11 September 2024

A government-sanctioned invitation to rort

Last week’s lead story, 'A Law unto Themselves', saw our email inbox under stress from readers, baying like wolves at a full moon, to find out about a Federal Government-sanctioned rort – the ‘Future Gas Strategy’, which allows corporations, such as Woodside, Exxon, Shell, Chervon, Impex and APLNG, to extract our gas from the ground and not having to pay royalties or income tax.

11 September 2024

Get ready for bush fire and storm season

Central Coast Council is encouraging residents to ‘Get Ready’ for bush fire and storm events, by using the month of September to be more prepared and attend a community preparedness event.

11 September 2024

Increased transparency in local government

The NSW Government is proposing reforms to overhaul the broken Code of Conduct system for elected councillors, which is generating thousands of trivial complaints making it almost impossible to act swiftly and fairly on matters of genuine concern.

11 September 2024

A conversation about organ donation

With approximately 1,800 people on Australia’s organ transplant waitlist and 14,000 more on dialysis for kidney failure needing help, Coasties are being encouraged to consider organ donation and start conversations with their family about their decision.

11 September 2024

New patient flow concierge officers to be deployed

The NSW Government will rollout 86 dedicated patient flow concierge officers across the state, including 4 in the Central Coast Local Health District to reduce emergency department pressure.

11 September 2024

30 years since historic discovery of ancient dinosaur trees

The legendary Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis) has captivated the world since its discovery in the Blue Mountains in 1994. Three decades later, its survival story is not over with the critically endangered conifer still at serious risk of extinction.

11 September 2024

More cost-of-living forums scheduled

On August 26, a cost-of-living forum with representatives from Services Australia, Service NSW, and with resources from Central Coast Council, was held at the Country Women’s Association Hall in Woy Woy.

11 September 2024

Leaving nothing to chance

If you care about your lifestyle, ratepayer value for money and making sure the community has a voice at Central Coast Council for the next four years it is important to consider your choices when voting this coming Saturday.

11 September 2024

Slalom skateboarding team set to take on the World

Local Slalom Skateboarding team members will represent Australia at the fourth edition of World Skate Games 2024 in Italy held this month in the framework of an incredible event, which will award 156 World Champion titles.

11 September 2024

Launch of new pathology collection centre

Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology has launched a new Supercentre Pathology Collection Centre at Tuggerah Westfield, providing a state-of-the-art facility for the local area.

11 September 2024

Escabags available from libraries

Escabags, short for escape bags, are now available for the community to access from several Central Coast Council libraries.

11 September 2024

Your say on suicide prevention

The Federal Government is calling for feedback on the draft National Suicide Prevention Strategy - tragically, in Australia nearly nine people die by suicide each day and more than 3,000 lives are lost to suicide each year, but it doesn’t have to be this way.

4 September 2024

A law unto the themselves

Autocracy is supposedly a dirty word when it comes to governance and alleged corporate fair trading, and if ever disputed by the money ‘grubbers’, the screams of ‘democracy’ are heralded loud and clear. But wholesale electricity distributors, such as Ausgrid, whose autocratic practice of punishing solar PV owners with a ‘sun tax’, believe otherwise – they, just like the gas industry, are a law unto themselves.

4 September 2024

Local Government Committee supports the NO Campaign

The Central Coast Local Government Committee has come out supporting a NO vote in the Council referendum: “Voters need to vote NO in the upcoming referendum,” stated Vicki Scott, Chair of the Central Coast Local Government Committee.

4 September 2024

Funding boost in digital infrastructure

Wyong TAFE receive a funding boost of $741,000 in digital infrastructure to fund devices and Wi-Fi networks over the next 2 years.

4 September 2024

Celebrating national meals on wheels day

Meals on Wheels Central Coast proudly celebrated National Meals on Wheels Day on 28 August 2024, reflecting on over 55 years of dedicated service to the Central Coast community.

4 September 2024

Good times and great laughs in support of cancer research

Every day, approximately 70 women are diagnosed with some form of cancer. On Saturday, 14 September, hundreds of Coasties will come together at Ettalong Diggers for the ‘Cancer Council Carnivale Girls Night In’ annual fundraiser, which directly supports local families undergoing treatment for women’s cancers here on the Central Coast.

4 September 2024

Litter problem at local bus shelters

The biggest cause of littering is laziness and carelessness, lack of access to rubbish bins and lenient local government enforcement. Litter pollutes our neighbourhoods, decreases property values, and destroys the natural beauty of where we live.

4 September 2024

Scam awareness

The NSW Government unveiled new tools last week to combat data breaches by scammers, with a new resource to help students spot scams and an online portal to check the legitimacy of a breach notification. Scams Awareness Week was a timely reminder for all members of the community to know the signs of a scam and how to avoid becoming a victim.

4 September 2024

Go4Fun returns in term 4

A free and fun after-school program to help children be more active and eat healthier will return at three locations across the Central Coast next school term.

4 September 2024

Drilling down on Council spending

Extraordinary rate increases and hiked fees and charges have failed to deliver better infrastructure or services for Central Coast residents and ratepayers since 2020 and the members of Labor’s Team for East Ward think it is time that changed.

4 September 2024

Coercive control criminalised

NSW has become the first jurisdiction to introduce standalone dedicated offence of coercive control to protect individuals from perpetrators using patterns of abusive behaviours over time in a way that creates fear and denies liberty and autonomy.