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19 February 2025

Dutton: out to lunch

While Peter Dutton marches lockstep to the beat of the Trumpian drum, the real question that needs to be asked, “is his shifting policy agenda and rhetoric, which has divided our nation and stirred much civil unrest, in the best interests of Australia?”

19 February 2025

$500 Million for Women’s Health

The Federal Labor Government is strengthening Medicare with $573.3 million to deliver more choice, lower costs and better health care for women.

19 February 2025

Iconic NSW road trips get EV charging station

Nine road trips have been equipped with strategically located charging stations allowing drivers of electric vehicles to experience the best of NSW, free of range anxiety.

19 February 2025

Government must rule out involuntary patients in private hospitals

The NSW Government must immediately rule out declaring private hospitals as mental health facilities for involuntary patients under the Mental Health Act.

19 February 2025

Creative boost to Toukley town centre

Central Coast Council is excited to welcome a new line-up of local artists to the Gallery Container in the Toukley Village Green, as part of its Creative Spaces Program for 2024-25.

19 February 2025

The future of energy security

The State Government has announced the Energy Security Corporation's first Investment Mandate, which outlines how the corporation will co-invest with the private sector in renewable energy projects for our state.

19 February 2025

Gosford Medicare mental health centre opens

Residents of the Central Coast can access free, walk-in mental health support at the Gosford Medicare Mental Health Centre.

19 February 2025

Central Coast first home buyers get a stamp duty leg up

More than 2,000 first home buyers have found their dream home on the Central Coast thanks to the Minns Labor Government’s signature stamp duty assistance program.

19 February 2025

Free health coaching service to help stick to health goals

NSW Health’s Get Healthy Service offers free phone and online support from a university qualified health coach to help people set and achieve their own personal health goals.

19 February 2025

Community building partnership program closes soon

Community Building Partnership program provides Central Coast community groups an opportunity to apply for funds to support infrastructure projects, including playgrounds, accessible features, and equipment.

12 February 2025

Made in America: mental as anything

We’ve only had a little over three weeks of the Trumpian lunacy White House but the onslaught of threats and tariffs and his desire to be the first American dictator, and to exercise world domination, continues. He’s even hinted at a third term – the world according to Trump.

12 February 2025

Celebrating breakfast with the birds

A record number of Central Coast residents and out-of-area visitors celebrated World Wetlands Day at the 20th Breakfast with the Birds on Sunday, 2 February 2025.

12 February 2025

Helping seniors staying connected in Wyong

Seniors in Wyong can participate in Connecting Elders in Darkinjung Country thanks to the $840,000 Connecting Seniors Grant Program 2025, which aims to reduce social isolation among older people.

12 February 2025

Central Coast program benefits breast cancer patients

Patients who have surgery for breast cancer across NSW are benefiting from an innovative, patient-centred program developed by a team on the Central Coast which is detecting and preventing chronic lymphoedema.

12 February 2025

Disabled surfers return to Umina Beach

Following a successful event at Umina Beach in February, Disabled Surfers Central Coast will hold a “Smiles on Dials” event in March.

12 February 2025

Jobs boom for Central Coast

There are more jobs in the Central Coast, with new Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealing over 20,000 extra positions have been created across the region in the past two and a half years.

12 February 2025

Connect, discover and celebrate at Central Coast Seniors Festival

Get ready to shine! Central Coast Council is excited to announce the 2025 Central Coast Seniors Festival, part of the NSW Seniors Festival, taking place from 3-16 March. The festival offers a diverse range of activities and events for people aged over 50 across the region.

12 February 2025

Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship tour applications open

Up to 20 students from across NSW will be selected to participate in the annual Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship (PAMS) study tour that will visit historic sites relating to Australia’s military history in the Republic of Korea and Singapore in 2025.

12 February 2025

A piece of the Central Coast in our nation's capital

The Australian Government’s $550 million upgrade to the Australian War Memorial is taking shape with sandstone from Gosford Quarry, sourced to help build new additions to the memorial.

12 February 2025

A win for NSW

Federal Government’s Future Made in Australia program, industries like green aluminium, solar and battery manufacturing, green hydrogen, and critical minerals could create more than 400,000 new jobs nationally by 2040.

5 February 2025

Dutton at the helm: a political winter?

Peter Dutton as Prime Minister seems an unthinkable prospect, but as we edge closer to an election being called we are reminded of his Trumpist outlook– strongman politics, which also embraced a world view of a Queensland cop.

5 February 2025

Nominations for the Gosford Seniors Local Achievement Awards

People in the Gosford electorate are encouraged to recognise an outstanding older person in our community with nominations for the 2025 NSW Seniors Festival Local Achievement Awards now open.

5 February 2025

EPA must come clean on PFAS contamination

The NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) must immediately conduct testing for Per- and Polyﬂuoroalkyl (PFAS) in the creeks surrounding the Mangrove Mountain Landﬁll and must do so regularly, according to the Community Environment Network (CEN).

5 February 2025

65 junior doctors begin work on the Central Coast

Sixty five medical interns have joined the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) workforce, with the graduates taking up positions at Wyong Hospital and Gosford Hospital.

5 February 2025

Grant applications close soon

Member for The Entrance, David Mehan is encouraging incorporated not-for profit community organisations and Council to get their applications in before the closing date of this year’s 2025 Community Building Partnership Program.

5 February 2025

Central Coast surfers take to the water for cancer research

The Central Coast ‘Kook Warriors’ are preparing to raise money for cancer research, getting in the water every day for a surf or swim as part of SurFebruary.

5 February 2025

IR reforms a success

Australian Unions have welcomed the findings of an independent review of the Federal Government’s landmark Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms finding the new laws have been a success in increasing wages.

5 February 2025

Life-saving defibrillators to be installed across the Coast

Sporting organisations across the Central Coast have shared in $500,000 funding from the NSW Government for new potentially life-saving defibrillators.

5 February 2025

Second women's health forum

A second Central Coast Women’s Health Forum has been organised to provide an opportunity to discuss women’s healthcare on the Central Coast.

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