NEWS ARCHIVES
30 July 2021
A gold medal for Scotty
In the midst of Sydney’s deepening COVID crisis,Scott Morrison has compared his COVID vaccine rollout to the gold medal winning performances of Australia's athletes at the Olympic Games.
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30 July 2021
There isn’t a rort the Morrison Government doesn’t love
Just before the Audit Office released its scathing indictment of the commuter car parks program, which grossly affected the Central Coast, Australia quietly added the auditing profession to our skills shortage list.
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30 July 2021
Council reviews water and sewer operations model
Central Coast Council has commissioned an independent review of the model governing its water and sewer operations.
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30 July 2021
Construction will resume on the Central Coast
The rules in relation to the renovation of homes where people are living and repairs, maintenance and cleaning are changing from Saturday 31 July 2021 with new COVID protocols to be introduced to keep workers and worksites safe.
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29 July 2021
We must all work together so that lockdown ends on 28 August
Yesterday was a tough day for New South Wales, one of the toughest and facing another four weeks of lockdown on top of the 33 days already in lockdown.
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29 July 2021
Morrison Government must heed warning
to act on Barrier Reef protection
The Morrison Government needs to heed the warning from last week’s World Heritage Committee consideration and dramatically improve its efforts to protect the Reef.
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29 July 2021
Report shows impact of pandemic on young Australians
The Covid-19 pandemic severely impacted the mental health of young people, with increased levels of clinical depression being identified.
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29 July 2021
Accessible vaccination options for elderly welcomed
Member for The Entrance, David Mehan has welcomed the decision by the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) to offer outreach vaccination services making it easier for some of the most vulnerable people in our community to get vaccinated.
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28 July 2021
Don’t let lockdown divide us
The 3800 strong protest in Sydney last Saturday has a put Greater Sydney, which includes the Central Coast, into another two weeks of lockdown. And, despite the fact that the most recent Central Coast Covid infection is an individual from Blue Haven who attended the Sydney rally, it is clear that the Berejiklian Government hast lost control of the spread of the virus.
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28 July 2021
Petition for Central Coast mass vaccination centre
Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride MP and Labor Senator for NSW, Deborah O’Neill have launched a petition, calling for a Mass Vaccination Centre to be established on the Central Coast. But we need the vaccines to put into people’s arms!
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27 July 2021
Another covid case on Central Coast
Another Central Coast resident has been diagnosed with COVID-19, which has triggered a large contracting tracing effort. Residents in the north of the Central Coast are asked to check if they have been at the venues below at the dates and times listed and, if so, immediately have a Covid test and then isolate until the results are known.
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27 July 2021
Council reneges on community promise
The removal of some environmental land and pocket parks is welcome but Central Coast Council’s asset sales program is still full of loose ends, according to the Community Environment Network.
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27 July 2021
Reef narrowly avoids “in danger” listing
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s decision to defer its consideration of the Great Barrier Reef is an indictment on the Morrison Government. This deferral is a temporary reprieve.
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26 July 2021
Who’s to blame for the vaccine rollout fail?
Australians can now easily see how Scott Morrison has failed the vaccine rollout and why we are all paying the price for his failures. And as the COVID Delta variant spreads like wildfire through Sydney, Gladys Berejiklian needs to come clean on how politics has governed her Government’s decisions.
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23 July 2021
Community land - being sold for a bargain?
Council will consider the community consultation findings and the next stage of its Asset Sales Program (Tranche 3) at the Ordinary Meeting on Tuesday 27 July. Yet the basis on which they intend to sell the land has now raised community concerns, with its lack of transparency.
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23 July 2021
No one should be worse off because of covid red tape
The Morrison Government has a responsibility to ensure workers receiving social security part payments aren’t left worse off under the COVID-19 disaster payment, yet this seem to be happening.
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22 July 2021
Guess what Scotty? The vaccine rollout is a race!
More than half of Australians are locked down and the other half with restrictions imposed upon them because of Scott Morrison’s stubborn incompetence.
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22 July 2021
‘Love Local’ in lockdown
The extended COVID-19 lockdown currently in place for the Central Coast is the perfect time to take advantage of the latest round of Love Local online guides.
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22 July 2021
Mass vaccination centre needed on Central Coast
Central Coast Labor MPs met with members of the Central Coast GP Alliance Working Group to discuss the rollout of vaccinations on the Central Coast. The consensus was that the Central Coast needs a mass vaccination centre.
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21 July 2021
Keeping business afloat during the pandemic
Yesterday, Senator Deborah O’Neill spoke on ABC local radio with host Scott Levi and was asked the question, “How does the Government strike the balance between keeping people afloat and managing the purse strings?”
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20 July 2021
Endangered bird has most successful breeding season
in over 20 years
Work to protect the Little Tern has seen record numbers of the endangered coastal bird at Karagi Point North Entrance, officially marking the site as crucial for the species’ ongoing conservation.
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20 July 2021
Harsher lockdown, less income support - where is Lucy Wicks?
Central Coast based Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill has raised serious concerns that new retail and construction restrictions announced over the weekend are not matched with adequate income support or access to vaccines.
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20 July 2021
Chemical CleanOut Events postponed
due to COVID-19 restrictions
Central Coast Chemical CleanOut events scheduled for the coming weekends have been postponed due to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions currently in place for the region.
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20 July 2021
Proposal to clear private environmental land must be stopped
NSW Minister for Planning Mr Rob Stokes MP and the Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Mr Adam Crouch MP must stop a Central Coast Council planning proposal that could see privately-owned environmental land rezoned and cleared.
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20 July 2021
NSW needs jobkeeper
Liesl Tesch MP, Member for Gosford and Labor is calling on the Federal Government to bring back JobKeeper payments.
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20 July 2021
Essential works continue for Central Coast community
Central Coast Council is assuring the community that essential services will continue in line with the additional COVID-19 restrictions recently announced by the NSW Government.
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19 July 2021
Morrison Government allows far-right troll into Australia
Scott Morrison’s border security controls have again been exposed following his Liberal Government’s decision to allow a far-right troll into Australia, who is now boasting about her efforts to breach hotel quarantine rules.
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19 July 2021
CCAS Count Down to Tokyo Olympics!
Central Coast Academy of Sport Future Stars Athlete Nicola McDermott, and two previous Future Stars Athletes, Dylan Littlehales and Matt Dawson, qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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19 July 2021
COVID restrictions need to be reviewed for Coast workers
Member for The Entrance, David Mehan, has called on the state government to review the impact of COVID-19 health restriction on workers who cannot work from home.
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16 July 2021
Morrison's MRNA promise suspect
As the nation grapples with another series of crippling lockdowns, Scott Morrison must tell Australians when local mRNA vaccine manufacturing will commence.
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16 July 2021
Scotty pats himself on the back whilst failing on jabs
While the fall in unemployment is welcome, yesterday’s ABS Labour Force figures reveal more Australians are looking for more work this month than there were last month, with more than 1.8 million Australians now searching for work or more hours.
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16 July 2021
Vital support for NSW visitor economy
The NSW Government is providing targeted support for the state’s accommodation sector to ease the pain of lost bookings over the winter school holiday period.
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16 July 2021
Black summer bushfire grants available
The $280 million Black Summer Bushfire Recovery (BSBR) Grants program will help communities address priorities for recovery and resilience after the 2019-20 bushfires.
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15 July 2021
Inquiry lays bare Coalition Climate crisis as Government shuts down debate on net-zero bill
It's no easy task, attempting to make a virtue out of inaction, but this is exactly what our Prime Minister is attempting to do as he shuts down debate the Net-Zero Bill.
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14 July 2021
Lockdown extended to 30 July:
still no certainty for Greater Sydney
Despite spending $500 million a week Scott Morrison cannot guarantee Australians hurting from the current lockdown will keep their job.
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14 July 2021
Court ruling reaffirms climate emergency
Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment and a recent Federal Court ruling clearly demonstrates that the Australian legal system now understands climate emergency.
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13 July 2021
NSW workers need JobKeeper now
JobKeeper should be introduced for NSW workers impacted by the current lockdown; without it businesses and families face financial ruin.
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12 July 2021
Covid update from the NSW Government
The COVID-19 lockdown has been extended. COVID-19 is spreading fast. Stay safe, stay at home.
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12 July 2021
Barnaby Joyce versus the real world
Last week the Grapevine reported on the National Party leadership fight, in the middle of a national crisis and the NATs failure to stand up for resources communities, especially in the Upper Hunter. As the squabbling continues, a secure future for regional Australians is lost.
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12 July 2021
Council inquiry must probe disastrous accounting change
A voluntary change to accounting practices adopted by the first Central Coast Council Administrator in 2016 was disastrous for the new council and must be examined as part of the Public Inquiry being conducted by Roslyn McCulloch.
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12 July 2021
Essential services delivered by a green fleet
Central Coast Council is delivering essential services with a growing fleet of battery and hybrid electric vehicles, replacing full fossil-fuelled vehicles as they reach their end of service life.
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12 July 2021
Morrison’s medicare cuts and changes leave patients in agony
It's not just people's hip pocket that will feel the impact of Scott Morrison's Medicare changes, but their hips, knees and every other part of their body, as they are left with the choice of having to cancel surgery or go into debt.
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9 July 2021
Squabbling Nats leave regions behind
Here we go again. Another National Party leadership fight, in the middle of a national crisis. And as the COVID Delta strain closes down Greater Sydney Barnaby Joyce and his political zealots and more concerned about their own bailiwick than the interests of the Country.
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9 July 2021
More GPs for Wyoming-Ourimbah, but most Coasties miss out
Medical practices in parts of the Coast will be able to put more GPs on the books thanks to a recent change in DPA status, but most of the region has been overlooked once again.
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9 July 2021
Lockdown package needed for NSW businesses and workers
A third week of lockdown is not what anyone in the community wanted, but the health advice indicates this is what is needed to break the transmission of the COVID-19 delta strain.
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8 July 2021
Central Coast community combating COVID-19
On Saturday July 3 there were two COVID-19 cases announced on the Central Coast, one linked to the Great Ocean Foods seafood wholesaler in Marrickville, while the other was a household contact.
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8 July 2021
NSW State emblem competition
While we are all locked in doors Liesl Tesch MP, Member for Gosford is encouraging local kids to get involved in the NSW State Emblems Competition colouring-in and drawing competition.
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8 July 2021
Kicking a goal with Scotty: Morrison sports rorts never stop
There is no doubt that if you're a sporting organisation and just by chance are located in a Liberal marginal seat, then you'll kick a goal with Scotty when the pork barrelling bus comes to town.
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5 July 2021
PM can't keep hiding from his car park rorts
Last Friday the Grapevine revealed the Morrison Government’s bungled Commuter Car Park Program had failed to deliver for people on the Coast, with dodgy promises made and still no delivery. Now that Scott Morrison has emerged from his stay at the Lodge, he must take responsibility for the train-wreck that is his car park rorts scandal.
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2 July 2021
Central Coast taken for a ride in car park rorts
The Morrison Government’s bungled Commuter Car Park Program has failed to deliver for people on the Coast, with dodgy promises made and still no delivery.
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2 July 2021
Morrison Government recycling program in crisis
The Morrison Government’s 1 July export ban on mixed plastics is in disarray after industry confirmed that Australia was not ready to reprocess additional plastics from 1 July, which means plastic may go into landfill or be dangerously stockpiled.
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1 July 2021
Council’s Community Grant Program now open
Central Coast Council’s 2021-22 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.
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