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Residents in the northern suburbs have been on high alert for almost two weeks with two low pressure systems leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

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Hundreds of tonnes of rock will only provide a temporary solution More than 900 tonnes of basalt rock and 220 tonnes of sandstone has been placed in front of homes along The Entrance North Beach as part of Central Coast Council’s emergency erosion remediation works.

Rock placement and emergency protection works started on Friday, July 24, and was completed by Sunday, July

26, and included maintenance of pre-existing ad hoc protection structures at the beach.

However, there has been further erosion to yards and properties south of 15 Hutton Rd, due to powerful sea swells from the second low pressure system in the past week.

A Council spokesperson said no houses were under immediate threat and crews

were undertaking repair works which continued until the high tide on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 28.

All works have been in accordance with the expert coastal engineering advice received from Royal Haskoning and directions from the Local Emergency Operations Controller and state government agencies.

A pozitrack machine, which

can operate during higher tides, was used to assist the dump trucks with the movement and placement of rocks to stabilise the base of the sand escarpment south of Hargraves St. Protection works comprised a 260m long engineer designed rock wall from the Hargraves St beach access, north to the Karagi Reserve beach access.

A meeting at The Entrance

North on July 22 advised residents about the work to provide immediate protection to the base of the erosion scarp.

A Council spokesperson said work over the weekend firstly focused on 50m of the most vulnerable coastline and other sections of the coastline were completed in stages.

Council has commenced planning for this year’s Lakes Festival and is calling for Expressions of Interest See page 15

Health

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Airport Restrictions Act to be repealed

MPs stood with members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association to attempt to stop the Berejiklian Government from privatising the local 24/7 mental health triage service.

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The NSW Government announced on Tuesday, July 28, that it would support all recommendations of an independent review into the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996, including providing certainty to the community by immediately repealing the flight cap limit.

Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes, said that there was an overwhelming response from the community, with more than 75 percent of submissions received during the review supporting the

repeal of the Act. “The review found a range of problems with the Act, including that is overly complex, difficult to administer and that it was creating safety risks, and recommended that it should be repealed as soon as possible,” Stokes said.

“We will continue to work with Central Coast Council on a staged repeal of the Act, ensuring that the appropriate planning controls and plans of management are in place to govern and manage the future operations of the airport.”

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Sport

The curse of Central Coast Stadium prevailed on Monday night (July 27) when a late goal from the Western Sydney Warriors’ Simon Cox denied the Mariners a win.

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Town centre starting to take shape

Coast reels from wild weather

Labor MPs on the Central Coast claim money meant to support NSW councils with extra costs of amalgamation, including Central Coast Council, has instead been redirected to councils in Coalitionheld electorates.

The second round of community consultation is now open on the Wallarah Creek Catchment Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan.

Editorial

Man vs Ocean

News

Since JobKeeper was announced on the 30th March it has provided a massive economic and psychological boost to the nation.

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Ominous storm clouds and heavy rain moving in over Long Jetty

Breaking ground (from left) Cr Jillian Hogan, Cr Kyle MacGregor, Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, Mayor Lisa Matthews, Cr Doug Vincent and Wyong MP David Harris

Civil works have started at Warnervale Town Centre.

They are expected to be finished by October, ready for construction to start soon after on the retail and commercial facilities.

Also, Central Coast Council will deliver a water and sewerage upgrade in Warnervale Town Centre following the provision of an $8.5M funding package from the NSW Government.

Commencement of the civil

works was marked by an official ground breaking ceremony on Monday, July 13.

The long awaited Warnervale Town Centre is the “heart” of the residential development, Hilltop Park, by private developers Landcorp NSW. The Sparks Rd residential development and town centre is generating thousands of jobs during construction and into the future, hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and boosting economic confidence in the north of the Central

Coast, says Shadow Minister for Central Coast and Wyong MP, David Harris.

Contracts have now been signed for an $8.5M upgrade of water supply infrastructure, announced on July 9 by Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch.

“The new upgraded sewer mains and pumps in Warnervale Town Centre are critical to help develop it into a major residential hub,” Crouch said.

“We know that 92,250 extra people will call the Central

Coast home between 2016 and 2041, and enabling population growth to occur around Warnervale Town Centre is also a key part of this.”

Building of the town centre facilities is expected to start soon after civil works finish in October.

The town centre will have a long day childcare centre, children’s play centre, a variety of retail shops, family tavern, medical facilities and pharmacy, and possibly an arts and theatre, as well as a

Woolworths supermarket, opening up about 500 new ongoing jobs.

Also, there will be parklands, including a dedicated area honouring the history of the local indigenous community, an open-air sports facility, bike tracks, jogging/walking tracks and other community amenities within the parklands area, which Landcorp NSW is planning to finish by early 2022.

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In June, the organisation said goodbye to Dotti the green sea turtle, after releasing the adult female at Norah Head following nine months of rehabilitation.

Dotti had been struck by a boat, suffering a severe crack in her shell and from float syndrome, a condition that makes turtles float due to gas build up in their organs.

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Business

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, announces the new palliative care unit with members of the Elsie’s Retreat Committee

Construction will begin this year on the region’s first dedicated Palliative Care Unit at Gosford Public Hospital thanks to a commitment from the State Government announced on July 16.

The 10-bed unit, to be located in the hospital’s old maternity ward, is expected to be operational by the end of the third quarter next year, with tenders set to go out in coming weeks.

The announcement follows

an eight-year campaign spearheaded by community advocacy group, the Elsie’s Retreat Committee, supported by the Lions Club of Wyoming East Gosford Centennial.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member

for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said it was critical that families facing the death of a loved one have more choices and greater access to high quality care.

“That’s why it has been a personal priority for me and for the NSW Government to find a

way of enhancing palliative care options right across the Central Coast,” Crouch said.

“For many families – including my own – palliative care is an incredibly sensitive issue.

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World first procedure in marine reptile medicine Australian Seabird Rescue Central Coast (ASRCC) has achieved what’s believed to be a world first in turtle rehabilitation.

Kids across the Coast will be spoilt for choice when it comes to playtime, with Central Coast Council delivering a mix of 18 new and improved playspaces across the Coast.

Two community organisations have benefitted from a combined Community Matching Grants program.

Business

After months of care, Dotti’s shell healed, but her issues with floating persisted.

Upon further veterinary inspection, it was determined that the endangered turtle was suffering a collapsed lung and pneumothorax.

After several attempts to drain the air building up in her body, Dotti’s vet, Dr Jonathon Howard, concluded that she had a tear in her lung which was leaking.

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Mil Tek Waste Solutions at Tuggerah is one of three Central Coast businesses to share $600,000 from the BinTrim program.

The boys are back in town

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Some unusual visitors of the flippered kind have been spotted around Central Coast waters in recent weeks.

Sport

Central Coast Rugby League (CCRL) has released its amended 2020 season draw following the departure of The Entrance Tigers from the senior competition.

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This chunky boy popped in to say hi at Koolewong Photo: Lynne Mather

Central Coast Dolphin Project spokesperson, Ronny Ling, said the group had spotted bachelor seals exploring the Brisbane Waters.

They have been monitoring several seals for quite a while and sightings had been recorded in recent weeks at Point Clare,Tascott, Koolewong, Woy Woy Bay, Avoca and Copacabana.

“These seals are part of a bachelor seal colony at Barrenjoey and often venture to

the Central Coast and sometimes onto Brisbane Water,” Ling said.

With the official name of Pinnipeds, which means flipper foot, there are three sub species of the semiaquatic marine mammals; fur seals and sea lions, elephant and leopard seals and walruses.

“There were seals all up and down the east coast 250 years ago, but they were virtually wiped out in the early 1800s following European colonisation,” Ling said.

“They are starting to come back and there are several colonies along the coastline.

“The Barranjoey colony

consists of up to 15 long-nosed fur seals.

“These are almost sexually mature male seals known as bachelors and they explore and extend territories.

“Sometimes they are joined by smaller seals who are around five years old and are serving an apprenticeship as they learn to hunt fish, squid and penguins.

“While they are based at Barranjoey, the seals will often go exploring to check out what’s to eat and we are hoping that within 7-10 years we may start to get females there as well.

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The well-known Avoca Beachside Markets will be resuming on Sunday, July 26, after being forced to stop running because of COVID-19.

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Sport

Wild weather lashed the north of the Central Coast on July 12, with heavy rain, thunder and lightning putting on a sky show and hail carpeting Gwandalan like snow.

The Bureau of Meteorology and State Emergency Services started putting out warnings to batten down the hatches a few days before the storm swept through.

Deputy Unit Commander of Wyong State Emergency Service, Sue Robson, said that they were called to 27 jobs over the three-day storm period.

“It wasn’t quite as bad as expected because it wasn’t the East Coast Low everyone thought it was going to be, instead it was a low-pressure system, but it still brought some heavy weather,” Robson said.

The low-pressure system brought damaging winds, big tides and heavy seas with winds averaging 60 to 70km/h and peak gusts in excess of 90km/h while the powerful seas started scouring out the already unstable sand dunes along The Entrance North Beach.

Marlene and Gerry Pennings have lost about 4m of their backyard, but they say they are still quite stable as their house is a further 7m back.

“Our house is over 100 years old, so we are a bit different to some of the newer homes which have much deeper foundations,” Marlene said.

“Council is doing everything they can, they have been very supportive and the beach crew is very helpful, getting as much done as they can by moving sand to shore up the banks and sometimes working up to one o’clock in the morning.

“The engineering staff have been out to check us and we’re safe, but we’ll be keeping an eye on those big tides coming in over the next couple of days,” Marlene said.

Paul Green and his wife have lived at The Entrance North for the past 16 years and he says this beach erosion is definitely the worst that most people along the beachfront have seen.

“We’ve lost 10m of our land, and we’ve got about another 10m left,” Green said.

“I’m feeling pretty anxious and a little frustrated.

Long suffering Mariners fans will be hoping for a stronger post-Covid showing from the blue and yellow this Saturday evening.

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High seas slowly but surely demolishing the sand dune at North Entrance beach Photo: Klayte McSweeny, Photoslog

Residents now have assurance that council will not take regulatory action for emergency work carried out, but only at Wamberal and The Entrance North, and the work has to have been designed and approved by a qualified coastal

The Australia Reptile Park gave visitors a front-row seat to the milking process of five of Australia’s most venomous snakes.

The Wyong District Garden Competition is back for its 47th instalment and entries are now open.

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Health

Business

The Glen Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre continues to work towards getting The Glen for Women up and running at Wyong Creek.

engineer.

The works also need to be certified as not likely to have significant adverse impacts on other land and the work is only that which is reasonably required to protect the property.

The time frame for the works is limited to four weeks.

The decisions were made at July 20’s extraordinary council meeting called to update the community and councillors on the coastal erosion impact resulting from a low pressure system that stretched from Merimbula to Port Stephens.

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Residents from 18 beachfront homes at Wamberal remain locked out of their properties as the State Government and Central Coast Council install emergency measures to prevent even more erosion after heavy seas battered the coastline last week.

State-appointed Local Recovery Coordinator, Lee Shearer, has been assigned the task of working with the community on recovery.

See our full coverage on pages 4-6

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JobKeeper extension brings happiness to the arts and hospitality sectors

Sport

After a long wait, the Central Coast Rugby Union season finally kicked off on July 18, with Ourimbah and The Lakes off to a flying start.

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For many Central Coast businesses, an extension of the JobKeeper program announced this week by the Federal Government could prove to be the difference between staying afloat and going

under.

The payment is set to continue at its current level until September 27, after which it will be extended for a further six months at a reduced rate.

From September 28 until

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Crouch welcomes low-rise planning code

January 3, 2021, it will drop to $1,200 per fortnight and $750 per fortnight for employees who worked less than 20 hours a week in the month of February preCOVID-19.

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He said the purpose of the Code was to improve housing affordability as well as encourage more housing diversity.

The Central Coast was one of 46 Local Government Areas which had the Code implemented on July 1.

“The Code only applies where a council has already zoned land for this type of development,” Mr Crouch said.

“Every council in NSW has had more than two years to tailor the Code to their communities.”

However, the State Opposition is calling for the Code to be scrapped or heavily amended.

“The Code sets aside Council planning controls and allows more intense, unplanned development,” said Shadow Minister for Local Government Mr Greg Warren.

“Under the Code, terrace houses, dual occupancy and manor houses will be fast tracked

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Residents in the northern suburbs have been on high alert for almost two weeks with two low pressure systems leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

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Out&About as ‘complying developments’ in as little as 20 days.

“These do not require a full development application to a council, only a complying development certificate issued by a certifier.

“This process removes Council oversight and community input.

“The Code has been described

by many councils as overdevelopment by stealth and has the potential to overcrowd suburban streets across the state.”

Local Government NSW, an association of councils, said it made it harder for councils to uphold community confidence in an orderly development system that supported the local character

of their areas.

Association president Ms Linda Scott said the Government should allow councils to retain the power to decide on individual developments, ensuring the right balance between the need for different forms and size of housing that support existing amenity and local community expectations.

SOURCE: Media statement, 22 Jul 2020 Adam Crouch, Parilamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Media release, 7 Jul 2020 Greg Warren, Shadow Minister for Local Government Media release, 1 Jul 2020 Linda Scott, Local Government NSW

Councillors give themselves a pay rise Central Coast councillors have voted eight to six to give themselves a pay rise at the July 13 council meeting.

Photo: Klayte McSweeny, Photoslog

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Residents allowed to do emergency work to protect storm affected properties Beachfront residents at The Entrance North and Wamberal have been given direction on what emergency work they can do in the wake of the beach erosion caused by a low pressure system bringing wild weather and heavy seas which hit their sand dunes.

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“We wanted permission to do something along the beach to shore up the sand dunes but obviously we weren’t getting enough council and state government support, everything just takes too long.

“We wanted to put down geosandbags or sandstone, something that’s safe for people, and we weren’t looking for a handout, but knew that something had to be done sooner than later or we could very well finish up like Wamberal is now.

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Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Mr Adam Crouch has welcomed the introduction of a new Low Rise Housing Diversity Code on the Central Coast.

Transport for NSW has confirmed that it has met only 13 percent of its biodiversity offset requirements.

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What might self-driving cars do for people with a disability in places like the Central Coast?

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Council Watch

When Council discussed the proposal for a new regional library at its July 13 meeting, Cr Bruce McLachlan asked whether the community really wanted a new $30M library.

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The pay rise was supported by most Labor councillors as well as independents Cr Jane Smith, Cr Chris Holstein and Cr Louise Greenaway.

Cr Greg Best, Cr Bruce McLachlan and Liberal Cr Jilly Pilon, Cr Rebecca Gale and Cr Chris Burke voted against it.

Labor councillor Cr Doug Vincent also voted against the pay rise and one Liberal councillor, Cr Troy Marquart, was not at the meeting.

A councillor’s remuneration now rises from $30,410 per year to $32,040.

The Mayoral fee moves from $88,600 to $99,800.

The full increase means an adjustment to the council budget of an additional $35,650.

However, the matter will be discussed again at the next council meeting after Cr Best gave notice he would move a rescission motion.

Cr McLachlan said he would support the rescission motion.

Cr Best said: “This will give all concerned another opportunity to reconsider this totally out-of-touch self-awarded pay rise.

“This Council recently raised

Hundreds of tonnes of rock will only provide a temporary solution More than 900 tonnes of basalt rock and 220 tonnes of sandstone has been placed in front of homes along The Entrance North Beach as part of Central Coast Council’s emergency erosion remediation works.

Rock placement and emergency protection works started on Friday, July 24, and was completed by Sunday, July

26, and included maintenance of pre-existing ad hoc protection structures at the beach.

However, there has been further erosion to yards and properties south of 15 Hutton Rd, due to powerful sea swells from the second low pressure system in the past week.

A Council spokesperson said no houses were under immediate threat and crews

were undertaking repair works which continued until the high tide on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 28.

All works have been in accordance with the expert coastal engineering advice received from Royal Haskoning and directions from the Local Emergency Operations Controller and state government agencies.

A pozitrack machine, which

can operate during higher tides, was used to assist the dump trucks with the movement and placement of rocks to stabilise the base of the sand escarpment south of Hargraves St. Protection works comprised a 260m long engineer designed rock wall from the Hargraves St beach access, north to the Karagi Reserve beach access.

A meeting at The Entrance

North on July 22 advised residents about the work to provide immediate protection to the base of the erosion scarp.

A Council spokesperson said work over the weekend firstly focused on 50m of the most vulnerable coastline and other sections of the coastline were completed in stages.

Council has commenced planning for this year’s Lakes Festival and is calling for Expressions of Interest See page 15

Health

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Airport Restrictions Act to be repealed

MPs stood with members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association to attempt to stop the Berejiklian Government from privatising the local 24/7 mental health triage service.

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rates by $4.4M after losing $41M last financial year and now the same people can somehow justify a pay rise with the mayor getting a further $11,000 bringing her total remuneration to $131, 000 plus a luxury car and expenses.

“If this were a private corporation working on real KPIs and performance criteria, the administrators would have been called long ago.

“Simply put, our community is really struggling under the weight of Covid-19, struggling to make ends meet and struggling to find a job, let alone to get a pay rise.

“This just says it all, an absolute

slap in the face of our ratepayers by an out of touch Council, clearly spending someone else’s money.”

Gosford West ward’s Cr Holstein, whose ward covers the Peninsula, defended the increase.

“This remuneration argument has been going on for 30 years and one reason council can’t attract a wide range of councillors is because the pay is woeful,” he said.

“This is a reclassification of the work we do.

“It works out about $30 a week.

“It is the sixth largest council in Australia and one of the biggest financially in Australia.’’

He suggested it was quite easy to see from attendance records that some councillors found it hard to get to all meetings because of other commitments.

He said his diary showed in one year he had attended more than 130 meetings, more than 80 events and more than 60 video meetings.

The pay increase became available because the Local Government Remuneration Board had reclassified council.

While councillors did not have to adopt the maximum amount, a report from council staff recommended that it was

The NSW Government announced on Tuesday, July 28, that it would support all recommendations of an independent review into the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996, including providing certainty to the community by immediately repealing the flight cap limit.

appropriate for a council the size of the Central Coast to remunerate councillors at the higher level.

“While this represents an increase, this needs to be considered in the light of the fact that Council has long held that it should be in a different category,” the report said.

The council is now the only council in a new category of Major Strategic Area, with a remuneration range the same as for a Major Regional City.

Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes, said that there was an overwhelming response from the community, with more than 75 percent of submissions received during the review supporting the

SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 3.4 and 6.1, 13 and 27 Jul 2020

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repeal of the Act. “The review found a range of problems with the Act, including that is overly complex, difficult to administer and that it was creating safety risks, and recommended that it should be repealed as soon as possible,” Stokes said.

“We will continue to work with Central Coast Council on a staged repeal of the Act, ensuring that the appropriate planning controls and plans of management are in place to govern and manage the future operations of the airport.”

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Sport

The curse of Central Coast Stadium prevailed on Monday night (July 27) when a late goal from the Western Sydney Warriors’ Simon Cox denied the Mariners a win.

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East wall of war memorial may be safe but no guarantees yet The Entrance MP, David Mehan, has called on the Minister for Transport to give an assurance that the eastern wing wall of the Ourimbah War Memorial will not be removed in the planned railway station upgrade.

Ourimbah War Memorial is an important heritage structure which complements the heritage of the station, he said.

Mehan welcomed recent planning approvals for the station upgrade, however, he said public design illustrations still showed that the eastern wing wall would be removed.

“Submissions made during consultation provided an alternative design to accommodate wider pathways for the lifts, without the need to interfere with the war memorial,” he said.

“Upgrading the station doesn’t need to be at the expense of the memorial.

“We need to ensure our local heritage and its significance is preserved, and to interfere with the war memorial is an insult to those who served in the First

World War.” The memorial, which was built in the 1920s and displays the names of Ourimbah locals who served in WW1, also comprises an archway opening to a garden.

Members of Ourimbah RSL Sub-branch and Mehan met with Transport for NSW (TfNSW) staff on May 27 at the memorial to discuss the importance of retaining the memorial untouched.

At that time, a spokesperson for TfNSW said there was a commitment to work with Ourimbah RSL Sub-branch to develop a strategy to avoid potential impacts to the monument and indicated that the potential for design amendments would be investigated.

“Transport for NSW design conditions need to be changed to make preservation of the full memorial a requirement of the design,” Mehan said.

TfNSW says in a public statement that following further design development there’s been changes to the proposed design since the

The Entrance MP, David Mehan, at the east wall of the war memorial at Ourimbah railway station

Review of Environmental Factors was on public display in May/June.

The existing ramp will be retained to provide access between the Pacific Highway

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and the station and this change means that the new accessible path and stairs from the bus stop on the Pacific Highway have been removed.

One new kiss and ride space

in the commuter car park has been added.

TfNSW has acknowledged that even though, generally, there was public support for the upgrade, there has been requests to protect the heritage aspects of the station and surrounding area, including the World War One monument and memorial garden, and recommendations for the lift design to reflect the historical nature of the station.

TfNSW says it understands the importance of the WW1 monument and memorial garden and its historical and cultural significance for the local community.

A public statement issued this month by TfNSW says that throughout the detailed design and construction phases of the project, it will consult with key stakeholders like Ourimbah RSL, to identify measures to minimise potential impacts to the monument and garden.

The upgrade will include two new lifts connecting the existing footbridge to the platforms, a new station entrance from the Pacific

Highway, new stairs from the footbridge to platform 2, minor changes to existing waiting rooms to provide equitable access, a new access ramp from the Shirley St commuter car park to platform 1, platform resurfacing, improved amenities, lighting and CCTV for security and safety.

A contract for the project was awarded in June and early work on the upgrade is expected to start in coming weeks and to take up to 18 months to complete.

Preparation work needs to be completed before the new lifts can be installed, including service relocation, excavation, piling and platform work as well as installing new electrical services underneath the tracks.

TfNSW says that for the safety of the community and workers, and to minimise disruptions to train services, major construction will be done during scheduled trackwork weekends when trains don’t run.

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Airport Restrictions Act to be repealed

Council budget severely effected by State Government cost shifting Central Coast Council expects to pay the State Government $32.5M in waste levies this 2020-21 financial year.

In return, the State Government will grant Council about $300,000 this year from the Better Waste Recycling Fund, which is funded from the waste levy.

It is one example of “cost shifting” says the council, which cost it about $45M in the 2017-2018 financial year.

The figures come from this year’s Operational Plan adopted at Council’s meeting on July 27.

The Plan explains cost shifting as being how the responsibility and/or costs of providing a certain service, asset or function, are shifted from a higher level of government to a lower level of government without providing corresponding funding or adequate revenue raising capacity.

“Cost shifting continues to place a significant burden on Council’s financial situation of about $44.7M in the 2017-18 financial year, which is estimated to be about eight percent of Council’s total income before capital grants and contributions,’’ it said in the report.

Other examples of cost shifting were listed as contributions to the NSW Fire and Rescue, NSW Rural Fire Services,NSW State Emergency Service, and lack of adequate funding for public libraries.

The report mentioned the failure of the State Government to fully reimburse councils across NSW for mandatory pensioner rebates, for instance, on rates and water services.

The Central Coast region has a higher proportion of aged pensioners compared to other local government authorities.

Council provides a rate reduction on the combined ordinary rate levy amount and

the domestic waste management charge of 50 percent, with a maximum combined reduction of $250 to eligible pensioners.

Of this reduction, 55 per cent is reimbursed to Council by the NSW Government.

The estimated total amount of pension rebates for ordinary rates and domestic waste management charges in 202021 is $6,340,000.

As well, the State moved in on developer contributions.

“The local contributions levy for the Gosford City Centre has been reduced to one percent (was previously four percent) of the cost of development due to the Gosford City Centre Special Infrastructure Contribution (SIC) under the Environmental Planning and Assessment – Gosford City Centre Determination 2018,” the report said.

“The SIC is collected by the NSW Government.

“Council is still required to

deliver the infrastructure under the local contributions plan for the Gosford City Centre and is required to apply to the NSW Government for funding to contribute to these projects.”

Council said that income related to development applications had fallen in the 2019-20 financial year and a significant proportion of this was a result of changes to State Significant Development provisions, including the specific provisions for the Gosford City Centre.

It said the fees were significant on a per application basis because they were for larger developments.

Council forecasted for a decrease this year in the number of developer applications and correspondingly a decrease in development application income and associated developer contributions due to the uncertainty from COVID-19.

Merilyn Vale

From page 1 Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the NSW Government would introduce legislation in September to implement the recommendations, starting with the repeal of the daily take-off and landing cap.

“Our community has sent a strong message that it wants Warnervale Airport retained and accessible for public use by community groups like the Aero Club, and our government will act to ensure this is the case,” Crouch said.

“The airport is used for training the next generation of Australian pilots, as well as enabling medical evacuations and bushfire emergency responses to occur.

“It’s vital that we support the continued operation of this important asset.”

The final report from the

independent review made three recommendations.

Firstly, that the Act should be repealed as soon as possible, but if there was a delay, then the airport flight restrictions should be removed immediately.

Secondly, that Central Coast Council, which owns and operates the airport, should adopt a clear framework to govern the airport’s future management, and thirdly, that safety issues affecting the runway be addressed.

The independent review was initiated in late 2019 to determine whether the Act remained valid, following community concerns about the airport’s operations.

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Construction started on the ING purpose built office

Official sod turning marks the start of construction on the ING building at Wyong (from left): ING Customer Experience Lead, Brook Preston; ING Contact Centre Team Lead, Holly Bengowski; ING Australia’s CEO, Uday Sareen; Gibbens Group CEO, Matthew Gibbons; and, ING Senior Manager Contact Centres, Paul Classens.

Construction started on July 20 on the ING purpose built office in Wyong, which is due to open in 2022 and provide 400 jobs.

ING Australia’s CEO, Uday Sareen, said the company had been on the Central Coast for almost two decades and is one of the region’s biggest employers.

“A quarter of our entire Australian workforce is based on the Coast,” he said.

“The Coast produces passionate, caring and dedicated people that we want to invest in to help build our business.

“For any organisation to succeed, it needs to provide an environment where the health and wellness of employees are prioritised.

“People are most productive when they have a good work/ life balance and this is exactly what our new Central Coast home is about.

“The building will help to increase our agility with new technology that will make it easier for teams to work collaboratively, even if their colleagues are working in another office or at home.”

Sareen said the location was chosen as it had great transport links, was close to shopping amenities, gyms and childcare facilities, and there would also be an on-site café and enough space to provide employees with free parking.

“The sustainably built 4,800sqm site was designed with ING’s work practices in mind with an open plan and innovative meeting spaces throughout,” he said.

“The building will utilise natural light and provide vistas such as a sprawling garden to give employees the opportunity to work outside for the space to recharge.”

ING’s new Central Coast building has been developed by Gibbens Group and will be

An artist’s impression of the new ING building

located in the Wyong Business Park on the Pacific Highway, north of Wyong CBD. Wyong Business Park is currently undergoing significant redevelopment including the construction of Wyong Business Units.

These new units range from 33sqm shopfront style units to 100sqm units and completion is scheduled for the third quarter of 2021.

Gibbens Group CEO, Matthew

Gibbens, said the master planned redevelopment of Wyong Business Park would deliver a vibrant hub of commercial and industrial activity.

“Wyong Business Units provides the opportunity to be part of this transformation,” Gibbens said.

Media release, Jul 23 Gibbens Group

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Hundreds of tonnes of rock will only provide a temporary solution

From page 1 “Weather and beach conditions are still being monitored carefully and Council continues to work together with residents and the State Government to manage coastal erosion.

“Our teams are monitoring coastal infrastructure, beach access points, coastal lagoon

levels and are on standby to assist with the removal of any fallen trees due to the winds,” a Council spokesperson said.

All access to the beach has been blocked as conditions are not safe.

Beachfront resident, Paul Green, who lost about 10m of his land through erosion, said Council had done a good job in front of one particular property

which was dangerous, but he thought more long-term work was needed at The Entrance North.

“The rock that’s been placed there now will see us through the next few days of bad weather and the swell that will bring, but it’s not enough for long-term protection against erosion,” Green said on Monday, July 27.

“The big easterly swells destroy North Entrance as the sand is washed down into the channel, and the big southerly swells used to bring the sand back on to our beach, but that’s not happening now because the sand is getting clogged up at the breakwall down at The Entrance.

“You can’t build something like a breakwall and not have a

consequence somewhere else,” he said.

The Entrance MP, David Mehan, welcomed Council’s commitment to construct coastal protection works at The Entrance North Beach.

Mehan noted that further protection to the beach would be possible once dredging of The Entrance Channel commenced, after Council

resolved its licensing difficulties with the Environment Protection Authority.

“I will continue to work with Council to assist in obtaining any approvals needed to protect The Entrance North and to get dredging of the channel sooner rather than later,” Mehan said.

Sue Murray

Desalination plant off the table for now A desalination plant at Lakes Beach, Budgewoi, is no longer a proposal being considered by Council as a water security project.

Director, Jamie Loader, let it slip that the desalination plant was off the table when councillors were asking

questions about the Long Term Water Security report at Council’s July 27 meeting.

He said that staff were looking at what works would need to be undertaken if Council were to proceed with the project.

“We are due to give an update on August 12 to the advisory committee and a councillor

update a couple of days after that,” Loader said.

“Part of the consideration of a desalination plant is that we’re not intending to go ahead with that structure in that location at Lakes Beach, Budgewoi.

Cr Doug Vincent asked for locations for the new structure

that the desal group was looking at, but Loader was not spilling any more beans.

Cr Vincent asked Loader about what sort of model it would be, a permanent or temporary structure?

Loader said operating models were being looked at and that there would be extensive

community consultation when the time came.

Cr Jillian Hogan asked if there was any money for a desal plant in the $7M budgeted for upgrading Norah Head sewerage plant pump upgrades.

The plant was to be beside the sewerage treatment plant

but no other connectivity, Loader said.

“No money has been allocated for construction of a desalination plant in this budget,” Loader said.

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Coast Connect Central Coast Council’s weekly news and community information

FROM THE MAYOR

OUR ARTISTIC COMMUNITY

Emergency remediation works continued over the weekend at Wamberal and the North Entrance in a bid to get as much done before the predicted second east coast low hit our coastline early this week.

The Central Coast arts industry has been hit hard by COVID-19 and we are working on several projects to help support local artists and encourage creativity.

At Wamberal, all available rock filled bags have now been placed on Wamberal Beach to help secure the base of the escarpment. Wamberal Beach remains closed in front of the emergency works.

There is also a lot of activity around the surf club, so please avoid the area where possible.

Yesterday at the North Entrance, Council crews completed emergency protection works, involving maintenance of the pre-existing ad hoc protection structures at North Entrance. The works provide a continuous placement of rocks at the base of the escarpment for properties south of Hargraves Street, North Entrance.

Council has engaged leading coastal engineering consultancy Royal Haskoning DHV, who are providing recommendations for recovery actions to mitigate further damage in the short term.

At present, the works at both locations have been put on hold until tide and wave conditions permit safe beach access once more. The weather and beach conditions are being monitored carefully and Council will continue to work together with residents and the State Government to manage coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach and North Entrance.

Mayor Lisa Matthews Central Coast Council

COUNCIL MEETING

Council meetings are held twice each month. Full details: centralcost.nsw.gov.au/meetings. Meetings are livestreamed at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ meeting-support

Council and nbn™ team up to showcase indigenous art

For details on the prize, the entry process and submission of works, visit info.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au /gosfordartprize

Residents may have already spotted artworks popping up on the side of local roads recently as a number of nbn™ network nodes have been wrapped in striking indigenous designs.

The designs were created under the Maliga program in collaboration with local schools Kincumber Public, Kincumber HS, Wyong HS, Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College (both The Entrance and Berkeley Vale Campuses) and Wadalba Community School.

A total of seven nbn™ node cabinets showcase the four designs which include written descriptions to engage the passing community with the artworks story and meaning.

You can spot some node art at: • Kincumber, Joalah Rd and Bungoona Rd • Wyong, Alison Rd and Cutler Drive • Wadalba, Clydesdale St

Our community’s experience of COVID-19

EOI open for creatives to fill vacant spaces

The Gosford Regional Gallery have also just announced that the Gosford Art Prize will return in 2020 with a new COVID-safe process for entrants.

Entries open on 1 August and close on 30 August, with finalists announced on 4 September.

While the world was shutting down around us, our Community and Culture team set out to document these extraordinary times in our region. The ‘Creation in Isolation’ project engaged local artists to creatively respond to the challenges of life during the pandemic, with their creations to be exhibited in a future roadshow.

• Twelve local singer songwriters produced original compositions.

• Local photographers created visual essays about isolation, resilience and documented Anzac Day on the Central Coast.

• A young local indigenous filmmaker created a film capturing the mood of this incredible time.

• Four mural artists designed works that respond to place and time during lockdown.

• Community members documented life during the pandemic with stunning printworks, heartfelt poems, drawings and stories.

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Bateau Bay, Shelley Beach Rd and Bateau Bay Rd.

We are calling on Central Coast visual artists or creative groups to submit their interest in utilising a variety of spaces in several town centre locations for creative endeavours.

Expressions of interest are now being sought from creatives of any visual medium - including arts and crafts, ceramics, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textile and fashion, filmmaking, and other innovative visual art installations.

These spaces are in high traffic areas and available on a ‘pop-up’ temporary, casual or semi-permanent basis.

We have also worked with commercial property owners and real estate agents to decorate vacant shop windows. Residents may have already spotted these displays at Woy Woy, The Entrance, Wyong, Gosford and Budgewoi.

For more information, visit centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/eoi

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Community Bulletin - COVID-19 Information YOUR SAFETY

YOUR WELLBEING

YOUR BUSINESS

Restrictions and support

Self-care and finding help

What’s your COVID Safe plan?

With alarming clusters of COVID-19 cases occurring in other areas, the NSW Government has once again tightened restrictions around some activities to help limit the spread of COVID-19.

Last week, the Government strengthened the restrictions around “higher risk” activities such as dining, weddings, funerals and corporate events.

The requirement on pubs to restrict bookings to a maximum of 10 people was extended to restaurants, bars, cafes and clubs. Wedding and corporate events are limited to a maximum of 150 people, subject to a one person per foursquare metre rule.

Gatherings at funerals and places of worship have again been restricted to a maximum of 100 people, subject to the four-square metre rule.

While private home or outdoor gatherings remain at a maximum of 20 people, the NSW Government has strongly urged people to take a precautionary approach and limit the number of visitors to private homes to a maximum of 10 people as a general principle.

Details: nsw.gov.au/covid-19/what-you-canand-cant-do-under-rules

The resurgence of clusters of COVID-19 cases not far from the Central Coast means many people are no longer feeling the peace of mind they had when there was minimal community transmission of the virus.

We’ve put together a comprehensive list of resources for those who feel they need support.

As well as mental health resources, there is also information about physical supports such as food hamper distribution and help for people experiencing domestic violence or issues relevant to particular age or cultural groups.

Details: centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/help Meanwhile, there are simple ways we can each help minimise the spread of COVID-19: • stay away from lots of people • wash hands often with soap and water • avoid touching your face • sneeze or cough into a tissue or your elbow.

If you feel unwell, please seek a COVID-19 test and stay home while you wait for the results.

COVID testing clinics can be found at nsw.gov. au/covid-19/how-to-protect-yourself-andothers/clinics

The continued reopening of our community is dependent on minimal cases of COVID-19.

The NSW Government has called on businesses to join the statewide COVID Safe program to ensure they are operating in a safe way to protect staff, customers and visitors.

The program provides industry-specific advice and safety plan templates, signs to inform customers and visitors about your plan, an opportunity for customers to provide feedback and notifications about any updates to health and safety rules.

Businesses will need to keep their COVID Safe Plan on hand, train staff in COVID Safe practices, collect customer and visitor contact details and make staff aware of the COVIDSafe app. They will also need to cooperate with NSW Health if notified of a positive case of COVID-19 in their workplace.

Details, including industry-specific COVID Safe guidelines: nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safebusinesses More business information and resources at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/business-support

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AMEX and cash payment changes for customers

To help slow the spread of COVID-19 we have made our customer service points cashless to eliminate the handling of notes and coins.

Cheque, EFTPOS, Mastercard and Visa options continue at these locations.

Cash payments can continue to be made at Australia Post and Westpac branches.

The use of AMEX is also no longer available at any Council venues and facilities.

If you have any questions, want to know where your closest Customer Service point is, or would like help on how to make a payment online, please contact us on 1300 463 954.

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Second coastal low causes widespread storm damage Residents in the northern suburbs have been on high alert for almost two weeks with two low pressure systems leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

Only days after recovering from the first low, which swept through on July 12 causing widespread damage, emergency services were again bracing for the next onslaught and warning residents to make preparations to protect their properties against damaging winds and heavy rain.

The Bureau of Meteorology was forecasting a coastal low which would bring heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding, damaging winds strong enough to bring down trees and powerlines, and large and powerful waves resulting in hazardous beach conditions and erosion.

Wyong SES Unit started severe weather warnings on Thursday, July 23, calling on people to secure their properties.

The deep low pressure system that formed off the

A car washed away trying to get through flood water in Burns Rd, and was left dangling on the barrier after the water receded

southern Queensland coast moved south to batter the Central Coast on Saturday and Sunday, with winds averaging 70km/h and gusting up to 90km/h.

Relentless heavy rain fell overnight on Saturday, July 25, and throughout Sunday, causing widespread flash flooding at houses and on roads.

Bureau of Meteorology figures show Wyee as the Coast’s wettest suburb with over 200mm rain since Sunday with Hamlyn Terrace recording 163mm and The Entrance

109mm.

Wyee Point Rural Fire Service reported a busy weekend with six incident calls ranging from assisting NSW Ambulance Service to extract a patient, a search and rescue of people lost in bushland west of Wyee Point, and then on to storm damage.

On the wet and rainy Saturday evening, Tuggerah and Ourimbah RFS crews responded to an unknown fire at Kangy Angy around 4pm.

Crews were then called to reports of a motor vehicle alight some distance into the

Ourimbah State Forest just after 5pm.

The vehicle and a small area of bush were extinguished and police are investigating the cause of the fire.

Deputy Unit Commander of Wyong SES, Sue Robson, said three crews worked all weekend to keep up with the 26 incidents they were called to.

“We had just cleared up all our weekend jobs by Monday afternoon and then we were called to nine new jobs on Tuesday morning,” Robson said.

She said most of the jobs were helping with rain inundation at houses and flash flooding around houses and on roads.

“We had a lot of jobs over San Remo way, and at Bateau Bay, we had to clear up a few trees that had come down and a few flood rescues where cars had got into trouble,” Robson said.

“We went to Burns Rd in Ourimbah three times to rescue cars out of flood waters, and over at The Entrance, at 11.45pm on Sunday night, we assisted police when a car crashed into a house and

knocked the corner of the house out.”

Central Coast Council announced road closures at: Louisiana Rd, Hamlyn Terrace, between Warnervale Rd and Georgia Rd; Hue Hue Rd, Jilliby, between Woods Rd and Toepfers Rd; Burns Rd, Ourimbah; Shirley St, Ourimbah; corner of Peel St and First Ave, Toukley; Anzac Rd, Tuggerah; and, Johnson Rd, Tuggerah.

The Ruttleys Rd causeway at Wyee was flooded, with some locals saying they hadn’t seen it flood in about 45 years.

Ourimbah Campus was closed on Monday, July 27, due to flooding At Blue Haven near Spring Creek, one resident said that on Sunday the water had risen drastically in just one hour, completely flooding the yard and lapping over into the swimming pool.

With the rain starting to ease, residents are saying that the aftermath is often worse, as when the water recedes, the clean-up begins.

Sue Murray

Council amalgamation has cost $49M to date It has cost Central Coast Council almost $39M more to amalgamate on top of the $10M it got from the NSW Government’s implementation fund.

The costs were an estimation given to councillors in a report on Monday night, July 27, the same night that they adopted the Operational Plan for this financial year.

Costs included $8.3M to harmonise salaries and to resolve back dated entitlements for staff of the former Councils.

It will take until June 2022 to complete the amalgamation process, but Council CEO, Gary

Murphy, said it would take a decade for the benefits to be seen and all the consolidation to be bedded down.

Speaking during the meeting, Cr Chris Holstein agreed that it would take a decade for the benefits to show, but wondered if the ward system should go.

Cr Jane Smith successfully recommended that the amalgamation report be adopted with an amendment that council look at governance models.

She said that the original State Government report that suggested amalgamations said that larger councils could

have local boards to ensure local identity and representation.

Cr Smith wants the council to continue to discuss better ways to meet the needs of the diverse community.

The report will be forwarded to the Minister for Local Government, the Office of Local Government and Local Government NSW. In July 2019, Council assigned a program co-ordinator to track progress on amalgamation projects.

This involved monitoring 173 projects, with 790 discrete actions within them that

needed to be completed, all of differing complexities.

By June 30, 127 of the 173 projects had been completed (73 percent), and 650 of the 790 individual actions completed (82 percent).

The former Wyong Shire and Gosford City Councils became Central Coast Council in May, 2016.

A Program Management Office (PMO) was established to co-ordinate and manage the consolidation of systems, processes and people.

The PMO divided the program of work into 20 work streams, with projects and actions

within each work stream.

A number of major projects still remain, including the consolidated Local Environment Plan and Development Control Plan, rates harmonization, and new IT systems, prior to being fully consolidated.

Council received $10M from the NSW Government’s Stronger Communities Fund to kick start the delivery of infrastructure and service projects.

Of the 10 projects identified as recipients of this grant fund, only one hasn’t been completed.

That project, to improve accessibility at community

facilities and other council sites, will be completed by the end of September, 2020.

Completed projects included: Umina and Niagara park playground upgrades; Avoca Beach foreshore protection works; Austin Butler Oval and Woy Woy Tennis amenities redeveloped; Starting blocks and electronic timing system at Peninsula Leisure Centre; Drainage and irrigation system at Alan Davidson Oval; Traffic flow improvements in Terrigal CBD; Elfin Hill Rd foreshore protection works; and, San Remo BMX track facilities.

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Stop work action results in distribution centre lockout More than 500 workers at the Woolworths Distribution Centre at Warnervale took legal industrial stop work action for 24 hours on July 24 after negotiations over pay and conditions broke down.

The workers were demanding pay parity with workers who do the same job, for the same company, in Sydney.

United Workers Union spokesperson, Brad Donnelly said workers on some job levels were paid up to 16 percent less.

“Workers are also calling for an end to Woolworths’ unsafe pick rates and insecure work which leaves many worrying if they will be able to support their family week to week,” he said.

“Woolworths warehouse staff have worked through the COVID-19 crisis, helping the company achieve record growth, but management continues to refuse their demands after almost five months of negotiations.

“There is no reasonable justification for workers in Sydney to be paid so much more than regional workers doing exactly the same job.”

Workers are asking

Woolworths for: wage increases that place Warnervale workers on a level playing field with Sydney distribution centres; the ratio of permanent staff be 80 percent and casual staff 20 percent; unsafe pick rates be stopped; and, improvements to the pay classification structure.

(Pick rates are the number of items a worker is expected to move every hour.)

The Woolworths response to the workers’ strike was to close the distribution centre until Wednesday, July 29 “While we fully respect the right to strike, we need certainty

in our supply chain to continue providing the essentials that the community relies on, especially in the current COVID-19 crisis,” said Woolworths Chief Supply Chain Officer, Paul Graham.

“To minimise disruption to our customers, we have enacted our contingency plans out of other distribution centres and will service store deliveries from these sites.

“We’ve negotiated in good faith for four months and accepted a number of claims from the bargaining representatives, but we won’t agree to unsustainable pay

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demands and the removal of basic performance expectations.

“We ask the bargaining representatives to reconsider the offer on the table because further industrial action won’t change our position,” Graham said.

Councillors showed unanimous support for the Woolworths workers by accepting an Urgent Notice of Motion from Cr Kyle MacGregor at the July 27 meeting.

Cr MacGregor’s Motion asked Council to note the importance of secure local jobs and the

negative impact that this dispute between Woolworths and the workers would have on the wider community, and to call on both parties to recommence negotiations and allow workers back as soon as possible.

“I stand by the workers at Warnervale who have been locked out of their workplace despite wanting to return to work, asking for nothing more than a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay,” Cr MacGregor said.

“It is my understanding that workers are concerned about pay rates that are between nine percent and 16 percent lower

than workers in Sydney, depending on their classification, entry level work that is the second lowest paid in the country, casualization of the workforce and workplace insecurity.

“This is a time for industry to be supporting and working collaboratively with their workforce not locking people out who want a decent local job and economic security for their family.

“These are issues that affect our broader Central Coast economy and every family in our region, be it through their workplace or home directly, where they shop, or the standards that we are willing to accept as local workers.

“I was at the picket over the weekend, supporting the workers and their industrial representatives, and on Monday night, I was supporting them politically in the chamber,” Cr MacGregor said.

“I will continue to do whatever I can to support Central Coast workers regardless of their industry or job type, and as a local political representative, continue to advocate for secure high quality, high paying local jobs in our backyard,” he said.

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Sky has lost its way I noted with great mirth the ‘ABC has lost its way’ letter in edition 197.

I do enjoy ‘tongue in cheek’ letters like these and have responded in kind.

Sky have become pussy cats lately.

When I switch it on, I am inundated with happy messages of people being nice to others and accepting to indigenous, foreigners and people of different skin and religions.

Stop it, I am much more comfortable when I have someone to look down on.

Also stop being nice about the Labor Party who haven’t been in government for seven years.

We all know why.

They want workers to get a

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decent wage and health and education and that’s not good for us shareholders.

And for cripes sake stop banging on about climate change.

We all know that the fires last summer, and the floods after that, and the hail and the uncharacteristic droughts and storms and dead rivers and the

coronavirus and my arthritis are China’s fault, and have nothing to do with fossil fuels or the governing of the country, and even if they did, we can’t stop now because what if the sky falls in and our jobs disappear?

It’s also not our job to worry about the future or the world we leave to our grandkids.

I’m afraid that Sky has lost its way.

Perhaps we need a Royal Commission into it.

So Sky, if you’ll just go back to giving us distractions and scapegoats and help us divide the community and confuse the facts so we shareholders can keep raking it in, my bank will be much happier.

Email, Jul 17 Terry Carlan, Summerland Point

The amount of rubbish on the sides of roads is a disgrace While driving around the Central Coast, I am continually surprised at the lack of pride thatsome sections of the community show for their environment.

The amount of rubbish on the

FORUM sides of roads is a disgrace.

We Australians are the luckiest people on earth, yet so many seem to be oblivious to

this fact.

Please show some pride and keep your rubbish in your car.

Council has a role to play here as well.

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Is that why the government is so afraid to start it?

The section to be upgraded will only mean that the traffic problem will be moved a few hundred metres down the

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How will people trying to get out of Cutler Dr ever get to join the highway heading south?

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adaptation of the Eastern Bypass, which could be built with hardly any traffic disruption, taking the traffic not going into the local areas right away from it, and the two-lane highway that currently exists past Kooindah Waters.

That would be perfectly adequate for many years to come.

Email, Jul 17 Roger Davenport, Watanobbi

12-year-old girl sexually abused by a man known to her A Lake Macquarie man faced court on July 17 following an investigation into the sexual abuse of a child.

In November 2019, detectives from the State Crime Command’s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad commenced an investigation following a report that a 12-year-old girl had been sexually abused by a

man known to her.

Following extensive inquiries, a 25-year-old man was arrested by investigators at Wyong Police Station about 4:30pm on Thursday, July 16.

He was charged with seven counts of have sexual intercourse with a child aged between 10 and 14.

Police will allege in court that the man provided the girl with prohibited drugs before having sexual intercourse with her on several occasions over a fourday period in September 2019.

He was refused bail to appear at Wyong Local Court the following day.

Source: Press release, Jul 17 NSW Police Media

Suspended driver in police pursuit A suspended driver has been charged after allegedly fleeing into bushland following a police pursuit across the Coast’s north.

At about 11:45pm on Friday, July 18, officers attached to the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command detected a Ford Kuga allegedly travelling at 72km/h in a marked 50km/h zone on Warnervale Rd, Hamlyn Terrace.

When officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, it allegedly failed to stop, and a pursuit was initiated.

The pursuit continued through

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The driver fled on foot into nearby bushland.

Officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District, with assistance from Police Rescue, the Dog Unit and SES crews commenced a search of the surrounding area, however, the man was not located.

Following further inquiries, the driver, a 22-year-old man, was arrested at Wyong Police Station about 2pm on Saturday, July 18 and was charged.

The Hamlyn Terrace man was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Wyong Local Court on Monday, July 27.

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Out of the box ideas needed Central Coast Council has commenced planning for this year’s The Lakes Festival and is calling for Expressions of Interest from local businesses, organisations and community groups who’d like to be involved.

The 10 day festival celebrates the Coast’s beautiful and diverse waterways and

typically sees events take place at waterside suburbs around the region.

It is being planned for November, but this year’s will be different to previous festivals, as council adopts a range of COVID-safe measures to keep festivalgoers safe.

Those measures do mean more careful planning will need to take place as council

develops this year’s program and, according to Council Unit Manager Community Partnerships, Glenn Cannard, out of the box ideas will be needed.

While planning is still underway, it’s understood Memorial Park at The Entrance will be this year’s festival hub, with ‘Under The Wave’, a popup wave structure that will play host to entertainment across

the 10 days.

“If you have creative vision and would love to be part of the festival program, we want to hear from you.

“We’re looking for great music, theatrical performances and outside the box creative ideas to fill the space.

“Contributors will need to stay true to the overarching theme of our waterways and

will benefit from inclusion in our marketing campaign and a listing in the program,” Cannard said.

Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said it: “The Lakes Festival is without a doubt an annual highlight for our region and it is made possible through the contributions of so many amazing local businesses, groups and organisations.

“It has been disappointing to see so many events cancelled due to COVID-19 and I’d encourage creative locals to come together and be part of The Lakes Festival for 2020,” she added.

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The rare Blainville’s beaked whale that washed up dead on North Entrance Beach on July 23, most likely died of illness, according to initial necropsy reports.

Central Coast Dolphin Project Coordinator, Ronny Ling, assisted National Parks and Wildlife Services and Central Coast Council with the carcass recovery operation, and according to him, initial findings indicate that the young male had not been eating, had congested lungs and an enlarged spleen.

There were no signs of injury related to vessel strike, plastic ingestion or entanglement, further lending weight to the theory that the whale was unwell.

“Unfortunately, Parks and Wildlife had a difficult time getting machinery onto the beach due to the poor conditions following the storms,” Ling said.

“This meant that they were delayed in getting the specimen to Taronga Zoo for necropsy, which meant we missed the window to determine exact cause of death, but there’s still so much that can be learned

from the specimen,” Ling said.

“Beaked and bottle-nosed whales are the rarest of whales, we still know so little about them, so well preserved specimens like this are amazing finds.

“They can tell us so much about these whales, what they’re eating and when, their family lines and so much more,” he added.

It’s understood the Blainville is not common to Central Coast waters but due to the sparsity of records on the species’ numbers and movements, it’s impossible to draw conclusions about why this particular whale washed up at The Entrance.

However, it’s possible that interference with its echolocation could have played a part.

“These whales usually inhabit the deeper waters off the continental shelf.

“They are the deepest diving of all whales and have been known to dive down to 4,600m.

“Off the shelf, they use their echolocation to primarily hunt for squid in the darkness,” Ling said.

“Beaked and bottle nosed whales are unfortunately very sensitive to sound in the water, and military sonar and seismic testing can have devastating effects on them.

“If the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 goes ahead, we could see more of these beautiful animals washing up on our shores,” he added.

Anyone who comes across marine mammals around the Coast is urged to contact Central Coast Dolphin Project who keep detailed records of sightings to build up a database on local marine life.

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High Society is a homage to the complexities of regional Aussie theatre A new project that puts the trials and tribulations of regional theatre in the spotlight is underway at Jopuka Productions.

The High Society project is being spearheaded by Jopuka’s Founder and Artistic Director, Josh Maxwell, and celebrated South Australian Playwright and regular Jopuka contributor, Jamie Hornsby.

A homage to the complexities of regional Aussie theatre, High Society is a comical take on the often bizarre politics that emerge in theatre companies and is being written for adaption into a television series.

The story centres around a young man that unwittingly finds himself on the board of one such company, much to the chagrin of his peers.

But while it may appear as a light-hearted comedy, at its core, High Society is about unpacking the difficulties that

young people often face when trying to pursue the performing arts in regional Australia.

Having grown up on the stage himself, it’s a struggle that Maxwell is intimately acquainted with and one he said anybody who’s ever been involved with a regional theatre company would pick up on as the story’s overarching plot.

“The story is very much taken from the real life experiences of young artists trying to break into theatre.

“There aren’t a lot of options for young people to do this in regional Australia which is why these politics and hierarchies emerge at companies.

“It’s a bit tongue in cheek, but it’s also something we think pretty much anyone who’s served on the board of a volunteer organisation will understand and be able to laugh at,” Maxwell said.

Maxwell and Hornsby have

been writing High Society for the past two years and have just commenced readings of the script to help with development.

After some finetuning, Maxwell said the pair would be ready to pitch it to producers from next year.

“We’re still in early development but it’s been so exciting to work on this project with Jamie.

“We started it because we both love writing and now it’s definitely something that’s turned long term,” Maxwell said.

With more readings to come and the launch of Jopuka’s 2021 season on the horizon, Maxwell said he was looking forward to what prospects next year could bring after the horror year his company and the wider arts industry has had, thanks to COVID-19.

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BOOK REVIEW

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The Glass Hotel

Author: Emily St. John Mandel Publisher: Picador

Vincent and Paul are step sister and brother – same dad, different mothers.

Vincent is an odd name for a girl, but her mum loved the poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Vincent grows up in Caiette, a remote town in British Columbia that is only accessible by boat, while Paul grows up in Toronto.

When Vincent is 13 her mother takes her canoe out and is never seen again.

The canoe is found, empty.

Paul, 18, is sent to help with Vincent but what can he do? He can’t even take care of himself.

Paul has issues with drugs and spends quite a bit of time in rehab.

He is an older student by the time he goes to University and, while he loves music, he studies finance, which he finds “fatally uninteresting”.

(His mother is paying for the degree and she won’t spend money on something as impractical as music.)

It is 1999, Y2K hysteria is in full swing.

One night Paul decides to do something social – he goes to a bar to see a band.

The outing sets off a series of events that will change his life.

Years later Vincent and Paul both find work at Hotel Caiette.

Vincent tends bar while Paul is the houseman.

Yes, their tiny remote town now has a world class hotel, “…guests in Caiette want to come to the wilderness, but they don’t want to be in the wilderness. They just want to look at it, ideally through the window of a luxury hotel. They want to be wilderness-adjacent”.

The owner of this wilderness-adjacent hotel is Jonathan Alkaitis, a widower who invests money for other people.

He is very successful, with “the tedious confidence of all people with money ... the breezy assumption that no serious harm could come to him”.

Jonathan’s investors think they are part of a secret club as they receive remarkable returns.

Leon Prevant is an executive of a shipping company.

He is staying at the hotel at the same time Jonathan makes one of his visits.

While having drinks at the hotel Leon and Jonathan strike up a conversation and discuss business and Leon ends up investing his life savings with Jonathan – now he too is part of the club.

When Paul is fired from his job and leaves, Vincent is given a big tip and Jonathan’s phone number … and decides to leave too.

The next few years are glory ones for Vincent.

She lives with Alkaitis in his sprawling mansion in Connecticut.

The arrangement is that she has to be available whenever he wants her, in and out of the bedroom and, in return, she has his credit card.

Alkaitis is 34 years older than Vincent (who is, in turn, five years younger than Alkaitis’s daughter) and he likes to tell people they are married.

Against all odds, Paul finds success with his music.

He now composes and performs.

Vincent catches one of his performances at the

Brooklyn Academy of Music but is too disturbed to stay and leaves early.

Business for Alkaitis is good until 2008 when the global financial crisis hits and the “kingdom of money” grinds to a halt.

People lose their life savings, people take their own lives, people go to jail.

Vincent cuts her hair, learns to cook and gets a job on a containership and then … she disappears.

This was a very easy book to read.

For the first time in a while I didn’t get bored in the middle.

The story line bounces and weaves and intertwines with such finesse that it could only be done by a very talented writer.

Reality bumps up against “the counterlife” The bad try to rationalise their deeds while the good get hurt.

Ultimately, the reader gets to enjoy a great story.

As an interesting side-fact, Emily St John Mandel’s previous book, Station Eleven (2014) is about a world ravaged by a hyper-lethal form of swine flu.

But as The Guardian describes it, the book is set amidst the “machinery of late neoliberalism, juddering along with characteristic inequity … a tale of Ponzi schemes, not pestilence”.

But there is some haunting images in the story.

As The Guardian writes, “The Glass Hotel is crowded with phantoms: lost mothers; wronged victims; a “ghost fleet” of empty container ships; a beyond-the-grave curse scrawled in acid.”

Wonderful stuff – this was one of my favourites.

Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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Southlake Marketplace provides 300 clients with discounted or free food every week Its been two months since the Coast came out of lockdown, but for many residents in the north, financial stress is still their daily reality.

One local outreach network, Southlake Marketplace, is helping keep food on the table.

Southlake Marketplace have been servicing the people of the former Wyong LGA and Lake Macquarie since 2013.

The volunteer led organisation was founded by Hamlyn Terrace’s Christine Mastello, and over the years, it has grown to be a permanent fixture in the Coast’s food services.

From its Cooranbong hub, the organisation manages Lake Munmorah, Gwandalan and Blue Haven Foodbanks and provides counselling services, mobile haircuts and accommodation services for the homeless and similarly disadvantaged.

Southlake also runs a monthly

community café for isolated seniors.

The organisation typically services around 300 clients with discounted or free food every week, but since March. those numbers have ballooned, with more and more people finding themselves out of work and facing food insecurity for the first time.

To help meet the increased demand and to comply with COVID guidelines, Mastello and her team launched a new hamper home delivery service to ensure that people weren’t falling through the cracks.

Fourteen weeks on and that service has delivered over 1,400 hampers, with 620 of those being free.

Based on household numbers, Mastello said this equated to roughly 9,500 people getting a meal.

“We’re getting around 50 inquiries a week and a lot of them are coming in from areas

that we don’t service, which just breaks my heart,” Mastello said.

But what’s surprised Mastello the most has been the number of requests coming in from households in more complex situations.

“For instance, the number of requests we’ve gotten from families where someone is going through cancer has been confronting, especially when the request is coming from a child or teenager whose parent is sick.

“We’re also getting a lot of requests from large families with five or more children who need extra support right now.

“It’s really shown the diversity of need on the Coast,” Mastello said.

And that diversity has led to some new resolutions for Mastello, with Southlake’s work over the past few months affirming the need to strengthen their offering on the Coast.

Mastello is now looking to secure a warehouse, possibly at Charmhaven, to increase Southlake’s storage capacity and to help streamline its Central Coast services.

“We’ve also received a grant from Central Coast Council which will allow us to deliver an additional 20 free hampers for 26 weeks, and we’ve just partnered with another local food service, Coast Hands, to start delivering 100 precooked meals a month to families in San Remo and Blue Haven,” Mastello said.

Mastello said the organisation was also looking to expand its disadvantaged hairdressing initiative, Community Hair Project, to provide hairdressing workshops to members of remote indigenous communities, a move she’s hopeful will lead to employment opportunities and community enrichment.

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Christine Mastello and Southlake Marketplace Chairwoman, Kerriann Dunn Photo: Christine Mastello/Southlake Marketplace

CWA and village residents work together for bushfire victims Two groups of local ladies have knitted up a storm to support bush fire victims.

Wingham CWA’s Vivienne Beaumont and Julie Deer with Toukley CWA Secretary, Jennifer McIntosh

Members of the Toukley Branch of the Country Women’s Association and Wyong’s Meander Village came together over the past few weeks to knit and crotchet dozens of items for residents of the Bobin and Lansdowne regions.

The project started when the village’s Social Activities Coordinator, Jenny Ferry, reached out to the branch to see if they could work together on a bushfire relief initiative.

Since then, both groups have

worked together to create knee rugs, clothing and toys for bushfire victims, some of whom are still displaced and living in tents, caravans and sheds.

The groups have also worked together to collect groceries, toiletries and other essentials like pet food to pass along with their other items, with 20 boxes packed and delivered to the Wingham CWA to be distributed to those in need.

Source: Press release, Jul 20 Jennifer McIntosh, CWA Toukley

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9:30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus 10:30 Blue Bloods: Black Out (M) [s] 10:30 NINE News Late [s] Stars: Alan Rickman One: Josh Niland [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 11:00 Murdered By Morning: 10:00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) [s] 10:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 12:30 The Project (PG) [s] Mother’s Day Murder (M) [s] 10:30 Program To Be Advised 10:30 ABC Late News [s] 1:30 The Late Show With Stephen 11:50 The Fix: Lie To Me (M v) [s] 11:30 Surveillance Oz Dashcam 11:00 When Louis Met Paul And Colbert (PG) [s] 12:40 Tipping Point (PG) [s] (PG) [s] Debbie (PG) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Home Shopping 12:00 Scandal: Air Force Two (PG) 11:50 Louis Theroux: 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s] 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s] Louis And The Brothel (M l) [s 1:00 Home Shopping 6:00 Headline News [s] 5:30 Today [s] 6:00 Sunrise [s] 6:00 News Breakfast [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 10:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 1:00 The Living Room [s] 10:30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One 12:00 Movie: “Oscar Pistorius: Blade 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 1:00 Movie: “St Vincent” (M v,s,l) Runner Killer” (M v,s) (’17) 11:00 The Repair Shop [s] (’14) Stars: Bill Murray, Melissa 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] Stars: Andreas Damm, Jean 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] McCarthy, Naomi Watts Alexander, Tim Ware 1:00 Shaun Micallef’s On The 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:00 Program To Be Advised Sauce (M) [s] Justine Schofield [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 2:00 Call The Midwife (M) [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 4:15 Think Tank [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 5:10 The Repair Shop [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 7:30 NRL: Brisbane Broncos v 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 6:00 The Drum [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] Cronulla Sharks *Live* From 7:30 Program To Be Advised 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 The Living Room [s] Suncorp Stadium [s] 7:30 Monty Don’s French Gardens: 8:30 Movie: “Under The Tuscan 8:30 Have You Been Paying 9:45 Friday Night Knock Off [s] Sun” (PG) (’03) – Frances The Artistic Gardens [s] – Monty Attention? (M) [s] 10:35 Movie: “Dragon: Bruce Lee Mayes, a 35-year-old San turns to France’s famous artistic 9:30 Program To Be Advised Story” (M) (’93) Stars: Jason Francisco writer, gets a divorce tradition to see what influence it Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert 10:00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M) that leaves her with terminal has had on the country’s Wagner, Michael Learned, [s] – Celebrities watch all the writer’s block and depression. gardens.

Nancy Kwan, Kay Tong Lim same TV as us, so let’s join Later, she decides to buy a 8:30 MotherFatherSon (MA15+) [s] 1:05 Award Winning Tasmania: them on the couch. house in Tuscany in order to 9:30 Marcella (M v) [s] Spirit Of Tasmania (Part 2) [s] 11:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] change her life. Stars: Diane 10:45 The Virus [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 12:00 The Project (PG) [s] Lane, Sandra Oh 11:10 The Weekly With Charlie 4:30 The Avengers: Epic (PG) [s] 1:00 The Late Show (PG) [s] 10:50 Program To Be Advised Pickering [s] 5:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 12:30 Home Shopping 11:40 rage (MA15+) [s]

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6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 rage Guest Programmer (PG) 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 The Sound [s] 1:30 When Louis Met Paul And Debbie (PG) 2:30 Back In Time For Dinner [s] 3:30 Escape From The City [s] 4:30 Landline [s] 5:00 Football: A-League: Melbourne City v Sydney FC *Live* From Olympic Stadium [s] – A top of the table clash. A win or draw for league leaders Sydney FC will see them secure the Premiers Plate, but Melbourne City stand in their way.

7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Shakespeare And Hathaway: Teach Me, Dear Creature (PG) 8:15 Les Miserables (M v) [s] 9:20 Thirteen (M l) [s] 10:20 The Good Karma Hospital (M) 11:10 rage Guest Programmer (MA15+) [s]

6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 Beach Cops (PG) [s] 12:30 Weddings Make You Laugh Out Loud (PG) [s] 1:30 Program To Be Advised 3:00 Program To Be Advised 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” (M v) (’15) Stars: Alec Baldwin, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames 10:00 Movie: “Wrath Of The Titans” (M v) (’12) Stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson 12:00 Criminal Minds - Suspect Behaviour: Two Of A Kind (M) 12:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Today Extra - Saturday [s] 12:00 Award Winning Tasmania: Freycinet (Part 2) (PG) [s] 12:30 Animal Embassy: Clownfish White Tiger [s] 1:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball *Live* [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Daddy’s Home 2” (PG) (’17) Stars: Will Ferrell 9:30 Movie: “Blockers” (MA15+) (’18) Stars: Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz 11:30 Movie: “Cheech And Chong’s The Corsican Brothers” (M v,s,l) (’84) Stars: Cheech Marin 1:10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything: Comic Characters (M) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 5:30 Wesley Impact [s]

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rage (PG) [s] Weekend Breakfast [s] Insiders [s] Offsiders [s] The World This Week [s] Compass (PG) [s] Songs Of Praise [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] Monty Don’s French Gardens Restoration Australia (PG) [s] Silvia’s Italian Table [s] Todd Sampson’s Life On The Line: Friction (PG) [s] The Mix [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Sound [s] Compass (PG) [s] ABC News Sunday [s] Shetland (M l,v) [s] Vera: The Seagull (M) [s] Vanity Fair (PG) [s] The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco: Madhouse (M v) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] Vanity Fair (PG) [s]

6:00 Animal Tales [s] 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness [s] 1:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball 1:00 World’s Most Extreme: World’s Most Extreme Roads [s] 3:00 NRL: Melbourne Storm v Newcastle Knights *Live* From 2:00 Program To Be Advised Suncorp Stadium [s] 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 7:00 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 5:30 Sydney Weekender [s] [s] – Eight former grand finalists 6:00 Seven News [s] are among those battling for the 7:00 Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) [s] last 16 semi-final spots, with the – Romance is blossoming and two fastest Ninjas of the night in a first for Farmer Wants A facing off on the all new Power Wife, the farmers and their Tower. ladies come together for an 8:50 60 Minutes (PG) [s] Italian feast where a surprise 9:50 NINE News Late [s] visitor causes chaos at the 10:50 Cold Case - New Leads party.

Wanted: Kayo Matsuzawa (M) 8:30 Between Two Worlds 11:50 Mysteries And Scandals: The (M s,d) [s] Chippendales Murder (M v,s) [s] 9:30 Liar (M) [s] 12:40 Timeless: Hollywoodland (M) 10:30 Autopsy USA: 1:30 Hayley & Lauren’s Adelady [s] Muhammad Ali (M) [s] 11:30 Absentia: Casualties (MA15+) 2:00 Home Shopping 2:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 12:30 Home Shopping

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Landline [s] The Repair Shop [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Marcella (M l) [s] Call The Midwife (M) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Think Tank [s] The Repair Shop [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Australian Story [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch [s] Q&A (PG) [s] ABC Late News [s] Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce (M l) [s] Wentworth (MA15+) [s] The Letdown (M l) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] Gardening Australia [s] Call The Midwife (M) [s] The Drum [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Program To Be Advised 1:30 Program To Be Advised 2:30 Program To Be Advised 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) [s] 8:30 9-1-1: Lone Star: Texas Proud (M) [s] – Judd calls out Owen's preferential treatment of T.K.; Marjan feels ostracized at her new mosque after another rescue video goes viral.

9:30 Program To Be Advised 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 S.W.A.T.: Day Of Dread (M) [s] 12:00 Black-ish: Public Fool (PG) [s] – An incident at school threatens Junior’s future at his beloved Valley Glen Prep.

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6:00 Unknown Road Adventures 5:00 CGTN English News 6:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 7:00 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 5:30 Worldwatch – Deutsche Welle 7:30 What’s Up Down Under? [s] English News 6:00 France 24 8:00 All 4 Adventures [s] News 6:30 Worldwatch Continues 9:00 Which Car (PG) [s] 1:00 PBS Newshour 9:30 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] 2:00 Bollywood: World’s Biggest 12:00 The Children’s Hospital (PG) Film Industry (PG) 12:40 Farm To Fork [s] (In English/ Hindi) 1:00 The Living Room [s] 4:05 Gadget Man: Staying In 2:00 Pooches At Play [s] 4:30 Miracle At Sea 2:30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And 5:30 WWII - Battles For Europe: Carry On [s] Battle For The Scheldt (PG) 3:00 What’s Up Down Under? [s] 6:30 SBS World News 3:30 Everyday Gourmet With 7:35 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Justine Schofield [s] Railway Journeys: 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] A Railway Too Far? (PG) 4:30 Taste Of Australia With 8:30 Movie: “The King’s Speech” (M) Hayden Quinn [s] (’10) Stars: Colin Firth 5:00 10 News First [s] 10:35 On The Ropes: The Fire/ No 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] Returns/ In Fighting/ The Truth 7:00 The Children’s Hospital (PG) (M l,v) (In English/ Arabic) 7:40 Ambulance UK (PG) [s] 4:25 Trump’s Showdown: 10:00 Beecham House (M) [s] Trump’s Law (PG) 11:00 FBI: The Lives Of Others (M v) 4:30 Full Frontal With Samantha 12:00 Law & Order: SVU (M v) [s] Bee (MA15+) 6:00 Religious Programs [s] 7:30 Fishing Australia [s] 8:00 Taste Of Australia [s] 8:30 The Living Room (PG) [s] 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] 12:00 Program To Be Advised 1:30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On [s] 2:00 Farm To Fork [s] 2:30 Australia By Design [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 Which Car (PG) [s] 4:30 RPM [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] – One bachelorette with a date card decides to take her beau away from wandering eyes.

9:00 FBI: American Idol (M v) [s] 10:00 FBI: Scorched Earth (M v) [s] 11:00 NCIS: Voices (M) [s] 12:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize 3:10 Running Wild With Uzo Aduba (PG) 3:55 Sport: Fair Game 5:00 Cycling: Incycle 5:30 WWII - Battles For Europe: Battle For The Siegfried Line (PG) (In English/ German) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Day They Dropped The Bomb (M) 8:30 America’s Great Divide: Obama To Trump (M v) 10:35 Gunned Down: The Power Of The NRA (M) 11:35 John Pilger: The Dirty War On The NHS (M) 1:35 How To Lose Weight Well (PG) 4:20 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (MA15+)

6:00 Headline News [s] 5:30 Today [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 1:00 Program To Be Advised 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 9Honey - Every Day Kitchen 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 1:10 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] Justine Schofield [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 5:00 10 News First [s] 9:25 A Glorious Life - Ian Chappell 6:00 WIN News [s] [s] – Ian Chappell didn’t just 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] play cricket, he shaped it. The 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] incredible story of the Australian 9:00 Have You Been Paying test captain, journalist and Attention? (M) [s] – Have our protagonist who helped contestants been paying transform the game of cricket attention? and, along the way, Australia. 10:00 Program To Be Advised 10:40 NINE News Late [s] 10:30 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M) 11:10 100% Footy (M) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:10 Lethal Weapon (MA15+) [s] 12:30 The Project (PG) [s] 1:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 1:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 2:30 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch – Deutsche Welle English News 6:00 France 24 News 6:30 This Week With George Stephanopoulos 7:30 Worldwatch Continues 2:00 The Secret Life Of Queen Victoria (M) 2:55 Alex Polizzi The Fixer (PG) 4:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Lynton And Lynmouth To Exeter (PG) 4:35 The Nile: Ancient Egypt’s Great River Nile (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 D-Day: The King Who Fooled Hitler (PG) 8:30 Space Shuttle: Triumph And Tragedy (PG) 10:15 SBS World News Late 10:45 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games (M l,v) (In French) 12:35 The Typist (M l,v)

5:30 Today [s] 6:00 Sunrise [s] News Breakfast [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Four Corners [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] Meet The Ferals: Rabbits [s] 12:00 Movie: “Jesse Stone: Sea 1:00 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) Change” (M v,s) (‘07) Stars: The Repair Shop [s] Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Sudduth, Rebecca Pidgeon Rosehaven (PG) [s] 2:00 Criminal Confessions: Baton 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] Retrograde [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] Rouge (M v,l) [s] Call The Midwife (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] Think Tank [s] 7:30 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] The Repair Shop [s] 9:20 Movie: “London Has Fallen” 6:00 Seven News [s] The Drum [s] (M v,l) (’16) – In London for the 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] ABC News [s] Prime Minister’s funeral, Secret 7:30 America’s Got Talent: Audition 7.30 [s] Services agent Mike Banning 7 (PG) [s] – The final lot of Anh’s Brush With Fame: discovers a plot to assassinate auditions. Simon Cowell, Heidi Lisa Wilkinson [s] all the attending world leaders Klum, Howie Mandel and host Shaun Micallef’s On The and must bring the President to Terry Crews return with new Sauce (M) [s] – safety. Stars: Alon Abutbul judge Sofia Vergara.

Putin - A Russian Spy Story 11:20 NINE News Late [s] 9:15 Towards Tokyo: Olympic (MA15+) [s] 11:50 Manifest: Fasten Your Games Sydney 2000 Moments ABC Late News [s] Seatbelts (M v) [s] That Moved Us [s] Q&A [s] 12:40 Tipping Point [s] 11:45 The Goldbergs: Wentworth (MA15+) [s] 1:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Preventa Mode (PG) [s] The Letdown: Super Mum (M l) 2:00 Home Shopping 12:30 Home Shopping rage (MA15+) [s] 2:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo

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6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Program To Be Advised 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] 9:00 Just For Laughs Uncut (MA15+) [s] 9:30 NCIS: Once Upon A Tim (M) [s] 10:30 NCIS: Los Angeles: Reentry (M v) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:30 The Project (PG) [s] 1:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

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5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Secret Life Of King Charles II (M s) 2:55 Great British Railway Journeys: Exmouth To Newton Abbot (PG) 3:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Natalie Imbruglia 4:35 The Nile: Ancient Egypt’s Great River Nile (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Asian Railways Journeys: Ho Chi Minh To Hoi An (PG) 8:30 Insight: Finding Your Feet As A Father 9:30 The Feed 10:00 NRA Under Fire (M) 11:05 SBS World News Late 11:35 Bad Banks: Collateral Damage (M l) (In German/ English)

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ARTS & CULTURE Wyong Writers

Monthly on the 4th Sat 1.30pm Woodbury Community Centre 1 Woolmers Cres, Mardi.

4333 7489

meilingvenning@hotmail.com www.wyongwriters.org

The Creative Compassion Centre

Secondhand shopping, upcycling, minimalism, creativity, community lounge area, free Wifi.

5/22-32 Pacific Hwy Mon-Sat - 9am-4pm

0437 048 815

Toukley District Art Society

Country Women’s Association-Toukley

Painting, drawing groups and Mthly Market 2nd Sat 9am-1pm classes, demonstarations and 175 Main Rd workshops. Open 7 days Books, bric-a-brac, cakes, 10am - 4pm, Cafe.

Devonshire tea, handicrafts, Tues - drawing 10am - 1pm, plants, preserves, sausage sizzle, Wed-painting 9:30am - 12:30pm fun, fellowship, fundraising 4392 4666 Meet 1st Wed 0am toukleyartgallery@gmail.com Hall available for hire. www.toukleyartgallery.com.au

COMMUNITY GROUPS Bateau Bay Mens’ Shed

For men to repair items, share and learn skills and socialise 9am to 1.30pm Tue to Thur 1 Bay Village Rd, Bateau Bay

0435 807 633

bateaubayshed@gmail.com

Bateau Bay Neighbourhood Centre

Information, child & adult groups & services, youth worker, free counselling, energy account & food assistance, Op Shop, computer lessons, PCs, laundry facilities, lawnmower, community events.

4332 7450

admin@bbnc.org.au https://bbnc.org.au/

4976 1642

Friendly Travellers Caravan Club

Caravans, tents, mobile homes, all welcome.

Social outings & trips away

0458 645 979

www.friendlytravellers.com

Lake Munmorah 50s Plus Leisure and Learning Club Computer classes, dancing, exercise, pilates, yoga, craft, carpet bowls and Tai Chi.

4358 8390

Long Jetty Senior Citizens’ Club

Computer classes, line dancing, tai chi and zumba gold Mon - Fri, 9am to 3pm

4332 5522

Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre

Information & referral, talks & information sessions, energy account assistance, counselling, food help, access to PCs, internet & printing, toy library, community garden, cards, indoor bowls, Mahjong, walking for pleasure, school holiday activities & workshops.

4388 5801

manager@bvnc.org.au www.bvnc.org.au

Long Jetty Over 50s Club

Indoor bowls, computers, exercise, yoga, line-dancing, tai chi and more - 9am to 3pm

4332 5522

The NSW Justices Association

Seeking JP volunteers for community JP desks.

Free training and insurance

0418 493 388

Brisbane Water Caravan Club

benefits@nswja.org.au

Caravaners wanted to join and have fun Gosford Contact Joe 4344 4363

https://bwcaravanclub.wixsite.com/bwcc

Central Coast Caravanners Inc

Tuggerah Lakes Toastmasters’ Club

Are you looking to Build your confidence?

Grow as a leader; Improve your communication

0410 238 022

3rd Sun - Jan to Nov Trips away, social outings, friendship with like minded folk Call Geoff 0447 882 150

Central Coast Community Legal Centre Not for profit service providing free legal advice.

Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm

Toukley Neighbourhood Centre

Lakes food care, energy account assistance, no interest loans, free counselling. Childrens’, youth & adult activities. Laundry & hot showers.

Hall & meeting space for hire.

4353 4988

contact@centralcoastclc.org.au

Central Coast 50+ Singles Social Group

Fun & friendship, Mthly progam of dinner, dancing, scrabble, cards, tenpin etc.

0437 699 366 0407 003 214

4396 1555 www.tnc.org.au

Toukley Presbyterian Church

Hargraves St & Victoria Ave Family service (Sunday school 9.30am), cafe church 5pm, community activities

4392 9904 toukleypc.org.au

Venue for Hire

Central Coast Wetlands, Tuggerah - several buildings for hire, suitable for weddings, seminars, markets & fund raisers.

0408 271 957

pioneerdairy@bigpond.com

Volunteering Central Coast

Refer potential volunteers to community organisations and provide support to them.

Training for volunteers and managers of volunteers.

Information sessions

4329 7122

recruit@volcc.org.au

Wyong Neighbourhood Centre

Supporting disadvantaged, vulnerable and isolated people offering community services, events, projects, workshops, arts programs.

Open community garden.

4353 1750

Wyong Toastmasters’ Club

Improve your public speaking, leadership skills & confidence.

1st, 3rd & 5th Fri 10:30am to 12:30pm Wyong RSL Club

0421 216 952

wyongtoastmasters@gmail.com

Wyong Uniting Church Weekly Sunday service 9am Bible Study group 62 Watanobbi Rd, Wyong 4352 1528 wyonguca@gmail.com www.wyong.uca.org.au

National Seniors Wyong Branch

We meet 4th Tuesday of each month at Canton Beach Sports Club at 2:15pm.

Make new friends, enjoy outings, lunches and barbecues.

Contact David 4303 6220 NSACCwyong@hotmail.com

The Lakes Church

All Welcome! Sundays - 8:30am, 10:30am & 5pm, (9am & 5pm Dec/Jan) Kids church, youth group, cafe, wheelchair friendly, 6 Pioneer Ave, Tuggerah

4353 0977 thelakes.net.au

GARDEN CLUBS Central Coast Permaculture

Friendly like minded people.

Info night, Tuggerah Community Hall, 3rd Tues. 7pm Bob on 0412 133 808

HEALTH GROUPS Better Hearing Australia

Hearing loss management Support and educational groups providing practical experience and confidence.

4321 0275

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Wyong) Last Fri, Terrigal Uniting Church 380 Terrigal Dr, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon

4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

Al - Anon Family Groups Health

We offer hope and friendship for people affected by someone else’s drinking.

Al-anon family groups meet weekly, please contact

1300 252 666 al-anon.org.au

HISTORY GROUPS Museum & Historical Society, Wyong District Groups/schools welcome Morning tea/lunch for group bookings, wheelchair friendly, Alison Homestead 1 Cape Rd, Wyong Sun-Thur 10am-2pm

4352 1886

www.alisonhomestead.com.au

MUSIC Coastal a Cappella

Award winning women’s a cappella chorus.

Music education provided.

Rehearsals Tuesday 7pm @ Red Tree Theatre Tuggerah.

Performance opportunities.

Hire us for your next event.

0412 948 450

coastalacappella@gmail.com

POLITICAL GROUPS Labor Party Ourimbah/ Narara Branch Discussion/action community Issues – 3 levels of Government Function Room, Grange Hotel, Wyoming 7.30pm 1st. Monday

0410 309 494

Kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

Central Coast Greens

Local, state wide, national & international issues & campaigns Council and parliamentary representation - 3rd Thur centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

Liberal Party Ourimbah Branch How good is this?

2nd Thurs

0468 476 237 Labor Party Warnervale Branch

warnervale.labor@gmail.com

theentrance.myphotoclub.com.au

PROBUS CLUBS

Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service

Tuggerah Combined Probus Club

Meet new friends and enjoy social events.

2nd Thur., 10:30am, guest speakers. Social outings 3rd Thur.

Woodbury Park Community Hall, Mardi

4351 0450

Wyong Probus Club

Wyong Golf Club, 4th Mon, Morning Tea, Guest Speakers, regular monthly outings

4352 3692

probuswyong55090@gmail.com

The Entrance Probus Club

Ladies and gentlemen welcome.

Guest speakers, morning tea and many activities.

9.30am 4th Tues Bateau Bay Bowling Club

0478 228 914

SERVICE GROUPS Inner Wheel Club Wyong Join a team of dedicated women, sharing fun and friendship and a passion for community service 6.30pm 3rd Wed Wyong Golf Club 4393 2755 iiw.au.wyong@gmail.com

The Lions Club of The Entrance Serve your community make friends, join Lions.

1st and 3rd Wed, North Entrance Surf Club.

The Entrance Markets Sun Mornings, behind The Entrance Cinema.

0488 286 006

theentrancelions@gmail.com

The Lions Club of Gwandalan

Join the Lions, make friends and help your local community Sat Garage Sales and BBQ 7 to 11.30am

4972 5562

secgwandalanlions@gmail.com

The Lions Club of Wyong

50 years supporting local activities - Meet new friends 4th Tues 6:30pm Don Small / Lions Retirement Village Colin 0413 014 266 www.wyong.nsw.lions.org.au

SPECIAL INTEREST Biz Plus Networking Association Grow your business & build worthwhile relationships.

Networking breakfasts every Thur 7:15- 9am Erina Leagues Club Geoff Neilson network@bizplus.com.au

The Entrance Camera Club

Support and promote NSW Labor Renowned for nature photography within the Warnervale area.

Grow your photographic 3rd Tue, 7pm, Hamlyn skills in all genres.

Terrace Community Centre Monthly Competition.

2nd Fri 7pm CWA Hall Long Jetty 0419 128 497

Free telephone advice and advocacy for all tenants & residents in residential parks

4353 5515

cctaas@hotmail.com

Central Coast Soaring Club

Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Instruction FREE to members.

14 Y/O and up for Training Thur, Sat, Sun (weather permitting) Bloodtree Rd Mangrove Mountain

0412 164 082 0414 635 047 www.ccsoaring.com.au

Tuggerah Lakes U3A The Entrance - cryptic

crosswords, play reading Bateau Bay - Memoirs, Reading Group - Killarney Vale - Talks, Mah Jong - Toukley - Creative Writing Berkley Vale - Music appreciation - Chittaway Bay - Movies

4390 2451

www.tugglakesu3a.info

LEARN TO DANCE

Social ballroom dancing for all ages, all you need is a desire to learn and dance, no partner required. meet every Tues - St Luke’s Anglican Church, 7pm & 15 Lorraine Ave Berkeley Vale, 2:30pm Anne - 0409 938 345 anneglazier@y7mail.com

SPORT KI-DO Mingara Judo Academy

Junior boys and girls Mon and Wed Two classes 6-8.30pm from 7yrs, Kangy Angy

0413 237 010

www.kidomingarajudo.com.au

Wyong Lakes Australian Rules Football Club Play AFL - Teams for Boys, Girls, Women & Men. No Experience Necessary

0404 257 702

play@wyonglakesafc.com.au

Doyalson Wyee Soccer Club

Football club for the local community, encouraging juniors from under 5 to senior team.

Karen 0410 045 981 president@doylowolves.com.au

VENUE HIRE Central Coast Wetlands – Pioneer Dairy

Central Coast Wetlands is located in Tuggerah. We have several buildings for hire.

They would be suitable for weddings, seminars, markets & fund raisers.

0408 271 957

pioneerdairy@bigpond.com

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Extension to Epicentre San Remo Neighbourhood Centre approved

Central Planning approved extension Remo Centre.

Coast Local Panel has plans for an to Epicentre San Neighbourhood

The panel met on July 23 to deal with a development application (430/2019) for additions to the Centre owned

by Central Coast Council.

Applicant was Centre Manager, Cr Jillian Hogan, and given the potential for perceived conflict of interest, assessment of the application was undertaken by an independent planning consultant rather than Council officers.

The Centre is near Northlakes Shopping Centre and opposite Northlakes High School, at 28

Brava Ave. The development application sought approval to construct an extension at the northwestern end of the Centre, with its own independent entrance at the south-western corner of the building.

Manager, Cr Jillian Hogan, said the Centre had busted out at the seams as demand for services and support increased.

“Existing space for professionals to work has limited our activities and programs,” she said.

“The new extension, which is suitably called the Lava Room, will provide two counselling rooms and an activity space, as well as storage.

“Counselling rooms will be

fitted to health standards to enable our existing General Practitioner, Youth Health Clinic and Headspace Outreach Clinic to continue under health guidelines.

“The GP Clinic and Headspace Outreach have been provided for young people for nearly a decade and they have been a highly successful partnership between services and schools.

“It was the work of our Youth Support Workers (LINKS Youth Services) which recognised the need for services that are local, accessible and relevant.

“As a result, we lobbied government for a Headspace service in the north, which is now located at Lakehaven.”

Cr Hogan said Youth Health

and Headspace provided a broad range of services that addressed the needs of young people’s physical and mental health.

“We recognise the impact on young people and families when considerable time is spent gaming and screen time is increasing through the use of technology,” she said.

“This is a particular concern often raised by parents, thus the Lava Room will provide an alternative, as well as opportunities to socialise with each other in an environment which is safe and supportive.

“Never one to wait around for infrastructure to be built for them, people at San Remo Neighbourhood Centre have

led the way with constructing several infrastructure projects, including a men’s shed, community gardens, a youth facility, playgrounds and many more,” Cr Hogan said.

“The Epicentre is a great example of place making and place based servicing, where all people are welcome and have a sense of belonging.

“The Lava Room will also allow us to build on existing service provision and provide more wraparound services.

“We currently provide family and youth services, financial, gambling and personal counselling, legal aid, tax help, emergency food, utility, COVID and bushfire relief, parenting programs, arts and cultural

programs, exercise classes, men’s shed, op-shop and a whole range of programs that address people’s cultural, physical, mental and social well-being.

“The extension will be modern and funky and will provide the space for other services to see clients locally.

“We will also bring in new services such as a psychologist and social workers, which are in high demand due to the recent natural disasters and the pandemic.

“The Lava Room will bubble away with new and existing programs that strengthen and build community capacity,” Cr Hogan said.

Sue Murray, Merilyn Vale

Businesses encouraged to become part of Council’s supply chain Central Coast Council continues to support the local economy with a range of measures designed to help local businesses experiencing hardship in the current economic climate.

The second phase of a support package for businesses takes a multi-pronged approach to assist business

owners, including a dedicated priority customer service channel for businesses seeking information from Council and online resources.

There is access to Council’s one-stop GrantFinder hub to source potential financial support and a commitment by Council to acquire goods and services from local businesses whenever possible, and to promote its upcoming works

program to local suppliers.

Online platforms will help local shoppers and businesses connect with other local businesses, and Council will not enforce delivery times specified in development approvals.

Council’s Executive Manager, Innovation and Futures, Ricardo Martello, said Council had a role as a facilitator in helping

local businesses move forward during the financial downturn.

“We have set up a dedicated customer service queue for businesses, and we are constantly adding to our website with information about ‘hot button’ topics such as development applications, reopening after COVID-19, transitioning to home based operations and general business operations,” Martello

said.

“We are committing, wherever possible, to source goods, services and works for contracts with a value of less than $250,000 from Coast suppliers,” he said.

“We are making it as simple as possible for business owners to source information and creating opportunities for them to become part of

Council’s supply chain.

“In coming weeks, we will be rolling out an education campaign supporting suppliers to understand the requirements for competing for Council procurement contracts and providing increased visibility of our upcoming works program.”

Source: Media release, Jul 14 Central Coast Council

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Contractionary operational budget passed after a fiery debate This year’s operational budget was passed on the Mayor’s casting vote after a fiery debate that lasted almost two hours at Central Coast Council’s July 27 meeting.

The outcome could have been different if Cr Troy Marquart had made the meeting, depending on how he might have voted as he was a late apology.

Crs Lisa Matthews, Richard Mehrtens, Jeff Sundstrom, Jillian Hogan, Chris Burke, Jane Smith and Chris Holstein voted for the budget.

Crs Doug Vincent, Kyle MacGregor, Rebecca Gale, Jilly Pilon, Bruce McLachlan and Greg Best voted against the budget.

Cr Louise Greenaway abstained and abstentions are counted with the no vote.

Cr Holstein said he would support the budget because the council had to move forward and the councillors would see quarterly updates where adjustments could be made.

Cr Chris Holstein warned

councillors that failure to adopt the operational plan by the end of July could lead to an administrator being appointed for the area.

He said the CEO had to inform the Minister of Local Government if the council failed to adopt the budget and administration could be one option that the Minister could take.

Cr McLachlan said lots of people thought they were better off under the administrator and he would support administration if the budget wasn’t passed.

Cr Best asked about council deficits, saying a surplus of $72.9M under the administrator had been turned into a deficit that would be this council’s legacy at the September 2021 election.

He asked the Acting Chief Financial Officer, Carlton Oldfield, a series of questions about the deficits since administration and highlighted a mistake in one graph.

Oldfield said the deficits amounted to $59M post

administration.

Cr Best suggested that, going on past experiences, this year’s deficit could be as much as $35Mt. In response, Oldfield said “noted”.

“Don’t take it personally, you’re the fourth CFO in three years,” Cr Best said, before turning his attention to the Director Connected Communities, Julie Vaughan.

Cr Best asked the directorate’s staff numbers and was told it had 650 full time equivalent employees and a head count of 1,100.

When asked the unit’s budget, Vaughan said she didn’t have that figure in front of her.

Cr MacGregor questioned if Tuggerawong Pathway was still in the budget.

It is funded through development contributions and will continue, he was told.

Also, Gosford’s Adcock Park stage one would be finished this year and stage two construction would commence in 2021-22.

Cr MacGregor spoke against

the budget saying it was nothing more than a slap in the face and a kick in the guts to every single man, woman and child on the Central Coast.

“I oppose the changes to the exhibited budget that have been rammed through behind closed doors since the budget was presented to the community,’’ he said.

“This is a budget that will lead to economic ruin, job losses and business closures across the Central Coast and cut hundreds of millions of dollars from our local economy.

“Whilst governments of all levels across the nation and the world are acting in unison to stimulate the economy and protect local jobs and businesses, we are seeking to adopt a budget that is contractionary and essentially stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from our local economy and residents’ back pockets.

“We should be doing the same, focusing on developing local jobs and infrastructure.”

Merilyn Vale Stages 2 and 3 of Tuggerawong shared pathway is still in the budget

Following COVID-19 safe requirements is not optional Businesses are being urged to check, test and promote their COVID-safe credentials as a way of minimising the potential spread of the coronavirus.

Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch,

said the latest data showed that 590 Central Coast businesses had received a COVID-safe tick of approval, but hundreds more needed to do the same.

“The NSW Government has put industry specific information under the one roof,

including downloadable badges for businesses with COVID-safe plans to display on their premises so that customers know that they have the tick of approval,” Crouch said.

“Every single business must do the three steps, complete a

COVID-19 Safety Plan, register as a COVID-safe business and download and display COVIDsafe materials.”

Crouch said non-compliant businesses could face significant penalties.

On-the-spot fines can also be issued.

“The COVID-safe requirements are being strictly enforced by NSW Police, Liquor and Gaming inspectors and NSW Health officials,” Crouch said.

“Following the COVID-19 safe requirements is not optional.

“We need to safeguard the

health and safety of our community while also ensuring local businesses can remain operational.”

Media release, Jul 23 Parliamentary Secretary Central Coast, Adam Crouch

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Development Consents Notice is given of the granting of the following Development Consents and Complying Development Certificates pursuant to Section 101 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979. Consents can be made available for inspection by contacting Central Coast Council.

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Date

489/2020

Address

Suburb

Proposed Development

14-07-2020 11 Mermaid Dr

BATEAU BAY

Deck

576/2020

14-07-2020 4 Forest Oak Pl

BERKELEY VALE

Dwelling

592/2020

16-07-2020 26 Forest Oak Pl

BERKELEY VALE

74/2020

13-07-2020 74 Bay Rd

447/2020

Development Applications

The following Development Applications are notified for public comment and can be viewed online at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Written submissions close: 21 August 2020 No

Address

Suburb

Description

633/2020

6 Geoffrey Rd

CHITTAWAY POINT

Detached Dual Occupancy & 2 Lot Torrens Title Subdivision Applicant - Clarke Dowdle & Associates

Dwelling

58824/2020

BLUE BAY

Multi Dwelling Houses Comprising 3 Townhouses, Subdivision & Demolition of Existing Structures

139 Springwood St ETTALONG BEACH

Proposed Dual Occcupancy & Demolish Existing Dwelling Applicant - KM Design Partners

648/2020

4 Discombe Ave

KANWAL

Dual Occupancy & 2 Lot Torrens Title Subdivision Applicant Resolve Urban Planning

14-07-2020 1 West Kahala Ave

BUDGEWOI

Shed, Deck & Awning

661/2020

59 McLachlan Ave

LONG JETTY

466/2017

15-07-2020 131A Panorama Ave

CHARMHAVEN

Dual Occupancy & Subdivision (Amended Application)

Demolition of Existing Building, Construction of Dual Occupancy Single Storey Attached Residences & Landscaping Applicant - Mrs R J Crook

57995/2020

20-07-2020 84 Copacabana Dr

COPACABANA

Dual Occupancy Attached & Demolish Existing Dual Occupancy

671/2020

58 Toowoon Bay Rd LONG JETTY

Dual Occupancy, Subdivision & Demolition of Existing Structures Applicant - Design Smart Living

554/2020

15-07-2020 3 Liza Cl

FOUNTAINDALE

Awning

672/2020

60 Toowoon Bay Rd LONG JETTY

604/2020

17-07-2020 47 Pinaroo Rd

GWANDALAN

Dwelling

Demolition of Existing Dwelling & Associated Structures, Proposed Dual Occupancy Development & 2 lot Torrens Title Subdvision Applicant - Design Smart Living

58487/2020

21-07-2020 43 Gooriwa Rd

HOLGATE

Fence Adjacent to the Side Boundary

692/2020

5A Gorman Cl

Proposed Attached Dual Occupancy with 2 Lot Torrens Title Subdivision Applicant - Residential Logistics Pty Ltd

58558/2020

14-07-2020 5 Simpson Cl

KARIONG

Steel Framed Shed

58246/2020

10-07-2020 11 Karuah Ave

KINCUMBER

Swimming Pool & Gazebo

56560/2019

09-07-2020 Lot 111 DP1184661 Brisbane Water Dr

KOOLEWONG

Telecommunications Facility

16-07-2020 960 Pacific Hwy

LISAROW

52978/2017

Staged Torrens Title Subdivision: Stage 1 - 1 Allotment into 2 Allotments; Stage 2 1 Allotment into 4 Allotments (Amended Application)

539/2020

15-07-2020 48 Eloora Rd

LONG JETTY

Proposed Alterations & Additions & Secondary Dwelling

691/2019

16-07-2020 6 Watkins St

LONG JETTY

Change of Use - Outdoor Entertainment Area (Amended Application)

58400/2020

21-07-2020 245 Oak Rd

MATCHAM

Alterations & Additions including 3 Car Garage

440/2019

16-07-2020 2 Merino Rd

NORAVILLE

Alterations & Additions (Amended Application)

686/2019

16-07-2020 117 Palmdale Rd

PALMDALE

Stage 1 - Dwelling Alterations & Additions, Swimming Pool & Tennis Court Stage 2 - Formalisation of the Conversion of a Non-Habitable Outbuilding to a Detached Secondary Dwelling (Amended Application)

58555/2020

20-07-2020 37 Coral Cr

PEARL BEACH

Carport

563/2020

13-07-2020 22 Perouse Ave

SAN REMO

Alterations & Additions

526/2020

14-07-2020 48 Braithwaite Rd

TACOMA

Awning

58560/2020

21-07-2020 22 Sumner Cct

TERRIGAL

Retaining Wall & Associated Earthworks

505/2020

16-07-2020 75 Leonard Ave

TOUKLEY

Secondary Dwelling & Carport

307/2020

13-07-2020 210 Tumbi Rd

TUMBI UMBI

Alterations & Additions to Existing Dual Occupancy to create a Detached Dual Occupancy, Above Ground Pool, Demolition & other Associated Works

51055/2016

20-07-2020 23 Abelia Pl

UMINA BEACH

Extend existing Living & Veranda, New Entry Porch & Double Garage (Amended Application)

58321/2020

21-07-2020 269 Trafalgar Ave

UMINA BEACH

Dwelling House (New) & Secondary Dwelling

58476/2020

20-07-2020 52 Alexandra St

UMINA BEACH

Establishment of Use for Storeroom

58530/2020

16-07-2020 36 Calypta Rd

UMINA BEACH

Swimming Pool Inground

58682/2020

15-07-2020 47 Calypta Rd

UMINA BEACH

Awning

58680/2020

15-07-2020 21 Remembrance Dr WAMBERAL

Patio Roofing

491/2020

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WARNERVALE

Dwelling

58027/2020

16-07-2020 15 Alma Ave

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Rebuild Workshop using Existing Footprint of Damaged Workshop (Amended Application)

577/2020

14-07-2020 12 Parry Pde

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591/2020

14-07-2020 43 Championship Dr WYONG

Dwelling

WATANOBBI

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Suburb

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58868/2020

23 Flathead Rd

ETTALONG BEACH

Demolition of Existing Dwelling & 3 Unit Multi Dwelling Housing Applicant - L Ferranda

58799/2020

12 - 16 Kurrawyba Ave

TERRIGAL

Addition to a Boundary Fence Applicant - M J Hall

Integrated Development

Written submissions close: 21 August 2020

No

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Suburb

Description

457/2014

205 Elizabeth Bay Dr

LAKE MUNMORAH

Manufactured Home Estate & Community Title Subdivision Incorporating 52 Dwelling Sites & Ancillary Facilities & Works (Amended Application) Applicant - Cape Munmorah Pty Ltd. The application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979.

Approval is also sought from NSW Rural Fire Service.

Nominated Integrated Development

Written submissions close: 4 September 2020

No

Address

Suburb

58314/2020

386 Booker Bay Rd BOOKER BAY

Description Residential Flat Building (8 Units) Applicant - Motian Group Pty Ltd. The application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. Approval is also sought from the Natural Resources Access Regulator.

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HEALTH

Mental health triage service may be privatised Central Coast Labor MPs stood with members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association to attempt to stop the Berejiklian Government from privatising the local 24/7 mental health triage service.

The service is currently staffed by mental health practitioners at local hospitals.

NSW Health has advised that each Local Health District (LHD) has been given the green light to privatise the program or use additional funding to enhance current services, but some LHD’s have reported that no extra money has been made available, pushing the district towards privatisation.

Federal Shadow Assistant Minister for Health, Emma McBride, said the 24/7 mental health triage service should be seen as an essential government service during the

Liesl Tesch, David Harris and Emma McBride with NSW Nurses and Midwives Association members

current COVID-19 health and economic crisis.

“I have worked in in-patient mental health at Wyong Hospital, so I have first hand

knowledge of the importance of this service,” McBride said.

“It must remain in public hands so we can be certain that people seeking help are

attended to by experienced and qualified personnel.

Gosford MP, Liesl Tesch, said she was concerned that if the Central Coast LHD opted for

privatisation, the service might not continue to be staffed by locals with knowledge of local services and resources.

“The people in our community

using this service are some of the most vulnerable and we need to ensure that we’re giving them more than adequate support,” Tesch said.

“Another privatisation by stealth, this time for mental health support, is beyond inappropriate,” said Wyong MP, David Harris.

“We need to hold this government accountable, especially when it concerns the most vulnerable people in our community,” Harris said.

“It’s not good enough to push those who already feel left in the dark further into the corner,” he added.

The MPs said they would be writing to the NSW Minister for Health to request the urgent and obvious need to retain responsibility for delivery of this vital service.

Source: Press release, Jul 27 Jackie Pearson, Office of Emma McBride MP

$97.5M of water security capital works projects are currently underway The quality and responsible use of water across the Central Coast remains firmly on Council’s agenda with continued investment in major infrastructure projects but a desalination plant at Lakes Beach, Budgewoi, is no longer a proposal.

Director Jamie Loader let it slip that the desalination plant was off the table when councillors were asking questions about the Long Term Water Security report at Council’s July 27 meeting.

He said that staff were looking at what works would need to be undertaken if Council were to proceed with the project.

“We are due to give an update on August 12 to the advisory committee and a councillor update a couple of days after that,” Loader said.

“Part of the consideration (of a desalination plant is that) we’re not intending to go ahead with that structure in that location (Lakes Beach, Budgewoi).

Cr Doug Vincent ask for locations for the new structure the desal group was looking at but Loader was not spilling any more beans.

Cr Vincent asked Loader about sort of model, a permanent or temporary structure?

Loader said operating models were being looked at.and that there would be extensive community consultation when the time came.

Cr Jillian Hogan asked if there was any money for a desal plant in the $7M budgeted for upgrading Norah Head sewerage plant pump upgrades.

The plant was to be beside the sewerage treatment plant but no other connectivity, Loader said.

“No money has been allocated for construction of a

desalination plant in this budget,” Loader said.

Meanwhile, other water security capital works projects currently underway include the Mardi to Warnervale Pipeline

($61M), Mardi Water Treatment Plant Stage 3 upgrade ($25M), Mangrove Creek Dam Spillway rectification ($7.1M) and Mooney Dam Water Pump Station upgrade ($4.4M).

Drought management projects currently underway include a system wide leak detection program, Woy Woy Ground Water Treatment Plant recommissioning, Drought Response Desalination Readiness Assessment and Recycled Water Scheme Review and Refurbishment.

Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said water quality and security remained key priorities for Council.

“It’s important to meet both the needs of our immediate population and to also plan for future growth by ensuring that residents have access to high quality and safe drinking

water,” she said.

“The Central Coast community is passionate about water conservation and have fully embraced Council’s live to 150L campaign.

“Council is supporting their conservation efforts with a continued focus on good infrastructure, management plans and the introduction of restrictions.

“Together we continue to help reduce pressure on our water supply,” the Mayor said.

Two new draft water policies are also currently on public exhibition.

Residents can have their say about both the Draft Drinking Water Quality Policy and Draft Recycled Water online at yourvoiceourcoast.com Merilyn Vale

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Stirring Change: The humblest superfood

Georgia Lienemann

Greetings Coasties If you watch our weekly 5@5 bulletin on Fridays, you may recognise me as the former news anchor. I was tempted to joke about being a woman of many talents, but then it dawned on me that it’s only ever been food, or talking, or some combination of the two.

In any case, I’m hoping this column will inspire you with regards to the former.

It’s been a lifelong obsession for me, food that is (not talking) and one that has had me traipsing around the world on many adventures.

I even have some credentials to speak of.

Firstly, I’m a clinically trained nutritionist and wholefoods chef.

Secondly, I’m a mum, which brings a dose of humility and realism to one’s health advice!

Yes, that’s right, I’ll be leading you in some “from-scratch” healthy cooking, among other things, but I promise to arm you with plenty of tips to make it achievable – and delicious.

Afterall, I’m a diehard foodie, at heart.

There’s no two ways about it, we’re living in interesting times.

I believe this tumultuous period is an opportunity to reconnect with what is truly important: health, obviously, but also community.

Food has traditionally been central to both.

And when it comes to cooking, I’m passionate about teaching the lost skills and know-how of yesteryear.

Grandma didn’t overthink it – she inherently knew how to nourish and heal her family, especially in tougher times.

Her go-to strategy wasn’t panic-buying tinned baked beans, as we saw during the COVID first wave – it was humble, nose-to-tail, root-to-tip

cooking, eating seasonally and locally, preserving the harvest, creatively repurposing leftovers and having a grasp on home-made remedies.

In just a couple of generations we’ve lost touch with that old food culture, making us easy prey for the food and diet industries and, in the current climate, in a state of disempowerment.

Rekindling this wisdom is extremely empowering.

And there’s some good news.

The most nutrient dense foods aren't flying long distances in fancy packaging to get to you – they’re being produced by a farmer, just a little way down the road.

One of the silver linings of this crisis is that so many of our local growers and producers are suddenly being valued for their work.

And their newfound customers are finally discovering the freshness, unparalleled flavour, nutrient density and, of course, a sense of local connection and community.

The other good news is that cultivating health doesn’t have to be expensive, or complicated, or even time-consuming.

The key is gradual skill-building and baby steps - it’s only effort until it’s routine.

Theme 1. Immunity Topic: Garlic – a humble superfood.

Recipe: Fermented Garlic Honey My aim is to have a monthly theme with the obvious first choice being immunity.

With Winter hard upon us it is more important than ever to do what we can at home to prevent and treat illness and infection, by enhancing our body’s innate immunity.

One humble culinary ingredient that can be found in every kitchen and which happens to be one of the most potent natural medicines available is garlic.

Not only is it one of nature’s most powerful antibiotics, it’s also strongly anti-viral, antifungal, antioxidant and anticancer.

Just one milligram of allicin, garlic’s main active constituent, is equivalent to 15 IU of penicillin, so three cloves of garlic contain the same antibacterial activity as a standard dose of penicillin.

The bonus, aside from being cheap, safe and incredibly delicious, is that garlic comes free from the risk of creating antibiotic resistance.

A 2009 in-vitro study showed that quercetin, another powerful phytonutrient found in garlic, was more effective in treating influenza A viruses than Tamiflu.

Together, allicin and quercetin, make garlic the antiviral superfood for the times.

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And one of the most valuable things I’ve discovered is just how important it is to source local product – and that means shopping seasonally.

Imported garlic is often grown with chemicals banned for use in Australia.

According to the Australian Garlic Industry Association, imported garlic is treated with growth inhibitors to prevent sprouting, bleached with chlorine and fumigated with methyl bromide to kill any stowaway bugs.

We’re just seeing the very last of the Australian garlic at this time of year.

I like to buy it in bulk from a local producer in December when it’s at its peak and preserve what I can’t use over the Summer.

The simplest way to preserve a locally grown stash of garlic, so that you have it on hand yearround, is to store unpeeled cloves in the freezer, taking them out when needed.

But, instead of storing it, why not make it into my all-time favourite cold and flu remedy, especially for young children – fermented garlic honey.

Fermented Garlic Honey With just two ingredients, this is an easy way to combine local garlic with the incredible antimicrobial powers of raw honey into an immune-boosting powerhouse.

Honey has been shown in the medical literature to be more effective than over-thecounter cough medications, so this is a great one to have on hand when those lingering Winter coughs set in.

Perhaps the most pervasive myth about garlic is that it must be consumed raw to reap the benefits of the allicin.

In Jo Robinson’s brilliant book ‘Eating on the Wild Side’, I discovered that the allicin is indeed effectively destroyed after just 30-60 seconds

of heating.

However, if you mince or chop the garlic and allow it to sit for ten minutes before cooking, the full potency remains.

Ingredients Raw garlic Raw honey (ideally local) 1. Peel the garlic cloves, by placing them under a large chef’s knife and giving them a hard whack with the heel of your hand – aiming to bruise and rather than completely smash the clove. Remove and discard the skin.

2. Place the cloves into a clean glass jar, with enough honey to cover and close the jar with a lid. It’s important to leave at least a third of the jar empty, as the mixture will expand as it ferments.

3. Invert the jar once every few days to keep the garlic submerged in honey. Allow it to ferment for 4 weeks. You’ll notice air bubbles forming after several days (you can release it by gently opening the jar and then resealing). Eventually the honey becomes less viscous and the bubbling will stop.

4. Store exactly as is, in a cool dark place, consuming the garlic or honey as necessary.

For children, I like to give a teaspoon of garlic honey several times daily at the onset of illness, or a whole clove for adults.

The ferment should last years if stored correctly.

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Proposal for a new regional library defended When Central Coast Council discussed the proposal for a new regional library proposed for Gosford CBD at its July 13 meeting, The Entrance Ward Councillor, Bruce McLachlan, questioned whether the community really wanted a new $30M regional library in Gosford.

He recalled fond memories of visiting the library with his father in the 1960s, but after surveying a cohort of young university students, wondered if they can’t now get all their research online.

Cr McLachlan asked if Council was chasing an outdated idea and whether libraries were, in fact, still relevant, even though he was a long-time library supporter.

“I really question whether that activity is relevant for families today, and I question the $30M outlay for a regional library.

“Are people really going to travel from Toukley or Wagstaffe to visit the regional library in Gosford?

“I actually surveyed that question to young uni students, and the overwhelming answer was no, they can get all their research online.

“Are we then going to rationalise and close the local libraries that our elderly can access, which would be a perfectly economically, rational financial decision.

“In debate at the Council meeting, I said to staff why not just come out and be honest, say you want to build a new Council chamber for staff that includes a library, which is more the reality of

the changed plans that were thrust at councillors with little background information.”

Reporter, Merilyn Vale, asked the community whether libraries still had a role in the 21st Century and the following responses are just a fraction of those received in defence of libraries.

Robin Balcomb said she regularly used the local Bateau Bay Library and has been blown away with how helpful they have been during COVID times.

“My 86-year-old mother was unable to visit her own library in Sydney and they didn’t home deliver, so I was able to get her a large range of audio books to make her isolation bearable and they delivered to my door, an amazing community service.

“Libraries aren’t just about books, they are about community support, and many families don’t have access to computers or internet, so a library is the next step.

“Many can’t afford to buy books or magazines, DVDs or music.

“They promote community activities and support families through children’s activities, book groups, knitting supplies, just to name a few.

Another reader, Mair Preston, praised the staff at Toukley Branch for delivering talking books for her husband.

It was a fantastic service, she said.

Derek Mahone said he lost his job at the start of COVID-19 closures and applying for Centrelink assistance and new jobs was made more difficult because he didn’t have access to library printing

Avid reader, Derek Mahone, says it is silly to say libraries are out dated

services as the libraries closed during that time.

“Something I find is that people who work in offices, probably including Councillors who have office staff, don’t understand the importance of printing services provided at libraries,” he said.

“I am a life-long reader and have always been a member of a library somewhere since my Mum first enrolled me more than 50 years ago.

“I also travel frequently and move home a lot and I don’t like to own a lot of books, so

borrowing books for a short time suits me.

“Borrowing is more sustainable and environmentally-friendly and it is silly to say libraries are out of date when they are now being started for things other than books like toy libraries and tool libraries, and we are talking about the new sharing economy.”

Mother of two children, Deborah Moyr, said libraries provided the best way of bringing the world of books to a child and there was no way a person could afford the

range of books that her children had devoured over the past eight years, thanks to libraries.

“We’ve lived on the Coast for four years and I sometimes feel like we’ve read every kids’ book there is in the library, but then we visit a different branch, or the library gets a stack of new ones in, or we move up an age bracket and, wow, the options are huge once more,” she said.

Student Lachlan Smith said libraries were essential for younger people, providing a place for study after school.

“I remember that through the HSC, I stayed at Erina Library every Thursday night until close, as it was open to about 7pm.

“It’s a shame though that some libraries don’t do the same, as my local one only stays open to 5pm,” he said.

Fiona Beveridge said reading was great for mental health, coping with stress and lockdown, developing empathy.

“I love fiction, but I’ve also benefited from reading so many books about parenting and psychology, and I’ve enjoyed watching lots of DVDs,” she said.

“Both of my children love libraries and my three-yearold and 18-month-old both love visiting the library and borrowing books, and it’s opened up huge worlds for the older one.”

She said to suggest that libraries were outdated was suggesting that books belong in a museum.

Craig Hillman said a differentiation must be made between questioning the need for a $30M regional

library and the need for local libraries which are more accessible and service locally.

“Would the community be better served by an investment in local libraries,” he said.

“In earlier discussions, Council suggested that there would be a ‘reconciliation’ of services after the new library was built, this was assumed to refer to possibly closing smaller libraries.”

Mary-Jayne House from Long Jetty said libraries are a community space.

“They are accessible, open, safe, welcoming places of learning and connection.

“We know that these things are vital for building healthy communities - they have a role to play in mental health, in visibility, in encouraging brains and bodies to stay active and healthy, and in providing a space open to all, not just for those able to play sport for example, as is the case with sporting grounds.

“The variety of events our local libraries run is wonderful, family history, study skills, advice and programs for babies right through to seniors, in addition to the opportunity to borrow books, DVDs, magazines, audio books and more.

They offer internet access, advice from staff about how to research and find information, and an open space where you can go without having to spend money.”

She said she would love to see a landmark library on the Central Coast.

The Arts Unit launches Creative Classes online Creative and performing arts students across the Coast can now access a range of new online video resources courtesy of The Arts Unit.

The Arts Unit provides arts education infrastructure for the NSW Government by facilitating programs in dance, drama, music, visual arts, debating, public speaking, reading, spelling and special events.

It was established to develop and improve upon the state’s delivery of arts education whilst providing high profile performance, exhibition and competition opportunities for

students.

And now it’s just launched its Creative Classes program, a new suite of video resources that cover a range of theory, performance and practical skills courses.

The classes work by connecting basic instructions with video packages that further outline the subject matter at hand to clearly showcase the skill, technique or movement the class is trying to convey, with each class presented as its own mini website so students can follow along at their own pace and on their own time.

Creative Classes features resources for dance, debate and public speaking, drama, music, VET and visual arts students, with resources able to be further broken down based on year group.

With each class anchored by engaging content and activities linked to current syllabus outcomes, the new resource suite is expected to become a valuable resource for students, particularly over the remainder of the school year as students continue to embrace digital learning.

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Central Coast Kids in Need need help themselves

Central Coast Kids in Need’s Rhonda Doyle and Lorraine Churchill (centre) with other volunteers and Wyong Roos Foundation members

Toby Martin (left) with his brother Archer and sister Holly

For 27 years Central Coast Kids in Need (CCKIN) have been a fountain of support and compassion for Central Coast families with seriously ill children but now they need help themselves.

The Bateau Bay based charity financially supports families with travel, accommodation and medical expenses, but has fallen on hard times in the wake of the pandemic.

According to CCKIN Treasurer, Rhonda Doyle, the charity is at risk of running out of funds to continue their vital work because it can’t hold any of its traditional fundraisers under current COVID restrictions.

It’s left a $100,000 hole in their budget and with no vaccine for the coronavirus in sight, Doyle says it’s only a

matter of time before the charity burns through its reserves.

“We’ve crunched the numbers and it looks like we’ll only have enough money to continue on as normal for the next nine months.

“Last year, we provided over $467,000 in support to 345 families, and in the first 20 days of the new financial year, we’ve already outlaid $16,000 and have 117 families on our books, so this situation is one that we’d never thought we’d be in,” Doyle said.

Adding to the charity’s woes is their lack of government support and increasing costs to deliver certain services in a COVID environment.

As a voluntary run organisation filling in a service gap between Sydney and Newcastle, CCKIN relies heavily on the generosity

of locals to help fill its coffers, but Doyle said that support had also been impacted as regular donors feel the financial sting of COVID-19.

“We have appealed to local MPs, Central Coast Council and the region’s State and Federal representatives about stimulus support, but the only responses we’ve received have been to advise that we don’t qualify for anything as we’re a voluntary run organisation.

“We’ve also seen a drop off in donations because all of our usual big corporate donors have been impacted by COVID, and just little things like no one using cash anymore is really having an impact,” Doyle said.

With no clear-cut solution other than an influx of donations, Doyle said CCKIN was now scaling back its services in an effort to

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“We’re going back to grassroots and not accepting new referrals right now.

“We hate turning people away, but we will run out of money otherwise,” Doyle said.

Thankfully, the charity has been thrown a lifeline in the form of two $30,000 donations, the first of which was raised by one of the families CCKIN has helped.

The Martin family from Bouddi created the Toby’s Gift fundraiser in memory of their son Toby, who lost his battle with Leukemia earlier this month.

It was Toby’s wish to give back to the charity who supported his family throughout his battle.

His story was recently featured on A Current Affair,

with his parents encouraging people to donate to the legacy fundraiser to honour the memory of their son.

In just two weeks, Toby’s Gift has raised over $31,000 and counting, with donations pouring in from across the country.

And it appears to have had a flow on effect, with CCKIN also receiving a $30,000 donation from long time supporters, the Wyong Roos Foundation, and a further $15,000 through the donation portal on their website.

However, while Doyle said CCKIN would be eternally grateful for the funding, she believes that it’s not enough to pull the charity back from the brink.

“Toby’s story has touched the hearts of people right around Australia and all of these

donations will certainly be put to good use, but this is only a short term boost and until we’re able to fundraise again, we don’t know what’s in store,” Doyle said.

With their plight now freshly on the nation’s consciousness, CCKIN volunteers are hoping that the ripple effect will help mobilise additional support.

“Both Lucy Wicks and Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared in the A Current Affair story, so we’re hoping that Ms Wicks and other MPs will take more interest in helping us.

“We’re also hopeful that some big corporations might consider reaching out to support us too.

“We are a small charity, but we do big things,” Doyle said.

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Illegally built club house approved for use as a club house

The Junior Trials and Mini Cycle clubhouse which was built illegally

MINI CYCLING The Junior Trials and Mini Cycle Club at Crangan Bay has been given consent by the Central Coast Local Planning Panel to use as a rebuilt clubhouse which was constructed illegally.

It was built without development consent after the loss of a previous clubhouse to bushfire in 2013.

The mini-bike club uses the clubhouse for competitors’ sign-in, meetings, a canteen

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and lunch area, as well as rider safety briefings.

Approval was granted in 1983 for the 18.27ha site on the corner of Kanangra Dr and Pacific Highway to be used as a mini-bike track and associated structures.

Events for the not-for-profit club are usually held two weekends of each month, between late February and early October, with between 40 to 90 junior competitors and up to 110 spectators.

A report to the Panel’s July 23 meeting said the clubhouse provided suitable support for the club’s approved use for mini-bike events and no further developments were proposed.

Central Coast Council’s Development Engineer found the engineering aspects of the rebuilt clubhouse to be satisfactory.

A report from Council’s Department of Environment and Planning said approving use of the clubhouse would

improve amenity of the site for a community organisation to support its events and would not impact the surrounding environment.

Use of the clubhouse would not increase the intensity of development, did not involve clearing of vegetation and was unlikely to have any significant impact on the locality, the report said.

Conditions of consent include compliance with food handling regulations and upgrading

bushfire protection standards.

Consent has been given for use of the rebuilt clubhouse only, not the construction of the building, as retrospective approval cannot be granted for construction.

This will now undergo the process of issuing a Building Information Certificate.

Development application 592/2019 went to the Local Planning Panel because Junior Trials and Mini Cycle Club operates on Crown land,

managed through the Gwandalan Recreation Reserve Trust, and under the care and control of Central Coast Council.

There are lease agreements between Council and the club which could have presented a perceived conflict of interest.

On July 1, 2005, the land was leased to the club for 10 years and since it expired, the lease has been on a monthly basis.

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RUGBY LEAGUE The Wyong Roos have confirmed that they’ll be moving into the Newcastle Rugby League Competition following the recent scrapping of Central Coast Rugby League’s Senior Competition.

The Roos will be fielding teams in the Ladies Tag, Under 19’s, Reserve Grade and First Grade from Round 2, which got underway over the weekend.

Wyong Rugby League Club Group Football Manager, Stephen Marks, said the Roos were keen to be getting a season after such a tumultuous few months.

“Following the decision by Central Coast Rugby League to cancel their season, Wyong was approached by Newcastle Rugby League to consider entering teams in the Newcastle Toohey’s Cup. “After consulting with Head Coach, Mitch Williams, the Football Committee made a recommendation to the Board and Management that the club accept the offer and the Board subsequently gave approval to make the necessary

application,” Marks explained.

Despite initially exiting and then re-entering the Central Coast Competition, Marks said the local competition’s cancellation had not had much of an impact on the Roos’ preparation for what lies ahead.

“From the response at training this week and the number of local players now looking for a run with the Roos, the decision to head to Newcastle has been a positive one and the club’s preparation prior to the pandemic shutdown had been excellent.

“Two training sessions to prepare for Round 2 is not ideal, but the players have a good base from which to work and are approaching the clash with energy and good humour,” Marks said.

Also working in the Roos’ favour is their past experience up north, with the Roos having played in the Newcastle District Competition from 2002 to 2012.

With those clubs rich with experienced talent and young up and comers, Marks said the Roos were going into the contest with no expectations.

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“Based on experience, we know Newcastle’s is one of the toughest competitions around.

“The comp boasts more than its fair share of recently retired NRL players and young guns from NRL systems, not to mention experienced coaching staff, so the Roos are aware of the gravity of the challenge and are looking forward to that challenge, but will not burden itself with any expectations.

“Instead we just want to maintain a healthy playing roster, be as competitive as possible and to simply enjoy playing footy,” Marks said.

Marks also took time to thank all of the organisations involved in getting the Roos applications over the line in time for gameday.

“The process needed to happen quickly if it was going to happen at all and there has been plenty of hard work, flexibility and co-operation by many to bring this about, including Newcastle Rugby League, Central Coast Rugby League and NSW Rugby League,” Marks said.

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APPROX. TIME LAG AFTER FORT DENISON Ettalong 40 min, Rip Bridge 2hrs - Wisemans Ferry 2 hrs 30 min, Koolewong 2 hrs 10 min

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Two draws in three days and the spoon is ours (again)

Mariners 0 - 0 Jets FOOTBALL The curse of Central Coast Stadium prevailed on Monday night (July 27) when a late goal from the Western Sydney Warriors’ Simon Cox denied the Mariners a win.

The 1-1 draw means that the Mariners winless run has now stretched to 13 matches and confirms their fourth wooden spoon in five seasons.

Both sides created opportunities in the first half, including a heavy strike from fullback, Tate Russell, that was narrowly diverted by Keeper,

Mark Birighitti, shortly followed by a similar, long-range strike by the Mariners’ Milan Duric, that beat the Wanderers goal keeper only to cannon off the woodwork.

Western Sydney’s Mitch Duke was lucky to avoid a red card in the 35th-minute after a reckless challenge on Ziggy Gordon.

It was the Mariners who drew first blood midway through the second half, when local hero, Matt Simon, headed a cross from Tommy Oar onto the boot of Duric, who finally found the back of the net.

It was only in the 88th minute of the match that a Kwame Yeboah cross found the head of Simon Cox, fresh off the bench for the Wanderers, who guided the ball into the corner of the net to salvage a draw.

The draw didn’t help Western Sydney’s finals chances.

The Wanderers are now in 9th place on the A-League ladder, four points out of the top six, albeit with a game in hand.

On Friday evening (July 24), the Mariners also eked out a 0-0 draw against F3 derby rivals, the Newcastle Jets, at Central Coast Stadium.

Mariners 1 - 1 Wanderers The draw all but snuffed out any semi-final aspirations of the Jets, who now sit in 8th place on the ladder, 3 points adrift of the top six.

In a contest of limited creativity, Newcastle had most of the possession in the first half, with former Socceroo, Bernie Ibini, making a few incisive attacks into the Mariners’ box.

After absorbing most of the pressure however, it was the home side’s young attacking star, Sam Silvera, who showed great speed and footwork to get a shot away, forcing the

Jets’ Lewis Italiano into a vital save.

Kye Rowles and Milan Duric also had shots on goals, but its was the Jets’ youngster, Kosta Petratos, who probably had the best chance to snatch the match late in the second half before being denied by a desperate save by the Mariners’ Mark Birighitti.

In other highlights, Sudanese teenager, Alou Kuol, showed flair in his debut for the yellow and blue in a promising sign for the future.

The 19-year-told Fox Sports’ Robbie Slater after the game

that he was very excited to play in front of the home crowd and had big aspirations for the remainder of the season.

“Obviously [to] win firstly and secondly score a goal man – rifle one into the top corner,” he said.

With one remaining match against Melbourne Victory on August 3, the Mariners will rue another forgettable season in which they’ve so far managed to post just 23 goals in 25 matches, while conceding 53 goals, an average of 2.1 goals per match.

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The Entrance Surf Life Saving Club has secured a $57,000 grant The Entrance Surf Life Saving Club has secured a $57,000 grant from the NSW Government to refurbish its clubhouse facilities.

The funding was part of the $4M Surf Club Facility Program that saw 26 clubs around the state secure grants to carry out upgrade, restoration and construction works.

The Entrance was the only club in the former Wyong LGA

to be awarded a grant, but down south Avoca and Wamberal SLSCs have also scored grants, with Avoca receiving $59,000 for refurbishment works and Wamberal $90,000 for construction works.

Chris Hampton is The Entrance SLSC’s Secretary and according to him, the club will be making the most out of every dollar of this funding.

“We have two major projects

that we’ll be spending this grant on, installing solar panels and updating our male and female toilet blocks,” Hampton said.

According to Hampton, electricity use was a major source of financial stress for the club, with the Board of Directors hopeful that the solar panel project will pay dividends for years to come.

Likewise, Hampton said the club’s toilet blocks were

woefully out of date, with the refresh to include a major overhaul of the existing amenities.

With works aiming to be underway by the start of the 2020 beach season, Hampton said that both projects would assist the club’s overall goal of attracting new members, something it’s been struggling to do in recent years.

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The Lakes and Warnervale post wins

Warnervale worked hard to secure their first win of the season Photo: Warnervale Rugby Club

RUGBY The Lakes have continued their fine form in Round 2 of Central Coast Rugby Union’s First Grade Competition, beating Avoca Beach in a 15 to 14 nail biter of a game.

Undisputedly the match of the day, The Lakes got away to the better start, kicking an early penalty goal and then following this up with a converted try to

take a 10 points to nil lead at the midway point of the first half.

The match was played in wet conditions, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the players, however, it did lead to quite a lot of dropped ball.

Avoca Beach fought back late in the first half with two penalty goals to Shaun Townsend, and at the half time break, The Lakes only led by 10 points to 6.

This score line was made even tighter when Avoca Beach kicked their third penalty goal to make the score 10-9.

The match was up for grabs at that stage.

The final stages were evenly fought.

Both teams crossed for a single try apiece to make the final score 15-14.

Best players for The Lakes were Tomi Kaati, Zac McGuiness

and Nick Valentine.

Avoca Beach were best served by Fionn HendersonFoley and fullback Shawn Townsend.

Both teams will take a lot from the clash and the result proves that these two teams will be in the reckoning at the end of the year.

Elsewhere, Warnervale secured their first win of the competition with an 18 to 10 point victory over Woy Woy.

Warnervale only led by 7 points to 3 at the halftime break, and so at that stage, it was anybody’s match.

The home side did increase this lead early in the second stanza and led by 15 points to 3 at the 60 minute mark.

However, Woy Woy never stopped trying.

They fought back to get the score to 15 -10, but a late penalty goal to Warnervale secured them the win.

There was not too much between these two teams for the entire 80 minutes.

Best for Warnervale were Cameron McNamara, Kye Haslem and Sione Branxton.

Woy Woy were best served by Wade Hannell and Junior Stowers.

Source: Match report, Jul 27 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

Heart resume their winning ways NETBALL Central Coast Heart, the region’s elite combined representative netball organisation, has gotten off to a flying start in the 2020 NSW Netball Premier League, with its Under 23’s and Opens teams both bringing home wins.

Central Coast Heart have started strong in NSW Netball Premier League Photo: Central Coast Heart

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In the Under 23’s, it was a nail biter of a game against the Kingswood Panthers, with the Heart managing to ride out a six point buffer to take

the win 46 to 40.

In the Opens, the Heart proved why they were almost back-toback premiers last year, with a blistering win also over the Panth ers.

The Heart put on a show, taking the win with a massive 68 to 37, which put them on top of the Conference B ladder.

Attention now turns to their upcoming clash with Manly Warringah Sapphires in Round 2.

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