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Three Labor candidates are from the Peninsula Cr Vicky Scott spoke against merging with Wyong Council at Gosford Council's extraordinary general meeting

Three out of the four Labor Party candidates running for pre-selection for the Federal seat of Robertson are Peninsula residents. The seat of Robertson is currently held by Liberal MP Ms Lucy Wicks, who won it in 2013 from Labor’s Deborah O’Neill with a margin of three per cent. Former Member for Robertson Ms Belinda Neal lives in Woy Woy and has publicly announced she is running for pre-selection. Mr David Abrahams from Killcare has also announced his intention to stand for pre-selection. Pearl Beach resident Mr Van Davy has also announced he is running. Mr Davy said he did not belong to a local branch but was a member of the “central policy branch”. The non-Peninsula candidate is Ms Ann Charlton, who is a senior member of Senator Deborah O’Neill’s staff and lives in Wamberal. Mr Davy said he had been a member of the ALP for 50 years and wanted to represent the ALP because: “The ALP represents the best chance working Australians and their families have to achieve decent living standards and ‘people control’ over the shaping forces on society. “The Labor Party needs communicators who can engage with uncommitted voters, especially voters in Labor’s ‘lost’ heartland of centrist workers,” he said. “I do this well, as an educator who sketches the ‘big picture’ in ways that workers can understand,

can relate to their lives, that cuts through the neo-con and Green propaganda that ‘there is no difference between the major parties’,” Mr Davy said. “I want to see more parliamentarians in Labor’s leadership structure who have less interest in career, factional power, number-crunching and branch-stacking and more interest in, and with more demonstrated skills in research; identification of national concerns and national opportunities; genuine data-based collaboration with the membership and specialists; formulations of appropriate responses to national concerns; policy-development, political education of the Australian public; forward strategic thinking,” he said. He has urged branch members who consider voting for him to make Ms Charlton their second choice. Belinda Neal won the seat of Robertson in 2007 in a tight race but lost pre-selection to Deborah O’Neill in 2010. Mr Abrahams said he is running to offer members a communitybased candidate who wants to push for local policies, particularly around innovation and youth employment. As lead advocate for the early NBN rollout and as Chair of Regional Development Australia Central Coast I’ve assisted in attracting significant investments to the region,” he said.. Media statement, 17 Nov 2015 Van Davy, Pearl Beach Media statement, 20 Nov 2015 David Abrahams, Killcare Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Gosford councillors vote for ‘voluntary forced’ merger Gosford councillors have voted in favour of “voluntarily” merging with Wyong Council, despite claiming they had been forced, bullied and coerced. Gosford’s deputy mayor Cr Craig Doyle said that his first preference was for a “voluntary” merger, but that “we haven’t been provided a choice”. “I still have some concerns that a voluntary forced amalgamation is our first choice,” he said. “I really think we have been bullied and coerced into a corner from which there is no recovery,” he said. Cr Hillary Morris said she would not vote in favour of the amalgamation. “I find it incomprehensible that we have been told to amalgamate or else,” Cr Morris said, citing the fact that IPART had found Gosford to be financially sustainable. Cr Gabby Bowles added: “It really does feel like we have been backed into a corner on this one.” But she said she would vote in favour of the merger. “I believe it is imperative our community has a voice throughout the process ... Gosford’s assets, infrastructure and staff, we can’t fight for them if we are not here,” she said. Cr Jeff Strickson said the

benefits of amalgamation could be as much as $196 million over 20 years and that was “too much to gamble”. Cr Bob Ward said he would support the motion because a single voice for the Central Coast would give the region strength on planning issues. Cr Deanna Bocking spoke briefly to thank the community for its support and passion along with the staff, CEO and fellow councillors. Cr Vicky Scott said: “I am not going to fall on my sword for peanuts”, comparing the $20 million funding on offer with the over $700 million turnover of the existing councils. Cr Jim McFadyen added: “I will not be supporting this motion or selling out the majority of the community or council staff.” Gosford mayor, Cr Lawrie McKinna noted that during his three years on council its financial position had gone from an $8 million deficit to a $36 million surplus. “This council in my opinion is fit for the future, so I never thought we would have to worry about any amalgamation. “At the meeting last week, it was very clear they will force us which is wrong but looking at what is happening in Gosford, if

we do agree to amalgamation we can work with the Government to get the best outcome for the community.” The day after the Gosford Council vote, Dr Joseph Drew from the University of New England’s Centre for Local Government said NSW councils were being forced into amalgamations unlikely to benefit local communities on the basis of flawed methodology. Serious flaws in the methodology used by IPART to declare councils fit or unfit raised questions that were being ignored in the Government’s rush to amalgamations, Dr Drew said. “Why didn’t the Government or its independent experts at IPART see these obvious flaws which were pointed out on numerous occasions?” Dr Drew asked. “What will be the negative impacts on residents and ratepayers following decisions made on the basis of these flawed assumptions? Media release, 18 Nov 2015 Paul Anderson, Gosford and Wyong Councils Media release, Nov 17, 2015 Dr Joseph Drew: University of New England Gosford Council meeting 17 Nov 2015 Reporter: Jackie Pearson •More stories on Council merger page 8 and 9

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he NSW Independent P r i c i n g and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has announced that, on the basis of Gosford Council’s proposal to continue operating as a stand-alone local government, it has been rated unfit. Gosford Council submitted one of 48 proposals received from 139 NSW local governments to stand alone. IPART’s chairman, Dr Peter Boxall said proposals to stand alone were assessed according to whether they delivered the scale and capacity, financial sustainability, the ability to effectively manage infrastructure and services and efficiency for the community. “We have considered the Independent Local Government Review Panel’s (ILGRP) preferred option and whether the proposal demonstrates the council can achieve the key elements of scale and capacity. In the case of Gosford Council, the ILGRP’s preferred option was to “Amalgamate with Wyong or a multi-purpose Joint Organisation”. The ILGRP also said that no separate water corporate body would be established for the Central Coast until other options were properly evaluated.

Wyong Council received the same rating as Gosford: “not ﬁt” and the ILGRP’s preferred option was to “Amalgamate with Gosford or a multi-purpose Joint Organisation”. Gosford mayor, Cr Lawrie McKinna said he had taken part in a link-up with NSW premier, Mr Mike Baird and minister for local government Mr Paul Toole on the morning of Tuesday, October 20. Cr McKinna said he

was told that Gosford had failed to meet the scale and capacity criteria. Wyong, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle councils had also failed to meet the scale and capacity criteria. Cr McKinna said mayors from around NSW who participated in the linkup were told they would be receiving the IPART assessments on Tuesday afternoon. The results were released to the media at 12:00pm

that day and when Coast Community News spoke with Cr McKinna he said the only written information he had received was the media release, which had been given to him by another party. “We asked earlier in the process what was meant by scale and capacity and they were never really clear about what it was,” Cr McKinna said. He said mayors did ask Mr Baird and Mr Toole

whether they had a right of reply. “We were told ‘no, you’ve got 30 days to decide what you are going to do’. “So we have got 30 days to sit down with Wyong and discuss amalgamation or Hornsby or whatever. “But at the moment, we’ve got a resolution from Council to stand alone. Councils deemed unﬁt have 30 days to come up with a proposal to merge with a neigbouring council

or lose access to $1 billion in extra funding announced at the beginning of the Fit for the Future process. “We’ve not got a full meeting tonight [Tuesday, October 20] but we’ve got a strategic policy workshop. “There is a full council meeting next Tuesday, so I am sure over the next seven days there will be a lot of discussion,” he said. Cr McKinna said he had been approached by Wyong mayor, Cr Doug Eaton OAM to have a one-on-one meeting to discuss the possibility of an amalgamation between the two councils. “But I have got a council resolution that we stand alone so I can’t go and talk to him as an individual because I am part of the council,” Cr McKinna said. Gosford CEO, Mr Paul Anderson referred Coast Community News to Cr McKinna when we asked for his views on the IPART recommendation. Other councillors were also caught unaware of the IPART recommendation and stated that they were not prepared to comment until they had seen the detail of the report.

Labor Party members in the Robertson electorate are calling for the results of NBN trials which started over a year ago on the Peninsula to be released. The party’s Robertson Electorate Council secretary Mr Pat Norman is speculating that costs have blown out. “Why are we installing an expensive and significantly inferior NBN in Umina and Woy Woy?” he asked. “Much media spin was made about these trials at the time,” said Mr Norman. “Interestingly though, the government has not released the results of those trials including Mr Turnbull’s cost-benefit analysis,” Mr Norman said. “NBN Co has refused to answer trial costings questions to the Senate committee enquiry into the NBN rollout. “Indeed, the NBN leadership has refused to attend the Senate committee enquiry to answer these questions. “This leads many to speculate that the costing of the watereddown node trials have blown out considerably. “If these nodes cost so much when compared to the full fibre

NBN installed in Gosford, East Gosford and Springfield, why is the NBN Co still rolling them out? “It looks certain that the Central Coast will see two, very divided classes of telecommunications service: the real, full-fibre NBN versus the expensive, less reliable and slower node-based NBN. “Mr Turnbull alluded to a significant cost increase in the Coalition’s NBN in one of his last speeches as Communications Minister in the parliament. “He flagged increasing the government investment envelope into the NBN Co by many hundreds of millions of dollars. “Why is this the case, when the Coalition promised a reliable, cheaper network built faster? “Clearly, this is yet another expensive broken promise. “As members of the Labor party on the Central Coast, we are proud to have helped the community gain the original full fibre NBN investment into the area. “We are now concerned that the current government is ruining that valuable investment in our future, and not saving any money in the process.” Media release, 16 Oct 2015 Pat Norman, Australian Labor Party Robertson electorate

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Inform dog owners about guide dogs, says councillor ongoing difficulties with people insisting their off-leash dogs were friendly and should be able to approach a guide dog. “What they don’t understand is that an assistance dog is a working dog. “It is not supposed to interact with other people or other animals.” Cr Bowles said she was aware that Gosford Council had received requests from residents to appoint a companion animals officer. “I am not sure how common they are within other councils and there are issues with the Companion Animals Act,” she said. The Companion Animals Act, according to Ms Bowles, was open to varying interpretations in its provisions for assistance animals. She also said she thought it

was unlikely that Gosford Council would be able to make such an appointment, given the current reform process it was being subjected to. “The main issue is that the owners of off-leash dogs may not be educated about the role of a companion animal and may not be aware that approaches by off-leash pets can cause the companion animal and its owner distress. “I know one visually-impaired woman who lives on the Peninsula who is a big advocate of the off leash areas, but her dog is ending up with anxiety issues because other people insist on allowing their dogs to approach her guide dog.” Interview, 22 Oct 2015 Gabby Bowles, Gosford Council

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A decision by Wyong Council to discuss its Central Coast Regional Airport plans in a conﬁdential meeting has been criticised by NSW member for Wyong, Mr David Harris MP. Mr Harris said he had written to the premier, planning minister and the department of local government “seeking scrutiny of Wyong Council’s handling of their infamous, on again, off again, regional airport. “News that Wyong Council is about to commit ratepayers to a $60 million upgrade of Warnervale Airport, after spending approximately $20 million on their nowabandoned Kiar Ridge Airport, raises serious questions about secret decision making, lack of public consultation and frivolous use of ratepayers money,” he said. “It seems clear now that Council is in possession of studies and reports that cast serious doubt on the economic viability of a regional airport. “These reports have forced them to abandon their plans for Kiar Ridge, despite Blind Freddy being able to tell them that the whole proposal was a dud. “Now they want to

The amphibious aircraft potentially to be built at Warnervale Airport spend further ratepayer Wyong Council has create over 600 jobs. “These studies have money on a new confirmed a confidential on Central shown that growing the speculative upgrade of report the existing Warnervale Coast Regional Airport Warnervale Aerodrome airport, despite saying was circulated to all into a Regional Airport a few years ago that the councillors on Friday, makes more sense,” Cr current aerodrome should October 23 to be discussed Eaton said. “It will slash $217 close and the area be in a confidential session reverted to industrial use. on Wednesday, October million from the airport “These major plans and 28 and the resolution development bill...so now commitments are being reported to the full council we don’t need to negotiate with the State and Federal made in secret confidential meeting. In information released Governments, we can sessions, away from public scrutiny, and when to the media after the fund this airport ourselves. “It will deliver members of the public try meeting, it was announced Warnervale significant new jobs in our to find out information, that the council forces them to Aerodrome will become region...and those jobs are go to court, wasting more a regional airport, over already starting to flow in from general aviation.” time. ratepayers’ money. According to Wyong Wyong mayor, Cr “We have had two failed regional airport plans Doug Eaton OAM said Council, the Central Coast (Kiar Ridge and Bushells investigations have shown is the ninth largest region Ridge) and I believe that the cost of developing in Australia, yet the only ratepayers who were hit Warnervale Aerodrome as one without a regional with a special rate rise a regional airport would be airport. A confidential report $48 million and it would deserve better,” he said.

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outlined the results of population growth projections, passenger demand forecasts and economic impact studies. “These have clearly demonstrated that a regional airport is essential infrastructure in ensuring the Central Coast can service the needs of our growing population,” Cr Eaton said. “There is already signiﬁcant interest in Warnervale Airport and this Council decision will ensure it really takes off,” he said. Cr Eaton has publicly conﬁrmed that Council has entered into a heads of agreement with an American company to build amphibious aircraft at the Warnervale airport.

“Such an airport would be smaller than that originally proposed for the Kiar Ridge site, eventually allowing for 450,000 passenger movements each year. “This would be similar in size to the capacity at Ballina or Coffs Harbour Regional Airports. “The airport would be developed incrementally as demand increases. “Initially the airport will cater for general aviation aircraft before moving onto passenger carriage. “We have already commenced discussions with regional airlines to establish passenger services to Melbourne and Brisbane with 50 seat DASH 8 twin turbo prop type aircraft,” Cr Eaton added. “I hope services can start as early as next year.” “By establishing the regional airport on the existing Warnervale Airport site, Council now opens the way for the land purchased at Kiar Ridge, for $10 million, to be opened up for industrial and business park development. “Independent assessment indicates returns to Council are expected to be signiﬁcantly higher than the purchase price,” he said. Mr Laurie Eyes from the Central Coast Regional Airport Action Group said the switch back to Warnervale means: “We are right back to where we were 20 years ago.

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Funding for performing arts centre dependent on waterfront location

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Airport to take off but not everyone is on board here have been calls for NSW Government scrutiny, and even council resignations, over Wyong Council’s approach to the development of a regional airport.

She said she believed many dog owners, particularly those who use off-leash areas on the Peninsula, did not have a good understanding of companion animals. “Dogs are not being adequately controlled in off-leash areas,” Cr Bowles said. “This is specifically a problem with people who allow their dogs to approach guide dogs,” she said. Ms Bowles said visuallyimpaired Peninsula residents with guide dogs had experienced Node trials were carried out in Woy Woy and Umina

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Dog owners on the Peninsula should be informed about the needs of guide dogs and other companion animals and their owners, according to Gosford councillor Gabby Bowles.

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he chairperson of the Central Coast Regional Development Corporation (CCRDC), Mr Graeme Inchley has written and circulated an opinion article about the Gosford Waterfront.

Performing Arts Centre must be built at Poppy Park to keep $12 million NSW Government funding

SW member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch has re-conﬁrmed the NSW Government’s commitment to the regional performing arts centre and conservatorium at the Gosford waterfront.

“The NSW Government has confirmed that the financial commitment of $12 million dollars was made on the basis that the regional performing arts centre is to be constructed on the corner of Dane Dve and Vaughan Ave, Gosford as identified in the Our City, Our Destiny Masterplan,” Mr Crouch said. “The minister for planning, Mr Rob Stokes has confirmed to me that the $12 million dollar investment into Gosford city’s regional performance centre announced in March this year is based on the development at the identified site at Gosford Park,” he said. “It must be remembered that many years of hard work and public consultation

has gone into the planning of this project as part of the Gosford Waterfront Masterplan, including our local RSL clubs, and this was endorsed by Gosford City Council in August 2013. “We cannot afford to be known as a region that cannot be trusted to know what they are doing and not sticking to the plan. “The park, which has become affectionately known as ‘poppy park’ was always planned as a ‘moving memorial’ and I believe may be placed at the Terrigal Haven next year. “However, there is no reason why a wonderful tribute to our ANZACs cannot be planned as a permanent water feature in the foyer of the Performing Arts Centre.

“The Federal Government will be watching closely the decisions made by Gosford City Council before they commit public funds to this project,” he said. Gosford mayor, Cr Lawrie McKinna said he questioned why the NSW Government would not honour its $12 million funding pledge “just because the performing arts centre moves a few metres down the road.” According to Cr McKinna, since the success of the centenary of ANZAC commemoration that saw Gosford Park turned into a poppy ﬁeld, that patch of land had become “sacred ground”. He said Council is now working with the Friends of the Performing Arts precinct to ﬁnd a suitable

alternative location for the conservatorium and regional performing arts centre. M e a n w h i l e , parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald MLC conﬁrmed that if Gosford Council is rethinking the location of the regional performing arts centre, the $12 million state funding “falls away”. “From a state government perspective that is black and white. “Our commitment is based on that site so if Council has a rethink it will have to go back to Cabinet and the funding will need to be rethought,” he said. Media release, Nov 2, 2015 Debra Wales, ofﬁce of Adam Crouch Interview, Nov 3, 2015 Lawrie McKinna, Gosford Council Interview, Nov 3, 2015 Scot MacDonald, parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast

“As a long term resident of the Central Coast, I believe that the revitalisation of Gosford is a crucial component in the creation of a vibrant, economically robust and sustainable region,” Mr Inchley said. “For many years, Gosford was seen by many of its residents as failing to reach its huge potential. “However, right now, there is an opportunity to redress this situation and take a path towards real social and economic growth. “The identiﬁcation of this path began in 2008 with the development of the Gosford City Centre Masterplan “Our City, Our Destiny”. “This blueprint for transformation was funded and developed as a partnership between the NSW Government and Gosford City Council, with unprecedented community involvement. “Since then, further planning has been guided by this blueprint and has resulted in 10 hectares of the Gosford Waterfront being gazetted as a Site of State Signiﬁcance (SSS). “The SSS is unequivocal about its vision for the Waterfront: “’The Gosford Waterfront will be a vibrant and active mixed use precinct that

will connect the Gosford City Centre to the Brisbane Water foreshore. ‘New residential development will contribute to the State Government’s regional housing targets for the Central Coast, and will take advantage of Gosford’s unique water based setting. ‘The Gosford Waterfront will also be a vibrant centre for jobs, and offer regional ofﬁce opportunities for large businesses and corporations near a locally based skilled workforce.’ “As part of the SSS process, the former public school site was rezoned for mixed use development. “This provides for more ﬂexible use of the site and also facilitates private investor development funding. “To complement and further facilitate private investment, both the NSW and Federal Governments have announced programs which will greatly contribute to Gosford’s revitalization. “These are: The decision by Federal Government to create 600 new ATO jobs in Gosford, to be housed in a purpose built facility developed through private sector investment; A NSW Government pledge of $10 million towards a Continued Page 3

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Scott calls for community action on merger Action by the community is the only thing that could save Gosford Council from being forced by the NSW Government into a merger with Wyong, according to Labor councillor Vicki Scott.

Jeff Sundstrom demonstrates at Gosford Council in support of Vicki Scott’s call for community action to stop forced amalgamation

Regional Planning Panel. “I think the community probably largely doesn’t know what is going on but really there is a great need for the community to be aware of what the effect of this is going to be,” Cr Scott said. According to Cr Scott, an amalgamation would result in lower levels of community representation and less contact between the community and council staff. Ms Scott said she believed the amalgamation could have a negative impact on community centres and all the other services

and facilities that Gosford Council has been known to deliver. “It will change the way we go about getting funding and will lead to even more detachment of communities at the edges of the region, including the Peninsula,” she said. “It is never too late; we have got until November 18 and the community can use its voice, that is why the rally was held.” Cr Scott said she did not think a bigger council would result in better infrastructure for the region. “What’s that saying about size?’

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Cr Scott said she would be addressing a community rally that was to be held on Saturday, November 7 on the forecourt of the Gosford Council building in Gosford. “Parts of the Coast, like the Peninsula, already feel like they are under-represented,” Cr Scott said. “Imagine dealing with a council for an area as big as Canberra with as many people as the Northern Territory and only 10 or a maximum of 15 councillors instead of 20,” Cr Scott said. “This is bigger than the tax office and Gosford waterfront. “This is huge. “It is about the absolute future of this region and it will affect us for generations,” she said. Following years of speculation and in spite of statements to the contrary, local councils across NSW have been given one month to show why the recommendations of IPART regarding their forced amalgamation should not be adopted. A group of concerned locals, calling themselves Our City, Our Council, Our Choice, organised Saturday’s peaceful rally to encourage and support Gosford Council in perusing its continuance as a standalone entity. In June, Gosford Council unanimously declared it believed it was fit for the future and its submission to IPART expressed its arguments for continuing as a stand-alone council. In October, IPART released its report card which declared Gosford “unfit” for the future and recommended it amalgamate with Wyong or form a joint organisation. Wyong Council was also declared unfit but has since declared, by one vote, a preference to amalgamate with Gosford to form a new Greater Central Coast Regional Council which would take in Wyee and abolish the Joint

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she said. “Blacktown Council is the biggest council in NSW and it is having financial troubles,” she said. Wyong jumped too early to make its preferences known to the NSW Government, according to Cr Scott. “The big problem for this region now is five people in Wyong made a decision that will have a big impact on the community of Wyong and potentially on the people of Gosford, without delving in to the other side of the argument,” she

said. Gosford Council decided to continue to explore its options in the time available before declaring its intentions to the NSW Government on November 18. Gosford mayor Cr Lawrie McKinna said the examination of options included having an ongoing dialogue with Wyong Council and conducting due diligence into all available options. Cr Scott said “no one has told me how I should vote on the issue of amalgamation but the conservatives are being told, by someone outside their community, how to vote and I think that is a shame for the people they represent.” In terms of what a new amalgamated council would mean for issues such as the future of Gosford Council’s Coastal Open Spaces Scheme, Cr Scott said no one from the state government or at a local level seemed to know the answers to such questions. “Every four years, every time there is a change in local government, there is a very real chance that things like COSS could disappear so the chance is there in an amalgamation too,” she said. Cr Scott said she thinks there has to be “some greater reason” for the NSW Government’s amalgamation push. “It is horrendous when you think about the cost, it could be $100 million -- and that money, if we want infrastructure, give both councils $50 million each and we will get the infrastructure we need. “Or for the next 20 years we will be feeling our way around figuring out which councillor belongs to which ward and it will cripple us for a long time. “That $100 million will be a line item on every budget. “A large council is a dispassionate council and the one thing that can stop it is the voice of the people,” she said. Media release, 4 Nov 2014 Jeff Sundstrom, Our City, Our Council, Our Choice Interview, 4 Nov 2015 Vicki Scott, Gosford Council

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Council resolves to acquire part of Wyong Grove he acting CEO of Wyong Council has been authorised to acquire approximately one quarter of the Wyong Grove school site and carriage way at a fair market value.

A mayoral minute presented to the November 11 ordinary meeting of Wyong Council resulted in the Council resolving to go ahead with an attempt to acquire those parts of the former public school considered essential for organisations such as the Wyong Drama Group. The plan is to acquire those land and buildings either by agreement or compulsory process. The council authorised the acting CEO to execute all necessary documentation relevant to the acquisition. The school site, when purchased, will be classiﬁed as operational land for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993. If the site has to be obtained using a compulsory process, it will be done “pursuant to the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991,” according to the adopted mayoral minute. Council will make an application to the Minister for Finance to commence compulsory

Wyong Drama Group members protest the sale of the Grove

acquisition of part of the site. The entire school site was recently sold by the Department of Education, at auction, to a Sydney developer, for $4.45 million. If the Minister gives his consent, then Council can begin negotiations with the new owner to acquire the part of the site currently used as the Wyong Grove Cultural and Community Hub. Mayor, Cr Doug Eaton OAM, said Council was true to its word and would now pursue compulsory acquisition so this important site can continue as a community facility. “We went to the auction in good faith and were hopeful of securing the site ourselves due to its high importance to our

community,” Cr Eaton said. “I even told bidders at the auction we would seek to compulsorily acquire the site – so everyone knew what we wanted to do. “So now it is time to act. “We can’t afford the whole site, so we will now move to try to acquire the part of the site which will provides the best value for the community.” Council spent over $100,000 upgrading the former school buildings which are currently home to a number of local community and drama groups. It is these buildings Council will now seek to acquire under compulsory acquisition arrangements. If the owner wishes to develop the rest of the

site, it will be subject to the normal Council development application process. “This whole process has caused a great deal of stress in the local community which has been really unnecessary,” Cr Eaton said. “The State Government broke its promise to the community but Council will not, and will now step in and attempt to save this important community facility.” In NSW, all levels of government can acquire privately owned land for public purposes. They may acquire the whole property, part of a property or an interest in the property, including easements for power lines, sewer or water. Most privately owned land, required by

government for public purposes, is acquired by negotiation and agreement between the landholder and the acquiring authority. The process is expected to take several months. “Obviously the hall is not included on the basis that the arthouse is developed and it has a studio of the size of the hall and is more adaptable,” Cr Eaton said at the November 11 general meeting of Wyong Council. Cr Eaton said he expected the fair market value of the area Wyong Council wishes to purchase to be between $1 million and $1.5 million. Acting CEO of Wyong Council, Mr Rob Noble said he had received a brieﬁng from the relevant

director following a discussion with the purchaser of Wyong Grove. “They are in discussion with another buyer for the purchase of a small part of the site that is similar to what we are looking at,” Mr Noble said. “The level of pricing they are looking at is rather alarming to me and we need to keep that in mind,” he said. The motion to move forward with the compulsory acquisition of a portion of the site was carried unanimously. Mayoral minute 1.6, Nov 11, 2015 Wyong Council Media release, Nov 11, 2015 Wyong Council media Meeting transcript, Nov 11, 2015 Wyong Council ordinary meeting Jackie Pearson, journalist

Councillors bullied into amalgamation vote even out of 10 Gosford councillors have voted to inform the NSW Government they are willing to amalgamate with Wyong Council.

The NSW Government has required all NSW councils deemed “unfit” to stand alone to make 50-word submissions by November 18 outlining their amalgamation preferences. Gosford’s deputy mayor, Cr Craig Doyle moved that “… based on its understanding that continuing as a stand-alone Council is not acceptable to the NSW Government… Council’s first preference is that Gosford City Council voluntarily merges with Wyong Shire Council.” Cr Doyle went on to give Gosford’s second preference, which was for Gosford City Council to merge with the southern part of Wyong Council up to Sparks Rd and for the remaining northern part of Wyong Shire Council to merge with Lake Macquarie City Council. “I find it hard to believe that we haven’t been provided a choice as councillors,” Cr Doyle said in opening discussion on the proposed motion. “As a working party, we took the opportunity to meet with the minister to express our fears, and I must say, they were met with respect and concern,” he said. Cr Doyle said a meeting with the local government minister, Mr Paul Toole did allay his fears about having no say in the process “a little”. “I say a little, because I

From left: Cr Jim McFadyen, Cr Gabby Bowles, deputy mayor Cr Craig Doyle and Cr Jeff Strickson debate the future of Gosford Council

still have some concerns that a voluntary forced amalgamation is our ﬁrst choice,” he said. He said Wyong’s early move, by a margin of one vote, in favour of the formation of a Greater Central Coast Regional Council through a merger with Gosford, stymied the debate about options available to Gosford. “I really think we have been bullied and coerced

into a corner from which there is no recovery,” he said. Cr Hillary Morris said she would not vote in favour of the amalgamation. “I ﬁnd it incomprehensible that we have been told to amalgamate or else,” Cr Morris said, citing the fact that IPART had found Gosford to be ﬁnancially sustainable. “What happens if we stand alone?” she asked.

“I don’t agree that we don’t have a choice; we are denying our residents the right to a voice.” Cr Morris outlined the legislative process that would need to be followed if Gosford did elect to defy the minister’s advice and state a preference to stand alone. She questioned whether the $10 million funding promised to councils who volunteered to amalgamate

plus $10 million for infrastructure would come near to covering the costs of amalgamation. “In our submission we talked about ﬁgures of $37 million and $31 million, that leaves a shortfall of $48 million. “Where will it come from, the sale of assets, the sale of public land, a special rate variation? “I will refuse to succumb to the bullying of the state government for

a paltry $20m,” she said. Cr Gabby Bowles added: “It really does feel like we have been backed into a corner on this one. “I would ordinarily be putting up one hell of a fight but the State Government has been very clever and would not be heading into this situation if they were not confident of the outcome,” Cr Bowles said. “While amalgamation would not be my preferred situation under ordinary circumstances, I believe what we are facing now are exceedingly extraordinary circumstances.” Cr Bowles said she would support the motion on the basis that it meant Gosford’s elected representatives would remain in their roles until the September 2016 election. “I believe it is imperative our community has a voice throughout the process... Gosford’s assets, infrastructure and staff, we can’t fight for them if we are not here,” she said. Cr Jeff Strickson said the benefits of amalgamation could be as much as $196 million over 20 years and that was “too much to gamble”. Who is going to pick up the shortfall if we don’t amalgamate?” Cr Strickson asked. “I believe it is for the best intentions of the rate payers for the two councils that we do amalgamate and carry on so we can represent the people of the new area,” he said. Cr Bob Ward said he would support the motion because a single voice for the Central Coast would give the region strength on planning issues. Continued P3

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Three Labor candidates are from the Peninsula Three out of the four Labor Party candidates running for pre-selection for the Federal seat of Robertson are Peninsula residents. The seat of Robertson is currently held by Liberal MP Ms Lucy Wicks, who won it in 2013 from Labor’s Deborah O’Neill with a margin of three per cent. Former Member for Robertson Ms Belinda Neal lives in Woy Woy and has publicly announced she is running for pre-selection. Mr David Abrahams from Killcare has also announced his intention to stand for pre-selection. Pearl Beach resident Mr Van Davy has also announced he is running. Mr Davy said he did not belong to a local branch but was a member of the “central policy branch”. The non-Peninsula candidate is Ms Ann Charlton, who is a senior member of Senator Deborah O’Neill’s staff and lives in Wamberal. Mr Davy said he had been a member of the ALP for 50 years and wanted to represent the ALP because: “The ALP represents the best chance working Australians and their families have to achieve decent living standards and ‘people control’ over the shaping forces on society. “The Labor Party needs communicators who can engage with uncommitted voters, especially voters in Labor’s ‘lost’ heartland of centrist workers,” he said. “I do this well, as an educator who sketches the ‘big picture’ in ways that workers can understand, can relate to their lives, that cuts through the neo-con and Green propaganda that ‘there is no difference between the major

parties’,” Mr Davy said. “I want to see more parliamentarians in Labor’s leadership structure who have less interest in career, factional power, number-crunching and branch-stacking and more interest in, and with more demonstrated skills in research; identification of national concerns and national opportunities; genuine data-based collaboration with the membership and specialists; formulations of appropriate responses to national concerns; policy-development, political education of the Australian public; forward strategic thinking,” he said. He has urged branch members who consider voting for him to make Ms Charlton their second choice. Belinda Neal won the seat of Robertson in 2007 in a tight race but lost pre-selection to Deborah O’Neill in 2010. Ms Neal’s career as a federal parliamentarian was coloured by accusations that she had behaved abusively towards staff at a Gosford restaurant, although the NSW Department of Public Prosecutions found that nothing that happened constituted a crime. Ms Neal was issued with an interim apprehended violence order in 2011 regarding an incident at a home in Newtown. She is understood to have strong local backing. Mr Abrahams is a well-known local business man and a resident of Killcare. He has not made any public announcements about his reasons for seeking pre-selection. Media statement, 17 Nov 2015 Van Davy, Pearl Beach Interview, 18 Nov 2015 David Abrahams, Killcare Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Cr Vicky Scott spoke against merging with Wyong Council at Gosford Council's extraordinary general meeting

Cr Jeff Strickson said the benefits of amalgamation could be as much as $196 million over 20 years and that was “too much to gamble”. Cr Bob Ward said he would support the motion because a single voice for the Central Coast would give the region strength on planning issues. Cr Deanna Bocking spoke briefly to thank the community for its support and passion along with the staff, CEO and fellow councillors. Cr Vicky Scott said: “I am not going to fall on my sword for peanuts”, comparing the $20 million funding on offer with the over $700 million turnover of the existing councils. Cr Jim McFadyen added: “I will not be supporting this motion or selling out the majority of the community or council staff.” Gosford mayor, Cr Lawrie McKinna noted that during his three years on council its financial position had gone from an $8 million deficit to a $36 million surplus. “This council in my opinion is fit for the future, so I never thought we would have to worry about any amalgamation. “At the meeting last week, it was very clear they will force us which is wrong but looking at

what is happening in Gosford, if we do agree to amalgamation we can work with the Government to get the best outcome for the community.” The day after the Gosford Council vote, Dr Joseph Drew from the University of New England’s Centre for Local Government said NSW councils were being forced into amalgamations unlikely to benefit local communities on the basis of flawed methodology. Serious flaws in the methodology used by IPART to declare councils fit or unfit raised questions that were being ignored in the Government’s rush to amalgamations, Dr Drew said. “Why didn’t the Government or its independent experts at IPART see these obvious flaws which were pointed out on numerous occasions?” Dr Drew asked. “What will be the negative impacts on residents and ratepayers following decisions made on the basis of these flawed assumptions? Media release, 18 Nov 2015 Paul Anderson, Gosford and Wyong Councils Media release, Nov 17, 2015 Dr Joseph Drew: University of New England Gosford Council meeting 17 Nov 2015 Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Major fundraising festival for Mary Macs Mary Macs is having a major fundraising festival on Saturday, December 5, and it needs support from the community. “Our Christmas festival on December 5 will consist of stalls with items suitable for Christmas gifts, children’s activities, bric-abrac, sakes and a barbecue plus a motor bike charity drive,” said Mary Macs Place coordinator, Ms Christine Burge. Ms Burge is asking for assistance to distribute and display the flyer for the event. “If people could circulate the flyer to their local networks or display it in their work staff room or local shop, that would be great assistance,” she said. “We need white elephant items and bric-a-brac donations, so if it is time to clean out the cupboards please remember Mary Macs Place needs your items as donations,” she said. “These can be dropped off on Friday, December 4, or we have limited assistance to pick up donations. “We regret we don’t have room to store donations prior to December 4 and we are not accepting clothing this year. “We are accepting donations of cakes. Ms Burge said funds had been in short supply this year but demand for services has increased.

Volunteers at Mary Macs Place prepare an average of 80 hot midday meals five days a week

Ms Burge said Mary Macs Place in Blackwall Rd Woy Woy served an average of 80 hot midday meals a day, five days a week. “I run the only business in town that does not want to be busy,” she said. “We help people who are doing it tough or who may be homeless and we also offer shower and washing machine facilities and we are a refuge for people who may or may not be accepted out there in the community,” she said.

“We also have other services that work out of here such as partners in recovery, Catholic Care doing emergency relief and the Doorways program that helps people address issues stopping them from finding accommodation.” The midday meals are prepared by a team of 70 volunteers. The Catholic Church provides Mary Macs Place with in-kind accommodation at 100 Blackwall Road and its main other source of funding is through the Clubs NSW

grants scheme. However, according to Ms Burge, Mary Macs only secured one third of its usual Clubs NSW funding for 2015. “The Peninsula is definitely a needy area but we also get a lot of people who are transient and travel the trains. “Your typical homes person doesn’t look homeless. “They are not the usual person you would expect. “They present well because

they come in and have a shower. “I have women in their 50s who look like normal people catching the train but they are sleeping on the train,” she said. Escalating food and electricity costs are part of the reason why Ms Burge said she believed more people are turning to places like Mary Macs for help. “They never get on top of their electricity bills. “They are still paying off their last bill when the next one comes in so they can’t afford to pay for food because they have an electricity bill to pay,” she said. Accommodation is also becoming more expensive and Ms Burge said she helped women who were currently living in cars near to their children’s schools because they could not secure affordable accommodation. “This time of year Christmas brings a lot more hardship for people. “We support men who don’t have access to their children. “We have Santa coming along for a Christmas lunch on December 22 and we will have people crying because they did not expect to be able to do anything like that with their children. “Please like our facebook page for updates and come along and support the day,” she said. Email, 11 Nov 2015 Interview, 18 Nov 2015 Christine Burge, Mary Macs Place

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Fire brigades updated on coming fire season Rural Fire Service fire behaviour analysts are in the process of updating Peninsula brigades about the coming bush fire season. According to NSW RFS inspector, Mr Rolf Poole, the analysts specialise in working closely with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. “This fire season is of particular concern because of the El Nino weather pattern and hotter than average temperatures,” Insp Poole said. “We have already seen record temperatures for October and November but we have also had a good amount of rain so while it has been warm we haven’t had the drying weather yet,” he said. According to the RFS fire behaviour analysts, the 2015-16 weather pattern is similar to those experienced in 1994 and 1997, which had significant fire impacts on the Central Coast. “So at best we can expect hotter than average temperatures, particularly going into December and January when the season will be at its peak.” Insp Poole said the rural Fire Service had been going through its usual training and preparation ahead of the season. On days when extreme

temperatures are expected, such as Friday, November 20, local brigades were on a high level of alert on a stand-by-basis with volunteers organised to do 12 hour shifts to deal with any local fires and 72 hour shifts if they have to travel to other areas to take part in firefighting efforts. “We are pre-emptive about organising all those strike team,” he said. “Most of our controlled burning program and our mechanical clearing program is up to date. “We do have a couple of burns planned with National Parks in the Patonga area but they are not immediately adjacent to the towns so whilst it would be nice to have the right weather to do those burns there is sufficient clearing in place around the towns.” Insp Poole said the Rural Fire Service also looks to residents living in bush areas to share responsibility and be prepared. “It is a bit of a cliché but cleaning out the gutters, mowing the lawn and preparing the garden is the best thing they can do, clear away combustible materials and have hoses that reach all corners of the house. “We are very lucky on the Central Coast that we have over 1000 volunteers in the Gosford LGA alone and we are always

welcoming new volunteers to be part of our very professional training program. One thing residents can do is get in touch with their local brigade to find out about joining or creating a Community Fire Unit. “To form a Community Fire Unit you will need a group of local residents who want to learn how to support the fire fighters and protect their own homes. “They need to learn what clothing they need to wear, what they need to do around the home,” he said. Community Fire Units are already in place in Umina, Umina Heights, Woy Woy Bay and Phegans Bay as well as Killcare. “We have the capacity to put more units in if there is more demand.” Insp Poole said those interested in joining or forming a Community Fire Unit should contact their local Rural Fire Services or Fire and Rescue NSW. The best place to get fire updates is on the RFS web page or by using the ‘firesnearme’ app on your phone. The best number to contact for updates is 1800 NSW RFS. Interview, 19 Nov 2015 Rolf Poole, NSW Rural Fire Service Media release, 19 Nov 2015 Dinah Arnt, Climate Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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“You’ll see the best of Brisbane Water National Park, with its bush to the water’s edge” he said. Kayak hire has been arranged and Mr Shanks said they are new and very stable doubles which are easy to handle due to good rudder systems. This activity is not suitable for people with back, neck or other mobility issues. Attendees are required to bring lunch, wet gear, change of clothes, water and snacks. To book, phone 4320 4205 by 12pm Friday, December, 15. Newsletter, 19 Nov 2015 Mark Shanks, Discovery Central Coast

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Oyster festival described as ‘continuing success’ The Brisbane Water Oyster Festival held on Sunday, November 15, has been described as a continuing success. Peninsula Chamber of Commerce president Mr Matthew Wales said: “The Peninsula Chamber was overwhelmed with the crowds that showed up on Sunday. “The cloudy weather was actually a bonus, keeping temperatures mild for the 25, 000 people who flooded through the

festival on the Ettalong Beach foreshore. “The food and wine areas were especially popular as were the great range of local oysters and seafood that was on offer from both local growers and wholesalers,” said Mr Wales. “We also had a much bigger arts and craft section this year, which added more variety to the event that in previous years. “It was especially pleasing to see such large numbers come to Ettalong Beach and support the Oyster Festival now in its 15th

years.” “With great entertainment, high quality food and wine and great market stalls, the event continues to grow and cement its place as the premier community festival on the Central Coast,” he said. Mr Wales said that the favourite of the event is the oyster eating competition where competitors have to eat as many oysters as they can in 30 seconds with the winner consuming 23 oysters. Media release, 9 Nov 2015 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

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Safety move causes boat owners problems Gosford Council recently erected No Stopping signs in Phegans Bay to improve road safety at the turning circle.

The park on the corner of Trafalgar Ave will receive a major renovation in May 2016

Playground renovation in Trafalgar Ave The corner of Trafalgar Ave and Waterloo Ave, Woy Woy, will receive a major renovation in May 2016. The renovation will include new plantings, additional seating and new playground equipment. Mr Ron Unsworth of Umina Community Group said: “The renovation will be driven by combining the efforts and resources of the local community, local businesses and Gosford

Council to provide a much needed community space for families with young children, workers and those just wanting to relax for a while. “Umina Beach is a large suburb with a strong sense of community. “This project shows how the local community can lead the way in building a modern village with facilities to be proud of with the support and professional guidance of Gosford Council.” Umina Community Group will also be running a number

of fundraising events over the coming months to install additional items such as extra seating and a shade sail to complement the other works. Local parent Melissa Chandler said: “There has been an extremely positive reaction from local parents to the news, with the need for more easily accessible quality parks in the area.” Email, 15 Nov 2015 Tony Winch, Umina Community Group

As a consequence, boat owners are having issues with boat storage, according to The Bays Community Group. “Boats and trailers left there created a line of sight problem for residents walking along the road,” said president Mr Bob Puffett. “There were also some unregistered derelict boats left on the road verge” Mr Puffett said. The No Stopping signs have now caused residents to have problems with storing their boats, he said. Mr Puffett said he has “had a subsequent meeting with Gosford Council to see if we can find an alternative for boat owners and resolve this issue.

“In the meantime, the area is being policed by rangers and ‘illegally’ parked trailers, cars and boats will be fined $248 per day if they are not moved.” The State Government has further introduced new laws concerning boats and trailers on public streets, and owners are urged to store them on their own property or in a secure yard. “The storage area at the bottom of Bulls Hill is charging $22 per week per vessel. “Bays residents will get a discount,” Mr Puffett said. Residents with boats on trailers, caravans and box trailers are requested to be mindful when parking them on narrow streets as the roads also act as footpaths and the trailers can cause problems for pedestrians. Newsletter, Nov 2015 Bob Puffet, The Bays Community Group

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Sewerage system responsible for beach quality - CEN The water quality at the Peninsula’s nine monitored swimming spot is dependent on the efficiency of Gosford Council’s sewerage system, according to the Community Environment Network. In response to this year’s NSW State of the Beaches report, CEN chairman Mr John Asquith said the water quality results, which were mixed for the Peninsula’s swimming spots, were determined by levels of enterococci in the water. Enterococci was a reliable indicator of the presence of faeces, he said. “Gosford Council operates a sewerage system under a pollution control licence that is issued by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA),” Mr Asquith said. “Gosford Council gets a license to discharge treated effluent into our waterways,” he said. “It is given the license on the basis it is trustworthy and will report breaches,” he said. According to a statement from Gosford Council, it made more than 26 notifications to the NSW Environment Health Protection Association in 201415 for events “causing or threating environmental harm”. “Notifications included 23 overflow events from mains and pump stations, two due to the severe storm event in April,” the statement from Gosford Council CEO Mr Paul Anderson said.” Three Sewage Treatment Plant events were recorded, two were

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associated with the storm in April 2015. “These overflows were due to system blockages (predominately tree roots), extreme rainfall or stormwater flows into the system from severe weather. “Additional causes included power supply interruptions, main breaks and other failures such as pumps, valves or telemetry alarms. “It is important to note that not all events are significant. “Council takes a precautionary approach when assessing whether a discharge is causing or threatening harm to the environment. “Reported events range from minor discharge volumes of less than 100L to larger volumes due to stormrelated events.” According to CEN’s Mr Asquith,

the events reported by Council explain why five of the Peninsula’s nine rated swimming spots, including Ocean Beach, were given “poor” ratings in this year’s State of the Beaches report. Peninsula swimming spots that received “good” ratings were Pearl Beach, Umina Beach and Killcare. Gosford Council spent almost $30 million on sewage upgrades to improve performance, reliability and capacity of the major sewage transfer system. However, that system services Forresters Beach, Wamberal, Avoca, Terrigal, North Avoca and Kincumber and works were expected to decrease the risk of overflows in the Terrigal and Avoca Beach catchments. No such project is underway on the Peninsula. Gosford Council has reported it

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undertakes a “thorough and proactive mains cleaning program based on the risk assessment of sensitive areas”. “It involves the jetting of mains to clear roots and a proactive hole inspection process, which notifies maintenance crews when roots are identified. Council’s testing program is extensive, which should go some way to assuring residents wishing to swim on the Peninsula that they can at least check the water quality rating before taking the plunge. “Council collected in excess of 700 samples in 2013-2014 from various sites as part of the Beach Watch Partnership Program. “Results were collected from more than 20 sites from October 2013 to May 2014 and were published weekly on the Gosford Council and the EPA websites.” Mr Asquith said attention needed to be paid to the number of Peninsula properties that were still reliant on septic tanks as another potential source of pollution. According Mr Anderson, there were more than 22,000 properties around the Peninsula and nearly 21,000 were connected to the Gosford City Sewer System. “Vacant lots or open space account for just over 900 of the unsewered properties, with more than 300 of those remaining serviced by on-site sewage management systems. “These systems include primary septic tanks, aerated wastewater treatment systems, pump-out systems

and composting toilets and greywater systems. “Of these, nearly 170 will have access to the Cockle Bay Sewerage Project from mid to late 2016. “The remaining properties will continue to rely on on-site sewage management. “Properties, originally identified as needing to be serviced by Council’s Sewer Reticulation System were included in the Sewer Loan Rate Area. “After 1996, additional properties were added to the Sewer Service area including those with on-site systems that posed a risk to the environment. “Council is investigating the expansion of sewer services to the remaining unsewered residential areas. “Council’s on-site sewage management team conducts audits of properties that do not wish to connect to the sewer system as part of a strict on-site Sewage Management Strategy. “This ensures all systems are installed and operated in accordance with the performance standards outlined in the NSW Environment Health Protection Association Guidelines. “Council has previously identified areas where on-site systems have posed a risk to the environment and included these within the sewer service area.” Interview, 19 Oct 2015 John Asquith, CEN Media statement, 10 Nov 2015 Paul Anderson, Gosford Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Take merger to Boundaries Commission, urges Morris Cr Hillary Morris has urged Gosford Council to stand firm against amalgamation and take its case to the NSW Boundaries Commission. At an “extraordinary meeting” on November 16, the council was told that, in order to remove an elected local council, the matter would be referred to the NSW Boundaries Commission. Cr Morris, who voted against amalgamating with Wyong, said that to remove Gosford Council the Minister for Local Government would have to follow a specific legislative process. She said the process was “rigorous” and would include a public hearing. She said Gosford Council’s own research suggested that 70 per cent of the community did not support an amalgamation. “If those 70 per cent of the people get to have their say, we may not get amalgamated,” she said. Cr Gabby Bowles asked council general manager Mr Paul Anderson about the role of the Boundaries Commission including how it was made up, what its quorum was and where the ultimate decision was made. According to Mr Anderson, the

commission is currently made up of four people including a person nominated by the Minister for Local Government, a representative from the NSW Office of Local Government and two pre-qualified councillors from the Local Government Association. “If the panel is unable to come to a consensus, the chair can use their veto,” Mr Anderson said. “The commission makes a recommendation to the Minister and asks the State Governor to make a proclamation creating a new Local Government Area. According to Mr Anderson, there had been some debate about what would happen to the Commission if elected councillors throughout the state were sacked by the NSW Government. Cr Craig Doyle asked whether the State Government’s “threat to dissolve councils across the state” would mean the end of the Local Government Association and therefore the end of the Boundaries Commission. Mr Anderson said the Commission could have a quorum of two people, so long as one of those was the chair. “The commission could still go forward with a quorum of two,” Mr Anderson said. Cr Doyle replied: “The bottom

line is even that gate has been closed by direction or subterfuge, the Minister will have the deciding vote.” Mr Anderson confirmed that the decision would ultimately be made by the Minister who had to ask the Governor for a proclamation. Cr Burke added that even when amalgamations were first mooted by Mr Toole and then Premier Mr Barry O’Farrell, councillors were told boundary adjustments would not be considered. “The two options were amalgamation, voluntary or forced,” Cr Burke said. Cr Burke said that, maybe, in the event of a voluntary amalgamation and at the discretion of the Minister, councillors could stay on in their roles until the next election and the CEOs might be able to stay. “In a forced amalgamation, we could be dismissed, the CEO could be dismissed and an administrator will be appointed and will make all the decisions for the community without consultation,” he said. Cr Bowles concluded: “Unfortunately, the way Boundaries Commission is constructed...I do not share (Cr Morris’) confidence that should we head down that path our odds are improved.” Gosford Council 16 Nov 2015 Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Amalgamation moves welcomed, but no decision yet Member for Terrigal Mr Adam Crouch has welcomed moves by Gosford and Wyong Councils to amalgamate. Mr Crouch said: “I am pleased that the majority of councillors from Wyong Council and Gosford Council have agreed to work together to plan for the merger of both councils with the best interests of the ratepayers of the Central Coast as their priority. “It is disappointing to see the lack of vision of the Labor and the Green Councillors,” Mr Crouch said. “However, I look forward to the seeing both councils working collaborative and cohesively to ensure that we deliver the Greater Central Coast Council,” he said. The Office of Minister for Local Government Mr Paul Toole has said no decisions about individual councils had been made following the November 18 deadline for councils to respond to amalgamation proposals. “Councils have provided their feedback on IPART’s report and submitted their merger preferences to Government,” a spokesperson

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for Mr Toole said. “This will inform the Government’s final position on local government reform which will be announced by the end of the year,” she said. “The Government has consulted with local councils on these reforms for more than four years. “IPART’s report stated the benefits of mergers clearly. “It found reducing waste and red tape through local government mergers could free up to $2 billion over the next 20 years for NSW ratepayers, which could stabilise council rates, and fund better services and new infrastructure for communities. “The NSW Government has made a three-point guarantee to give local communities extra confidence that reforms will deliver tangible benefits and stronger councils:” Those three points were: mergers will reduce waste and red tape; all the savings will go to better services, more infrastructure, or lower rates; and local representation will be maintained. “Councillors who have demonstrated an ability to work together in reaching agreement to merge will have the opportunity to shape the future of the new council and serve their community until the end of their current term. “There are no plans to change existing employment protections applying to council employees undergoing a merger under the Local Government Act.” Those employment protections are spelt out in Part 6 of Chapter 11 and Section 218CA of the Local Government Act. Media statement, 19 Nov 2015 Antonia Morrow, Office of Paul Toole Media statement, 19 Nov 2015 Debra Wales, Office of Adam Crouch

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Woy Woy and Umina town centres may be given low priority, says Anderson issues such as parking and traffic flows through Woy Woy town centre won’t be considered in the near future. “For me, it is a much broader issue: Have we got the right height and density controls; have we got a structure as to how the traffic is going to move around the centre to make traffic movement efficient; how will we work with the State Government to get really good and efficient parking for the transport node that is located in Woy Woy. “We have to go through the whole process to come out the other side and I am sure the outcome will be good but we don’t know what the process is going to be. “None of us knows that at this point in time,” he said.

The plans for the development of Woy Woy and Umina will be put on hold and may well be given low priority by an amalgamated council, according to Gosford Council general manager Mr Paul Anderson.

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work,” Mr Anderson said. Gosford is, and will continue to be, the regional capital, according to Mr Anderson. He said Gosford’s status had been well-recognised by the NSW Government and had been articulated in the Gosford City Centre Masterplan. “What we then need to work out is what the other town centres are, for instance, will they continue to be town centres or will they be subregional centres?’ he said. “What we need to do in each of those centres is look at the vision.” Amalgamation would inevitably delay the ability for councillors and council staff to create and implement that vision for particular parts of the Coast, he said. “Potentially we can go and talk to an administrator about moving it fast and making it happen sooner rather than later but I have got to say, if I was the administrator, I would be nervous about doing stuff without good community consultation in place,” he said. He said the State Government had undertaken to deliver local council elections and have the new Central Coast Council in place by September 2016. “I am somewhat sceptical as to

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Prior to the decision to amalgamate with Wyong, council’s director of planning Ms Danielle Dickson said Woy Woy’s future would be dealt with as part of an ambitious 20-year plan for the whole Gosford City region. However, Gosford’s general manager Mr Paul Anderson said amalgamation would definitely delay tackling issues such as the future of town centres. He said a new regional hierarchy would need to be worked out and that town centres would need to take their place amongst other town centres in the regional vision. Ms Dickson had previously said that Gosford Council was “embarking on an ambitious project to communicate a clear direction for growth and development in the Gosford City region over the next 20 years”. “It will outline how change and growth can be managed in order to achieve social, environmental and economically sustainable outcomes for Gosford City,” she said. “This project will also address regional opportunities and Woy Woy Town Centre will play an important role in the future planning of the Gosford region.” Ms Dickson made the comments in response to attention being drawn to the increasing number of vacant shops in Blackwall Rd. However, Mr Anderson said the process of amalgamating the Central Coast’s two local government areas into a single regional council would inevitably push back “big picture” strategies. “What we are trying to do, and one of the new things we’ve said we need to consider, is how the new regional hierarchy would

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No pressure in new parks law, says Tenants’ Union Residential park residents at Ettalong and Empire Bay should not feel pressured into signing new site agreements because of the introduction of a new law in NSW, according to the Tenants’ Union of NSW. The new Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013 came into force on November 1 and applies to all residents who own homes in residential home parks. Ms Jill Edmonds, who is a long-term resident of Karalta Court Village in Erina, said the Tenants’ Union of NSW would be visiting local parks from Monday, November 23, to help residents understand their rights and responsibilities under the new law. According to Ms Edmonds, the main wins for residents was that it will ensure residents have the right to sell their home on site. “Some residents have clauses in their leases that if they sell their house it has to be taken out of the park,” Ms Edmonds said. “Park owners use that clause to tell potential buyers they have to take the house off site and, of course, potential buyers run away until the only buyer left is the park owner. “The park owner can make the house unsellable,” she said. “The new act is very clear that all people who own homes in parks have the right to sell their home on site and whoever buys the house can reside there and have a site agreement. “Another good thing about the ‘savings provisions’ of the

new act is that those existing site agreements continue and residents also automatically receive more protections as they come on. “We don’t have to sign new agreements because of the introduction of new laws. “The new agreement may allow the owner to increase rents down the track even if they offer a rent reduction to induce residents to sign a new agreement. “Other money-making clauses can also be included in agreements under the new law such as arrangements for residents to sign a fixed-term agreement to pay the park owner a set percentage of their pension or to share capital gains with the park owner when they sell their home. “When you’ve got existing park residents with existing site agreements, we are telling them do not sign a new agreement. Hang on to what you’ve got. “If we hang on to existing agreements, it will make it so much easier to sell the home and stop the park owner from interfering in the sale. “The new law means you can assign your existing site agreement to a new owner so hold on to existing agreements and don’t be forced to sign on for extra expenses. Ms Edmonds said the new act provides buyers with a 14-day cooling off period “and they are encouraged to seek advice from a lawyer who understands the act”. According to Ms Edmonds, the shortage of greenfield sites on the Central Coast, means that there are not likely to be new residential home parks developed but there is

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a danger that owners will attempt to “gentrify” existing parks. “This new act has many clauses that will assist park owners in removing older people who have been there for a long time and replacing their older homes with big brand new homes. “We are always at the tribunal about park owners telling potential buyers they would have to remove a home from the park,” she said. According to Ms Edmonds, even though the new act is supposed to prevent this, it is difficult to prove that a park owner has interfered in a sale by providing potential buyers with misinformation. “Park owners can make phone calls and give all sorts of inaccurate information when they have a buyer in their office behind closed doors even though they are not permitted to interfere. “It is very hard for the average person to understand these contracts especially because a lot of these people are elderly and women on their own with not much finance behind them. Another disadvantage of the new law is that it allows residents to set special levies. For instance, if 75 per cent of residents in a park decide that they’d like a new tennis court, they can set and collect a levy from all residents to cover the construction of that facility. “The debt is imposed on every resident and transferred to new home owners and there is no regulation about how those funds are to be held in trust, refunded or set timeframes in terms of how they have to be used,” she said. Residential parks officer at the Tenants’ Union NSW, Ms Julie Lee, said: “It is really important that residents know that the law has changed and how their rights and responsibilities are affected. For more information, visit the Tenants’ Union website for park residents, thenoticeboard.org.au. Interview, 19 Nov 2015 Jill Edmonds, park resident and advocate Media release, 18 Nov 2015 Jemima Mowbray, Tenants Union NSW Reporter: Jackie Pearson

First floating landcare working bee held The first Brisbane Water “floating landcare” working bee was held in Woy Woy Bay on Saturday, October, 4. Volunteers from the Bays area as well as an additional 14 volunteers participated. The group assisted in removing weeds and environmental repair. The Bays Community Group

president Mr Bob Puffett said the results were impressive and immediate. For more information contact Deb Holloman, bush regeneration coordinator, at Deb.Holloman@ environment.nsw.gov.au Newsletter, 19 Nov 2015 Bob Puffett, The Bays Community Group

Bush care group welcomes anyone The Bays Community bush care group welcomes anyone who would like to join. The group meets at 9am on the fourth Saturday of each month, under the supervision of a representative from National Parks & Wildlife. It is advised to wear protective

apparel and to bring your own clippers or use the ones provided on the day. The meeting point is the western end of Taylor St and from there the group then moves to a selected location. Newsletter, 19 Nov 2015 Bob Puffett, The Bays Community Group

Mingaletta hosts information session Mingaletta has hosted a free information session about indigenous housing loans. The session run by Indigenous Business Australia was designed to let the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members know how the organisation might be able to assist them to buy their own home. IBA offered affordable

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Pelican campaigner continues research The Peninsula’s pelican campaigner, Ms Wendy Gillespie, has continued to network with other scientists in an attempt to get to the bottom of what is causing higher than normal levels of mortality in the Peninsula’s water bird populations. According to Ms Gillespie, a creek was replaced with a storm water drain opposite a pelican and ibis colony in Blackwall 20 years ago. “Tragically the drain was installed to mitigate flooding in the vicinity of the Everglades Country Club with no environmental regard, particularly as the creek provided the primary fresh water source for the pelican colony;” Ms Gillespie said. She has questioned the level of maintenance of that storm water drain and in-situ gross pollutant trap. “It was not cleaned out on any regular basis, according to affected residents and as documented photographic records of 2013 attest, and had been allowed to back up to the full depth of the drain for hundreds of metres. “I raised the issue of the gross

algal discharge and the appalling state of drain with Gosford Council in July 2013,” she said. Council responded by removing the gross pollutant trap which, according to Ms Gillespie, resulted in an “overnight release of years of buildup of contaminants resulting in the mass of deaths white ibis (80+ over several months and an acceleration in pelican morbidity)”. Ms Gillespie has also claimed that a nearby golf course and several playing fields “contribute significant nutrient loads to the drain. “As the catchment area of the drain has a significant area, multiple other residential and light industrial uses will be contributing a myriad of pollutants to the primary stormwater drain. “Two long term dumps were also located under the playing fields. “The Peninsular Leisure Centre, in close proximity to the discharge point (where avian species collect fresh water), has been established on a former “long term” service station site. “Two other service stations including an NRMA service centre were located near the unlined

stormwater drain and discharge point. “Natural vegetation, which was established in the last few hundred metres of the drain for predominantly aesthetic purposes, does not allow filtration of waste products as it has a foundation of coffee rock. “The iron based strata can have the added effect of promoting algal growth and ensuring the waste water build up and concentration of pollutants, contaminants and organic matter.” Ms Gillespie said that in spite of council’s removal of the gross pollutant trap, the drain continues to “harbor, concentrate and incubate contaminants due to its inherently defective design. “Up to a metre of decomposing organic matter and dead aquatic organisms including toads and eels have been observed as this residue does not get away until there is a deluge. “So after every dry, warm spell, the concentrated toxic load is discharged after a rain event with water birds ever ready to part take of the wonderful freshwater bounty,” she said. Email, 15 Nov 2015 Wendy Gillespie, Woy Woy

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Children asked to paint bus shelter Pre-school and school age children in and around The Bays were invited to draw or paint pictures of birds or wildlife to be featured in the bus shelter near the fire shed at Phegans Bay. A working bee was held at the community hall last Saturday,

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Advisory committee members sought PCYC Umina Beach is looking for community members who are willing to join a new advisory committee. “An advisory committee’s role is to provide expertise from local volunteers who are committed to raising much needed funds for PCYC Umina Beach,” said Umina

Beach club manager Mr Martin Eddy. Anyone who would like to contribute can contact Martin on 0421 611 449. The committee needs one male and one female under 25. Newsletter, 18 Nov 2015 Martin Eddy, Umina Beach PCYC

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The craft of jewellery making and repairs is alive and well on the Peninsula, with one business celebrating 10 years at Woy Woy. Woy Woy jeweller Mr Gary Mellon opened his Peninsula business in Woy Woy 10 years ago. Mr Mellon has been working as a jeweller for 35 years and he still loves the craft as much as he did when he was 17. He said most of his customers came from the Peninsula and they pestered him to open a shop in the area so they didn’t have to travel to his Gosford shop. He still loves designing and creating individual pieces for customers but he also enjoys his roles as a valuer and diamond setter. “To make something for someone and to have that person cry because they are ecstatic about it is just phenomenal. “I just take a lot of pride in what I have done and what I have achieved,” he said. Mr Mellon said the month before Christmas was always a time when people thought about repairing and buying jewellery. He urged them to exercise caution, especially when it comes to selling old jewelry or getting

repairs and valuations. He has advised Peninsula residents to make sure they consult an expert when repairing or selling jewellery. Although not registered as a second- hand dealer, which means he cannot purchase your old jewellery, he enjoys helping his customers to ensure they get or pay the right price for the right piece. “Technically, when you buy a piece of jewellery, it has got labour and taxes and all that included in the price but when you sell that piece of jewellery, in the case of gold, all you are getting is the value of the melted-down gold,” Mr Mellon said. He said customers should be cautious of fly-by-night buyers who can be offering prices that can be 40 per cent lower than the real market value of the gold.. “You might buy a gold chain for $100 but if you sell it, you might only get $20 because that is the value of the gold content,” he said. Repairs are another area where Mr Mellon encourages his customers to take care and time to make sure they get the result they want. He encourages customers to get more than one quote and asks a in-depth series of questions

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Butcher’s shop to stay Deepwater Plaza in Woy Woy has retained its butcher shop following Peters Meat being placed in administration recently. True Blue Quality Meats has leased the shop which is opposite Coles Supermarket. True Blue is owned by Mr Michael Taylor and Mr Christopher Lewthewaite, who have been operating a butcher shop at West Gosford Shopping Centre for almost four years. Mr Taylor said he was a manager at Peters Meats Woy Woy for three years so he is familiar with the store, its staff and customers. “We managed to retain four members of Peters Meat’s Woy Woy staff,” Mr Taylor said. “Our focus is fresh meat and

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easy meal ideas and our prices range from meat packs through to your stop filet steak so we cater for every market,” he said. Mr Taylor, who has been a butcher for 20 years, said he and his partner were delighted with the reception they’d had from Deepwater Plaza customers since opening a two weeks ago. “We would like to push further north and have another shop further up the Coast but we don’t want to get too big for our boots just yet,” he said. The former Peters Meats was one of 30 butcher shops run by Tarleton and Peter, trading as Peters Meats, which was was put into administration in September. Interview, 5 Nov 2015 Michael Taylor, True Blue Quality Meats

One of the last to know the full Roosters’ history Mr Bruce Richards, 84, is probably one of the last Woy Woy residents who can recall the complete history of the Roosters rugby league club so he has shared his memories with The Peninsula News as part of a collection of stories about the sporting culture of Woy Woy. “Each one of us has a story but I reckon I have a thousand,” Mr Richards said laughing. He sits upright and leans forward to converse because he can’t hear very well but he does not want to miss a single word. “I am one of the very last people who can tell you how it all started here in Woy Woy,” he said. “Before we had a proper competition we were simply playing ‘challenges,’ one group against another. “We didn’t even have a name. “Our jersey was light blue, then came the stripes. “We were meeting in an old clothing factory in Gosford that was our base. “One day we were coming back from a match up at Toronto. It would have been around 1955. “The late Ron Derley screamed out ‘Go Roosters’ as we were leaving. “Well, that name stuck. We liked it. “Then came the white jersey with red V, and we still wear it today.” That’s how the mighty Woy Woy Roosters came to exist. “Truth be told, at the beginning we were losing something bad,” Mr Richards lowers his voice to a whisper. “One day the Ourimbah

Magpies beat us 90 to one. It was shocking. “People used to say we were beaten by cricket scores but then Bobby Wallis took over coaching. “He played in A-grade with South Sydney. “Well, we took on the mighty Magpies that year and won the premiership. “It was the best day of my life when we beat the Timber Cutters. “That’s what we called them because they were all tall and strong. “That night we came back to the Masonic Temple in Woy Woy and had a wack of night,” he said. “From that moment onwards, we became highly respected and went on to win many premierships and some of our young players played for A-grade teams and even the national team.” Mr Richards continues to weave his stories like an intricate spider’s web with threads that are the names of mates, of buildings, of places that no longer exist. That is why Mr Richards is so eager to tell, so keen to bring them back to life.

“I reckon that this new oval will bring back some pride to our place and not just for sport. “I believe there could be a candle light parade there, a gathering of communities, maybe even a wedding, who knows?” Mr Richards can still recall a poem that was written by the dux of the school he attended many years ago. The poem is about a beautiful, Woy Woy, of dream-like landscapes, fish that make for a good meal, the pride of people who live there, ending serenely on the obvious conclusion “Woy Woy, the most beautiful place on earth”. This interview is part of the collection of stories on the sports culture of Woy Woy. If you are interested in being involved in the project, or believe you have some information that would be relevant, please contact project officer Coralie McPhie on (02) 4325 8429 or email coralie. mcphie@gosford.nsw.gov.au. Interview, 20 Nov 2015 Bruce Richards, former Woy Woy Rooster

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Update on environmental lands to be provided Environment zones and the urban edge study, both of which may impact on environmentally sensitive land on the Peninsula, were discussed at the September 1 meeting of Gosford Council’s Environment Co9mmittee. Ms Jane Smith from the Community Environment Network stated that it was a resolution of Council that the Environment Committee would be part of the process for a community engagement strategy in relation to the urban edge study. Ms Smith requested council officers revisit the resolution and

bring a framework for community engagement to the next meeting before going back to Council. Council officers will provide an update of the Environment Lands study to the committee as well as the Community Engagement Strategy for committee consideration. Officers also undertook to follow up with the NSW Minister for the Environment to request an update on a new E5 zone to protect Gosford Council’s Coastal Open Spaces System (COSS). The next meeting of the Environment Committee will be held on December 1. Gosford Council agenda EC/15/03, 27 Oct 2015

Pelican concern noted Petitioners have asked Gosford Council to reconsider further intensive studies regarding the wellbeing of pelicans, ibis, fish and other occupants of the water near Blackwall storm water drain. They stated it was of vital importance that the wildlife and their habitats was protected. The petition had four signatures and asked Council to reconsider the need for further intensive

studies of the problem. The petition was noted. At Council’s Environment Committee meeting held on September 1, Ms Jane Smith from the Community Environment Network requested a follow-up on an apparent leaked document and Council responsibilities regarding the pelican death issue. The committee noted the information Council agenda P.24 and EC/15/03, 27 Oct 2015

Other Regional News - In brief Peninsula News focuses on news speciﬁcally relating to post code areas 2256 and 2257. Given the advent of a Greater Central Coast Council in the near future,

following is a summary of the first 9 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

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Seven out of 10 Gosford councillors have voted to inform the NSW Government they are willing to amalgamate with Wyong Council.

At an extraordinary meeting of Gosford Council called to consider council amalgamation, councillors discussed the process of removing Gosford Council if it did decide to stand alone.

The Community Environment Network (CEN) conducted a survey to gauge community feeling around the amalgamation of Gosford, Wyong and Lake Macquarie councils.

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NSW councils were being forced into amalgamations that are unlikely to benefit local communities on the basis of flawed methodology, a leading academic has found.

It’s time for a ‘cultural heart’ in Gosford, member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks MP has declared, calling for a united plan for the Regional Performing Arts Centre.

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Former Gosford Mayor Malcolm Brooks has welcomed the review of the Central Coast Regional Development Corporation (CCRDC), a month after he called for its dismissal.

S ith calls ll ffor a Smith development of international acclaim

Central Coast based senator for Mr Adam Crouch MP, member for According to the member for NSW, Deborah O’Neill continues Terrigal has welcomed the draft Gosford, Ms Cathy Smith MP, to put pressure on the Federal coastal reforms that the NSW it is time to start fighting for Gosford’s waterfront to be the site Government to change the location Government has released. of a development that will give it of the proposed taxation office in international acclaim. Gosford. The full articles and more can be seen on line on our website www.centralcoastnews.net Coast Community News articles can also be read and shared on your mobile phone by going to www.coastcommunitynews.com.au.

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The acting CEO of Wyong Council has been authorised to acquire approximately one quarter of the Wyong Grove school site and carriage way at a fair market value.

A delegation from both Wyong and Gosford Councils travelled to Sydney to meet the minister for local government on Wednesday, November 11.

Wyong mayor, Cr Doug Eaton OAM was guest speaker at the Ourimbah Region Residents’ Association’s (ORRA) November meeting.

Darkinjung believe that Transport for NSW decision was racially motivated

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Documents obtained by the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council imply the Transport for NSW decision to change the location of its inter-city fleet maintenance facility from Bushell’s Ridge to Kangy Angy was racially motivated.

Wyong Council must take responsibility for the decision by Transport for NSW to locate its intercity fleet maintenance centre at Kangy Angy, according to the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council and affected Kangy Angy residents.

The Kangy Angy Residents Action Group continues its campaign to stop the intercity rail fleet maintenance centre being built in the area.

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Proposed legislation takes planning authority out of the hands of local communities

Mayoral minute on confidentiality rejected

Wyong Council is in discussion with Skydive Sydney to use Warnervale Aerodrome as the base for their skydiving operations.

The Greater Sydney Commission Bill has huge implications for the Wyong shire according to spokesperson for the Central Coast Greens, Ms Kate da Costa.

Wyong councillors have refused to accept a mayoral minute proposing to delegate authority to deal with confidential matters to the mayor, deputy mayor and acting CEO.

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Make Woy Woy different A recent issue of Peninsula News featured two articles covering the issue of shop vacancies in the Woy Woy shopping precinct. Mr Matthew Wales argued that Umina shopping precinct provides a model for revitalizing a town centre, and shot down more creative suggestions for rebranding Woy Woy such as the revitalize schemes used successfully in Newcastle. Mr Wales makes several seemingly well-informed suggestions, calling for more national retailers and better parking in Woy Woy and rejecting the idea of artisan tenancies. The last time I looked over several of our biggest national retailers were already represented in Woy Woy, along with one of the

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See Page 2 for contribution conditions biggest parking lots the Central Coast has to offer. It’s time to do more research. It’s great Umina is prospering but visitors to Woy Woy don’t want to be greeted by another Umina. Woy Woy has its own character

and direct water access. It can and should be branded as a location for diverse boutique shopping, creative retail and laid back cafe culture to people wanting to escape the drudgery of shopping malls and big retailers for the day. Attracting this type of tenant means improving the streetscape, encouraging more festivals and creative events, and pressuring absent or negligent landlords to clean up their assets. In the meantime, opening up those empty shops to people who can weave their arty magic to make crusty look cool is a fantastic way to start the process. It’s working in other locations, both here and in the UK. Email, 15 Nov 2015 Melissa Chandler, Umina Beach

More information needed about merger I am a home owner and resident of the Peninsula, trying to understand whether our local Gosford Council should merge or not. I can only go by what I see. The Central Coast has so much potential, but is lacking in people with vision and expertise to bring it

Forum into the 21st century. The present council seems to be going nowhere. There are enough people living here to warrant decent up-to-date shopping centres, better roads and

theatres. So much improvement is needed. More Information is needed to know if merging will bring these benefits. The only other option is we stay as we are, going nowhere. Letter, 11 Nov 2015 Mavis Matson, Umina

Canvass all the neighbours I am outraged that all residents of the laneway between Cambridge St and Nelson St, Umina, were not invited to meet council officers concerning the minority petition about no parking in the lane we all use. The truth is there have been complaints locally over trivial matters for years and council should know this. Neighbours receive visits from police every time one of us has an outdoor family gathering or celebration and leave shaking their heads at their time being wasted. The last incident was at 3pm on a Saturday.

Forum As a 25 year resident of Cambridge St, I do not have a back cabin in my backyard but I do use the back gate and see no issue here. Not to canvass all neighbours is totally unfair. This affects every laneway on the Peninsula. Most cabins are affordable housing for pensioners, unemployed, disabled and young people saving money. This is about a couple of selfish people caring about their own inconvenience not the overall benefit for all. Email, 12 Nov 2015 Brian Lewis, Umina Beach

What’s so bad about our present system? Beyond Federation from Klaas Woldring in the edition of November 9: What does it mean? What would we expect to follow from the abolition of State Governments and the breakup of the Australian Federation? Chaos? Anarchy? Revolution? A military dictatorship? And what is so bad about our present system of governance that would warrant such drastic measures to take place? We should be careful what we wish for, at the risk of meeting the consequences. We need to look around the world to view the mess that these republics find themselves in. Instead, we should be glad and proud to be Australian. So much good has been achieved in the shirt time since British settlement here in the 18th century.

Forum We have punched above our weight in so many areas. In government, in culture and sport and there is no good reason to radically overturn our system and start all over again. These were wise words written by Junius in the Public Advertiser, 1979: “We owe it to our ancestors to preserve entire those rights which they have delivered to our care, we owe it to our posterity, not to suffer the dearest inheritance to be destroyed.” If ever, in some future referendum we are called upon to dump our constitutional monarchy and opt for an Australian republic with a political president to rule over us. Shouldn’t we pause and ponder over this; in what way would we be better off? Letter, 16 Nov 2015 Don Parkes, Woy Woy

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Aged care provider was awards finalist BlueWave Living of Woy Woy was presented as a finalist in the Employer Excellence in Aged Care Award at the 2015 Regional Achievement and Community Awards on Saturday, November 14 held in Dubbo. BlueWave Living was selected from a strong field of nominees. Those at the awards were told that BlueWave Living was a community-owned not-for-profit organisation providing care and accommodation for 96 residents. Onsite services included physiotherapy, hairdressing, pet therapy, laundry services, music therapy and social outings. Volunteers from the local community also contributed their time and energy to assist residents. With a strong focus on the training, safety and wellbeing for their 100 employees, BlueWave

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Maggie meets up with her grandmother on leukaemia ride One of three friends riding their bicycles from Coolangatta to Cronulla to raise money for leukaemia research has met with her grandmother in Woy Woy on her way through. Maggie Mills arrived in town on Friday, November 13, as part of the epic ride. Her grandmother, Ms Genny Murphy, was bursting with pride. Ms Murphy said she was proud of Maggie, who lives with her

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Stage three students have three-day camp Woy Woy South Public School’s stage three (Year 5 and 6) students attended a three-day camp at Milson Island recently. “We loaded the majority of our Stage 3 students onto buses at 8:15am on Monday, November 16, to travel to Brooklyn and then onto a ferry for the trip to Milsom Island Sport and Recreation Centre,” said principal Ms Kim Whealey.

“We offer this three-day camp every second year and it is a great opportunity for the students to spend three days and two nights with each other, school and recreation staff and enjoy some very exciting activities,” she said. Ms Whealey said they looked forward to hearing their stories upon their return to school. Newsletter, 17 Nov 2015 Kim Whealey, Woy Woy South Public School

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Ettalong Public School choir will be performing at the Schools Spectacular on Friday, November 27. The show will be televised later through the ABC. School principal Mr Colin Wallis said: “This is a major commitment

for all children and their choir teachers, Merran Hansford and Anne Smith. “We acknowledge this effort from all participants. “It will certainly be a terrific experience for our children.” Newsletter, 17 Nov 2015 Colin Wallis, Ettalong Public School

High response to online survey Woy Woy South Public School principal Ms Kim Whealey has thanked the 121 parents who responded to the school’s latest online survey. “I was contacted this week from the organisers of the Tell Them from Me surveys asking how we managed to achieve such a high level of parent responses in this year’s survey. “I was pleased to be able to tell them that our parents completed the surveys both at home and at school – before and after school, during discos and during the Fathers’ Day breakfast,” Ms Whealey said. “The data we received will now be used to evaluate this year’s plans and help to establish next year’s priorities,” she said. Ms Whealey also said she was pleased with a graph which showed the Woy Woy South results as compared to the combined norms from other involved schools. “Our results clearly exceeded the NSW norms in all areas and indicate that our 2015-17 Strategic Direction to create Collaborative, Informed and Inclusive Partnerships for Learning has been effective,” she said. Newsletter, 16 Nov 2015 Kim Whealey, Woy Woy South Public School

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Joining age reminder after cyber-bullying Parents at Umina Beach Public School have been reminded of Instagram’s policy on joining age. Principal Ms Lyn Davis said that, after several incidents of cyberbullying, parents were reminded that the joining age for Instagram was 13. The policy stated “Instagram

requires everyone to be at least 13 years old before they can create an account (in some jurisdictions, this age may be higher). “If your child is younger than 13 and created an account on Instagram, you can show them how to delete their account.” Newsletter, 17 Nov 2015 Lyn Davis, Umina Beach Public School

Relieving assistant principals Ettalong Public School will receive two new assistant principals for the first three terms of 2016. Merran Hansford and Sam Harrison have both been successful through merit selection to take up the role of relieving assistant principal.

“I am sure they will do a great job. “Our school is certainly fortunate to have such a great depth of leadership capacity,” principal Mr Colin Wallis said. “They school will certainly be in excellent hands.” Newsletter, 17 Nov 2015 Colin Wallis, Ettalong Public School

Ag farm exhibits four steers Brisbane Water Secondary College Agriculture Farm exhibited four steers at the Upper Hunter Beef Week Show. A total of 23 students and teachers attended the event. Sponsoring organisation Umina Beach Rotary Club also attended the event to support students as they paraded, judged and were

judged at the show. Unfortunately the Limousin steer the students were counting on to win an award broke a couple of teeth before the judging and was disqualified as a result. The Brisbane Water Secondary College Agriculture Farm was still able to take home a number of awards. During the show, the Rotary

Club also raised over $800 for the Rotary Club of Central Blue Mountains project, Save the Farm. The project sells rams and Christmas bears to raise money to assist farmers in western NSW suffering severe drought conditions. Media release, 16 Nov 2015 Geoff Melville, Rotary Club of Umina Beach Inc.

Looking for a Christmas present for your Learner Driver? Why not enrol them in our next Safer Driver Course on Tuesday 8th December 4.30pm - 7.30pm. Cost is $140.00, they learn skills for how to be a safer driver, and get 20 hours credited to their Log Book! For more information or to book in, contact the club on 4344 7851 or ema il meddy@pcycnsw.org.au

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Little Theatre wants 15 women for simple musical Woy Woy Little Theatre is in need of 15 women for its production Dinkum Assorted. Dinkum Assorted is written by Linda Aronson and adapted by director Fran Kendall with the authorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; permission. The play is set in a biscuit factory in a small Queensland country town during the early 1940s. When threatened with closure of the factory, the women make every effort to stop it. The play consists of a few short and simple musical numbers and a finale. Ms Kendall said a great team had come together. Characters that need actors are: Grace who has one solo and is bossy but likeable; Connie from Northern Ireland who has some solo lines; Pearl who is mature, tenacious and practical; Joan who

is elegant and down on her luck; Vi who is younger, vibrant, a good singer and wants to go on the stage; Rosie who is also younger, a soloist and vibrant; Millie whose husband is missing overseas, has a young child and falls pregnant during the play; Florrie who is older, a comedienne with dry wit and a good singer and is suitable for an experienced actress; Little Beat who is wide-eyed and innocent, short and petite and possible soloist; Big Beat who is tall, has a good sense of humour and is a soloist; Ethel who is agile and a possible soloist; and Margie whose role will be played to suit the character of the person securing the role as an onstage accompanist with very simple music. Audition pieces are available from Ms Kendall with those auditioning urged to prepare two

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DVD about Umina took five years to make A DVD called Umina, The First 50 Years is the culmination of over five years of dedication and hard work, according to its compiler Ms Julie Aitchison. The video covers Umina’s history from 1914 to 1964 and has been a labour of love for Ms Aitchison, 67, who moved to Sydney Ave, Umina, when she was seven. When she retired in 2007, Julie decided to find out who had planted the pine trees that lined Sydney Ave so she went to the Gosford Library and asked for the Umina history file. “I was handed three pages so I said, ‘I will write the history of Umina, it should only take about six months’,” she said. “So many people know a little bit about something but it has never been documented and put together. Ms Aitchison has already gathered 46,000 words of notes and interviewed between 200 and 300 people. She said she had a filing cabinet next to her favourite arm chair and estimates that she has dedicated around 30 hours a week to the project for the past five and a half years. According to Ms Aitchison, the Staples family owned 80 per cent of the land in Umina in the 1920s. “They were real estate speculators who had come from Melbourne but their story is a complete book in itself,” she said. The video covers the commencement of land being subdivided and sold as residential blocks from 1914. It looks at the advent of Woy Woy Council in 1928, of which Charles Raymond Staples, the patriarch of the family, became president.

His son, Charles Jefferis Staples, was Gosford District coroner for 25 years. “As I say, lots of people know little sections but because it hasn’t been documented it will get lost.” Ms Aitchison said the Woy Woy Herald was published from the 1920s but its archive was thrown out in 1974. She does have copies of the Woy Woy and Ocean Beach Chronicle which was published by Charles Jefferis Staples from 1918 to 1922. The main reference source behind Ms Aitchison’s work has been reading through minutes from local council meetings, all the way from 1918 until 1964. “The only thing that has changed is the names,” she said. Julie’s own recollections of her move from Woolloomooloo where the multicultural streets and Sydney’s Domain were her playground and the Cathedral bells her soundtrack. “I used to see ‘eternity’ written on the footpath and we played with Maltese, Chinese, Japanese and Russian children. “Then the Government bought the house mum and dad owned in Sir John Young Crescent to build the Eastern Suburbs railway so we moved to Umina. “Sydney Avenue was a bush track. “There was no school just bush and I think I cried for a week. “But then, as I say to everybody, we went down the street and discovered the beach and that changed my entire life.” Her parents purchased two blocks of land, one for her grandparents and then her mum and dad lived out their lives in Umina. Jenny now lives in Green Point “but only because my husband

travelled to Sydney for work by train for 34 years and he could never get a seat at Woy Woy.” She said she believed Umina was still largely a tourist town but the arrival of electric trains in 1960 changed everything. “It used to be a sleepy town but once the electric train came people could live in Umina and work in Sydney so the residential populations exploded,” she said. Julie said it was tough to nominate her favourite story from all those she has been told but she recalls Betty Blewitt (nee Adams) who was born in 1930 and lived in Bourke Rd. “Imagine a hot day during the 1930s: her mother would pack their tea in a bag, father would take his fishing rod and they would walk all the way down Trafalgar Ave and there were dressing sheds on stilts on the beach so they would sit under the sheds to get some relief and then sleep there over night to try to get some relief from the heat. “And they were happy, happy people. I have heard that many stories like that it is just amazing.” The premiere of Umina, The First 50 Years was held at Cinema Paradiso, Ettalong and attended by over 300 people. Julie has copies available for $20 via uminahistory@bigpond. com Mr Noel Sadler of Skip Film Productions from Empire Bay made the DVD and Stephen Cummings who has acted for Woy Woy Little Theatre was narrator. Ms Aitchison said she used a grant from the Royal Historic Society and sold calendars to pay for the project. She intends to start writing the book of Umina’s first 50 years after a break over the Christmas period.

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Gosford City Council is calling on the Peninsula community to contribute stories, photos and images regarding sporting history and folklore that will form an art installation in the new Woy Woy Oval. • How are sport activities important to you? • Do you hold good memories of the Woy Woy Oval or other sporting facilities within the Peninsula? • Did you make life-long friends through sport? • How does the history of the oval benefit the Peninsula community? If you are interested in being involved in the project, or believe you have some information that would be relevant, please contact: Coralie McPhie, Project Officer on (02) 4325 8429 or email Coralie.mcphie@gosford.nsw.gov.au

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Directory - Not for profit Community Organisations Art Ettalong Beach Art & Crafts Centre Adult classes in Pottery Watercolours, Oils, Acrylics, Pastels, Silvercraft, Patchwork & Quilting Children’s Art & Pottery Mon – Sat 10am – 3pm 4341 8344 madogis@hotmail.com

Central Coast Art Society Weekly paint-outs Tues 4369 5860. Workshops 9.30am 1st & 3rd Wed Gosford City Art Centre 4363 1156. Social Meetings 1.30pm 4th Wed for demonstrations publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au

4325 1420 Point Clare Art & Craft Wed - Adult Art Class Wed & Fri - Adult Crafts Bunka Embroid, Cards, Crotchet, Cross Stitch $3 Point Clare Hall 10am - 12noon 4325 5007 Hospital Art Australia Inc. Meet every Tue and Fri 9am-2pm - 109 Birdwood Ave, Umina - Painting and Canvas drawing. Volunteers welcome hospitalartaustralia.com.au

0431 363 347

Bushwalking National Parks Association Central Coast Twice weekly bush walks, varying distances and grades of difficulty. Explore, enjoy scenery, fauna, floral, history. Keep fit and make friends. 4389 4423 & 4332 7378 Community Centres Peninsula Community Centre Cnr Ocean Beach Rd & McMasters Rd Woy Woy Activities, programs and support groups for children, teens, adults and seniors including occasional care, playgroups, dance classes, karate, fitness classes, youth services, gambling solutions, internet kiosk and social groups. www.coastcommunityconnections.com.au

4341 9333 Ettalong 50+ Leisure & Learning Centre Mon - Fri - Cards, Computer Lessons, Dancing, Indoor Bowls, Fitness, Handicrafts, Leatherwork, Line Dancing, Painting, Scrabble, Table Tennis, Tai Chi, Yoga, Darts 4341 3222 Community Groups ABC “The Friends” Support group for Public Broadcaster. Aims: Safeguard ABC’s independence, adequate funding, high standards. Meetings through the year + social afternoons Well-known guest speakers www.fabcnsw.org.au

4341 5170 Central Coast Over 30s Social Group Social contact, entertainment events & new friendships for people in their 30’s, 40’s, 50’s & 60’s etc. Live music, house parties, restaurant nights, BBQ’s/ picnics, trips away etc. Free calendar 0422 243 101 cco30s@live.com.au

Central Coast 50+ Singles Social Group Ladies & gents dinner, dancing - BBQs & socialising each w/end. Monthly programme for all areas 4396 3640 or 0437 699 366

garden, social events, workshops, organic food buying group www.peg.org.au p g g

Health Groups

Peninsula Village Wellness Centre Offering holistic and complementary therapies including aromatherapy, massage and music therapy 4344 9199

Al-Anon If someone’s drinking is causing you problems... Al-Anon can help 4344 6939 1300 252 666 Meetings Sat 2pm Woy Woy Hospital Ocean Beach Road

Peninsula Village Meals Delivered daily to your door Nutritious, great for the elderly 4344 9199

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Arthritis NSW 3rd Tues 10.30am Peninsula Community Centre, Cnr McMasters Rd and Ocean Beach Rd, Woy Woy 4324 8310

Peninsula Village Carer’s Support Group For carers of loved ones with dementia - 1st Wed 10 to 11.30am Paula 4344 9199

Peninsula School for Seniors Community Centre, McMasters Road, Woy Woy Discussions, rumikin, craft, history, walks, & coach trips Tues, Wed, Thur 4341 5984 or 4341 0800

Better Hearing Australia Central Coast Hearing loss management support and education. 7 groups across the Coast Providing practical experience and confidence 4321 0275

Peninsula Women’s Health Centre Clinic sister; counselling; alternate therapists; groups and community education; drop-in; support for women in crisis; 4342 5905 Wed & Thur 9.30am-3pm 20a McMasters Rd, Woy Woy

50pssg@gmail.com

Mingaletta Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Provides members and other groups a meeting place and referral hub for education, health, well-being and cultural programs. Mon-Fri 9am - 4pm 6 Sydney Ave Umina 4342 7515

Peninsula Village Playgroup Carers, Grandparents, parents & children ‘Intergenerational Playgroup’ Tues 10-11.30am 4344 9199 Probus Club of Woy Woy Friendship, Fellowship, and social functions for active retirees. 1st Wed - 10am Everglades Country Club 4341 9195 Seniors Computer Club Central Coast Beginners Class PC or Mac, Mon or Tues. Other Classes Mon to Fri, 10am to 12 md or 1pm to 3pm. Mthly Meeting with Guest Speaker, 1st Mon. Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre 4369 2530 The Krait Club Community Centre Cooinda Village, Neptune St, Umina 10.30am For seniors. Gentle exercises, quizzes, games, social activities, guest speakers, entertainment and bus trips - 4344 3277 Umina Beach Men’s Shed Men share a variety of tools, pursue interests and hobbies, spend time with other men and learn new skills Darrell 4342 9606 Volunteering Central Coast Refers potential volunteers to community orgs. Supports both volunteers and community orgs. Training for volunteers & their managers. 4329 7122 recruit@volcc.org.au

www.centralcoast. betterhearingaustralia.org.au

BlueWave Living Woy Woy Community Aged Care facility providing residential aged care to the frail aged. Permanent and respite care accommodation available. Information 2nd and 4th Tues - 11am 4344 2599 reception@bluewaveliving.org.au

Gambling Solutions Gambling help counsellors providing free confidential professional service to gamblers, family and friends. Woy Woy, Kincumber, Gosford and The Entrance 4344 7992 GROW - Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression, and loneliness and improve mental health & wellbeing. Weekly meetings at Bateau Bay, Woy Woy and Wyong. 1800 558 268 or www.grow.org.au

Meals on Wheels Delicious meals delivered free Join us for a midday meal Help with shopping and cooking classes 4341 6699 Mary Mac’s Place Providing hot, freshly cooked meals - Mon to Fri 11am-1pm with support, info & referrals 4341 0584 marymacs@woywoycatholic.org.au

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) 12-step fellowship for those with eating disorders. No dues, fees, or weigh-ins. Peninsula Com. Cntr, cnr. Mc Masters Rd & Ocean Beach Rd. Woy Woy, Fri 8pm www.oa.org

Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Protect and preserve the environment & residential nature of the Bouddi Peninsula and to strengthen community bonds 2nd Mon, 7.30pm Wagstaffe Hall 4360 2945

ParaQuad Specialist healthcare products home delivered for all continence, wound care, respiratory and nutrition requirements Professional Clinic Support avail. 1300 886 601

info@wagstaffetokillcare.org.au

www.brightsky.com.au

Environment Peninsula Environment Group Environmental projects, (incl. Woytopia), Woy Woy community

0412 756 446

Pink Butterfly Breast Cancer Support Group First Sun. 10.00am -12.00 Shop 71 Schnapper Road Ettalong Markets 0428 712 251

JAZZ LEAGUE Live Jazz Bands - Come to listen, Come to dance Free - Every Sun Central Coast Leagues Club Gosford 2-5pm www.jazzleague.net

www.ccwhc.com.au

Prostate Cancer Support Group (Gosford) Last Fri, Terrigal Uniting Church, 380 Terrigal Drive, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon 4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

Riding for the Disabled Horse Riding as a therapy for those with intellectual or physical disabilities. Volunteers required. No previous exp. necessary School hours only. Mon to Sat 4340 0388 stateoffice@rdansw.org.au

www.bwcaravanclub.wix.com/bwcc

Troubadour Central Coast Folk, Traditional & Acoustic Music and Spoken Word Concerts, Ukulele meets, and Sessions 4th Sat 7pm CWA Hall Woy Woy 4341 4060 mail.info@ troubadour.org.au g

Politacal Groups Australian Labor Party Political discussions, national, state and local government issues Umina Ettalong Branch 2nd Mon Umina Beach Bowling Club 7.30pm 4342 3676 Ourimbah/ Narara Branch Niagara Park Primary School 7.30pm 1st Mon 0410 309 494 kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

Woy Woy Branch Everglades Country Club 7.30pm 2nd Mon 0412 517 520 belindaneal@bigpond.com

Peninsula Day Branch 1pm 2nd Mon CWA Hall Woy Woy 4341 9946

Politics in the Pub Central Coast Discussion of important political, social, economic, education, and land philosophy issues in a nonpartisan manner - 4th Thur except Dec. g Hotel Wyoming y g Grange

centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

Service Groups

Marine

Lions Club of Woy Woy st 1 and 3rd Mon. Woy Woy Leagues Club 0478 959 895 Make new friends and have fun while serving your community.

Central Coast Rescue Unit Marine Education Courses. Radio Licenses, Boat Safety & Boat License & PWC License Tests, Navigation, Seamanship and Meteorology. 4325 7929

Northern Settlement Services - Volunteers Volunteers needed for friendly visits to the elderly in nursing homes. People with a second language encouraged. Training support provided 4334 3877

Brisbane Water Brass Brass Band entertainment for the community playing all types of popular music. Rehearsal every Tues 7.30pm-10pm 0419 274 012 Gosford Musical Society Minstrels Entertain at various venues on the Coast seeking new members Thur Night Laycock St North Gosford 4341 4210

Special Interest

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Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance To restore medical services previously available & upgrade to a standard that meets with local needs. 2pm 2nd Sat St Lukes Church Hall, Blackwall Rd Woy Woy 4344 4811

Music

0409 245 861 Rotary Club of Woy Woy Tues 6pm Everglades Country Club. Don Tee 0428 438 535 Brisbane Water Caravan Club located on the Central Coast and looking for new members

Central Coast Greens Active regarding ecological sustainability, social & economic justice, peace & non-violence, grassroots democracy & getting Greens elected 3rd Thur,

www.vmrcc.org.au g

curleys@ozemail.com.au

Soundwaves Men’s a-capella 4 part harmony chorus - all ages 7pm Mon. Central Coast Leagues Club John 0413 276 698

Schizophrenia and Bipolar Fellowship For Schizophrenia/Bipolar/ Mental Health sufferers, family, carers and friends. . 1st Thur - 1pm Room 3 Uniting Church Donnison St Gosford 4344 7989 or 4368 2214

Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club Everglades Country Club 2nd Tues 11am Company, up-to-date info, hydrotherapy, bus trips 4341 7177

Everglades Country Club 0409 245 861

cvscc@nsservices.com.au

Rotary Clubs International service club improves lives of communities in Aust. & o/ seas. Fun-filled activities, fellowship and friendship. Rotary Club of Kariong Phillip House, 21 Old Mount Penang Rd, Fri 7.15am 4340 4529 kersuebay@philliphouse.com.au

Rotary Club of Umina Beach Wednesdays 6.30pm

4344 4363 Biz Plus Networking Association Business owners networking group. Biz Networking breakfast every Thur 7:15am - 9am Erina Leagues Club Geoff Neilson network@bizplus.com.au

Bridge Duplicate Bridge Mon Tue Thur Fri Sat-12.15pm & Wed 9.15am Brisbane Water Bridge Club, Peninsula Community Centre 93 McMasters Rd. Woy Woy www.brisbane-water.bridge-club.org

Cash Housie 50 Games every Sat night Peninsula Community Centre, McMasters Rd, Woy Woy, 7.30pm. Proceeds to Woy Woy Catholic Parish. wwcphousie@hotmail.com

Central Coast Handweavers, Spinners and Textile Arts Guild Spinning and weaving, patchwork and quilting, felting and other fibre and fabric crafts, community quilting bees Day and Night Groups 4325 4743

Ettalong Leisure & Learning Centre Min age 5 years old 0434 000 170 www.woywoyjudoclub.com

Veterans National Malaya Borneo Veterans Association 1st Sat (except Jan) 2pm Ettalong Beach War Memorial Club, 51-52 The Esplanade. 4342 1107 Vietnam Veterans’, Peacekeepers’ and Peacemakers’ Assist all veterans & families with pension & welfare issues. Mon & Wed 9am-1pm 4344 4760 Cnr Broken Bay Rd & Beach St Ettalong. centralcoastveterans@bigpond.com.

Woy Woy Ettalong Hardy’s Bay RSL Provide help with pensions and welfare etc. Shop 5/382 Oceanview Rd Ettalong. Tues & Thurs 9am to 1pm p 4341 2594

Women’s Groups BPW Central Coast Empowering women of all ages in the areas of work, education, wellbeing and friendship. All women welcome to attend monthly dinner meetings. Be enlightened. $40 covers two course meal and speaker. 0438 989 199 bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com www.bpw.com.au/central-coast

www.cottagecrafts.net.au

Country Women’s Association Woy Woy Opposite Fisherman’s Wharf Craft & Friendship 1st and 2nd Wed 10am Meetings 4th Wed 10.30am 4324 2621

Central Coast Family History Society Inc. Resources, information & advice to study your family’s history. 1st Sat 1pm Lions Community Hall, 8 Russell Drysdale St, E. Gosford.

Country Women’s Association Umina Branch meeting 1st Wed 10am Craft and Friendship Other Weds 9am 1st and 3rd Sun 12.30pm 0438 033 039 - 4344 1070

www.centralcoastfhs.org.au

4324 5164 Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service Help with issues with landlords & real estate agents? Free telephone advice and advocacy for all tenants and residents in residential parks. 4353 5515 cctaas@hotmail.com

Central Coast Potters Society Running classes, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions and social events - Annual exhibitions in May and December info@ccpotters.org 4324 5343 Central Coast Lapidary Club, Minerals & Gems Learn silverwork, cabochons, faceting, enamelling, stone fieldtrips & fossicking. Weekly Workshops Tues and Thurs 8.30am-2.30pm Thurs evening 6-10pm 10 Ourimbah Creek Rd Ourimbah 4362 2246

Sport

Endeavour/Woy Woy VIEW Club Lunch 1st Mon, Everglades Country Club, 10.30am Friendship Day 3rd Wed, Ettalong Diggers, 11am 4342 2283 Gosford RSL Women’s Auxiliary For women over 18 years. Raise money for welfare of veterans and their families RSL Club, West Gosford 4th Mon 2pm 4323 7336 Peninsula Women’s Health Centre Counselling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues. All services by women for women 4342 5905 www.cccwhc.com.au

WOWGIRLS Wave of Wisdom WOWGIRLS Wave of Wisdom connects women and local businesses around a common theme of wellbeing to share wisdom and explore life’s potential. Regular PowWows, WOW Wisdom gatherings, WOW days and WOW courses. www.wowgirls.com.au info@wowgirls.com.au

Woy Woy Judo Club 3 Classes every Tue & Fri 5.30pm to 8pm

If you would like your Community Organisation listed here, call us on 4325 7369 or see www.centralcoastnewspapers.com

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Art day cancelled The Bays Community arts and crafts day for 2015 has been cancelled due to lack of interest. The event was due to be held on Saturday, November 7. The event was to be run by

volunteers. The Group’s November newsletter announced that this year’s event did not attract sufficient community interest to go ahead. Newsletter, 19 Nov 2015 Bob Puffett, Bays Community Inc

Peninsula directory of services, contacts and support groups John Bell announced $17,000 in grants to local artists

Artists share in Bouddi Foundation grants Three Peninsula artists are among 10 on the Central Coast to share $17,000 in grants from the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts, announced by its chairman Mr John Bell. The Bouddi Foundation for the Arts was dedicated to supporting and encouraging young artists on

the Central Coast, he said. It did this by raising funds from which it awards grants and scholarships to young creative people on the Central Coast. “The amount of talent among young artists on the Central Coast is extraordinary” Mr Bell said. “Not only is the depth of talent remarkable but the range of artistic pursuits undertaken by these

young people is both exciting and gratifying,” he said. Those on the Peninsula who received the grants were photographer Mr Kyle Brown of Empire Bay, violinist Ms Eva Li of Umina Beach and operatic singer Ms Tiana Young of Umina Beach. Media release, 8 Nov 2015 Phil Donnelly, Bouddi Foundation for the Arts

The Peninsula Diary of Events For events in post code areas 2256 and 2257 Thursday, Nov 26 Umina Community Group Information Night, Umina Surf Life Savings Club function room from 7pm BlocknTackle Microbrewery beer tasting at Jasmine Greens Park Kiosk, bookings essential, Peninsula Recreation Precinct, Sydney Ave, Umina Ettalong Diggers Giant Christmas Toy Raffle, tickets on sale from 5pm

Saturday, Nov 28 Enda Kenny at The Trouadour Folk and Acoustic Music Club, CWA Hall, Woy Woy from 7pm The Pink Tribute Show, Ettalong Bowling Club, 8pm

Erina Fair (afternoon), bookings through the Tenants Union Ettalong Diggers Ham Raffle, tickets from 5pm and drawn from 7pm

Tues, Dec 8 Friday, Dec 4 Olive Branch Gallery Christmas Exhibition official opening from 3pm, then open for 10 days from 10:30am to 3:30pm daily, 5 Onthonna Terrace, Umina Mimosa Duo, Live music and tapas, Jasmine Greens Park Kiosk, from 6:30pm

Tenants Union NSW Residential Park Residents information sessions, Pacific Room Doyalson RSL (morning) and meeting room 3, Erina Centre

Free community seminar on how to cope with families, friends and mental illness over the festive period, Brisbane Waters Private Hospital, bookings essential, 6pm to 8pm PCYC Umina Safer Driver Course for learning drivers, bookings essential, 4:30pm to 7:30pm

Saturday, Dec 5 Mary Mac’s Monster Market Day, 100 Blackwall Rd Woy Woy

Monday, Dec 7 Thursday, Dec 3

roles, most requiring a reasonable singing voice ph 4343 1995 for more information, auditions by appointment from 7pm

Frantastics Choir, main hall Peninsula Community Centre, 2pm Auditions for Woy Woy Little Theatre Company’s production of Dinkum Assorted, 15 females

Weds, Dec 9 Auditions for Woy Woy Little Theatre Company’s production of Dinkum Assorted, 15 females roles, most requiring a reasonable singing voice ph 4343 1995 for more information, auditions by appointment from 7pm

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Out&About

Folk club to host award winner Multi-award winning musician Enda Kenny will perform at CWA Hall, Woy Woy, on Saturday, November 28. Enda Kenny regularly performs at Australian festivals such as Port Fairy Folk Festival, Woodfork Folk

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Woy Woy. Fairbridge Festival director Steve Barnes said: “Enda’s songs get right to the heart of the Australian experience.” Tickets are $15 each. Media release, 17 Nov 2015 Michael Fine, Troubadour Folk and Acoustic Music Club

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Umina Beach Public School has a number of events planned in the near future. The 2015 School Leaders will take part in a School Leaders Lunch on Wednesday, December 2, with the school executive. Students will be able to reflect on what they have learnt and enjoyed as leaders and will be

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able to add ideas to enhance the experiences of their peers in future leadership endeavours. The school mini fete will be held on Thursday, December 3, with tickets currently on sale. The Year 6 Farewell will be held on Wednesday, December 9, with formal tickets already sent out and more information to be given to

parents throughout the week. Monday, December 14, is Party Day. Year 5 students will attend Gosford Bowl for a bowling day with Year 6 students attending Bateau Bay Bowl for a bowling day. Newsletter, 17 Nov 2015 Fiona Foley, Umina Beach Public School

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Ettalong Public School received a visit from the Leichhardt Public School Band on Thursday, November 12. The band performed for their Ettalong peers. “Leichhardt Public School has an outstanding band program and we thank them for including Ettalong in their band tour,” said Ettalong principal Mr Colin Wallis. “They gave an excellent performance and our students responded enthusiastically and encouragingly to the performance.”

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Gold coin to build school in Pozieres Umina Beach Public School children were asked to donate a gold coin to help raise funds to build a new school in Pozieres, France, as part of its Remembrance Day commemorations on November 11.

All Australian schools participating in the Pozieres French-Australian Schools Project will be acknowledged. The school’s name will be engraved on a plaque to be erected at the newly-built Pozieres School. Newsletter, 10 Nov 2015 Lynn Davis, Umina beach Public School

Lachlan Braddish waiting for his board event at Umina

Indigenous students recognised The annual Deadly Awards was held on Tuesday, November 17. A number of Ettalong Public School’s indigenous students, staff and parents were recognised for

their achievements this year. School principal Mr Colin Wallis said, “Congratulations to all of you.” Newsletter, 17 Nov 2015 Colin Wallis, Ettalong Public School

Year 6 mini fete Year 6 students at Ettalong Public School are currently seeking donations for their mini fete. Students are seeking suitable toys, books and DVDs to sell at the

Surf club members compete A number of members from the Umina Beach Surf Lifesaving Club have been competing and trying out for competitions. Jemma Smith will compete in the Summer of Surf Series which has eight rounds hosting the best Australian competitors. Lachlan Braddish of Umina recently competed in and won the annual Iron Person Challenge for his age category, the Under 14s. Mimi Henderson of Umina also competed in the senior ranks and

placed second in her age group. Juniors also recently took part in the first official carnival at Terrigal beach with 12 gold medals, six silver medals and 13 bronze medals. Overall, Umina placed third on the coast. At the Avoca Senior carnival, Jazmyn Rodwell and Mimi Henderson put forth strong performances as the carnival was also a selection trial to be considered for the Central Coast Interbranch Team.

Harry Braddish maintained his high standard on the beach with four gold medals. Umina’s Masters over 30s also competed in their first carnival with a number of the many members having just gained their Bronze Lifesaving award. Christine Lavers of Umina Beach Surf Lifesaving Club said: “Our water area competitors have maintained their top standards and this is only the start of the season.” Media release, 5 Nov 2015 Christine Lavers, Umina Surf Lifesaving Club

White Elephant Stall. Donations can be given to any Year 6 teacher at the school. Newsletter, 17 Nov 2015 Sam Harrison, Ettalong Public School

Planning for farewell Umina Public School Year 6 Farewell Planning Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 24, in the community room at 4:30pm. The group will discuss final arrangements and organise the

decoration of the auditorium where the farewell will take place. The decorating will begin on the morning of the farewell on Wednesday, December 9. Email, 18 Nov 2015 Lyn Davis, Umina Public School

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Sport

PCYC provides archery classes PCYC Umina Beach is now providing archery as an activity in an all-weather, indoor range. “All equipment and training is supplied,” club manager Mr Martin Eddy said. Archery classes are available for ages seven and above and cost

eight dollars per class. Beginner’s classes are held on Tuesdays 3:30pm-4:30pm and 4:30pm-5:30pm. Intermediate and advanced classed run on Thursdays from 3:30pm-4:30pm and 4:30pm5:30pm. Newsletter, 18 Nov 2015 Mr Martin Eddy, Umina Beach Club Ray Ward, Noel Higgs, Jim Turner and Stan Rogerson

Bowls past presidents meet Charity bowls day raises $1055 Sporties at Woy Woy held its charity bowls day on Sunday, November 15. A total of $1055 was raised for Central Coast Kids in Need including a $500 donation from Peninsula Lions Club. So far, the total amount raised in 2015 stands at $11,000. Central Coast Kids in Need raises money to assist families who have seriously ill children with prolonged illness. Most of the children are cancer patients, others with organ

transplants and premature babies with life threatening issues. On the day, the spider glass was won for the first time by bowls secretary Mr John Hughes. The lucky rink draw was won by Gayle Wise and The Wednesday Bowlers Hamper was won by Alan McDougall. The day also saw a minute silence for those who lost their lives in Paris. The next charity day will be held on Sunday, December 13.

The Central Coast Branch of Bowls Past Presidents Association of NSW held its annual general meeting at Everglades Country Club on November 8. The meeting was attended by 65 members of the branch and the following officers were elected: Stan Rogerson (president); Peter Arnold and Ron Hughes (vice presidents); Gordon Robertson (secretary-treasurer); Noel Higgs

and Jim Turner (committee members); Ron Hughs (bowls secretary); Ray Ward (assistant bowls secretary); Leon De Pradines (flag and publicity officer). After the meeting, lunch was served, followed by bowls which was played against a visiting side from Belmont area, the Sporties Travelling Bowlers. After bowls, the members enjoyed one another’s company and prizes were handed out to the

winners and losers of the various rinks. The club raffle and 100 club was then drawn amidst much enjoyment and hilarity. The next gathering of the Central Coast Branch will be at the Ettalong Bowling Club on December 16 with bowls at 9:30am followed by the annual Christmas Party. Media release, 0 Nov 2015 Leon de Pradines, BPPA Central Coast

Newsletter, 15 Nov 2015 Ken Dixon, Sporties at Woy Woy

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Another fight night PCYC Umina Beach has announced it will be holding another fight night on Friday, December, 11, following the success of their last boxing event. “Again we will be showcasing some amazing talent from our

NSW Boxing Academy,” club manager Mr Martin Eddy said. Umina PCYC’s Satali TeviFuimaono will fight against Team Business John Bisset in the headline match. Tickets are available from the club costing $25 for general

admission and $15 for children. The doors will open from 6:30pm. For more information, contact Umina PCYC on 4344 7851 or 0421 611 449. Newsletter, 18 Nov 2015 Mr Martin Eddy, Umina Beach Club

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Sport

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Pair inducted into sporting hall of fame Woy Woy resident Ms Megan Anderson and former Woy Woy resident Mr Dale Buggins have been inducted to The Central Coast Sporting Hall of Fame. Newest members will be celebrated in ceremony at the Sports Star of the Year Awards at Mingara on Friday, November 20. Netballer Megan Anderson won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and was a member of the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2003 World Championships. Ms Anderson has represented the Australian Diamonds in 20 matches from 2000 to 2006 and

represented New South Wales in 60 matches. She played at the elite national level in Australia and New Zealand from 1997 to 2011 in 202 matches representing Sydney Swifts, Adelaide Ravens, Northern Force, Southern Steel and Northern Mystics. She scored 2370 goals at 82 per cent accuracy and played in four championship-winning teams and was runner-up five times. Motorcycle jumper Dale Buggins, in 1978, successfully jumped two Cessna planes sitting wingâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;to-wing to set the World Record of 102 feet 11 inches. In the same year, Mr Buggins

successfully jumped 25 cars to better his World Record at Warnervale and improved his distance to 122 feet and 6 inches. As well as setting records, Mr Buggins and his sister starred in stunt shows in Australia, America, New Zealand and Indonesia. In 1979, Mr Buggins successfully jumped over 15 double decker buses further increasing his record to 145 feet. He then later completed a jump of 159 feet and 10 inches in North America, won the event and set a new World Record. He died in 1981. Email, 14 Nov 2015 Sheldon Kidd, Central Coast Sporting Hall of Fame

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