gain three seats in the House of Representatives. The preferential system creates the illusion of democracy. It compels voters to allocate their preferences to either of the major parties or vote informal.

Most voters comply. Can someone explain the fairness of this system? The Electoral Act has to be changed. The major parties won’t do that, for obvious reasons. The Greens would. Proportional representation is in their policy platform. Email, 3 Jun 2010 Klaas Woldring, Pearl Beach

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No steep land zone in template I refer to letters to the editor relating the draft Gosford LEP 2009 and in particular matters relating to steep land and residential planning controls. The Standard Instrument LEP (i.e. template) has been provided by the NSW Department of Planning to Councils throughout NSW for implementation. The template LEP does not contain the option for the use by councils of a zone that is similar to the existing Restricted Development 9(c) - Steep Land zone that currently applies to the subject land at Pearl Beach. Council in preparing the draft Gosford LEP 2009 has sought to use the planning mechanisms available under the Standard LEP Template to achieve similar objectives to those that presently apply under the Restricted Development 9(c) zone. The R2 - General Residential zone permits similar uses to the Restricted Development 9(c) zone. Most additional uses permitted in the R2 zone are unlikely to be undertaken on the land because of the high value of existing development ie dwelling houses, or the development controls restrict the development from being permitted on steep land e.g. cut and ﬁll restrictions for secondary dwellings (per SEPP Affordable Rental Housing 2009. It was determined that the zoning of the steep land was not the primary issue in relation to the land, but the level of development potential. The Standard Instrument LEP Template provides that Councils can set, through mapping, the minimum lot size for each parcel of land. To ensure that the former Restricted Development 9(c) land was not able to accommodate a higher potential for development, council applied a minimum 1850

square metres subdivision size to this land. This minimum is the same that applies currently to the Restricted Development 9(c) land. This minimum lot size will ensure that no future subdivision can occur on the subject land at Pearl Beach. In the preparation of the planning controls for residential development for the Woy Woy Peninsula, council has had extensive community input into the preparation of the strategies such as the Peninsula Urban Directions Strategy and the Urban Design Framework Study that have formed the basis for these controls. In summary, the Standard Instrument LEP does not cater for many of councils’ current planning provisions; hence there are many variations and implications resulting in the DLEP 2009. One major aim of the Standard Instrument LEP is to standardise all LEPs across the state. Council has also prepared strategies e.g. draft Gosford Landuse, Residential and Centres, to inform the DLEP. The DLEP has been reviewed and altered by the Department of Planning to be consistent with the Central Coast Regional Strategy and various State Government policies, plans and strategies. The DLEP has capacity to cater for the State Government’s employment and housing targets outlined in the Central Coast Regional Strategy released in 2008. Further, council has conducted numerous meetings with peak bodies relating to building design and development, as well as Chambers of Commerce during the preparation of the planning controls. Council continues to discuss the planning controls with these groups and has recently held a forum with building designers to discuss the issues they wished council to address. Letter, 27 May 2010 Cr Chris Holstein, Gosford mayor

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Chamber surprised by business policy The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has called Gosford Council’s draft Business Improvement District Policy “inadequate” and “hastily prepared without any consultation”. “The business community has been taken by surprise with this policy and Gosford Council’s drive to introduce Special Rate Levies in commercial centres,” Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales said. “Major business groups should have been consulted before council set out on a course of seed funding for small BID groups and ﬂagging the introduction of rate levies on commercial property owners. “Rate levies have been tried before and rejected by the business community as it was seen by commercial property owners and retailers as a way for council to generate revenue for works that should be paid for from council’s current budget.” Mr Wales said commercial property owners already paid council “hefty rates”. “While the chamber does not necessarily have a problem with BID programs or seed funding business groups, it should be carried out such that all relevant business organisations are consulted,” Mr Wales said. “The current policy has been crafted without any input from the NSW Business Chamber or local Chambers of Commerce. “Many of our major employers and commercial property owners are completely unaware of council’s push for BIDs and special rate levies.” Mr Wales said the chamber was

particularly concerned with the “lack of detail” in the policy including poor eligibility criteria, ineffective key performance indicators and inadequate consultation processes. “There are no checks or balances in this policy,” Mr Wales said. “Council has indicated that BID programs must be self funding within three years of receiving seed funding of up to $75,000. “The Policy ﬂags special rate levies as a way of funding these schemes and we would have thought that such an important issue should be discussed in detail with all key players in the business community before being cast in concrete. “The Chamber is especially concerned that the seed funding is being allocated from the Special Tourism and Business Development Levy that is paid by all commercial property owners yet not all commercial property owners will be eligible to participate in BID programs. “Council must be careful that seed funding is not used to promote individual businesses at the expense of other businesses that do not have the same access to the funds. “This would be inappropriate and inequitable.” Mr Wales said the chamber has urged council to review the policy and enter into discussions with key business groups to ensure the BID program is “open, fair and transparent”. Press release, 4 Jun 2010 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

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Andrews undermines rehab efforts, says Alliance Member for Gosford Ms Marie Andrews has been accused of actively undermining moves to return a rehabilitation unit to Woy Woy Hospital. She has applied for funding “to put other health services into our rehabilitation building”, according to Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance liaison ofﬁcer Mr Ivan Kinney. Mr Kinney said that this was “subversive to our cause” and that members had “expressed their indignation to her in forceful terms”. He said Ms Andrews revealed her funding application to more than 30 members of the Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance when they staged a peaceful protest in front of NSW State Parliament in Macquarie St, Sydney, on June 1. Alliance liaison ofﬁcer Ms Ivan Kinney said the purpose of the trip was to make itself known to the State Government. “As we alighted from the bus, Member for Gosford Marie Andrews emerged from within the parliamentary precincts and began to speak to us,” Mr Kinney said. “However, she was not well received by our delegation, as she revealed that she had applied for funding to put other health services

into our rehabilitation building. “We then moved to position outside the main gateway to Parliament House where our mission was publicised by word of mouth and by banners and placards. “We made it very clear that we would accept no specious justiﬁcation for the closure of our rehabilitation centre. “We are being badly governed by our State Government and its Ministers at present, and we left no doubt that we will not waver in our resolve to restore and expand our local health services, no matter what government is in power. “Gosford City is without rehabilitation services and the Wyong alternative it totally inadequate. “Underlying the seriousness of our journey there was a ﬁne spirit of camaraderie and optimism among our members. “We all enjoyed being active in our cause.” Alliance member Mr Brian Neville of Woy Woy who was unable to attend the protest said it was disappointing and disastrous to see the State Government take an invaluable health service away from the Peninsula community.

“I have voted Labor all my life and to see them go against what the public want is unacceptable,” Mr Neville said. “I reckon if anyone can promise our local community that the rehabilitation unit will return to Woy Woy Hospital, State or Federal, then they will get our votes. “Labor has really let us down badly.” As a double amputee, Mr Neville, 74, has used the services of Woy Woy Rehabilitation Unit on two occasions, once for a threemonth stay. The second occasion saw Mr Neville moved to Wyong Hospital after the closure of the unit in 2008. He said the emotional and ﬁnancial toll the trip caused his wife should not have happened when there was a fully operational and successful rehab facility on the Peninsula for so many years. Mr Neville was interviewed by ABC Radio Central Coast journalist Mr Scott Levi on June 3 on his experience of Woy Woy Hospital Rehabilitation Unit. Press release, 2 Jun 2010 Ivan Kinney, Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance Clare Graham, 4 Jun 2010 Interviewee: Brian Neville, Woy Woy

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Mayor opposes Tesrol plans Gosford mayor Cr Chris Holstein has spoken out against the eightstorey beachfront Tesrol development proposed for Ettalong. “The current proposal by Tesorol exceeds even the controls recommended by the Peninsula Urban Directions Strategy (PUDS) with up to eight storeys proposed for part of the site whereas PUDS had a recommended height of up to five storeys. “The development proposed by Tesorol would have a substantial impact on Ettalong Village Centre and council has encouraged the applicant on a number of occasions since the development was first mooted in 1997, to lodge a rezoning application to allow a detailed study of the impact of this proposal on the area including economic impact, social and traffic issues. “The applicant has chosen to ignore this advice and pursue a simple development application for a single site which will not address the broader implications which would be covered by a rezoning of the land. “Council has at all times been willing to engage with the applicant to achieve a development which meets community expectations and council has made submissions to the Department of Planning in relation to the present proposal, pointing out the departures from the Peninsula Study. “We hope that the Department will give consideration to the community consultation which underlies the Peninsula Study when determining this application.”

“Some years ago, council undertook an extensive review of planning controls on the Peninsula, through the Peninsula Urban Directions Strategy,” Cr Holstein said. “The study involved extensive public consultation and input and its recommendations appeared to be widely accepted by the people of the Peninsula and were adopted by council. “That study identiﬁed the need for changes to allowable height and density controls in the Ettalong area and recommended the changes be made at the earliest opportunity. “Council prepared a draft Local Environmental Plan, incorporating changes to controls and forwarded the document to the Department of Planning for their review and concurrence before the plan could be advertised for public comment. “In response to the policy of standardisation of LEPS, the Department amended the Draft LEP and removed the controls recommended by PUDS. This resulted in a single height applying to the Ettalong Village Centre. “It was not council’s choice to remove the controls recommended by PUDS.” Cr Holstein also acknowledged that while the Department of Planning did remove council SEPP 1 powers for a short time, they were quickly returned following a review of the use of SEPP 1 by council. “This clearly showed that the powers had not been abused and were in fact used in a most conservative manner,” Cr Holstein said. Letter, 20 May 2010 Cr Chris Holstein, Gosford mayor

Viewing platforms for Christmas Gosford Council is expecting to have two new viewing platforms along Ettalong Beach Foreshore ﬁnished by Christmas, according to coordinator of parks, playgrounds and foreshores Ms Kim Radford. Ms Radford said it was anticipated that construction would begin in August. The project will be funded by a $150,000 Federal Government Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program grant announced earlier this year. “Beach and foreshore access, foreshore protection, estuarine management and dune management are major focuses in this precinct due to the impact of human activity, coastal hazards and sand movement,” Ms Radford said. “The Ettalong Beach Foreshore viewing platforms project will

Despite uncertain weather, volunteers came out in force to doorknock the Peninsula area for the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal. More than $47,000 has been counted from donations made on the Peninsula with a goal of $49,500 in sight. The entire Central Coast region has reached $231,000 with more money still to be counted and expected to come in, according to chair of the Central Coast Red Shield Appeal Ms Louise Duff. “We are thrilled with the result, which is slightly up on the same point last year,” Ms Duff said. Donations are still being accepted and encouraged, and can be made by calling 13 72 58 or online at www.salvos.org.au All donations are tax deductible. Press release, 31 May 2010 Louise Duff, The Salvation Army

construction of the ﬁnal two of the three viewing platforms designated for the town beach precinct. In addressing the council meeting on June 1, Cr Jim Macfadyen said the funding was a great result for Gosford Council and for the people of the Peninsula. “I would like to thank Director of City Services Stephen Glen and staff for their hard work in applying for the grant and gaining funding for the Peninsula community,” Cr Macfadyen said. Clare Graham, 1 Jun 2010 Press release, 1 Jun 2010 Kim Radford, Gosford Council

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Robertson Electorate - will your vote become part of a Federal Election farce? We are already being lobbied by these hopeful party politicians, Greens’ Peter Freewater, Liberal Darren Jameson and Labor Deborah O’Neill. I hope there will be more people, preferably independents, wishing to represent us in Federal Parliament in future, because we need time to engage with them and sort out how we will exercise our votes. Will GREENS’ Peter Freewater be directing preferences to Labor? He is refusing to tell me, so I cannot tell you. Darren Jameson, Liberal, what do you know about the failed Peninsula Special Business Rate five years ago? Terrigal commercial property owners pay an equivalent levy to Gosford City Council. I ask you, because the Council is trotting out a variation in another guise (D2.12) and looking to apply it in the peninsula’s business district. I have not forgotten the very small number of people, some were members of the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, pushing this expensive levy which would have cost 340 of us almost 11.5 million dollars over fifteen years. It was proposed that we pay $34,000 a year to a place management officer to liaise with Gosford City Council. This was considered to be a bit silly, when we already pay ten councillors to do that. I ask Darren Jameson, President of the Terrigal Chamber of Commerce, about this because the rate/levy being paid by Terrigal CBD is related to what has now com e back to haunt Woy Woy Peninsula Commercial property owners again, as the BID Scheme Policy D2.12. These levies are not well supported by commercial property owners no matter how council dress them up. As local citizens first, then party members, every politician standing to represent us in the Robertson Electorate, or anywhere else, should be familiar with the issues which concern us at the grass roots level in our community, particularly if, as you are Darren, involved in the Terrigal Chamber of Commerce which mirrors other chambers in the Robertson Electorate. How do you Darren, as a Liberal party member and Federal candidate for the seat of Robertson, feel about the Liberal Party’s continued support

of the Mayor of Gosford, Chris Holstein who has often been identiﬁed publicly by me as a liar? I recall that you told a meeting of the Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance that you would not tell us lies, so I expect your personal values to be higher than politicians I identify as liars. Some of my readers have said that I got down in the gutter with my advertisement last fortnight about the number of adulterers in the NSW Cabinet. Please understand that many of those, party members for the most part, refused to act. In fact, they accommodated the damage done to my father and are still in either government or opposition. I intend to follow our politicians wherever they go. For many of them, their habitat has long been the gutter. Why should I shut up about the systemic corruption political parties have accommodated? Why should any of you ignore the government’s disrespect of hard working taxpayers? I do hope among all those people reading my ads while considering the photos and allegations I have published. There will be both men and women who understand far better than I what is wrong. People who understand what they need to do about getting the wrongs corrected. I hope these sins against the people which I write about will be taken into the bright light of day and exposed as the politically sanctioned corruption and abuse of due process which it clearly is. Those who continue to follow what I write will

understand. I advocate all of us exercise our own vote by making the effort to number all the boxes on our ballot paper below the line, so that we can work around the way the two parties not much preferred manipulate votes, identified as preference deals. A method of balloting voters which many believe disenfranchises the electorate. Numbering boxes above the line is tantamount to giving your vote away. Exercise your vote by directing your own preferences, because the value you put on your vote is the value you put on yourself. For the record I have alleged the corrupt Gosford City Council stood over my elderly father and attempted to force him into applying for a change of use on his property in West Street Umina. Council threatened him with a $110.000 fine for running a building supply centre without approval. Complete garbage but enough to bring on a heart attack. I understand this happened because his house presented a barrier to the aspirational development of a Medical Centre know as DA 11923/2001. This development application was misleading in no small way; it breached a particular regulation of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act. Because both the plan overview and accompanying statement of environmental effects led any reader to understand no residential house existed on our property. It is an offence to submit to a consent authority (Gosford City Council) a development application which is misleading in no small way. When council management council officers and councillors were appraised of the corrupt activity they ignored my complaints in fact their failures supported the abuse of our due process. How is any ratepayer expected to have equal rights under the law if our elected representatives accommodate systemic corruption and lies? Consider why politicians at all three levels of government continue to ignore my allegations that an elected corporate entity has mislead the NSW Coroner during his inquiry into the deaths of five people at Piles Creek Somersby This is an independent, non partisan statement made by me in the interest of informing the public

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Charged over death A 31-year-old Ettalong man has been charged over the death of an 11-monthold baby boy in Umina in February last year. The baby was found by paramedics unconscious and suffering serious head injuries in a house on Harold St, Umina, around 3pm on February 12 last year. According to police, the baby was treated at the scene before being taken to Gosford Hospital where he was later airlifted to the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick. The baby died while undergoing surgery later that night. Detectives attached to the

State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad formed Strike Force Aruma to investigate the suspicious death of the baby and alleged that the boy’s injuries were not consistent with an accident. After conducting extensive inquiries, police arrested a 31-yearold Ettalong Beach man at Gosford Police Station on May 27. He was interviewed and charged with manslaughter before being refused bail and appeared at Gosford Local Court on May 28. The man’s lawyer did not seek bail and the matter will be back in court next month. Press release, 28 May 2010 NSW Police Media

Trustee holds wills day Woy Woy Library will host a special Wills Day to offer Peninsula residents the opportunity to make or update a will on Thursday, June 17. The NSW Trustee and Guardian, formerly Public Trustee NSW, will be holding the event to show the importance for adults to have a legally valid will and regularly update it as their personal circumstances change, such as getting married, having children or

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Australia, raising money for the Smith Family. “Aileen also previously assisted the students at Woy Woy Public School by helping with the reading program. “She knitted for premature babies and volunteered with the Animal Welfare. “The Ugandan orphans were also assisted by Aileen’s generosity. “Always there to help anyone in need, Aileen will be truly missed by all.” Press release, 22 May 2010 NSW Police Media Email, 31 May 2010 Viv Donovan, Endeavour View Club

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Funding for after hours doctors Woy Woy After Hours Medical Service will receive Federal Government funding of $99,700 over two years to ensure Peninsula residents continue to have access to after-hours GP services, according to Member for Robertson Ms Belinda Neal. “This grant recognises both the long and demanding hours that doctors on the Central Coast are working and the difﬁculties that people are having in getting access to GPs after hours,” Ms Neal said “The Government’s investment

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Council brieﬁng on DLEP comments

Landscaping reduced to meet budget Landscaping works for the Peninsula Recreation Precinct at Umina oval are likely to be reduced because quotes for the work exceeded budget. However, buildings planned for the site would be constructed unchanged. A staff report to Gosford Council acknowledged that all prices and combinations of prices tendered exceeded council’s available budget and as a result the scope of work on landscaping was reduced. Gosford Council has decided to enter into negotiations with an Erina construction company for the entire $2.53 million landscaping and building work carried out on the Peninsula Recreation Precinct. Council originally called for two separate tenders for the construction process comprising of one tender for landscaping and external services and another for construction of recreation and amenities buildings. Council staff recommended that both contracts be combined as “a satisfactory result would not be achieved by calling fresh tenders”. “The initial justiﬁcation for advertising two contracts was to try and eliminate the possibility of a building company having the landscaping package quoted by a landscape company and then

adding their mark up to that price,” the report stated. “However, it was also realised that there was the possibility that some companies may combine both contracts to make price savings from the economy of scales over the entire project brief. “It was anticipated that the tenderers would offer this as an alternative subject to lodging conforming bids for the individual projects.” “After receipt of the revised schedule, further clarification was sought from contractors due to great discrepancies on singular items, due to concerns of quality, use of materials specified, compliance with Australian Standards, construction timeframes and potential variations through the contract period. “The offer from Scape Constructions in Erina is the most advantageous to council. “Scape Constructions have indicated their strong desire to do the entire project and thus pass on the cost savings to council by doing so, meet project timeframes, as well as show the benefits to Council of one site manager overseeing the entire project, particularly as both components of the project will be constructed side-by-side. “Council also has a responsibility to support local jobs as per the intent of the Australian Government’s

Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program “The company has recently completed the $2.5 million upgrade works in Kibble Park as well as numerous other works for council to a high standard, on time and with no contractual disputes.” The council report also stated that it was not in council’s best interest to call for fresh tenders on the basis that there would be no commercial advantage, the additional cost of calling tenders and the need to ﬁnalise the works and expend grant funding by December. In addition, council resolved to proceed with the installation of solar energy for the building upon receipt of government rebates or any government grants available for the development of energy efﬁciency for public infrastructure.

Gosford Council is expected to be briefed on submissions from the Draft Local Environment Plan within the next two months, according to council’s manager of integrated planning Mr Eddie Love said. Mr Love said council staff were currently going through more than 1500 submissions that had been received as part of the public exhibition process. He said a report would be made

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Chamber bitter at Tesrol dumping The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has accused Gosford Council of “dumping” the Tesrol development.

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Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales said: “The chamber is bitterly disappointed that council did not get behind the development and openly give its support to the department. “Only Cr Jeff Strickson ultimately had an open mind and was prepared to give the development some support. “The Tesrol development is pivotal to the future success of the Ettalong Beach commercial precinct. “Unless you encourage high quality commercial/residential

development in the town centre, the town will never properly ﬂourish.” Mr Wales said council had the opportunity to give the Tesrol development support but instead listed a string of issues and objections to the Department of Planning including height, bulk and character. “Council also wanted the application deferred until the Draft Gosford LEP is gazetted,” Mr Wales said. “That could be 12 months away and may be too late to help the ailing Ettalong economy. “At a time when businesses are struggling, it is disappointing that council is not encouraging major property owners to reinvest and

redevelop in the town centre. “The Tesrol site has been vacant for over a decade and is symptomatic of the malaise that the town is going through. “It is so important that we give small towns like Ettalong Beach the right tools to improve business conditions. “Fundamental to this principle is ensuring that planning provisions give incentive to new development and business upgrades. “Sometimes you need to be bold and decisive in order to make a difference.” Press release, 4 Jun 2010 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Environment group opposes Tesrol project The Peninsula Environment Group has objected to the proposed Tesrol development in Ettalong. The group has made a submission to the Department of Planning objecting to the eightstorey building proposed for the corner of Memorial Ave and The Esplanade in Ettalong. Group president Mr Mark Mann said the proposal should be refused for a number of reasons. “In August, 2006, the Director General Department of Planning NSW reminded council that ‘any variation under SEPP 1 needs to be consistent with the purpose of the standard, which in some cases may be to limit building bulk and

scale’. “It is interesting to note that council was looking at using SEPP 1 to override LEP requirements. “The Central Coast Regional Strategy defined Ettalong as a village with town centre height limits of four to five storeys and a local catchment population of up to 4000 people. “The new Gosford LEP reflects the need to move from ad-hoc re-zonings to a planning system providing certainty for residents and developers.” Mr Mann said council’s Draft LEP set building heights for Ettalong at 17 metres or five storeys. Mr Mann said it was also important to highlight the fact that

the current plans had not been presented to the Central Coast Design Review Panel for its views. According to Mr Mann, the proposal also did not address a number of other concerns including trafﬁc, economic and zoning issues. “The economic beneﬁts referred to in the proposal refer to earlier expectations that a fast ferry service to Sydney would commence from Ettalong. “This proposal has now been withdrawn and fuel/climate change matters will probably prevent it being resurrected in the future. “Development of the Ettalong beach club was promised as a salvation for the Ettalong

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Community Organisations As a community access newspaper, Peninsula News has published details of not for profit community events on and around the Peninsula in a What’s On format for over 10 years. While this information has been provided free of charge to the community, unfortunately it has not remained current and many changes have not been provided to the newspaper. Starting with the first edition of Peninsula News in 2010, this information will be presented in an easier to use format where activities and like organisations will be grouped to make them easier to find and their contact Meetings are held the 2nd information will be included. It will now also be possible to add specific one off events Tuesday of each month in with information that applies only to that event. the Spike Milligan Room All Not for Profit Community Organisations that would like of Woy Woy Library, to be included will need to complete the form available Blackwall Road, Woy online or by contacting Ducks Crossing Publications and Woy, commencing at return it to Peninsula News by mail, fax or email (Details 10:00am. Visitors always available on page 2) together with the nominal payment welcome. amount shown where appropriate.

Animal Welfare League NSW Central Coast Branch is a not-for-profit organisation giving aid and financial assistance to sick and injured animals, as well as finding loving homes for surrendered dogs.

Debra 4344 4435. awlcentralcoast@ virginbroadband.com.au Postal: P.O. Box 376, WOY WOY. NSW. 2256. ABC Support Friends of the ABC Central Coast (257) a support group for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Aims: safeguard ABC’s political independence, adequate funding and high standards. Meetings throughout the year + social coffee afternoons Guest speakers 4333 8107 jhale@tac.com.au; Art Ettalong Beach Art & Crafts Centre Inc (256) Adult Classes in Patchwork & Quilting, Pottery, Folk Art, Silk Dyeing, Oils, Acrylics, Pastels, Drawing, Watercolour, Silvercraft and Children’s Art & Pottery Classes Monday to Saturday during School Terms Ph: 4341 8344 info@ebacc.com.au Central Coast Art Society (257) Brings together artists and interested people for lectures, demonstrations and discussion, with weekly paintouts each Tuesday at varying Central Coast locations (Ph: 4369 5860), workshops 9.30am 12.30pm (Ph: 4363 1820) on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month at Gosford City Art Centre and Social Meetings at 1.30PM on the 4th Wednesday of each month, for demonstration by guest artist. (Enq. 4325 1420) publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au

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Community Centre Ettalong 50+ Leisure Beachside Family & Learning Centre (262) (formerly Ettalong Senior Citizens Centre) Centre (257) Activities Monday to Friday A school-based Cards, Computer community centre for Lessons, Dancing, families with children Indoor Bowls, Fitness from birth to 8 years old. Offering a range of group Handicrafts, Leatherwork Line Dancing, Painting programs and community Scrabble, Table Tennis activities to promote Tai Chi, Yoga, Darts healthy and happy families Enquiries 4341 3222 4343 1929 Umina Public School Community Group Sydney Ave, Umina Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association Peninsula (256) Community The Association works to Centre (256c) protect and preserve the Cnr Ocean Beach Rd & McMasters Rd Woy Woy

beautiful environment and low density residential nature of the Bouddi Peninsula area and to strengthen community bonds Monthly Meeting - 3rd Monday, 7.30pm at Wagstaffe Hall PO Box 4069, Wagstaffe 2257 Tel: 4360 2945

Service Clubs welcoming, friendly environment with support, Rotary Club of Woy Woy Inc. (259) information and referrals to appropriate community A fellowship of business, professional and services. community leaders marymacs@woywoycatholic.org.au through which the club PO Box 264 provides service to Woy Woy 2256 others, promotes integrity 4341 0584 and advances world Disabled Services understanding, goodwill Riding for the Disabled and peace. Association (NSW) Everglades Country Club Central Coast Centre Woy Woy, each Tuesday (257) Jayne Mote Horse Riding as a therapy 4342 8183 for those with intellectual jayne_mote@bigpond.com or physical disabilities PO Box 175, Woy Woy Monday to Saturday NSW 2256 4340 0388 stateoffice@rdansw.org.au Sport Environment Woy Woy Judo Club (259) Peninsula Environment Judo is a full contact sport Group (260) for males & females aged Talks, films, social events, from 7 years to senior. workshops, renewable Learn self discipline, energy and recycling self esteem & fitness projects, organic food Every Tuesday and Friday buying group 5.30 to 7.30pm www.peg.org.au ferryman57@hotmail.com 0434 000 170 Friendship Endeavour View Club (254)

1st Monday of the Month at Woy Woy Leagues Club - 10.30am 4344 3825 History Fellowship of First Fleeters Central Coast Chapter (259c) To create a greater awareness of the part played by those pioneers who arrived in Sydney with the ﬁrst ﬂeet on 26th January 1788 Every second Saturday of the month at Wyong RSL Club 10am

Music Activities ASC Songwriter Assist Inc. (258) Regular activities and events for anyone interested in the craft and business of song writing 0412 149 094 www.ascsa.org.au info@ ascsa.org.au

Child Care - Before & After School, Vacation, Retirement Centre Family Day & Occasional Peninsula Village (257) Children, Teenagers Not-for-proﬁt, community & Adults - Dance, owned, retirement centre Singing, Guitar, Drama, caring for aged residents Music, Physie, Karate, on the Peninsula in self Belly Dancing, care hostel and nursing Children - Little home accommodation roy.kable@bigpond.com Kickers, Indian Dance, info@wagstaffetokillcare.org.au 4344 9199 4344 3876 Playgroups, KindyGym, Teenagers - The Web” Vietnam Veterans', Marine Rescue NSW Animal Care Youth Support Services. Peacekeepers' Central Coast Unit (256) Wildlife Animal Adults - Bridge, Yoga, and Peacemakers' Members required for Rescue and Care Cake Decorating, Association Of Australia radio duty & boat crews. Society (ARC) (258) Zumba, Scrabble, Inc, Gosford SubPoint Clare Rescues and cares for Weight Watchers, Boot Branch (259) Public courses for Boat native wildlife in distress. Scooting, Song Writing, The VPPAA assist all Licence and VHF Radio Community College, Post Veterans and their Licences, Boat Licence & Pre Natal Exercises. families with pension & Safety Course Counselling - Drug, welfare matters. 4325 7929 Alcohol, Relationship, Drop in for a chat. www.coastalpatrol.org.au Financial, Gambling, Cnr Broken Bay Road & info@coastalpatrol.org.au Weight Control. Beach Street Ettalong. Migrant Assistance Over 55’s - Social Monday & Wednesday Northern Settlement Outings, Oil Painting, Between 9am to 1pm Services LTD (257) Multicraft, Needlework, Phone 4344 4760 NSS Provides vietvetsgosford@bigpond.com Bushwalking, Stroke socialisation for migrants. PO Box 505, Ettalong Club, History, Tai Chi, Volunteers assist with Beach NSW 2257 U3A, Scrabble, Arthritis home visits, shopping Assoc, Gentle Exercise, and social days where Discussion Groups. Community clients from all over the Restaurant Function & Meeting world enjoy time together. Mary Mac’s Place (262) Rooms for 2 to 500, Every Thursday at the Providing hot, freshly catering facilities avail. Peninsula Community cooked meals See www.pccinc.com.au, Centre, 93 McMasters Monday to Friday drop in or Road, Woy Woy 11am-1pm in a Ph: 4341 9333 4334 3877

www.wildlife-arc.org.au Free training provided. Meetings 3rd Saturday each month 1pm Wyoming Community Centre, Maidens Brush Rd Wyoming 4325 0666 arc@wildlife-arc.org.au Women’s Group Country Women’s Association Woy Woy (257)

Friendship Mornings 1st and 2nd Wednesday 10am Monthly Meetings 4th Wednesday 12.30pm 4324 2621 Peninsula Women’s Health Centre (2605) A centre for women’s well being. Clinic sister; counselling; alternate therapists; groups and community education; drop-in; support for women in crisis; advocacy; printed information and resources on a wide range of women’s issues 4342 5905 Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am to 3pm 20a McMasters Rd, Woy Woy www.ccwhc.com.au pwhc@cccwhc.com.au

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Taking the party line Today I was privileged to join a bus load of intelligent, visionary and concerned residents of the Woy Woy Peninsula and Gosford, taking a message of grave concern with regard to the misappropriation of the Woy Woy Hospital Rehabilitation Unit to NSW Parliament House in Macquarie St. To her great credit our elected state representative Marie Andrews joined us in the street and spoke her piece. She had nothing new to tell us other than to repeat the now well known, adding the visionless statement that: we are an ageing population; clinicians had decided with no community consultation; a transition department had been built in place of the vanished rehab unit; and these days treatments are given in the home! All her talk was of the current state of affairs and did not encompass the great ﬂood of

Forum Letters to the editor should be sent to: Peninsula News PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 or mail@PeninsulaNews.asn.au

See Page 2 for contribution conditions population increase, the rising numbers of older people, sports injuries and injuries from road accidents rising in the region. We are bitterly disappointed by Marie Andrews’ poor ability to respond to our concerns, but not surprised. Marie Andrews is good at recitation. She knows the party line off pat. Letter, 2 Jun 2010 Zoe Russell, Umina

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Referendum danger The proposal by former British PM Gordon Brown to have a referendum on the electoral system is fraught with danger for Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats. Brown proposes a referendum on the British ﬁrst-past-the post system and the Australian preferential vote system. A vote for the Australian system would be a death warrant for the Liberal Democrats. The introduction of preferential voting in Australia (1919) has greatly strengthened the two-party system. It has made it virtually impossible for minor parties and independents to be elected to the lower houses of parliament. Only proportional representation, which is based on multi-member electorates, has the capacity to

Forum introduce party diversity into any parliament and produce democratic representation. It would also mean the end of pork barrelling, by-elections, adversarialism and factional skull duggery. The UK Liberal Democrats gained 23 per cent of the vote and ended up with 8.7 per cent of the seats. If they want 23 per cent of the seats, the referendum should be about proportional representation. If they look across the Channel, they’ll ﬁnd that 21 out of 28 European countries use proportional representation. Email, 12 May 2010 Klaas Woldring, Pearl Beach

Rehab distress is continuing It is interesting that local member Marie Andrews is belatedly calling for State Government attention to the dire state of hospital services on the Woy Woy Peninsula as elections approach. The pre-emptive closure of the the Woy Woy Rehab Unit is causing extreme and ongoing distress to many people in both Gosford and Woy Woy as there is no local rehab faciltity. The facility was closed on the advice of medical staff without consultation with the wider community, now badly affected by the lack of ready access to facilities, and the doctor primarily responsible for the recommendation now works at Brisbane Water Private Hospital. It is absurd that both Gosford and Woy Woy areas should be without rehab and the substitution

of other health services and turning Woy Woy Hospital into health care outreach ofﬁces will not substitute for necessary services in rehab. The local community is resolute about this as they are about handing services over to Brisbane Waters Private which is unacceptable. The Peninsula has long fought for the establishment of Woy Woy Hospital and will not accept its dissolution. The rehab closure came less than two years after a Health Department recommendation that both Woy Woy and Wyong units needed to be upgraded in size. This report recognised the large population of elderly people on the Peninsula. Instead, to lower costs, one service was shut entirely.

The combining of services at Wyong has been an unmitigated disaster, with rehab beds unavailable at Wyong since they are being used to accommodate other shortages of beds there, backups of patients at Gosford unable to be transferred and of services and the government trying to keep a lid on the situation by repression of comment by staff who are distressed by what is happening. Even for those able to get access, lack of available transport for family to visit is a great hardship and causing a lot of distress. Nothing short of reintroducing and expanding the rehab services at Woy Woy hospital will sufﬁce or be acceptable to the community. Email, 1 Jun 2010 Kay Williams, Pearl Beach

Not a minimal impact I am a resident of Poole Cl, Empire Bay, and have not once been consulted by Energy Australia in regards to the proposed substation. This shows a complete lack of integrity on behalf of Energy Australia from the outset. How can a $50 million dollar electricity substation have a minimal impact on the local environment? What would us “site neighbours” have to offer in the design of a substation right on a well known corridor for rare and endangered species of ﬂora and fauna? The only way to minimise the environmental impact is to simply not have it there at all. Never mind that there has been a covenant on that land brought down by the Land and Environment Court in 2003, or that there is much better suited alternative site that won’t impact on the wildlife, beauty of the area, or the local residents including primary and preschool children. Who cares? Certainly not the State Government. The irony here is that Gosford Council, which seems to be allowing Energy Australia to be exempt from any restrictions on this land, is funding research investigating the effectiveness of wildlife corridors

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Forum for yellow bellied gliders within the Gosford LGA. These gliders, along with glossy black cockatoo and micro bats use this proposed site. This scenic corridor is recognised and documented as the “Gateway to the Killcare Peninsula”, a major tourist destination. It has been documented as “one of the most signiﬁcant areas within the City of Gosford for the presence

of threatened species”. It is documented that “development needs to be sympathetic to the surrounding environment and maintain habitat opportunities”. Has anyone done any research into the number of lightning strikes on substations? This is food for thought, as much of the area surrounding the substation is classed as red zones for ﬁre risk. Online submission, 11 May 2010 Carolyn Packer, Empire Bay

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Education

Science wing opens at Woy Woy Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus has ofﬁcially opened its new science facilities. Minister for Education and Training Ms Verity Firth and Member for Gosford Ms Marie Andrews were joined by staff and students at a special ceremony on May 27. Ms Firth said the new facilities, funded by a $779,000 State Government grant, would provide a modern and innovative space for students to learn about science encouraging more students to study a science course. “Science is already popular at Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus with 82 students studying a science course in the 2009 Higher School Certiﬁcate,” Ms Firth said. “This project is part of the Keneally Government’s $2 billion, four-year Building Better Schools program. “The Woy Woy Campus now has four new science learning spaces and one new science preparation room. “The science learning spaces

Pretty Beach Public School has ofﬁcially opened its new $2.4 million upgrade that included a new library, classrooms and covered outdoor learning area.

College principal Mr Steve Harris, campus principal Ms Pam McAlister and Education Minister Ms Verity Firth

have been transformed into learning spaces speciﬁcally designed to meet the teaching and learning demands of the science curriculum. “The spaces enable teachers to differentiate the learning needs of their students through the provision of separate areas for practical and theory work.” Ms Andrews said the State Government was working to provide students and teachers with the best facilities possible. “Through Building Better Schools, the Woy Woy Campus

has a new $191,000 security fence,” Ms Andrews said. She said that $115,000 would be spent in sewer and stormwater upgrades and $235,000 to make the school more accessible for students with disabilities. “Through the Rudd Government’s Building the Education Revolution, the Woy Woy Campus received $200,000 for general maintenance, new carpet, an interactive white board and lighting.” Press release, 27 May 2010 Marie Andrews, Member for Gosford

Umina campus is studied Brisbane Water Secondary College is one of nine schools in the NSW to participate in a university study into factors that may encourage students to stay at school longer. The University of Western Sydney and Charles Sturt University are commencing the longitudinal study in order to enhance the educational and life opportunities of students, according to Umina

Campus principal Mr Frank Gasper. Mr Gasper said the study was already well underway at the school. “Students from 16 classes have been part of the study,” Mr Gasper said. “The ﬁrst phase was a survey conducted in 2009. “The second phase was a series of smaller, focus group interviews undertaken later in the year.

“This study will continue over several years and will provide an interesting and useful source of information that may help to shape the future of education. “It is great to be part of such an important research study and to have the opinions of our students taken into account by educational planners.” Newsletter, 31 May 2010 Frank Gasper, Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus

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than 60 primary and high schools between Woy Woy and Gwandalan will take part in the Central Coast Dance Festival’s 21st anniversary presentation this month,” festival chairperson Ms Kirsty McRae said. “Groups from eight to 30 students will perform in contemporary, classical, jazz and creative styles in costumes prepared by parents and festival supporters. “Tickets are available from the Laycock St Theatre and all members of the public are invited to experience what local dancers have to offer.”

The project was funded with $2.1 million from the Federal Government’s Capital Grants and Building the Education Revolution programs as well as $300,000 provided by the State Government. Member for Robertson Ms Belinda Neal and NSW MLC Mr John Della Bosca attended the event and celebrated with staff, students and families. “These outstanding facilities will ensure all students at Pretty Beach Public School are encouraged to realise their full potential and attain their goals.” Ms Neal said, “This project demonstrates the Australian Government’s commitment to providing every student with the best possible learning environment through the provision of these new facilities. “The arrival of the new principal Deborah Callender, the completed work and the refurbishments being done under the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution program all make for a very fresh, new and

promising learning environment.” Mr Della Bosca congratulated the school and its community on establishing the best possible facilities for their students and school staff. “Pretty Beach Public School has a very special and supportive relationship with its community,” Mr Della Bosca said. “So I am sure the advantages of these wonderful new buildings will be thoroughly appreciated by all the parents and community members who support the school, as well as by the students and staff. “The way students are taught today and the resources they use – not least the technology they use – are very different from how things were done in the past, so having modern buildings designed to take these changes into account is a huge beneﬁt.” Under the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution program $850,000 is being spent on classroom refurbishment and $75,000 on rooﬁng, painting and fencing. The project involved the construction of a double classroom block consisting of four classrooms, a library, administration block and a covered outdoor learning area. Press release, 28 May 2010 Belinda Neal, Member for Robertson

Cross country carnival Pretty Beach Public School students participated in its school cross country carnival on May 14. Students who achieved the ﬁrst 10 places in each age division went onto represent the school in the zone cross country competition at Umina Oval, according to event organiser Mr Chris McInerny. “The day was successful and enjoyable thanks to the enthusiasm of the students and the support of the staff,” Mr McInerny said.

School principal Ms Deborah Callender said Year 6 buddies ran with the Kindergarten students. “All students were rewarded with an ice block for participating in the Cross Country. “K to 2 students also received a special sticker on the day.” Mr McInerny organised the cross country for the older students and Mrs Selwood assisted in the running of the K to 2 section. Newsletter, 27 May 2010 Deborah Callender, Pretty Beach Public School

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Laptops distributed Year 9 students at Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus have received laptops under the Federal Government’s Laptops for Learning program. Umina Campus principal Mr Frank Gasper said: “A massive operation has taken place over the last two weeks to customise and distribute 300 laptops to Year 9.

“This is a huge investment initiative which will hopefully bring results to our students over the next three-and-a-half years.” Mr Gasper said it was essential for students to follow the protocols that have been put in place for laptop safety, security and use at all times. Newsletter, 29 May 2010 Frank Gasper, Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus

Roads course for local students Ettalong and Pretty public schools are part in the Central Community and Education Scheme.

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Pretty Beach Public School recently visited the Palmdale centre while students from Ettalong Public School are expected to attend later this year. The facility has an outdoor simulated road circuit and a fully equipped classroom space to provide the best possible learning environment for the students. The course, which is aimed at students in Years 4, 5 and 6, looks to encourage students to practice correct road safety behaviours, teaches them about bicycle safety

and maintenance, increases skill development and raises awareness of general road rules. Gosford mayor Cr Chris Holstein said the popularity of the scheme has seen the number of days a week it operates double from two to four with police ofﬁcers from both Tuggerah Lakes and Brisbane Water Local Area Command taking school kids through a specially designed course. “It’s great to see this valuable community resource being utilised by our local schools, it provides a fantastic message to young kids about being safe around our roads,” Cr Holstein said.

Three Peninsula primary school have signed up for a healthy eating challenge to set a record for eating fresh fruit and vegetables at school this year. The Fresh for Kids challenge has attracted to St John the Baptist Primary School in Umina along with Umina and Woy Woy South public schools. Other local schools are expected to come on board with the campaign, according to Sydney Markets marketing programs

manager Ms Melissa Kolc. “There’s nothing like a bit of healthy competition to get kids excited about fresh food,” Ms Kolc said. “While students learn about fresh produce in the classroom during the Healthy Kids Association and Cancer Council NSW Fruit ‘n’ Veg Month, it’s an ideal time for canteens to come on board and give kids the opportunity to taste a variety of fresh produce in their lunches. “Schools don’t have to do it alone; our website (www.

freshforkids.com.au) is full of ideas and supporting resources. “Simply by purchasing fresh fruit and vegetables from their school canteen during the challenge and collecting token stickers along the way, students go into the running for prizes.” According to Ms Kolc, more than 242 Peninsula students took part last year and she hoped more local schools from the area would get involved this year. Press release, 31 May 2010 Melissa Kolc, Sydney Markets

Raising funds for intervention Woy Woy Public School will host a fundraising night to raise funds for its early intervention program at 7.30pm on Wednesday, June 16. Event organiser Ms Jodie Stephenson said the fundraiser was a great way for parents of the school as well as the wider community to join together to help local children with an identiﬁed disability. “Early childhood intervention provides support for infants

and young children who have developmental delays or disabilities, their families and communities in order to promote the child’s development and inclusion,” Ms Stephenson said. “The components of early childhood intervention can include therapy, education, health services, inclusion support in early childhood services, formal and informal family support, and the provision of information and support for transition into school systems. “The early intervention program at Woy Woy Public School is in

need of resources and the more help the children receive earlier in life the more chance there is of them being able to attend mainstream school. “We will be selling a large range of educational books and games with proceeds going to the early intervention program.” For more information, phone 0404 040 378. Email, 1 Jun 2010 Jodie Stephenson, Woy Woy Public School

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Sport

Defeated in night game The Woy Woy Roosters travelled to Lake Munmorah but were beaten by Northern Lakes in their second rugby league night game this season on May 22.

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Surf club makes presentations Umina Surf Lifesaving Club held its annual awards presentation night recently. Club president Mr Bill Cook said the awards were held each year to congratulate its members on the efforts they put into patrolling duties and competition. Junior Club Person of the Year went to joint winners Jessica Thomas and Oliver Shepherd while the Patrol Rookie of the Year award was given to Helen Krucler. Rachel Wood was awarded Junior Competitor of the Season

while Overall Point Score winners were Sydney Healey and Mimi Henderson (junior girls), Harry Braddish (junior boy), Teigan Miller (senior girl) and Keiran Braddish (senior boy). The senior presentation results saw Club Person of the Year go to Wendy Cook and Under 19 Club Person to Jarryd Edmonds. The Patrol Person of the Year award went to David Bishop and Patrol of the Year was awarded to patrol six members Phil Welch, Ashlee Langford, Mitch Dean,

Megan Langford, Olivia Brown, Hannah Hansen, Lauren Swain and Michael Dean. The prestigious Phil Carr Memorial Stirrer’s Paddle went to two members this year, Andy Wing and Greg Brown. The club’s AGM will be held on Sunday June 20, from 2pm with registrations commencing from 12pm. For more information, visit uminaslsc.org.au or contact the club secretary on 4342 6123. Press release, 1 Jun 2010 Christine Lavers, Umina SLSC

Indoor skate park opens Umina Beach PCYC will celebrate the opening of its new $30,000 indoor skate park on Saturday, June 12. The project was funded through a State Government Community Building Partnerships program grant, according to Umina PCYC club manager Ms Allison Carpenter. “We are very excited about the new addition to our club especially since we are one of the ﬁrst NSW PCYC’s to add indoor skate ramps as one of its activities,” Ms Carpenter said. “The skate ramps are going

to be a supervised, all weather activity suitable for all ages.” The grand opening will be held between 10am and 4pm with a variety of fun and entertaining activities for families to get involved in including a skate competition, market stalls, free ﬁtness assessments from a personal trainer, indoor archery demonstrations and music. “The indoor skate ramps will be named INSK8 and will be ideal for people of all ages. “We expect the ramps to be open at the club after school, Friday evenings, weekends, school holidays and it will also be available

for private parties at certain times including Sundays.” Ms Carpenter said people who are interested in taking part in the skate competition or any other PCYC activity needs to be a 2010 member of PCYC. “If you are under 18 years of age, you need a parent or guardian to sign your membership form. “Membership forms are available online, or from the club with under 18 years fees $6 and over 18 years fees $12.” For more information, contact the Umina PCYC on 4344 7851. Press release, 27 May 2010 Allison Carpenter, Umina PCYC

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“In the worst conditions seen for many a season, the ﬁrst grade were desperate for a win to get things back into order, prior to the half way mark of the season,” club president Mr Geoff Staunton said. “The Warriors were also coming off a loss and started with purpose and adjusting to the conditions well. “The Roosters found themselves down four-nil early before Ryan Drew crossed out wide. “A great conversion by Matt Riddle gave Woy Woy the lead six to four, but that was to be the last time the Roosters led in the match. “Matt Riddle had a great night scoring a 60-metre incept in the ﬁrst half to keep Woy Woy in the hunt, and took another in the second half to lay on a try for Sean Stevenson. “Northern Lakes though had established a 10-point lead with 12 minutes to go, which the Roosters could not overcome. “The late try by Stevenson and conversion by Riddle saw the

Newsletter, 22 May 2010 Peter Read, Woy Woy RLFC

Bunnies defeat Sharks Umina Rugby League Football Club came out on top against the Terrigal Sharks, scoring 34 to 22 at Umina Oval on May 23. Club secretary Mr Ian Sonter said the Sharks skipped away to a 12-nil lead after the Bunnies could only hold the ball for two of the first 10 minutes. “True to the Bunnies’ spirit, and never losing composure, the fightback began as the team rallied to lead at halftime. “In the second half, a spurt on the scoreboard saw the Bunnies leading comfortably before the Sharks rallied for two late tries making the final score Bunnies 34 to Sharks 22. Meanwhile Woy Woy second grade put the previous week’s form in the cupboard and came out to defeat the Terrigal Sharks 44 to

12. “Points were scored at regular intervals and it was only some lastditch scrambling defence by the Sharks that stopped the points from ﬂowing more,” Mr Sonter said. “Early on Tyler Millgate, Doug Woodger and Dan Slattery stamped the Bunnies authority with some bustling runs and solid defence which set the tone for the remainder of the match. “The Open Grade once again had the game in control only to take the easy option and coast home, completely disregarding what had got them in front on the scoreboard. “However this week they were unable to pull the win away from Gosford to Kariong going down 28 to 24 in an entertaining game.” Newsletter, 27 May 2010 Ian Sonter, Umina RLFC

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Roosters fall short by four points, losing 26 to 22.” Mr Staunton said reserve grade had the worst conditions of the night, playing in driving rain for most of the match. “Points were at a premium with the Warriors leading six to nil at the break. “A second half-try by man of the match and players player Ryan Spong kept the Roosters interested, however Northern Lakes held on to win the dour struggle 14 to six. “After being defeated by Umina on the bell last Sunday, the open age desperately needed a win over the seventh placed Warriors. “Light weight fullback Jamie Refalo got things underway with a brilliant 100 metre effort in the eighth minute, while a try to Adam Ransley and goal to Ben Hyndes gave the Roosters a 12 to 10 lead going into the second half. “Second half tries to Ransley and Kevin Flynn and a massive defensive effort in the last 10 minutes secured a much needed 20 to 16 win. “For Woy Woy, Adam Ransley led the way and was brilliant throughout.”

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The Umina Boardriders and Ocean Beach Malibu Club came together for a fundraising auction night on May 16. The money raised from the auction will go towards helping the family pay for funeral costs.

“Moyo’s auction was a great success and we managed to raise over $6000,” Umina Boardriders secretary Ms Verity Roser said. “Shaun’s wife Karen is overwhelmed. “There is now talk about having an auction day in Moyo’s memory at the end of the May comp each year with members being able to sell their own surf gear.” Newsletter, 3 Jun 2010 Verity Roser, Umina Boardriders

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Sport

Soccer club supports cancer call Woy Woy FC soccer club has held a day to support the Cancer Council’s Call To Arms campaign. Club member and event organiser Mr Dave Wood said the club had a lot of fun running the day. “We’ve all been touched by cancer in one way or another,” Mr Wood said. “This Call to Arms day as a way of the club supporting our mates and raising awareness of how blokes can lead healthier lives

and take more interest in cancer issues,” he said. “And the fundraising is continuing with a rafﬂe of a training session with Mariners star Andre Gumprecht.” The local club is selling tickets for $5 each or three tickets for $10 and can purchased at the club canteen at Austen Butler Fields, Woy Woy, until June 19. So far the club has raised more than $2670 for Cancer Council NSW. Press release, 26 May 2010 Lesley Chart, Cancer Council NSW

Council funds for sports clubs Gosford Council has endorsed more than $4500 funding to three local community groups as part of its Recreational Assistance Program. Peninsula Touch Association, Southern Ettalong United Soccer Club and the Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association have been awarded a combined funding total of $50,000 along with 10 other groups to address the needs of the sporting and recreation community in the Gosford Local Government

Area. Peninsula Touch Association will receive $2994 in funding to purchase a new fridge for its canteen and line marker. Southern Ettalong United Soccer Club will be given $520 under the program to go towards the purchase of a line marker. The Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association has been granted $1000 to re-build electric fencing to keep cockatoos away at the Pretty Beach Tennis Courts. Council agenda SF.13, 1 Jun 2010

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Perfect comp for boardriders More than 45 members of the Umina Boardriders came together for its May competition in near perfect conditions, according to club secretary Ms Verity Roser. “We couldn’t have asked for a better day – warm, clean water, perfect waves, just all round excellent conditions,” Ms Roser said.

“Over 45 members surfed this comp and, for the past two months, we have had six new members join each meet. “It has made the day fun and successful with everyone pitching in to judge, cook the barbecue and generally help out.” Competition results include: Masters – First place Col Wright, second place John Hawkins, third place Greg Power, fourth place

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