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Anne Charlton, Labor candidate for Robertson

Wicks promises continuous mobile coverage on our trains

Lucy Wicks, Liberal and incumbent Federal Member for Robertson

Federal member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has promised Peninsula rail commuters free wifi at Woy Woy train station and continuous mobile coverage all the way to Sydney if she is re-elected and the Coalition Government is returned.

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“We will invest to upgrade and build telecommunications infrastructure to improve the lives of one in four of the adult workforce who commute long distances by train each day,” Ms Wicks said.

More than 30 kilometres of rail between Wyong and Hornsby are black spots where commuters currently face little or no mobile data coverage, according to Ms Wicks.

The Coalition would invest $12 million to provide continuous intrain mobile coverage along the rail corridor between Wyong and Sydney as well as wifi at each train station.

“This will improve the lives of thousands of Peninsula residents who leave home before dawn each day and return after dark,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

“It will make work time more productive, enhance leisure time and help families and friends connect,” Mr Turnbull said.

“And it’s happening because local Member Lucy Wicks, after spending hundreds of hours talking to commuters, told me this was one of the most practical things we could do for families on the Central

Coast,” he said.

The Federal Minister for Communications, Mr Mitch Fifield, said the Coalition understood that reliable mobile coverage was crucial for productivity.

“The Coalition understands the importance of reliable mobile coverage so commuters can get work done and stay in touch with family or the office,” Mr Fifield said.

Ms Wicks said the commitment was a game-changer which would directly benefit thousands of people every day.

“This is a major, innovative commitment from the Turnbull Government which will mean more of our hard-working commuters can stay connected for longer on the daily commute, which can be a four to five hour round trip to Sydney or Newcastle,” Mrs Wicks said.

The $12 million commitment was expected to leverage an additional $4 million investment from the NSW Government, Ms Wicks said.

There would be an expression of interest process for mobile network providers to bid for the funding.

“A re-elected Turnbull Coalition will work with the NSW Government to provide in-kind assistance to deliver the wifi and improved mobile coverage, facilitating access to land along the rail corridor and helping facilitate planning approvals for new infrastructure,” Ms Wicks said.

Media release, 23 Jun 2016, Tim Sowden, Office of Lucy Wicks

Labor promises major infrastructure upgrades The Peninsula could see major infrastructure upgrades if Labor was elected to government, according to Labor’s Candidate for Robertson, Ms Anne Charlton.

Ms Charlton has announced a $60 million roads package.

She said the Peninsula would get the most benefit from the Roads Rescue Package, with more than 40 roads in Woy Woy,

Umina, Ettalong and Booker Bay funded under a Labor Government compared with the Liberal’s commitment of $2.75 million for just three roads: one in Umina and two in Booker Bay. “This announcement is proof of Labor’s commitment to not only improving infrastructure on the Peninsula but also creating jobs to drive the economy for the next generation,” Ms Charlton said.

“In three years, all the Liberals have done is cut the ribbon on

roads that Labor funded.

“Lucy Wicks has not listened to the concerns of locals about the state of their roads and only came up with $2.75 million for Peninsula roads,” she added.

According to Ms Charlton, the commitment by Labor recognised the neglect of important issues that the people of the Peninsula have endured at the hands of successive Liberal representatives at local, state and federal levels.

“Labor will fix what has now

become a patchwork of badly maintained roads,” Ms Charlton said.

“This significant investment will keep motorists, cyclists and pedestrians safe.

“The flood-prone Peninsula is beset by a backlog of legacy roadworks further exacerbating safety problems and congestion in the area.

“These issues must be fixed and only Labor will take action on the Peninsula to grow jobs and the

economy, to improve the efficient movement of small business, to meet tourist expectations, boost the local economy, and keep our pedestrians moving safely around our beautiful suburbs.

“Only Labor is listening to the people of Robertson to make investments that put people first,” Ms Charlton concluded.

Media release, 21 Jun 2016 Rhys Zorro, Australian Labor Party

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The next highest monthly rainfall figure was recorded in April 2007 and was 20 per cent less than this month’s total at 292.9mm.

The cumulative total rainfall this year is 1029.2mm, which is 25.2 per cent above the average at the end of June of 822mm.

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

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The Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016 that dissolved Gosford and Wyong Councils and created the new Central Coast Council did not provide detail on how meetings would be conducted during the administration period.

In announcing the first meeting, a media release from the Central Coast Council said: “Newly appointed administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, will preside over the first Central Coast Council meeting on Wednesday 25 May.” Mr Reynolds said he was pleased and privileged to take on the role of administrator of one of the largest councils in Australia.

“We will be managing an annual budget of $800 million and over $8 billion in assets for over 331,000 residents, a huge challenge, but one that staff and myself are certainly up for.

“It is an exciting time to be here, the Central Coast has now been established as a region in its own right and can only go from strength to

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

strength.

“Staff have been working hard on the transition to one council and residents should be assured that the services they expect from their local council will not only be continued but will be enhanced.

“I look forward to getting out and about and learning as much about the area as I can as soon as possible,” he said.

A statement from the Central Coast Council said the public could attend the meeting.

Wyong Regional Chronicle asked the Central Coast Council to explain the format the meeting would take, given that the former mayors of Wyong and Gosford Council and all elected councillors

were dismissed on May 12 and replaced with an administrator.

The new council’s communications team said the administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, would perform the role of mayor and councillors by considering reports from directors.

The administrator may ask questions of the relevant director in relation to a report or recommendation.

Members of the public can still apply to address the meeting about a particular item.

At the end of the discussion of an agenda item, the administrator will make a decision as to whether to approve, amend, defer or refuse a report’s recommendation.

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the Extraordinary Council meeting is available on both the former Wyong Council and Gosford Council websites.

Items to be discussed at the meeting include administrative and governance matters such as: a code of conduct and related matters; committees of the former Gosford and Wyong Councils; interim salary arrangement for council; code of meeting practice and location of council meetings; and, the interim organisational structure for the new council.

According to the business paper, the meeting will also make determinations in relation to: a quarterly budget review for the former Gosford Council; determination of water,

sewerage and stormwater drainage fees and charges for 2016-17 in respect to the former Gosford Local Government Area; and the proposed transfer of land at Kangy Angy to Transport NSW. Meetings of the new Central Coast Council will be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of most months and will alternate between the chambers at Wyong and Gosford.

The Wyong meeting will be held on the fourth Wednesday of each month and the meetings held on the second Wednesday of the month will be located in Gosford.

The new council is also expected to agree that all future meetings will be audio recorded and, in the future, podcasting of meetings will also be considered.

The former Wyong Council did record its meetings; Gosford Council did not.

Under the Proclamation which dismissed the former councils and created the new Central Coast Council on May 12, clause eight stated that the code of meeting practice of the former Wyong Council was to be the new council’s code.

However, the former Wyong code would have meant that all meetings of the new Central Coast Council would have been held in Wyong, hence amendments were

required.

An amended code of meeting practice is also likely to go on public exhibition for 28 days and submissions can be made for at least 42 days from the date the draft code goes on exhibition.

Alternating the meeting venue between Gosford and Wyong: “Will provide the public with more equitable access to and participation in council meetings,” a report from the interim general manager, Mr Rob Noble, to the May 25 meeting said.

Other amendments to be made to the code of meeting practice were the inclusion of the definition of an administrator to clarify to the community and staff how the code applies to the administrator, and clarification of meeting venues to specify addresses.

A further report will be provided to council on July 27 to allow the council to consider submissions and whether to adopt the amended code.

Media release, May 17, 2016 Business paper, May 25, 2016 Extraordinary Council Meeting Agenda item 3.7, May 25, 2016 Central Coast Council extraordinary meeting Media statement, May 17, 2016 Central Coast Council media Jackie Pearson, journalist

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

going to look like,” he said.

Mr Noble’s recommendation to the first Central Coast Council’s meeting stated: “There is a need to urgently review those committees and other groups, and to identify opportunities for improved engagement with the community of the Central Coast.

“That review must carefully consider the current legal status of those committees and bodies, the potential legal consequences of any alteration to the constitution or membership of those committees

and other bodies, and ensure that future committees of the Council are directed to addressing the needs of the whole community of the Central Coast.”

“We are now the Central Coast, we are all part of a big new thing,” Mr Reynolds said.

“Part of my role is to make sure the council reaches out to the whole Central Coast,” he said.

In addition to getting committees up and running, Mr Reynolds said he had already changed the NSW Government’s decision to have all

Central Coast Council meetings held in the former Wyong Council chambers.

“The government proclamation meant all meetings would be held in Wyong and I think that is inappropriate so I changed the rules so we can meet in Gosford and Wyong,” Mr Reynolds said.

“I don’t expect people to come from Patonga to Wyong, for instance, unless they want to come to speak and I would encourage that,” he said.

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meetings will be audio recorded and the public will be able to access those recordings using the Government Information Public Access Act (GIPA).

Mr Reynolds is also moving ahead with the creation of a Local Representation Committee that will be made up of former councillors from Wyong and Gosford as another way of ensuring all communities within the new LGA have a voice.

“I have already spoken with all the councillors bar one,” Mr Reynolds said.

“The best way to keep them involved is to give them a seat at the table,” he said.

Mr Noble said the NSW Government had provided the administrator with a template terms of reference for the establishment of the Local Representation Committee and that Mr Reynolds was expected to make a decision at the next council meeting about the terms for the committee.

All former councillors have been given written notice that they will be invited to express interest in being part of the committee.

However, Mr Reynolds would not comment on the number of positions available.

“Yes, we are a new council, but there are issues north and south that have a history with them and the former councillors will still have their contacts within the community,” Mr Reynolds said.

“The purpose of the committee is to get feedback,” he said.

Interviews, 26 May 2016 Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Council Rob Noble, Central Coast Council Central Coast Council agenda item 3.5, 25 May 2016 Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Underpass open by September, says dept.

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

to complete.

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

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Committee structure to give community a voice Mr Reynolds said all the committees of the former Gosford Council no longer existed and he had asked for a report from CEO Mr Rob Noble by June 8 to determine what the new council’s committee structure will be.

Wyong Council’s committees have also been dissolved, Mr Reynolds said.

“There were stacks and stacks of committees across the north and the south of the new LGA,” Mr Reynolds said.

According to a register of the committees of the former Gosford Council, the council had 29 committees.

Wyong Council had a different structure with 12 committees, five groups, two working parties and 12 external bodies or groups.

The register of Gosford Council committees lists the names of community representatives, who appear to have been included on the vast majority of the former council’s committee.

The database of Wyong Council committees lists community representatives on only one committee, the Tuggerah Lakes estuary.

It is uncertain which, if any, of the committees of the former Gosford Council will be kept.

“We need data first,” Mr Noble said.

“Ian will get the list of committees and review it with senior staff but right now we don’t know what it is

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to high vehicles as well as crash beams on either side of the bridge, designed to protect the bridge from potential vehicle collision,” the statement said.

“The underpass will be open to traffic by the end of August.

“The safety of our customers and people is our number one priority.”

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

Some of the exposed waste at the Mangrove Mountain landfill

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

The Mountain Districts Association community group has called the meeting as part of its campaign for a public inquiry into the operation and regulation of the “huge leaky waste dump that has the potential to poison the water supply to over 300,000 residents of the Central Coast.”

The group’s primary aim is to see the dump closed and the site cleaned up, “rather than put the community at even greater risk by allowing substantially more waste to be dumped on the site over the next 10 years.

“We have absolutely no confidence that EPA and Council oversight will be any better than it has been over the past 15 years,” said Mountain Districts Association spokesperson Dr Stephen Goodwin.

“Successive dump operators ran amok and broke all the rules and guidelines without any substantial penalty,” Dr Goodwin said.

“This gross mismanagement continues to this day.

“Everyone except the community up here has turned a blind eye,” he said.

“It beggars belief that an environmentally unsafe waste landfill of this size could be permitted to continue operating,” Dr Goodwin said.

“The EPA and the minister for the environment might like to say otherwise, but they have no data to back up their assertions of no harm.

“Occasional selective water sampling is not proof of no impact.

“Everyone knows leachate entering the drinking water is a health issue.

“Would you knowingly drink the stuff?” he said.

“Worse, despite being warned, the NSW premier, continues to ignore the call to shut it down, clean it up and repatriate the site, and hold a commission

of inquiry into what went wrong,” he said.

The public meeting at the Central Coast Leagues Club on Thursday, June 16 from 7:00pm aims to alert Gosford and Wyong residents to the risks and what needs to be done about it, Dr Goodwin said.

“The appointment of new Central Coast Council administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, gives the community an opportunity to provide a detailed briefing of the facts and to seek action and support for appropriate measures,” Dr Goodwin said.

“Mountain Districts Association will be seeking a meeting with Mr Reynolds at the earliest opportunity.

“He has also been invited to the public meeting.

“This will give him a firsthand opportunity to hear the facts and the community’s opposition to the dump.

“There needs to be a Commission of Inquiry into

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

the activities of Mangrove Mountain Landfill.

“It is the only way all of the facts can come out into the open.

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

“This must have an opportunity to be made public and a commission of inquiry is the only way this can happen.

“The EPA and the former Gosford Council are both guilty of failing to meet their statutory obligations with regards to the Landfill.

“They have sat and watched the pile of waste grow to mountainous proportions way beyond what council approved.

“They have turned their backs while illegal waste was dumped there so that we now have a major environmental problem.

“This is the Central Coast’s major environmental and public health issue,” he said.

According to Dr Goodwin, despite EPA initial assertions that it did, the mountain of waste does not have an impervious lining underneath it capable of capturing all of the toxic leachate flowing from it and diverting it into a holding pond for proper treatment and disposal.

“Most of the leachate is going straight down into the groundwater aquifers and into the catchment for the Ourimbah Creek system that supplies drinking water to Central Coast residents.

“On top of this, even if the waste mound was lined, the current leachate pond of 100,000 litres is only three per cent of the correct design capacity for a pile of waste this size.

“And it will get far worse.

“A six million litre leachate pond is planned to be sited on the golf course.

“How will this huge volume of toxic liquid be continually accessed, emptied and treated?” Dr Goodwin said.

Dr Goodwin said he believed the Mountain Districts Association had

uncovered legal grounds for a new DA process in its investigations.

“The law is the law and this cannot be ignored,” Dr Goodwin said.

The group also wants questions answered about whether former Gosford councillors were fully advised of critical information relating to the landfill.

“As a result, councillors may not have been in a position to make a fully informed decision on how council might proceed in dealing with this matter during the period when council was in the Land and Environment Court with the Landfill Operators.

“This would appear to contravene the former Gosford Council’s code of conduct and is a major public concern that demands investigation.”

The community meeting will commence at 7:00pm.

Media release, May 30, 2016 Stephen Goodwin, Mountain Districts Association

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Kangy Angy residents have been fighting the land sale and the proposed development since they learned about it in September.

Transport for NSW has also announced the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) and concept plan for the facility will be on public exhibition from June 6 to July 4.

Ms Michelle Nicholson from the Kangy Angy Residents Action Group said Transport for NSW representatives met with residents on Friday, May 27 “to fulfil their obligations to engage in community consultation.

“When we raised our concerns about the flooding the project director said it was ‘their risk’.

“We believe this is not their risk to take, as they are also risking our tax payer dollars, the endangered species, and worsening the flooding in our area,” Ms Nicholson said.

The land was identified by the former Wyong Council as an alternative site to land at Warnervale for Transport for NSW to

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

use as the maintenance and stabling facility for its new intercity fleet.

Documents obtained under the Government Information Public Access (GIPA) Act indicate that Transport for NSW wanted their facility to be built on land at Warnervale but Wyong Council discouraged that location as it interfered with the former council’s plan to develop Wyong as a business and education precinct.

In September, Transport for NSW named the flood-prone Kangy Angy land as the preferred location to establish the new Fleet Management Facility.

In making his first planning decision in the position of administrator with the newly-formed Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds said:

“It is likely the State Government would have moved to compulsorily acquire this land if council had not agreed to sell it.

“This decision guarantees the best outcome for council and residents.”

Mr Reynolds said the new facility would have the potential to create hundreds of local construction jobs and ongoing employment.

“The decision I had to make was about the land transfer,” Mr Reynolds said at a media conference after the meeting.

“There is a separate question about whether the facility should be developed and that is part of a planning process,” he said.

In responding to comments from residents that as an appointee of

the NSW Government, Mr Reynolds was simply doing its bidding, he said: “The decision was would I agree to sell the land.

“I am independent of government influence, I am not here to do the government’s bidding, I am here to serve the council,” Mr Reynolds said.

“Business goes on.

“We have to deal with business as usual and the state government said if we don’t sell it, it will be compulsorily acquired,” he said.

Central Coast Council CEO, Mr Rob Noble: “You could align the decision about the Kangy Angy land with the Sword of Damocles that came down with the immediate sacking of all councillors.

“We have had a sword held over our heads,” Mr Noble said.

“Council has been forced into a situation of agreeing to sell or forced to accept terms that may not be beneficial to the community.

“It is really sad when potential impacts arise on the people of that area,” he said.

Mr Noble said he would defend the decision to keep the sale price of the land confidential until the deal was finalised.

“The price will eventually become public but … commercial in confidence is a really important element of business deals when money is involved,” Mr Noble said.

“We are shocked by the decision made by the administrator,” Kangy Angy Residents Action Group spokesperson, Ms Michelle Nicholson said following the council

meeting.

“Resident, Mr Neil Bolte and Community Environment Network representative, Mr Mike Campbell, were both given reasonable time to voice the Kangy Angy residents’ concerns about the transfer of the land,” Ms Nicholson said.

“Tonight’s decision by Central Coast Council’s new administrator to offload flood prone, environmentally sensitive land to Transport for NSW to build a $300 million train facility is irresponsible and is detrimental to the Kangy Angy and Ourimbah area.

“Let’s hope the reckless decision tonight is not a sign of things to come from the new amalgamated council.

“Residents will continue to fight the proposed development that is being built in a ridiculous location.

“The facility would have no access in, would be built by filling in a wetland and wasting our tax payer dollars.

“Transport’s consultants put forward eight preferred sites and Kangy Angy was not one of them.

“Transport for NSW need to rethink their illconceived plan.”

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Peninsula residents wanting to buy local seafood from local retailers may soon not be able to do so, as changes to commercial fishing in NSW cut in, according to a Patonga fisherman from a family with more than 40 years in the industry.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, has said the changes would support local fishers and ensure the supply of locally caught, high quality seafood continued into the future.

However, fisherman Mr Dane Van Der Neut said the opposite was true and he believed the changes could be the death knell for local operators.

He said at least four of six operators in Patonga were under threat.

Mr Van Der Neut said he had been fishing for a living for 10 years and his father had been working in the industry out of Patonga for over 40 years.

“He spent the past three decades fighting for his job through consecutive governments,” he said.

Mr Van Der Neut said the latest NSW Government reform package was about corporatising the industry and targeting export markets.

Mr MacDonald said the key changes would see the NSW Government investing in fishing businesses and providing local fishers with the tools to better manage their business and ensure what is caught continues to be done so sustainably.

“The changes will provide more certainty and support for fishers to invest in their businesses, and cement the future of the commercial fishing industry for years to come,” he said.

Mr Van Der Neut, who fishes Hawkesbury River squid and Broken Bay school prawns, said estuary prawn trawl fishers have been given until July 2017 to raise their minimum shareholding to 200 or they will not be able to access their fisheries.

“There is no guarantee that those shares will be available.

“We have been given no guarantee of any access at all because, in 2019, a committee will

Patonga commercial fisherman Mr Dane Van Der Neut on Broken Bay

be established to determine how many boats should be left fishing,” he said.

“There are different issues with different governments,” he said.

“Labor Governments are predominantly green, whereas the Liberal and National Governments are more about corporatising, removing the smaller operators who support the local communities and turning them into larger businesses, moving them into larger ports and starting to work on export deals.”

According to Mr Van Der Neut, the latest NSW Government reforms “were asked for by a minority group in the industry who wanted to link their shares to the amount they could catch.

“Some of that minority group had good intentions, they wanted to buy more shares and run more traps or more nets.

“Ultimately what happened is the process got hijacked by a smaller minority group who had been buying up shares for years.”

He said the industry was now split between active fishers and “latent endorsements” who may hold a certain class of shares (such as for crab pots) but are not actively fishing.

He said the NSW Government has used the catch history of active fishermen to come up with its caps on kilos allowed to be caught per

day.

“Then they’ve redistributed the efforts of those active fishers in a Communist way over all the shares in a share class so now the active fisher’s shares have a lot less value,” he said.

Mr Van Der Neut uses the example of a five-member family who operated as a combine.

Their combined catch in the last year was 25 tonne of mud crabs.

Under the new rules their quota has been capped at 1400kg per fisher or a combined quote of seven tonne which means their business is no longer sustainable.

If that family is forced to sell its shares and exit the industry, there’s nothing stopping someone with a latent endorsement from buying up their shares and then profiting from the demise of the active fishers.

“At this point of time, we import 87 per cent of the fish products we eat but I will be shocked if in 10 years’ time you will be able to purchase locally caught seafood.

“This sort of reform has already happened in the lobster industry in NSW where you already have catch shares linked to a quota.

“I have already read reports from places like Columbia and smaller fishers are forced out of the industry through increased prices and after that it gets consolidated.

“When governments start to talk about sustainability we are talking

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about the amount of fish we take out of the ocean.

“That is the worst type of management we can do.

“The public does not understand that every time you have a shower, wash up, wash clothes that have micro plastics in them, that all goes in the drain and into fish habitat so while we are restricting what we can take out of the water we are still impacting on fish productivity.

“Commercial fishing is one of the only user groups of the marine environment that have a fishery management strategy underpinned by environmental impact studies.

“We’ve got all that.

“We also have the tick of sustainability.

“The only thing we don’t have the tick for is export which is a good thing from my point of view because it keeps seafood in the local community.”

According to Mr Van Der Neut around six commercial fishers are still operating out of Patonga and most are sole traders.

“My dad got shares a long time ago because he was in business pre-dating any reform.

“With most businesses you can make an educated gamble on the business, on what you are buying, there are no guarantees out of this.

“It is just a gamble that we will be buying more or less guaranteed access until 2019 and in 2019

we may have to do it all over again and the difference will be the Government in 2019 won’t need new regulations to make the changes, they will already be in place.”

“My belief is it is all about export and I feel what is happening is other countries overseas want our product to be on their tables and I don’t blame them because we have the best seafood.

“But the consumer is going to lose if they don’t wake up and do something about it.

“Commercial fishermen per electorate are in minute numbers so we don’t stand a chance politically so we need to tell the consumers to tell their MPs to look after our seafood.

“In 2017 we won’t know how many commercial fishers will be endorsed because we don’t know how many shares are available.

“There are only two fishers in Patonga as we speak with enough shares.

“So if the shares are available we might see those existing fishers continue, that is of course if they can access the funds to buy those shares because what this will do is increase the share price beyond our range.”

According to Mr MacDonald, the new program will give fishers the option to grow their business or choose to exit the industry “through a range of supportive measures including: low-rate loans; grants for retraining or for independent business advice; subsidies for buyers and sellers of shares; or fixed payments of $20,000 for fishing business buyouts.”

The NSW Government has also extended its cap on management fees.

Assistance is also available for fishing cooperatives.

The NSW Government will also invest $400,000 as part of a campaign to promote NSW caught seafood as sustainable and fresh and work with industry to implement an origin- labelling scheme for cooked seafood across the state.

Media release, 31 May 2016 Hannah Eves, office of Scot MacDonald Interview, 7 Jun 2016 Dane Van Der Neut, Woy Woy Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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he Joint R e g i o n a l Planning Panel (JRPP) deferred its decision on whether or not to approve the development of the Australian Taxation Office building on part of the former Gosford Public School site.

The JRPP, including its two new delegates for the Central Coast Council, Mr Bob Ward and Mr Ken Greenwald, held its public meeting in the former Gosford Council’s chambers in Mann St Gosford on Thursday, June 9.

Eleven people addressed the panel, most to express their opposition to the development.

Mr David Abrahams, former chair of Regional Development Australia Central Coast, said: “The people in this room are Gosford’s champions, they are no rabble to be dismissed.”

He said hundreds of residents had been involved in two processes to articulate a vision for the waterfront (Our City Our Future) “and I think we

The Doma design for the ATO building right of the historic Arts School building looking from the corner of Mann St and Georgiana Tce that the building was to be located at the “front door of Gosford and the Central Coast.

“What is located on that site has clearly got to

“This is a loss of crown land by stealth to private ownership” nailed it”.

According to Mr Abrahams, the Central Coast Regional Development Corporation then chose to set aside the documents that articulated that vision and focused on selling the land of the former Gosford Public School on behalf of the state government.

He said Gosford Council’s executive had also set aside the documents that articulated the community’s shared vision for the waterfront.

Mr Jack Lloyd of Umina said his concerns were

be a building that gives something to the character of the city and has to be incorporated into the planning of the city,” Mr Lloyd said.

Mr Lloyd also questioned whether the allocated 106 car spaces were enough.

“The 106 car spaces is nothing like the provision allowed in other cities for mixed developments, it is way short of the parking provision that is normally made.

Ms Joy Cooper called the proposed development an “ugly box of building.

“This building will not link the CBD to the waterfront … it will create an area of isolated and lonely street frontage.”

She said the building could be reduced in floor space to comply with parking requirements.

Another speaker, Ms Power, said that as a resident of Gosford, she was interested in its future and had read as widely as she could.

“All documents for the school removal clearly show the site as intended for a cultural and performing arts precinct,” she said.

This is a loss of crown land by stealth to private ownership.

“In reality this site is iconic and a local significant site at the very least,” she said.

Mr Kevin Armstrong, representing Crown Land Our Land, Gosford, said an ATO building on any other

location in the Gosford CBD would have had the same impact on employment to the area.

He called the proposed extension of Baker St: “Something that is not at all certain at this current time”.

Mr Armstrong said ownership of the site remained “somewhat in doubt”.

spoke as a representative of the Gosford Waterfront Alliance Inc. As an architect, Ms Teraz outlined areas where the development application did not meet the requirements of the Development Control Plan and considerations of the risk ground water could pose to the building’s basement and structure.

“How did the site undergo the process of going from being a state significant site to having no master plan at all?”

“The best information I can find is that it was dedicated and supposedly removed in the 1970s using the Just Terms in Compensation Act that didn’t come into place until 1990s,” he said.

Ms Angelique Teraz

She questioned how the development’s disruption to ground water would be managed and its impact on surrounding properties.

“How did the site undergo the process of going from being a state significant site to having no master plan at

all?” she asked.

She said Gosford Waterfront Alliance Inc. called for “an entire analysis to retain delivery of an active mixed use precinct, to promote the waterfront and Gosford as a destination that would include a regional performing arts centre, regional park and public wharf facilities.”

A barrister, Mr Matthew Fraser, who principally practiced in the NSW Land and Environment Court, spoke against the DA on the basis that it underdeveloped the site.

“What struck me, when I read the assessment report, was that there was 24 metres of undeveloped air space,” Mr Fraser said.

He said that air space could be used for additional development or to make up the car parking shortfall.

According to Mr Fraser, one of the objectives of the current B4 mixed use zoning for the site was to enliven the Gosford waterfront.

“I suggest to the panel that that objective is not met by this development, throwing away air space when this site has uninterrupted views of waterfront.

“I suggest it would be of great difficulty for you to conclude this development was in line with the objectives of the zone.”

Mr Fraser said extending Baker St for overflow parking was not in the public’s interest.

“It does not behove a public department, in endorsing a proposal by a private developer, to endorse non-compliance, when you could have compliance so easily by better design of the development,” he said.

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Wyong rates to increase by 6.9 per cent he former Wyong Council determined at one of its last meetings to take the final year of its special rate variation (SRV) out of its draft 2016-17 operational plan, but the new Central Coast Council has decided to continue to charge the SRV in 2016-17.

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In essence, this decision by the new council means that Wyong rates will Promise Candidates increase by up to 6.9 per cent instead of 3 per cent Emma McBride Karen McNamara in 2016-17. $5million $12.3million Road upgrades (general) In June 2013, the NSW Improving your local parks and Independent Pricing and environment program funding $3million Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) determined $491,200 Blackspot funding council’s application for EDSAAC Grandstand $1,060,000 $2million a special rate variation.

Better Beach access for the disabled $2million The IPART $1.5million Wyong Hospital Upgrade determination at the M1 Productivity Package $195million* time said: “We have CCTV cameras $205,000 determined that Wyong Hospital equipment $100,000 Council may increase $2.2million Kamira funding its general income … resulting in a cumulative $300,000 (over increase of 30.59 per cent Central Coast Community Legal Centre three years) over the next four years, Berkeley Vale Oval $75,000 or 17.6 per cent above the $3million Tuggerah Lakes Estuary rate peg.

Bateau Bay PCYC $50,000 “These annual up to $60million Roads rescue Package increases incorporate Footpaths $2.5million the rate peg to which Totals: $269,610,000 $21,171,200 the council would * Already in Federal Budget from 2013 otherwise be entitled,” the determination said. oth major parties, Liberal and Labor, have been making promises At the time, that rate to spend money on key projects for Dobell throughout the election peg was projected to sit campaign. around 3 per cent, in line with official inflation To make it easier for -O-Meter will also give general information about forecasts.

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of Wyong Council, councillors determined that they wished to give a dividend back to the community by not collecting the SRV in its final year.

That would have resulted in rates in the former Wyong local government area increasing by the IPART rate peg of 3 per cent only, and not by the SRV. According to the minutes from the April 27 meeting of Wyong Council, councillors moved to remove the final year of the special rate variation of 6.9 per cent from its draft strategic plan and replace it with a rate increase capped at 3 per cent.

During the debate over whether to collect the SRV or not, some councillors argued that the decision should have been sent to the Office of Local Government to ensure a decision not to collect the SRV would be in line with the merger guidelines that decisions of the former Wyong Council were subject to in the period before the merger.

According to the minutes, instead of

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However, since the formation of the Central Coast Council and dissolution of the former Wyong council, the decision regarding the special rate variation has been reversed.

In a media conference following the Central Coast Council’s June 8 ordinary meeting, CEO Mr Rob Noble said: “That was an expression of intent by the former Wyong Council.

“It hadn’t actually been adopted by virtue of the fact the former Wyong Council never did adopt its operational plan for 2016-17,” he said.

“So the new operational plan incorporates the proposed original SRV. “It will be on public exhibition (but not advertised in this newspaper) and we will wait for the public’s feedback on that,” he said.

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Wicks promises continuous train mobile coverage Promise

Federal member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has promised Peninsula rail commuters free wifi at Woy Woy train station and continuous mobile coverage all the way to Sydney if she is re-elected and the Coalition Government is returned.

PENINSULA SPEND-O-METER ELECTION 2016 Candidates Anne Charlton Lucy Wicks Labor Liberal $60 million* $2.75 million $2.5 million $2 million $500,000 $1.2 million** $60 million#

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“We will invest to upgrade and build telecommunications infrastructure to improve the lives of one in four of the adult workforce who commute long distances by train each day,” Ms Wicks said.

More than 30 kilometres of rail between Wyong and Hornsby are black spots where commuters currently face little or no mobile data coverage, according to Ms Wicks.

The Coalition would invest $12 million to provide continuous intrain mobile coverage along the rail corridor between Wyong and Sydney as well as wifi at each train station.

“This will improve the lives of thousands of Peninsula residents who leave home before dawn each day and return after dark,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

“It will make work time more productive, enhance leisure time and help families and friends connect,” Mr Turnbull said.

“And it’s happening because local Member Lucy Wicks, after spending hundreds of hours talking to commuters, told me this was one of the most practical things we could do for families on the Central

Coast,” he said.

The Federal Minister for Communications, Mr Mitch Fifield, said the Coalition understood that reliable mobile coverage was crucial for productivity.

“The Coalition understands the importance of reliable mobile coverage so commuters can get work done and stay in touch with family or the office,” Mr Fifield said.

Ms Wicks said the commitment was a game-changer which would directly benefit thousands of people every day.

“This is a major, innovative commitment from the Turnbull Government which will mean more of our hard-working commuters can stay connected for longer on the daily commute, which can be a four to five hour round trip to Sydney or Newcastle,” Mrs Wicks said.

The $12 million commitment was expected to leverage an additional $4 million investment from the NSW Government, Ms Wicks said.

There would be an expression of interest process for mobile network providers to bid for the funding.

“A re-elected Turnbull Coalition will work with the NSW Government to provide in-kind assistance to deliver the wifi and improved mobile coverage, facilitating access to land along the rail corridor and helping facilitate planning approvals for new infrastructure,” Ms Wicks said.

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Labor promises major infrastructure upgrades The Peninsula could see major infrastructure upgrades if Labor was elected to government, according to Labor’s Candidate for Robertson, Ms Anne Charlton.

Ms Charlton has announced a $60 million roads package.

She said the Peninsula would get the most benefit from the Roads Rescue Package, with more than 40 roads in Woy Woy,

Umina, Ettalong and Booker Bay funded under a Labor Government compared with the Liberal’s commitment of $2.75 million for just three roads: one in Umina and two in Booker Bay. “This announcement is proof of Labor’s commitment to not only improving infrastructure on the Peninsula but also creating jobs to drive the economy for the next generation,” Ms Charlton said.

“In three years, all the Liberals have done is cut the ribbon on

roads that Labor funded.

“Lucy Wicks has not listened to the concerns of locals about the state of their roads and only came up with $2.75 million for Peninsula roads,” she added.

According to Ms Charlton, the commitment by Labor recognised the neglect of important issues that the people of the Peninsula have endured at the hands of successive Liberal representatives at local, state and federal levels.

“Labor will fix what has now

become a patchwork of badly maintained roads,” Ms Charlton said.

“This significant investment will keep motorists, cyclists and pedestrians safe.

“The flood-prone Peninsula is beset by a backlog of legacy roadworks further exacerbating safety problems and congestion in the area.

“These issues must be fixed and only Labor will take action on the Peninsula to grow jobs and the

economy, to improve the efficient movement of small business, to meet tourist expectations, boost the local economy, and keep our pedestrians moving safely around our beautiful suburbs.

“Only Labor is listening to the people of Robertson to make investments that put people first,” Ms Charlton concluded.

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Indigenous events at libraries Umina and Woy Woy Libraries will hold events as part of the Central Coast Council’s celebrations for Naidoc Week from July 3 to 10.

Naidoc Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of indigenous Australians.

This year ’s theme is Songlines: the living narrative of our nation.

Indigenous stories with the Aunties from Mingaletta will be held at Umina Library from 10:30am to 11:30am on Thursday, July 7.

Indigenous artist, Dub Leffler, will introduce children to illustration, drawing techniques and play games at Woy Woy Library from 10am to 11am on July 7.

Media release, 23 Jun 2016 Matt Sonter, Central Coast Council

Facilitator appointed for land sale meetings Mr Gary Warnes has been appointed as independent facilitator to conduct public meetings about the reclassification of community land owned by Central Coast Council at 83 to 85 Brisbane Ave, Umina.

The Council has stated that the form of the public meeting on July 6 will be determined by the facilitator.

Save Central Coast Reserves coordinator Ms Sue Chidgey said: “We asked for a night time session for the meetings to be held on July 6 so that people who work could attend but that hasn’t happened.”

She said she had also asked council, on several occasions, for clarification on whether members of the public would be required to register to attend the meetings and/or speak at the meetings.

“My understanding is that members of the public may be permitted to speak but all protocol at the meetings will be at the discretion of the facilitator,” she said.

Central Coast Council’s administrator Mr Ian Reynolds said that any council wanting to sell land classified as community land it must first get that land reclassified as operational land.

He said the current process had been initiated by the former

An aerial view of the reserve in Brisbane Ave Umina as shown on the Central Coast Council (former Gosford Council) website

Gosford Council but said he could assure the public that the person appointed to oversee the reclassification process was independent.

“People will be able to speak and there will be a report to council,” Mr Reynolds said, although he said he could not “direct the consultant’s findings.”

Umina resident Ms Amie Raz said: “It would be great to have residents attending the public hearing on July 6 and supporting

community green spaces.”

Ms Raz said she intended to attend one of the meetings to argue for the reserve at 83 to 85 Brisbane Ave to remain as community land.

The Brisbane Ave reserve is the only community land on the Peninsula to be considered for reclassification with 10 others around the Central Coast.

Another 15 parcels of community land, including several more on the Peninsula, will be considered at a later date, yet to be announced by

Central Coast Council.

“Other reserves on the Peninsula including Jumbuck Crescent and Pozieres Ave will have public hearings in the next few months,” Ms Raz said.

The first round of public meetings will be held on July 6 in the Erina Room at the Erina Centre, adjacent to Erina Library at Erina Fair.

Sessions will run from 12pm to 2pm and from 4pm to 6pm.

Ms Raz said people wanting to keep the reserve as green space should write a submission to the council.

Submission about the proposed rezoning and reclassification of 83 Brisbane Ave (Lot 195 DP 9894 Umina) and 85 Brisbane Ave (Lot 196 DP9894 Umina) should be sent to council before July 14.

Submissions need to be signed, addressed and dated.

They can be sent to: Chief Executive Officer, Central Coast Council, PO Box 21, Gosford, NSW, 2250.

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Cafe donates outdoor furniture to the public A Umina cafe has donated its outdoor furniture for public use after being asked by the Central Coast Council to remove it under new council provisions.

Work completed during stage one of the Rawson Rd Railway Crossing Replacement Project may be abandoned

NSW Budget ignores level crossing safety, says Smith The absence of funding for the Rawson Rd level crossing in the NSW State Budget is a “road safety concern”, according to Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith.

“There is no mention of the biggest safety concern on the Peninsula, the level crossing at Rawson Rd,” Ms Smith said.

She said the Budget had only included “a contribution of funding for a pedestrian refuge at the intersection of Ocean Beach Rd and Lone Pine Ave, Umina, along with funding for road resurfacing, signage and delineation on Patonga Dr, Patonga”.

“I welcome the funding to improve road safety but the biggest road safety concern for residents on the Peninsula is the unfinished and long-awaited Rawson Rd Level Crossing Replacement Project.

“It has received no additional funding in the latest Budget,” she said.

“My office has been inundated with enquires regarding this project and residents have serious safety concerns,” said Ms Smith.

Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, said the NSW opposition believed the future of the Rawson Rd level crossing replacement “must be

seriously in doubt”.

“I think the locals should be very upset,” he said.

“This was a clear commitment in 2011.

“They built the first part, which was the pedestrian underpass that most people said they didn’t want and the actual underpass, that most people said they did want, has not been built,” he said.

“People have got a right to say they were misled in last two Budgets.”

Media release, 22 Jun 2016 Kathy Smith, Member for Gosford Interview, 23 Jun 2016 David Harris, Shadow Minister for the Central Coast Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Jasmine Greens Cafe owner, Ms Gabby Greyem said: “We’re located in a park and not on a busy urban street, so I don’t see how Council’s Guidelines for Business Use of Public Footpath Policy applies in our situation.

“Our furniture attracts people to come to the park and stay longer,” she said.

She said the council had similar outdoor furniture in the park.

“No one can tell the difference between council’s furniture and our furniture, but council has told us that there are different rules for their deck chairs and our chairs.”

The cafe, which operates from a council facility in the Peninsula Recreation Precinct, was a popular park-side destination, she said.

Since its opening in June 2014, Ms Greyem said the cafe had invested more than $3000 in outdoor furniture for its customers.

“The biggest complaint we receive is that we don’t provide enough furniture,” she said.

Ms Greyem said she had decided, in light of new council provisions, to donate the cafe’s

outdoor furniture to its customers.

Ms Greyem said donating the furniture for the public to use was in line with the Council’s aim to make the most of our outdoor spaces.

“It’s not uncommon for people to take several of our tables and host a birthday party on them under the trees, and we think that’s great,” she said.

Ms Greyem said the cafe made regular contributions to the community, and provided community service for Central Coast Council’s Place Making Team.

Every day the cafe’s staff set up and pack away deck chairs and a mobile library as well as store flags for the Get Active fitness program, she said.

Ms Greyem said the furniture was often seen as a public resource.

“We offer this service for free to the council and no one can tell the difference between council’s furniture and our furniture.”

Ms Greyem said that Jasmine Greens customers had embraced the adoption of the cafe’s furniture knowing they had their own seat and table to sit at when they visited the park.

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Rotary donates more than $35,700 in a year The Rotary Club of Umina Beach has announced that it has made donations of over $35,700 during the past year.

Major beneficiaries include the Brisbane Water Secondary College and Peninsula Village.

Past president Mr Geoff Melville presented the donation of a $5645 bladder scanner to the Peninsula Village retirement centre during the year.

Brisbane Water Secondary College agricultural farm received $5500 from the club.

In addition the club provided a $1000 bursary to the high school and raised another $520 through the sale of fluffy toys.

“We also sold Christmas trees, the funds going to the Brisbane Water Secondary College who assisted with manning the sales location,” said the club’s community

services director, Mr Glen Scorer.

Mr Scorer said the club had run a successful program of barbecues at a local hardware store.

“In addition we supported Mary Mac’s Place by manning a food collection at a Umina supermarket in the lead up to Christmas,” he said.

Outside of the local area, Umina Rotary raised over $11,000 for solar panels on Vakuta Island Papua New Guinea and ran its usual Bowelcare project.

Other payments were made to: Save the Farm, Central Coast Family Support Services; a science and engineering project; RYLA; RYPEN; MUNA; Youth Connections; the Rotary Foundation; and Rotary Foundation End Polio Now. Newsletter, 22 Jun 2016 Rod Radford, Rotary Club of Umina Beach

Investment report endorsed The first consolidated investment report for the Central Coast Council, for the month of May, was endorsed by administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds at the June 22 ordinary meeting.

The two former councils’ investments are still being managed separately while a new

investment policy is being drafted and the finance transformation process progresses, according to a report from the council’s chief executive officer, Mr Rob Noble.

The total combined value of the former councils’ investment portfolios on May 31 was $306 million.

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The dredge currently located at The Entrance could be used to clear the Brisbane Water Channel

No funding in Budget for channel dredging No funding has been provided in the State Budget to dredge the channel between Brisbane Water and Broken Bay at Ettalong, according to Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith.

“Sediment in the channel continues to pose a danger to both leisure and commercial craft,” said Ms Smith.

“This is a much-used area for leisure boating and we don’t need a disaster to happen,” Ms Smith said.

“The Minister has advised that there are no plans for dredging in the near future and this budget has definitely confirmed that,” she said.

Ms Smith said she had been advised that NSW Roads and Maritime boating safety officers would continue to monitor the channel for any further changes or impacts to navigation.

“This is just another kick in the guts for local residents,” Ms Smith said.

“First it was the closure of the local RMS office, then the debacle with the Rawson Rd Level Crossing Replacement Project and now the lack of dredging in the gateway to the Peninsula,” she said.

Central Coast Council chief Mr Rob Noble said senior staff within the council had raised the idea of moving the council-owned dredge located at The Entrance south to dredge the Brisbane Water channel.

“It has been thought of by our senior staff but I don’t have an outcome yet,” Mr Noble said.

Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, said the new Central Coast Council may own a dredge but they would still need to find money to cover the cost of the work needed to clear the Brisbane Water channel.

“Council may be able to move the dredge but they still have to pay for it and they only have money in their budget for dredging Tuggerah Lakes,” Mr Harris said.

“The State Government should be funding it,” he said.

“The fundamental part about this is that local government is given amounts of money to run local parks and crown land on behalf of the State Government and that comes with a responsibility for the State Government to pay for major projects when they are needed.

“When Chris Holstein was the Member for Gosford he made a commitment to dredge Correa Bay but the Ettalong channel has to be a higher priority than Correa Bay,” he said.

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News Liquor Accord meeting Brisbane Water Licencing Police attended a meeting of the Central Coast Liquor Accord at Ettalong Diggers on Tuesday, June 21,.

Brisbane Water Local Area commander Superintendent Danny Sullivan said members of the Accord were informed that there had been an influx of false ID cards in circulation in the local area.

“Anyone found with a false ID will be banned from all licenced venues covered by the Liquor Accord,” Supt Sullivan said.

He said the Central Coast Liquor Accord’s decision to introduce a “banned from one banned from all” policy for anti-social behaviour related to both alcohol and drug abuse had been paying off.

According to the latest statistics from the Bureau of Crime

Statistics, instances of crimes related to alcohol-fuelled antisocial behaviour had declined in the local area.

“We have 200 names on our banned list and it is powerful because it hits people in an area where they care; they want to go out and be able to socialise with their friends,” he said.

“There is an obvious dividend in cooperation and safety but the best part about it for me is what we are doing on the Peninsula through cooperation and relationships.

“That makes it sustainable and also a really powerful case study about the Central Coast because of the strength of our relationships,” Supt Sullivan said.

Interview, 22 Jun 2016 Danny Sullivan, Brisbane Water Local Area Command Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Tender accepted for tip plant hire The Central Coast Council has accepted a tender from B and D Excavations Australia Pty Ltd for plant hire at Woy Woy tip for 12 months.

B and D Excavations Australia Pty Ltd is a Tumbi Umbi business and was one of 15 plant hire companies who submitted tender applications.

Tenders were requested to enable current operations to continue at the tip.

“Council previously engaged a contractor to provide and operate two items of plant being a 20 tonne excavator and a 20 tonne dump truck to supplement council-owned plant,” said a report from Central Coast Council’s department of assets, infrastructure and business

to council’s June 22 ordinary meeting.

According to the report, the selected contractor will be requested to provide a 20 tonne excavator and 20 tonne dump truck “as operational requirements dictate”.

“Works will include: construction of cell; carting of cover material; clay capping; and drainage and other construction works.

The tender was advertised on March 22 and closed on April 12.

Applicants were assessed on price, previous experience and performance, plant resources, work health and safety records and systems and environmental management records and systems.

“The tender panel considered

reviewed offers from lower priced tenderers and determined that the lower price tenderers had little or no experience in landfill construction,” the report said.

“The panel recognised it was necessary for the successful tenderer to have a sound knowledge of the landfill EPA licence requirements.”

According to the report, the chosen tenderer had been used in capital projects at Woy Woy tip in recent years and had “a superior knowledge and experience of daily operations, construction techniques and landfill infrastructure”.

“They provide the best value for money for council,” it stated.

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Election

GetUp surveys Peninsula voters A GetUp survey conducted at Woy Woy shopping centres indicated that the majority of Peninsula voters want multinationals to be taxed more to pay for health, education and pension cuts.

Ribertson candidates, Ms Lucy Wicks (Liberal and incumbent member for Robertson) and Anne Charlton (Labor) campaign during pre-polling at Woy Woy Photo: Noel Fisher

Electoral division of Robertson The federal electoral division of Robertson covers an area of 980 square kilometres with a population projected by the Australian Bureau Statistics at 147,142.

Robertson encompasses the towns of Erina, Gosford, Gunderman, Kulnura, Mooney Mooney, Narara, Patonga, Somersby, Terrigal and Woy Woy. Since 1983, the electorate has been won by every party that formed government.

The sitting federal Member

for Robertson is Liberal, Ms Lucy Wicks.

Ms Wicks grew up on the Central Coast and was employed as a teacher before working in telecommunications.

She served on the House Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications; was secretary of the Coalition Backbench Committee on Legal Affairs and was also a member of the Communications and Indigenous Affairs committees.

Ms Anne Charlton is the Labor

candidate.

Former Gosford councillor Ms Hilary Morris is running as the Greens candidate in Robertson.

Other House of Representative candidates for Robertson are: Mr Lawrie Higgins for the Antipaedophile Party; Mr Van Davy as an independent; Mr Matthew Craig for the Liberal Democrats; and Robert Stoddart for the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group).

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Seven questions were asked.

Ms Solondz said that caution needed to be exercised in the interpretation of the survey as it was a small sample size and more research needed to be done.

However she said that results on the voting system and party policy may provide valuable insight into voter disengagement and disempowerment and an argument for a change to a more empowering voting system.

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that “parties should have seats in parliament in accordance with the real percentage of their actual vote”.

The proposition that big company donations to political parties should be stopped was supported by 83 per cent of the people interviewed.

Likewise, 84 per cent agreed that ‘’jobs and growth should be socially and environmentally responsible’’.

Seventy two per cent did not agree with ‘’company fossil fuel subsidies’’ and 69 per cent said they would be prepared to have coal exports stopped if it helped save the Great Barrier Reef’.

Only a minority (44 per cent) knew which parties represented them on most of these issues or that the Greens and Labor were the parties closer to representing the above majority views.

Ms Solondz said New Zealand recently changed to a fairer, more equitable voting system called a mixed member proportional representation system, which does not advantage the major parties.

In New Zealand, every person gets two votes: one for the party of their choice and the other for the member of their choice.

“Seats in parliament are roughly equal to the real percentage of each party’s vote, no more and no less, and no one’s vote goes to another party,” she said.

“In New Zealand, as in most democracies around the world, political parties generally have to negotiate and compromise on policy with other parties to get into and stay in power.”

She said that meant it was harder to go against the will of the majority of the people on popular issues such as Medicare, free education or to cut pensions.

Major parties cannot claim a mandate when they obtain only 30 to 40 per cent of the vote.

Media release, 20 Jun 2016 Karin Solondz, Peninsula GetUp Group

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Election

Polling booths announced The Australian Electoral Commission has announced the official Robertson polling booths on the Peninsula.

All Election Day polling places open at 8am and close at 6pm.

Polling places are as follows: Bookers Bay Pre School, Ettalong Beach Primary School, Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus, Umina Beach Primary School, Umina Uniting Church Community Centre; Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus, South Woy Woy Progress Association hall and Woy Woy South Primary School.

Nearby polling booths are at Empire Bay Public School and at Hardys Bay Community Church Hall.

Pre-polling is also available in Woy Woy at the former Motor Registry, renamed the “Woy Woy Early Voting Centre” at 39 Victoria Rd. Pre-polling is available from June 20 to July 1.

Opening and closing hours vary between days.

For exact hours for pre-polling visit The Australian Electoral Commission’s website.

Media release, 22 Jun 2016 Australian Electoral Commission

Anne Charlton Labor Commitments to Robertson: I will fight to protect Medicare from privatisation because I believe access to healthcare should be determined by your Medicare card not your credit card.

Why vote for me?

I will fight to deliver a better deal for the Central Coast by protecting Medicare, fixing our local roads and delivering real jobs for locals.

Goals:

GP visits, blood tests, X-Rays and pap smears.

I will fix and install drainage, kerb and gutter more than 60 local roads, especially on the Peninsula with Labor’s $60 million Central Coast Roads Rescue Package.

I will create real jobs for locals through funding TAFE, education, investing in local infrastructure and fighting for sensible development on Gosford waterfront.

Email, 23 Jun 2016 Rhys Zorro, ALP

I will fight to protect Medicare and stop the cuts to bulk billing for

Lawrie Higgins Anti Paedophile Commitments to Robertson: There is no larger group in our area who are suffering from homelessness, mental and physical abuse and unemployment than those who have been in care as children.

My intentions are to reduce the number in care in Robertson to half by giving short-term assistance.

Why vote for me?

I believe in euthanasia; I accept same sex marriage but do think of those who have to change their beliefs.

Small businesses are those paying the largest tax and this needs to be reduced.

Goals: My aims are to assist those who have been in care in the past and present to give them a leg up so they may find healing and justice.

Sexual abuse occurs to one in three girls and one in six boys.

One in two in past child institutions were victims or were witness to others being abused.

Email, 22 Jun 2016 Lawrie Higgins, Anti Paedophile Party

Election promises fall short, says taskforce Federal election funding promises for the Woy Woy Peninsula leave a lot to be desired, according to the Central Coast Taskforce.

Labor has committed $3 million to Peninsula community projects, according to the Taskforce which is backed by John Singleton.

The only known project the Liberals have announced, over and above roads, is the $1.5 million for the PCYC at Umina.

“The Peninsula commitments are not adequate,” said Taskforce chairman Mr Chris Holstein.

“The Peninsula is a major area of the Central Coast, a substantial

residential area.

“It’s a hub for the region,” Mr Holstein said.

Labor has promised $2.5 million for the extension to the Ettalong Foreshore, $2 million for a satellite primary health care facility fit out on the Peninsula and $500,000 to scope the feasibility of building a new road from Woy Woy to the M1.

“Neither of the parties are up to scratch on what is required for the Peninsula,” Mr Holstein said.

“The Central Coast Taskforce demands more information from Labor on the promised $60 million for Central Coast roads, and the breakdown for the Peninsula, and challenges the Liberals to commit Advertisement

more than the miserly $18.3 million for roads promised.

“The Liberals have promised $2.7 million in roads funding for the Peninsula while there is $3.8 million for one road in Copacabana and $12 million into Dobell.

“The Liberals’ funding is extremely unbalanced with regard to the needs of the Peninsula.

“We are not saying Copacabana doesn’t need it, it does need it.

“The money going to the Peninsula is not adequate by a long, long way.”

“In addition we haven’t heard what either party is committing for the Peninsula on domestic violence, for youth and for jobs,”

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“The Taskforce and Chris will be the political parties’ conscience,” Mr Singleton said.

Mr Holstein said he would focus on what commitments the two major parties make to the Central Coast in the lead-up to the July 2 poll.

“People will always have their opinions but hopefully they will be informed opinions,” Mr Holstein said.

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Mr Singleton announced on June 14, that rather than backing candidates to run for Central Coast electorates in the July 2 federal election, he had recruited former Gosford mayor and NSW MP Mr Chris Holstein to head the Central Coast Taskforce.

Mr Singleton described Mr Holstein as a “heavy hitter” who would have the job of “keeping the bastards honest”.

“The Peninsula’s 30,000-plus residents will have an informed and critical take on what the major parties are and are not promising to deliver for the region in the election,” Mr Singleton said.

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Election

Mobile blackspot funding for Killcare Killcare is one of three areas put forward by Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, to receive improved mobile phone coverage as part of an additional $60 million commitment to extend the successful Blackspot Program.

Hillary Morris The Greens Commitments to Robertson: The most important commitment I have made is to continue to campaign to end inequality and unfairness in our community, whether that is unequal action on climate change, unfair attacks on renewable energy, unfair subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, unequal access to affordable housing, unfairness in terms of marriage equality, asylum seekers and refugees, justice or Indigenous rights, or the shocking inequality that family violence represents.

I commit to representing the entire electorate equally because that’s what an MP should do.

Why vote for me?

I would like to think that when people vote for me they are voting because of what the Greens represent, something different to the major parties.

I am the local face of the strong, consistent, fair and honourable principles of the Greens party.

Voting is a valuable civil right and it should be motivated by

values.

People will also be voting for a person who has campaigned in this community for years, who runs a business here and who has brought up her children on the Coast.

Goals: We can make the Central Coast the state hub for sustainable and genuine innovation and employment using our clean environment, powered by community-owned renewable energy, we can make sure that everyone benefits.

But we cannot overlook the critical shortage of affordable housing.

Creative ways of building that housing stock is one obvious path to make life easier for those in need, and provide real local jobs.

Renewables, NBN and housing: doing that will lead to more jobs and better lives.

Email, 20 Jun 2016 Hillary Morris, Greens candidate for Robertson

Van Davy Independent Commitments to Robertson: As an Independent I can work differently.

I will establish three new positions in my electorate office: advocates for anti-corruption, pensioners, workers.

Each will have a communityfilled research and action group to help me prepare legislation for the parliament for an Independent Commission Against Corruption; criminalisation of Australia’s freeway to tax avoidance; abolition of politicians privileges; a national pensioners’ manifesto.

I will expose, prosecute injustices and problems within Robertson.

for Robertson priorities, not party or factional dictates.

I am controlled by no party, factional or donor bosses.

Both parties are riddled with lobbyists, mortally split by factional hatreds, guilty of mangling public policy to suit vested interests.

I will fight for the criminalisation of tax haven use.

I will introduce a speculation tax: similar to bank and TAB transaction fees, on all stock exchange trades.

Goals: A 10-year roads plan for Robertson, a multi-dimensional youth plan with fast internet; and proper support for our 2000 homeless and ADF veterans.

Why vote for me?

Unlike the major parties I support: relentless campaigning

Email, 20 Jun 2016 Van Davy, Independent Candidate for Robertson

“New mobile base stations will bring a much-needed boost to mobile coverage, providing benefits to emergency service operators, businesses and residents,” Ms Wicks said.

“I’m pleased to announce that this commitment would help ensure vital access to emergency services for people in these areas which has previously never been possible.

“We have also selected these areas because they have been overlooked by mobile network operators due to commercial factors.

“A re-elected Turnbull government will invite mobile network operators to bid for this new funding to provide coverage in the identified locations.

“The Coalition is committed to improving mobile coverage along major transport routes, in small communities and in locations prone to experiencing natural disasters, as well as addressing unique mobile coverage problems such as areas with high seasonal demand,” Ms Wicks continued.

According to Ms Wicks, this is the most significant onetime increase in mobile network coverage to regional and remote Australia delivered by a single public funding programme in the history of mobile communications in Australia.

Following the success of the Coalition’s initial $100 million investment, another $60 million funding round is already under way, with successful locations to be announced by the end of 2016.

“The Coalition’s $220 million plan to address mobile black spots will ensure regional and remote communities have access to wider and more reliable mobile phone coverage,” Ms Wicks concluded.

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1 Van Davy [Independent] 2 Anne Charlton [Labor] 3 Morris [Greens] 7 Wicks [Liberal] I differ from Liberal and Labor in 3 huge ways: (i) INDEPENDENT: as an independent I am free of Party and factional bosses. I accept ZERO money from anyone … no companies, developers, spivs or urgers. So, I am free to attend to YOUR wishes NOT the dictates of a Party, factional or donor boss. This is a huge difference because it means I can relentlessly pursue policies, when WE want to, at any time … not when a Party tells us. A new way of operating is therefore possible. I will appoint paid 3 advocates into my electorate office: an anti-corruption advocate, a pensioners’ advocate, and a workers’ advocate. These 3 paid advocates will work with Robertson volunteers to help me [a] identify priorities in Robertson to be pursued every day [b] prepare legislation for me to campaign and build alliances around … and to present to the media, Australian People, and Parliament. I will be a CAMPAIGNING politician.

(ii) ANTI-CORRUPTION: neither the Liberals nor Labor Party support a national Independent Commission Against Corruption. That is because they are frightened! And, neither the Liberals or Labor TALK about corruption in this election.

BUT! Corruption is a major reason why Australia is in debt, Budget deficits are the norm, the mega-rich and multi-national corporations can dodge paying their taxes … which means too little money is available for Government to pay for schools, TAFE, universities, Youth Policy, hospitals, the homeless, veterans’ needs, and so on. Jackie Kelly [Liberal ex-member for Lyndsay] says the NSW Liberal Party is “riddled with lobbyists” … and we all know about the NSW Labor Party. BOTH of them are divided by factional hatreds ... BOTH of them mangle public policy to suit vested interests .... and, gallingly, BOTH are guilty of self-interested privileges politicians shower upon themselves. Corruption of the political parties DOMINATES Australian politics: • lobbyist-controlled factional choice of candidates • factional overthrow of Prime Ministers • lobbyist-controlled shaping of public policy especially "privatisation" [eg the current destruction of TAFE] • developer-controlled influence in local government • A conga-line of politicians facing charges of corruption CORRUPTION BLEEDS THE ECONOMY … AND TWISTS PUBLIC POLICY away from the Common Good towards vested interests and Private Profit. This immorality can be exposed … relentlessly … by an INDEPENDENT who, like me, is NOT dirtied by Party-factional bosses and money-donors. My Anti-Corruption Advocate will work with a high-powered Research and Action Group to help me find, expose, collect evidence, and prosecute corrupt practices within our electorate.

(iii) ANTI-TAX EVASION – CRIMINALISATION OF TAX ‘HAVENS’: NEITHER Liberals or Labor acknowledge the THUNDERING FREEWAY OF TAX EVASION that is the path to so-called “tax havens” and which is really a CAREFULLY CRAFTED and LEGAL highway OF ROBBERY, no accidental “loophole”, made legal by the Big End of Town for the Big End of Town. The Prime Minister stands at the entry to this freeway of theft, trumpeting its legality and waving through all other corporations and the mega-rich thus robbing the Australian People of the funds needed for their Social Wage: • Medicare • Pensions • Schools • Hospitals • Universities • TAFE • Roads • Youth policies • the homeless • ADF veterans • child care • dental care • family assistance • protection from violence.

Oxfam has recently established, using the limited examples available, that in ONE year almost $7 billion was lost in tax this way.

That is equivalent to almost $30 billion over the forward estimates…and $70 billion over the next 10 years. With full disclosure this amount would be much, much more.

This relentless heist of public funds is possible because tax ‘havens” have two characteristics: [a] Secret .... they do NOT report their activities to Aust Tax Office [b] Tax free ... I will relentlessly seek to CRIMINALISE the use of tax havens.

(iv) SPECULATION LEVY: this is a transaction fee [tax] on unproductive speculation, overwhelmingly from the Big End of Town. Neither the Liberals nor Labor support the introduction of a transaction levy, similar to what we pay at the banks, or at the TAB when we place a bet. For starters I would set the tax at 0.1% of all trades in stocks, shares, bonds, derivatives, futures and currencies. If successful the levy would rise to 1% after 2 years of experience.

7 Lucy Wicks [Liberal] I will be voting “7” for Lucy Wicks for many reasons. The Liberal Party has proven itself to be a serial liar on cuts to Medicare, pensions, schools, hospitals, ABC/SBS … it has entirely wrecked fast internet support for businesses and Youth Policy … it defends the tax avoiders who rob us of our Social Wage and create hole-in-the-bucket Budget deficits … it promises to give ANOTHER $50 billion tax GIFT mostly to tax avoiding Big Business. Layer upon layer of shame….and it proposes a raft of anti-worker and anti-pensioner measures such as: 15% GST, lesser pensions & lesser indexation, attack Penalty Rates, depress wages.

2 Anne Charlton [Labor] I will vote “2” for Labor because Labor is 2nd best for pensioners & workers & small businesses. Many of my policies are similar to Labor’s because I have spent my life in the Labour Movement proposing and/or supporting many of the policies that have been adopted by Labor and not the Liberals [eg Medicare, pensions, decent wages for workers, decent schooling & TAFE and University for Young People, equal pay and equal status everywhere for women, justice for Aborigines, Kyoto and renewables, and so on.]

So, it is not surprising that Labor policies, in many ways, are similar to my own. My differences with Labor are (i) to (iv) above …

PLUS I am often worried Labor will bend. For example, I will be absolutely unbending on matters such as: * no nuclear … South Australian Labor are a real worry here. Shame. * no new coal mines or expansion of existing mines …. Queensland Labor is compromised. * penalty rates … several flaming unions are wobbly on this matter. Shame. * GST … both leaders of Labor in Sth Australia and NSW have said under certain circumstances they would support a GST hike. Shame! GST should be wound back….it is an anti-pensioner, anti-worker & anti-small business tax which is needed ONLY TO COVER THE VAST TAX EVASION from Big Business, the mega-rich, and multi-national corporations!!!

3 Morris [Greens] I will vote “3” for Hillary because she is such an overwhelmingly principled and decent person and because the Greens have, in many ways, led the political parties when it comes to advancing environmental thinking and gutsy strategies to draw attention to the destruction of our environment by an economic system which relies on Growth and expanded consumption. My beef with the Greens is their silliness at crucial times … recently they joined with the Liberals to [a] knock 97,000 pensioners off their pension and to reduce the pension to another 200,000 while the mega-rich, Big Business and multinationals thunder down the Freeeway of Tax Evasion [b] keep secret the financial and tax affairs of companies between $100 and $200 million [c] to sink Labor’s original emission trading scheme and trigger the mess that followed.

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Election

Labor candidate revives Liberal plan Labor’s Candidate for Robertson, Ms Anne Charlton, has revived a Liberal Party plan from the 2010 election to build a road linking Woy Woy to the M1 at Mt White.

She is also backing a plan to straighten the railway line to Sydney, which was promoted by Gosford Liberal councillor Bob Ward earlier this year.

If elected to Government, Labor would fund a scoping study for the road link to the M1, she said.

Ms Charlton said the $500,000 scoping study would investigate the construction of a road from Bulls Hill to the Mt White interchange.

“At this very early stage, the study will examine the feasibility of such a project, factoring in community consultation and environmental issues,” Ms Charlton said.

“There is little doubt that from an economic perspective, such a road would deliver jobs in the construction phase and open up access to the Peninsula for business and tourism.

“It would mean an eight kilometre journey from the M1 to Woy Woy instead of 26 kilometres via Kariong,” she continued.

The $500,000 scoping study was announced by Labor Leader Bill Shorten on Saturday, June 18, as part of Labor’s Positive Policies ADVERTISEMENT

for the Central Coast.

This included a $60 million Roads Rescue Package and $2.5 million for footpaths to improve pedestrian safety and access.

Another $500,000 has been allocated to a scoping study into the straightening of the railway line between the Central Coast and Sydney, to speed travel times.

“Only a Labor Government has a real infrastructure and jobs plan for the people of the Central Coast and the Peninsula, which has been neglected for too long,” Ms Charlton said.

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It’ll also help train and retain more local GPs. I’ve been working with the University of Newcastle, the NSW Government and Council on this for over two years, and have backed it up with a $32.5m commitment.

Why vote for me?

It’s an honour to serve the people of Robertson, and more than ever it’s clear only the Turnbull Liberal Team has a Plan to ensure our region thrives.

Our innovation and science program will encourage more great ideas to market.

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working families will benefit from the export trade deals, tax cuts and incentives.

Our plan also includes a sustainable budget with crackdowns on tax avoidance and loopholes, plus guaranteed funding for health, education and roads.

Goals: To continue to deliver on our commitments, including 600 new jobs for Gosford and the Central Coast Medical School that will transform our region into one of countless opportunities for families and businesses.

See more of our local roads fixed, including our commitment to address some dreadful roads on the Peninsula and Copacabana.

To spend plenty more Saturdays with my husband and two children at Woy Woy Oval, now we’ve delivered our $3.5 million upgrade.

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The $2.7 million investment would be shared among traditional trouble-spots including: $1.1 million for Murray St in Booker Bay, $900,000 for Davis St in Booker Bay, and $750,000 for Ryans Rd in Umina Beach.

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Preserve the simple joys – eating our own prawns For as long as I can remember, one of the simple joys of living on the Central Coast is the ability to have a nice feed of Hawkesbury River prawns, washed down with a couple of cold beers and perhaps followed by a nice feed of flathead.

Now it appears that this is under threat.

Apparently the small, one-man trawlers operating out of Patonga and Brooklyn aren’t professional enough.

They aren’t catching enough fish and they aren’t aiming high enough.

The present NSW Government, under the guise of creating a stronger and more sustainable

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See Page 2 for contribution conditions industry, wants to consolidate this industry, perhaps into the hands of a wealthy few and to aim to sell to the export markets of the world.

Globalisation, free trade agreements, profit before

everything else, and conservative ideology at its most basic.

Well, a lot of people don’t want to build business empires.

They want to go to work and, in this case, supply fresh, local, sustainably caught seafood to the people of the Central Coast.

I personally want to know the prawns I’m peeling have come from a local trawler, not an environmentally disastrous prawn farm in China.

There have been suggestions that the Hawkesbury River Fishery is unsustainable, so how about the government bureaucracy get out of the way and let these fisherman do what they have been doing for 50 years, keeping me fed.

Email, 18 Jun 2016 Ross Cochrane, Woy Woy

Demolish or make jetty good The ex-Sheathers jetty at Koolewong has now been in a damaged state for well over a year.

Since RMS leases require a jetty structure to be kept in good order and condition, it is puzzling that the RMS has not taken some action on this matter, given that the

Forum agency has pursued other leaseholders for much less obvious faults.

The access to this jetty is completely insecure, and there is nothing to stop children venturing onto the timber remnants where an

accident could easily occur.

It is time that this dangerously derelict structure was made good or demolished, so why has the Central Coast Council not taken up this issue and had the situation remedied?

Email, 17 Jun 2016 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

Jobs and growth will not help the Peninsula Jobs and growth appears to be the mantra today.

I wish that someone would explain just how we can have constant growth on a finite planet.

I also believe that the “jobs, jobs, jobs” idea is not feasible, since many jobs are going offshore or to technology and the human population is growing exponentially.

The effects of constant growth are visible on the Peninsula.

It’s become difficult to find parking, the roads are clogged and tempers are frayed.

It’s made worse now there is the battle going on concerning the underpass.

Seats on trains are often difficult to find.

There are many more, hard surfaces, so flooding is frequent and taller buildings not only block the light and views but sometimes cause wind tunnels.

There will soon be less green space and denser housing, even though it is well known that overcrowding leads to more delinquency.

Many young people cannot afford TAFE courses and anyway TAFE is being phased out and private vocational colleges are taking over.

Many of these are simply manipulating the system to their own advantage and the students are not getting what they paid for.

This will mean that more tradespeople will have to be found, probably on 457 visas.

They are cheaper.

Where is the research or evidence that private companies are more efficient than government?

Surely privatisation is simply an ideological view.

Shareholders must also receive

Forum their dividends.

The workers in both private and public companies are the same homo-sapiens so there will obviously be good and bad in both systems.

We constantly hear that trade unions are corrupt but we seem to be surrounded by corruption.

Even this week there has been the case of two privately-educated young men who have been found guilty of insider trading.

Two hundred and fifty years ago pregnant women and children of seven were working down the mines in Britain, pushing heavy carts or opening doors in the tunnels.

We would probably still be in that position if it were not for unions.

Again there’s good and bad everywhere.

Donations to governments are very effective as shown on ABC’s Four Corners program recently.

Is it this which has led to leachate draining from the Mangrove Mountain tip into our drinking water?

And to large residential developments about to be built on wet-lands on the Central Coast such as at Mardi and Chittaway.

We must realise that the amalgamation of councils was at the behest of developers: They will have fewer bureaucracies to deal with to get their developments through.

With the new bio-diversity plans being discussed more and more of our unique Australian flora and fauna will be lost, some forever.

So surely the mantra for all governments is really, money, yes and more money.

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Budget affects older people who need special care Our organisation, Peninsula Village, as a member of Aged and Community Services Australia, the national peak body representing not-forprofit aged care providers caring for over one million frail older Australians, is standing together with our entire network to ensure frail older Australians get the care they deserve.

Our election campaign “Old, frail and invisible” highlights the significant issues impacting on them, the aged care workforce and industry sustainability.

Our residents and clients deserve better and together we can ensure that despite being old and frail, they are not invisible.

There is significant and growing concern about the impact of the 2016-17 federal budget cuts arising from changes around the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI).

These will directly impact on older people who need specialised and complex care and support in our residential aged care facilities.

There are considerable reforms being undertaken in home care, which have significant financial imposts on aged care providers during implementation.

It is vital that Transition Funding is provided as was provided for the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

It is imperative that we have

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The aged care workforce has not received sufficient attention from government to ensure policy settings will provide an appropriately skilled workforce to meet the future care needs of older Australians.

For the campaign, aged care providers will be demanding a response from politicians on three key issues.

The first is to halt the impact of the 2016-17 budget cuts on vulnerable older people in residential aged care.

There should be no cuts that impact on the care of older people.

A genuine consultative review of ACFI must be undertaken including provision of evidence to support changes.

We also want government to provide a transition fund for home care to assist providers to deal with looming significant reform, improve system implementation and ensure services are available and accessible to older people.

A National Aged Services Workforce Strategy needs to be finalised and funds delivered for the development of local programs to guarantee a workforce for the future.

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Development approval of Australian Taxation Office building deferred

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The Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) deferred its decision on whether or not to approve the development of the Australian Taxation Offi ce building on part of the former Gosford Public School

Members of the Gosford Waterfront Alliance were heartened by the Joint Regional Planning Panel’s decision to give consideration to legitimate concerns about the proposed Doma development of an

President of the Gosford, Erina and Coastal Chamber of Commerce, Ms Alison Vidler, addressed the Joint Regional Planning Panel meeting in support of the Doma Group’s development of a mixed-

Beaches hit hard by East Coast low

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Terrigal, Wamberal and Avoca Beaches were among the local areas most affected by the East Coast low that hit on June 4 and 5.

Waste levy fee waived for storm damaged property disposal

Wamberal could be the next Collaroy if the NSW Government doesn’t take steps to build a revetment to protect private and public assets according to the NSW Coastal Alliance.

Terrigal resident Mr Peter Pearce received a Queens Birthday Honour and Order of Australia Medal for service to the international community through humanitarian programs.

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NSW Premier Mike Baird has As winter approaches, Coast announced the appointment of Shelter reports that the number of homeless men, women a State Recovery Coordinator and children, and particularly, to oversee the clean-up effort in women and children escaping communities affected by the storm domestic violence on the Central that swept across the state at the The full articles and more can be seen on line on our website www.centralcoastnews.net Coast Community News focusses on news specifically related to post code areas 2250, 2251, 2260 and articles can also be read and shared on your mobile phone by going to www.coastcommunitynews.com.au.

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Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262, & 2263.

Dobell Spend-O-Metre

Wyong rates to increase by 6.9 per cent

State’s minister for local government pleased with merger progress

The former Wyong Council determined at one of its last meetings to take the final year of its special rate variation (SRV) out of its draft 2016-17 operational plan, but the new Central Coast Council

Central Coast Council was the first of the 19 new NSW councils visited by the state’s minister for local government, Mr Paul Toole.

Former W Wyong C Council F il directors dominate new senior executive positions

Council surplus tops $36 million

Wyong Rd in urgent need of repair

Former Wyong Council employees have been chosen to fill five out of the seven interim senior executive positions on the new Central Coast Council that have been announced so far.

A quarter three business report for the former Wyong Council indicated that it had achieved a quarter three actual surplus of $45.2 million compared to a year-to-date surplus of $36.2 million

Wyong Rd is falling apart and the NSW Government needs to make money available in its budget to ensure the road is restored and made safe.

Warnervale property to be reclassifi ed as operational land

Wadalba site to be rezoned and forwarded for gateway determination

Natural disaster fi nancial assistance available

Land dedicated to Wyong Council as part of its requirements for a 128 residential lot subdivision on Sparks Rd, Woonngarrah, is expected to be reclassified to operational land.

A proposal to rezone 165 Louisiana Rd, Wadalba, from part E2 Environmental Conservation, and part RU6 Transition to E2, and part R2 Low Density Residential, is expected to be prepared by Central Coast Council and forwarded to the NSW

Member for The Entrance, Mr David Mehan, welcomed the extension of disaster assistance to residents affected by the storms that swept through the Central Coast over the weekend of June 4 and 5.

Both major parties, Liberal and Labor, have been making promises to spend money on key projects for Dobell throughout the election campaign.

Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262, & 2263.

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Health

Kathy Smith recovers from treatment Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith is recovering from treatment for an illness, according to Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris.

He said she had every intention to returning to full representative duties when she had recovered.

He said it was well known in the community that Ms Smith was a cancer survivor.

“I know Kathy’s intention is to fully return to work.

“There has been no mention of her doing otherwise and certainly no mention of the need for a byelection,” Mr Harris said.

“Kathy has had treatment and she is recovering from it and she needs time to do that,” he said.

The Peninsula Women’s Health Centre has a new program commencing in July.

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Oyster farmers have different stories Two local oyster farmers, Mr Dale Witchard and Mr Dean Whitten, have very different stories to tell about the current state of their businesses and their industry.

Mr Witchard, who is based in Patonga Creek, is successfully growing Sydney Rock and Pacific Oysters direct-to-harvest and is confident of his future as an independent operator.

Mr Whitten said he had not been able to operate due to sewer overflows into Brisbane Water in the June 4 and 5 storms and said he was holding on to the hope that the introduction of Pacific Oysters in Brisbane Water would revive the industry locally.

Mr Whitten, who operates out of Koolewong, said the Brisbane Water oyster farmers have not been able to operate since the storms of June 4 and 5.

He said periods of heavy rainfall, such as that experienced on the Coast

during the first weekend of June, resulted in sewage pumping stations around Brisbane Water, particularly at Kincumber and Bensville, overflowing directly into the estuary.

“That means we can’t sell anything for 21 days and the testing takes another week so it ends up being 30 days,” Mr Whitten said.

“At the moment we are not operating because of the sewer spill so everyone who works for me is pretty much looking for other jobs,” he said.

The immediate outlook for Brisbane Water oyster farmers is not good because the financial position of the local growers’ association is weak.

According to Mr Whitten, the farmers can’t afford to pay for the water testing needed to reopen the waterway.

He said the Brisbane Water Oyster Farmers Association would discuss whether or not there was money available to complete the required

Brisbane Water oyster farmers are looking for locations for on-land processing plants Photo Noel Fisher

testing when it held its annual general meeting in mid-July.

Mr Whitten said he held on to the hope that the introduction of Pacific Oysters in Brisbane Water would revitalise the industry.

“I think it would revive a hell of a lot if farmers started growing Pacific Oysters,” he said.

“At the moment there are about 15 farmers who have aqua culture permits but are not harvesting,” he said.

“Pacific oysters would be good for those existing farmers and for new farmers,” he said.

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Mr Whitten said he planned to grow both Sydney Rock and Pacific Oysters but needed a landbased depot to have the space and infrastructure needed to operate on a profitable scale.

Each Brisbane Water farmer would need about 750 square metres of land for processing, purification, harvesting and maintaining infrastructure.

He said the small size of the industry in Brisbane Water, along with the condition of the waterway, meant that Safe Food (the NSW Food Authority) required oysters grown in Brisbane Water to be purified before being sent to market.

“When purification first came in the policy was that every river did it.

“It was just part of the working week when you were shipping oysters,” he said.

The damage caused to the industry on some major rivers, first

by QX which killed Sydney Rock oysters and then by the Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS), meant the larger oyster farmers’ associations had called for, and been allowed to take crops, direct-to-harvest instead of being required to put their oysters through purification.

This had not happened on Brisbane Water.

“I think it is just that the industry in Brisbane Water is pretty small with retired or part time farmers so we don’t

have a big possie of farmers marching in the same direction,” he said.

The timber jetty between Whitten’s oyster shed and the Koolewong shoreline was damaged in the East Coast Low that hit the area in April 2015.

“Everyone keeps asking me when we are going to fix the jetty,” he said.

Mr Whitten applied for a lowinterest loan from the NSW Rural Assistance Authority following the 2015 storms.

“After a year of shuffling papers someone from the department phoned me and said ‘sorry Mr Whitten you are not eligible for it.

“We had hung in there hoping we would get that loan and after all the hoo-ha and hype when the storms happened it eventually all fades into nothing.

“I am in survival mode now and the last thing I can do is fix the wharf.”

He said a local wharf builder had been collecting recycled timber to assist with its repair.

Oyster farming in Patonga Creek was a much easier proposition according to Mr Dale Witchard.

“We are positive to POMs but our oysters haven’t died and we are still open for business.

“We are direct to harvest because our water testing have proven our estuary is not effected by storm events and contamination,” he said Mr Witchard said the direct-toharvest status of the Patonga Creek oyster farmers is reviewed annually

by Safe Food.

When POMs was first diagnosed in the Hawkesbury River, Mr Witchard decided he needed to diversify his income streams so he acquired a retail seafood outlet in Ocean Beach Rd, Woy Woy. As a fellow oyster farmer and seafood retailer, Mr Witchard said he agreed with the introduction of Pacific Oysters to Brisbane Water “200 per cent”.

“If it is going to get the industry back up and running I think it is a good thing and I support their need for landbased processing plants,” he said.

Interviews, 22 Jun 2016 Dale Witchard, D&L Witchard Dean Whitten, Whitten’s Organic Oysters Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Education

School maintenance backlog not funded Three Peninsula public schools that were on a list of the 10 Central Coast schools with the largest maintenance backlogs have not received funding in the NSW Government’s 2016 budget, according to Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith.

Their combined maintenance backlog is estimated at almost $3 million.

Woy Woy South Public School, Brisbane Water Secondary College’s Umina campus and Woy

Students complete carpentry course Six Year 9 students from the Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus have completed a six-week carpentry course at Hornsby

TAFE. The course was a great opportunity for the Year 9 boys, all 15 years old, to explore an interest in carpentry and to hone their skills.

It is hoped that these initiatives by the college will ignite new ways of thinking and open potential career pathways to students.

Email, 21 June 2016 Nerrida Stevens, BWSC Umina

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Umina Chiropractic Centre has a group of chiropractors undertaking ongoing education to ensure that they can offer you an assessment that is in line with current best practice.

When you come in for an appointment, prior to any adjustments, your chiropractor is assessing your central nervous system by neurological examination and your joint structures by orthopaedic assessments.

A note of your current lifestyle is also taken as an important aspect of uncovering non sinister causes of your ill health.

That lower back pain or headache may not always have an obvious medical cause.

It is often your body’s reaction to the environment that can create these symptoms.

These environmental stressors express themselves by increasing your blood pressure and tightening your paraspinal muscle groups, causing tummy upsets and headaches etc.

As an example, a gentleman had spent many tax payers’ dollars on sophisticated medical diagnostic

tests for severe headaches, cardiac palpitations, diarrhoea and sleeplessness.

Our assessment revealed that his coffee intake was quite significant at 12 mugs per day.

Suffice to say that chiropractic adjustments were needed, however without replacing the coffee with water, I would dare to say he would still be suffering poor healing.

Please eat well, drink plenty of water, and walk 3-4 days a week for approximately half an hour each day.

We look forward to assisting you with your health care needs.

All the best from the team at Umina Chiropractic Centre.

Woy Public School were ranked eighth, ninth and 10th in the list which was compiled by the NSW Opposition.

Based on NSW Government information, as of June 30, 2015, the maintenance backlog at Woy Woy South Public School was worth $961,692.

The Umina campus of Brisbane Water Secondary College needed maintenance work completed worth $955,165.

Woy Woy Public School needed $852,424 spent.

Media release, 22 Jun 2016 Kathy Smith, Member for Gosford

Market on election day Umina Beach Public School will hold a Market Day on Saturday, July 2 to coincide with the federal election.

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The school’s P&C will also run a fund raising barbecue from 7am to 4pm.

Newsletter, 21 Jun 2016 Lyn Davis; Umina Beach Public School

The school has been accepting bookings from stall holders from

Red, black and yellow at disco Woy Woy South Public School students will participate in several activities to celebrate Naidoc week.

red, black or yellow.

The school will also treat students to a sausage sizzle during Naidoc week.

The activities include a Naidocthemed school disco allowing the children to dress in the colours of

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Education

Pretty Beach students to display their photos A number of Pretty Beach Public School’s senior students were involved in the Five Lands Walk Photography Workshop last term.

Their work will be displayed at the Gosford Art Gallery.

Mr Mark Moran facilitated the photography workshops for eight primary schools within the Five Lands.

The workshop consisted of a group of 30 students from each school.

The students were given a camera to work with for the day.

From the shots taken, a photo from each students was selected by the school to be displayed at Macmasters Beach Surf Club.

Each class from Pretty Beach Public School has been busy painting recycled cardboard cutouts to contribute to the display to be held on Saturday, June 25, as part of the Five Lands Walk.

Ms Jones has also been teaching 20 students songs to sing as part of the Five Lands Walk choir.

Newsletter, 16 June 2016 Deborah Callender, Pretty Beach Public School

Successful audition Ettalong Public School’s senior choir has successfully auditioned for a Showcase at Laycock Street Theatre.

The choir will also be performing as part of a combined choir as part of the Five Lands Walk, to be held

on June 25.

The school band will be performing for the whole school assembly on Monday, June 27.

Newsletter, 21 Jun 2016 Lynn Balfour; Ettalong Public School

Students testing the hammocks in the Hyde Park Barracks

Students visit historic sites Four rescued Four people were rescued near the Spike Milligan Bridge at Woy Woy, after their boat ran out of fuel on June 12.

Marine Rescue Central Coast towed the group’s 5m Bowrider to the launching ramp at Lions Park.

Rescue vessel Central Coast 22 was skippered by Mr Bob Sullivan, with crew members Mr Brendan Weston and Mr Max Landells also dispatched to assist.

Media release, 13 Jun 2016 Ron Cole, Marine Rescue Central Coast

Year 4 students from Umina Beach Public School visited Hyde Park Barracks as part of their history unit.

Students learned about the history of the Barracks during a guided tour and also visited other historical sites across Sydney.

Also on the agenda were a Harbour Bridge walk and a harbour cruise.

Newsletter, 14 Jun 2016 Lyn Davis, Umina Beach Public School

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Out&About

Holiday care program in Woy Woy A holiday day care program will run in Woy Woy from July 4 to 17.

Cubbyhouse Childcare in association with Umina Public School announced their Woy Woy Vacation Care Program on June 20.

The program includes a variety of activities aimed to keep kids

entertained and active over the holidays.

The program kicks off with a talent contest on July 4, and other activities such as movies, excursions and sports days are all on the agenda.

Contact the school for the exact Program schedule Email, 20 Jun 2016 Lyn Davis, Umina Public School

Performers from the Junior Showcase

Music school starts crowd-funding campaign A local music school has started a crowd-funding campaign to assist with the school’s relocation.

Pearl Beach Music Schoalrship students Winner Tiana Young second from right

Conservatorium students awarded scholarships Students of the Central Coast Conservatorium were awarded more than $2000 in scholarships after performing at the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall on May 28-29.

Students performed as part of the Junior Showcase Concert on May 28 and for the 11th annual Pearl Beach Music Scholarship on May 29 valued at $1000.

Nine students competed for the scholarship and presented a varied program made up of instrumental

and vocal performance.

Students were accompanied by Central Coast Conservatorium and Sydney Conservatorium of Music pianist Ms Lilli Naulu.

The Irvine Piano Scholarship of $800 was awarded to piano student Kimberly Gilbert who played Elegie Opus 3 No.1 by Sergei Rachmaninov and Allegro Barbaro by Bella Bartok.

The People’s Choice Award, valued at $250, was unanimously awarded to 17 year old vocalist Tiana Young, who wowed audiences with her renditions of

Batti Batti o bel Masetto by Don Giovanni and Girl from 14 G by Jeanine Tesori.

The event adjudicator Mr Brian Buggy commended students on their performances and said relating to the audience and performing with emotion was fundamental.

Tiana Young was the recipient of the 2016 Pearl Beach Music Scholarship.

Central Coast Conservatorium CEO Mr Andrew Brennan said competition was a common aspect of music education.

He said both the Junior Showcase and the Scholarship gave students an opportunity to perform in front of an audience and play from their hearts.

“Students expressed themselves which is what music is all about,” Mr Brennan said.

Email, 7 June 2016 Lynne Lillico, Pearl Beach Progress Association

The school building in Woy Woy was recently sold to new owners who plan to demolish it.

Mr Chris and Ms Madeline Stratford have owned and operated the Woy Woy School of Music in its rented premises for five years and have started a crowd-funding campaign to ask for community assistance with the costs of relocating.

After months of scouting they have found a new home for their music school on the main road of Woy Woy. “Over the years, a strong community presence has developed within our student and

tutor base,” Mr Stratford said.

“Our vision for the next school is to build on that by creating a new home for music on the Central Coast,” he said.

The school’s new premises is more than twice the size of their original location which paves the way for its continued growth.

Since 2011 student numbers have grown from 38 to 180.

The school will also host a fundraiser concert, featuring acts from their bands and tutors as well as an open day during the school holidays for their grand opening at the new location, 81 Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy. The new school will be rebranded as Stratford Music.

Media release, 14 Jun 2016 Madeline Stratford, Woy Woy School of Music

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27 June 2016 - Peninsula News - Page 25

Out & About

Combining musical career and motherhood Mothering a pre-schooler while starring in two tribute shows is not challenging enough for Killcare country music singer songwriter Melinda Schneider.

Crafts centre suffers from vandalism The Ettalong Beach Arts and Crafts Centre Inc. was recently vandalised and 60 pillows made as part of its community project, boobs and bags, were destroyed.

The boobs and bags project makes special cushions and donates them to Hospitals that give them to breast cancer patients.

The Arts Centre provides art, quilting and pottery courses for Peninsula residents of all ages across various mediums.

The Centre is preparing for its annual Five Ways Exhibition held in June at the Gosford Regional Gallery.

Media release, 20 May 2016 Sue Sullivan, Ettalong Beach Arts and Crafts Centre Inc.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am focusing on a new album at the moment, writing songs for a new original album which will come out later in the year,â&#x20AC;? Ms Schneider said.

That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean she has stopped touring her much-loved Melinda Does Dorris show or her Great Women of Country tribute.

It means that in addition to touring, performing and looking after her three-year-old son, Ms Schneider is about to head off to Nashville for some intensive song writing time.

The Great Women of Country tribute is a solo version of an album and show she worked on with Beccy Cole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am still waving the flag with great women of country,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did Campbelltown Catholic Club last Saturday night and it was very interesting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people who came to see me after the show had seen me as Doris Day at the Opera House. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are people who love country music, who love all the women and the songs but they are people who have been really

Melinda Schneider is off to Nashville to write material for a new album

dedicated to me as well and want to see me which is great. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the songs are so incredible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are written to such high standards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are some of the best songs ever written,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Ms Schneider said she was particularly fond of performing material written by Dolly Parton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are four Dolly songs which are some of her best and she is just such a prolific songwriter

and, of course, the audience sings along and I encourage that,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Melindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trip to Nashville next month will be a little different.

Before motherhood, she had made the journey at least once a year but this time she will be taking her family along. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very difficult to focus when you have a three-and-a â&#x20AC;&#x201C;half-yearold toddler running around.â&#x20AC;?

While itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a challenge, she is also expecting motherhood to be a theme in the songs she writes for the new album. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have already written a few songs about becoming a mum and this album is going to be about women and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues in general. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have finally joined the club and became a mum and learned about the challenges like balancing your career and motherhood.â&#x20AC;?

Women of Country is something Melinda plans to keep doing, even when the album is complete and released. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of areas I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taken that show to regionally, so probably will when the new album comes out and I can do some of the Great Women songs and some from the new album,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Interview, 24 May 2016 Melinda Schneider, Killcare Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Diirecttory Directory y - Nott ffor or p profi fit C Community ommuniity Organisations Organi g isattions Art & Culture 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

Community Groups ABC “The Friends” Support group for Public Broadcaster.

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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

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Monthly Meet & Chat

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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

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

Mingaletta Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Provides members and other groups a meeting place and referral hub for education, health, well-being and cultural programs.

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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.

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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

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

Central Coast Potters Society Running classes, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions and social events - Annual exhibitions in May and December info@ccpotters.org 4324 5343

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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 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 Classes held Monday to Friday for everyone over 50 Basics: Mon , Tues and Thurs 10am to 12noon Different programs every day, 10am to 12noon or 1pm to 3pm Apple-Mac: Mon, Tues, Wed All at our club rooms, Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre Bookings or inquiries 02 4369 5692 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

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 info@wagstaffetokillcare.org.au @ g g

Health Groups 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 Arthritis NSW Woy Woy support group Woy Woy Bowling Club North Burge Road Woy Woy 3rd Tues 10.30am 1800 011 041 Better Hearing Australia Central Coast Hearing loss management support and education.

7 groups across the Coast Providing practical experience and confidence 4321 0275 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 Support Groups Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and to improve mental health and well-being. Anonymous, free and open to all. Bring a support person if you like.

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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

0412 756 446 ParaQuad Specialist healthcare products home delivered for all continence, wound care, respiratory and nutrition requirements Professional Clinic Support avail. 1300 886 601 www.brightsky.com.au

Peninsula Village Wellness Centre Offering holistic and complementary therapies including aromatherapy, massage and music therapy 4344 9199 Peninsula Village Meals Delivered daily to your door Nutritious, great for the elderly 4344 9199 Peninsula Village Carer’s Support Group For carers of loved ones with dementia - 1st Wed 10 to 11.30am Paula 4344 9199 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.

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1st Thur - 1pm Room 3 Uniting Church Donnison St Gosford 4344 7989 or 4368 2214 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 Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club Everglades Country Club 2nd Tues 11am Company, up-to-date info, hydrotherapy, bus trips 4341 7177

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Brisbane Water Brass Brass Band entertainment for the community playing all types of popular music.

Rehearsal every Tues 7.30pm-10pm 0419 274 012

Mary Mac’s Place Providing hot, freshly cooked meals - Mon to Fri 11am-1pm with support, info & referrals 4341 0584

Gosford Musical Society Minstrels Entertain at various venues on the Coast seeking new members Thur Night Laycock St North Gosford 4341 4210

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

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Political 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 Central Coast Greens Active regarding ecological sustainability, social & economic justice, peace & non-violence, grassroots democracy & getting Greens elected 3rd Thur, centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

Politics in the Pub Central Coast Discussion of important political, social, economic, education, land philosophy issues in a non partisan manner - The Grange Hotel 4th Thur every month besides Dec

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

Northern Settlement Services - Volunteers Volunteers needed for friendly visits to the elderly in nursing homes.

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Woy Woy Judo Club 3 Classes every Tue & Fri 5.00pm to 8pm Ettalong Leisure & Learning Centre Min age 5 years old 0434 000 170

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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 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. 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.

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

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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

Central Coast Soaring Club Inc Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Instruction FREE to members Come and have an Air Experience Flight All Welcome 14 and up for Training Flying at Bloodtree Road Mangrove Mountain Thur, Sat, Sun ( weather permitting) 0412 164 082 0414 635 047

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Rotary Club of Umina Beach Wednesdays 6.30pm Everglades Country Club 0409 245 861 curleys@ozemail.com.au

0409 245 861 Rotary Club of Woy Woy Tues 6pm Everglades Country Club.

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Veterans National Malaya Borneo Veterans Association 1st Sat F(except Jan) 1pm 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

Country Women’s Association Woy Woy Opposite Fisherman’s Wharf Craft & Friendship 1st and 2nd Wed 10am Meetings 4th Wed 10.30am 4324 2621 Country Women’s Association Umina Branch meeting 1st Wed 10am Craft and Friendship Other Weds 9am 1st and 3rd Sun 12.30pm 0414 576 366 - 4344 1070 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.

Peninsula Environment Group Environmental projects, (incl. Woytopia), Woy Woy community garden, social events, workshops, organic food

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Australia Post is about to increase their postage rates by over 42% and we can no longer continue to absorb these increases.

Subscription rates have therefore needed to be increased from $50 to $75 for 25 editions.

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News

Residents meet council about hotel plans Representatives of the Patonga Community have met with the Council assessment officer for the Patonga Pub development application to discuss the development proposal to increase the commercial footprint of the existing hotel.

According to Patonga Community Working Group chair Mr Ross Trembath, the purpose of the meeting on Friday, June 10, was to express and reinforce the community’s concerns.

“These concerns are identified in the more than 70 submissions written by members of the community,” Mr Trembath said.

The emphasis of the community submissions was that the development should, as near as possible, remain relevant to the small-scale commercial and low-density residential zoning of Patonga, as described in the planning provisions, he said.

“The key point is that the DA changes the hotel from a singlestorey commercial premises with a partial low-key residential top floor,

to a double storey commercial premises,” he said.

“This is an over reach and overdevelopment.

“The proposed level of development of the site is such that any expansion of the current commercial use cannot be achieved without major variations of the planning provisions in place for this location in Patonga.

“The core objectives of these provisions are that development should be low-scale, compatible with its location, appropriate to meet the needs of the residents of Patonga and provide on-site visitor parking.

“The proposed expansion of the hotel and fish shop will essentially double the capacity of the current premises.

“The three first-floor residences would be demolished, to be replaced with a new expanded upper storey which would contain a cocktail bar, sports bar and a 150seat function centre.

“The community believes that if the development is approved in its current form, it will not be a small scale local retail business.

“The proposed level of use will dominate the location and increase impacts on this precinct of Patonga from commercial development.

“The patrons of the current commercial uses already dominate the use of public land and the visual amenity of the scenic foreshore area.

“The community in its submissions has recognised the need to offer a balanced approach to this proposal and has identified support of the improvements of the facility at the ground floor level,” he said.

According to Mr Trembath, a majority of residents, including many of those who lodged objections to the DA, were regulars at the Patonga Beach Hotel and were very supportive of having the business in the town.

“However, they believe there is plenty of scope to improve the facilities without creating a destination venue that will all but destroy the seaside village charm it seeks to capitalise upon,” he said.

Media release, 14 Jun 2016 Ross Trembath, Patonga Community Working Group

The Peninsula Diary of Events For events in post code areas 2256 and 2257 Tuesday, Jun 28 Good Morning Ettalong Diggers Club

Ettalong,

Mingaletta, Sydney Rd Umina Lonnie Lee and the Leemen, Ettalong Diggers, doors open 8pm

Thursday, Jun 30

Sunday, Jul 3

Helping older children to read between and beyond the lines, Woy Woy Library, 10am to 11am Trivia with El Triviachi, Hardys Bay Club, evening

Rock Pool Ramble with OCCI, Umina Beach, 12pm Dancing in July Fundraiser for Gosford Hospital mental health services, Patonga Community Hall, 6 Brisk St, Patonga, 2pm to 7pm

Friday, Jul 1 Woy Woy Little Theatre Company annual flash festival, Peninsula Theatre until July 3 A Coupla Numbers featuring Phil Hewett, The Old Pub, Woy Woy, 8pm Kindy Gym, Peninsula Community Centre, ages 0 to 3 years from 9:15am to 10:15am and ages 3 to 5 from 10:20am to 11:20am The Rebellion Tour featuring Karise Eden and Dean Ray, Ettalong Diggers, doors open 8pm

Saturday, Jul 2 Federal election, see page 8.

Market day at Unima Uniting Church from 8am Election Day BBQ at

Monday, Jul 4 NAIDOC Week celebration, Umina Park, free face painting, barbecue and games, 10am to 2pm

Tuesday, Jul 5 Christmas in July tribute celebrating Neil Diamond, Ettalong Diggers, from 11:45am also Jul 6,20 and 21

Bowling Club The Australian INXS Show and the Australian Divinyls Show, Ettalong Diggers, doors open 8pm

Sunday, Jul 17 Umina Beach Markets, 9am to 3pm, Peninsula Recreational Precinct, Umina

Tuesday, Jul 19 Coast Community Connections playgroup starts for term 3, Peninsula Community Centre, 9am to 11am

Saturday, Jul 23 Vincent Cross at the Troubadour in Woy Woy, from 7pm

Patonga already suffers from traffic congestion and a parking shortage on weekends due to patronage of the hotel

Peninsula directory of services, contacts and support groups

Ambulance, Police, Fire 000 Emergency Ambulance, Police, Fire 000 Police Assistance Line 131 444 Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 Woy Woy Police Station 4379 7399 Energy Australia 13 13 88 Gas Emergency 131 909 Gosford City Council 4325 8222 Marine Rescue NSW Central Coast 4325 7929 SES - Storm and Flood Emergency 132 500

Mingaletta 4342 7515 Aboriginal Home Care 4321 7215 Drug & Alcohol rehab 4388 6360

Accommodation Dept. of Housing Gosford 4323 5211 Cassie4Youth 4322 3197 Coast Shelter 4325 3540 Pacific Link Com Housing 4324 7617 Rumbalara Youth Refuge 4325 7555 Samaritans Youth Services 4351 1922 Youth Angle • Woy Woy 4341 8830 Woy Woy Youth Cottage 4341 9027

Animal Rescue

Could my child be dyslexic and what do I do next? Woy Woy Library, 10am to 11am

Wildlife Arc 4325 0666 Wires 1300 094 737

Friday, Jul 29

Peninsula Community Centre 4341 9333 Men’s Shed Cluster Inc 0413 244 484

Junior Australian Floor Ball Championship, Peninsula Leisure Centre until July 9

Rewbies playing at Ettalong Hotel from 8pm

Saturday, Jul 16

Saturday, Jul 30

Umina Beach Boardriders mid-year function, Springwood

Rewbies playing at Hardys Bay Club from 7:30pm

Community Centres

Counselling Centacare: 4324 6403 Relationship Australia: 1300 364 277 Interrelate: 1800 449 118

Family and Relationships If you’ve got something happening on the Peninsula over the next few weeks, let us know about it and we’ll list it here for you, for free. Contact details are on page 2. See the Coast Community News for events in post code areas 2250, 2251 & 2260 and the Wyong Regional Chronicle for events in post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262 & 2263

Health Poisons Information 131 126 Ambulance Text Mobile 106 Ambulance GSM 112 Gosford Hospital 4320 2111 Woy Woy Hospital 4344 8444 Sexual Health @ Gosford Hospital 4320 2114 After Hours GP Help Line 1800 022 222

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Organisations Legal & Financial Help

Thursday, Jul 28

Thursday, Jul 7

Horizons (For men with children) 4351 5008 Uniting Care Burnside Gosford 1800 067 967

Centacare Gosford 4324 6403 Central Coast Family Support Service 4340 1099

Financial Counselling Service 4334 2304 Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service 4353 5515 Woy Woy Court 4344 0111

Libraries Gosford district: Umina Beach 4304 7333 Woy Woy 4304 7555

Problems, Habits & Addiction Alcoholics Anonymous 4323 3890 Narcotics Anonymous 4325 0524

Transport Taxi 131 008 Busways 4368 2277 City Rail 131 500

Welfare Services Gosford Family Support 4340 1585 Meals on Wheels 4341 6699 Department of Community Services Gosford 4336 2400 The Salvation Army 4325 5733 Samaritans Emergency Relief 4393 2450 St Vincent De Paul Society HELPLINE 4323 6081

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Quality Laminate Benchtops supplied and seconds for sale

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DANCE

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DOORS&WINDOWS

Central Coast Bush Dance & Music Association Experience Folk Music at its best at East Gosford Progress Hall @ 7.30pm Henry Parry Drive

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R&J Benchtops Gosford

0456 884 545 The Troubadour Folk and Acoustic Music Club

JuLY 23 at 7pm

Vincent Cross Talented Irish Singer Songwriter

CWA Hall Woy Woy Tickets $12 www.troubadour.org.au

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Help Ted Noffs Foundation get addicted children clean Please donate to buy beds for Ted. Call 1800 151 045 or visit www.noffs.org.au

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The Rotary Club of Woy Woy Inc takes pleasure in announcing the results of its raffle drawn at Everglades Country Club on Friday 17 June 2016 Ticket No 0958 sold to Mr B Shepherd of Terrigal.

We congratulate the winner and thank all those who took part for their wonderful support in helping needy children on the Central Coast.

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However, some people, businesses and organisations take advantage of this generosity they use advertising but simply don’t pay their account after several months and need to be taken to court to do so.

From time to time, as necessary, we will name these people, businesses or organisations as a warning to our readers so that they will be wary when dealing with them.

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Sport

Four-foot swells for Boardriders Umina Boardriders held their June Competition at Umina Beach amidst four-foot swells on June 13.

The Lions in action

Photo: Nick Friend

The competition had seen several delays due to the string on bad weather and heavy storms seen this June.

It was split into four categories: Opens, Cadets, Masters and Social Surfers.

Huw Toner placed first in the Opens, with Shannon Adams taking second, Craig Glynn third and Matt Munson in fourth.

The Cadets was taken out

by Jedd Golledge, with Leon Dransfield in second, Oscar O’Connell in third, Jez Kimber in fourth and Talon Green in fifth.

Tony Wilson secured first in the Masters and Darren James took out second.

Ian Black and Dave Jack took out third and fourth respectively.

First place in the Social Surfers heat went to Dave Petony, with Shane Muldowney claiming second and Layne Martin third.

Email, 13 Jun 2016 Umina Boardriders

Lions move into third spot After just one game of the second round, Woy Woy Lions moved into third spot on the Rugby Union competition ladder.

With five teams grouped around the top of the table, it will take a series of wins to ensure they make the final four.

The unbeaten Terrigal is clear leader on 42 points but just two points separate the 2016 premiers Ourimbah on 30, Woy Woy and Kariong on 29 and Avoca on 28.

Gosford is on 21.

Following a disappointing loss

to Ourimbah at home in the final match of round one, the Lions bounced back to defeat Avoca by 42 points to 28 at Heazlett Park, showing glimpses of the sparkling attacking play that had been a feature of their highly successful past two seasons.

In an exciting match, the Lions scored five tries including a double to brilliant young winger Iliese Rokodrega.

Each time Avoca challenged for the lead the Lions were able to score converted tries to keep clear of their dangerous opponents.

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Actual times of High and Low Water may occur before or after the times indicated

Back-rowers Feleti Atiola, Chris Paseka and Lapana Vitale once again showed they are the equal of any combination in the competition.

Atiola and Paseka are right back to their best after slow starts due to injury and Vitale is having a wonderful initial season in grade.

Dynamic half-back Sione Toki and inside centre Wade Hannell also had very strong games while the Lions welcomed back young fullback Alex Moore, who not only played extremely well but kicked six goals to cement his spot as kicker.

How the country selectors left Hannell out of their Colts side is a mystery to Woy Woy supporters who see his whole-hearted performances week in and week out.

The minor grades have also continued in good form with the club now running third in club championships.

Email, 23 Jun 2016 Peter Fenton, Woy Woy Rugby Union

Woy Woy was too good Woy Woy buckled down for Round 10 of The Central Coast Rugby Union Competition, dominating Avoca Beach in their match on June 18.

Woy Woy was too good for Avoca Beach at Heazlett Park and won by 42 points to 27.

Woy Woy got away to a great start and scored its opening points in the opening seconds of the match.

They were never headed from that point.

Avoca Beach played good rugby and did score four tries, but every time they scored points and got close to Woy Woy, the visiting team was able to slip away with its

own points and maintain the lead on the scoreboard.

Woy Woy led by 22 points to 13 at the half way point and was able to maintain that lead for the remainder of the clash.

The win sees Woy Woy back into the top four.

Best players for Woy Woy were flanker Aliseleti Atiola, who was everywhere all day, while centre Wade Hannell had one of his best games of the season.

Avoca Beach were always very close but a late try to Woy Woy cemented their victory.

Woy Woy now sits in third place.

Media release, 19 Jun 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby

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27 June 2016 - Peninsula News - Page 31

Sport

Surf club holds trivia night for world title trip The Ocean Beach Surf Lifesaving Club will hold a fundraising trivia night from 7pm on Saturday, July 23, to send competitors and officials to the 2016 Surf Lifesaving World Titles in Noordwijk, in the Netherlands.

The surf club hopes to raise funds for the upcoming trip through community support.

The team consists of seven competitors and has a history of medalling at state, Australian and World Championships.

Mr Warren Peters, who has attended six Surf Lifesaving World Championships, said: “Competing at the World Championships is a great way to help other countries’ competitors who do not have

the heritage and experience that Australians have.”

Mr David Thompson, who has attended nine World Championships, said he viewed global cooperation as a major draw for the event.

“What appeals to me most is the friendship of the international membership and the opportunity to visit different countries to experience their cultures.”

The trivia night will have a variety of entertainment, and will include prizes, games, a dessert auction and photo booth.

Tickets are $15 per head.

Bookings can be made as a table of eight or as single entrants by contacting Ocean Beach Surf Club on 4344 2800.

Media release, 18 Jun 2016 Louise Lambeth, Ocean Beach Surf Lifesaving Club

Woy Woy wins 56 medals The annual Coast and Valley Winter Championships attracted 27 swimmers from Woy Woy to the Peninsula Leisure Centre on the weekend of June 18-19.

There were many outstanding performances from Woy Woy with nearly 56 medals won (22 gold, 22 silver and 14 bronze medals).

Myles Bailey was a standout with seven gold, two silver and six new records in the 16 years age group.

Cassandra Van Breugel dominated the Open Female division with six gold, three silver, one bronze and two new records.

Other Woy Woy swimmers who were exceptional over the weekend were Lachlan Braddish who dominated the 14 years age group with three gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

Mimosa Henderson swam well to claim three gold, a silver and a new record in the 16yrs age division.

The Open Female relay team secured gold and silver medals.

The Male 15yrs plus relay managed a bronze medal.

Other swimmers who won medals were Eden Leary, Lauren Erichsen, Jessica Davies, Taylah Press, Jasmine Darwin, Katelyn Smith, Samantha Wyllie, Jacob Barret, Ethan Dodds, Fergus Henderson and Joshua Smith.

Media release, 22 Jun 2016 Richard Braddish, Woy Woy Swim Club

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38cm maximum cutting line path. 378-2109

149

$

Patio Heater Features variable heat control & wheels for easy movability. Powder coated. 367-5014 Stainless Steel 257-1032 .......................... $199

A

HOT PRICE

$69

A. 47cm Brazier with Stand#

74cm Rustic Steel Fire Pit

257-1206 ..................................... $29

Steel with natural rust high temp paint finish. Powder coated stand.

B. 66cm Square Brazier

257-1180 ..................................... $59

COMBO

$

99

HOT PRICE Pk

Galvanised Toolbox - 2 Piece Galvanised diamond plate steel.

670W x 345D x 256Hmm & 1050W x 388D x 384Hmm.

$99

190mm Circular Saw 1050W. 247-3171

HOT PRICE

$1295

Easy Pack Firewood 15kg† Sustainably sourced from Australian mixed hardwoods.

268-0684 F20

Kindling 10kg† 268-0700

319-8652

CAMPBELL BUILDING MATERIALS GO WHERE THE TRADIES GO MON-FRI: 7am-5pm SATURDAY: 8am-4pm SUNDAY: 9am-2pm 182 Blackwall Rd (Cnr Allfield Rd), Woy Woy. Tel: 4341 1411

Available from Wednesday 15th June until Sunday 3rd July 2016

448-0224

B

B A

HOT PRICE A. 36cm Wood Log Trolley

Pneumatic wheels. 257-1149 .............................................. $49.95

B. 2.4m Log Holder

150kg capacity. Steel frame. 257-1131 .................................$39.95

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