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editorial
Edgar Adams discusses local issues
Manufacturing still an important part of the Coast economy
CENTRAL COAST BUSINESS REVIEW may 2014
We must engage with him and explain our concerns and our needs. We erred! In my Editorial last month about the third anniversary of the Adelaide Dive Site I said that the Liberal Party had supported the ‘red shirts’ who opposed it. Well that wasn’t totally correct because the now Liberal Member for Gosford, Chris Holstein, backed it all the way. As Mayor of Gosford he was an enthusiastic supporter and I should have given him credit for that. Sorry Chris! Edgar Adams Editor
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These days CCBR has a Linkedin page and a Facebook page and regularly ask questions of our readers via Linkedin. One question which has received some excellent comment was: State Government
shake up. Will it be good for the Central Coast and should we be thinking about an amalgamation of Gosford and Wyong Councils to give us more influence? It followed the appointment of the new Premier and the announcement about Badgerys Creek airport. We should all be concerned that the funds for infrastructure now being committed to Badgerys Creek won’t be siphoned off what the Central Coast needs. So, the question about amalgamation. Some very sound thinking people have commented and maybe it is not a good idea. But while ever the Central Coast is seen as Gosford and Wyong and not a region like the Illawarra, Hunter or Western Sydney, taking our case to government will continue to be difficult, Worse still, with three of our local state members of parliament now virtually impotent, by virtue of the current ICAC enquiry, we need to think very seriously about how we are being represented in Macquarie Street. One has to ask, “In the three years that the Liberals have been in government and our region has had more government representation than ever before, what has been achieved?” The answer is not much. But I believe we now have at least a stronger voice in Cabinet. Michael Gallacher is Minister for the Central Coast. He is also Minister for Police and Emergency Services which makes him a busy bloke.
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Regular readers of CCBR will have noticed that since the start of this year we have focused on leading business figures as our Cover Story. This month is no exception and it highlights how local business people can take on the world, so to speak, as Miles Fink has done. This is a story of a very successful local businessman and his manufacturing business which started in a very small way and is now a national leader in the work they do in the food industry. They don’t get hand outs from government. In fact the government probably doesn’t even know they exist. But they employ people and won’t be moving off to China like the larger companies. It is businesses like Pro Ali that we need to look up to and emulate. Of course Pro Ali isn’t the only successful manufacturer here on the Central Coast, there are many. They just beaver away doing what they are good at and keeping a low profile. But they contribute in spades to our regional economy. Individually they are not large employers but collectively they are bigger than one might think.
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