Issue 231 of COAST Community News

28 FEBRUARY 2020

ISSUE 231

YOUR REAL INDEPENDENT WEEKLY LOCAL NEWS

“Beerhall politics”

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One of the Coast’s iconic wetlands is in peril and could put other waterways at risk, Springfield residents maintain.

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State Member for The Entrance, David Mehan, was ordered to leave the NSW Parliament Chamber on Tuesday, February 25, because of his use of foul language during a debate between he and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch.

It was after Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Wyong MP, David Harris, raised

Tuggerah lakes flood management and the recent storms and flooding around the lakes.

Harris said that even though a Tuggerah Lakes Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan was completed in November, 2014, and adopted by the former Wyong Shire Council, which pointed out serious issues, neither local nor state government had done any significant work since then.

Crouch said that “six times since 2019, February 26, March 26, October 8, February 11, November 25 and December 9, motions were raised in Central Coast Council to look at addressing the issues (about) dredging and the quality of the lakes”.

Mehan responded: “What have you done, big mouth?

You’ve done nothing.”

Crouch: “Those Motions were blocked by the Labor and The Greens councillors …

interesting that Members opposite come in here and cry crocodile tears”.

Mehan: “You need to fund it.

You got them into this situation, you dope.”

Crouch: “You guys blocked the funding for Ettalong and you have done it for The Entrance.”

Mehan: “You haven’t got a clue. You didn’t open your mouth until after the floods.”

Crouch: “You should be

ashamed of yourself. You are totally out of your depth buddy.”

Mehan: “You are f****** hopeless.”

Crouch: “Sorry, what was that?”

Mehan: “You are hopeless.

You are effing hopeless.”

At this point, Temporary Speaker, Sonia Hornery, directed Mehan to leave the Chamber and she also said Crouch’s comments were “controversial”.

“People took a natural disaster and made it a political football”, Cr Matthews said of the motion from Councillors Bruce McLachlan and Greg Best, who called for her resignation due to “an unprecedented collapse in community confidence in Council”.

Cr Matthews came in for criticism over her failure to

Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews

secure the opening of The Entrance Channel in the wake of a severe storm event in the region on February 7-9, which saw thousands of homes and businesses in the area flooded.

There were also suggestions that she had misled the public.

But a media release was issued by Council on February 21 to “correct the record in

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Mayor derides dismissal motion as “hateful campaign” Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, has described an unsuccessful motion at the Council meeting on February 24 to force her to resign, as prompted by a “hateful campaign” fuelled by politically motivated social media groups.

The newly revamped Kariong Fire Station will be officially opened in early April following a $2.75M facelift.

relation to information provided to the Mayor that was shared with the media”.

The release said Council staff had “incorrectly indicated to the Office of the Mayor that Council required approval to open an additional channel at The Entrance during this natural disaster event”, information which the Mayor shared with media.

“Central Coast Council holds licences administered by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (Crown Land) and by the NSW Department of Primary Industries authorising Council to undertake maintenance dredging and beach

nourishment in the vicinity of the channel at The Entrance and The Entrance North following notification to the appropriate government department,” the release said.

Central Coast Council CEO, Gary Murphy, said there was no intention on the part of Council staff to mislead the Central Coast community or the Office of the Mayor.

“Staff made an honest mistake in respect of the information they provided to the Office of the Mayor and the Mayor has then unknowingly relayed this incorrect information to the media,” Murphy said.

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Thousands of retirees on the Central Coast may see the impact of the coronavirus showing up on their retirement account balances as share markets around the world went into free fall this week.

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St Anselm and the Proof of God

“I wish I’d been born in 1000 AD”, Robbo said while looking wistfully out over Brisbane Water.

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60,000 signature petition presented to Parliament A large contingent of Central Coast residents travelled to Canberra on February 4 to join the People’s Climate Assembly in the grounds of Parliament House as Federal Parliament resumed for the year.

Representatives from Save Our Coast were on hand to deliver a petition bearing 59,000 signatures calling for an end to the PEP11 licence, which allows for seismic testing and drilling for gas off our coastline.

The petition was handed to Independent MP, Zali Steggall, who was to present it to Parliament on February 6.

Save Our Coast founder, Natasha Deen, said the petition, which was begun in 2018, was presented with support from Greens’ Senators, Mehreen Faruqi, Peter Whish-Wilson and Adam Bandt.

“The community support at the event saw the petition increase to now over 60,000 signatures,” Deen said.

“By delivering these petitions to Canberra, we are bringing our plea to Save Our Coast to

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Natasha Deen, founder of Save Our Coast, with supporters outside Parliament House

ruled out seismic testing in waters off the Central Coast, the PEP11 licence still allows for drilling.

“We are delighted to have the support of Independent MP Zali Steggall and The Greens,” Deen said.

“Although we celebrate that seismic testing has been cancelled off our coast, we

must have legislation implemented that will completely ban seismic testing and remove this threat of PEP 11 off our coast, otherwise we remain at the mercy of the whims of fossil fuel companies.

“We hope that other MPs will step forward in support of our petition to denounce the flawed PEP 11 plan that allows offshore blasting or drilling for fossil

fuels from Manly to Newcastle, in the most heavily populated coast line of Australia, putting our beaches, our thriving tourism and fisheries industries, and our climate all at risk.”

Source: Media release, Feb 5 Natasha Deen, founder, Save Our Coast

Overripe bananas from Woolworths stores at Erina, Gosford and Lisarow are being baked into banana bread loaves in-stores...

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ARRCC supporters made a meditation tent available and a number of faith leaders participated in a peaceful, silent encirclement of Parliament House.

Earlier in the day, Bower helped lead an Interfaith Mourning Ritual for bushfire victims, organised by the Canberra Interfaith Forum and

Fr Rod Bower with other religious leaders at Parliament House

the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture.

“A religious response to climate change is essential for a healthy spirituality,” Bower said.

“It’s an expression of our connection with God, with each other and with the earth.

“Our responsibility to care for the earth is something that is common to all the faiths.”

Buddhist Gillian Reffell, who is Secretary of ARRCC, was part of a panel of faith speakers the preceding day which included Bower and Catholic Brigidine Sister, Jane Keogh.

“With the wake-up call that has been the bushfire crisis, we ask that the Government be guided by those experts who are offering pathways to a prosperous and sustainable future which does not depend

on fossil fuels,” Reffell said.

“Australia is very vulnerable to global warming and it would be in the interests of country people, our children, Australia’s Pacific neighbours and the world if we finally begin to embrace the new, clean technologies of the future.”

Keogh spoke about the need to reach out to the “unconvinced”.

“People are good at heart, but they don’t understand the facts,” she said.

“Right now, as long as they think that you do respect them, they might be more interested in talking about the issues.

“Talk about how the climate issue has affected you personally and what you’re doing about it,.then listen and be respectful.”

The People’s Climate Assembly is hosting five days of events this week, involving a coalition of more than 20 community organisations, including School Strike for Climate, Stop Adani, Maritime Workers Union, Aboriginal Elders, Extinction Rebellion, ARRCC and Doctors for the Environment.

Source: Media release, Feb 5 Gosford Anglican priest, Rod Bower

Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, has welcomed Wednesday’s State Government declaration of a state of natural disaster for the Central Coast, and is urging Premier Gladys Berejiklian to visit the region to see first-hand how recent downpours have impacted the Coast community.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said the declaration was made in response to recent severe storms and flooding.

“Entire streets currently look like watery war zones, there are approximately 38,000 people still without power and many trees are blocking roads across the region,” Crouch said.

“I have been in constant contact with the Premier and Minister for Emergency Services to ensure that a natural disaster declaration could be made as quickly as possible.

“This means that assistance is available for people whose

Reeves St Narara Photo: Melinda Middleton

homes or belongings have been damaged, and for Council to clean up public assets.

“I encourage flood-affected residents and business owners to contact the Disaster Welfare Assistance Line on 1800 018 444.

“The recovery effort is ongoing and I want to thank local SES crews from Gosford and Wyong for their selfless

service, as well as the other emergency services involved.”

Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott, said the assistance will be provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

“The Central Coast is one of 56 local government areas across NSW that has been hit

by last weekend’s storms,” Elliott said.

Cr Matthews said it was “fantastic” to see the State Government step in and give Council and the community “the support we need to recover”.

“I look forward to welcoming the Premier to our region,” Cr Matthews said.

“I want to show the Premier the impact of the recent event and ask for her support to find a long-term solution to the maintenance and viability of our waterways.

“This is not the time for political point scoring and finger pointing.

“We must pull together.

“All levels of government must work hand in hand with our community in the recovery and the long-term future of the Central Coast.”

Cr Matthews was set to present a Mayoral Minute to the Council meeting on February 12, calling on Council to officially invite the Premier to visit and asking for an investigation into the ongoing problems experienced at the Entrance Channel and Tuggerah Lakes.

In the Mayoral Minute, Cr Matthews says the recent severe weather event again highlighted the vulnerability of the region’s community and infrastructure.

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Federal Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Paul Fletcher, responds to our recent Editorial on safety concerns with 5G mobile technologies.

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Celebration of the Stoics

You have to hand it to Thommo, he really is a stoic fellow. Not only is he a longsuffering Mariners supporter, but he showed true stoic calm earlier today representing himself in Gosford Local Court

on charges of indecent...

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Residents of North Avoca were astonished when a rare “beaked” whale washed up on the beach on February 10.

Ronny Ling, of the Central Coast Dolphin Project, who is also a volunteer for the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA), said sightings of the “beaked” whale family were rare, due to their normal deep-sea habitat.

“There are around 17 different types of known ‘beaked’ whales in the world, and we suspect that this one may be of the ginkgo-toothed species, which is even more rare,” Ling said.

“Beaked whales are unusual in that they almost look dolphinesque and are normally found only in the deep sea, where they dive even deeper than sperm whales to hunt squid and fish.

“For one to be in this close to

shore is really unusual, you would assume the whale was injured or had some sort of problem to be so far in-shore.”

Ling said the whale got caught in breakers off North Avoca and became disoriented after being pummelled by the waves.

“It was obviously injured when it came in, whether those injuries caused it to be so far in or whether they were caused

by the waves is unclear,” he said.

“It was observed splashing in the shallows before turning itself around and heading back out to sea.

“But unfortunately, it swam straight back out into what we call ‘shark alley’, the area between the lagoon and the shark tower.”

The whale was obviously

attacked by multiple sharks, with its carcass washing back onshore around 6pm on Monday evening.

“There was a lot of water around following the weekend’s heavy rains and the sharks would have been curious,” Ling said.

“Sadly the whale made an opportune target.

“Unfortunately, there was

only about a third of the whale left after it had been demolished by large sharks.”

Ling said the head of the shark had been removed for study.

“The key to identification of the species is the teeth, and it is likely that this was a female whale so the teeth hadn’t erupted,” he said.

“The head will be examined at Kincumber Veterinary Hospital.

“A positive identification could provide useful scientific data.”

Ling said the rest of the carcass would be removed by National Parks and Wildlife Service staff and buried at a secret location, from which the bones could be exhumed in future to provide more data.

Source: Interview, Feb 11 Ronny Ling, Central Coast Dolphin Project Reporter: Terry Collins

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Power cut, roads closed and trains cancelled after storm

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Strong winds and heavy rain between February 8 to 10 caused power cuts, road closures and the cancellation of train services on the Peninsula.

As the clean-up from the February 8 and 9 weekend’s devastating storms continues, with more rain predicted for later in the week...

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Business

International chemical company, BASF, is expanding operations at its BioTech Solutions site at Somersby...

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Tree down at Umina Beach squashes two cars

A total of 195.5mm of rain was recorded at Umina in the 48 hours to 4pm on Sunday, February 9, with winds speeds estimated at up to 70km/h.

Trains from Gosford and Hornsby were cancelled and rail commuters from Woy Woy were being transported by buses while infrastructure damage was repaired.

Brickwharf Rd at Woy Woy was closed and several roads in Umina were flooded. Grandview Cres in Hardys Bay was blocked when a tree fell over the road, Residents in many areas of Umina, Ettalong, Pearl Beach and Patonga were without power for several days.

A statement issued by Ausgrid said it was one of the worst storms to hit the network in the past 20 years, with damage including fallen and snapped power lines.

Power was not expected to be restored in some areas until the

end of the last weekend.

Gosford State Emergency Service deputy commander Mr Werner Klumpp said the flooding was exacerbated on the Peninsula by high tides.

“The aggravating fact is that with the high tides we’ve been having in some areas of the Peninsula and around Woy Woy, the drains draining into Brisbane Water actually don’t work because the level of the Brisbane Water is higher than the drain,” he said.

“It’s tidal, so when the tide goes out the water can drain away.”

Community facilities which opened for residents to shower or get access to power included Peninsula Leisure Centre, Umina Surf Club, Wagstaffe Hall and Ocean Beach Surf Club.

All beaches were closed last week and warnings issue to avoid waterways because of risk of pollution due to stormwater run-off after extended heavy rainfall.

SOURCE: Interview (Sue Murray) 12 Feb 2020 Werner Klumpp, Gosford SES Media releases, 11 Feb 2020 Lisa Matthews, Central Coast Council Mike Allsop, WTKCA

Southern Spirit women’s captain out for four weeks

Rare “beaked” whale washed up on North Avoca Beach

Religious response to climate change Also in attendance at the People’s Climate Assembly in the grounds of Parliament House on February 4 was Gosford Anglican priest, Fr Rod Bower, who joined Buddhists, Anglicans, Catholics, Quakers and people of other faiths as part of The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC), which co-hosted the gathering.

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State of natural disaster declared

Forresters Beach residents are demanding more transparency from Central Coast Council Council over continuing poor water quality in Forresters Creek

Federal Parliament.

“The thousands who have signed this petition demonstrate the deep caring that the communities have for the coast, and we honour our commitment to each and every person who has signed the petition to stop seismic testing and cancel PEP 11.”

Although Advent Energy has

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Over 200 people from across the Central Coast attended the Power & Pollution Summit at Lake Macquarie over the weekend of February 8-9.

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Eighth Meeting: Jesus and the Gospel According to Johnno

As every good philosopher knows, things that start with the same letter always go together, like love and lace, Hilux and hardness, and beer and boating.

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Southern Spirit Cricket Club’s women’s T20 team captain Ms Sally Oman has been suspended for four games following a hearing with the Central Coast Cricket Association board on February 5.

The penalty arose from a Pink Stumps Day fundraiser held by the club which raised more than $5000 for the McGrath Foundation for breast care nurses.

The Association had proposed sanctions which included a $1000 fine against the club, believed to have been the largest fine ever proposed by the Association, after the women’s team wore pink Hawaiian shirts for their game against Narara on January 11.

“Sanctions were proposed after it was determined players had blatantly disregarded a direction from the Association,” said Association chairman Mr Paul Deaves.

“On two occasions prior to the event, the club requested approval to wear the pink Hawaiian shirts and were twice denied.”

He said representatives from

Southern Spirit had been invited to make a submission and present their own evidence in response to the Association’s findings.

He described reporting of the event as a “spreading misinformation”.

“All we did was follow the rules set out in our constitution,” Mr Deaves said.

“At no time prior to the hearing were Southern Spirit Cricket Club subjected to any sanctions or penalties.”

Southern Spirit Club secretary Mr Jack Wilson said the club was happy to have the matter settled and to move on to the finals.

The women’s T20 teams look set to finish as one of the top two teams on the ladder.

Ms Oman’s suspension will see her miss the first week of semifinals, but she should be available should the team make the grand final.

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Collapse in community confidence results in calls for mayor’s resignation – Notice of Motion C

entral Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, is weathering a storm of her own with calls for her to resign.

A community campaign brewing on social media to start a legal class action against Council to compensate for damage caused to properties during the flooding of Tuggerah Lakes, which started on February 8.

Councillors Bruce McLachlan and Greg Best have issued a Notice of Motion to be heard at the February 24 meeting, calling for the Mayor’s resignation.

They say there is an “unprecedented collapse in community confidence in council, resulting in widespread calls for the mayor’s resignation”.

The Motion says “in the spirit of acknowledging the community outrage” that Council supports the community’s call for the

mayor to stand down.

Mayor Matthews and, indeed, Central Coast Council as a whole, has copped a fierce

community backlash over the delay in excavating The Entrance Channel to release banked-up floodwaters around the Tuggerah Lakes system.

The Mayor said on a radio program that she called upon the CEO, Gary Murphy, on Sunday, February 8, “to come up with a solution”.

“So, the staff actually did start the process of getting permission, you’ve got to remember the lakes are not our (Council’s) lakes, we

don’t own it, therefore, we couldn’t just go and start digging without permission,” she said.

“Staff started asking for permission on Monday, February 10, and then had to make sure it was safe, and a low tide, before we started to dig,” the Mayor said.

However, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) Crown Lands issued a statement saying Council contacted DPIE at 8.23am on Tuesday, February 11, seeking approval to widen the lake opening to manage flood risk.

The statement said Council was advised at 9.25am on Tuesday, February 11, that it could consider using emergency powers under the Local Government Act for the widening, or do it under the Council’s existing licence.

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The management of the channel must change - Mehan T

he Entrance MP, David Mehan, has accused Central Coast Council of mismanagement of The Entrance Channel and directly contributing to the current flooding around Tuggerah lakes.

SOURCE: Interview (Dilon Luke), 11 Feb 2020 Paul Deaves, Central Coast Cricket Association Interview (Ross Barry), 12 Feb 2020 Jack Wilson, Southern Spirit Cricket Club Sally Oman

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He said Council’s decision to end dredging in 2018, before the usual dredging program had been completed, and its failure to maintain an adequate dredging program, had directly contributed to the current situation.

“Council has failed to maintain its dredge, which it has not decommissioned, with no

plan in place to replace it,” Mehan said.

“I support Mayor Lisa Matthews’ call for State Government funding to maintain The Entrance Channel and reduce flood risks.

“I note that an application for extra funding had been sitting on the State Water Minister’s desk since last year.”

Mehan had made similar representations to the Minister for Water recently.

He wrote to the Premier urging the Central Coast be declared a natural disaster zone because of the flooding event.

“Prior to the last State election, the NSW Government committed

$200,000 to establish an expert panel to investigate a clean-up plan for the Tuggerah lakes system,” Mehan said.

“The State Government has done nothing to establish this committee.

“The management of the channel must change.

“We need a permanent dredge and a dredging program which has the confidence of the community,” Mehan said.

Mehan welcomed the visit by the NSW Water Minister, Melinda Pavey, to the Central Coast yesterday.

“I note my office was not officially advised of the visit even though the Minister visited The Entrance electorate,”

Mehan said.

Council’s application for dredge funding took over six months to be agreed to and the Minister must explain.

“The Minister needs to outline what steps will be taken to reduce the flood risk management around Tuggerah lakes and the channel.

“Will the Minister assure the Coast community that whatever funding is requested by Council to better manage flood risk and The Entrance channel be supported?”

Mehan said the Minister had not responded to his concerns being raised since February 2019.

Source: Media release, Feb 18 &12 David Mehan, The Entrance MP

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Portaloos bring relief Davistown Progress Association will approach Central Coast Council to provide a “big fix” to ongoing sewerage problems, after the township’s sewer service experienced major flooding following the storm event on February 7-9.

Association President, Jenny McCulla, said that service to more than 400 homes was affected, as stormwater runoff flooded the system and Portaloos had to be rushed in.

“Major problems started to become apparent on February 10 and 11, and it became a serious health issue,” McCulla said.

“I called Council and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, on the morning of February 12, and I have to say the response was very quick.

“Council already had lots of trucks in the area pumping and vacuuming,and they responded immediately to our request for Portaloos for the areas worst affected.

“By February 13, there were lots of trucks at work in the area, and the Portaloos remained throughout the following weekend.”

By the afternoon of February 15, 70 percent of the affected homes had had their sewer service restored, with the final mop up concluding early the following week.

A small number of Portaloos

Bill Konigsmark said he and his wife had endured an eight-day nightmare

were left in place at various locations in the township, with more severe weather conditions predicted.

Residents, Bill and Dianne Konigsmark, said that they had endured “an eight-day nightmare”.

Recently returned from a stay in hospital, Bill Konigsmark said Council had had to pump out his home system four or five times over the eight days, with extended periods when the couple were left high and dry.

“There was one period of four days straight when we couldn’t use the toilet or even take a shower,” he said.

“We had to make several dashes to the public facilities at Pirate Ship Park in Pine Ave.

“One of these was very late at night, when my wife and I had to walk with torches to the park.

“It was a dangerous time of night to be out walking and I ended up covered in mosquito bites.”

Konigsmark said this was the second time he and his wife had experienced sewerage problems in the two years they have lived at Davistown.

“You don’t expect this sort of conditions in 2020,” he said.

Portaloos have now been left outside the couple’s home, but they are hopeful that they will not have to use them.

Dianne Konigsmark said she was angry that her husband, still weak from his stay in hospital, had had to make the walk to the park to use facilities after midnight.

“Some of the neighbours, who were not as badly affected, offered us the use of their facilities, but you can’t go knocking on doors at midnight,” she said.

McCulla said Council staff were “magnificent” in keeping residents up to date and answering questions, and there had been a letter box drop of brochures from NSW Health.

“But we never want a repeat of this,” she said.

“We will be calling for a major overhaul and audit of the sewerage system.”

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Call for Mayor to resign As the clean-up continues following the devastating storms earlier this month, Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, is weathering a storm of her own.

A motion going before Council at its February 24 meeting calling for her to resign due to an “unprecedented collapse in community confidence in Council”.

David Mehan MP at The Entrance floodwaters

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State Member for The Entrance, David Mehan, was ordered to leave the NSW Parliament Chamber on Tuesday, February 25, because of his use of foul language during a debate between he and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch.

It was after Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Wyong MP, David Harris, raised

Tuggerah lakes flood management and the recent storms and flooding around the lakes.

Harris said that even though a Tuggerah Lakes Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan was completed in November, 2014, and adopted by the former Wyong Shire Council, which pointed out serious issues, neither local nor state government had done any significant work since then.

Crouch said that “six times since 2019, February 26, March 26, October 8, February 11, November 25 and December 9, motions were raised in Central Coast Council to look at addressing the issues (about) dredging and the quality of the lakes”.

Mehan responded: “What have you done, big mouth?

You’ve done nothing.”

Crouch: “Those Motions were blocked by the Labor and The Greens councillors …

interesting that Members opposite come in here and cry crocodile tears”.

Mehan: “You need to fund it.

You got them into this situation, you dope.”

Crouch: “You guys blocked the funding for Ettalong and you have done it for The Entrance.”

Mehan: “You haven’t got a clue. You didn’t open your mouth until after the floods.”

Crouch: “You should be

ashamed of yourself. You are totally out of your depth buddy.”

Mehan: “You are f****** hopeless.”

Crouch: “Sorry, what was that?”

Mehan: “You are hopeless.

You are effing hopeless.”

At this point, Temporary Speaker, Sonia Hornery, directed Mehan to leave the Chamber and she also said Crouch’s comments were “controversial”.

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Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, has described an unsuccessful motion at the Council meeting on February 24 to force her to resign, as prompted by a “hateful campaign” fuelled by politically motivated social media groups.

“People took a natural disaster and made it a political football”, Cr Matthews said of the motion from Councillors Bruce McLachlan and Greg Best, who called for her resignation due to “an unprecedented collapse in community confidence in Council”.

Cr Matthews came in for criticism over her failure to

Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews

secure the opening of The Entrance Channel in the wake of a severe storm event in the region on February 7-9, which saw thousands of homes and businesses in the area flooded.

There were also suggestions that she had misled the public.

But a media release was issued by Council on February 21 to “correct the record in

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One of the Coast’s iconic wetlands is in peril and could put other waterways at risk, Springfield residents maintain.

Power has finally been restored to most suburbs on the Central Coast following the huge storm event.

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The motion will be brought by Councillors Bruce McLachlan and Greg Best, as a community campaign brews on social media to start legal class action against Council to compensate for damage caused to properties during the flooding of Tuggerah lakes which started on February 8.

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relation to information provided to the Mayor that was shared with the media”.

The release said Council staff had “incorrectly indicated to the Office of the Mayor that Council required approval to open an additional channel at The Entrance during this natural disaster event”, information which the Mayor shared with media.

“Central Coast Council holds licences administered by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (Crown Land) and by the NSW Department of Primary Industries authorising Council to undertake maintenance dredging and beach

nourishment in the vicinity of the channel at The Entrance and The Entrance North following notification to the appropriate government department,” the release said.

Central Coast Council CEO, Gary Murphy, said there was no intention on the part of Council staff to mislead the Central Coast community or the Office of the Mayor.

“Staff made an honest mistake in respect of the information they provided to the Office of the Mayor and the Mayor has then unknowingly relayed this incorrect information to the media,” Murphy said.

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Massive weed infestation in privately owned portion puts entire wetland at risk One of the Coast’s iconic wetlands is in peril and could put other waterways at risk, Springfield residents maintain.

The residents are ramping up their push for action on an uncontrolled weed infestation on a privately owned portion of Springfield Pond Wetland.

Resident spokesperson, Glenys Ray, said the current situation was “totally unacceptable” to locals as well as many in the wider Central Coast community.

“There are predominantly three noxious aquatic weeds involved in this infestation,” Ray said.

“This issue has been discussed in Central Coast Council meetings on a number of occasions and Council funds have already been employed on the Council owned section of wetland.

“Although significant progress has been made, particularly once Council received a State Government grant of $125,000, the wetland involved is in a precarious position and the resources

Glenys Ray at the wetland

employed by Council officers and a number of contractors cannot be effective unless the owner of the nearly 4,000sq m of privately owned wetland takes immediate action on his upstream portion.

“We have been delighted to see the progress and congratulate everyone who has contributed to the Council owned ‘half’ in being well on the way to rehabilitation.

“Enormous progress has

been achieved (but) we should not need to rely on a boom to hold back the massive weed infestation consuming the privately owned portion of wetland.

“Some of the weeds involved have thousands of seeds that are air-borne and all the weeds involved are at risk of spread through wildlife etc.

“There is huge potential for the weeds on this site to spread to other water bodies on the

Coast.”

Ray said that since the weed infestation took hold in 201617, the waterbirds which had been plentiful in the area have completely disappeared.

“Since Council cleared its portion of the wetland in 2019, we have seen a gradual return of birdlife,” Ray said.

“Once the weed was cleared, we saw some turtles rise to the surface which must have been trapped under there for up to

two years.

“But the weed on the private section of the wetland is still so thick that wallabies can be seen bounding over it.

“And it has become a mecca for mosquitos.

“The ongoing maintenance of the Council owned section part of the wetland is time limited and unless this privately owned section is managed urgently, infestations will continue to occur at the Council end, and

potentially we could end up back where we were in January, 2017, with the entire almost 8,000sq m totally reinfested and blanketed by weed again.”

Ray said her understanding was that the owner had a legal obligation to manage the weed infestation on his property under the Biosecurity Act. She has written to Council asking for clarification on: what requirements or orders, if any, have been placed on the subject land in terms of the Biosecurity Act; the time frame allowed for response by the private landowner; and, details on the next step in terms of action and timing of that action if the owner fails to implement an acceptable plan.

Central Coast Council did not provide comment prior to deadline and attempts to contact the owner of the privately owned section of the wetland were unsuccessful.

Source: Media release, Feb 20 and interview, Feb 27 Springfield resident, Glenys Ray Reporter: Terry Collins

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Mayor derides dismissal motion as “hateful campaign” From page 1 “It is a case of staff working round the clock during and after this natural disaster event.

“This matter has been addressed with staff.”

In answer to speculation that the Mayor could have ordered the CEO to set a channel clearing in motion, the release also clarified that the Mayor’s role was that of a “first among equals” and that she does not have power under the Local Government Act to direct the CEO without a resolution of the governing body (Council).

The release also clarified a media statement issued on February 14, which “mistakenly stated that Council had been waiting for NSW Government funding since June 2019”.

“Whilst Council submitted an

From page 1 Mehan later apologised for his behaviour.

“This is not standard practice and I regret my language,” he said.

“However, I do not apologise to the NSW Government for their inaction to date to reduce the flood risk on the Tuggerah

application to the NSW Government’s Rescuing our Waterways Fund in November, 2019, when the formal funding program had opened, Council had also proactively submitted a prior request for funding in June, 2019, outside of the program open period,” the release said.

Murphy told the meeting on February 24 that he was “severely restricted in what I can and cannot say about how Central Coast Council responded to this event because of some pending legal action”.

“There are always lessons to be learnt, we can always improve, so regardless of the outcome of any legal action, I make this commitment that we will review our processes, procedures and our decision

making and make any necessary improvements,” he said.

He apologised and took full responsibility for incorrect information given to the community and the Mayor.

Even so, the motion went ahead at the February 24 meeting, attracting heated debate.

Cr Best described a video posted on social media by the Mayor showing her walking through floodwaters as “a train wreck” and Cr McLachlan said that while the Mayor could not be blamed for floods, “what we’re talking about is leadership”.

Councillor Kyle McGregor described the motion as a “hunting expedition” and said it did not offer a solution, but fanned the flames of opposition.

lakes and The Entrance Channel.

“I am most disappointed that Ministers have failed to respond when I have respectfully raised the issue of flood risk many times in the past.”

Crouch called for better standards from Labor MPs. “Mr Mehan was ejected from

Parliament for repeatedly saying f*** and I am shocked and appalled that a Member of Parliament would think this language is appropriate,” he said.

“First, the Labor Mayor of the Central Coast had a meltdown on Facebook, and now the Labor Member for The Entrance

“Childish, petty political games have to stop,” he said.

Councillor Jillian Hogan said the motion had a political agenda and was intended to destabilise the Council in the run up to the September local government elections.

Her comments were met with sounds of dissent from the public gallery.

Cr Hogan also said councillors had been hit, jostled and called names over the issue.

An attempt by Councillor Jilly Pilon to speak to the motion was denied, with the Mayor saying two speakers had already been heard for each side.

Cr Pilon called for a motion of dissent, which was lost.

The motion was defeated 7-5 with Councillors Best, McLachlan, Pilon, Chris Burke

“Beerhall politics”

has been thrown out of Parliament for being unable to control his own words.”

Mehan said Crouch was “engaged in beerhall politics”.

“He’s aiding the other beerhall politicians, (Central Coast) Councillors McLachlan and Best,” he said.

“They’re aggrieved because

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and Troy Marquart voting in favour and councillors Jane Smith, Doug Vincent, Jeff Sundstrom, Richard Mehrtens, Hogan, Macgregor and Louise Greenaway voting against.

The Mayor said following the meeting that she had made the “personal decision” to take down her council Facebook page after name calling and personal comments began to affect her family.

“To be clear, I live in a floodprone area and this was the third flood I have experienced since living there,” she said.

“I made the decision to vacate my home when floodwaters cut off our gas, and moved with my son to a friend’s home for some days.

“We were trapped there for some time but were able to

access hot water and cook.

“I was actively making contact with Council staff from the morning of February 7.”

Cr Matthews said she did not return to her own home until after February 25.

“I have been out in the community, helping to rebuild,” she said.

Councillors Bruce McLachlan and Jilly Pilon are also believed to have also closed their Council Facebook pages following the February 24 meeting.

they don’t control council and if they stir up enough dissatisfaction with Council it will help them get more votes in the upcoming Council elections.”

For more details on the issues regarding The Entrance Channel and related flooding, see Wyong Regional Chronicle

Issues 183 and 184.

Source: Media release, Feb 21 Central Coast Council Agenda item 6.4 Central Coast Council ordinary meeting, Feb 24 Interview, Feb 25 Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews Reporter: Terry Collins

Source: Media releases, Feb 26 Member for The Entrance, David Mehan, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch Hansard, Feb 25 NSW Parliament Video interview, Feb 26 Member for The Entrance, David Mehan

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Throughout the year, Council staff will be conducting 17 community workshops and running online consultation to build a whole of community approach to climate action.

Council will also work closely with high schools and key sectors including health, construction and built environment, tourism and retail, agriculture and land management, and manufacturing and industry.

The workshop program began on February 25 at Lake Munmorah, with details of more workshops throughout the entire region yet to be announced.

Residents are encouraged to register for the community workshops and also have their say in an online survey.

The Climate Action Plan will develop place based actions that respond, adapt and build resilience to the changing risks impacting the community, council assets, infrastructure and the environment for the entire region.

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Kariong Fire Station revamped

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The newly revamped Kariong Fire Station will be officially opened in early April following a $2.75M facelift.

Minister for Emergency Services, David Elliott, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, and Member of the Legislative Council, Taylor Martin, visited the upgraded fire station recently ahead of its public

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opening.

Crouch said the revamp would boost firefighters’ ability to respond to a wide range of emergencies.

“The upgraded facility will ensure local firefighters are trained, rested and ready to respond to emergency situations, whether it be a fire, accident or chemical spill,” he said.

“Kariong Fire Station is staffed by a mix of permanent

and retained firefighters who are available 24/7 to protect the community during emergencies.”

Elliott said the now operational facility would provide a stateof-the-art base for “the men and women who work hard to protect the local and surrounding communities”.

He thanked the firefighters for their ongoing commitment to the recent bushfire crisis.

“Four strike teams from

Kariong greatly assisted firefighting efforts at the Three Mile Fire throughout December last year,” he said.

“The conditions they faced were unprecedented and I, along with the rest of NSW, am extremely grateful for their dedication to protecting their local communities.”

Source: Media release, Feb 21 Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

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Million dollar road safety boost A dozen new road safety projects are set to be rolled out through the State Government’s Safer Roads Program.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said more than $1.43M would be invested on upgrades, including road surface improvements, signage and median strips.

“Regional areas like the Central Coast have higher rates of road crashes and fatalities, which is why this million dollar road safety boost is so important,” Crouch said.

“These 12 new safety projects stretch from one end of the Central Coast to the other, and I am pleased that every electorate is receiving its fair share of funding.”

Member of the Legislative Council, Taylor Martin, said the new projects were in addition to a $300M investment in Coast roads over the last two years.

“The NSW Government has committed $258M in the 202021 financial year for 383 projects that are designed to save lives,” Martin said.

New projects receiving

Residents are invited to have their say on a major upgrade of Del Monte Pl, Copacabana, that is being planned by Central Coast Council.

funding during the next financial year include: Wyong Rd, Reliance Dr and Bryant Dr intersection, vehicle activated signage, $232,000; Avoca Dr and Melville St, Kincumber, road upgrade, raised median and signage, $230,000; Pacific Hwy and Cutler Dr, Watanobbi, raised islands, new stop signs, $229,000; Albany St North, Gosford, raised intersection and marked pedestrian crossing, $130,000; Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy, raised pedestrian threshold and crossing and

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electronic signage, $108,000; George Downes Dr, Kulnura, shoulder widening, crash barrier and curve alignment markers, $100,000; Wisemans Ferry Rd, Somersby, vehicle activated signage, non-skid surface, motorcycle underrun barrier and curve alignment markers, $100,000; Old Maitland Rd, Mardi, vehicle activated signage, high friction pavement, motorcycle underrun barrier and curve alignment markers, $100,000; Henry Parry Dr and Wells St,

East Gosford, traffic signal upgrade, $56,500; Mount Ettalong Rd, Umina Beach, shoulder widening, raised median and marked cycle lanes, $50,000; Alison Rd, Wyong, raised safety platform at intersection, $50,000; and, Wyong Rd and Bundilla Rd, Glenning Valley, traffic signal upgrade, $47,000.

Source: Media release, Feb 24 Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

The $10M upgrade, over a 1,500m section of the road, will include the construction of a new footpath and provide improved access to the Winney Bay Reserve for motorists and pedestrians.

Preparation works for Stage One of the project will involve vegetation removal and relocation of a water main, and are scheduled to begin in April.

Road construction is planned

for commencement early in the 2020-21 financial year.

Residents can view project information and concept plans and provide feedback on Council’s website.

An information session will be held on March 3 at the Copacabana Surf Life Saving Club, with residents invited to drop in at any time for a one on one conversation with Council staff.

This project is funded by the Australian Government through the Urban Congestion Fund.

Source: Central Coast Council website, Feb 25

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SES workers have finally cleared the backlog of calls Central Coast SES workers have finally cleared the backlog of calls resulting from the Coast’s major storm event on February 7-9 and another snap storm on February 18.

NSW SES Gosford Unit Deputy Commander, Werner Klumpp, said Coast units just had outstanding calls from the major weather event down to single digits when the February 18 storm took call out numbers back up again.

The massive thunderstorm lit up skies around the region as thunder, lightning, strong winds and rains descended.

“There weren’t as many calls from the southern part of the region as you might expect after the February 18 storm,” Klumpp said.

“That’s probably because the storm was quite short lived.

“We had maybe half a dozen calls, mainly regarding trees or branches which had come down on roads.

“There were also a couple of property damage calls which we attended to the following day.

“In the north of the region there were a few more calls, maybe 8-10, mostly regarding property damage.

“Even before that storm, calls were still coming in regarding the previous weather event, mainly people noticing branches hanging precariously in trees which became more visible as the rains cleared.”

The more than 1,700 calls which came over the February 7-9 storm and into subsequent

weeks have now been attended to.

Klumpp said the SES was “very grateful” for the support of the Rural Fire Service in attending to calls.

“We all know they have been super busy for months with fires and then they fronted up for storm and floods calls,” he said.

“Without them, we wouldn’t have been able to clear the jobs as quickly as we did.

“Fire and Rescue NSW has

also been hugely supportive.”

Meanwhile, Central Coast Council Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said Council was continuing to work closely with the SES, Ausgrid and other agencies to support the community.

“It has been a tough few months for our community,” Cr Matthews said.

“First the bush fires where our residents fought for weeks alongside the Rural Fire Service to protect their properties, and

now we have had closed roads, downed powerlines and trees, and flooded homes and businesses.

“Nature has not been kind to us.”

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Tree or garden waste can also be disposed of at one of Council’s waste management facilities for free up until February 29.

Cr Matthews said Council’s role in any emergency was to support the lead agency, the SES, to get key information out to the community and to support with staff and other resources.

She commended council staff for “for putting the community first” as they opened roadways, removed trees and organic green waste, organised extra bin collections and ensured the integrity of the water and sewer network.

“We are all in this as a community together,” she said.

“And we must pull together, be kind to nature and to each other and work together to rebuild a strong resilient community.”

Source: Media release, Feb 14 Central Coast Council Interview, Feb 19 and media statement Feb 27 Werner Klumpp, Deputy Commander, Gosford Unit, NSW SES

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New security arrangements for council meetings Central Coast Council is cracking down on security, with all future meetings to be held at the Wyong chambers.

A confidential report was discussed behind closed doors at the February 24 meeting.

The decision was made to hold meetings at Wyong and to only hold councillor briefings at the Gosford offices.

The council will also introduce more stringent measures in managing the public gallery if safety concerns continue.

Anyone wanting to attend council meetings in future will be required to sign-in in person on the day of the meeting.

Registration will be open from 4pm at the scheduled Council Meeting location.

The public gallery space will be closed once capacity is reached.

Community members requesting to speak at the Public Forum, held from 5-6pm before each Council Meeting, are required to lodge a Request to Speak Form no later than 10am on the day of the meeting.

Only approved pre-registered speakers will be able to address

Residents crowded the February 12 meeting at Gosford chambers

Council.

Meanwhile, the State Government’s Minister of Local Government will be asked to look at the model code of conduct in relation to adverse social media use.

The minister will also be asked to look at the deliberate distribution of misinformation by councillors both inside and outside the chamber.

Because the report was debated behind closed doors, the public does not know what debate took place before the councillors adopted the above

resolutions, nor how the councillors voted.

The issue flared after Councillors Greg Best and Bruce McLachlan put forward a notice of motion for the February 12 meeting to get immediate funding for designs for a breakwall at The Entrance Channel.

Residents from The Entrance attended the meeting at Gosford and were vocal in their condemnation of the lack of action on a solution to lake issues.

Councillors were heckled

when they spoke and the Mayor was verbally abused by one resident, who later publicly apologised.

The gallery loudly clapped those they supported and groaned or jeered the others.

Speakers on other topics at the public forum were heckled and interrupted with smart comments.

The issue escalated with Councillors Best and McLachlan putting up a motion for the next meeting, calling on the council to back calls to sack the Mayor, Lisa Matthews, citing

community unrest over the council’s handling of opening of The Entrance Channel.

Social Media posts called on the public to turn up in droves to show their outrage at Council.

Council called for calm in a press release the day before the meeting and introduced new measures for managing the public attendance.

The people who attended the February 24 council meeting were asked to sign in on a first come, first served basis, which saw about 20 queuing for entry before the doors opened at 4pm for a 5pm public forum.

Council had said that they would not open the overflow room, but changed their mind, and about 35 people used that room after the main chambers, which seats about 90, was close to full.

The council has held a majority of meetings at Wyong chambers after a huge crowd turned up at the Gosford chambers in 2018 to watch debate, also about dredging, but this time dredging at Ettalong, and could not be comfortably accommodated.

An upgrade to the security arrangements at the Gosford chambers was undertaken after councillors felt unsafe at that meeting and it was late 2019 before meetings were again held at both Wyong and Gosford.

At the November 26 meeting in 2018, Cr Matthews, who was not mayor at the time, said she would no longer tolerate heckling by the gallery at Gosford and she did not feel safe there.

She was supported by Cr Best who said the gallery was close.

He also spoke about fire safety, exits and parking.

Cr Kyle MacGregor said he had been physically threatened during some debates.

At that same 2018 meeting, Cr Chris Holstein said he wasn’t sure how residents would accept that all meetings be held at Wyong, which would disadvantage the south.

He was not at the meeting on Monday night, nor was Cr Gale.

Source: Media release, Feb 21 Central Coast Council Central Coast Council meeting, Feb 24 November 24, 2018 meeting

Return of waste levies falls short Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, has hit back at claims by the State Opposition that the NSW Government is not giving waste levy funds collected from councils back to help clean up efforts in bushfire affected communities.

Shadow Minister for Local Government, Greg Warren, said

more than $770M was collected in 2018/19, with less than a quarter of that returned to councils to fund waste management programs.

The rest, he said, was used to “prop up state government coffers”.

Warren said funds collected from the levy should be distributed to councils that had been impacted by the bushfires to help cover the cost of clean up efforts.

“The financial burden placed on bushfire affected councils is, and will continue to be, enormous,” he said.

“It makes sense that funds from the waste levy be given to those bushfire affected councils so that they can get on with the clean-up and try to return the environment to some sort of normality as soon as possible.”

But Crouch said approximately one third of the waste levy was

currently returned to the Environment portfolio through programs like Waste Less Recycle More, which is Australia’s largest waste and recycling program.

“The remaining two thirds goes towards essential government services like schools, hospitals and roads,” he said.

“Later this year, the NSW Government will be releasing a discussion paper that considers

a broad set of issues for waste and resource recovery, including the operation of the waste levy.”

Crouch advised Central Coast Council CEO in a letter in January that the Government was working with councils and industry across the state to respond to challenges in the waste management sector.

“As part of this approach, the government is developing a 20-year Waste Strategy that is

focused on delivering a sustainable, reliable and affordable waste system,” the letter said.

He encouraged Council to provide feedback on the strategy when released.

Source: Media release, Feb 13 Shadow Minister for Local Government, Greg Warren Media release, Feb 26 Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

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Council determined to work out the best option for Davistown Despite assurances from Central Coast Council that it will look into sewerage system problems experienced at Davistown following heavy storms in early February, Davistown Progress Association will push for a more immediate solution.

The town’s sewer system experienced major flooding, with more than 400 homes affected, and some residents without the use of their toilets or showers for up to eight days.

Truckloads of Portalooos were brought in to provide a temporary solution.

While the sewer system is once again fully functional, residents want to safeguard against a repeat event.

Central Coast Council Director, Water and Sewer, Jamie Loader, said the problem occurred in a couple of areas in the region where a vacuum sewerage system is in place.

A storm event at the beginning of February saw multiple Portaloos brought into Davistown

“Davistown and some other areas, including South Tacoma, have a vacuum sewerage system, rather than one which works on gravity where waste flows to a pump station,” Loader said.

“The vacuum system, installed in low lying areas where we can’t get the fall to the pump station, works on a vacuum which sucks sewage

through to the pump station.

“At Davistown, there is an average of one pot between each two properties, but when the pots flood, they don’t work.

“To put a solution in place, we had to wait for the flood water to subside below the level of the pots so we could go through and bring each one on line.

“It was a manual process and there are five different systems

operating at Davistown, so we had to work through each one.

“We are aware of the issue and the challenge for us is always access.

“We have to wait for the flood water to get to a point where we can get in there and do something.

“We tried to minimise the impact on residents as much as possible and prioritised the

area, and we are now reviewing the situation at Davistown.

“A lot of lessons were learned through this latest event.”

Loader said Council was about to install a low pressure system at South Tacoma, hopefully within the next six months, where there is a pot on every property and each pot has its own pump, so they continue to work when flooded.

“But pumping floodwater can cause other problems,” he said.

“And if the power goes out, they won’t work at all.”

Loader said once a review of the system at South Tacoma was completed, it would be among options considered for a permanent fix at Davistown.

Loader said observing how the system worked at South Tacoma, with only 100 residents, would help determine how well it would work at Davistown, with 400500 residents.

“We need to work out the best option going forward,” he said.

“Maybe there is also other technology out there we can look at.”

“Fortunately we don’t have that scale of storm event often.”

But Davistown Progress Association President, Jenny McCulla, said members would be pressing for a more immediate solution.

“We will be pushing for a total audit of the current system here being absolutely necessary without delay,” McCulla said.

She said a speedy resolution was needed in the interests of public health.

Source: Interview, Feb 24 Jamie Loader, Director Water and Sewer, Central Coast Council Media statement, Feb 24 Jenny McCulla, President, Davistown Progress Association Reporter: Terry Collins

Fair spread of spending across all five wards will be a focus of Council budget

The word fair replaced the word equitable which was in the original motion from councillors Greg Best and Bruce McLachlan.

It got changed after Deputy Mayor Jane Smith and Cr

Louise Greenaway asked for a definition of what “equitable” would mean for the wards.

Cr Troy Marquart called it a silly motion and apologised to his two “bang up councillors” for not supporting the idea.

He said it could be a bit of grandstanding from Cr Best.

Cr Jilly Pilon said she could not support it either as some wards needed more projects than others.

Cr Smith asked Cr McLachlan

if equitable meant that if a breakwall was built at The Entrance, costing about $46M, would that mean The Entrance didn’t get any work done on roads, because if he wanted an equitable spend, surely spending money on a breakwall would mean no other money was spent in the ward for a couple of years.

Cr Greg Best said some regional projects were skewing the numbers.

He couldn’t see how a “regional” library at Gosford was going to benefit his ward.

Cr Vincent said he would attempt to explain “equitable”.

He said a waste facility, for example, was a regional project and a breakwall at The Entrance would affect three wards so he wouldn’t expect The Entrance ward to have to pay.

“But what I am seeing is Gosford West ward getting more,” he said.

“We have a gerrymander; nine voting councillors in the Gosford area and six in the north.

“What Gosford councillor is going to commit political suicide by saying don’t spend money in our area?” he asked.

“But we in the north can say we want it fairer.”

Cr Smith stepped in with a change of wording, asking the movers of the motion if they would accept the words that

the CEO provides options for the budget with fair spending across the wards, taking into account regional projects.

Councillors Best and McLachlan accepted the change of wording.

Only Councillors Pilon, Marquart, Greenaway and Chris Burke voted against it.

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Councillors to consider having a new Regional Impounding Facility One super pound at Ourimbah or Lisarow has been suggested in a confidential report written for Central Coast Council.

The idea of creating a single centralised pound that included all animal care and areas for livestock, vehicles and anything else that needed impounding, will come to councillors in February after being deferred at Council’s first 2020 meeting.

The super pound idea was recommended in a report written in May, 2019, by consultants.

An executive summary of it was studied at the first meeting of the Companion Animal Advisory Committee held in

October, 2019.

The matter finally came to Council on February 12, with a staff recommendation to identify potential sites at a central location, possibly Ourimbah or Lisarow, but Council voted to defer the issue when The Entrance channel chewed up hours of debate.

“It is proposed to include a provision of $150,000 for the further investigation into a new Regional Impounding Facility in the 2020/21 operational expenditure,” the recommendation to councillors says.

“The funding is to enable appointment for a consulting agency to prepare a conceptual design to enable a community

consultation program.”

Staff recommended keeping the original report confidential for commercial reasons.

The original “Needs Assessment and Options Study Report” dated May 8, 2019, prepared by Signature Project Management identified that the current fragmented nature of animal care facilities was producing inefficiencies and that facilities required upgrading to meet current welfare standards and to accommodate increasing demand.

Source: Meeting, Feb 12 Agenda item 3.3 Central Coast Council Reporter: Merilyn Vale

Public hearing for action on climate change proposed Residents will be invited by Central Coast Council to a public hearing for action on climate change.

Deputy Mayor, Jane Smith, put forward the idea in response to a proposed motion about fuel loads at the council meeting on February 24.

The public meeting on a Saturday in March or April, will invite submissions and presentations on ways to reduce emissions and adapt to environmental changes and extreme events.

CEO Gary Murphy has been asked to fast track a request from councillors in August, 2019, for the urgent preparation of “the plans required to reduce emissions and adapt to

environmental changes and extreme events, including a climate action plan”.

The public meeting will aim to expand on these ideas.

“We know we have 10 years to address climate change,” Cr Smith told her fellow councillors.

She said hazard reduction burning was important but it was not the panacea, and it was a fact that the country was so dry before the bushfires as a result of climate change.

She said instead of calling it a Black Summer, it should be called the Climate Change Summer.

The council declared a climate emergency last year and needed to progress its

action after that declaration, she said.

Her motion requested a public hearing to bring the community together to discuss action on climate change.

It also called on a briefing for councillors on how council was working with local communities on emergency preparedness and how Council was working with relevant agencies on hazard reduction.

Cr MacGregor seconded the motion, saying the climate emergency declaration was not a hollow gesture and council needed local solutions to a global problem.

The motion was adopted and included commending the NSW State Government for

“reducing the risk of inappropriate responses to the recent bushfire crisis by announcing an independent expert inquiry into the 2019-20 bushfire season”.

It said council recognised the independence and expertise of the former Deputy Commissioner of NSW Police, and the former NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer who had been appointed to lead the inquiry, and it acknowledged the comprehensive nature of the Terms of Reference for the enquiry, including “consideration of any role of weather, drought, climate change, fuel loads and human activity”.

It went on to say that Council looked forward to considering

any recommendations arising from the inquiry, including those related to: preparing and planning for future bushfire threats and risks and land use planning and management and building standards, including appropriate clearing and other hazard reduction, zoning, and any appropriate use of indigenous practices.

Councillors Greg Best, Troy Marquart and Chris Burke voted against the motion.

The original motion from councillors Greg Best and Troy Marquart had wanted council to consider options for reducing the Coast’s fuel load ahead of next year’s fire season, asking Council to reconsider some of its designated vegetation corridors.

The two councillors said the region was still extremely vulnerable to the potential of major wildfires “particularly due to ground fuel loads” and wanted Council to acknowledge its vegetation policies had contributed to this build up.

This was defeated in favour of Cr Smith’s motion which also noted the potential for fires but added that it was “vulnerable to the predicted impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events and potential major wildfires, coastal erosion and flooding”.

Source: Agenda item 6.2 Central Coast Council meeting, Feb 24

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Terrigal man faced court on multiple charges A man has faced Gosford Local Court on multiple charges following a police pursuit on the Central Coast.

At about 3.50pm on Friday, February 21, officers attached to the Brisbane Water Proactive Crime Team observed a Toyota Corolla, alleged to be stolen, driving along Bellbird Ave, Terrigal.

A pursuit was initiated before the driver allegedly rammed an unmarked police vehicle.

Due to safety concerns, the pursuit was terminated.

Following further inquiries, police attended a unit on Campbell Cres, Terrigal, and located a 28-year-old man in the bathroom.

As officers attempted to apprehend the man, he allegedly resisted and following a short struggle he was placed under arrest.

He was taken to Gosford

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Police Station where he was charged with: Police pursuit, use offensive weapon to avoid apprehension, resist arrest, drive conveyance without consent of owner, never licensed person drive vehicle on road and use class A vehicle displaying misleading number plate.

The man was bail refused to appear at Gosford Local Court on Saturday, February 22.

Source: Media release, Feb 22 NSW Police Media Mayor, Lisa Matthews, and Council CEO, Gary Murphy, were briefed by Marine Rescue

Stand-off with police at East Gosford resolved peacefully A man is in custody after a stand-off with police at East Gosford.

Officers from Brisbane Water Police District attended a unit block in Melbourne St at about 11pm on Thursday, February 20, in relation to a domestic related assault.

Police were told that a 47-year-old woman had been

assaulted in a unit at the complex by a man known to her, after he allegedly discharged a firearm inside.

The woman was able to leave the unit and notify police.

Officers established a perimeter around the unit block and further specialist resources attended.

Following negotiations, a 51-year-old man was taken into custody at about 2:30am the following morning without further incident.

A handgun was seized from the unit and has been retained for forensic examination.

Source: Media release, Feb 21 NSW Police Media

Man found with stab wounds Investigations are continuing after a man was found with stab wounds in Woy Woy. At about 3:45am on Saturday, February 22, officers from Brisbane Water Police District were conducting proactive patrols on Ocean Beach Rd, Woy Woy, when they came across a group of males fighting in the middle of the roadway.

On arrival, the group

dispersed, and a 33-year-old man was found with stab wounds to his neck.

He was taken to Gosford Hospital in a serious condition.

Police established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and are seeking witnesses.

New search and rescue equipment funded by a Central Coast Council grant proved its value during a medical emergency operation on the Hawkesbury River just three days after its installation.

Marine Rescue Hawkesbury has mounted a new thermal imaging camera on board rescue vessel Hawkesbury 22, thanks to a $13,500 grant from Council’s Community Development program.

Unit Commander, Peter Moore, said the new camera enhanced the crew’s safety and efficiency at night, improving response times under often difficult circumstances.

“This new equipment was quickly put to use during a medical emergency on the Hawkesbury three days after it

Anyone with information about these incidents should call

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Source: Media release, Feb 22 NSW Police Media

was fitted, when Hawkesbury 22 was deployed at 4.30am to help NSW Ambulance to transport a seriously ill and injured patient from Bar Point to Parsley Bay,” Moore said.

Unit volunteers recently briefed Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, Council General Manager, Gary Murphy, and members of the Cheero Point/ Mooney Mooney Progress Association on the camera, Find Me On the River and rescue vessels Hawkesbury 22 and Hawkesbury 21.

“The camera, in conjunction with the unit’s Find Me On the River initiative, where numbers have been placed on river access only wharves to easily identify access points on the river, which also was funded by Council, saves valuable time by enabling Marine Rescue skippers to quickly locate and steer directly to the precise

A 58-year-old man suffered multiple non-lifethreatening lacerations following an accident at an industrial property at West Gosford.

It’s understood that the man

fell through a glass window at a shop front just before 4pm on Thursday, February 20.

Emergency services attended and treated the man before the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service was called to airlift the man to John Hunter Hospital for

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Source: Media release, Feb 24 Marine Rescue Hawkesbury

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location,” Moore said.

He said the camera would be particularly helpful if someone had fallen overboard from a boat or otherwise ended up in the river.

“Our crews are regularly deployed on medivac operations to transport patients without road access for medical treatment and now we can see where they are waiting on the river bank or a wharf or jetty,” he said.

“Images from the camera are transmitted directly to the Raymarine multi-function display on board the rescue vessel, saving valuable time when every minute can mean the difference between life and death in an emergency on the water.”

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further treatment.

He was transported in a stable condition.

Source: Media release, Feb 20 Graham Nickisson, Northern NSW Helicopter Rescue Service

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Following is a summary of news articles published in the most recent edition of each of our sister Central Coast publications.

The full articles and more, as well as all previously

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Copies of these other publications may be obtained from our offices in Gosford, by subscription, or from a myriad of locations in the areas covered by each publication.

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Collapse in community confidence results in calls Collapse in community confidence The management of the channel Mayor defends accusations of results in calls for mayor’s for mayor’s resignation Notice of Council Motion must change - – Mehan innaction resignation – Notice of Motion C

own it, therefore, entral Coast Government will Central Coast Mayor, Lisa The Entrance MP, David Mehan, The State don’t we couldn’t just go and Mayor, Lisa start for digging without of dredging Matthews, a storm of has accused Central Coast provide $600,000 Matthews, is weathering is permission,” she said. weathering a storm her own calls for her to resign. Council of mismanagement of The Entrance Channel.

“Staff started asking for of her ownwith with calls permission on Monday, for her to resign.

The Entrance Channel and directly February 10, and then A community campaign had to make sure it was contributing to the current flooding brewing on social media safe, and a low tide, to start a legal class before we started to dig,” around Tuggerah lakes. action against Council to compensate for damage caused to properties during the flooding of Tuggerah Lakes, which started on February 8.

Councillors Bruce McLachlan and Greg Best have issued a Notice of Motion to be heard at the February 24 meeting, calling for the Mayor’s resignation.

They say there is an “unprecedented collapse in community confidence in council, resulting in widespread calls for the mayor’s resignation”.

The Motion says “in the spirit of acknowledging the community outrage” that Council supports the community’s call for the

NSW Premier invited to visit the Central Coast to see the devastation NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, will be invited to visit the coast to see for herself the devastation that the rain has caused.

mayor to stand down.

Mayor Matthews and, indeed, Central Coast Council as a whole, has copped a fierce

the Mayor said.

However,

Heated debate over what to do about The Entrance Channel Central Coast Council quashed any chance of a breakwall at The Entrance Channel when it voted against the idea put up by three councillors who tried to get money into the budget to develop community backlash over the delay in excavating The Entrance Channel to release banked-up floodwaters around the Tuggerah Lakes system.

The Mayor said on a

NSW

Department of Planning, Industrial development proposal Industry and Environment (DPIE) Crowndisaster Lands is an “environmental issued a statement saying waiting to happen” - CEA Council contacted DPIE at 8.23am on Tuesday, Coast Environmental Alliance February 11, seeking the (CEA) says approval an to widen industrial lake opening to manage flood risk. at Wallarah development proposal The statement said is an “environmental disaster Council was advised at 9.25am on Tuesday, waiting to happen”.

February 11, that it

“So, the staff actually

could consider using emergency powers under the Local Government Act for the widening, or do it under the Council’s existing licence.

Emergency relief financial radioand program that she did start the process about called upon the CEO, of What permission,the forgotten north? cuts affectyou’vegetting Storm has a wide ranging effect counselling funding Gary Murphy, on Sunday, got to remember - Hogan Continued P4 February 8, “to come up the lakes are not our those most in need with a solution”.

(Council’s) lakes, we A state of natural disaster on Neighbourhood Centres at Budgewoi Ward Councillor, Jillian the Central Coast was declared Wyong and San Remo are feeling Hogan, is appalled at the response on February 12, after a week of the squeeze since the Federal from the State Government to the Entrance MP, plan in place to replace $200,000 to establish Mehan said. rainhe and wind caused widespread anGovernment cut funding by $9M recent bush fires and now the expert panel to Council’s application David Mehan, has it,” Mehan said. a clean-up support Mayor Lisa investigate for dredgerelief funding accused across Centralthe “ICoast. flooding a year from emergency and floods. plan for the Tuggerah took over six months Coast Council of Matthews’ call for State lakes system,”counselling.

Mehan to be agreed to and the financial Government funding to mismanagement of

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Roundabouts reduce severe and fatal crashes but have more accidents Tim Bard is quite correct that a roundabout reduces severe and fatal crashes, as compared to a lightcontrolled intersection (Forum, edition 228), although he does not point out that a roundabout increases crashes overall, because it raises the number of sideswipe contacts that result only in body damage to vehicles, without injury to occupants.

However, a properly designed one-lane roundabout requires an inscribed circle of about 45 metres that would be difficult to achieve at the Rawson/ Ocean Beach intersection that we are specifically concerned with.

If a left-turn lane had to be added, the space required would be increased.

The proportion of turning movements, particularly righthand turns, greatly affects roundabout performance, but without access to the traffic-

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See Page 2 for contribution conditions count figures presumably taken in a proper study of the intersection, it is impossible to say whether traffic lights would improve or detract from the intersection performance.

In most cases, delay times are about the same for roundabouts and lightcontrolled intersections in suburban areas.

Of course, the typical short sightedness of Council in allowing traffic generating activities to occupy the intersection corners, without any provision for future correction, greatly reduces the

possibility of worthwhile improvement, except at significant cost.

The fact that vehicles enter and exit these sites virtually at the roundabout entrance means that there will always be interference with efficient traffic flow.

This will, no doubt, be exacerbated by the proposed redevelopment of the BP site, about which the Council seems to be worryingly sanguine.

Unless Council can, at least, introduce turning slots at the corners, it seems highly doubtful that installing expensive traffic lights will bring about any notable improvement in ease of movement through the intersection.

Given that the Picnic Ave roundabout is costing untold millions, one shudders to think of the cost of traffic lights at this location.

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He said Council’s decision to end dredging in 2018, before the usual dredging program had been completed, and its failure to maintain an adequate dredging EDITION 488 program, had directly contributed to the current situation.

“Council has failed to maintain its dredge, which it has not decommissioned, with no

Minister’s desk since last year.”

Mehan had made similar representations to the Minister for Water recently.

He wrote to the Premier urging the Central Coast be declared a natural disaster zone because of the flooding event.

“Prior to the last State election, the NSW Government committed

dredge and a dredging “Will the Minister assure program which has the Coast community the confidence of the that whatever funding community,” Mehan said. is requested by Council Mehan welcomed the to better manage flood visit by the NSW Water risk and The Entrance Minister, Melinda Pavey, channel be supported?”

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Power cut,Southern roads closed and Spirit women’s Pearl Beach residents trapped in captain out for four weeks street after storm trains cancelled after storm winds and heavy rain Southern Spirit Cricket Club’s Residents in Cornelian Rd, Pearl

Power cut, roads closed and trains cancelled after storm

The Entrance MP

David Mehan MP at The Entrance floodwaters

Office: Level 2, 86-88 Mann St, Gosford - Phone: 4325 7369 - Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 - E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net - Website: www.coastcommunitynews.com.au Strong Strong winds and heavy end of the last weekend.

Gosford in State between February 8 to trapped between February 8 to 10 caused women’s T20 team captainrain Ms Beach, were theirEmergency street 10 caused power cuts, road Service deputy commander Mr Werner Klumpp said the flooding power cuts, road closures and the Sally Oman has been suspended most of last week because of a closures and the cancellation was exacerbated on the Peninsula of train fallen services tree on the cancellation of train services on the for four games following a hearing overbypower high tides. lines.

Peninsula.

“The aggravating fact is that A total of 195.5mm of rain was with the high tides we’ve been Peninsula. with the Central Coast Cricket recorded at Umina in the 48 hours having in some areas of the Association board on Februaryto 4pm 5. on Sunday, February 9, Peninsula and around Woy Woy,

Community group asks residents to complete survey Umina Community Group has asked residents to complete a School Safety Survey with the aim of having a footpath built near Umina Public School.

with winds speeds estimated at up to 70km/h.

Trains from Gosford and Hornsby were cancelled and rail commuters from Woy Woy were being transported by buses while infrastructure damage was repaired.

Brickwharf Rd at Woy Woy was closed and several roads in Umina were flooded. Grandview Cres in Hardys Bay was blocked when a tree fell over the road, Residents in many areas of Umina, Ettalong, Pearl Beach and Patonga were without power for several days.

A statement issued by Ausgrid said it was one of the worst storms to hit the network in the past 20 years, with damage including fallen and snapped power lines.

Power was not expected to be restored in some areas until the

the drains draining into Brisbane Water actually don’t work because the level of the Brisbane Water is higher than the drain,” he said.

“It’s tidal, so when the tide goes out the water can drain away.”

Community facilities which opened for residents to shower or get access to power included Peninsula Leisure Centre, Umina Surf Club, Wagstaffe Hall and Ocean Beach Surf Club.

All beaches were closed last week and warnings issue to avoid waterways because of risk of pollution due to stormwater run-off after extended heavy rainfall.

Water restrictions imposed after School sets up phone charging big rain station Central Coast Council applied water restrictions on Monday, February 10, after falls of 212mm were recorded on the Peninsula over the previous four days.

Umina Beach Public School set up a mobile phone charging station for community members to use during Umina’s power outage in the week following severe storms across the Peninsula. Principal Ms Lyn SOURCE: Davis Interview (Sue Murray) 12 Feb 2020 Werner Klumpp, Gosford SES Media releases, 11 Feb 2020

Council grants $7500 to Killcare residents query support Australia Day festivities attract Lisa Matthews, Central Coast Council Peninsula projects for phone tower 10,000 to Woy Woy Mike Allsop, WTKCA Tree down at Umina Beach squashes two cars Three Peninsula projects have Killcare Heights residents have received a total of $7559 in the challenged the Wagstaffe-Killcare latest round of the Central Coast Community Association’s claim Council community grants. that there is high level support for Southern Spirit Cricket Southern Spirit had been invited Club’s women’s T20 team to make a submission and a present new telecommunications tower captain Ms Sally Oman has their own evidence in response to proposed to be built on Wards Hill been suspended for four the Association’s findings.

This year’s Australia Day festivities at Woy Woy attracted around 10,000 people, according to Central Coast Council unit manager Mr Glenn Cannard.

Southern Spirit women’s captain out for four weeks He

described

reporting

games following a hearing of the and eventmore as a can “spreading full articles be seen on line on our website www.coastcommunitynews.com.au with the CentralTheCoast misinformation”.

They can also be seen on www.peninsulanews.info Cricket Association board on “All we did was follow the rules February 5. set out in our constitution,” Mr The penalty arose from a Pink Stumps Day fundraiser held by the club which raised more than $5000 for the McGrath Foundation for

Deaves said.

“At no time prior to the hearing were Southern Spirit Cricket Club subjected to any sanctions or

On March 23, Independent MP Zali Steggall will introduce a private member’s bill to Parliament and call for a conscience vote on a climate change Act.

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Climate change results from an ever increasing population We are all aware of the current excitement over climate change, but it seems that there is little substance to the illinformed hoo-hah.

The climate is simply the daily weather averaged over some extended timeframe.

Yes, the climate is changing, the current trend to a warming period started 14,000 years ago, and the current acceleration began before the start of the Industrial Revolution (1800).

There have been lapses in increasing temperature over in the last 14,000 years, notably the Younger Dryas and decades long cold spells in the 16th and 18th centuries, when the Thames River froze.

Today we blame the temperature rise on increased CO2 emission, a convenient hat rack.

We see calls for curbing CO2 emissions but won’t look at the root cause.

Taken as a whole, industrial activity is undoubtedly the major influencer on increasing global average temperature in

FORUM the near term.

The mean today is not unusual for earth, nor are current sea levels, long term.

Production of cement alone accounts for a very significant CO2 input.

If cement production facilities worldwide were taken as a country, it would be the third or fourth largest emitter, with steel not far behind.

Added to that are the CO2 emissions of plastics and glass production, basically, every energy intensive activity.

Calls for decreased dependence on “fossil fuels” are not realistic as an International Energy Commission report indicates that the use of fossil fuels will increase for the foreseeable future.

Why is that?

The developed world seems intent on the opposite track.

The demand for more goods and energy use is caused by an ever increasing population.

Everyone, even from their

huts, can see the “Good Life” on the TV, so the “I want that” starts.

Couple that with cultural/ religious pressures for large families and medical innovations that extend life.

Thomas Malthus warned about population outstripping resources in the 18th century and here we are today.

Who is willing to give up concrete, plastics and steel?

Or any of the other items of progress, say air-conditioning or computers?

The inconvenient fact is, nobody.

Unless population growth is controlled and the expansion reversed by an enlightened world community, nature will act to limit mankind, just a Malthus and others predicted.

That is an inconvenient fact.

Problems are solved not by arm waving and unrealistic band aids, but by addressing the root cause of a problem, in this case population, on a global scale.

Email, Feb 3 Tim Bard, Tascott

In flood drought and fire we help one another FORUM

Vic Wulf in Coast Community News 228 writes about our great Prime Minister during WWII, John Curtin, and about the great things many Australian’s have created over the years.

We used to build railway stock and carriages, now we use foreign companies to build

a rather troublesome light rail.

Naturally, the State Labor Government should never have got rid of the trams.

In my view, a bad mistake, but still, no one is perfect.

In this fierce country we build tough people that are always ready to lend a hand.

In flood, drought and fire, we help one another.

We have achieved much in all areas of human achievement.

As General Rommel said of Australians in the WWII desert campaign: “Australians are pretty rough, but I believe they have a good heart.”

Letter, Feb 19 Keith Whitefield, Woy Woy

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Disappointed royalist Residing in this wonderful country, which I love but still am proudly British, even after nearly 50 years, I was shocked and astonished beyond belief that Prince Harry has decided to relinquish most of his royal duties and practically abandon his family and country that he has served to well.

However, reflection upon his decision not to join his family at Sandringham for Christmas, a long held family tradition, and the secret and controversial christening of baby Archie, should have been an indication what was to follow.

Like the British public, I have always admired and loved this charming rascal and overlooked his occasional misdemeanours, so unlike his stable brother, Prince William.

Indescribable though was his appalling affront to her majesty the Queen, his grandmother, not to advise her prior to this announcement, she must be utterly disappointed, but as always, she will sustain.

Failing to consult his father, Prince Charles, especially as he financially supports him, nor his brother when they always appeared to be so close, one can only imagine Prince Philip’s comments.

After showing no remorse for

FORUM this disrespect for his Queen and family, I am totally and sadly disillusioned in him.

We all know and recall how his grandmother took those two little boys under her wing at the loss of their mother and loved and favoured them, ensuring their wellbeing and safety.

Any wonder she is so loved and respected worldwide.

We can try to understand his conflict with hereditary royal duties and his family, mainly due to his wife not being condusive to this and apparently unable to adjust to her royal-inlaws or participate in their privileged and prestigious lifestyle.

There’s no question who was behind this fiasco.

It is beyond my compression that this second grade actress, mature divorcee, marrying into the royal family, was unaware of what it entailed.

Could this be another case of déjà vu, a British prince and an American divorcee?

Many seem and appear to think this, comparing it to a calamitous time in British history.

Prince Harry again reveals his disdain for the press and media, attempting to justify his decisions, mainly due to their

hostile and unfair reporting on his wife.

Still he continues to blame them for his mother’s tragic and early death.

I, like many others, have had these tragic losses also in our lives, but we try to carry on, not continue to blame others, and secondly, this only achieves endless grief.

Surely it is now time to let his mother rest in peace.

So like her, highly strung and outspoken, and she was a wonderful caring and loving human.

Everyone was saddened at the prince’s heartbreaking loss.

Hopefully time will heal his apparent grief.

So to, instead of his perpetual, self-indulgence issues and petty behaviour, follow his father.

The Queen has now released her wise, fair and just decisions.

No one would expect the British taxpayers to continue to support this family, especially having such personal wealth.

Most of us attempt to be selfsufficient, so now should they be.

Time will tell if these acrimonious decisions bring them happiness.

Letter, Jan 24 Mary Notman, Niagara Park

Climate change evidence is obvious I’m not quite sure what sort of evidence Godfrey Franz (Forum, edition 229) wants for his disputed climate change, but all he has to do is look out of the window instead of cherry picking.

FORUM Is he really doubting that the recent fires are unprecedented, for example?

He wants evidence yet provides none to back up his

own argument.

For the record, I am not a member of any political party, but just a well informed voter.

Email, Feb 18 Dave Horsfall, North Gosford

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Business & Property Share Market Catches Cold

Thousands of retirees on the Central Coast may see the impact of the coronavirus showing up on their retirement account balances as share markets around the world went into free fall this week.

The Australian share market saw around $150 billion wiped off company valuations.

As at 2:30pm on Thursday (February 27) the S&P/ASX200 Index was at 6,640, a slide of seven per cent over the week.

The falls follow similar declines in the United States and other major share markets

around the world as fears grow over the spread of the Coronavirus outside of China.

The largest falls were in stocks most directly impacted by travel bans and other economic disruptions in China, including Qantas, Flight Centre, Treasury Wines and several oil and gas stocks.

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries around the world to ready themselves for the coronavirus to come “knocking at the door.”

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From an economic perspective, the coronavirus is causing major disruptions to supply chains and the Australian economy is particularly exposed.

Our mining sector is reliant on China as an export destination, but our retail and manufactured goods sector is equally reliant on China for imported supplies.

About 15 per cent of consumer goods imports, including 70 per cent of all our imports of

clothes, furniture, iphones and car parts, come from China.

Uncertainty over the virus comes hard on the heels of the recent catastrophic bushfires and subsequent flooding events and has compounded concerns that Australia may slip into economic recession in the first half of 2020.

In recent weeks, the national unemployment report, home building approvals data and business capital expenditure surveys have all pointed to a possible contraction in domestic economic activity.

Return and Earn recycling initiative has soared past 130 million containers The Return and Earn drink recycling initiative has soared past the 130 million mark on the Central Coast, just two years after it was first introduced.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said Return and Earn had been highly successful across the state.

On the Coast, he said 132,272,320 drink containers had been cashed in for 10 cent refunds.

Collection points at Lisarow and West Gosford both topped 11 million refunds, with Bateau Bay the top return area, with more than 13 million.

“Having more than 130 million drink containers recycled is not just good news for the environment, but it also means $13M back in the pockets of local residents,” Crouch said.

“The growth of Return and Earn on the Central Coast has been phenomenal and it highlights a shift in our community’s thinking and behaviour around litter.”

Crouch said the summer months were the peak season for Return and Earn, with the recent holiday period particularly impressive.

Source: Media release, Feb 26 Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

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Narara group home approved Central Coast Council has approved an application for a single storey group home at Narara for people with disabilities, with only one objection received to the application.

The $651,129 home, at 15 Isabella Cl, will provide supported accommodation services for three people and one caretaker, who will live on the premises.

It will be operated by Interaction Disability Services, a registered NDIS provider.

There will be an accessible car parking space within the carport at the front of the

dwelling, and the provision of a double garage integrated into the overall design is also proposed.

The home will have four bedrooms, all with en-suite amenities and storage facilities for domestic goods.

A communal living/ dining area will be centrally located for use by all residents and a covered ground floor alfresco area will be sited on the rear south east side of the building and will only be accessible via the communal living area.

A segregated kitchen and laundry area will also be shared by all residents.

Potential residents will go

through a thorough safety and risk assessment by Interaction Disability Services staff.

Documents submitted with the application confirm that the group home is permissible under the area’s R2 Low Density Residential zoning.

The documents say the home will provide diversity in community housing to the locality, will not hinder the function of surrounding facilities and services, and is of a design that is compatible with the desired further character of the area.

Source: Central Coast Council DA tracker, Feb 24

Latest technology for cancer centre Patients at Icon Cancer Centre Gosford are now accessing the latest in radiation therapy treatment and innovation, following the installation of state-ofthe-art technology which provides faster and more comfortable treatment for people with cancer.

The new Varian Halcyon system is an image guidance machine that offers high dose radiation treatment to tumours with pinpoint precision and speed, while minimising exposure to surrounding healthy tissue and organs and reducing treatment time to less

than 15 minutes.

With both cancer incidence and mortality in Gosford ranking higher than the state average, cancer treatment services are increasingly important for the local community.

This pioneering technology streamlines and simplifies every aspect of a patient’s cancer treatment, with the capacity to treat up to 50 patients a day.

Icon Radiation Oncologist, Dr John Boyages, said that Icon Gosford is proud to offer a wider variety of treatment options for the Central Coast and remain focused on pushing

the boundaries of cancer care to give patients new hope.

“It’s a pleasure to work alongside my colleagues to provide the most advanced care for our patients.

“Being able to champion the latest techniques and technology in cancer treatment for the Gosford community is something that Icon takes pride in and fulfils our vision of delivering the best possible care to more patients, closer to home,” Dr Boyages said.

Source: Media release, Feb 11 Michaella Porter, WE Communications

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Female business connect group to launch conversation series The Central Coast Collective (CCC) will launch its 2020 In Conversation Series at Gosford’s The Bon Pavilion on March 18.

Currently at the tail-end of a major reboot, the CCC was founded by Agata Rynkiewicz in 2016 to help female business owners, operators and entrepreneurs connect on the Coast.

Rynkiewicz said the In Conversation Series was a popular CCC event that put the spotlight on local women thriving in their chosen fields, with the first event for this year to feature radio host, Ash Pollard.

“This will be a no holds barred conversation, real, honest and no doubt a little cheeky, about Ash’s journey, her ability to seize opportunities, business, evolving in today’s world, what makes her smile and the highs and the lows.

“It’s the same frank conversation you’d have with your girlfriends over a latte, no topic off limits,” said Rynkiewicz.

In a first for CCC, all profits from the event will be donated to Coast Shelter.

Source: Media release, Feb 23 Agata Rynkiewicz, Central Coast Collective

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Region’s largest food manufacturers meet In a first for the Central Coast, the CEOs of the region’s largest food manufacturers met to discuss potential collaborations recently.

Hosted by Sanitarium at its head office at Berkeley Vale, the meeting was organised by the Central Coast Food Alliance (CCFA).

There were attendees from Cordina Group, Mars Food

Australia, Agrana Fruit Australia, Life Health Foods and TrendPac. Business and operational challenges were discussed openly, CCFA General Manager, Dan Farmer, said.

“The CCFA has created a great foundation off the back of a strong 2019 and saw an opportunity to continue this momentum into 2020 by initiating this industry CEO

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“Whilst the larger portion and backbone of the food industry is small business, it is important to recognise that the region has some of the country’s largest food manufacturers’ head offices located here, and it is vital to have their commitment and collaboration to see continued growth as a sector.”

Farmer said the desire for collaboration was apparent.

“Many areas of opportunity (were) quickly identified,” he said.

“The role for CCFA will be in facilitating collaboration and delivering programs of change, something that was well received by the forum.”

The next meeting will be held in April.

Source: Media release, Feb 26 Central Coast food Alliance

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Northside Private Hospital complex plans on exhibition Plans for the $350M Northside Private Hospital complex in Gosford will go on exhibition for 28 days from February 27 to March 25, the NSW Planning Department has advised.

The concept development application is for a private hospital complex, comprising two towers, ranging in height from 4-11 storeys, eight inpatient units containing 224 beds, medical suites, general practitioner clinics, radiology rooms, pathology room, an intensive care unit and operating theatres, and ancillary health services and retail tenancies.

The project would be completed in two stages, with the first stage to involve demolition of existing buildings,

An artist’s impression of the Northside complex

earth works, site preparation, construction of the main building and 389 parking spaces and landscaping works.

The detailed proposal for the Stage 2 building, and internal fit out of the Stage 1 main building, will be subject to future development application(s).

The joint project by AA Crown Holdings and Northside Group is being assessed as a State Significant Development.

The hospital itself, if approved, is expected to be completed by 2022, with the rest of the precinct to be added behind it, to the west of Gosford Hospital.

Source: Media statement, Feb 25 NSW Planning Department Central Coast Newspapers, Feb 14, 2019

Urban Development Institute welcomes planning panel The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) NSW has welcomed the appointment of Donna Rygate, Jason Perica and Kara Krason to the newly formed Central Coast Planning Panel.

“The Planning Panel will need a bold vision for the future of the Central Coast and the ability to put in place the right strategic planning framework for the region,” UDIA NSW Central Coast Chapter Chair, Caine

King, said.

“This Panel will ensure that the growth of the Central Coast will be made on planning merit and create an independent source of truth for planning in the region.”

King said that the Central Coast was one of the critical regions that the State Government has outlined for growth in the next five years.

“Over 75 per cent of commuters on the Central Coast travel over 50km to get

to work,” he said.

“It is imperative to create more local opportunities and grow the economy of the region.

“The correct planning measures will help attract and keep new talent in the Central Coast, creating a burgeoning regional city where residents can live, work and play.”

King said the government was currently reviewing Local Planning Panels and he hoped to see the new Central Coast

Panel informed by the best practice outcomes of this review.

“It is still early in the implementation, and we look forward to receiving further details on the rollout of the new panel, as well as the identity of additional community and expert panel members,” he said.

Source: Media release, Feb 24 Urban Development Institute of Australia, Central Coast Chapter, Chair, Caine King

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Residents object to 26 metre telecommunications tower Saratoga residents have slammed plans for a 26 metre telecommunications tower in Davistown Rd, which they say will ruin the amenity of the quiet suburb.

A Development Application (DA) currently under consideration by Central Coast Council from Kordia Pty Ltd on behalf of Telstra, seeks to install the monopole on an existing Telstra Exchange compound.

The proposal would see the concrete pole, with double stack turret headframe, holding six new panel antennas which would provide an overall height of 25.8 metres.

Existing Telstra roof mounted antennas would be removed and ancillary equipment installed to prepare the site for 5G capability.

Documents lodged in support of the DA state that the existing structure has limited structural integrity and does not have sufficient capacity to accommodate future upgrades.

A mock-up done by residents of the expected visual impact of the tower

“Once the new monopole has been established, the existing Telstra equipment on the exchange rooftop will be removed and relocated onto the monopole,” the documents say.

“The installation will help to provide improved 4G capacity in the area as well as the addition of 5G technology to the

site.”

But resident spokesperson, Angelique Perak, said the tower would directly contradict the R2 low-density residential zoning of the area.

“Character guidelines for Saratoga describe it as open woodlands/hillside and it is key that the area remains low density,” she said.

“The tower is completely contradictory to the character and amenity of the area.

“Documents provided with the DA say there will be minimal impact, but this tower would be 18 metres taller than any other building in the area, flanked by private residences.

“Nothing in the DA documents shows the impact on the view

to the waterfront and from the waterfront back up to the hills.

“The lovely thing about Saratoga is that it has a sleeping fishing village feel to it, with rolling hills and established trees, but residents up the hill will be looking at this tower at eye level.

“Trees shown in pictures lodged in the documents are no longer there.

“We have mocked up an image showing what the impact will actually be.

“We have always had a small telephone exchange on the site, but the overall bulk and scale of this tower is not in keeping with height restrictions that residents in the area are bound by.”

Perak said the lack of long term research on 5G technology was concerning.

“Also, the report does not outline the actual wattage that the tower will be allowed to transmit,” she said.

“An independent analysis is needed.”

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Association President, Jenny McCulla, said the proposal was completely inappropriate.

“Not even a church would be allowed to put a spire that high in that area,” she said.

“This tower would be overwhelming and should not be imposed on the residents who live there.

“It could surely be relocated to other land away from homes.

“I know many people would like better coverage, but we need to care about our neighbours.”

McCulla said that evidence on the impacts of 5G technology was still inconclusive.

“We don’t want to make guinea pigs of our residents,” she said.

Source: Central Coast council DA tracker Interview, Feb 26 Resident spokesperson, Angelique Perak Interview, Feb 26 Davistown Progress Association President, Jenny McCulla Reporter: Terry Collins

Two businesses participate in Business Clean Up Australia Day Two Central Coast companies got down to business on February 25 as they participated in Business Clean Up Australia Day, ahead of Clean Up Australia Day on March 1.

The team from Cleanaway Somersby in action

Employees from Baiada’s Peats Ridge Farm and Cleanaway’s Somersby Depot volunteered their time to clean up the local environment Clean Up Australia Chairman, Pip Kiernan, said that with this year marking the 30th

anniversary of Clean Up Australia, businesses were being asked to step up.

“We want businesses to think about the positive changes they can make for the environment every day, whether that’s recycling toner cartridges, using packaging with recycled content or reviewing procurement policies, every small change helps,” he said.

“With the current bushfire crisis impacting a great number of communities and businesses nationally, we’ve seen an

increase in Australian organisations looking for constructive ways to support our environment.

“Clean Up Australia Day provides businesses with an opportunity to support their local community, increase team cohesion and commit to corporate social responsibility, all while helping to deliver lasting environmental change during a time where it is more important than ever.

Source: Media release, Feb 25 Mariel Malabanan, Haystac

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113 new nurses and midwives A record 113 new nurses and midwives will launch their careers and begin working at Gosford, Wyong and Woy Woy Hospitals in 2020 as part of the Coast’s annual graduate intake.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said nurses and midwives play a crucial role in the health system.

Of the 113 graduates, 71 nurses and six midwives have been assigned to Gosford, 32 to Wyong and four to Woy Woy, with Mr Crouch confirming that

these assignments were made on a needs basis scale.

Member of the Legislative Council, Taylor Martin, said investment in health infrastructure and health staff is at a record high.

The new staff will work in all clinical areas, including critical care, paediatrics, aged care, mental health, operating theatres, rehabilitation, drug and alcohol, maternity, medical and surgical specialties.

Source: Media release, Feb 25 Ben Sheath, Office of Adam Crouch MP

Where the Coast’s next crop of nurses and midwives will work has been revealed

Students to take part in world-first study Year 8 students at Green Point Christian College will take part in The Black Dog Institute’s Future Proofing Study.

Almost one quarter of young Australians are experiencing psychological distress, according to the latest Black

Dog Institute and Mission Australia Youth Report, with older generations pointing the finger at the incorporation of technology into virtually every aspect of young people’s lives.

But according to Black Dog Institute Clinical Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow, Dr Aliza Werner-Seidler, treatment

alone is not enough to fix this growing problem.

“Rather than scapegoating technology as the root cause, it’s time we considered how teens can use screens for good,” Dr Werner-Seidler said.

“The Black Dog Institute is excited to be running a world-

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“This five year trial will involve 400 schools and up to 20,000 Year 8 students.

“The study will test apps at scale, collecting sensor data

from smartphones such as sleep patterns and activity levels to give researchers the clearest snapshot yet into young people’s health and wellbeing.

“This unprecedented trial is the first step towards empowering young people with the tools to thrive, connect

and succeed in a rapidly changing digital world,” Dr Werner-Seidler said.

Source: Media release, Jan 20 Dr Aliza Werner-Seidler, Black Dog Institute Website, Feb 13 Phillip Nash, Green Point Christian College

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Central Coast councillors heard at their meeting on February 24 that work on the first phase of the project, which began in 2019, was progressing well.

Key findings also included: 15.7 km of sewer pipes were inspected; 3.61km of sewer

pipes were identified as needing upgrades, with 1.15km already relined; 10 properties with illegal connections from stormwater to sewer were identified; and, 2.3km of stormwater pipe was inspected.

Mayor, Lisa Mathews, said the joint Council and NSW Government Department of Planning, Industry and Environment project would continue to deliver answers for the community.

“Our waterways are fantastic assets and through the project we have identified a number of illegal connections plus some

assets and infrastructure needing repair,” Cr Matthews said.

“A team of scientists from the Department and from Council are working collaboratively with technical experts and operational staff to assess possible sources of pollution in each catchment, determine the impact on long term water quality, and prioritise remediation works, and we look forward to work progressing the next stage of the audit.”

Source: Media release, Feb 25 Central Coast Council

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5:30 Today [s] News Breakfast [s] 6:00 Sunrise [s] ABC News Mornings [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Poh’s Kitchen [s] Back Roads [s] 12:00 Movie: “Abducted: The Carlina 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] Grand Designs NZ [s] White Story” (M) (’12) Stars: 1:00 Doctor Doctor (M) [s] Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis, 2:00 New Amsterdam (M mp) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Foreign Correspondent [s] Sherri Shepherd, Roger Cross 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Australian Story (PG) [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] Agatha Raisin (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] Escape From The City [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] 7:30 Escape To The Chateau: 6:00 Seven News [s] The Repair Shop [s] Winter Returns (PG) [s] Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 Movie: “Batman v Superman: 8:30 Movie: “The Magnificent (PG) [s] Seven” (M v) (’16) – With the Dawn Of Justice” (M l,v) (’16) 6:00 The Drum [s] town of Rose Creek under the 7:00 ABC News [s] Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, deadly control of industrialist 7:30 Gardening Australia [s] Gal Gadot, Amy Adams Bartholomew Bogue, the 8:30 Endeavour: Oracle (M s,v) [s] 11:30 Surveillance Oz: desperate townspeople employ 10:00 Holden: The End Of The Road Dashcam (PG) [s] 12:00 Movie: “Borderline Normal” (M) protection from seven outlaws, 10:35 ABC Late News [s] bounty hunters, gamblers and (’01) Stars: Robin Dunne, 10:50 The Business [s] hired guns. Stars: Ethan 11:05 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS Caterina Scorsone, Michael Ironside, Corbin Bernsen, Hawke, Denzel Washington HELL (M) [s] 11:30 Doctor Who: Stephanie Zimbalist, Eugene 11:10 Movie: “Backdraft” (M l,v,s) (’91) Stars: Kurt Russell Lipinski, Will Sanderson The Doctor Falls (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 12:35 rage (MA15+) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 6:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 6:00 Home Shopping 6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 rage: Mardi Gras Special (PG) 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 11:00 Classic Countdown: 1981 [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 10:00 Your Domain [s] 11:00 Today Extra - Saturday [s] (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:00 My Way [s] 12:30 Endeavour: Oracle (M s) [s] 12:00 Seven’s Horse Racing: 12:30 It’s All Greek To Me [s] Randwick: Chipping Norton 2:00 Trent Parke: The Black Rose Stakes, Flemington: Australian 1:00 Destination WA [s] 2:30 Sperm Donors Anonymous 1:30 Big Pacific (PG) [s] Guineas (PG) [s] 2:30 The Garden Gurus [s] 3:30 Fake Or Fortune?: Nicholson 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s 3:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 4:30 Landline [s] 3:30 Rugby League: Bushfire Front Line (PG) [s] 5:00 Football: A-League: Round 21 Appeal: Parramatta Eels v – Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory 6:00 Seven News [s] Penrith Panthers *Live* From 7:00 Movie: “The Day After *Live* From McDonald Jones Bega Recreation Ground [s] Tomorrow” (PG) (’03) – When Stadium [s] – Unbeaten in their an ice age threatens the world, 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] past nine matches, Tony a climatologist tries to figure out 7:00 Taronga - Who’s Who In The Popovic’s Perth Glory hold third Zoo: Platypus (PG) [s] a way to save humanity and get spot as Fornaroli and to his young son in New York. 8:00 Movie: “Wonder” (PG) (’17) D’Agostino combine up front.

Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Owen Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal 7:00 ABC News [s] Wilson, Izabela Vidovic 9:15 Movie: “Taken” (MA15+) (’08) 7:30 Doc Martin (PG) [s] 10:20 Movie: “Collateral Beauty” (M l) Stars: Holly Valance 8:20 Agatha Raisin: The Deadly (’17) Stars: Will Smith 11:30 Surveillance Oz: Dance (Part 2) (PG) [s] 12:10 Cold Case: Bombers (M) [s] Dashcam (PG) [s] 9:10 Inspector George Gently: 1:05 Harry (PG) [s] Gently And The New Age (M v) 12:00 The Catch: 2:00 Home Shopping The Birthday Party (M v) [s] 10:40 Call The Midwife (M) [s] 5:30 Wesley Impact [s] 11:40 rage: Mardi Gras Special (PG) 1:00 Home Shopping 6:00 Harry (PG) [s] 6:00 Home Shopping 6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 10:00 The Hold Down (PG) [s] 9:00 Insiders [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 10:30 World’s Greatest Natural 10:00 Offsiders [s] Wonders (PG) [s] 1:00 Helloworld (PG) [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 1:30 My Road To Adventure (PG) 11:00 The Secret Life Of The Zoo [s] 11:00 Compass (PG) [s] 12:00 AFL: Women’s Footy (PG) [s] 2:00 Cycling: 2020 Santos Tour 11:30 Songs Of Praise (PG) [s] 1:00 Netball: Bushfire Relief Match: Down Under [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] Diamonds v All Stars *Live* 3:00 Program To Be Advised 12:30 Landline [s] From Qudos Bank Arena [s] 4:30 Motorbike Cops (PG) [s] 1:30 Gardening Australia [s] 3:00 Giving Life (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 2:30 How To Stay Young [s] 3:30 Outback [s] 5:30 Sydney Weekender [s] 3:30 The Mix [s] 4:30 Explore TV-Viking [s] 4:00 Football: W-League: Round 14 6:00 Seven News [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 7:00 My Kitchen Rules: All Rivals - Melbourne City v Brisbane 5:30 Customs (PG) [s] (PG) [s] Roar *Live* From AAMI Park [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 8:30 The Good Doctor: Sex And 6:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 7:00 Married At First Sight (M) [s] Death (M) [s] – Shaun and 6:30 Holden: The End Of The Road Morgan grapple with a cancer 8:30 60 Minutes (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] patient who is determined to live 9:30 Released To Kill Again (M) [s] 7:40 Grand Designs: the last few months of his life 10:30 See No Evil: The Man In The Richmond (PG) [s] Black Hat (M) [s] without inhibition.

8:30 Stateless (M l) [s] 11:30 Manifest: Upgrade (M v) [s] 9:30 God Friended Me (PG) [s] 9:25 Tea With The Dames [s] 12:20 Cold Case: Metamorphosis (M) 10:30 The Resident (M) [s] 10:50 Line Of Duty (MA15+) [s] 1:10 World’s Greatest Natural 11:50 Doc Martin (PG) [s] 11:30 Autopsy USA: Wonders: Rivers (PG) [s] Dennis Wilson (M d) [s] 12:40 Call The Midwife (M) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 12:30 Home Shopping 1:40 rage (MA15+) [s] 6:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 12:00 1:00 1:30 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 5:30

Also see: ABC COMEDY (Channel 22) ABC ME (Channel 23) ABC NEWS (Channel 24)

Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66) 7FOOD (Channel 74)

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6:00 8:30 12:00 1:00 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:30

8:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 1:30 2:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:30 9:00 9:30 12:00 12:30 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 7:30 8:00 9:45 10:45 12:45 6:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 12:00 1:00 1:30 3:30 4:00 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 4:30

Also see: GEM (Channel 82) GO! (Channel 83/88) LIFE (Channel 84)

Headline News [s] 5:00 CGTN English News Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch Dr Phil (PG) [s] Dancing With The Stars (PG) 1:00 PBS Newshour Judge Judy (PG) [s] 2:00 Destination Flavour China 2:05 Nazi Megastructures: Three Veg And Meat [s] Farm To Fork [s] Japanese Superfortress (PG) The Bold And The Beautiful 3:00 NITV News: Nula 3:30 Lucknow (PG) (PG) [s] (In English/ Hindi) 10 News First [s] 3:40 The Woman Who Brought WIN News [s] Down The Crown (PG) The Project (PG) [s] 5:30 Letters And Numbers The Graham Norton Show 6:00 Mastermind Australia (PG) [s] – Tonight’s guests: 6:30 SBS World News Justin Timberlake, Anna 7:35 Mystery Of Rome’s Sunken Kendrick, Oti Mabuse, Alan City (M) Carr and Sam Smith.

Hughesy, We Have A Problem 8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Debbie (M) (M) [s] 9:00 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does The Montreal Comedy Countdown (M l,s) Festival: Just For Laughs #4 10:00 SBS World News Late (M) [s] WIN’s All Australian News [s] 10:30 Butterfly (M l) 1:20 Being Transgender (MA15+) The Project (PG) [s] 2:25 8 Days (MA15+) (In German/ The Late Show (PG) [s] English/ Russian/ Polish) Home Shopping 5:00 CGTN English News I Fish [s] 5:15 NHK World English News Entertainment Tonight [s] 5:30 Worldwatch Escape Fishing With ET [s] The Offroad Adventure Show 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 ISU Grand Prix Of Figure What’s Up Down Under? [s] Skating: Graz, Austria Farm To Fork [s] 3:30 Great British Railway Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] Journeys: Port Talbot To Pooches At Play [s] Milford Haven (PG) The Living Room [s] 4:00 The Crystal Maze: Buy To Build [s] Celeb Team 2 (PG) Australia By Design: Interiors 4:55 Travel Man: Marrakech (PG) Fishing Australia [s] 5:25 Great Continental Railway What’s Up Down Under [s] Journeys: London To Monte Farm To Fork [s] Carlo (PG) Taste Of Australia With 6:30 SBS World News Hayden Quinn [s] 7:30 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Three Veg And Meat [s] Mardi Gras *Live* (M) 10 News First [s] 10:30 Kylie Minogue’s Secret Night Bondi Rescue [s] (PG) Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 11:30 Movie: “Milk” (M) (’08) Stars: Ambulance UK (M) [s] Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch 999: What’s Your Emergency? (MA15+) [s] 1:55 Dallas Buyers Club (MA15+) Dancing With The Stars (PG) 4:00 Travel Man: Berlin (PG) Blue Bloods: 4:25 Great British Railway The Price You Pay (M) [s] Journeys (PG) 5:00 CGTN English News Religious Programs [s] 5:15 NHK World English News Fishing Australia [s] 5:30 Worldwatch Three Veg And Meat [s] This Is Mexico (PG) [s] 1:00 Speedweek Taste Of Australia With 3:00 Cycling 5:30 Nazi Megastructures: Hitler’s Hayden Quinn [s] Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] Final Offensive (PG) The Living Room (PG) [s] 6:30 SBS World News Everyday Gourmet With 7:30 Secrets Of Our Cities: Justine Schofield [s] Footscray (PG) – Greig travels Dancing With The Stars (PG) to Footscray, one of the fastest Which Car (PG) [s] settlements to develop in Australia. Once the industrial RPM [s] heart of Melbourne, it drew a 10 News First [s] Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] European workforce.

The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 8:30 Michael Palin In North Korea Dancing With The Stars (PG) 9:30 Inside North Korea’s Dynasty: The Graham Norton Show (M) Nuclear Family/ Rocket Man (PG) Hughesy, We Have A Problem 11:20 Agatha Christie’s Criminal (M) [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] – Games: The Adventure Of Little Bruno (M l,v) (In French) Join our hosts as they dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily 1:00 Nazi Megastructures: Island news.

Megafortress/ Lightning War Home Shopping Machine/ The Eagle’s Nest/ Hitler’s Killer Subs (PG) CBS - This Morning [s]

Also see: 10 PEACH (Channel 11) 10 BOLD (Channel 12)

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ABC (C20/21)

6:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 5:30 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:15 9:35 10:40 11:10

Thursday 5 March

Wednesday 4 March

Tuesday 3 March

12:10 3:30

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] The Cook And The Chef [s] Back Roads (PG) [s] Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] Parliament Question Time [s] Escape From The City [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] The Repair Shop [s] Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Australian Story [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] Q&A [s] ABC Late News [s] Louis Theroux - America’s Most Dangerous Pets (M l) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] Compass (PG) [s]

PRIME (C61/60)

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00

2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 9:00

10:00 11:00 11:30 12:30

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Poh’s Kitchen [s] Back Roads [s] Grand Designs [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] Parliament Question Time [s] Escape From The City [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] The Repair Shop [s] Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Foreign Correspondent [s] Program To Be Advised.

Rick Stein’s Road To Mexico: Mexico City To Puebla (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised ABC Late News [s] Q&A [s] Humans (M v) [s] Grand Designs NZ (PG) [s]

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking [s] 10:35 Back Roads (PG) [s] 11:05 Grand Designs NZ [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 The Breakfast Couch [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:00 Escape From The City [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 The Repair Shop [s] 5:30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] .

8:30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] 9:00 Black Comedy (M l,s) [s] 9:30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) 10:15 Planet America (PG) [s] 10:45 ABC Late News [s] 11:15 Four Corners [s]

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6:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:55 1:40 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 5:30 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:20 10:20 10:55 11:25 12:35 1:20

6:00 9:00 10:00 10:35 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:55 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:10 9:40 10:10 10:40 11:15 12:15 1:15

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] The Cook And The Chef [s] Back Roads [s] Grand Designs NZ [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) Parliament Question Time [s] Escape From The City [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] The Repair Shop [s] Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] The Drum [s] Sammy J [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Doctor Who (PG) [s] Would I Lie To You? (PG) [s] QI: Odds And Ends (M s) [s] Program To Be Advised ABC Late News [s] Informer (M l,d,v) [s] Louis Theroux - America’s Most Dangerous Pets (M l) [s] Grand Designs NZ (PG) [s]

Also see: ABC COMEDY (Channel 22) ABC ME (Channel 23) ABC NEWS (Channel 24)

2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 9:00

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12:00 1:00

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “The Stepchild” (M v,s) (’16) – Ashley suspects her father’s partner was behind a brutal home invasion. Stars: Sarah Fisher, Lauren Holly The Daily Edition [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] My Kitchen Rules: All Rivals (PG) [s] 9-1-1: Rage (M) [s] – The 118 races to help protesters at a slaughter house, and a wife finds herself trapped in a “rage room” with her husband’s mistress.

S.W.A.T.: S.O.S. (M d) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Proven Innocent: Shaken (M) Home Shopping

TEN (C13)

NINE (C81/80)

5:30 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:00 1:30 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 9:15

11:40 12:35 1:00 1:30 4:00

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Ellen (PG) [s] Mom: Crazy Snakes And A Clog To The Head (M) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Movie: “Trainwreck” (MA15+) (’15) – Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she finally meets a good guy. Stars: Colin Quinn Chicago Med: Crisis Of Confidence (M) [s] Harry (PG) [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Home Shopping Ellen (PG) [s]

6:00 8:30 12:00 1:00 2:10 2:30 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 6:30 7:30 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 4:30

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Ellen (PG) [s] Mom: Spaghetti Sauce And A Dumpster Fire (M) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] – Some couples are thriving while others are struggling as the pressure of the experiment starts to hit home.

Paramedics (M mp,l) [s] Botched (M mp,n,l) [s] Chicago Med: (M mp) [s] Cold Case: Two Weddings (M) Harry (PG) [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Home Shopping Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo Home Shopping

6:00 8:30 12:00 1:00

5:30 Today [s] Sunrise [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “The Secret Sex Life Of 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] A Single Mom” (M s,n,l) (’14) – 1:00 Mom: Taco Bowl And A Tubby Seamstress (M) [s] A divorced woman finds sexual liberation through the world of 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] online dating. Stars: Ashley 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Jones, Alex Carter, Cynthia 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] Preston, Wesley Morgan 6:00 NINE News [s] The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] The Chase UK [s] 7:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] 9:00 Doctor Doctor (M d,s) [s] – The Chase Australia [s] Hugh and Tara’s wild night out Seven News [s] ends in disaster. Penny makes Home And Away (PG) [s] a shocking confession to her My Kitchen Rules: All Rivals new husband Jarrod.

(PG) [s] First Dates Australia (PG) [s] 10:00 New Amsterdam: The Karman Line (M mp) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Temptation Island USA: Mixed 11:00 Lethal Weapon: The Roger And Me (MA15+) [s] Messages (MA15+) [s] – The couples have an opportunity to 11:50 Westside (MA15+) [s] 12:40 Harry (PG) [s] communicate with their 1:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] significant others.

2:00 Home Shopping Home Shopping

6:00 8:30 12:00 1:00

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Happy Face Killer” (M) (’14) Stars: Gloria Reuben The Daily Edition (PG) [s] The Chase UK [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] My Kitchen Rules: All Rivals (PG) [s] The Good Doctor: Influence (M) [s] – When Shaun treats a patient who is a social influencer, he deals with unwanted attention. Meanwhile, the team treats a woman who is in abdominal distress after an at-home fecal transplant.

Gold Digger (M s,l) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Proven Innocent: In Defense Of Madeline Scott (Part 1) (M v) Home Shopping

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “The Trainer” (M v) (’13) Stars: Adam Killian The Daily Edition (PG) [s] The Chase UK [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Rebel Wilson’s Pooch Perfect (PG) [s] Modern Family: The Last Christmas/ The Prescott/ Legacy (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Celebrity Obsessed: John Lennon (M v) [s] – This is the story of Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon, which changed the world of celebrity culture forever.

Scandal (M) [s] Home Shopping

Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66) 7FOOD (Channel 74)

5:30 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:00 1:30 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30

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Headline News [s] 5:00 CGTN English News Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News Dr Phil (PG) [s] 5:30 Worldwatch Australian Survivor - All Stars 2:00 Nazi Megastructures: (PG) [s] Pacific Megaships (PG) Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Great British Railway Judge Judy (PG) [s] Journeys: Berwick-UponThree Veg And Meat [s] Tweed To Morpeth (PG) Farm To Fork [s] 3:30 Russia 1917: The Bold And The Beautiful Countdown To Revolution (PG) (PG) [s] 4:30 The Supervet: 10 News First [s] Noel Fitzpatrick (PG) WIN News [s] 5:30 Letters And Numbers The Project (PG) [s] 6:00 Mastermind Australia Australian Survivor - All Stars 6:30 SBS World News (PG) [s] 7:30 Planet Expedition: Hughesy, We Have A Problem Mexico Flooded Caves (PG) (M) [s] 8:30 Trust Me, I’m A Doctor (PG) The Montreal Comedy 9:30 Medical Mavericks Festival (M) [s] Anaesthesia (M) WIN’s All Australian News [s] 10:30 SBS World News Late The Project (PG) [s] 11:05 Football: The World Game The Late Show With Stephen 2020 Colbert (PG) [s] 11:40 The Last Wave (MA15+) Home Shopping (In French) CBS - This Morning [s] 12:40 Borgen (M s) (In Danish) Headline News [s] 5:00 CGTN English News Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News Dr Phil (PG) [s] 5:30 Worldwatch Australian Survivor - All Stars 1:00 PBS Newshour (PG) [s] 2:00 Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off Entertainment Tonight [s] (M l) Judge Judy (PG) [s] 2:50 Great British Railway Three Veg And Meat [s] Journeys: Bardon Mill To Farm To Fork [s] Wigton (PG) The Bold And The Beautiful 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are?: (PG) [s] Geoffrey Rush (PG) 10 News First [s] 4:25 Italy Unpacked: From The WIN News [s] Stones To The Stars The Project (PG) [s] 5:30 Letters And Numbers Australian Survivor - All Stars 6:00 Mastermind Australia (PG) [s] – It’s day 29 in 6:30 SBS World News Savusavu and the vibe is crazy 7:30 Great Australian Railway amongst both tribes as merge is Journey (PG) imminent.

8:30 Insight (M) NCIS: Mona Lisa (M v) [s] 9:35 Dateline NCIS: Los Angeles: Human 10:05 The Feed Resources (M v) [s] 10:35 SBS World News Late WIN’s All Australian News [s] 11:05 The Twelve (M l,s) (In Flemish) The Project [s] 12:00 The Good Fight (MA15+) The Late Show (PG) [s] 2:05 Counterpart: (M l,s,v) Home Shopping 4:05 24 Hours In Emergency (M)

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5:00 CGTN English News Headline News [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News Dr Phil (PG) [s] 5:30 Worldwatch Australian Survivor - All Stars 1:00 PBS Newshour (PG) [s] 2:00 Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off Entertainment Tonight [s] (M l) Judge Judy (PG) [s] 2:50 Dateline Three Veg And Meat [s] 3:25 Insight (M) Farm To Fork [s] 4:25 Italy Unpacked The Bold And The Beautiful 5:30 Letters And Numbers (PG) [s] 6:00 Mastermind Australia 10 News First [s] 6:30 SBS World News WIN News [s] 7:30 Tony Robinson’s Hidden The Project (PG) [s] Britain By Drone Australian Survivor - All Stars 8:30 Dublin Murders (M) (PG) [s] – Still on a high from 9:35 Project Blue Book: blindsiding another big player, Area 51 (M) some players are walking on 10:30 SBS World News Late air.

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Two schools join Plastic Police Program

Virtuosos performed in REPRISE 2020 Two young Central Coast virtuosos performed in REPRISE 2020 on February 14.

Plastic Police program’s Lexi Crouch and Samantha Cross Photo: James Miller Films

Students at St Patricks Catholic School at East Gosford are aiming to turn lunchbox waste into new roads.

The school has joined Council’s Plastic Police program, under which common lunchbox waste such as chip packets, muesli bar wrappers and sandwich bags, will be recycled into road resurfacing product, Reconophalt.

St Patricks, along with Budgewoi Public School, are the first schools on the Coast to join the program.

Council’s Director, Roads Transport Drainage and Waste, Boris Bolgoff, said roads outside both schools had been renewed using Reconophalt, during the summer school holidays to ensure there was no disruption to school communities.

“As a result of high traffic flow, school drop off points require an increased amount of road maintenance,” Bolgoff said.

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in waste, as they become more durable with the plastic added.

“The formulated mixture of recycled products in Reconophalt increases the lifespan of the road, as it is less likely to buckle and crack,” he said.

The Reconophalt used to pave each of these streets, when combined with bitumen, contained 15 per cent recycled materials.

Director of the Plastic Police program, Samantha Cross, said she was thrilled to see the program expand into schools and is looking forward to seeing the collaboration with Council progress.

“Central Coast was the first Council to come on board following our initial trial and we are really excited about what we will be able to achieve this year as the program expands,” Cross said.

“We are passionate about further educating these school communities about the simple actions they can take to help further reduce the waste sent

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“Plastic is a major environmental issue, with almost every piece ever created still in existence, much of which has found its way into our oceans wreaking havoc on our marine life.

“What we hope to achieve through this program is to provide an opportunity for soft plastics to be recycled into useful products, while educating and inspiring communities to reduce plastic waste, so together, we can create a better future for our planet and ourselves,” she added.

Mayor Matthews said it was fantastic to see community, business and government coming together to create real change to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.

“This is an incredible initiative that sees waste generated here, recycled here, and a given a new life here for the benefit of our residents.

“This is an example of a truly local close-the-loop resource recovery solution put into practice, and it is inspiring to see our young people take the lead,” Mayor Matthews said.

Source: Media release, Feb 12 Central Coast Council Media

Hosted by the Hunter School of the Performing Arts (HSPA), REPRISE is an annual presentation of the most outstanding music students from around the Hunter and Central Coast regions that have just completed their HSC. REPRISE 2020 is the sixth instalment of the showcase, with 19 pieces selected from 112 auditions from 2019 HSC students as nominated by their schools making up this year’s program.

REPRISE Assistant Producer/ Director, Lyn Cook, said the Central Coast was represented

by Mia Gillard and Brad Tham.

“Mia attended Narara Valley

High School and was listed on the HSC Honour Roll, coming 10th in the state in HSC Music 1.

“She played the oboe, accompanied by the harp, in her performance,” Cook said.

“Brad attended Gosford High School and has been a REPRISE favourite.

“In 2019, he performed a grand piano piece for his Year 11 Music 1 HSC component and he returned to us this year playing violin as part of a piano trio to perform a set piece by Johannes Brahms,” Cook said.

Source: Media release, Feb 11 Sven Wright, NSW Department of Education Interview, Feb 11 Lyn Cook, REPRISE 2020 Reporter: Dilon Luke

First round of the Lions’ Youth of the Year Competition completed Two Henry Kendall High School students competed in the first round of the Lions’ Youth of the Year Competition.

Adrian Crnalic and Priyansh Gupta both competed in Round 1 which was hosted by the Lions’ Club of TerrigalWamberal.

The competition is designed to encourage, foster and develop leadership in conjunction with other citizenship qualities in young people, and provides students with an opportunity to take on an active and constructive role in their communities in the hope of developing them into role models for their peers and future generations.

Henry Kendall High School Principal, Andrew Backhouse, said both students represented their school with distinction.

“Adrian was recognised for his public speaking, with Priyansh being selected by the judges to move onto the next level of the competition.

“Congratulations to both of you and best of luck in the Central Coast Zone final Priyansh,” Backhouse said.

Source: Newsletter, Feb 14 Andrew Backhouse, Henry Kendall High School

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Review into the state’s TAFE system criticised Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, has hit back at criticisms of a review into the state’s TAFE system, recently announced by Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

NSW Labor Leader, Jodi McKay, has labelled the review as “nothing but a thought bubble after nine years of cuts and deliberate neglect of the TAFE system”.

“This follows the Premier’s conspicuous failure to rule out privatisation of TAFE in media reports,” McKay said.

“TAFE has been decimated under the Liberals.

5,700 teachers and staff have left the TAFE system, and there are now 175,000 less students at TAFE than when the Liberals and Nationals came to power.

“The Liberals have already spent $6M on reviews.

“Gladys Berejiklian refused to rule out turning TAFE into a franchise like McDonalds or 7/11.

“This will see standards smashed, and see students pay more in fees at a time when we are crying out for more skilled

workers.”

Shadow Minister for Skills and TAFE, Jihad Dib, said the government needed to “get their act together and rebuild TAFE”.

But Crouch said the Government’s aim was to overcome the bias against vocational education and get students to think of TAFE in the same way that they think of university.

“TAFE should be seen as an equal and alternate pathway to a great job and a fulfilling career,” he said.

“TAFE equips people with critical skills for the future.

“Seven out of the ten fastest growing jobs in NSW have a vocational training pathway.

“It is important that NSW has a world-leading TAFE system, which is why the Government has appointed two leading education professionals to undertake this review,” Crouch said.

NAISDA CEO, Kim Walker, said graduates Kiarn Doyle, Maddison Paluch and Edan Porter have all gone on to bigger and better things, with Doyle joining the Bangarra Dance Theatre and Paluch and Porter joining Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year.

“We would like to congratulate Kiarn on his incredible achievement.

“With 11 NAISDA graduates already part of Bangarra’s impressive cast, Kiarn will be in great company when he takes to the Bangarra stage.

“The Pre-Professional Year program is highly competitive and NAISDA is thrilled for Maddison and Edan.

“This will give them the opportunity to further hone their professional skills and prepare for careers with a dance company,” Walker said.

Source: Media release, Feb 25 NSW Opposition Leader, Jody McKay Media statement, Feb 26 Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

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Dance workshops at Kariong to resume The Central Coast Bush Dance and Music Association’s beginner workshops are to return to Kariong and the Association invites interested locals to have a go.

Workshops will return to Kariong Progress Hall from 7pm on March 13 and will cover various dance styles from Bush, Colonial, Old Time, New Vogue, Ragtime, Contra, English Country, Scottish Country and occasionally

Welsh or Irish dances, in a gentle, private and supportive environment.

Association Secretary, Robyn Northwood, said the physical benefits of dancing are well documented, particularly in the ageing population, but said the social aspect of dancing was lesser known. “You can’t forget the fun when it comes to dancing, with these beginners’ workshops to feed into our regular bush dances at East Gosford Progress Hall, which have run on the second Saturday night

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of the month for the past 22 years,� Northwood said.

Northwood said everyone was welcome at the beginners’ workshop with the only requirements being a good pair of solid, flat shoes to dance in.

An $8 fee applies for each workshop.

Interested parties should contact the Association for more information.

Source: Media release, Feb 25 Robyn Northwood, Central Coast Bush Dance and Country Music Association Inc.

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Terrigal Beach ANZAC Day Service details released The Terrigal Wamberal RSL Sub Branch has announced details for their upcoming Terrigal Beach ANZAC Day Service on April 25.

The Sub-Branch will hold a veterans’ march starting from 5:15am at Church St, Terrigal, with marchers to make their way through the Terrigal CBD towards Terrigal Beach and the Foreshore War Memorial, where a Dawn Service will

commence from 5:30am.

This year an Australian WWII Wirraway Fighter/Trainer aircraft will conduct a fly over and demonstration by Phil Bennet Airshows.

Guest speakers at the service will be Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, and senior students from Central Coast Grammar School.

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Following the Dawn Service, a ‘gunfire’ breakfast will be held at the Terrigal Beach Surf Club. ‘Gunfire’ is a British tradition and was the usual term for the early cup of tea served out to troops in the morning before going on first parade, whenever possible.

Sub Branch Secretary, Michael Tabone, said WWI recruits in training always had ‘Gun Fire’ supplied to them, the

work before breakfast being found particularly trying, with the firing of the morning gun in a garrison town believed to be where the name for the practice originated.

The Sub Branch will also hold a memorial service from 11am at Breakers Country Club War Memorial.

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Rotarians launched the fundraiser on February 22, and as of the 23rd, the community had already donated over $4,000 to support Abby’s family, who are still coming to terms with her death and who are also dealing with the loss of their home and worldly possessions.

“Unfortunately, Abby’s family has been literally left with nothing and now needs generous support from the wider community in rebuilding

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Fund raising campaign for devastated Hodge family Members of the Rotary Club of Kincumber are encouraging community members to donate to their fundraiser for the family of Abby Hodge, the 13-yearold who died as a result of a housefire at her Kincumber home on February 19.

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Locals are being called on to donate empty drink bottles and cans to collection stations as part of a new nationwide appeal to support the recovery of wildlife impacted by the Black Summer bushfires.

their lives.

“The Rotary Club of Kincumber has established a tax-deductible fund through Rotary Australia Benevolent Society.

“Please help the family by making a tax-deductible donation,” said Club President, Lillias Bovell.

Bovell said should the fundraiser reach $15,000, former Australian retailer, Dick Smith, has agreed to match it dollar for dollar.

Anyone wishing to donate can do so by visiting Kincumber Rotary’s Facebook page and following the link to the Rotary Australia World Community Service donation page.

Source: Website, Feb 23 Lillias Bovell, Rotary Club of Kincumber

The TOMRA Cans for Koalas recycling appeal aims to raise $250,000 for WWF, Australia’s Wildlife and Nature Recovery Fund, by the end of May. Every eligible drink bottle or can donated through a Reverse Vending Machine can raise 10 cents to help wildlife recover from the bushfires, including assistance in the restoration of animals’ habitats and ensuring wildlife like koalas are safe from extinction.

“Like all Australians, we were saddened by the loss of over one billion Aussie animals including koalas, kangaroos and kookaburras in the most recent bushfires, and felt compelled to do what we can to help them recover.

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Australia President, Ryan Buzzell “Following the recent success of our Bottles for the Bush campaign, which saw us double our original $250,000 donation target, we are hopeful that this initiative will engage the community and exceed our fundraising expectations,” Buzzell said.

WWFAustralia CEO, Dermot O’Gorman, said it was incredible to see partners like

TOMRA and people from all over Australia banding together to protect the country’s wildlife and wild places.

“The devastation caused by these bushfires is unprecedented and the recovery work ahead is immense.

“The Cans for Koalas drive will help us continue to respond to affected wildlife and deliver long term plans and actions to restore what has been lost,” O’Gorman said.

All proceeds received will go towards supporting veterinarians who are providing care and medical treatment to injured wildlife across Australia, providing food and water to animals in bushfire impacted regions, and the restoration of habitats through tree planting projects.

Source: Media release, Feb 24 Zoe Benham, Seven Communications

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10 years old petrol stove fridge toilet, HERITAGE POP TOP full annex over swing excellent condition, axle hubs bearings, 18ft full van, double 2006 16.52 FEET Ph: 0407 535 351 automatic sleeps four, $39,000 long reg, boat has 2 out kitchen, full floor, $200. Ph: 0403991136 axle, garaged , r/out Awning, Full annex, JAYCO STERLING Ph: 0408 010 644 Ph: 0409 821 216 swivel seats.

BED QUEEN fridge, gas, electrical built in steps, gas or or 43533158 annex + mesh walls, POPTOP CARAVAN Ph: 4312 6474 double miracoil AWNINGS 2 EB FALCON 240, $5500, stove, microwave, 1997 TOYOTA HILUX island, bed, gas, oven Full Annexe & mattress & base near good tyres, good SPEEDY MAG Ph: 0409 721280 EXTENSION single beds, air con, + cooktop $17,500 GRINNER Extension, new, appearence, looked M’home 4 metre, rego 4/20, electrical Ph: 4323 6812 WHEELS SPACELAND 130kms, 9mths rego, Rollout Awning, $400 ono after by one owner for brakes, extras reasonable offer, 4 x 20”, 6 stud near CARAVAN 22FT RHINO ROOF good running order, Ph: 0432 260 111 Ph: 4392 3900 $15,000ono new reneagde ATS, garaged, good pod large $250, rhino 25 years, head gasket New Tyres Galvanized $3000 ono Frame, Air Con. Ph: 0407 392 872 265/50 R20 tyres, 95%: MULTIPLE ITEMS KENWOOD FOOD condition, shower, roof rack large $150, problems suit mechanic Ph: 4382 1482 Reg. August 2020 $1000, off colorado 4x4 ute, Triton workcentre mk3- PROCESSOR FPM90 separate toilet, new with fittings good condition Ph: 0408 010 644 extension table - $300, Brand New, Never $1250 ono. awning, mesh walls, Ph: 0438 449 651 $19,000 ono Triton saw table - $100, Used Cost $700 Sell Ph: 4365 4960 queen bed, washing WANTED TO4325 BUY 7369 2.01 86-88 Mann Gosford NSW - PO Box 1056 Gosford NSW 2250 Phone: Ph: 4352 1748 Air compressor, machine. $26,000 ono - Websites: www.centralcoastnews.net Email: manager@centralcoastnews.net ELECTRIC MOWER ingersol rand beltorive AND SNIPPER - $120, oxyset, comet as new, photo available sprint gauges - $80, REGENCY on request, mower jumpstarter 1900 PRESURE CHAIR a.m.p - $50, Alfie home $160, snipper $80 RECLINER Ph: 0422 893 240 spa - $70, steel picket *To run in all three papers and on line for a maximum of 3 months if not sold before Good condition and postdriver - $60, wire CAMPER TRAILER suitable for aged care, strainer chain tension off road, aluminium, Client Name: location in Kariong, light, queen mattress, - $70, large garden Phone: Email: $1500 full annex, swing umbrella - $30 Ph: 0404 012 283 out, stove, sink, 12 v 20 words $44 Photo $11 yes no Ph: 4344 4702 PAJERO ‘07 battery, 60L water TWO FUNERAL | | | | | | | | EXCEED tank, $2,800, CERTIFICATES second owner, log Ph: 0414 321 773 at Palmdale for | | | | | | | | books, excellent TWO ELECTRIC HOT cremation or buriel, condition, 202,000 water systems basic cost covered | | | | | km, 7 seats leather 50 Litres, $2,500 Extra words at $2.20 per word upholstery, bluetooth EXT. TABLE Ph: 0428 432 149 dvd player etc, $12,900 900x900 + chairs, | | | | | | | | Ph: 0425 312 510 ROUND OAK TABLE 1200mm + chairs, CUSTOMLINE | | | | | | | | MULTIPLE COFFEE DELUXE CAMPER DOCTORS 100 | | | | | | | | TABLES TRAILER YEAR OLD CEDAR variety of finishes. sleeps 6, extra tarp Card: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DESK Located San Remo, roof, queen bed, with 9 drawers, 2 desk Bob - Ph: 4399 2757 kitchen, awning, single Expiry: | / | | HONDA JAZZ 2007 axle, year 2010, reg. extensions and glass rego Oct 2020, top. $1000 ono W27657, EXP. 7/7/18, Office use only: 108,000kms, auto, Ph: 4333 3040 $4,000.

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A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF EVENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THE CENTRAL COAST FRIDAY, FEB 28

The Central Coast branch of Volunteer Information THURSDAY, MAR 5 the Disabled Surfers & Recruitment Day, Association: ‘Smiles on Review of the Central Coast Centre of Festival of Women: Dials” Surf Event, Warnervale Airport Riding for the Disabled Because We Care Umina Beach, 9:30am (Restrictions) Act 1996: Boutique Turns 1 Somersby, Have your say, Wyong Morning Tea, All are welcome, 6th International Council Wyong Neighbourhood Women’s Day Expo, 10am - 12pm Chambers ( 2 Hely St) Centre, Free - Booking Westfield Tuggerah Roosters v Knights Trial, 2pm - 5pm required, 10:30am.

Shopping centre, Central Coast Stadium, to speak at the forum IWD Community 9am Ticketed, 2:30pm email - centralcoast@ Celebraton- speakers, planning.nsw.gov.au entertainment, morning Central Coast Cactus & SUNDAY, MAR 1 www.planning.nsw.gov.au Succulent Club INC: tea, Northern Women’s Autumn Sales Day, Health Centre, Women in Art Award winning feature Charmhaven Community 10am - 12pm Expo and film: Equivocal Redemption - Preview Screening by Daniel Widdowson, Cinema Paradiso Ettalong, Ticketed, 7pm - 8:30pm Woy Woy Rugby Club Sports Luncheon, Ettalong Diggers, Ticketed, 12pm - 4pm

Artisan’s Market, The Entrance Gallery And Complex, 1/03 - 22/03, 10am - 3pm www.women.nsw.gov.au

Wyong Family History Group: Hits and Misses Seminar, Tuggerah The Central Coast Volunteer Community Hall, Support Group: Raising Ticketed, 10am - 3:30pm money for Guide Dogs MONDAY, MAR 2 fundraising stalls, Lake Haven Shopping Ministry of Leftovers: Centre Market Monday and free cuppa, Robert Gerrish Author Ettalong Baptist church, Event, 9am - 4pm Woy Woy Library, 10:15am - 11:45am Continence Foundation Talk, Bateau Bay Library, SATURDAY, FEB 29 bookings essential, 1:30pm - 2:30pm

www.women.nsw.gov.au

FRIDAY, MAR 6 Newcastle Permanent Cinema under the starsLion King (2019 version), Central Coast Stadium, Free entry, 8pm Aussie Nightmarkets, The Entertainment Grounds Gosford, 5pm - 10pm

Erina League Club, Central Coast Festival Hg Nelson & Digit Dave Scout hall First attendance is free, of Women: Sellout 2020 Mcmasters beach, 10am – 12pm Soroptimists Breakfast, Comedy Tour, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Reef Restaurant Link and Pin, 4349 4756 SATURDAY, MAR 15 www.cen.org.au/events Terrigal. Live Streaming Ticketed, 7pm Of The “All About Central Coast Festival SATURDAY, MAR 21 Women” Event From THURSDAY, MAR 12 of Women: The Sydney Opera Zonta Birthing Kits House, University of Ultimate Gamer Tournament Packing Day, (12-24yrs), Newcastle, Ourimbah Westfield Tuggerah, Central Coast Grammar Campus, FreeEntry is free, School Erina, Bookings required, 1pm 4:30pm - 7:30pm Free - booking’s required, Flavours by the Sea TUESDAY, MAR 10 FRIDAY, MAR 13 8am - 12:30pm - food, entertainment zontatickets.com.au/ Hall, 9am - 1pm and stalls, Hg Nelson & Digit Dave Kariong Social Dance: event/11009 Memorial Park Sellout 2020 Workshops To Resume, CEN: Wildplant The Entrance, Comedy Tour, Kariong Progress Hall WEDNESDAY, MAR 18 Community Nursery, 3:30pm - 8:30pm Hardy’s Bay Club, Ticketed, 7pm - 10pm CEN Office, Ourimbah, centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ Ticketed, 7pm The Central Coast 9am - 12pm flavoursbythesea Collective: In Conversation The Australian Plants Central Coast Festival Series with Ash Pollard, SUNDAY, MAR 22 Society: Saving Our Head and Neck Cancer of Women: The Bon Pavilion Gosford, Precious Native Plants, Charity Ball, Women of Worth, Ticketed, 6:30pm Phillip House Kariong, Avoca Surf House, Wyoming Community gold coin entry, 7:30pm Ticketed, 6pm Centre, Free THURSDAY, MAR 19 Booking’s required, SATURDAY, MAR 14 Climate: What it means for

our Jobs and our Future kathy@gosfordcommunity. org.au with guest speakers, Point Clare Community Hall, WEDNESDAY, MAR 11 1:30pm - 4:30pm

The Central Coast Volunteer

Support Group: Raising Central Coast Gatsby High Tea, money for Guide Dogs Girrakool Blues Festival Festival of Women: 86-88 Mann Fundraising stalls, and Barbecue, Women in Art Whole Street Gosford, Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy Mt Penang Event Park, Day Workshop 2 Tickets to be The Central Coast Series Central Coast Festival Ticketed, 06/03 - 8/03 Serendipity, purchased prior, 2pm FRIDAY, MAR 20 skate, scooter and BMX of Women: The Entrance competition 2020, 0468 408 455 Beginning your Family Community Forum: Community Centre, Umina Skate Park, History - 4 Week Course, Empowering Women Ticketed, 9:30am - 3pm Entry is free and open to TUESDAY, MAR 24 Wyong Family History and Equality with Trish 0411 062 895 riders aged 5-24 Group Cottage, Doyle MP, corinne@tlas.org.au 06/03 - 27/03, Road Safety – The Grange Hotel, Green Living Workshop: Booking’s required, On the Road 65Plus, Pacific Highway, Humungus Plant Sale & Pests, Predators and 9:30am - 2:30pm Evergreen Lifecare: Mingara Recreation TUESDAY, MAR 3 Donation entry, Market stalls, Companion Planting, cheese & wine Club, Free - Bookings Anglican Church The RSVP 7 March, 7pm Central Coast Life Time Gosford Musical Society: Festival of Women: open day, essential, 10:15am Entrance, 8am - 1pm Learning Centre Palmdale, 045 0272 798 Mamma Mia! Creative Expression 9 Yallambee Avenue 4350 5387 bookings essential, melgould@hotmail.com Laycock Street Community Coastie Mardi Gras IWD Workshop West Gosford, Provincial Championships 12:30pm - 3pm Theatre, Ticketed, Dance Party, with lunch, 3pm - 6pm Race Day, Climate Action Plan 6 - 21/03, Climate Action Plan Woy Woy Leagues Club, The Entertainment Grounds, 37 Maidens Brush To register call International DJ’s Community Workshops, 2pm & 8pm sessions Community Workshops, Ticketed, 6pm - 12pm Ticketed, 12pm Road Wyoming, Slumberjack, 4329 2300 or email Hamlyn Terrace Doyalson RSL, naughtynoodle.com.au/ Florida Beach Bar, info@evergreenlifecare.

Free Booking Tuggerah Lakes U3A Community Centre, 6pm - 8pm, whaston Ticketed 7pm org.au presents a Talk on: required, 10am - 2pm 6pm - 8pm, have you say online or ‘Inspiring Speeches’, www.women.nsw.gov.au have you say online or Troubadour Folk Club: register your interest SUNDAY, MAR 8 Central Coast Mariners The Entrance/Long Jetty Mic Conway with Robbie register your interest yourvoiceourcoast.com WEDNESDAY, MAR 4 RSL Hall, 10am – 12pm vs Melbourne City FC, Long (Aust) yourvoiceourcoast.com Central Coast Central Coast Stadium, St Luke’s Hall Woy Woy, Gosford Erina Business Mariners vs Festival of Women: SATURDAY, MAR 7 Bands for the Brigades, Ticketed, 7.30pm Tickets at door, 7pm WEDNESDAY, MAR 25 Chamber March Wellington Phoenix IWD Community Mangrove Mountain www.a-league.com.au Luncheon Event, PINK ROUNd, Celebration Memorial Club CCC: Free Chemical Gosford Golf Club Central Coast Centre of Central Coast Stadium, Tuggerah Lakes U3A speakers, musician, and Golf Course, Racecourse Road, CleanOut, Riding for the Disabled: presents a Talk on: Ticketed, 4pm light lunch, social, Ticketed, 2pm Ticketed, 12:15pm Council’s Long Jetty Annual general ‘Historical Political www.a-league.com.au Peninsula Women’s Depot Bateau Bay, meeting, Assassinations’, The Central Coast Volunteer Seniors Extreme Health Centre, 29/02 & 01/03, At the Centre, Kangoo International Women’s Dogs in the Park NSW The Entrance/Long Jetty Support Group: Raising Weather Resilience, Free - Booking 9am - 3:30pm Rd. Somersby, 7pm Day Cabaret: - Free dog events, dog RSL Hall, 10am – 12pm money for Guide Dogs Erina Library, required, 10am - 1pm www.cleanout.com.au Rayon Riot 2, market stalls, Dog comps fundraising stalls, www.women.nsw.gov.au 10am - 12:30pm and Dog demos, 5 Broken Bay Rd Community Bunnings, West Gosford Clean Up Australia Day 4304 7650 Norah heads Sports Club, Ettalong, Ticketed, Environment Network: U-Factor Business 2020, 10am - 12pm Alliance Française 8pm - 10pm Information Sesssions and Executive Hardys Bay Community Carole King’s Tapestry Central Coast: naughtynoodle.com.au/ Coaching Seminar, & Nocturnal Church, 8am the Concert, Conversation Group whaston AdviceCo. Offices Bushwalks, - see if Laycock Street Community - Come and practice Gosford, Ticketed, you’re eligble for FREE Theatre, Ticketed, 11am your French at any level, 5:30pm - 7pm property management,

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Climate Change forum at Point Clare A forum on Climate Change, organised by Central Coast for Social Justice, will be held at Point Clare Community Hall on March 7.

Treasurer, Jill Grosche, said the group had assembled an experienced range of speakers.

“2019 was the year the climate crisis was impossible to ignore for millions,” Grosche said.

“Savage fires into 2020 have been devastating people’s lives, water shortages are pushing many towns to crisis point, millions have endured months of hazardous air quality, and over a billion animals have been killed.

“What are the obstacles that people face when coming to terms with climate change and the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy?

“Our discussion will include the impact on jobs, sense of security and living standards.”

Speakers at the forum will include indigenous cultural worker Kevin Duncan, councillor and Labor candidate, Jeff Sundstrom, climate

lobbyist Timothy Lang, fossil fuel worker Tommy JohnHerbert and environmentalist and ethics teacher, Sue Wynn.

“These people bring years of experience and passion to the area of climate change,” Grosche said.

“The forum will be opened by Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch.”

Kevin ‘Gavi’ Duncan is a member of Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council and is the Land Council’s Cultural Heritage Tourism and Education Project Manager.

Jeff Sundstrom is a Central Coast councillor, who was a NSW firefighter for 36 years, and will talk about the attempts by former Fire Service Commissioners to warn the Australian government of the impending fire catastrophe.

He will also explain the window of opportunity for hazard reduction and cuts to National Parks’ staffing.

Sue Wynn is a member of the Coal Ash Community Alliance and an activist in campaigns to stop Wallarah 2 Coal mine and

the coal ash pollution from Vales Point Power Station.

She was Deputy Mayor of Wyong Shire Council in 2011 and in 2008, was the first Greens’ councillor to be elected to Wyong Council.

She will talk about the impact of fossil fuel projects on Central Coast communities and the campaigns around them.

Timothy Lang will talk about how the empowerment of working people as well as a unified labour and environment movement is key to addressing climate change.

Tommy-John Herbert is an active member of the Maritime Union of Australia, currently working as a wharfie and having worked on fossil fuel projects around Australia, including oil and gas and dredging.

He will explain why the transition to renewable energy needs to be 100% publicly led and owned.

Source: Media release, Feb 25 Jill Grosche, Treasurer, Central Coast for Social Justice

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Annual Copacabana Inflatable Challenge to take place

The Copacabana Inflatable Challenge is not for the faint of heart or weak of spine

The people of Copacabana are preparing for their annual Copacabana Inflatable Challenge on February 29.

One of the community’s best kept secrets until now, the annual Inflatable Challenge has been run since 2002 as a way for likeminded locals to come together on the last day of summer and have a bit of fun as they take to the water to see

who can catch the sweetest of waves, or cop the sickest of shore dumps, in a menagerie of novelty pool floats.

The mantra of the challenge is simple: ‘Get your mates, inflate something and paddle out’, with community at the core of the free event since its inception.

Over the years, the Challenge has been run by the man simply known as Donny Copacabana, who coordinates the days’

festivities and ensures conditions are suitable for a day of inflatable frolicking.

As a veteran of the polyvinyl, Donny’s top tips for Challenge first timers are to arrive with your inflatable ready for use, be aware of conditions on the day and if in doubt don’t paddle out.

Source: Website, Feb 24 Donny Copacabana, Copacabana Inflatable Challenge Reporter: Dilon Luke

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ARTS & CULTURE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE

Free social French conversation groups.

Small classes at East Gosford & Bateau Bay Renee 0435 028 416 www.afcentralcoast.org.au afcentralcoast@gmail.com

CENTRAL COAST ART SOCIETY

Lectures, demonstrations and discussion.

Weekly paint-outs Tues 4349 5860 for locations Workshops 4363 1156 9.30am 1st & 3rd Wed Meetings 1.30pm 4th Wed Gosford City Arts Centre.

4325 1420

publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au

HANDWEAVERS, SPINNERS AND TEXTILE ARTS GUILD

Spinning and weaving, patchwork and quilting, felting and other fibre and fabric crafts, community quilting bees - Day and Night Groups 4325 4743 www.cottagecrafts.net.au

THE MAKERS STUDIO

Creative workspace for print making, screen printing, textile and fibre arts. Introductory classes & workshops Thurs 10am-4pm 0414 220 855 www.themakersstudio.org.au

TOUKLEY DISTRICT ART SOCIETY

Painting, drawing groups and classes, demonstarations and workshops.

7 days 10am-4pm, Cafe Tues-Drawing group 10am Wed - Painting group 9:30am 4392 4666 toukleyartgallery@gmail.com www.toukleyartgallery.com.au

COMMUNITY GROUPS ABC - “The Friends”

Safeguard ABC’s independence, funding, & standards. Meetings through the year & social afternoons Well-known guest speakers 4341 5170 www.fabcnsw.org.au

CENTRAL COAST CARAVANNERS

3rd Sun - Jan to Nov Trips Away, Social Outings, friendship with like minded folk Geoff 0447 882 150

COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE

50+ SINGLE & SOCIAL GROUP Fun & friendship Monthly progam of dinner, dancing, scrabble, cards, Tenpin etc.

0437 699 366 0412 200 571

SUNDAY LUNCH BUNCH Singles over 55 Luncheons 1st & 3rd Sun 0418 772 569 (after 2pm)

CCLC INDOOR BOWLS

Mon - Ladies Social Wed Night & Sat - Mixed Social Tuition given Level 2, Central Coast Leagues Club 4334 3800

GOSFORD NORTH PROBUS CLUB

4th Tues, Grange Hotel, Wyoming 10am 4322 5560

GOSFORD AND DISTRICT ORCHID SOCIETY

Persons interested in Orchids and their culture 4th Wed, 7.30pm Kincumber School of Arts, Tora Ave, Kincumber 0405 669 707

gosfordorchidsociety@yahoo.com.au

SENIORS’ COMPUTER CLUB

Non-profit club to help members master computers, tablets, phones and keep up with grand children Friendly Volunteer Helpers scccc@internode.on.net Google scccckincumber

4307 9421

SENIORS SOCIAL AND FRIENDSHIP CLUB

2nd Mon social activities, day outings and short breaks away 4322 7588 or 0427 404 322

TERRIGAL WAMBERAL RSL SUB-BRANCH

Pension and welfare officers available to assist with DVA compensation claims and benefits Breakers Country Club Wed & Fri 10am – Midday Meet 2nd Sat 10am 4384 2661

Terrigal-WamberalSB@rslnsw. org.au.

U3A CENTRAL COAST

Enjoy a diverse range of courses and activities for seniors. Keep your mind active and make new friends.

0408 704 701

Not for profit service providing www.centralcoast.u3anet.org.au free legal advice Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm 4353 4988 contact@centralcoastclc.org.au

VOLUNTEERING CENTRAL COAST

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

Training to volunteers and managers of volunteers Info sessions held regularly.

4329 7122 recruit@volcc.org.au

WILDLIFE ARC

Rescue and care for injured and orphan native animals.

24hr/day, 7days/week.

Meet 3rd Sun Wyoming Community Centre, Maidens Brush Rd Wyoming 10am 4325 0666

WINE APPRECIATION CLUB

Central Coast Leagues Club 2nd Wed Taste and be educated on wine by various wineries.

Purchases not mandatory Keith - 0420 722 529 Fraser - 0416 831 088

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

COMMUNITY CENTRES GOSFORD 50+ LEISURE AND LEARNING CENTRE

Mon-Fri Chess, darts, handicraft, indoor bowls, knitting, line dancing, origami, painting, pencil drawing, scrabble, scrapbooking, sit & sew, table tennis, Ukulele 4304 7065

GOSFORD-NARARA NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

School Holiday activities, playgroup, multicultural programs, community activities Rooms for Hire 4329 4477 admin@gnnc.com.au

POINT CLARE COMMUNITY HALL

Community garden, paygroup, craft & exercise groups Function or meeting room hire 4323 7483 accounts@gosfordcommunity.org.au www.gosfordcommunity.org.au

KARIONG NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

Early childhood clinic, free family law advice, active playgroup, computer classes, OOSH services, fitness classes,

arts & crafts, over 50’s friendship group, youth group, & social groups.

4340 1724

Henry Kendall Gardens Summer 3rd Mon - 7pm, Winter 3rd Sat - 2pm 0410 696 458

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cisscentralcoast@bigpond.com

TERRIGAL 50+ LEISURE & LEARNING CENTRE

PENINSULA LIGHTHOUSE

Fitness, yoga, bridge, mahjong, zumba gold, line dancing, tai chi, painting, craft & computer classes.

4384 5152

WYOMING COMMUNITY CENTRE

Community support, Zumba, book club, community garden, facility hire, fine assistance, volunteer opportunity, CDAT & OSHC/Vacation Care 4323 7483

accounts@gosfordcommunity.org.au www.gosfordcommunity.org.au

HEALTH GROUPS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Mobile counselling service supporting ALL people suffering from Domestic Violence Counselling services Mon, Ettalong Baptist Church, 0417 472 374 penlighthouse@gmail.com www.peninsulalighthouse.info/

HISTORY GROUPS CENTRAL COAST FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Tue to Fri 9.30am - 2.30pm First Sat 9.30 - noon Thur 7pm - 9pm Other times by appointment.

4324 5164 www.centralcoastfhs.org.au admin@centralcoasths.org.au

BRISBANE WATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Mon, Wed & Fri, 12.30pm Someone cares Anglican Church 3 Mann St Gosford 4323 3890

• Coach tours • school educational tours • annual street stalls • participation in History Heritage Week Margaret Pearce 4325 2270

BETTER HEARING AUSTRALIA

FELLOWSHIP OF FIRST FLEETERS

Hearing loss management Support and educational groups providing practical experience and confidence 4321 0275

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

CONCERT BAND

Plays popular music for community events.

Adult members play wind, brass and percussion 0405 619 980 www.tempoterrific.com

CCLC BRIDGE CLUB

Duplicate Bridge, partner not required.

Central Coast Leagues Club 12.30pm Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri. Sat 1.30pm, Wed 7.15pm 4325 9854

POLITICAL PARTIES

www.cclcbridgeclub.asn.au cclcbridgeclub@westnet.com.au

CENTRAL COAST GREENS

CENTRAL COAST GOJU-KAI KARATE

Local, state wide, national and international issues and campaigns Council and parliamentary representation 3rd Thur

centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

LABOR PARTY OURIMBAH/ NARARA BRANCH

Discussion/action community issues - 3 levels of Government Niagara Park Primary School 7.30pm 1st Mon 0410 309 494 kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

PUBLIC SPEAKING BLUE GUM FLAT TOASTMASTERS

Develop confidence by improving your speaking skills.

1st & 3rd Mon 7.15-9.30pm For anyone interested in early Ourimbah RSL history.

4362 7227 Don’t need to be a First Fleeter.

Point Clare Community Hall 2nd Sat 10:30am 4392 1926 4311 6254

SERVICE GROUPS

MUSIC

INNER WHEEL CLUBS

TEMPO TERRIFIC

SPECIAL INTEREST

Traditional Karate & self defence for teens & adults No contracts, cheap rates Wamberal - Mon 6.30pm Kincumber - Thurs 7.15pm 0417 697 096 www.centralcoastgojukaikarate.com.au

CENTRAL COAST SOARING CLUB INC

Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Instruction FREE to members 14 and up Bloodtree Rd, Mangrove Mountain Thur, Sat, Sun 0412 164 082 0414 635 047 www.ccsoaring.com.au

SPIRITUALITY IN THE PUB

Ecumenical & interfaith speakers forum & Q&A. 1st Tues March to October 2nd Tues November 7.30 to 9pm Grange Hotel, Wyoming 4365 9197

WOMEN’S GROUPS

WOMEN’S HEALTH Women working together to CENTRES make a difference and improve BRISBANE WATER BRASS lives while making new friends. Counselling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, Social outings and community Brass Band entertainment domestic violence and abuse involvment. for the community playing all www.pcfa.org.au issues. All services provided by Wyong 3rd Wed 6.30pm types of popular music women for women Terrigal 3rd Mon 12 noon Wed 8pm -10pm 4324 2533 DYING WITH DIGNITY Gosford North 2nd Wed 7pm 0419 274 012 www.cccwhc.com.au 0417 480 549 Campaigning to give those 0407 008 555 suffering unrelievable terminal COASTAL A CAPPELLA SOROPTIMIST to incurable illness the choice Dynamic award winning INTERNATIONAL LIONS CLUB OF WOY WOY to receive legal medical help to women’s a cappella chorus Make new friends & have fun BRISBANE WATER die. Erina Fair.

Music eduction provided while serving your community Making a difference in the 02 4369 8053 Performance opportunities 3rd Mon j2@heelstone.com.au lives of women & girls through Hire us for your next event.

Woy Woy Leagues Club awareness, advocacy & action 0412 948 450 0478 959 895 2nd Thur 7 pm coastalacappella@gmail.com GAMBLING SOLUTIONS Breakers Country Club, Counsellors provide free, Dover Rd, Wamberal ROTARY CLUB OF confidential, professional SOUNDWAVES sibrisbanewater@@siswp.org GOSFORD service to gamblers, family and A cappella harmony for men www.siswp.org Supporting local & overseas friends. Woy Woy, Kincumber, Mon 7.00 to 9.30pm communities.

Gosford, The Entrance.

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4344 7992 Dane Drive, Gosford Gosford Golf Club 6pm Thurs Max 4324 3631 0414 777 748 DOYALSON WYEE Kieran 4324 1977 MEALS ON WHEELS www.gosfordrotary.org.au SOCCER CLUB Delicious meals delivered free Football club for the local Join us for a midday meal SYMPHONY ROTARY CLUB OF community. Juniors from under Help with shopping and CENTRAL COAST 5 to senior teams. cooking classes GOSFORD NORTH Community Orchestra Kerry 0410 045 981 4363 7111 Active community minded club.

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BOOK REVIEW

CCN Where the Crawdads Sing Author: Delia Owens Publisher: Putnam

Where the Crawdads Sing begins in 1969 with two boys riding their bikes out to the nearby swamp where they find the body of Chase Andrews.

The prime suspect in his murder is the poor, uneducated and freakish girl, Kya, who lives alone in the marsh lands.

The story then turns the years back to 1952, to six-year-old Kya, watching her mother walk out of the family’s “shack” in the marsh lands of North Carolina.

It is a tough place inhabited throughout the years by “mutinous sailors, castaways, debtors and fugitives dodging wars, taxes, or wars that they didn’t take to”.

Kya lives in the shack with her four older siblings and her Ma. Pa is more gone then home and when he is home his family wishes he wasn’t.

He drinks and is physically abusive.

Kya’s Ma has left the shack before, after fighting with Pa. She has always come back in the past – but not this time.

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After Ma leaves, Pa eventually drives all of Kya’s siblings away until it is only Kya and her father, before he too eventually leaves Kya when she is only ten.

Kya is uneducated, she can’t read or write, and hardly knows how to navigate through life.

The town people shun her and call her “Marsh Girl”.

But she is smart. She is quick. She is savvy. And she is beautiful.

She avoids the town and people in general.

She learns from the wildlife around her, tricks of camouflage to evade truant officers. hunting skills to feed herself, how to catch mussels and fish to sell to shopkeepers in the town.

But everyone needs someone and the owner of a wharf, Jumpin’ and his wife Mabel lookout for Kya. She also forms a friendship with Tate., a friend of one of Kya’s brother’s, who

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discovered that she has a PhD in biology and is a zoologist who grew up in rural Georgia – so she knows what she writes about.

Her readers are left with a clear understanding of the difference between a marsh and a swamp!

I thought this book was fascinating and I’m not surprised at all it has joined the New York Times List of best sellers (over 1.5 million copies and counting) and has been picked up by Reece Witherspoon’s film production company for a movie deal.

There are some people, including my sister, who don’t like the book – she tried to read it three times but thought “the writing was clunky” and didn’t get past page 10.

So, it may take a little perseverance, but the effort is truly rewarding, even if only to be able to discern the mating calls of a male bullfrog in the middle of the night.

The book has been acquired by Fox 2000 and is in the process of being made into a movie with Reese Witherspoon’s production company.

Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

MOVIE REVIEW

Richard Jewell Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm

The Observer has described Richard Jewell as one of the best movies of the year.

This praise is well deserved – it is well-written, well-directed and very well performed by an outstanding cast.

Richard Jewell is based on a character of the same name, a security guard who is first lauded as a hero for reporting a suspicious package at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, but who is then accused of planting the bomb.

Jewell, an overweight, Southern, 33-year-old loner who lives with his mother, Bobi (Kathy Bates), believes resolutely in protecting people and likes to see himself as a diligent agent of law enforcement.

When he spots a suspicious-looking backpack under a bench during his shift at a local concert, Jewell alerts authorities.

As he helps to push the crowd away from the backpack, a bomb inside it packed with nails and designed to kill or maim as many people as possible, is detonated.

One person is killed in the blast and over a hundred more are injured.

At first, Jewell is exalted as a hero, undoubtedly saving many lives by his actions.

Unfortunately for Jewell however, he fits the “lone bomber” profile – uneducated, socially awkward, living

is kind to her and teaches her to read, but he also eventually leaves her to head off to college.

Kya’s beauty then catches the eye of Chase Andrews, the local rich kid and high school quarterback who is fascinated by the wildness of Kya but strives to keep his dalliance secret from his upper-class family – but Chase isn’t very nice to Kya. The story switches timelines from the past back to 1969, as the police investigate how Chase ended up face down in the swamp.

It traces the years in which Kya grows from being a 6 year old girl living alone in the marsh to a 25 year old woman, still living alone in the marsh.

It is a beautifully written story about strength and human spirit, about being alone and dealing with loneliness.

Owens combines high tension with David Attenborough-esque description of the marsh and equally detail descriptions about how people dress, sound, eat and behave.

The marsh becomes a land of plenty, teaming with life and wonder and detailed codes of existence.

Upon reading Delia Owens bio, I

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with his mum, collector of guns and obsessed with law enforcement.

He is portrayed as the arsonist who seeks plaudits for putting out his own

fires.

And so, within the space of a few days, he becomes the victim of overzealous FBI investigator Tom Shaw

(John Hamm), bureaucratic incompetence and corruption and a media circus led by the unscrupulous journalist Kathy Scruggs (Olivia Wilde).

He is almost immediately declared guilty in the harsh court of American public opinion, fuelled by Scruggs’ media barrage.

Enter Jewell’s attorney, Watson Bryant (Sam Rockwell).

An unlikely chemistry forms between the two notwithstanding Bryant’s attempts to stop Jewell from talking while Jewell, on the other hand, sees this as his defining moment in law enforcement and is intent on telling everybody everything and refusing to follow his defence team’s instructions.

The movie is based on Marie Brenner’s article “An American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell”, published in the February 1997 edition of Vanity Fair It is, at its core, a tragedy of a man wrongly charged with a crime, built upon a mixture of admirable honesty and reckless stupidity and misperception.

At a deeper level, Eastwood clearly has government and media in his sights and, ultimately, is challenging us with the big question of how far we are willing to compromise an individual’s rights and freedoms under the banner of broader national security.

Richard Jewell is presented as a very flawed hero, a martyr, whose form of heroism is the type that exists in defiance of authority (much like Dirty Harry, the Lone Rider or the Outlaw Jose Wales).

The story is loaded with irony.

For instance, Jewell is obsessed with the penal code and upholding the law, but has no real grasp of (and certainly isn’t accepted into) the social fabric which he is bent on protecting.

The film has its detractors.

The main criticism has been a lack of subtlety and stereotyping of support characters, notably John Hamm’s FBI agent and Olivia Wilde’s reporter – Kathy Scruggs is no longer alive and able to defend herself from this film’s accusations that she was complicit in Jewell’s downfall.

Some have even dismissed Richard Jewell as “the work of a biased, rightwing director using a low-ranking advocate of law and order like Jewell as an example of how a naive man can be victimized by the liberal American press and the FBI”.

But from most accounts, the story has been diligently researched by screenwriter Billy Ray. It is a terrific film in my humble view, with an amazing centrepiece performance by a previously unknown actor, Paul Walter Hauser and wonderfully supported by the Sam Rockwell.

If you compare an image of Paul Walter Hauser, in character, with the real Richard Jewell, you will find that its actually very hard to tell them apart.

But it is for his acting prowess and not this likeness that his performance should be applauded.

Be sure to go see this one.

Ross Barry

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FOLLOWING IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF COAST COMMUNITY NEWS PICKUP LOCATIONS, PAPERS ARE DELIVERED TO ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS EVERY FRIDAY

AVOCA BEACH Bowling and Recreation Club Avoca Dr & Townsend Ave Avoca Beach Hotel 326-360 Avoca Dr

ERINA FAIR Service desk Erina fair Rose Café 620-658 Terrigal Dr

Australia Post 1/181 Avoca Dr

Aroma Café 419 Terrigal Dr

Avoca Beach Picture Theatre 69 Avoca Dr

Muffin Break Erina Fair Shopping Ctr

COPACABANA Copacabana Newsagency 206 Del Monte Pl

DAVISTOWN

Coles Erina 620 - 658 Terrigal Dr Woolworths 620-658 Terrigal Dr

8 Russell Drysdale St Nutmeg 54 York St IGA Xpress East Gosford 87/91 Victoria St Chemist Outlet 52 York St East Gosford Pharmacy 69 Victoria St Cafe Expresso Eat in & Takeaway 51 Victoria St

ALDI Avoca Dr &, Bayside Dr Green Point Christian College 382 Avoca Dr

KARIONG Kariong Neighbourhood Centre 10 Langford Dr FoodWorks 5/4 Mitchell Dr Australia Post 3/4-8 Mitchell Dr

3 Parsons Rd

MANGROVE MOUNTAIN Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club & Golf Course 18 Hallards Rd Mangrove Mountain General Store Waratah Rd

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East Gosford Newsagency 53-55 Victoria St

Kariong Kakes Pies & Bread 4 Mitchell Dr Kariong Tavern 10 Langford Dr

Central Coast Plateau Medical Centre 1639 Nurses Rd

Living Choice Alloura Waters 1 Murna Rd

Supanews Erina Fair Erina Fair Shopping Centre

Ooomph Café 26A Adelaide St

Davistown RSL Club 19 Murna Rd

Erina Library Unit AZ02, 620-658 Terrigal Drive

East Gosford Medical Centre 22 Brougham St

Liquorland 6-8 Central Coast Hwy

Westy’s Place 1650 Wisemans Ferry Rd

Presbyterian Aged Care 19/21 Victoria St

Coles Express 6/8 Pacific Hwy

Mangrove Produce True Value Hardware 1668 Wisemans Ferry Rd

Davistown Cellars Paringa Ave

EMPIRE BAY

ETTALONG

United Service Station 306 Empire Bay Dr

Ettalong 50+ Leisure and Learning Broken Bay Rd & Karingi St

Empire Bay Tavern 1 Poole Cl

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ERINA PRP Diagnostic Imaging 167 The Entrance Rd Coles Express 211 The Entrance Rd The Sunken Monkey Hotel 207 The Entrance Rd Aurrum Aged Care 351 Terrigal Dr The Bungalow’s Village Park 474 Terrigal Dr The Bungalow’s Village Park 474 Terrigal Dr McDonald’s Erina 2 Terrigal Dr Ritchies SUPA IGA 3/216-218 The Entrance Rd Wood Glen Retirement Village 105 Karalta Rd Tarragal Glen Retirement Village 6 Tarragal Glen Ave Pine Needles Lifestyle Estate 61 Karalta Rd Greenlife Erina 33 Karalta Rd Erina Leagues Club 18 Ilya Ave Platinum Building 4 Ilya Ave Adam Crouch MP Office Shop 3 Fountain Plaza, 148 158 The Entrance Rd Erina Pharmacy 148/158 The Entrance Rd Erina Newsagency & Post Office 158 The Entrance Rd PRP Diagnostic Imaging 167 The Entrance Rd Ritchies SUPA IGA 375 The Entrance Rd

Forresters Beach Retirement Village 1001 The Entrance Rd

GOSFORD Imperial Centre 171 Mann St Gosford Masonic Centre 86-88 Mann St Central Coast Leagues Club 1 Dane Dr Brisbane Water (NSW) Legacy 51-57 Masons Parade Montis Ashore 42 Masons Parade Gosford Sailing Club 28 Masons Parade the Lott 152 Mann Street The Bon Pavilion café 159 Mann St Free Choice Tobacconist Imperial Centre Central Coast Council Gosford Office 49 Mann Street Gosford Police Station 9-11 Mann St Gosford Railway Café Gosford Railway Station The Art Barn Plaster Painting 11 Kirrawee Rd Gosford Golf Club 22 Racecourse Rd 7-Eleven 53/55 Central Coast Hwy

EAST GOSFORD St Edward’s College 13 Frederick St St Joseph’s Catholic College Russell Drysdale St Lions Club Community Hall

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Coles West Gosford Shopping Centre

Coles Kincumber Village Shopping Centre

Michel’s Patisserie West Gosford Shopping Centre

Nautical Village 57 Empire Bay Dr

West Gosford Amcal+ Pharmacy Shop 17/299 Brisbane Water Dr

Bakehouse 2000 36 Empire Bay Dr Kincumber Kebabs 36 Empire Bay Dr

The Lott 299 Brisbane Water Drive

Brentwood Village 1 Scaysbrook Dr

Singo’s Wholesale Meats 1A Racecourse Rd

Kincumber Men’s Shed Killuna Road

Metro Petroleum 57 Central Coast Hwy

Kincumber Uniting Church 152 Avoca Dr

Oldfield Cellars 1/57 Central Coast Hwy

Kincumber Public School Avoca Dr

Hungry Jack’s 57 Pacific Hwy

Kincumber & District Neighbourhood centre 20-22 Kincumber St

Red Rooster 52 Pacific Hwy Gosford RSL Club 26 Central Coast Hwy Yallambee Lodge 22-32 Yallambee Ave Evergreen Life Care Yallambee Ave McDonald’s 65 Pacific Highway KFC 69 Central Coast Hwy

GREEN POINT Coles Sun Valley Rd Butchery @ Green Point Shop 4/7 Sun Valley Rd Green Point News Shop 7 Green Point Shopping Centre Broadlands Village 9 Milpera Rd Meals on Wheels 96 Koolang Rd Green Point Community Centre 96 Koolang Rd

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TERRIGAL Terrigal Fifty Plus Leisure and Learning Centre Cnr Terrigal Drive and Duffys Rd Terrigal Sands 12-30 Duffys Rd News@Terrigal 56 Terrigal Esplanade Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific Pine Tree Ln Terrigal Bowling Club 4 Wilson Rd

UMINA BEACH Peninsula Village 91 Pozieres Ave

Woolworths 261-275 Trafalgar Street Corner, West St ALDI 310 Trafalgar Ave

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SPAR Niagara Park Shopping Centre

Wamberal Newsagency 774 The Entrance Rd

ABCOE Factory Outlet 16 Washington Ave

Caltex 656 The Entrance Rd

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Wamberal Surgery 662 The Entrance Rd

Corrugated Cafe 780 Peats Ridge Rd

Pharmacist Advice 658 The Entrance Rd

Caltex 1112 Peats Ridge Rd

Wamberal Gardens Retirement Village 1 Spencer St

The Springs 1080 Peats Ridge Rd

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Breakers Country Club 64 Dover Rd

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Acorn Garden Centre 229 Brisbane Water Dr

Ms Liesl Tesch MP Office 20 Blackwall Rd

Fairhaven Services Brisbane Water Dr

Peninsula Plaza Blackwall Rd

Fare Cravin’ café 209 Brisbane Water Dr

Deepwater Plaza Railway St

Waterford Retirement Village 24 Kincumber St

BaptistCare Orana Aged Care Centre 193/201 Brisbane Water Dr

Peninsula Leisure Centre 243 Blackwall Rd

Coles Express Avoca Dr &, Bungoona Rd

ALDI 53-59 Brisbane Water Dr

Kincumber Library 3 Bungoona Rd

This Little Piggy Eat & Drink 7/51 Brisbane Water Drive & Talinga Ave

Kincumber Community Health Centre 20 Kincumber St

McDonald’s Avoca Dr

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KFC 38 Avoca Dr

IGA Shop 7 Village Rd

Domino’s Pizza

Saratoga Medical Centre 1/10 Villge Rd

Shop 2/34 Avoca Dr

KULNURA General Store, Indian Restaurant & Cafe 4 Greta Rd

LISAROW

Newsagency 10 Village Rd Blooms The Chemist Shop 11, Saratoga Shopping Village

SOMERSBY

Coles 11 Parsons Rd

Waterfall Café 49 Parklands Rd

Lisarow Newsagency 13/1 Parsons Rd

General Store & Takeaway 841 Wisemans Ferry Rd

Woolworths

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WYOMING Wyoming Newsagency Shop 6, Wyoming Shopping Village Coles Pacific Hwy ALDI 489 Pacific Hwy KFC 468 Pacific Hwy Adelene Retirement Village 1 Birch Rd

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New process recycles 100 percent of a mattress

Central Coast Council has partnered with Mattress Recycling Australia to trial a new process which recycles 100 percent of a mattress.

The trial aims to minimise the amount of waste sent to landfill, reduce methane gases being produced from decomposing mattresses and recycle endof-life waste products by turning them into a resource.

Council Unit Manager, Waste Services and Business Development, Andrew Pearce, said Council receives more than 20,000 mattresses annually across its three waste management facilities.

“Historically mattresses were sent to landfill.

“However, over the last four years we have been stockpiling and bulk shredding these mattresses to recover the metals for recycling and reduce the amount sent to landfill,” Pearce said.

“Under this new trial, we are collecting and bulk transporting the mattresses to a dedicated resource recovery facility where the mattresses are processed into separate commodities for which there are end markets.

“During the initial three month trial at our Kincumber Waste Facility, we have collected and transported 2,240 mattresses or 56 tonnes of mattresses, helping to save 1,792 cubic metres of landfill.

“This trial ensures 100% of the mattress materials are reused and recycled with the stripped metals reused as railway wheels, foam repurposed into carpet underlay, material utilised in decorative wall panels and the remaining products, including

floc, wood and plastic, processed as biofuel.

“An added benefit is that we have been working with a contractor who is creating employment opportunities to achieve social outcomes, including employment and skills development for those with disabilities and the long term unemployed.

“We are now investigating the possibility of extending the trial to our Woy Woy Waste Management Facility, which will then help us inform future business decisions, including whether this approach can be rolled out across all our Waste Management Facilities.”

Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said it was vital that Council continued to find new and innovative ways to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

“This trial is a great example of how committed we are to resource recovery, and we could do so much more if there was more funding available,” Cr Matthews said.

“That is why we are supporting the ‘Save Our Recycling’ campaign, which calls on the NSW State Government to work in partnership with Council to improve waste and recycling processes which will deliver local jobs and improve the local environment at the same time.”

The cost to deposit mattresses at Council’sWaste Management Facilities is $26 per mattress in addition to the mixed waste fee, or they can picked up for free through the kerbside collection service available to most households.

Source: Media release, Feb 25 Central Coast Council

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Woy Woy Philosophers Society Meeting #10: St Anselm and the Proof of God “I wish I’d been born in 1000 AD”, Robbo said while looking wistfully out over Brisbane Water.

“Gosford was a thriving metropolis back then, with hanging gardens, bustling markets, craft beer stalls, public floggings and schools of people sitting around on cushions, listening to great philosophers like us.”

“Mmmm … I dunno Robbo,” I said.

“I don’t think there were any philosophers then.

“Logic and science couldn’t compete with miracles and heavenly revelations.

“There’s a big gap of 1,200 years from the time Constantine became a Catholic until Descarte came along, the so called Dark Ages.”

Thommo looked baffled – he’d always thought the “Dark Ages” referred to the period since the Mariners won the flag in 2012 until now.

We were in fact, at that very moment, in Central Coast Stadium waiting for the kick-off in the Mariners game against the Newcastle Jets.

Soccer was Thommo’s thing – the rest of us were Lions of course – we just went along to give him moral support.

We found our usual spot right behind the players bench where we could interact most effectively with the Video-AssistedReferee … just in case he needed our help with any decisions.

“What about St Anselm?” said Johnno, all of a sudden.

“He was a famous philosopher during that period.”

“You mean the guy that invented condoms?” asked Thommo.

“Not Ansell, my dear dumb-arse friend,” said Johnno. “St Anselm, the Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.”

“He was a theologian, not a philosopher,” said I. “He was both,” replied Johnno.

“He wrote ‘Poslogion’ which, as you well know Joffa, was a neo-Platonic perspective on the Christian faith, a reasoned proof of the existence of God if you will.”

“You mean like a mathematical proof?”

I asked.

“Good God, no Joffa.

“Mathematics is a just a set of empty prophecies.

“As Augustine of Hippo said, mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.”

“Well, how then did he prove the existence of God?” “Pretty simple really,” replied Johnno.

“We all know that there are things that are “good”, you know like craft beer and watching rugby.”

“And keeping pet fish,” Thommo thought aloud.

“Yes Thommo. You see, even an ignorant atheist like you understands the logic.”

“Now, we also know there are varying degrees of goodness …” Johnno continued, “… and so it follows there must be some standard by which we judge the relative goodness of all things, something that is supremely great.”

“You mean like Six Strings or the Hilux

Rugged X?”Thommo asked.

“Yes”, replied Johnno, “only even greater than that.”

Thommo looked doubtful there could be such a thing, but Johnno pressed on.

“God is that entity – an entity of ultimate, supreme greatness.”

“But how does that prove he actually exists?” said I. “Because if he didn’t exist, some other bloke could come along whose every bit as supremely great as God but who does exist, which would make him even greater than God.” We tried to make sense of this but we were distracted just then by a goal to the Jets.

“What did Anselm do with all that knowledge.”

“Well, he exported Christianity to England with the Norman King, William … and he tried to ban slavery … and sodomy.

“He also led the ‘Make God Great Again’ campaign, you know, to gather financial support for the Crusades.”

We all sat in silence after that.

Some time later, deep into the second half, the Mariners’ Matty Simon elbowed his way through the Jets’ defence to produce an equaliser.

“Johnno,” I asked, “How did Anselm know God was a bloke?

“I mean, if it could be established that a woman embodies more goodness than a man, wouldn’t that same logic imply that God was a woman?”

“Don’t be ridiculous,” laughed Johnno.

“Why else would he have made Adam before Eve?” “Maybe he was just a first draft?” suggested Thommo.

“I’m a woman,” said Robbo all of a sudden.

We looked incredulously at him.

“I mean I identify as a woman.

“And, I suppose, since I’m having an affair with a woman, that kinda makes me a lesbian.”

“Cool,” said Thommo, “I’ve always thought we should have a lesbian in the Society … two preferably … for diversity

reasons I mean.”

Allen Stajcic must have heard us and glanced around nervously.

It was said that he’d been kicked out as coach of the Matildas by a so-called Lesbian mafia.”

Just then, Matty Simon elbowed a Sydney F.C. player in the eye in the box.

The ref initially gave the free kick to Sydney, but the Mariners appealed to him on the basis that the Sydney defender had taken a dive seconds before and that Matty was simply educating him on what being confined in the bonds of Hell was really like.

The ref referred it to the VAR. At that point, Thommo provided all the verbal support to the VAR he could muster and his efforts were soon rewarded with a reversal of the decision.

With Matty Simon red-carded however, coach Stajcic had no choice but to call upon his most trusted striker – Boof.

Boof quickly threw on his yellow and blue kit, strode out to the box and within moments he was charging in for the shot.

At first, the ball appeared to sail way above the woodwork.

But then, at the last moment, it took a 90 degree turn and dipped in under the crossbar to the wild cheers of the Mariners’ faithful.

It was a marvellous moment – not enough for the Mariners to avoid the wooden spoon of course – but a marvellous moment nonetheless.

“How did you manage to bend it like that?” I asked Boof later. “Was it just pure belief?”

“No Joffa,” said Boof, who always chimed in late in a discussion.

“You see I identify as a mathematician, and if you do the maths, a half empty can of craft beer, duct taped to the side of a soccer ball, struck at the right angle, will make it turn at right angles.

“Ain’t that enough to confine those Jets supporter into the bonds of Hell?”

Joffa

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Australian Reptile Park to have Wild Weekends The Australian Reptile Park is going wild in March, with the return of its Wild Weekends.

Events held every Saturday and Sunday during March will provide a rare opportunity to see the park’s animals do something incredible.

Head of Reptiles, Daniel Rumsey, said there was no better time to visit the park.

“It’s the chance for visitors to see some of the stars of the Reptile Park showcase their incredible talents,” he said.

“We’re going to be feeding Elvis the crocodile a massive piece of food so he can demonstrate his impressive death roll.

“And seeing a Komodo dragon or reticulated python feed is a spectacle in itself.”

For those who prefer the cuter animals, it’s a once in a lifetime experience to get up close to a platypus, a tawny frogmouth or an echidna.

There will be more than 10 live shows every day of the wild weekends, including alligator feeding following their winter hibernation.

Also occurring will be popular daily interactive walks with some of the park’s stars, including Hugo the giant tortoise, Kraken the Komodo dragon and Adina the dingo.

Source: Media release, Feb 26 Australian Reptile Park

Feral rabbit baiting program to commence soon Central Coast rabbit owners are being urged to vaccinate domestic rabbits ahead of the roll out of a feral rabbit baiting program in the region on March 18.

Led by Greater Sydney Local Land Services, with the support of major landholders, local councils and environmental agencies, the program will see the release of the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus, known as RHDV1-K5.

The virus will be released in

suburbs including Umina, Green Point, Copacabana, Blue Bay, Foutaindale, North Head and Wyrrabalong National Park, along with the Central Coast wetlands.

Greater Sydney Biosecurity Officer, Gareth Cleal, said the program adopted an integrated approach to the reduction and management of feral rabbits in known problem areas throughout the region.

“This is the fourth release after the initial national program roll out in March,

2017, which has led to a 47 per cent reduction in feral rabbit numbers across NSW,” Cleal said.

“This follow up program ensures that we can target new areas and support more landholders and local governments to reduce the impact of these pests.”

Cleal said it was important that domestic rabbit owners went to their local vets to have their pets vaccinated prior to the release.

“The virus is spread mainly by contact between rabbits or via insects such as mosquitos and flies,” he said.

“Importantly, RHDV is only effective in rabbits, and if pets are vaccinated, they become immune.

“This program is designed to complement ongoing control efforts on private and public land.”

Feral rabbits are a declared pest in NSW due to the significant amount of

agricultural and environmental damage they cause.

They are believed to have contributed to the decline or extinction of a number of NSW native species including the greater bilby and the yellow footed rock-wallaby and their overgrazing is estimated to cost Australian agriculture more than $200M every year.

Source: Media release, Feb 24 Greater Sydney Local Land Services Central Coast rabbit owners are being urged to vaccinate their pets

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Preseason Sevens by the Sea competition completed The Lakes Rugby Club is $2,000 richer after taking out this year’s Sevens by the Sea.

The Lakes

It came down to The Lakes and Ourimbah Razorbacks in the grand final of the Arthur Loopy Cup, with the hosts sending the Razorbacks packing 22 to 12.

In the Men’s Plate final, Kariong Wanderers bested the Hamilton Hawks, with Hornsby Lions beating the Terrigal Trojans to take the Men’s Bowl final.

In the Women’s final, the

Women’s final winners, the Hamilton Hawks

Terrigal Trojans were toppled by the Hamilton Hawks.

This year’s competition was the sixth annual Sevens by the Sea. Started by The Lakes as a friendly preseason romp, the competition has grown to become a highlight of Union’s preseason on the Coast, with more and more clubs from around the region and surrounds getting in on the fun.

Source: Website, Feb 23 Tayla Moroney, The Lakes Rugby Club

Mariners raise funds for vital equipment for NSW RFS Over $30,000 raised during the Central Coast Mariners Round 6 and Round 7 home games as well as other collections, will be used to purchase new equipment for the NSWRFS Central Coast Communications Brigade, to assist them in their invaluable efforts to protect the community.

The Mariners donated $2 for every ticket sold to the two games.

In addition, proceeds from auctioning Matt Simon’s infamous ripped jersey from Round 14, as well as other generous donations from Central Coast fans, all contributed to the Mariners’ donation to the Brigade.

With the money raised, the

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local Brigade will be able to purchase items such as a smart briefing screen, tablets & mounting units, new radios and new portable repeater batteries.

These are important upgrades for our local volunteer firefighters.

The smart briefing screen, for instance, will provide a real time map of fire locations, replacing a service previously undertaken on printed paper maps which could take several hours to produce and get to firegrounds.

The new equipment will assist firefighters and support

crews to more accurately monitor fires and weather conditions, and aid with timely warnings to the community, according to NSWRFS Central Coast Communications Brigade Supervisor, Murray Wright.

“The fires this year have been especially bad, and have had a significant impact on the community,” he said.

“This equipment puts us one step ahead of future fires and provides real time information to the crews on the ground.”

“What the Mariners have done for our brigade in fundraising for this equipment, we wouldn’t have been able to

do without them, and we do thank them very much,” Wright said.

“I’m really proud of everybody at the club and grateful to our fans for lending their support and donating to such a worthy cause,” said Mariners coChairman, Anton Tagliaferro.

“We are all very aware of, and extremely grateful to, the NSW Rural Fire Service for the extraordinary efforts made to protect our community’s homes during the recent fires.”

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60,000 signature petition presented to Parliament A large contingent of Central Coast residents travelled to Canberra on February 4 to join the People’s Climate Assembly in the grounds of Parliament House as Federal Parliament resumed for the year.

Representatives from Save Our Coast were on hand to deliver a petition bearing 59,000 signatures calling for an end to the PEP11 licence, which allows for seismic testing and drilling for gas off our coastline.

The petition was handed to Independent MP, Zali Steggall, who was to present it to Parliament on February 6.

Save Our Coast founder, Natasha Deen, said the petition, which was begun in 2018, was presented with support from Greens’ Senators, Mehreen Faruqi, Peter Whish-Wilson and Adam Bandt.

“The community support at the event saw the petition increase to now over 60,000 signatures,” Deen said.

“By delivering these petitions to Canberra, we are bringing our plea to Save Our Coast to

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Natasha Deen, founder of Save Our Coast, with supporters outside Parliament House

Federal Parliament.

“The thousands who have signed this petition demonstrate the deep caring that the communities have for the coast, and we honour our commitment to each and every person who has signed the petition to stop seismic testing and cancel PEP 11.”

Although Advent Energy has

ruled out seismic testing in waters off the Central Coast, the PEP11 licence still allows for drilling.

“We are delighted to have the support of Independent MP Zali Steggall and The Greens,” Deen said.

“Although we celebrate that seismic testing has been cancelled off our coast, we

must have legislation fuels from Manly to Newcastle, implemented that will in the most heavily populated Overripe bananas from completely ban seismic testing coast line of Australia, putting Woolworths stores at Erina, and remove this threat of PEP our beaches, our thriving Gosford and Lisarow are being 11 off our coast, otherwise we tourism and fisheries baked into banana bread remain at the mercy of the industries, and our climate all loaves in-stores... whims of fossil fuel companies. at risk.”

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Also in attendance at the People’s Climate Assembly in the grounds of Parliament House on February 4 was Gosford Anglican priest, Fr Rod Bower, who joined Buddhists, Anglicans, Catholics, Quakers and people of other faiths as part of The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC), which co-hosted the Fr Rod Bower with other religious leaders at Parliament House gathering. the Australian Centre for Buddhist Gillian Reffell, who on fossil fuels,” Reffell said. is Secretary of ARRCC, was part “Australia is very vulnerable ARRCC supporters made a Christianity and Culture. meditation tent available and a “A religious response to of a panel of faith speakers the to global warming and it would number of faith leaders climate change is essential for preceding day which included be in the interests of country participated in a peaceful, a healthy spirituality,” Bower Bower and Catholic Brigidine people, our children, Australia’s Sister, Jane Keogh. silent encirclement of said.

Pacific neighbours and the Parliament House.

“It’s an expression of our “With the wake-up call that world if we finally begin to Earlier in the day, Bower connection with God, with each has been the bushfire crisis, we embrace the new, clean ask that the Government be technologies of the future.” helped lead an Interfaith other and with the earth.

Mourning Ritual for bushfire “Our responsibility to care for guided by those experts who Keogh spoke about the need victims, organised by the the earth is something that is are offering pathways to a to reach out to the prosperous and sustainable “unconvinced”.

Canberra Interfaith Forum and common to all the faiths.” future which does not depend

“People are good at heart, but they don’t understand the facts,” she said.

“Right now, as long as they think that you do respect them, they might be more interested in talking about the issues.

“Talk about how the climate issue has affected you personally and what you’re doing about it,.then listen and be respectful.”

The People’s Climate Assembly is hosting five days of events this week, involving a coalition of more than 20 community organisations, including School Strike for Climate, Stop Adani, Maritime Workers Union, Aboriginal Elders, Extinction Rebellion, ARRCC and Doctors for the Environment.

Source: Media release, Feb 5 Gosford Anglican priest, Rod Bower

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State of natural disaster declared

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Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, has welcomed Wednesday’s State Government declaration of a state of natural disaster for the Central Coast, and is urging Premier Gladys Berejiklian to visit the region to see first-hand how recent downpours have impacted the Coast community.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said the declaration was made in response to recent severe storms and flooding.

“Entire streets currently look like watery war zones, there are approximately 38,000 people still without power and many trees are blocking roads across the region,” Crouch said.

“I have been in constant contact with the Premier and Minister for Emergency Services to ensure that a natural disaster declaration could be made as quickly as possible.

“This means that assistance is available for people whose

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homes or belongings have been damaged, and for Council to clean up public assets.

“I encourage flood-affected residents and business owners to contact the Disaster Welfare Assistance Line on 1800 018 444.

“The recovery effort is ongoing and I want to thank local SES crews from Gosford and Wyong for their selfless

service, as well as the other emergency services involved.”

Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott, said the assistance will be provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

“The Central Coast is one of 56 local government areas across NSW that has been hit

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Ronny Ling, of the Central Coast Dolphin Project, who is also a volunteer for the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA), said sightings of the “beaked” whale family were rare, due to their normal deep-sea habitat.

“There are around 17 different types of known ‘beaked’ whales in the world, and we suspect that this one may be of the ginkgo-toothed species, which is even more rare,” Ling said.

“Beaked whales are unusual in that they almost look dolphinesque and are normally found only in the deep sea, where they dive even deeper than sperm whales to hunt squid and fish.

“For one to be in this close to

shore is really unusual, you would assume the whale was injured or had some sort of problem to be so far in-shore.”

Ling said the whale got caught in breakers off North Avoca and became disoriented after being pummelled by the waves.

“It was obviously injured when it came in, whether those injuries caused it to be so far in or whether they were caused

by the waves is unclear,” he said.

“It was observed splashing in the shallows before turning itself around and heading back out to sea.

“But unfortunately, it swam straight back out into what we call ‘shark alley’, the area between the lagoon and the shark tower.”

The whale was obviously

only about a third of the whale left after it had been demolished by large sharks.”

Ling said the head of the shark had been removed for study.

“The key to identification of the species is the teeth, and it is likely that this was a female whale so the teeth hadn’t erupted,” he said.

“The head will be examined at Kincumber Veterinary Hospital.

“A positive identification could provide useful scientific attacked by multiple sharks, data.” with its carcass washing back Ling said the rest of the onshore around 6pm on carcass would be removed by National Parks and Wildlife Monday evening.

“There was a lot of water Service staff and buried at a around following the weekend’s secret location, from which the heavy rains and the sharks bones could be exhumed in would have been curious,” Ling future to provide more data. said.

Source: “Sadly the whale made an Interview, Feb 11 Ronny Ling, Central Coast opportune target.

Dolphin Project “Unfortunately, there was Reporter: Terry Collins

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As the clean-up from the February 8 and 9 weekend’s devastating storms continues, with more rain predicted for later in the week...

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International chemical company, BASF, is expanding operations at its BioTech Solutions site at Somersby...

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Over 200 people from across the Central Coast attended the Power & Pollution Summit at Lake Macquarie over the weekend of February 8-9.

Davistown Progress Association will approach Central Coast Council to provide a “big fix” to ongoing sewerage problems, after the township’s sewer service experienced major flooding following the storm event on February 7-9.

Association President, Jenny McCulla, said that service to more than 400 homes was affected, as stormwater runoff flooded the system and Portaloos had to be rushed in.

“Major problems started to become apparent on February 10 and 11, and it became a serious health issue,” McCulla said.

“I called Council and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, on the morning of February 12, and I have to say the response was very quick.

“Council already had lots of trucks in the area pumping and vacuuming,and they responded immediately to our request for Portaloos for the areas worst affected.

“By February 13, there were lots of trucks at work in the area, and the Portaloos remained throughout the following weekend.”

By the afternoon of February 15, 70 percent of the affected homes had had their sewer service restored, with the final mop up concluding early the following week.

A small number of Portaloos

“One of these was very late at night, when my wife and I had to walk with torches to the park.

“It was a dangerous time of night to be out walking and I ended up covered in mosquito bites.”

Konigsmark said this was the second time he and his wife had experienced sewerage problems in the two years they have lived at Davistown.

“You don’t expect this sort of conditions in 2020,” he said.

Portaloos have now been left outside the couple’s home, but they are hopeful that they will not have to use them.

Dianne Konigsmark said she was angry that her husband, still weak from his stay in hospital, had had to make the walk to the park to use facilities after midnight.

“Some of the neighbours, who were not as badly affected, offered us the use of their facilities, but you can’t go knocking on doors at midnight,” she said.

McCulla said Council staff were “magnificent” in keeping residents up to date and answering questions, and there had been a letter box drop Bill Konigsmark said he and his wife had endured an eight-day nightmare of brochures from NSW Health. were left in place at various Recently returned from a stay “There was one period of four “But we never want a repeat locations in the township, with in hospital, Bill Konigsmark days straight when we couldn’t of this,” she said. more severe weather said Council had had to pump use the toilet or even take a “We will be calling for a major conditions predicted. out his home system four or shower,” he said. overhaul and audit of the Residents, Bill and Dianne five times over the eight days, “We had to make several sewerage system.”

Konigsmark, said that they had with extended periods when dashes to the public facilities at endured “an eight-day the couple were left high and Pirate Ship Park in Pine Ave. Continued page 8 dry. nightmare”.

Call for Mayor to resign

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Power has finally been restored to most suburbs on the Central Coast following the huge storm event.

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Business

After 10 years at the helm, Take 3 co-founder Tim Silverwood will step down as the group’s Chief Executive Officer.

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As a conservative, I have enormous faith in the power of markets. They unleash innovation, propel investment, spur jobs and foster prosperity.

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As the clean-up continues The motion will be brought by The Confessions of following the devastating Councillors Bruce McLachlan St Augustine of Hippo storms earlier this month, and Greg Best, as a community Central Coast Mayor, Lisa campaign brews on social Matthews, is weathering a media to start legal class action Its Chromefest weekend storm of her own. against Council to compensate and I’ve never seen Robbo for damage caused to so busy.

A motion going before Council properties during the flooding If he’s buffed the bumper bar at its February 24 meeting of Tuggerah lakes which on his Hilux once, he’s buffed it calling for her to resign due to a thousand times. started on February 8. an “unprecedented collapse in See page 33 community confidence in Continued page 6 Council”.

Eighth Meeting: Jesus and the Gospel According to Johnno

As every good philosopher knows, things that start with the same letter always go together, like love and lace, Hilux and hardness, and beer and boating.

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Portaloos bring relief

Rare “beaked” whale washed up on North Avoca Beach Residents of North Avoca were astonished when a rare “beaked” whale washed up on the beach on February 10.

Federal Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Paul Fletcher, responds to our recent Editorial on safety concerns with 5G mobile technologies.

by last weekend’s storms,” Elliott said.

Cr Matthews said it was “fantastic” to see the State Government step in and give Council and the community “the support we need to recover”.

“I look forward to welcoming the Premier to our region,” Cr Matthews said.

“I want to show the Premier the impact of the recent event and ask for her support to find a long-term solution to the maintenance and viability of our waterways.

“This is not the time for political point scoring and finger pointing.

“We must pull together.

“All levels of government must work hand in hand with our community in the recovery and the long-term future of the Central Coast.”

Cr Matthews was set to present a Mayoral Minute to the Council meeting on February 12, calling on Council to officially invite the Premier to visit and asking for an investigation into the ongoing problems experienced at the Entrance Channel and Tuggerah Lakes.

In the Mayoral Minute, Cr Matthews says the recent severe weather event again highlighted the vulnerability of the region’s community and infrastructure.

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Back-to-back win for young Griffins The Kincumber-Avoca Griffins have taken out the U21 Glenn Rowlands Shield for the second year in a row, defeating Southern Spirit by 17 runs, on a rain sodden Col Gooley Oval on Sunday, February 23.

Kincumber-Avoca, who were undefeated throughout the season, were gifted a place in

the final earlier in the day, after the semi-final against TerrigalMatcham where the pitch was deemed unplayable.

Southern Spirit, on the other hand, survived a tense, rapidfire semi against Warnervale, which was shortened to just six overs apiece due to the weather.

The final was also delayed

The Kincumber-Avoca U21 side celebrate their win in the Glenn Rowlands Shield

due to the wet wicket, and when play finally got under way, the match had to be shortened to just 18 overs.

Southern Spirit won the toss and sent the Griffins in on the sticky wicket and slow outfield.

The decision looked like it would pay off when the Griffins lost two early wickets, but Captain, Daniel Heuston and

Bryce Birks steadied the ship, putting on a valuable 36 runs for the third wicket.

The Spirit fought back taking 4-15 in the middle of the innings, with McIntyre grabbing the wickets of Heuston and Birks, and the Griffins limped to a final tally of 8-86.

Needing less than four runs an over, Southern Spirit, lost

Garry Burkinshaw calls stumps Cricket NSW’s Conference Administrator for the Central Coast, Garry Burkinshaw, has announced he will step down from the role at the end of February.

Burkinshaw has been heavily involved with sport on the Central Coast for 20 years as a player, coach, Executive Member and, finally, as an Administrator.

He previously held a football operational role for AFL NSW/ ACT for 14 years before taking on the role as Central Coast Conference Administrator in 2018.

In that time, Garry has had a major impact on the growth of girls’ and women’s cricket on the Coast, including the establishment of the Female

operations, it’s time for a change,” Burkinshaw said.

When asked about some of the major highlights over his time in sports administration, he said: “Winning the Regional Bash competition in 2018/19 at the SCG and the Hogg Silver Trophy as the leading Zone in NSW for two consecutive years, stood out among many others.”

“There are challenges of course, like all jobs, but I get to talk about Cricket all day, so how bad can that be?”

Zone Academy.

He has worked tirelessly to streamline junior and senior cricket operations and improve facilities through building a strong relationship with Central Coast Council.

As a result, the Central Coast

Cricket Association now enjoys a very high level of engagement with the community and here, at Central Coast Newspapers, we can attest that Garry has set the standard for sporting clubs in media relations and support.

“After 16 years in sports

Central Coast Newspapers would like to issue a special thank you to Garry for all his energy and hard work for sport on the Coast and especially his support of sports media.

We wish him all the very best in his next chapter.

Reporter: Ross Barry

two wickets in the first over, including a runout of Lachlan Bull.

Bryce Birks produced an accurate spell of bowling, taking the key wicket of Zane Smith for a duck.

First grader, Lachlan Cork, put up some resistance for Southern Spirit with a wellmade 28, but the Spirit were

eventually bundled out for 69.

An outstanding all round performance from Bryce Birks, with 23 runs and two wickets, saw him named the Aaron O’Brien Medallist player of the final.

Source: Central Coast Cricket Association Reporter: Ross Barry

Still in the hunt for finals Wet weather has once again impacted the race to the finals in the last round of the Central Coast Cricket Association’s (CCCA) twoday cricket competition.

Two matches were washed out and one other, between Narrara-Wyoming and Southern Spirit, was cut short.

In the one match that was played, Northern Power kept their hopes of a finals berth alive in their match against bottom dwellers Wyong.

Wyong Captain, Mark Leard, won the toss for the Roos and batted first.

The Roos were in trouble early at 3-22 before a 31 run partnership between Bradley Drady and Hayden Murphy, who top-scored with 20 runs,

got them back on track.

However, a sharp spell from Powers’ Brendan Charlton, in which he took three wickets, including two in two balls, set off a collapse, and the Roos were finally skittled for 112.

The Power set about the run chase in solid fashion and were 2-59 at stumps, with 53 overs still to bat.

At Col Gooley Oval, NararaWyoming were in trouble at 6-63 against Southern Spirit when play was called off after 29 overs, due to rain.

Harrison Jaenke and Simon Mahoney bowled attacking lines and were rewarded with two wickets a piece for the Spirit.

Reporter: Ross Barry

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The Open Men’s K4 Team, with Avoca’s Riley Fitzsimmons and Lachlan Tame, take out the K4 500 Final

Natale Drobot breaks K1 500 national record Several Avoca kayakers enjoyed success at the 2020 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in Penrith’s International Regatta Centre on February 15.

The event also served as the first round of national team selection trials ahead of the Olympics, and saw over 150 athletes from ten countries competing.

Australia has provisionally added five additional Olympic canoe sprint quota spots to the ten spots that the team already secured at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2019.

Among the local standouts was Ella Beere, who joined forces with Kaley Harlen, from Sydney’s northern beaches, to win the U23 Women’s K2 500 and finish 5th in the Open

Women’s K2 500.

Beere was also a member of the winning team in the Open Women’s K4 500.

Fletcher Armstrong won the Men’s Open K1 200 and partnered with Jarrah Shepherd to win the Men’s U18 K2 1000.

Riley Fitzsimmons and Lachlan Tame also featured on the medals list, including their win in the Men’s Open K4 500.

Fitzsimmons also won the B Final of the Open Men’s K1 500, while Tame finished second in the A Final of the Men’s Open K2 1000, racing with Murray Stewart from Manly-Warringah.

Perhaps the most eyecatching performance however was from 15 year old Natale Drobot, who broke the national U16 record in the Women’s K1 500.

Racing in the U18s event, Drobot is the first U16 ever to go under the 2 minute mark for the event.

Drobot also teamed up with Hariette Alexis from Bayswater to win the U18 Women’s K2 200 and was part of the U18 K4 500 team that finished second.

Other local paddlers to perform well included Fletcher Cunningham, who finished second in the U23 Men’s K2 1000 and Ashby Allen, who was second in the U18 Men’s K1 200 and partnered with Fletcher Armstrong to win the U18 Men’s K4 500.

Avoca’s Dylan Littlehales also won the Para Canoe Men’s K1 200m Open Multi-Class.

Source: Paddle Australia Reporter: Ross Barry

Back to back From P40 “All the teams probably would have preferred to win in a grand final, but they couldn’t control that, and fortunately they got themselves in a strong position early in the tournament.

“We only had one team out of our 18 teams at Coffs Harbour who didn’t qualify for the finals, and from those sides, I think we only had two teams who weren’t ranked in the top four of their respective divisions.

“The shorter games weren’t ideal, but fortunately our sides

were able to make good decisions when it mattered and that really helps when you’re only playing 8.5 minute halves,” he said.

Berg also seemed confident that Central Coast Oztag would continue their strong form at the NSW Senior State Cup in March.

“We have a lot of girls who will be playing in our 20s Girls side who played in the Junior State Cup as well, so it’s exciting to see the younger players push through into the senior ranks.

“Our Men’s sides are also going through a bit of a transitional period and I think we’ll have a lot of the 16s and 18s Boys push through into the seniors in the next few years as well.

“We’ve got four players from the 17s Boys side last year playing in our Men’s Opens side at Senior State Cup this year, so it’s exciting times ahead,” Berg said.

Source: Media release, Feb 24 Oztag Australia

Fletcher Armstrong in action at the International Regatta Centre

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Slingsby looks to defend SailGP title

Gosford’s Olympic gold medallist sailor, Tom Slingsby, will lead the Australia SailGP Team as it hits the water on Sydney Harbour this weekend (February 28-29).

Slingsby launched the team’s 2,400kg supercharged F50, emblazoned with a giant kangaroo, into Sydney Harbour for the first official training session ahead of the race.

The wing sailed catamaran is the fastest and most technologically advanced class of sail race boat in the world, making history last season by breaking the sport’s elusive 50-knot barrier, reaching

Australia’s SailGP F50

speeds of nearly 100 kph.

In 2019, Slingsby led Australia’s SailGP Team to victory over five rival nations to take home the trophy and historic US$1M championship prize.

However, the team is set to face tougher competition than ever this year, with new teams from Denmark and Spain joining the championship, alongside a new look Great Britain team, led by the world’s most successful Olympic sailor, Sir Ben Ainslie “We’re really excited to be back in Sydney Harbour, competing and defending the title in front of our home crowd.”

“We’re just pumped to be back on the water as a team and training this week.

“With Denmark and Spain joining the league, Ben Ainslie expected to be a huge threat leading the Great Britain team, and Nathan Outteridge from Japan trying to get one back on us this season, the competition is going to be strong,” Slingsby said.

The new additions take the total number of teams to seven, with France, Japan and the United States all returning for the league’s highly anticipated second season.

Source: Sail World Reporter: Ross Barry

Locals compete at Surf Life Saving NSW’s State Championships An army of the Coast’s best and brightest surf lifesavers are getting ready to compete at Surf Life Saving NSW’s State Championships.

The championships kick off on February 28 at Swansea’s Blacksmith Beach, with more than 6,000 Nippers, Juniors, Open and Masters competitors set to hit the sand and the surf for three days of competition.

For the Coast, it’ll be a battle of north versus south, with clubs from both former LGA’s

set to compete.

Southern clubs entering the gauntlet are Wamberal, MacMasters, Avoca, North Avoca, Copacabana, Terrigal, Ocean Beach, Umina and Killcare.

The north will be represented

by Shelley Beach, The Lakes, North Entrance, Soldiers Beach and Toowoon Bay. While Sydney clubs have always had an edge over their regional competition due to the sheer number of competitors they’re able to field, it was Hunter club, Cooks Hill, that

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took out the Championships’ overall point score in 2019 and local clubs will be keeping that in mind when the first events get underway.

According to Swansea Belmont SLSC’s, Jeff Mowbray, conditions for the weekend look promising.

“What we’ve got is a low tide early, perfect for the start of the carnival, and low tides around lunch time.

“They’re not big tides, so there’s enough beach for all events,” he said.

“The swell is down to about half a metre.

“I think it will be a good weekend with the right conditions in the water, and an easterly breeze will mean a nice sea breeze to keep everyone cool.

“The southerly could increase the wave height slightly for finals on Sunday, but will be perfect for the kids,” said Mowbray.

The 2020 championships will also see the return of the Your Local Club Inclusive Championships that will be

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held on March 1.

The Inclusive events include Beach Sprints, Flags, Board as well as a Surf Race and Wade (conditions pending), with this being only the second time the Inclusive Championships have run, and aim to provide a fun and competitive pathway for the 34 NSW clubs who run Inclusive weekend programs for their members.

Surf Life Saving Director of Surf Sports,Don van Keimpema, said it’s great to see the surf sports side of the movement continuing to flourish.

“We’re looking forward to a great weekend with thousands of Nippers descending on Blacksmiths Beach.

“Each year, we see these young athletes and future lifesavers get better and faster.

“Our sport has a bright future and it’s fantastic to see it on display combined with the amazing energy of the kids and their families for the State Championships,” he said.

Source: Media release, Feb 26 SLSNSW Media

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0257 1.45 0401 1.48 0510 1.55 0935 0.70 1054 0.66 1203 0.57 1526 1.17 WED 1649 1.17 THU 1803 1.22 2116 0.72 2230 0.72 2339 0.66 0316 0.28 0408 0.25 0501 0.26 0937 1.99 1026 1.95 1116 1.84 1603 0.14 WED 1647 0.17 THU 1730 0.25 2210 1.71 2257 1.76 2345 1.77

APPROX. TIME LAG AFTER FORT DENISON Ettalong 40 min, Rip Bridge 2hrs - Wisemans Ferry 2 hrs 30 min, Koolewong 2 hrs 10 min In view of the variations caused by local conditions and meteorological effects, these times are approximate and must be considered as a guide only. They are not to be relied on for critical depth calculations for safe navigation. Actual times of High and Low Water may occur before or after the times indicated

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Lewis Miller is hacked down by a Sydney F.C defender

With ten minutes to go in the match against the A-League competition leaders, Sydney FC, it was still anyone’s game.

After a soft goal gifted to Sydney’s Milos Ninkovic by Mariners’ defender, Lewis Miller, in the opening minutes, the Mariners clicked into gear.

A scintillating header from Gianni Stessness was ruled off-side just before half time, with the replay leaving 5,367 die hard Mariners’ fans bemused, but alas, not the VAR. Then came the press, with the Mariners targeting Sydney through the centre of the pitch with a series of short, fluid short passes, but to no avail.

Several opportunities were missed, including two by Jack Clisby, a header off a clever

curling cross from McGlinchey, and then a second strike that cannoned over the bar.

Tensions built as players on both sides became frustrated and yellow cards soon followed, to Lewis Miller, Danny de Silva and Paulo Retre from Sydney.

Tommy Oar, Sam Silvera and eventually Matt Simon all came on in the second half in an attempt to crack the Sydney defence.

But it was the young 18 year old debutant for Sydney, Marco Tillio, who came on in the 89th that put the first nail in the Mariners’ coffin.

Shortly afterwards, he made another incisive break through the centre of the ground, finding Harry Van Der Saag, who accelerated through the Mariners’ tired defence and slotted one of the most stunning

goals of the season to seal the win for Sydney 3-0.

The win means that Steve Corica’s side have extended their unbeaten run to 13 matches, opening up a 13-point lead at the top of the ladder.

While it wasn’t their most fluent performance of the season, it was a well-earned one after their long trip back from a crushing 4-0 loss in the AFC Champions League in Japan midweek.

For the Mariners, the pain of another defeat, despite being competitive, weighs heavily.

They have now won just one of their last 17 encounters with Sydney F.C. Coach,Allen Stajcic, appeared to be furious in a half-time conversation with referee, Chris Beath, after the Stessness goal was disallowed and there

were some reports of a melee in the tunnel between the coaching staff.

“I’ve seen a blocker in every free kick from a wide area this year, and then that was the first one that was pulled up for some reason,” Stajcic later said.

It was also clear from Stajcic’s post-match interview that he is not content to be sitting at the bottom of the ladder with just 13 competition points.

“None of us here are happy with where we’re at, with the results and where we’re at on the table.” he said.

“We just know how much harder we have to work.

“It’s not about being competitive, it’s important and we know we’re building, but at the end of the day, we’ve got to start picking up results as

well.”

Stajcic has repeatedly emphasized his concern with his team’s lack of ability to finish off chances.

“At the end of the day you have to score goals, and we haven’t been clinical enough in the front third and that’s quite obvious.

“The crosses into the box and the shooting hasn’t been at the right level,” he said.

The Mariners will now travel to Geelong to face Western United.

The subsequent match, at home against the Weelington Phoenix, will see the Mariners swap their yellow and navy kit for Pink to raise awareness for skin cancer research in partnership with Cancer Council NSW. The annual Pink Round has

now run for eight consecutive seasons raising over $60,000 through the generosity of its members and fans.

Skin cancer awareness is a cause close to the Club’s heart, with Carina Gumprecht, wife of former Mariner, Andre Gumprecht, currently battling a Stage 4 Melanoma.

“Pink Round is an important opportunity for the Central Coast Mariners to show support and give back to our community,” Club CEO, Shaun Mielekamp, stated.

“We hope everyone can get behind Pink Round and come to the game to show their support for the Mariners, and for Cancer Council NSW.” Source: Media release Central Coast Mariners Reporter: Ross Barry

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Griffins win Glenn Rowlands Shield

The Kincumber-Avoca Griffins have taken out the U21 Glenn Rowlands Shield for the second year in a row, defeating Southern Spirit by 17 runs, on a rain sodden Col Gooley Oval on Sunday, February 23.

Back to back Central Coast Oztag has continued its dominance of the Australian representative Oztag scene, claiming the overall Club Championship, following the completion of the NSW Junior State Cup on February 23.

While the Under 12s-17s NSW State Cup was interrupted by inclement weather earlier in February, the Under 9s-U11s tournament was played in far drier conditions, with Central Coast Oztag adding more silverware to its trophy cabinet, winning the Girls 11s division for the second year in a row.

The club’s 9s, 10s Boys and

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Central Coast Oztag’s 11s Girls are back to back state champions

11s Boys also put on a show, all making it to their respective semi-finals, with the 10s Girls just narrowly losing out in their quarter final.

Speaking to Oztag Australia, Central Coast Oztag Director, Dale Berg, said the club had been going from strength to strength, with some exceptional junior teams at the forefront of that success.

“Our 15s Girls have won their last three tournaments in a row, including Nationals.

“They’ve probably been the standout team over the past 18 months and they’re all looking towards Australian selection later this year.

“We’d expect to have five or six of those girls as strong contenders to make those teams.

“Our 16’s Girls have gone back to back from Nationals into the State Cup, and they’ve come a long way in the past 12 months and have gone from scraping into the finals at most tournaments to winning two in a row.

“Our 14s Boys also won their first State Cup and are another side that has improved immensely over the past year.

“Then our 11s Girls won their State Cup. “They’ve been quite a strong team since the Under 9s, and

the coach there has done a great job in getting as many girls to trial for the side as possible,” Berg said.

Berg put Central Coast Oztag’s recent success down to the strength of the game across the region and to the quality of coaches involved in the Central Coast set-up.

“We’re lucky that we’ve set up competitions in some really good areas where we draw strong players from league clubs up and down the Coast.

“We’ve also had huge growth in the number of girls playing Oztag in the last two to three years and I think when you look at our results, our girls have been particularly strong.

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“In the last few years, we’ve tried to get as many of our representative players in to coach our girls’ teams as possible, and that has made a real difference.

“The skill level is going up year on year, and I think that improvement and growth is only going to continue on the Central Coast,” he said.

While Berg admitted that the ending to the NSW Junior State Cup in Coffs Harbour wasn’t ideal, he said the Club Championship was a testament to the consistency of his sides across all divisions.

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Slingsby looks to defend SailGP title

Gosford’s Olympic gold medallist sailor, Tom Slingsby, will lead the Australia SailGP Team as it hits the water on Sydney Harbour this weekend (February 28-29).

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