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Together we can make a difference n July 25 and 26, the United Nations Association of Australia NSW (UNAA), held a conference at the old Customs House, Circular Quay.
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The title: To end all wars, preventing war, building peace. Following global events and national problems of the past few weeks, and the reminder of the commencement of the First World War, plus the commemoration of the ANZAC centenary, this UNAA conference was most timely. The national commission on the commemoration of the ANZAC centenary (March 2011) suggests the most bitter disappointment for the ANZACs was that their war was not in fact the war to end all wars. The best way we can honour their memory is to focus our thoughts on how we might reduce the risk that future Australians will have to endure what they endured. The World Federation of United Nations Associations
(WFUNA) has devoted itself to supporting the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter since its formation in 1946. Today, United Nations (UN) associations continue to support and develop informed public opinion in member states. By representing various political, economic and social views, the WFUNA family of UN associations form a unique bridge between the UN system, their national governments and their countries’ people. Here on the Central Coast, so many people support the UN and its goals through their various faiths and organisations as
seen by their attendance at meetings, marches, forums, Politics in the Pub, letter writing, speaking with school students and university groups. We, the people, believe in human rights, to live in peace with justice and equality. We also know that with rights come responsibilities. War causes refugees and 50% are women and children. We condemn terrorism but war is not a solution and never has been. What are you doing for peace? Please get engaged every day in the lead up to this year’s International Day of Peace on September 21. Together we can make a difference. Letters, 5 Aug 2014 Pamela Lemoine, East Gosford
Cannot get NBN connected ’m quite concerned that the 22 units in my housing block in East Gosford will have their phones switched off on October 5.
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On August 20 last year, NBN installed cables to the units at 31-37 Adelaide St, East Gosford. In September last year I went to Gosford’s Telstra shop and applied to have my phone switched over. Several NBN technicians
They have only connected four ground floor units. Letter, 18 Aug 2014 Ray Madden, East Gosford
Keep out of Scottish politics am horrified to hear Tony Abbott making a speech about the independence of Scotland.
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Apparently he has not studied Scottish history and does not know that Scotland was bought by English gold in 1707 and the people had no say. As a nationalist for all peoples of the world, Tony keep out of the argument and let my ancestral peoples make their own decision. All they want is the same
as Australia, independence within the Commonwealth of Nations. If he is so much against it why does he not have a branch of the Commonwealth Society in Australia?
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Email, 17 Aug 2014 Robert Findley, Point Clare
Waterfront is not a diners’ paradise he Express Advocate reported on July16 that “No applications for the development of Gosford’s waterfront can be approved without being considered by a full meeting of Gosford council”.
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Cr Craig Doyle added that “there is understandably a lot of suspicion in the community about any new proposal for the waterfront”. The absurd subjective media release issued by Regional Development Australia Central Coast will definitely increase the public’s awareness and suspicion. Local, state and federal governments reach another level of desperation as each development fails to reach that standard. Why was the delegation of Gosford Council’s chief executive officer cancelled? There are a number of alarming discrepancies
in Regional Development Australia Central Coast’s media release which confirms the authority’s desperation. It is appropriate for the Coast Community News to print some of the waterfront images from the east coast low from June 13 2007. The estuary is not a diners’ paradise. Letter, 25 July 2014 Norman Harris, Umina
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as anyone seen or heard our local members for The Entrance, Terrigal and Wyong lately? No photos in papers, no pamphlets in the letter box. What are they doing for their $150,000 per annum? Letter, 7 Aug 2014 Bob Hall, Wyoming
have refused to connect my first floor unit.
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Coast Shelter to run Peninsula refuges Coast Shelter has won a tender to run all three homeless refuges on the Peninsula: Youth Angle in Umina, Woy Woy Women and Children’s Refuge and Woy Woy Youth Refuge. The tender gives Coast Shelter responsibility for the eight homeless refuges on the Central Coast. “Each of the three women’s refuges on the Central Coast will continue as women only and women with accompanying children only refuges and will provide the
The action came after a petition with 360 signatures was received by council from people who regularly crossed Wellington St to access the shops at Umina. According to the report to council by the Local Traffic Committee, Wellington St provided access to parking at three locations (Bullion St, Alfred St and Oscar St) for the Umina Beach shopping strip. “It also provides an alternative east-west route to West St which often becomes congested due to the mix of vehicles and pedestrians,” states the report. A pedestrian and vehicle survey was carried out on Thursday, March 27, at three locations along Wellington St in an attempt to assess the need for pedestrian
same level of accommodation as was previously the case,” said Coast Shelter executive officer Mr Laurie Maher said the women’s refuge would continue to operate as previously. He said an advisory committee, comprised only of women with feminist principles, would ensure homeless women and victims of domestic violence were assisted in an empathic and professional manner. Media release, 3 Jul 2014 Laurie Maher, Coast Shelter
Sydney Distance Education High School has opened its first “learning hub” at the Peninsula Community Centre, with the initiative launched at an open day held on Tuesday, July 22.
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facilities. According to the report, the results of the survey needed to be considered in the context of the proposed outcomes of the Umina Beach Village Centre Transport Management and Accessibility Plan completed in May last year. The Plan recommended the diversion of through traffic away from the village centre and the provision of improved pedestrian links between the village centre and the surrounding residential areas and beaches. The Transport Management and Accessibility Plan recommended several upgrade projects in Wellington St including traffic signals at the Ocean Beach Rd- Wellington St intersection, construction of a roundabout at the Trafalgar Ave- Wellington St intersection and pedestrian
refuges in Wellington St at Alfred St and Bullion St. The report stated that the proposed intersection upgrades at each end of Wellington St would both include pedestrian facilities in the future, so no action to provide these was necessary at this time. “In regard to the provision of mid-block pedestrian facilities, the eastern end of Wellington St, between Trafalgar Ave and Bullion St, recorded the highest volumes of pedestrians (191) and vehicles (3411) over the two three hour periods of the survey,” says the report. “These results indicate that a pedestrian facility should be provided towards the eastern end of Wellington St.” Gosford Council agenda TR.14.44, 8 Jul 2014
The petition requested the installation of a pedestrian crossing and speed hump at the corner of Ocean View Rd and Schnapper Rd. The petition claimed there was a high volume of speeding traffic and a high level of pedestrian activity to
and from the cinema, restaurants, markets and ferry. It stated that the pedestrian crossing and speed hump were needed to avoid someone being seriously injured. The council decided to take no action after it was told that the traffic and pedestrian counts did not meet the numbers required to justify a crossing. The count was carried out on Sunday, March 30, between the hours of 1:45pm and 4:45pm. The pedestrians counted crossed Ocean View Dr, west of
Schnapper Rd, with a total of 406 recorded. Of these, 97 used the existing pedestrian refuge and the remaining 309 crossed at various locations west of the refuge. A total of 866 vehicles used Ocean View Rd during the count. The figures averaged 136 pedestrians and 289 vehicles per hour. The Local Traffic Committee told council that it should be noted that while the cinema and restaurants operate daily, the markets only operate on weekends and public
The hub will offer a flexible distance education program combining the distance education with face to face support every Tuesday at the Centre. Mr Andrew Tuck said: “We are very excited to offer this unique blended distance education program on the Coast which will provide pathways for students from all walks of life.” “This initiative will provide opportunities for Sydney Distance Education High School students to engage with their teachers, their peers and their learning on a regular basis, without having to travel long distances,” said Mr Andrew Tuck, who organisation Coast Community Connections will host the program. “The hub at the Peninsula Community Centre aims to complement the Sydney Distance Education High School program with
Elsie Mills, former long-time trader on the Peninsula, has moved to Coolangatta after 87 years on the Central Coast.
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unique personalised support, yet also offer students the opportunity to meet specific teachers and access other beneficial services provided by Coast Community Connections,” said Mr Tuck. The Sydney Distance Education High School Central Coast learning hub will operate at the Centre between 9am and 3:30pm each Tuesday of the school term. A morning session will run from 9am to 12pm and an afternoon session from 12:30pm to 3pm. “We are the only outreach school venue for Sydney Distance Education High School,” said Mr Tuck. The school offers courses for full-time and part-time students, including students with medical conditions and those with significant support needs. In addition, the Sydney Distance Education High School distance education program accommodates students studying single courses which they are not able to access through their home school. Media release, 21 Jul 2014 Katey Small, Brilliant Logic
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holidays. The committee also noted there was no recognised desire line for pedestrians who were observed to cross at various locations along Ocean View Dr. The committee’s report stated: “Roads and Maritime Services advised that the purpose of the warrant formula is to ensure that pedestrian crossings are only provided where necessary. “Experience has shown that unused pedestrian crossings lead to motorist complacency and increased crashes at the location.”
It said that council had considered the matter in 2007 and resolved not to provide a linemarked pedestrian crossing then. It asked the RTA to consider extending the proposed Ettalong Beach CBD 40km/h speed limit to the intersection of Schnapper Rd. Roads and Maritime Services had since indicated it would not do so. Gosford Council agenda TR.14.39, 8 Jul 2014
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Elsie Mills’ mother, Clarice Hall, settled with her family in the Gosford area in early 1900 and married Digger Wroe, a sailor in the First World War who had come from Swansea, Wales. They moved to Kibble Park Estate and lived in a cottage owned by James Kibble in William St, where their three children William, Elsie and Phyllis were born. From there, Elsie married Laurie Mills and they moved to a barber shop at Tempe before returning to Gosford some years later to establish a barber shop in the Imperial Arcade. This shop was then sold to Mr Mills’s apprentices, Ray Hurley and Glen Aredale, and they
designed for Neil Productions, who designed souvenir goods of birds, animals and Aboriginal art. The souvenir goods are currently being sold globally and the designs were recently sold for forfeited royalties. Elsie then established Lady Anne Handcrafts at the Peninsula Plaza in Woy Woy along with her daughter Leonie Ree, who owned Leonie’s Boutique at Peninsula Plaza before it was burnt down. Lady Anne Handcrafts was relocated to the corner of George and Victoria Sts and then to Deep Water Plaza. Tom Hockey died in 2010 and a collection of his paintings were donated and are being sold by the East Gosford Inner Wheel Club. Letter, 13 Jun 2014 Elsie Mills, Coolangatta Shayna Goodworth, 11 Jul 2014 Interviewee: Elsie Mills
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Chamber criticises ‘public art’ projects Gosford Council should review its support for “public art” projects such as the graffiti-style mural recently completed in Woy Woy, according to the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.
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relocated to a shop on Victoria St in East Gosford. Laurie and Elsie Mills also managed the Erina Dr In Cafeteria for a short period of time. After Laurie died, Elsie established the East Gosford Post Office and handcraft store and traded there for many years. “I established the post office and handcraft store from nothing while at the same time raising my four children who lived with me above the post office. “I was very involved with the Chamber of Commerce, as I established the non-official Post Office Association and the East Gosford Inner Wheel Club,” said Ms Mills. Elsie then moved to Woy Woy, to join Tom Hockey, a commercial artist who had retired from his business in Sydney to move to the Central Coast. Mr Hockey took up fine art and
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“Funded by the State Government, we believe the public art sends a mixed message and does little to counter illegal graffiti,” said Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales.. “It in fact gives the impression that we have a much larger problem than previously existed.” Mr Wales said the best response to graffiti was to remove it quickly, combined with public education campaigns. “In recent months we have seen an increase in the number of graffiti attacks but not the rapid removal of the graffiti works as has happened in the past,” he said. “It is our view that a fresh approach and fresh anti-graffiti
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...but not for Ettalong Gosford Council has decided not to install a pedestrian crossing at an existing pedestrian refuge in Ocean View Rd, Ettalong, despite receiving a petition with 396 signatures.
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Zebra crossing for Wellington St A zebra crossing will be built in Wellington St, near Bullion St, Umina.
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campaign is needed to combat this increasing problem. “The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is concerned at the rising incidences of graffiti attacks not only in our town centres but also residential areas and local industrial estates,” he said. “Due to the rising graffiti rate, the Chamber is calling on Gosford City Council to review its current policies and antigraffiti programs and look at other successful programs such as Great Lakes Council who promote ‘The Graffiti Buster’. “The Graffiti Buster has been operating successfully in the Great Lakes district for over 10 years which has largely attributed to the areas low graffiti incident rate. “It’s these sort of successful campaigns that we should be emulating in order to attack the problem,” said Mr Wales. Media release, 28 Jul 2014 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
A mural in Woy Woy painted by the Gosford Graffiti Art Project in an effort to prevent graffiti
Information session on boating plan A community information session on the draft Regional Boating Plan for the Hawkesbury, Pittwater and Brisbane Waters region will be held at Ettalong Diggers Club on Wednesday, August 20, from 6pm. Member for Gosford Mr Chris Holstein said the community would be able to have its say on the plan which is now available for public comment. The draft plan gives funding priority to projects designed to keep the waterways safe and
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“The opinion of everyday boaters, local sporting organisations and other local groups were also sought through an online survey. “Thanks to the invaluable feedback that was received, we have produced a draft Regional Boating Plan for Hawkesbury, Pittwater and Brisbane Waters and are now calling for feedback on this draft plan before it’s finalised,” Mr Holstein said. Mr Holstein said this second round of consultation would help identify key projects that would deliver the greatest benefit to boating in the Hawkesbury and
accessible for everyone to enjoy. Mr Holstein said earlier this year, the Maritime Management Centre in Transport for NSW, together with Roads and Maritime Services, kicked off a major review of all existing boating infrastructure, facilities and safety measures for major boating regions in NSW, including the Hawkesbury and Brisbane Waters region. “The first stage of work involved some initial consultation with council and other stakeholders to get an understanding of the key boating issues in the region,” Mr Holstein said.
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Brisbane Waters region. “We want to deliver some vital boating infrastructure to the Hawkesbury and Brisbane Waters region that will benefit boaters into the future but in order for us to do that, we want to hear the views of the people who use these waterways the most,” Mr Holstein said. “We encourage all interested parties to come along to our information session and have their say.” Mr Holstein said people could still provide feedback even if they were not able to attend the session.
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“The draft Regional Boating Plan for the Hawkesbury, Pittwater and Brisbane Waters region is available at www. transport.nsw.gov.au/mmc and people can also email their thoughts to mmc@transport. nsw.gov.au until August 31,” he said. The final Regional Boating Plan for Hawkesbury, Pittwater and Brisbane Waters will be released later this year. Media release, 7 Aug 2014 Chris Holstein, Member for Gosford
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