13 November 2024

He’s back: A lunatic in the white house!

Donald Trump’s unnaturally strong wish for power and control – megalomaniacal behaviour, treacherous in its yearnings – has the world on edge. What is now going to happen? So, while Trump now basks in self-adoration, the Grapevine examines the birth of the ‘Trumpist-Second-Reich’.

13 November 2024

Head to the hill

A call to action for Australia's brain tumour community is being held at the Parliament House courtyards in Canberra on Wednesday, 20 November.

13 November 2024

Waters will flow more freely

The NSW Government will operate new permanent sand bypass equipment at the Swansea channel to keep the waterway safe and navigable.

13 November 2024

New SES assets put to test

Emergency service personnel tested their flood rescue skills in a mass-casualty exercise as part of the National Flood Rescue Symposium last weekend.

13 November 2024

Coasties pay higher taxes or more for private health cover

For the first time, evidence given before Senate Estimates and published in the Australian Financial Review has revealed how Australians, including people living on the Central Coast. are now either paying higher taxes or more for their private health insurance because of changes made by Peter Dutton as Health Minister in 2014.

13 November 2024

Time to Get2it

As a community, Australians don’t like talking about bowel cancer. It’s literally a shitty subject. But it’s time to change that mentality.

13 November 2024

New planning framework: supporting NSW’s clean energy future

The NSW State Government has developed a new Renewable Energy Planning Framework to promote faster planning decisions, provide investment certainty for industry and host communities, and boost economic benefits for regional communities.

13 November 2024

Safe places for faith communities

Faith groups across Wyong electorate and Central Coast are encouraged to apply for a share of $5 million to make their places of worship and commemoration safer and more secure.

13 November 2024

Fighting for better schools

The NSW Government has committed over $3 million for planned maintenance and upgrades in several schools across The Entrance electorate.

13 November 2024

Students benefit from classroom changes

Central Coast students are receiving a better education under the State Government, as the number of students being left in merged and cancelled classes has almost halved over the last year according to a new survey from the NSW Department of Education.

6 November 2024

Tumbling further down the AI rabbit hole

As AI (Artificial Intelligence) grows more sophisticated and widespread, the voices warning against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence grow louder. What happens if AI becomes more intelligent than humans – do we need to concern ourselves to prevent this from happening?

6 November 2024

An opportunity to keep local waterways healthy

The NSW Government has delivered on its pledge to invest $800,000 to empower communities to monitor and improve the health of local waterways through the Waterwatch Citizen Science program.

6 November 2024

Community land draft management plan update

Central Coast Council has placed an update to the Plan of Management for Council Community Land on public exhibition for community feedback and will be running public hearings in November.

6 November 2024

Modification boosts wind farm capacity

The NSW Government has approved a modification to a large-scale wind farm in the state’s Central West, which will deliver enough energy to the grid to power 730,000 homes.

6 November 2024

Central Coast: melanoma hotspot

The Cancer Institute NSW’s newly released melanoma hotspot map reveals that the Central Coast has been included in the state's top 25 for melanoma incidence. Ballina, Lismore, Byron, Clarence Valley and Coffs Harbour local government areas (LGAs) have the state’s highest rates of melanoma, with almost 350 cases projected to be diagnosed in those areas in 2024.

6 November 2024

Green Point students experience Parliament House

Students from Green Point Christian School visited Parliament House in Canberra to attend the National Prayer Breakfast and meet with Federal Member for Robertson, Dr Gordon.

6 November 2024

Anzac Memorial 90th Anniversary Exhibition launch

The Anzac Memorial celebrates the 90th anniversary of its opening on 24 November. To mark this milestone, the Treasures of the Anzac Memorial Exhibition has opened featuring a selection of significant artefacts from the Memorial’s collection that have been donated since its opening in 1934.

6 November 2024

A fairer system for Central Coast renters

NSW Parliament passed the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill) on Thursday 24 October 2024 – a momentous occasion for NSW renters. The Bill ends 'no grounds' evictions, makes it a little easier to have pets in your home, caps rent increases at once yearly, and improves rental payment rules.

6 November 2024

Boy swept out to sea

Harrowing tragedy struck the Central Coast last Sunday, when an 11 year boy was swept out to sea by a strong current in The Entrance Channel. A 43-year-old man had been crossing the channel from north to south with his four boys, aged 11, nine, seven and three. The eldest child was swept into the ocean.

6 November 2024

Locals call for a solution on Fagan Park carpark

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, and concerned local Point Clare residents are calling for Central Coast Council to take action on the locked carpark gate at Fagan Park, Point Clare.

6 November 2024

Oasis Youth Services receive upgrades

Member for Wyong, David Harris presented cheque for $16,322, as part of the Community Building Partnership program, to Robyn Bust, Regional Manager of Oasis Youth Services at Wyong.