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28 June 2022

It doesn’t pass the sniff test

The Grapevine can reveal that Premier Dominic Perrottet’s excuses and explanations over the past few days in relation to John Barilaro’s appointment as Trade Commissioner in New York have proven to be wrong, incorrect and wildly off the mark.

28 June 2022

Check your tradie

Customers and businesses across NSW can have confidence their tradies are appropriately licenced for the job with an enhanced public register under trial and the Service NSW Business Profile making it easier than ever to check a credential.

28 June 2022

Statewide emergency order issued for Varroa Mite in NSW

A statewide emergency order has been issued to control the movement of bees across NSW and stop the spread of varroa mite.

28 June 2022

Women learn to sail at Gosford Sailing Club

Gosford Sailing Club has been offering beginners and experts alike since 1932 the opportunity to connect with the gorgeous aquatic surroundings throughout Brisbane Water.

28 June 2022

Consolidated planning controls improve efficiencies

The consolidated Central Coast Local Environmental Plan and Central Coast Development Control Plan will be implemented and effective from 1 August 2022, providing a consistent planning framework for the region and pathway toward a smoother process for development applications and assessment.

28 June 2022

Renewed house fire warning

Residents across NSW are urged to be extra fire-safe following a horror start to the colder months, with five house fire fatalities in the first three weeks of winter.

28 June 2022

Patient suffered cardiac arrest while waiting for ambulance

New internal documents released by the NSW Ministry of Health following a freedom of information request have revealed the true extent of the significant delays in ambulance response times and the impact of bed-lock at an increasingly under pressure Gosford hospital.

24 June 2022

Kean locks in $118 billion debt bomb for NSW

Because of the Perrottet Government’s reckless spending agenda, which includes $71 billion in new spending compared to last year, an additional $118 billion will need to be borrowed over the next four years at a time when interest rates are on the rise.

24 June 2022

Government fails to address growing housing crisis

Although the NSW Budget contains funding to complete several infrastructure projects promised at the 2019 election but gets an “F” for failing to substantially address the cost of living pressures particularly rental and housing affordability.

24 June 2022

Opal fares to rise

The NSW Liberal Government will put up Opal fares by 3% on July 1 of this year, breaking a promise made just weeks ago by NSW Transport Minister David Elliott.

24 June 2022

$125,000 commitment to local sport

Winter is well and truly upon us which means sports across the Coast are in full swing with regular competitions. Local venue Breakers Country Club has been a long-term supporter of a number of sporting groups and this commitment has been cemented this year with Mounties Group’s sponsorship of more than $125,000.

24 June 2022

Robertson electorate office now open

The federal office of the Member for Robertson is now open and ready to assist residents with federal government departments and community issues.

24 June 2022

Local makers and creators to shine with new Creative Spaces

Creative Spaces on the Central Coast will showcase works from the Coast’s upcoming and established makers and creators at pop-up retail and workshop spaces in Gosford, Woy Woy, and The Entrance throughout 2022 and beyond.

24 June 2022

News in brief

Lift off for Tuggerah Station lifts; Community Environment Network (CEN) to celebrate 25 years; Dying with dignity, Central Coast group.

21 June 2022

Barilaro’s taxpayer funded junket to New York

With the small town blues melting away, NSW taxpayers have a right to be angry that they are footing the bill for John Barilaro’s band new start and plush new job in New York - not forgetting the $500,000 taxpayer funded salary that goes with all the other lurks and perks.

21 June 2022

Cost of living relief needed for NSW families

A recent cost of living relief after analysis has revealed that the Perrottet Government is currently underspending on its “Cost of Living” programs by almost $1.7 billion.

21 June 2022

MPs yet to act on their taxi industry pledge

Despite all Central Coast MPs signing the NSW Taxi Industry pledge, which calls on the Government to support the fair and proper compensation of all Taxi Licence Owners who lost the value of their licences in 2016, the Perrottet Government is yet to start negotiations with the industry.

21 June 2022

Support the Wiseberry Foundation 2022 winter appeal

The Wiseberry Foundation 2022 Winter Appeal has officially begun and is collecting much-needed winter essentials to support those doing it tough this time of year.

21 June 2022

Representative school sport fees covered

Student access to representative school sport will be increased through a $1.2 million investment to fund local and state sports association affiliation fees in 2022 for every student in NSW public schools.

21 June 2022

‘Parli-Flicks’ short film competition

Students across NSW will have the opportunity to win a cash prize by creating a short film for the second annual ‘Parli-Flicks’ short film competition.

17 June 2022

Held to ransom by the energy gougers

This week we saw the NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister Matt Kean resorting to begging private energy companies to maintain their facilities or sell them back to the state after they were privatised in 2014. And as Matt Kean grovels, millions of people that live in NSW were left freezing in their homes on Wednesday night and wondering if the lights will stay turned on.

17 June 2022

Pork barrelling artificial reef

Central Coast Labor MPs are calling out pork barrelling by the Perrottet Government after yet another project was greenlit for the Liberal-held seat of Terrigal.

17 June 2022

Central Coast emergency departments worst in state

Central Coast emergency departments have been ranked as worst in NSW after new data revealed that the majority of patients are waiting more than four hours for treatment.

17 June 2022

Households to benefit from washing machine pilot

Another 2,500 social housing tenants now have the chance to upgrade their washing machine for as little as $150, to help save water and ease the cost of living, after the NSW Government expanded its successful washing machine replacement pilot.

17 June 2022

$100,000 trust grant for Ourimbah Creek riparian zone

Thirty-five community and government groups across New South Wales will receive a share of $4.79 million in grants from the NSW Environmental Trust’s Restoration and Rehabilitation program.

14 June 2022

No steam for Perrottet’s choo choo

The Perrottet Government’s announcement that a $500 million commitment in the 2022-23 NSW Budget will bring faster rail between Sydney and Newcastle is a political furphy and a desperate pre-emptive election stunt.

14 June 2022

Building, fixing, and maintaining community facilities and spaces

The Coast is a hive of activity with Council infrastructure works continuing to upgrade, renew, maintain and improve community facilities, services and open space green areas.

14 June 2022

Investment in bushfire management

The 2022-23 NSW Budget is delivering a major boost to fire management in national parks through a $598 million investment, delivering 250 permanent jobs and critical infrastructure upgrades.

14 June 2022

Nominations for Crown land Awards

Central Coast volunteers who make an outstanding contribution managing Crown reserves now have the chance to shine at the Community Achievement awards.

10 June 2022

Perrottet’s Russian squat dance at the expense of NSW taxpayers

While the war in the Ukraine rages, and a would-be world dictator, who is as ‘mad as a box of frogs’, tries to justify his actions as protecting “Russia from foreign invasion”, the Grapevine can reveal that Dominic Perrottet’s government invested $75 million in a dictatorship that is being run by ex KGB henchman.

10 June 2022

CEN celebrates 25th anniversary

It is 25 years since hundreds of Central Coast residents held a series of meetings and formed the Community Environment Network (CEN) and so, to start the celebrations, CEN has chosen World Environment Day to announce its #Reconnect amateur photography and short film competition.

10 June 2022

Three diverse exhibitions

Three diverse exhibitions exploring connections of female friendship, hidden histories and stories of creation opens today at the Gosford Regional Art Gallery.

10 June 2022

Stallholders required for Yarramalong Hall markets

The Yarramalong Hall, in the heart of the Yarramalong Village and an enjoyable drive through the rural landscape west of Wyong Township, will be holding it Vintage and Collectable’s Fair on Saturday November 5.

10 June 2022

Central Coast Harvest Festival returns this weekend!

The Central Coast hinterland is set to shine this weekend with the return of one of the Coast’s much-loved events: Harvest Festival.

7 June 2022

Central Coast the perfect site for new super battery

Member for Swansea and Shadow Minister for the Hunter, Yasmin Catley is calling on the Perrottet Government to install the state’s new super battery at the old Munmorah Power Station site.

7 June 2022

Women's health donor circle established

After years of neglect by the NSW Liberal Government the community has taken women’s health into their own hands, establishing the Women’s Health Donor Circle.

7 June 2022

Council’s Community Grant Program now open

Central Coast Council’s 2022-23 Community Grants Program is now open, with $900,000 in annual funding available to support local community groups and organisations to deliver worthwhile projects, programs and events that strengthen our community.

7 June 2022

Central Coast location for new artificial offshore reef

The Central Coast has officially been announced as the new home for an Offshore Artificial Reef.

7 June 2022

Grant fund opportunity for footpaths

Member for The Entrance, David Mehan, is encouraging Central Coast Council to apply for State Government funding currently open under the Community Building Partnership (CBP) Grant Program to extend the footpath in Brooke Ave, Killarney Vale.

7 June 2022

Who will be the local hero

Brisbane Water Secondary College, Woy Woy Campus English Studies students are busy reflecting on local heroes after completing an excursion visiting and hearing from their local community heroes last Monday as part of their Local Heroes Unit.

7 June 2022

Community invited to take part in recycling service trial from home

Central Coast Council has engaged start-up company Recycle Smart, for a three-month trial program to collect tricky recyclables from the doorsteps of local residents’ homes for free.

7 June 2022

Perilous potholes

As community frustration across the Coast rises because of the number of potholes and the degradation of the roads, one Central Coast resident decided to take a positive stance and to confront council.

3 June 2022

Democracy denied

For far too long the Central Coast has been denied a democratically elected council and to suffer the machinations of the NSW Liberal Government and their failed council merger. And now that same government, who refuse to accept responsibility for ‘getting it wrong’, believe that ratepayers should be downtrodden for more than another two years with their dictatorial ‘jackboot’.

3 June 2022

Firewood scams burn unhappy customers

Central Coast residents are being warned to avoid dodgy firewood offers, following an alarming rise in complaints that wood-shysters are not concerned about the quality of the wood they supply nor whether customers are getting what they paid for.

3 June 2022

Be fire-safe, not sorry this winter

To mark the start of Fire Awareness Month, Fire and Rescue NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service are reminding households to ‘be safe, not sorry’ this winter by taking precautions to guard against house fires.

3 June 2022

Flood victims struggle to access government relief funding

After months of frustration and waiting, residents in Spencer have only just begun to have access to the ‘Back Home’ grant payments sponsored by the State and Commonwealth Governments to help flood victims replace the essentials that were lost in the February floods.

3 June 2022

Improve your health this Dry July

If you’ve ever thought of giving up alcohol for a few weeks, now is the time with Dry July just around the corner. And you can do it knowing your efforts will directly benefit people in our community.

3 June 2022

Potholes and paths should be a priority

Central Coast roads have become a pothole frenzy and safety is being compromised by motorists to avoid damage to vehicles. Yet Central Coast Council claims it has filled 32,000 potholes that were the result of intense and continued rainfall since the beginning of the year.

3 June 2022

Central Coast achieves ECO Certification

Following a 20-month journey, the Central Coast has officially achieved ECO Destination Certification with Ecotourism Australia, making it one of the first regions in the country to be recognised for its strong, well-managed commitment to sustainable practices and high-quality, nature-based tourism experiences.

3 June 2022

Government abandons Peat Island development

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch has welcomed the news that the NSW Government has withdrawn its development application for Peat Island.

3 June 2022

Making sense of soil tests workshop

Soil tests are a very useful tool to understand soil chemistry and can help guide soil health and nutrient management on your farm or rural property. However, it can be tricky to understand and interpret the results.

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