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Nuclear power debate resurrected Member for Swansea, Yasmin Catley, has vowed to fight moves to repeal legislation banning uranium mining in NSW, which she says is the first step towards nuclear power plants in the State, with three Central Coast sites likely contenders.

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An Upper House inquiry into the Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Repeal Bill 2019 has recommended repealing the original bill in its entirety. Although this would make it

legal to mine for uranium within NSW boundaries for the first time since 1987, the prohibition on nuclear facilities would remain in place as a result of prohibitions enacted in federal legislation. But Catley said that Deputy Premier, John Barilaro, had made it clear that he supports the building of new nuclear power stations. “While there is also federal legislation in this space, it is clear that the Deputy Premier sees the removal of the current ban on uranium mining and nuclear power in NSW as the

first step towards that objective,” she said. “Potential nuclear power station sites were identified at Eraring, Vales Point and Munmorah in 2018, but nuclear is not the answer to the problem of climate change. “Nuclear is too expensive and too dangerous. “The future lies in large scale renewable energy projects that bring together wind, solar and other renewable technologies to meet our needs. Continued page 5

The Central Coast is set to join the elite set of socalled Gigabit Cities around the world with an announcement that is set to offer extreme internet speeds. See page 14 Woy Woy Philosophy Society

Missive #12: Do I exist?

“I think I’ve had an epiphany Joffa.” It wasn’t that unusual for Thommo to have an epiphany – sometimes he could have up to three a day. See page 33

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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.” Continued page 8

Call for Mayor to resign

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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”.

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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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

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Its Chromefest weekend and I’ve never seen Robbo so busy. If he’s buffed the bumper bar on his Hilux once, he’s buffed it a thousand times.

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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

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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.

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. Continued page 4

Anglican parish decides to sell St Andrews church

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

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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. See page 14

The Anglican Parish of Woy Woy has decided to sell St Andrews church in Ocean Beach Rd, Umina, with an auction date set for March 5. The property is described as a prime development site of 1422sqm, with a starting price of around $1.2 million. St Andrews Church is on land zoned R1 which may be used for a range of purposes, including multiunit development. Parish rector, the Reverend Michael Davies, said it made

practical sense to consolidate St Andrews and St Luke’s at Woy Woy, given a combined congregation of about 150. He said it was increasingly difficult to justify having two church buildings so close together, with two lots of ongoing maintenance costs. He said that “40 percent of the sale of Umina will go towards the Redress Scheme to compensate the survivors of abuse. “But also some money will come back into the parish so we can make the necessary improvements

to the Woy Woy site to make if more user friendly for children and families,” Mr Davies said. “In the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Sexual Abuse of children and others, the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle of which this parish is a part, had its own case study done and there was a lot that came to light of an historical nature about abuse. “So, as a result of that, the Diocese needed to find quite a few million dollars to put towards the Redress Scheme.

“All these reasons all came together and as a parish council we took ownership of the decision to close St Andrews and sell it. “We’ve brought the Umina congregation across into the Woy Woy site and I’m delighted to say that we haven’t lost a single person,” he said. “It’s a fresh look, a new beginning, a fresh start for everyone.” The Bishop of the Diocese of Newcastle, Dr Peter Stuart, announced a new name for the church at Woy Woy during a

special service last week: Holy Apostles Anglican Church at Woy Woy and the parish will be renamed Peninsula Anglican Parish. “We figured, as a parish council, that if the St Andrews building was to be no more, we probably needed to re-brand the parish and give the remaining church a new name,” Mr Davies said. SOURCE: Interview (Sue Murray) 12 Feb 2020 Michael Davies, Peninsula Anglican Parish

Tesch calls for more Return and Earn machines

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Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch has called on the NSW Government to replace the Return and Earn machine destroyed in the Umina Mall fire over a year ago. 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. See page 33

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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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She has also called on the Government to provide extra machines on the Peninsula to meet demand and to cover for breakdowns. “The Umina Mall fire in January 2019 destroyed the former Return and Earn machine at that site but

the NSW Government has failed to replace this vital facility in another location,” she said. She said the remaining machine in Woy Woy was often over-filled and regularly broke down. Ms Tesch was commenting on a statement by Member for Terrigal Mr Adam Crouch that Woy Woy and Umina Return and Earn stations have recycled a combined total 7,858,704 drink containers in the two years of their operation. He said the volume through the Umina Return and Earn was

4,238,941 and at Woy Woy it was 3,619,763. Ms Tesch said: “While there are four reverse vending machines in the Terrigal electorate, there is only one operating on the whole Peninsula. “That isn’t fair.” She said there were errors in the information supplied by Mr Crouch about the location of the Woy Woy machine. “Mr Crouch is talking about a Return and Earn machine in Woy Woy Woolworths that doesn’t

exist,” she said. “If Mr Crouch visited Woy Woy he would know that it probably refers to a machine in a completely unrelated carpark in Oval Ave. “The government has failed to act and, after several weeks of trying, I’ve had no response to my attempts to speak with representatives from NSW Department of Environment, provided by the Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, to try and fix the errors. “Since the program started two

years ago, Return and Earn has now soared past 130 million drink containers across the 20 collection points on the Central Coast,” Mr Crouch said. “The growth of Return and Earn on the Coast has been phenomenal and it highlights a shift in our community’s thinking and behavior around litter,” he said. SOURCE: Media release, 27 Feb 2020 Liesl Tesch, Member for Gosford Media release, 25 Feb 2020 Adam Crouch, Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast

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Delta’s Company Secretary, Steve Gurney, said the road is currently being realigned to provide for a left turn into the ash dam property where the solar project will be installed. “A slight bend in the road will be straightened and these works should make it safe for both traffic turning into the ash dam and through traffic,” Gurney said. When roadworks are complete, there will be turning lanes from both directions into the property. The solar project is a power partnership between Enernet Global and Delta Electricity. Enernet will finance and construct the solar farm and sell the power to Delta, who will distribute it through the national

This solar farm at Moree is a similar size to the one to be built at Mannering Park electricity grid. and doing the studies the most appropriate firm within the 1,730ha Vales Point power station Delta will also use required to support an to build the project. power from the solar application to connect “Delta and Enernet are landholding. project in its retail the solar farm to the grid. also actively working The $75M project is business and ensuring a “Connection studies to finalise the site lease expected to create 100 significant contribution have progressed well and agreement, and Enernet construction jobs and to state and federal we expect to submit our expects site works to five full time ongoing government renewable application to AusGrid begin in late third quarter positions. energy targets. within a few weeks,” he of this calendar year,” The solar farm Gamble said. Enernet’s Chief said. is expected to be Operating Officer, “On the construction The solar field will be operational by the end of Simon Gamble, said planning side, we have on about 80ha of the the year. they were now working engaged widely with rehabilitated portion There will be about on preliminary designs contractors to identify of the 524ha ash dam,

220,000 solar panels which will generate enough electricity to power 20,000 homes annually and save 116,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year. Vales Point solar farm will have an estimated life of 30 years when it would be either rejuvenated or decommissioned. Solar projects are highly reversible after decommissioning, with all above ground infrastructure able to be removed. Over the next 18 years, Vales Point will be one of four NSW coal fired power stations to close and this transition to solar energy will add to NSW’s five major renewable power projects. Source: Media statement, Feb 28 Steve Gurney, Delta Electricity Media statement, Mar 2 Simon Gamble, Enernet Global Document, Jan 31, 2018 Environmental Impact Statement, State Significant Development 8533 NSW Department Environment & Planning Reporter: Sue Murray

Claimed Urban Congestion Fund rorts partially explained Controversy rages over roadworks expenditure on the Central Coast pledged prior to the 2019 Federal Election, with Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, claiming residents in the north of the region were “shortchanged” and Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, maintaining that there was an even distribution of roadworks between the two

electorates. McBride said the marginal Liberal held seat of Robertson took over 94% of the $105M available for the Central Coast. “On February 24 in Question Time, I asked the Prime Minister why 94% of roads funding on the Central Coast went to the Liberal held seat of Robertson,” McBride said.

“Does the Prime Minister think the Central Coast’s traffic congestion stops at Wamberal? “Residents, commuters and business owners in the northern areas of the Coast will tell him otherwise.” McBride said the Labor party had written to the Auditor-General requesting an audit into the design, management and politicisation of the

Urban Congestion Fund, through which the money was made available. But Wicks said a total of $105M investment was pledged on the Central Coast, $35M of which was for additional commuter car parking at Gosford and Woy Woy train stations, with the rest to be spent on upgrades to 29 Central Coast roads. “The $70M Central

Coast Roads Package is being delivered in partnership with Central Coast Council, who routinely identify priority roads requiring upgrades,” she said. “Of the 29 Central Coast streets that were funded as an election commitment, 14 were in Dobell. “The funding allocation of Urban Congestion Fund projects are

decisions of the Federal Government and are not conducted through a competitive grants process.” An examination of the full table of roadworks approved, confirms that of the 29 projects earmarked, 14 are in Dobell, 14 in Robertson and 1 in the electorate of Swansea. Continued P4

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Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) has reminded residents that online grocery delivery services are available.

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Erica Johnstone with one of the birthday joeys

The Australian Reptile park is celebrating seven of the world’s cutest animals, as a swathe of koala joeys turn one. Affectionately dubbed the Lucky Seven in 2019 after being bred into the Park’s

breeding program, the seven koala joeys have all been named after various Disney characters by their keepers. The joeys’ high social media profile has made them ambassadors for the koala species and raising awareness.

Koalas are thought to be on track to become completely extinct by 2050, with their numbers plummeting by a third between 1990 and 2010 due to habitat destruction, deforestation, fragmentation, cars and dogs.

The Park’s Mammal Keeper, Erica Johnstone, said staff were excited that the koala joeys were all growing up to be “healthy, happy individuals with unique personalities that are a part of an important breeding program here at the Australian Reptile Park”.

Source: Media release, Mar 4 Australian Reptile Park

Brown water safety concerns

Central Coast Council finished last financial year with a budget surplus of $62.4M, $14.9M more than it had budgeted for ($48.5M)

Ratepayers from Point Clare to the Peninsula, Empire Bay and Killcare Heights, have reported muddy looking water pouring from the taps inside their homes, with numerous accounts on social media of

water not being fit to bathe or wash clothes in. Killcare Heights resident, Sharon McEvoy, is convinced that drinking the brownish water over recent weeks resulted in “the worst case of diarrhoea I have ever experienced”. “About a fortnight ago, I started to get really sick with diarrhoea and battled it for a week before going to the doctor, who conducted some tests,” she said. “He said tests had revealed aeromonas in my system and

that this usually resulted from contaminated water. “I was so weak I couldn’t even climb the stairs in my home without having to sit down at the top,” she said. “When you pour a glass of water, the discolouration isn’t as apparent, but when you fill a bathtub or handbasin, you can see how brown it is.” Since visiting the doctor, McEvoy has been only drinking bottled water.

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Nuclear power debate resurrected

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Member for Swansea, Yasmin Catley, has vowed to fight moves to repeal legislation banning uranium mining in NSW, which she says is the first step towards nuclear power plants in the State, with three Central Coast sites as likely contenders.

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What a comedy of errors. It all started with Boof’s winning goal for the Mariners last week and ended with him being elected to Council. See page 33

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Many people who have been suffering with brown water coming out of their taps for weeks in various areas of the region, are not convinced by assurances from Central Coast Council that the water is safe to drink, despite its colour.

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Following their eucalyptus leaf party, the joeys napped in their favourite spots for eighteen hours, as is customary for koalas after a big day.

“There will be a nuclear power station in my lifetime” - Taylor Martin, MLC

An Upper House inquiry into the Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Repeal Bill 2019 has recommended repealing the original bill in its entirety. Although this would make it

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WHO upgrades COVID-19 status to “pandemic” It is not yet clear if the Central Coast will be home to one of up to 100 private practice respiratory clinics to be established nationwide in coming months to provide dedicated services to people with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms. A plan to introduce the clinics is outlined in the Federal Government’s $2.4B Coronavirus National Health Plan, unveiled on March 12, to support vulnerable groups such as the elderly, those with chronic conditions and Indigenous communities, from the coronavirus (COVID-19). The clinics are intended to reduce the risk of further transmission of COVID-19, help to optimise the use of available stocks of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and help reduce the pressure on hospital emergency departments. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now formally upgraded the spread of the COVID-19 Virus from being an epidemic to a pandemic. COVID-19 continues to

spread globally, with a growing number of countries experiencing sustained community based transmission and outbreaks. Across the world, there have been more than 120,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and more than 4,200 reported deaths, as at Thursday, March 12. In Australia, there are now 112 confirmed cases of the virus, including 60 in NSW. Travel restrictions and selfquarantine measures implemented by the Australian Government, corporations and

households appear to have been at least partially successful in slowing the spread of the virus relative to other countries. The number of deaths in Australia has remained at just three, including two in NSW. As part of Health Plan the government has also secured additional surgical, P2 and N95 masks for the National Medical Stockpile, for medical and aged care professionals to care for patients with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, also announced the

National Coordination Mechanism, a process of coordinating the response across the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, as well as industry, to ensure a consistent national approach. NSW Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, and Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said NSW Health has planned extensively for a pandemic. “We are seeing quite a clear escalation of diagnoses of the virus,” Minister Hazzard said. The Minister also said that everyone had a role to play in slowing the spread of the virus and taking pressure of the State’s medical systems. “Simple hygiene measures like regular hand washing, sneezing into your elbow and, most importantly, staying home when sick, will not only help ease hospital presentations for flu, but also support existing COVID-19 pandemic plans,” Hazzard said. He said businesses need to review their continuity plans now, including simple measures such as alcohol hand rub in the workplace, encouraging people to self-

isolate where necessary, and using technologies that allow staff to work from home where necessary. “We also ask everyone to please see your GP for minor illnesses and injuries where possible, to ensure that we keep our hospital emergency departments for emergencies only,” Hazzard said. Dr Chant said the emergence of community spread of COVID-19 in multiple countries outside mainland China demonstrates how quickly the virus can pass from person to person and, because it can present as a mild disease, how preventing it’s spread can be challenging. “We know from managing past pandemics, including influenza, that unless everyone is on board from the start, government, business and the community, it makes our task that much harder,” Dr Chant said. “While the few COVID-19 cases in NSW to date have been mild, the global spread of the virus, coupled with flu season fast approaching, means the situation for our hospitals could change quickly,

so we’re asking everyone to plan now.” COVID-19/Flu clinics are being established within all local health districts across NSW to assess and diagnose patients with possible COVID-19 infections, and other respiratory illness such as influenza, as we approach the winter season. NSW Health is also expanding the laboratory capacity across public hospitals and private laboratories to scale up analytical testing to determine the results of those tests. Currently, NSW Health laboratories have capacity to perform more than 1,000 tests a day at three public hospitals at Randwick, Westmead, and Liverpool, and they will soon be joined by four more hospitals: Royal North Shore, Royal Prince Alfred, John Hunter, and Nepean. NSW Health has engaged private pathology laboratories to assist in the collection of samples from people who require COVID-19 testing. Source: NSW and Australian Department of Health websites

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Going, going... From P1 First it was bushfires and flooding, and now a combination of the Coronavirus, a slide in global oil prices and a sickening crash in the share market, threaten to plunge the Central Coast into recession. As at 2 pm, Thursday (March 12), the S&P/ASX200 share price index had fallen over 25 per cent from its late February highs, wiping out the past three years of gains, equivalent to $450B. Some of the largest falls were in oil and gas stocks, after the price of WTI Crude Oil fell virtually in half, from over $60 a barrel to just $33 a barrel, while bank stocks and other financials have also fallen heavily. Travel-based stocks have been particularly hard hit, with Qantas falling in half from $7.40 a share to just $3.70 a share, and Flight Centre declining from $70 this time last year to just $19 this week. Share market losses are likely to impact on many retirees on the Coast who are already suffering from historically low returns on cash and bonds and depend on their superannuation

savings to live on. Depending on which Investment Options members select, their exposure to the share market can be typically anywhere from 20-60 per cent of their savings. The share crash is expected to torpedo an Australian economy that was already turning down prior to Christmas. Data released this week show that Australia’s economic growth slowed to just 0.5 per cent in the December quarter, prior to the impact of bushfires, floods and the outbreak of the coronavirus. Since then, data for retail sales and new home building activity data, two key pillars of the Central Coast economy, have both pointed to an economic contraction in the first quarter of 2020. Not surprisingly, many economists are quickly revising down their forecasts for the rest of the year, with several now predicting two consecutive quarters of negative growth, a technical recession. The impact of the COVID-19 virus however, remains highly uncertain. So far, there are no reported cases on the Central Coast, but

no one really knows just how many people will eventually be infected or for how long the COVID-19 virus will continue to spread. The main impact at this stage appears to be via a loss of tourism and major disruptions to supply chains. Already we have seen a “run” on local supermarkets and equipment suppliers for certain items such as toilet paper and computer equipment. In the past week, more companies and schools have enacted coronavirus response plans, many of which involve travel bans, cancelling large scale gatherings and even sending workers or students home. Kevin Hassett, former Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in the United States, who was in Australia this week, said the likelihood of others going into complete lockdown like Italy was now very high. Modelling out of the Australian National University (ANU) suggests that the broader Australian economy could potentially contract anywhere from 2 per cent to 8 per cent over the next 12 months. The study, led by former

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Reserve Bank Board member, Warwick McKibbin, draws on previous modelling of the impact of the 2002 SARS pandemic, and reflects the impacts of the virus on trade, productivity and confidence. With respect to trade, the study notes that China now accounts for one seventh of all Australia’s exports, particularly mineral exports like iron ore, which represent more than $60B a year. Against this backdrop, the Australian government has thrown out its forecast for a budget surplus this year and is quickly putting together an economic stimulus package and, with little room to cut interest rates any further, the focus has shifted to fiscal stimulus. On Monday, March 9, Scott Morrison began to lay the groundwork for the first round of measures at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney. “This is a Team Australia moment,” Morrison declared. “How you support your customers, suppliers and employees during the next six months will say more about your company, your corporate values and the integrity of your brand,

than anything else you could possibly do otherwise,” the Prime Minister said. The subtext is that the government is leaning on business owners to keep workers on, on paid leave if required, and to ensure that they pay their smaller suppliers on time. On Thursday, March 12, the government announced it would throw $17B at the economy. As at 2pm Thursday (March 12), the specifics were only just beginning to trickle through, but the initial round of measures appear to include a one-off payment of $750 for pensioners and Newstart recipients. The payments will be available to pensioners, social security, veteran and other income support recipients and eligible concession card holders from March 31, and (we understand) will include families receiving family tax benefits. For businesses, the measures also included payments of up to $25,000 per company through a return of taxes withheld on employee wages, as well as investment allowances and tax breaks. BusinessNSW’srepresentative on the Central Coast, Paula Martin, welcomed the initiatives.

Martin said that the Central Coast has two very large, high employment sectors that are reeling from a sequence of climactic and economic shocks, the tourism/hospitality sector and the manufacturing sector. “The Coronavirus is having a severe impact on tourism and supply chains for local manufacturers on top of the impact of the fires and floods as well as weakening consumer demand.” Martin said. “Around 21 per cent of local revenues are export based and there has been a sharp drop in global demand,” she said. At a practical level, Martin said that many local businesses are also grappling with revised working arrangements for staff and managing personal leave requests.” In addition to the Federal Government measures, Business NSW is calling on the NSW State Government to bring forward the proposed increase in the threshold for payroll tax exemptions to $1M for small business, as well as targeted stimulus to help business prepare for recovery after the spread of COVID-19 peaks. Reporter: Ross Barry

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Nuclear power debate resurrected From P1

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“Wind power made reliable with storage, and peaking gas support, costs as low as $52MWh while nuclear energy in nations with established industries costs between $169MWh and $270MWh. “New nuclear facilities will cost between $195 and $344 per MWh. “This would see NSW households pay potentially six times as much for electricity. “Already on the Central Coast we have Vales Point rolling out clean technology like solar. “The government should be supporting the expansion of this sector and the jobs that come with it, rather than turning regional and coastal communities into nuclear power plant wastelands.” But MLC Taylor Martin, who chaired the inquiry into repealing the prohibition bill, said bans on uranium mining and nuclear energy reflected

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affordable and reliable electricity following the decommissioning of our ageing coal fired generation assets. “There is an imperative for legislators and governments to be genuinely technology neutral and not lock out appropriate, low emission alternatives to replace these ageing assets.” Martin said there were “no compelling justifications” from an environmental or human safety point of view which would warrant the blanket exclusion of nuclear energy from serious policy consideration in NSW. “The outdated arguments for prohibiting nuclear on the basis of safety are increasingly difficult to defend,” he said. Source: Media release, Mar 4 Taylor Martin MLC Media release, Mar 5 and media statement, Mar 11 Member for Shortland, Yasmin Catley

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A Local Strategic Planning Statement must come first Central Coast Council deferred a decision on its draft consolidated planning controls at its meeting on March 9. The finalisation of the draft Central Coast Local Environment Plan (CCLEP) and the draft Central Coast Development Control Plan (CCDCP) will now be deferred while council works on its Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS). Deputy Mayor, Jane Smith, put forward the deferral, thanking staff for their work on the draft Consolidated LEP and DCP, and noting that they had put a lot of work into the draft and were keen to see it go through. “I understand that a further delay will be frustrating,” she said. But she said the process was back to front, the CCLEP and CCDCP should not proceed before the LSPS. “There are also a number of other strategies currently in train including the Rural Lands

Study and Housing Strategy,” she said. Cr Smith said the process should never have been initiated under the Administrator. “This Council has not endorsed this process, and in my view, has never endorsed an approach that sought to apply a one size fits all and take the most flexible view of what should be permitted.” She said most of the recommendations in her motion were the same as those recommended by staff. The key differences included keeping the minimum lot size at 550sqm for R2 zone in the former Gosford LGA and carrying forward the existing setbacks for residential zones in the former Gosford area. She said more than 30 other councils had more than one minimum lot size in a zone. Cr Smith said the impacts of the draft CCLEP were far greater in the former Gosford LGA than the former Wyong LGA.

“There are a number of changes to permitted uses in zones. “This means that activities that were previously prohibited will be allowed in Gosford,” she said. “Some of this will be relatively minor, however in other cases, it may have a greater impact.” Part of the LSPS consultation will be to develop character statements for the former Wyong LGA in a similar format to those in the former Gosford LGA. It will also include reviewing the proposed changes to permitted uses in zones. Once the LSPS has been adopted, a further report will come back to Council with any further changes needed to align the CCLEP and the DCP to it. Councillors will receive a further briefing on the draft CCLEP and CCDCP, and councillors and staff will meet with the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to discuss and

outline a process to take key strategic planning processes forward. The draft CCLEP and CCDCP were developed following a period of public consultation which generated over 700 written submissions. Sue Steedman, Vicepresident of the Copacabana Community Association, said the association’s management committee had advocated strongly on behalf of the community for R2 zoning rules in the Draft Consolidated LEP/ DCP to be amended in order to prevent inappropriate or overdevelopment in Copacabana and similar, small coastal villages in the region. “We are pleased councillors agreed to retain the 550sqm minimum lot sizes in R2 zones and the continuation of the setbacks for residential zones in the former Gosford LGA,” she said. “It also seems eminently sensible that councillors decided to defer the finalisation of the Draft Consolidated LEP/

DCP until after the Local Strategic Planning Statement has been adopted. “Since the LSPS will be ‘the guiding strategic vision for the Coast’ it is important that the LEP/DCP is informed and guided by this important strategic planning instrument.” The purpose of the plans is to simplify planning processes and is the first stage in the Central Coast Comprehensive LEP Review. Avoca Beach resident, Matt Francis, applauded the deferral, saying universal controls were not necessary, or desirable, across wards with vastly different local characteristics, and that simply adopting the inferior standards of the former Wyong Council was not in the community interest. In an email he sent to Council, Francis, said he specifically objected to zones regarding Dual Occupancy, Reduced Lot Sizes and Reduced Open Space requirements,” he said. “It also seems strange to adopt these when the Local

Strategic Planning Statements have not been finalised, which it appears should inform these documents rather than be subordinate. “Even under current planning regulations, we are seeing clearing of former green space for a treeless small block residential area, bringing ever more residents to the area, and creating mini heat islands due to the lack of tree cover.” He cited The Kings Estate in Terrigal. “Another example is the proposed development of Bangaloe Stud, using current regulations to change a beautiful farm into a residential zone. “Surely if these things can happen in the current framework, there is no need to lower the standards.” Source: Agenda item 2.1 Central Coast Council meeting, Mar 9 Media releases Mar 10 Copacabana Community Association Matt Francis

Not all promised pre-election funds delivered Senator Deborah O’Neill is determined to hold the State and Federal Governments to account for funds promised for the Central Coast in the leadup to the 2019 federal elections and previous elections. She is demanding answers on when money pledged for vital works will be made available. Senator O’Neill said she was concerned at how much announced funding was still

“missing in action” and had met with Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, to discuss the situation. “Council can’t do the work without the promised funds in their accounts,” O’Neill said. “We need to really keep on making these governments do the things they said they would before the last elections.” O’Neill said among promised funding yet to be delivered were: $36.7M in roads funding; $4.3M for North Avoca Roads and Footpaths; (a share of) $50.6M for an Industry Training

Hub; $20M in combined State and Federal funding for a Regional Performing Arts Centre; and $7M for an innovation hub. She said nothing had been done on $35M promised for upgraded car parking at Gosford and Woy Woy railway stations. O’Neill said local Liberal MPs needed “to come clean” about when coast residents can expect the promises to be fulfilled. But Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said the Federal

Government was continuing to deliver on its commitments across the Central Coast. She said the Government had delivered a $70M Central Coast Roads Package. “Upgrades to 20 of the 29 roads will have commenced by the end of next year.” She said $50.6M had been invested in 10 Industry Training Hubs across the country, with the Gosford Hub due for completion in early 2021. Regarding the $35M commitment to extra car

parking at Gosford and Woy Woy train stations, Wicks said scoping and development activities, undertaken by Central Coast Council, were underway to determine suitable locations. “The Government has proved it can deliver on its promises,” she said. “For instance, the Central Coast Medical School and Research Precinct is currently under construction. “This has been made possible due to the strong collaboration between the Federal

Government, the NSW State Government and the University of Newcastle. “I have been actively working with both state and local stakeholders to ensure that these projects are being delivered for the community, as well as getting regular updates from my fellow Liberal MPs on the Central Coast.” Source: Media release, Mar 11 Senator Deborah O’Neill Media release, Mar 12 Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks

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TAKING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE Investing in renewables Lower emissions Australia’s emissions are falling1

Australia is a world leader

• Emissions are more than 12% lower than in 2005.

• In 2019, Australia’s investment (per capita) in renewable energy was greater than the USA, Japan and the UK, and more than triple the (per capita) investment of Germany, China, France and Denmark.4

• Australia’s emissions are lower than in 2013, when the Coalition came into Government. • Emissions per capita are at their lowest level in 29 years, reduced by 41% since 1990.2

• Australia has the world’s highest (per capita) uptake of rooftop solar.5 Nearly one in four Australian homes have solar on their roof.

Australia is lowering emissions • Australia’s 2030 target is for a 26 – 28% reduction (on 2005 levels).

Snowy 2.0 and Battery of the Nation • The Morrison Government is investing $1.4 billion in the largest pumped hydro projects in the southern hemisphere – Snowy 2.0 and Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation and an interconnector. • These will generate enough storage to power around one million homes.

• On a per capita basis, that’s a reduction of 50 – 52%. This is more than the European Union, Germany, Canada, New Zealand or Japan have committed to over the same period.3

Climate Solutions Fund • The $2 billion Climate Solutions Fund supports practical projects, like capturing methane from landfill and storing carbon in forests and soils. New Technology

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• We’ve already invested $8.9 billion in more than 670 projects, including charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, large-scale solar and the world’s largest battery in South Australia. • We are committed to reducing greenhouse gases in fridges and air conditioners by 85% by 2036.

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Climate action rally For the second time in under a month, a community rally will be held outside the West Gosford office of Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, calling for action on climate change. The Central Coast Community Climate Act Now Alliance will hold a rally on March 15 at 10am in the lead up to debate on a climate change bill proposed by MP Zali Steggall and due for debate in Parliament on March 23. Steggall will call for a conscience vote on the bill. An Alliance spokesperson said members would call on Wicks to support the conscience vote to “take the political

Central Coast Community Climate Act Now Alliance members at a previous rally

rhetoric out of the Climate change debate in Federal politics” and vote in favour of the bill. The bill calls for a net zero emissions target by 2020, a carbon emissions budget and assessments every five years of national climate change risk. “There are over 20 countries that already have put a similar framework in place,” the spokesperson said. “Australia is fortunate to be able to learn from the debate and experience of other countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and New Zealand. “The bill aims to ensure that Australia has a clear and positive national response to the challenges of climate

change. “That is what a large and growing majority of Australians call for, and what Australia needs. “Our unprecedented early summer bushfires are a clear indication of the worst of those risks, and how they will affect some communities more than others. “But there are also opportunities to prosper, given our enormous natural, human and financial wealth. “To protect our economy and environment, Australia must have strong national plans to adapt to increasing impacts of climate change, to reduce and mitigate its risks and to leverage its opportunities.” The spokesperson said the

bill would ensure Australia has: a positive response to the challenges of climate change that is transparent and effective; national plans for adapting to a changing climate; national plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions; transparent monitoring, reporting and accountability for national adaptation planning; and, emission reduction actions. “The framework leaves national action in the hands of our elected Government, but mandates an effective process for national targets, actions and reporting.” Source: Media release, Mar 10 Central Coast Community Climate Act Now Alliance

Local Strategic Planning Statement reaches another stage Central Coast Council has considered the outcomes of the draft Urban Spatial Plan (USP) community consultation and public exhibition which was completed late in 2019. More than 170 submissions were received online throughout the consultation process, with stakeholders and the public also engaging through community information sessions. Community feedback and the USP will provide an initial framework for the development of the Central Coast’s first Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS). The LSPS will focus on the vision and planning priorities for land use planning in the region over the next 20 years,

and together with Council’s Community Strategic Plan, will identify the long term social, environmental and economic aspirations of the community, and provide a clear direction for growth that will inform future strategic plans and planning instruments. Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said the Community Strategic Plan, or One Central Coast, was a platform to build a region that all Central Coast Community members could be proud of. “The upcoming LSPS is an opportunity for the community to have their say and engage as we seek to make the Central Coast an even more liveable and desirable place to call home,” Cr Matthews said. Regional NSW Councils have a legal obligation to prepare and adopt an LSPS by July 1.

Council’s first step toward developing the LSPS was to prepare the draft Urban Spatial Plan as a framework for a Local Strategic Planning Statement. Comments from the public about that plan included the following: • Transport infrastructure is 20 years behind where it should be. Major Pacific Highway upgrades and key transport links need to occur before population is increased; • Warnervale Aviation Hub should be supported as a key transport link and maintained as a regional airport for the future; • Footpaths and shared pathway connections are needed to Woy Woy Station, Pacific Highway, The Entrance Road, Lake

Munmorah, Charmhaven, West Gosford and Saratoga; • Better footpaths are required in Woy Woy, The Entrance Rd, Charmhaven, West Gosford; • The Wyong Pacific Highway road widening is essential to improve safety and ease congestion, particularly on weekends; • The plan needs to show where existing transport infrastructure is and where key regional services are located; • Deepwater Plaza performs a key economic and social role in Woy Woy and planning should aim to facilitate a mix of land uses to ensure that the priorities; • There should be more technology parks – what happened to the WEZ?;

• Local jobs are critical for the region; • There should be financial incentives for businesses, cheap land and tax breaks; • Support start-ups in renewable energy; • Shop fronts should be updated to encourage investment; • Lack of GP’s – Warnervale growth area will be unable to access GP’s; • Growth corridors should not become walls of high rise with inadequate sunlight, views and amenities. Free traffic access / flow is also critical. East Gosford appears to be going towards impersonal overcrowding with inadequate trees and green spaces; • The plan does not adequately

address the constraints of flood, sea level rise and coastal erosion on the Woy Woy Peninsula. The proposal to more densely populate/ develop Woy Woy because it is close to the railway station does not take into account the current and worsening flood risk on this part of the Peninsula and capacity of the road network; and, • Natural bushland, green spaces, wetlands and their catchments between urban centres should be protected. Public consultation of the LSPS is proposed to start on April 6 and continue until May 12. Source: Agenda Item 3.9 Central Coast Council meeting, Mar 9

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$5.3M Central Coast waterways package announced Avoca Lagoon is set to receive a $300,000 restoration as part of a $5.3M Central Coast waterways package announced by the Federal Government on March 11.

Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks (left), and Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, with Graham Johnston of Clean4Shore and interested students from Terrigal High School at Avoca Lagoon

The Avoca Lagoon component will see foreshore and habitat restoration to improve water quality and habitat for the Green and Golden Bell frog, and ongoing studies into the frog population at the lagoon. Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, and Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, announced three key projects, aimed at restoring waterways, rehabilitating key wetlands and protecting threatened species on the Coast.

A $4.7M investment at Tuggerah Lakes will conserve key wetland threatened species habitat, protecting local wildlife. A further $300,000 will be spent to ensure cleaner waterways along the Central Coast by supporting volunteer organisation Clean4Shore in a range of Central Coast cleanup activities within the LGA as well as southern Lake Macquarie. “Our waterways support a network of significant ecological communities as well as a diverse range of recreational users,” Ley said. “Through the Environment Restoration Fund, we are working with communities to take practical action to make

our environment more resilient.” Wicks said that restoring local lagoons like Avoca Lagoon recognised their importance from an environmental and local tourism perspective. “Our coastal waterways and lagoons are a major part of our leisure and recreation facilities for local families as well as an important drawcard for tourists,” she said. “This investment will protect the health of those delicate ecosystems, and also work to ensure our waterways are free from rubbish and other debris.” Source: Media release, Mar 11 Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, and Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks

Contract for Terrigal boardwalk awarded

To stretch between Terrigal Beach and The Haven, the boardwalk was the subject of lengthy debate and several motions at Central Coast Council early in 2019, before approval was finally given to the $5.8M project in June. The project is being jointly funded by the State Government and Council, to the tune of $2.938M each. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said

2,000 residents had signed a petition supporting the project. “A boardwalk at Terrigal has been talked about for decades and I am thrilled that the tender has been awarded for work to finally begin,” Crouch said. “Council expects construction to begin after the April school holidays and will occur in conjunction with the replacement of the ocean pool,” Crouch said. “The boardwalk will be 277 metres long and include integrated seating, lighting and a viewing platform. Central Coast Council Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said the project would “significantly improve pedestrian access between Terrigal Beach promenade and The Haven”. “It will provide a more

inclusive accessible route so that everyone in our community can enjoy this space,” Cr Matthews said. “In addition, this project will help grow tourism and boost the local economy. “We have listened to the community and taken on board feedback received during community consultation activities, which demonstrated a majority of support from residents. “We are grateful to the NSW Government for funding of a project which will deliver many social, health and economic benefits for our community.” Source: Media release, Mar 12 Member for Terrigal and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews

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Funding provided for rescue craft In the wake of severe flooding in the region early in February, Central Coast SES will receive $10,000 from the State Government to buy an ArkAngel Flood Rescue inflatable boat to add to its fleet.

Minister for Emergency Services, David Elliott, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, with members of Gosford SES and a craft similar to the one the grant will help provide

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Wyong and Gosford SES have each received $5000. The grant was announced recently by Minister for Emergency Services, David Elliott, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch. Crouch said the funding could not have come at a better time. Elliott said: “We’re committed to providing our SES volunteers with the best possible equipment and amenities so they can get on with the job they do best – saving lives,” he said. A spokesperson for Gosford SES said the unit currently had one Arkangel rescue raft, which was used in many of the rescues and evacuations during the recent storm event. “The grant will provide an additional Arkangel including supporting rescue raft equipment –paddles, rescue throw bags, rope kit, helmets, tie downs, etc,” the spokesperson said. “The additional rescue raft will ensure that during major events like the recent February storms, the Central Coast community is better covered with multiple rescue operators able to standby with increased rescue capabilities. “In January this year we had two more volunteers complete their training for ‘in water’ flood rescues. “Flood Rescue is a major responsibility of the NSW SES and Gosford Unit is well prepared to support our local community and the wider NSW community.” Source: Media release, Feb 21 Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

Springfield man charged with multiple offences A 25-year-old Springfield man has been charged with multiple offences following a Brisbane Water Police District investigation. On Sunday, February 16, Brisbane Water Police commenced an investigation into an aggravated break and enter at Kincumber, where a Yamaha motorcycle was stolen. On Monday, February 17, the 25-year-old man was identified as having assaulted a security guard at Erina with a prohibited weapon and became a Person of Interest (POI). On Friday, February 21, police arrested the POI at a home in Springfield, but he was able to escape police custody and managed to elude police for five days. On Thursday, February 27, police observed a stolen motorcycle travelling through Gosford. A pursuit was initiated, which was terminated by police due to the manner of riding. Later that day, the POI was located by police hiding in a concealed roof cavity. The POI eventually

surrendered and was arrested before being conveyed to Gosford Hospital due to possible overdose of tablets. He was subsequently assessed and discharged to police. Whilst attempting to place him in a caged police vehicle, the POI threatened and assaulted officers. He was charged with 14 offences including: Outstanding arrest warrant; Aggravated break and enter dwelling in company; Police pursuit – not stop – drive dangerously; Drive conveyance without consent of owner; Use offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention; Assault; Drive motor vehicle during disqualification period; Intimidate police officer in execution of duty; Resist or hinder police officer in the execution of duty; Assault officer in execution of duty; and escape police custody. The POI was bail refused and fronted Gosford Local Court on March 5. Source: Website, Mar 1 Brisbane Water Police District

Man drowned NSW Police have confirmed that a man drowned in the Brisbane Water. At about 4pm on Sunday, March 9, witnesses told police that they saw a 46-year-old man enter Brisbane Water near Masons Pde, Gosford, to swim to a nearby yacht. A short time later, the man was seen to be unresponsive in the water.

Emergency services arrived and retrieved the man from the water, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner. Source: Media release, Mar 9 NSW Police Media

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At about 12:40am on Sunday, March 1, police stopped a black Ford F250 on the Central Coast Hwy at West Gosford in relation to complaints of a vehicle doing burnouts in a nearby street.

Whilst speaking to the driver, police identified him as a Person of Interest (POI) who was wanted on an outstanding warrant. The POI then abandoned the vehicle, fleeing on foot into Adcock Park, where a foot chase commenced. He was eventually located in the creek bed on the western

side of the park. The POI was placed under arrest and conveyed to Gosford Police Station where he was charged over three outstanding warrants. He was bail refused and appeared at Wyong Local Court later that day. Source: Website, Mar 1 Brisbane Water Police District

Driver sought for shining a laser pointer into other drivers’ eyes Brisbane Water Police District is appealing for information following an alleged assault at Green Point. Brisbane Water Police have received information that at about 7:20pm on Monday,

February 17, a Silver Hyundai Accent with red P plates was being driven on Avoca Dve, heading towards Green Point, and was seen shining a laser pointer into other drivers’ eyes. This may relate to an incident

at Erina Fair shopping centre earlier that same day, where a laser was pointed at an employee. Source: Website, Feb 25 Brisbane Water Police District Crime report E 75396555

Stolen vehicles used in ram raids One unlucky car owner from West Gosford has been advised that their stolen vehicle was one of three used in a series of ram raid thefts. At about 3:30am on Tuesday, March 3, three people driving vehicles stolen from West Gosford, Cessnock and Scone, attended a service station at Wyee. The three forced entry through an external toilet door, smashed through a wall and into the service station, where they took a safe containing a large sum of money and a large number of cigarettes. One of the vehicles was

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abandoned at the service station, with the three continuing to another service station at Fennell Bay. At about 4:20am, the two remaining vehicles were used to smash a glass wall at that service station, before the

three people attached a rope to an ATM and unsuccessfully tried to pull it from its location. Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District have established crime scenes at both locations and are appealing for witnesses to come forward. The vehicles are a silver Toyota utility with the number plate CQ21JZ, a white Mitsubishi Pantech truck with registration BT73PL, and a white Mitsubishi Canter flatbed truck with the number plate CE78NR.

Police have released CCTV footage of a male and a female that they wish to speak to in relation to a theft from a retail store at Erina in December, 2019. At around 5:30pm on Monday, December 23, a female entered the electrical goods area of a retail store within a shopping complex at Erina. The female is seen to place several items in a trolley before going to other sections of the store. A male was seen to join the female before both split up and left the store. Following investigations, police from Brisbane Water Police District are looking o two pople. The female is described as: Caucasian, mid to late 30’s, fair complexion, medium build, approximately156cm tall, long

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black hair in a ponytail and wearing a dark blue top with little dots on the top part around the sleeves and neckline, long grey gym pants, black and white sneakers, carrying an oversized black handbag and black sunglasses. The male is described as: Caucasian, late 20’s – early 30’s, fair complexion, slim

A man has faced Gosford Local Court charged over alleged aggravated sexual touching of a teenage boy at Wamberal. In February, detectives from Brisbane Water Police District commenced an investigation after reports that a teenage boy had been allegedly

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inappropriately touched several times at a fast food shop on The Entrance Rd, Wamberal, where he was an employee. Following extensive inquiries, on Thursday, March 5, officers attended the shop and arrested a 45-year-old man.

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Ignoring the recommendations of flood consultants blamed on Council amalgamation The reason there has been inaction in flood management of Tuggerah lakes is because of the amalgamation of Wyong and Gosford Councils, 220,000according solar panels to will generate Wyong MP and which Shadow Minister enough electricity to

Preparation works underway for 220,000 solar panel farm

Claimed Urban Congestion Fund rorts partially explained

Roadworks along Ruttleys Rd at Mannering Park have started in preparation for a huge solar farm on Delta Electricity land.

Controversy rages over roadworks expenditure on the Central Coast pledged prior to the 2019 Federal Election, with Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, claiming residents in the north of the region were

oadworks along Ruttleys Rd at Mannering Park have started in preparation for a huge solar farm on DeltaMehan Electricitystands land.

by criticism of council Delta’s Company

Secretary, Steve Gurney,

The MP, David Mehan, said theEntrance road is currently being realigned to said not resile from his providehe for adoes left turn into the ash dam property criticism of Central Coast Council where the solar project will be installed. and its management of The “A slight bend in the Entrance Channel. road will be straightened and these works should make it safe for both traffic turning into the ash dam and through traffic,” Gurney said. When roadworks are complete, there will be turning lanes from both directions into the property. The solar project is a power partnership between Enernet Global and Delta Electricity. Enernet will finance and construct the solar farm and sell the power to Delta, who will distribute it through the national

“People took a natural disaster and made it a political football” - Cr Matthews 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

power 20,000 homes annually and save 116,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year. Vales Point solar farm will have an estimated life of 30 years when it would be either rejuvenated or decommissioned. Solar projects are highly reversible after decommissioning, with all above ground infrastructure able to be removed. Over the next 18 years, Vales Point will be one of four NSW coal fired power stations to close and this transition to solar energy will add to NSW’s five major renewable power projects.

Testing causes concern

Only a month before the Senate Inquiry into seismic testing to be held on the Central Coast, more concerns have been raised about Centennial Coal’s testing in the waters of Lake Macquarie.

Member for The EntranceThis solar farm at Moree is a similar size to the one to be built at Mannering Park Building fire at The Greens Information sessions for electricity grid. for and doing the studies the most appropriate firm within the 1,730ha Vales ejected from Parliament to build the project. Point powersignificant station TheanEntrance project Delta will also use required to support swearing power from the solar application to connect “Delta and Enernet are landholding. the solar farm to the grid. its retail also actively working $75M project is State Member forproject The inEntrance, Several NSW Fire and Rescue The Work will start inMedia April on Source: one of business and ensuring a “Connection studies to finalise the site lease expected to create 100 statement, Feb 28 Steve Gurney, Delta have progressed and agreement, Enernet construction jobsmost and significant David Mehan, was significant ordered contribution to leave crews andwellPolice were and deployed the area’s projects Electricity to state and federal we expect to submit our expects site works to five full time ongoing Media statement, Mar 2 the NSW Parliament chamber on to a building firebegin atin The – the Mardi to Warnervale pipeline. government renewable application to AusGrid late thirdGreens quarter positions. Simon Gamble, Enernet Global targets. within a few weeks,” he of this calendar year,” solar farm Document, Jan 31, 2018 Tuesday, February energy 25, becauseChief of in Thesaid.Entrance,is Theexpected said. Warrigal St, Gamble Enernet’s to be Environmental Impact Operating a debate Officer, overnight “On the construction The solar field will State Significant his foul language during on Monday, March 2. be operational by the end of Statement,Development 8533 Simon Gamble, said planning side, we have on about 80ha of the the year. NSW Department were now working engaged widely with rehabilitated portion between he andtheyParliamentary There will be about Environment & Planning on preliminary designs

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Claimed Urban Congestion Fund rorts partially explained Controversy rages over roadworks expenditure on the Central Coast pledged prior to the 2019 Federal Election, with Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, claiming EDITION 489in the north residents of the region were “shortchanged” and Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, maintaining that there was an even distribution of roadworks between the two

“Does the Prime Urban Congestion Fund, Minister think the Central through which the money Coast’s traffic congestion was made available. stops at Wamberal? But Wicks said a total “Residents, commuters of $105M investment and business owners was pledged on the in the northern areas of Central Coast, $35M of YOUR REAL INDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWS the Coast will tell him which was for additional otherwise.” commuter car parking McBride said the at Gosford and Woy Labor party had written Woy train stations, with to the Auditor-General the rest to be spent on requesting an audit into upgrades to 29 Central the design, management Coast roads. and politicisation of the “The $70M Central

Anglican parish decides to sell Tesch calls for more Return and St Andrews church Earn machines

decisions of the Federal Government and are not conducted through a competitive grants process.” An examination of the full table of roadworks 2 MARCH 2020 approved, confirms that of the 29 projects earmarked, 14 are in Dobell, 14 in Robertson and 1 in the electorate of Swansea.

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The Anglican Parish of Woy Woy Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Umina resident Ms Biddy 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 has decided to sell St Andrews Tesch has called on the NSW Abrahams celebrated her 103rd church in Ocean Beach Rd, Umina, Government to replace the Return birthday on February 24 with family with an auction date set for March and Earn machine destroyed in the and friends 5. Umina Mall fire over a year ago.

Beach sculptures ‘pop up’ after storms A series of sculptures have “popped up” along Umina and Ettalong Beaches, making use of driftwood washed ashore during the recent storms.

Work starts

Mattress recycle project may extend to Woy Woy tip

Work has started on a $1.65M Woy Woy tip could be the next project to improve traffic flow at site to fully recycle unwanted the foot of Blackwall Mountain on mattresses. Memorial Ave, Blackwall, between Wyalong Rd and Warwick St.

Anglican parish decides toestate sell Discussion St Andrews Future of Peninsula real about Mt Ettalongchurch Council supports Coastal Twist given mixed assessment

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“All these reasons all came special service last week: Holy The Anglican Parish of Woy practical sense to consolidate to the Woy Woy site to make if Woy Woy Rotarians have been Central Coast Council is asking Central Coast Council has granted Woy has decided to sell St St Andrews and St Luke’s at more user friendly for children and together and as a parish council Apostles Anglican Church at Woy Woy Woy, given a combined families,” Mr Davies said. we took ownership of the decision Woy and the parish will be renamed Andrews Ocean given a church mixedin assessment of the residents to participate in the $50,000 for a second Coastal Twist “In the wake of the Royal to close St Andrews and sell it. Peninsula Anglican Parish. Beach Rd, Umina, with an congregation of about 150. He said it was increasingly Commission into Institutional “We’ve brought the Umina “We figured, as a parish council, future of real auction date set for estate March 5. and property development of a masterplan for Mt festival to be held on the Peninsula difficult to justify having two church

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The property is described development on thebuildings Peninsula Ettalong Reserve onthethe vegetated overI’m the October so close together, with children and others, Anglican Woy site and delighted to to belong no more,weekend. we probably needed as a prime development site of two lots of ongoing maintenance Diocese of Newcastle of which this say that we haven’t lost a single to re-brand the parish and give the 1422sqm,they with a starting of when werepriceaddressed by a headlandparishatis athe southern ofhe said. costs. part, had its own case end person,” remaining church a new name,” Mr around $1.2 million. He said that “40 percent of the study done and there was a lot that “It’s a fresh look, a new Davies said. Churchestate is on landagent. WoySt Andrews Woy real Umina Beach. SOURCE: sale of Umina will go towards the came to light of an historical nature beginning, a fresh start for

zoned R1 which may be used for a Interview (Sue Murray) 12 Feb 2020 Redress Scheme to compensate about abuse. everyone.” range of purposes, including multi-articles and more can be seen on line on our website www.coastcommunitynews.com.au Michael Davies, Peninsula The full the survivors of abuse. “So, as a result of that, the The Bishop of the Diocese unit development. Anglican Parish can alsoDiocese be seen ontowww.peninsulanews.info “But also some They money will come needed find quite a few of Newcastle, Dr Peter Stuart, Parish rector, the Reverend back into the parish so we can million dollars to put towards the announced a new name for the Michael Davies, said it made make the necessary improvements Redress Scheme. church at Woy Woy during a

Having just read and reread the 2020-2025 Cultural Plan as outlined in Coast Communituy News Edition 232, to my disappointment, it’s vacuous verbiage. I quote part of same: “Enlivening our cultural spaces and place will be achieved by ensuring arts and cultural festivals encompass regional creativity and meaning of places and activating public

FORUM spaces with arts, performance and creative programming…”. FoPAP. (Friends of the Performing Arts Precinct), theatre groups, musicians, artists and community groups, have spent past decades lobbying, writing, visiting every Arts Minister, local and state politicians, urging and supporting the community

demand for a regional performing arts concert space to meet such criteria. Remember the Gosford Challenge, The Charettes, to what avail? Promises, promises, and now we have more promises, the progress of the Plan. Will it be reviewed in 5 years? Email, Mar 7 Lorraine Parks, Copacabana

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Congratulations to Charles Hemmings (Coast Community News Edition 232) for castigating both climate change alarmists and deniers for their fake scientists and flawed scientific logic.

They are like a dog chasing its tail, one spinning to the left, the other to the right. The truth is that neither Carbon nor its oxide affect climate in any way. Three facts in nature are irrefutable: The concentration of Carbon Dioxide today is still negligible, at less than 400ppm, 0.04 per cent, and absolutely incapable of affecting climate in any way; Invisible humidity, gas-phase water, is greater than 400ppm by more than 500 per cent above Australian deserts at mid-day, and by more than 6,000 per cent at Darwin before a monsoonal downpour; CO2 gas does not accumulate in the atmosphere, it has been equilibrating for millennia at between 0.03 and 0.04 per cent, as the population of the globe has grown to its present 7,000,000,000 or more, by means of the botanical process known as Photosynthesis. The details, briefly, are as follows. From 1910 to 1940, all reputable encyclopedias have quoted accurately, not from guesses or flawed modeling, CO2 concentrations, to two decimal places, as either 0.03 or 0.04 per cent, because the precise values calculated from the many analyses were a trace either below or above 0.035 as calculated to three decimals. Back then, two decimals were more than necessary. Values less than 0.035 became 0.03, values greater became 0.04. So, the correct value was 350ppm. World population then was one quarter of today. Throughout the 20th century, huge amounts of CO2 were discharged into the air by

increasing amounts in each of the 100 years. Today, it is still less than 0.04 per cent. This proves that CO2 equilibrates to what would be called a ‘residual equilibrium’: what’s left after ‘something’ is occurring. Once upon a time, good schools taught that water, both as liquid in the oceans and as vapour in the air, is the primary moderator of climate in the Cosmos. Since at least 1950, water vapour content has been excluded from ‘standard analyses’ of air, because it varies greatly from time to time and place to place, so it tends to be ignored by the uninitiated. However, water vapour, the gas, follows the laws of diffusion of all gases, so it diffuses rapidly, even against a breeze, from high concentrations where it is generated, to lower concentrations elsewhere. Thus, the high vapour contents above the oceans surrounding Australia are constantly diffusing towards the deserted centre, to maintain another type of equilibrium, which does not promote rain, primarily due to the high air temperatures in deserts. Hot air carries a higher loading of water vapour before the ‘dew point’. Nevertheless, the air above any Australian desert is at least five times (500 per cent) greater than CO2 concentration. At 20 deg.C and 50 per cent Relative Humidity, the factor is 18 times (1800%). At 25 deg.C and 60% Relative Humidity, the factor is 30 times (3,000%). At 30 deg.C and 90% RH (Darwin), the factor is 60 times (6,000%). Who in a right mind would demonise Carbon knowing that? Is there experimental or other

conclusive evidence that CO2 is thousands of times more potent as a so-called greenhouse gas than water vapour? So how does CO2 equilibrate? In a nutshell, carbon fuels burn in cities and the Amazon and eucalypts also burn to produce CO2 gas. This gas diffuses around the globe, continuously unimpeded by us. A dynamic equilibrium exists everywhere. In polluted cities where people choke, and above farms and forests where the CO2 concentration in the air is sufficiently high to permeate into all vegetation. Using a process known as Photosynthesis [putting elements like C, H, O, N, ‘together’ using light], all plants: (a) inhale from the air, during daylight, all the CO2 that is available in excess of a minimum ‘equilibrium concentration’; [burn as many fires as will burn, the CO2 will soon be inhaled]; (b) separate the C from the O2; (c) exhale the O2 back to the air; [so that no matter how much C is burned, oxygen will never be depleted]; (d) combine the C with HHO (water) plus trace quantities of other elements needed by each plant species, from the roots [a trace of Nitrogen is needed for proteins]; and, (e) produce all botanical substances from a ‘basic brick’ that is predominantly CHHO (carbon wetted/carbohydrate) that structures itself in a myriad of hexagonal molecular forms. Who will deny any of the above? The most precise analysis of air to 5 decimals is Nitrogen: 78.12345; Oxygen: 20.87654; Argon: 0.93; CO2: 0.04; approximately a dozen impurities, including rear-end discharges from cows, horses, buffalo, and camels: 0.03. Grand Total: 99.99999%. Email, Mar 8 Guy Caruana, East Gosford

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The evidence for Carbon Dioxide is clear The evidence for Carbon Dioxide is clear and there is good reason to be alarmed. Its incredulous that after more than 40 years of scientific conferences from the earth summit and Kyoto, that there are still people assuming CO2 is not a greenhouse gas, and that human civilization has not added significant amounts of greenhouse gases to alter the Earth’s system. The science and physics of atmospheric gases has been known for over 100 years, but it looks like we are in for another 50 years of obfuscation

and debate about the science of why Carbon Dioxide is the main greenhouse gas targeted, according to one letter writer who stated that there is no evidence to suggest CO2 is causing any issues. I would suggest he look into the science so that he might understand the greenhouse effect and some basic laws of physics. We know that radiation traps energy at very specific wavelengths, and In physics, these wavelengths can be measured using spectroscopy as it happens. CO2 is the reference point of

FORUM global warming potential (GWP). GWP is a measure of how much energy the emission of 1 tonne of gas will absorb over a given point in time in relation to CO2. So yes there is evidence why the Kyoto Protocol applies to the six greenhouse gases listed in Annex A, which are: Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous Oxide (N20), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). 1990 was the first

Ignoring danger is not prudent Mr Hemming’s skepticism about climate change (Coast Community News Edition 232) is to be welcomed, although he is drawing the long bow a little in comparing belief in the resurrection (unsubstantiated myth) to acceptance of scientific observations on climatic conditions (recorded fact). Science, of course, is about generating and testing hypotheses, and hypotheses should always be questioned based on emerging evidence. However, the evidence that has emerged over the past 70 years, while perhaps not conclusive, is alarming enough to justify some long term precautions being taken to protect ourselves against possible negative effects while there is still time. To wait for 100 per cent certainty looks as though it might be deferring a decision until too late for effective action. Mr Hemming says that carbon dioxide concentration is only 400ppm (actually 407) and that this is not enough to bring about drastic climate change, but the historical record says otherwise. Significant climate shifts have taken place in the past when levels were lower. Right now, the level is the highest for 800,000 years, and

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See Page 2 for contribution conditions it is rising 100 times faster than it ever has in the past, so if Mr Hemmings can suggest a cause other than human activity, he should bring it to the attention of the scientific community for investigation as nobody else can find one. The idea that there is nothing much to worry about because there have been climate variations in the past is a comforting one, but it overlooks the fact that these changes took place before humans existed, and certainly before there was any human development to be threatened by these changes, whereas the impacts of climate change of a magnitude being postulated, will now be devastating. The present refugee movements will seem like a small irritation compared to what we could face in the future. If all the ice in the world melted, the sea would rise about 70 metres.

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Of course, all the ice is not going to melt, but the possibility of a rise in the vicinity of 35 metres is quite real, and Penrith (not to mention the Central Coast) is about 15 metres above sea level, so it would seem wise to look at the implications of a temperature rise this century in considering the concentration of our population. Similarly, we know that a small rise in temperature will increase severe weather events and this would have wide repercussions on agricultural patterns and on urban development. Is Mr Hemming suggesting that we should ignore this danger because there is no absolute proof of the possible impacts? This wouldn’t seem to be a prudent way to conduct our affairs. It is also worth mentioning that the oceans are rising in temperature and absorbing carbon dioxide at a rate not previously recorded. We can bury our heads in the sand and assume that this change in Ph balance doesn’t matter to us, but because of the interdependence of global systems, it is highly unlikely that this is going to be the case. So, we can act like Mr Micawber and just see what turns up, or we can act in our own best interests and tackle the problem head-on by reducing emissions into our atmosphere. Even if climate change turned out to be a false alarm, I have no objection to living in a healthy, pollution free environment that we can create with a little effort. Dealing with the risk now is a win-win situation. Email, Mar 9 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

intergovernmental report that made clear the impacts of rising temperatures, changed rainfall patterns and impact on agriculture and the economy. These facts were established from the empirical evidence that rising levels of atmospheric CO2, mainly by burning fossil fuels, are adding to the increasing temperature. This increase in CO2 levels is documented from ice cores from the pre industrial revolution, when the amount of CO2 in the air was approximately 280 parts per million (ppm). In June, 2013, the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory in

Hawaii, announced that the amount of CO2 in the air had gone up to 400ppm. In 2020, that is now at 416ppm. Last time this occurred was in the Pliocene era, 2.6 million years ago, and the sea levels where 15m higher than at the present day and the Arctic temps where 14 degrees higher. Is it any wonder many people are alarmed that the IPCC reports are no longer predictions, but now a reality? We have just had another intense summer where we had fires, floods and extreme

temperatures, with over 200 temperature records broken. Nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2005 and the World Meteorological Organisation believes Australia is heading towards a 3.5 Degrees Celsius increase. Many people are not looking forward to a climate system locked into interminable feedback loops within the carbon sinks of oceans, soils and declining forests, and ongoing environmental, social and economic catastrophe. Letter, Mar 10 Mark Ellis, Woy Woy

It always comes down to “the nut behind the wheel” In response to Bruce Hyland’s letter to the editor that appeared in Coast Community News Edition 230, whilst I generally agree with Bruce Hyland, I must take issue with him on the danger of roundabouts.

FORUM The way I see it (literally), the problem is not the design per se but the attitude of drivers who simply have no idea how to use them. You give way to traffic that is already on the roundabout, not

barge out in front of someone on your left and expect them to give way to you. As usual, it always comes down to “the nut behind the wheel”, the bane of transport safety authorities everywhere. Email, Mar 3 Dave Horsfall, North Gosford

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he Central Coast is set to join the elite set of so-called Gigabit Cities around the world with an announcement that is set to offer extreme internet speeds to local businesses, building owners and property developers. Business NSW Central Coast has welcomed the news that Central Coast Council is working with multiple providers to deliver 100 Gigabit per second connectivity. Access to a 100Gb/s connection will enable high speed, high performance fibre optic data network for Central Coast businesses, providing access to 100Gb/s data speeds and a range of high performance services. Council CEO, Gary Murphy, said the enabling infrastructure was a key component of Council’s strategy to generate economic returns for the Central Coast. “We will partner with a commercial provider to install the 100Gb/s network to give business on the Coast a distinct competitive advantage,” Murphy said. “Being able to enable better business digital infrastructure is a game changer.” The 100Gb/s network moves business traffic from the internet to dedicated links and interconnects much faster and

more reliably than offerings currently on offer. It helps businesses overcome cloud connectivity issues due to ever-increasing domestic traffic caused by streaming television, online gaming, and high definition multimedia, and provides another choice for cloud connectivity for businesses. “Council is involved for more reasons than facilitating a competitive business edge,” Murphy said. “A quarter of our workforce commute outside the Central Coast (but) the impacts of this are beyond travelling time to and from work, sometimes up to five hours per day, whether by car or public transport.” Murphy said research showed that more than fifty per cent of commuters could do their work remotely, or if better enabled, their businesses could be predominantly based on the Central Coast. He said the potential impact to local businesses per day from the loss of the commuting population had been calculated

as $400,000 in coffee and lunches, and $35,000 in haircuts daily. “This is a significant loss for Central Coast businesses in that money is not being spent here on the Coast,” he said. “There are many other multiplier economic impacts such as business supplier chains and health service providers that could impact from more residents being able to work physically on the Coast instead of commuting. “Through the multiplier effect, economic modelling shows that for every 100 jobs brought back home, it would spin off a further 166 jobs, for a net total of 266 jobs. “It is about listening to our local businesses and also our commitment to ensuring that young people have opportunities to get a job and build their lives on the Coast if they choose.” Murphy said that he was also confident in the Coast’s affordability, lifestyle, natural beauty and welcoming community making it a

desirable destination for full or partial relocations. “We’re also very keen to help local companies, innovators and organisations grow by offering this world class service,” he said. “We’ve been working with industry for some time to bring this about. “Council’s Chief Information Officer, Peter Auhl, has been leading us since he moved here from Adelaide City Council two years ago. “Adelaide City Council surprised the industry three years ago when it launched its own 10 gigabit internet service in 2017, something that has resulted in a boom in research and business activity.” The idea of a Gigabit City for Gosford surfaced 12 years ago when Gosford and Wyong Councils, together with local industry and community groups, lobbied the Federal Government to install fibre optic cable as a way to boost business in the region. That lobbying resulted in the

early NBN Fibre to the Premises across parts of the region, though the NBN have limited their own fibre optic service offerings to one gigabit/sec at best, for commercial reasons. Local entrepreneur, David Abrahams, who led the original NBN and Gigabit City push over a decade ago, is very pleased by the news. “This will undoubtedly be a very significant economic development milestone for the Central Coast,” he said. “It has come exactly at the right time, as the national economy is threatened. “I’ve visited Gigabit cities around the world on behalf of investors and reported how areas such as Chattanooga in the US and Tallin in Estonia have boomed economically and socially as a result of a commitment from councils to provide these world class internet speeds. “Indeed the original Gigabit City of Chattanooga was one of the only cities in the USA that successfully weathered the Global Financial Crisis, due in

large part to digital industry growth and relocations. “Nationally, Adelaide has built on its Gigabit connectivity and was last year ranked in the top 7 Smart Cities in the world for the way it has utilised the infrastructure across that city.” Business NSW Central Coast Regional Director, Paula Martin, said higher internet speeds would allow the Central Coast to compete with the big cities when it comes to business investment and attraction. “Business NSW has been advocating for the Central Coast to ‘Think Big’ and develop smart strategies to transform us into a smart region,” she said. “Connectivity was a major theme of our 2019 Innovation Summit. “For our region to become truly competitive, this piece of infrastructure is a necessary platform for boosting technology enabled industries and in turn provide the high knowledge jobs of the future, usually associated with the big cities. “Demonstrating that local businesses are as smart and innovative as our city counterparts provides a vital narrative to our young people that they can achieve an exciting working career locally, and encourages necessary business investment and growth for the growth of our economy. “Of course the devil is always in the detail, so how quickly we can move forward with this project will be key.” Source: Media release, Mar 8 Central Coast Council Media release, Mar 10 Business NSW Central Coast Interview, Mar 12 Central Coast Council, Gary Murphy Media Statement, Mar 12 David Abrahams

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$2.4M upgrade to Boral Resources approved Boral Resources at West Gosford will undergo a $2.4M upgrade, following recent approval from Central Coast Council. The site has been used as a concrete batching plant for more than 46 years, with alterations and additions approved in 1994. These included additions to the amenities building, the relocation of water management services, and the formalisation of onsite car parking. The latest approval will see

alterations and additions to the existing plant. Four silos will be replaced and new batching plant support structure provided. There will also be a new loading bay, holding water tanks and hoppers, plus a new ramp to replace the existing one. Existing aggregate tipping bins and incline conveyor will also be replaced and the existing site office and amenities building will be demolished and replaced with a portable building unit in a new location near the centre of

the site. The existing storage shed will also be relocated to the centre of the site. Two additional open material storage bins will be constructed along the northern perimeter of the site and an awning will be installed over the existing concrete washout bays. The light vehicle parking area will be relocated to the southern perimeter of the site and agitator truck parking to the western perimeter. The slumping stand will also be replaced. The Boral site is approximately

2.2km west of the Gosford CBD and forms part of the established West Gosford industrial precinct, bound by bushland to the north and west and Narara Creek to the east. The surrounding area is characterised by commercial and industrial premises with the closest residential uses approximately 130 m to the west of the site. Consent will lapse on February 14, 2025. Source: Central Coast Council DA tracker

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New revenue raising options to be investigated Central Coast Councillor, Kyle MacGregor, is pushing for Council to investigate more revenue raising options and will put a motion to the March 9 meeting calling for a report on the matter from CEO, Gary Murphy. The motion calls for an investigation to include a review of current revenue sources and a comparison with

the revenue base and model of other councils in the State. It aims to reduce “the burden of costs on rate payers and individuals regardless of their capacity to pay additional costs”, by exploring more effective revenue bases. MacGregor is also calling for Council to rule out paid parking for commuters and locals within town centres and CBDs across the region.

He wants to see no land and asset sales of over $500,000 without a resolution of full Council. He is also calling for Council to rule out the slashing of such services such as garbage pickups, bulk kerb-side collections, libraries, childcare centres, sporting and recreation facilities, community facilities, community based and senior citizen programs. The motion seeks an

assurance that there will be no rate rises for residents in the former Wyong Shire. “(They) have already suffered through the imposition of the infamous Wyong Shire Special Rate Variation of a cumulative rise of 30.59% over four years from 2013/14, which was over 17.6% above the then rate peg, and equated to a rise in rates of roughly 3% each year from 2013/14,” it says. It also calls for a review of

developer contributions and reductions in current costs through “existing and emerging opportunities such as the production and on sale of renewable energy and efficiencies around economies of scale created through the amalgamation process”. The motion suggests a briefing and workshop for councillors to discuss Council’s revenue base and model. CEO, Gary Murphy, told

councillors that the motion has legal, strategic, financial or policy implications, which should be taken into consideration by the meeting. He will provide a report in relation to the motion as a late item to be made available by close of business on Friday, March 6. Source: Agenda item 6.5 Central Coast Council meeting, Mar 9

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Business NSW calls for a “bold approach” in the State Budget Business NSW Central Coast Regional Director, Paula Martin, has called for a “bold approach” in the State Budget, set to be handed down in June, to “restore confidence and avoid job losses, as the impact of COVID-19 begins to take hold”. “With everything that the State has confronted, from weak household demand to drought, bushfires and now COVID-19, we need robust action from the Government to ensure that NSW remains the place to do business in Australia,” Martin said. She said business NSW was calling for: a reduction of payroll tax to protect employment in the sectors most affected; a deferral of payroll tax for SMEs to support business cash flow; a halt to any increases in government related fees and charges for

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business, including workers compensation premiums; implementation of targeted stimulus for businesses in heavily affected industries such as tourism; and, establishment of measures to better prepare NSW for future economic shocks.

“The focus of government should be on limiting the impact of government taxes, fees and charges so that communities and their local economies can recover sooner,” Martin said. “Equally, sufficient resources will need to be made available to look after those directly and

indirectly affected by recent and ongoing events. “This must also include support for businesses which are vital to employment in NSW’s regional communities. “Prior to last year’s State Election, Business NSW advocated for policy measures to protect NSW from natural disasters, including reducing taxes on insurance, providing flexible payroll tax arrangements, and ensuring that businesses get Government support from disasters quickly. “Our (budget) submission calls for a tax relief package which would send a strong signal of support and provide businesses and consumers with the confidence to maintain spending, investment and employment levels. “Last week, the Queensland Government gave employers a six month payroll tax holiday. “It’s time for NSW to do the

same. “The benefits would extend beyond the direct relief offered to eligible employers, by giving communities, including employees and small business suppliers, greater confidence concerning their financial resilience during these tough times. “There is also a strong case for targeted payroll tax reductions to support employers most at risk of

reducing staffing levels. “Our submission also points to the need to start planning now for the economic recovery and for strategies to help industries, especially tourism, take advantage of the recovery opportunities.” Source: Media release, Mar 11 Business NSW Central Coast, Paula Martin

Greater Bank wins Best Customer Service Award

Local procurement policy adopted A new local procurement policy from Central Coast Council will give local businesses a better chance to compete for council tenders. The council adopted the new policy at its March 9 meeting, during a confidential part of the meeting that was not open to the public. The policy will give local businesses a 20 per cent weighting for tenders up to $150,000. It will be reviewed in 12 months. Cr Kyle MacGregor said the policy would be a game changer for local small businesses and a significant reform by the council for the region. “This is the most significant reform for local small businesses in more than a decade,” Cr MacGregor said.

“With our last budget providing $792M worth of investment and services, there is plenty of work going around and plenty of opportunities for local small businesses and council to work together to deliver projects and services for our local community. “This policy gives local businesses a foot in the door and gives them the ability to compete with larger non-local firms for council contracts. “It is more important than ever for council to support local businesses and workers in these challenging economic times, especially with the looming spectre of the Coronavirus and the first recession in thirty years.” Cr MacGregor said the weighting of 20 per cent in the policy was double what the former Wyong council’s local procurement policy offered.

“We already have the evidence to see how much this benefited local firms when it was in place,” he said. “I will always be a strong advocate for high quality, well paying secure local jobs as well as secure and profitable local small businesses. “The two go hand in hand and offer the solution to the commuter crisis that has plagued the Coast for decades. “I am proud to have been the one leading the push for this going back to my initial resolution to formulate and adopt a local preference policy for Council in 2018. “This new policy, in conjunction with developing our economic growth areas such as the Wyong Economic Zone, will significantly strengthen our local economy and Gross Regional Product. “Focusing on local jobs,

attracting and developing productive local business and diversifying the local economy should be the focus of all levels of Government for our region in the immediate future. “The 20 per cent loading is being trialled for the next 12 months, so I say to local businesses, get your tenders ready and apply for work on Council projects to make the most of this policy and show us how this policy can not only strengthen your business and increase your profitability, but that you can work together with us to strengthen our community and make the Central Coast an even better place to live for all of us,” Cr MacGregor said. Source: Media release, Mar 10 Central Coast Councillor, Kyle MacGregor Agenda Item 8.1 Central Coast Council meeting, Mar 9

Greater Bank Regional Sales Manager, Jennifer Smith, receiving the award from DBM Executive Chairman, Dr. Chris Riquier

Central Coast based financial institution, Greater Bank, has taken out the Best Customer Service Award at the 2020 DBM Australian Financial Awards held in Sydney on March 4. The annual event recognises the best of the Australian financial sector by collecting feedback from more than 80,000 consumers and business owners, based on their experiences with their financial institutions. It is the second consecutive year that Greater Bank has been recognised at the awards, having taken out the Most

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Meals on Wheels service is COVID-19 ready Meals on Wheels Central Coast (MOWCC) has announced that it is COVID-19 ready, with policies and procedures in place to promptly deal with potential incidences of the virus among clients and volunteers. The not for profit organisation has devised strategies so it can still offer meal deliveries and services to those affected by COVID-19, unless directly advised by the Department of Health or other Government

agencies not to do so. The policies and procedures extend to clients of Coast Cuisine, a food delivery service which is a subsidiary company of MOWCC. The meal delivery service will continue, with information being distributed to clients and volunteers regarding safe hygiene practices and seeking medical advice if they become unwell. “We will continue to act on Department of Health advice and recommendations,” Meals

on Wheels Central Coast CEO, Dennis Taylor, said. “Resources are in place to ensure the safe sustainability of our meal services in the event of a wider outbreak in our community.” Meals on Wheels Central Coast caters to over 800 clients, delivering around 14,000 meals per month to the elderly and people with disability. Source: Media release, Mar 10 Meals on Wheels Central Coast

Year 4 student has already raised over $1,700 for April shave A Year 4 student from St Philip’s Christian College is taking part in the World’s Greatest Shave. Anthony Chirkoff will part with his long hair in April to support the Leukaemia Foundation. College Principal, Michelle Cairelli, said Chirkoff had been moved to action after hearing how a family in the school was doing it tough after a Leukaemia diagnosis.

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Cairelli said Chirkoff would be shaving his head at the College Chapel from 2pm on April 3, with the College community welcome to attend and donate

to his campaign. As of March 9, Chirkoff has already raised $1,709 and is keen to see just how much he can raise in the lead up to the big day. Anyone interested in donating can do so at the Anthony Chirkoff profile on the World’s Greatest Shave website. Source: Website, Mar 4 Michelle Cairelli, St Philip’s Christian College

With one in three people over the age of 65 affected by hearing loss, Medical Director of Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre (SCIC), an RIDBC service, Associate Professor Catherine Birman, said that hearing devices, such as cochlear implants, were becomingly increasingly more important to keep people connected to their friends,

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family, and community. “For these people,implantable hearing solutions are an option when their hearing aids are no longer enough,” Ass Prof Birman said. “If hearing loss is not addressed by middle age, there is a higher risk of dementia.” Therefore, Ass Prof Birman recommends regular hearing tests after the age of 50. “We know that hearing loss can lead to withdrawal, social isolation, depression and anxiety amongst older adults,” Ass Prof Birman said. Despite this, 90 per cent of adults with hearing loss who could benefit from a cochlear implant don’t have one and

according to Ass Prof Birman, this was simply due to a lack of awareness. “There are many people who are just coping, but you don’t just need to accept your hearing loss,” she said. “By addressing your hearing loss early, we know that you will have better outcomes. “The earlier you step in, the better your hearing will be,” she added. The Gosford information session will take place at the SCIC Cochlear Implant Program building on Mann St, from 10:30am on March 25. Source: Media release, Mar 5 Jessie Kan, RIDBC

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Abbie Smith has raised over $1,800 for a good cause

Central Coast Grammar School’s Abbie Smith has raised over $1,800 for the Leukaemia Foundation, after going under the razor. Smith, who is in Year 7, shaved her head as part of the World’s Greatest Shave, a fundraising initiative that encourages people to shave or colour their hair in solidarity with cancer patients and to support the Leukaemia Foundation in their quest to find a cure. Headmaster, Bill Low, said Smith opted to shave her head

at Westmead Children’s Hospital undergoing pretty major surgery. “She saw lots of kids having a really tough time and she wanted to help,” he said. Smith shaved her head at school on February 22 and has so far raised $1,812 for the cause. Anyone wishing to donate can still do so on Smith’s profile on the World’s Greatest Shave website. Abbie Smith

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Defibrillator to be installed A life saving defibrillator will be installed at Davistown Progress Hall, thanks to a $3,600 State government grant. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said 521 local residents had signed a petition to support the request for funding. “I presented the petition to Health Minister Brad Hazzard in December, 2019, and am delighted that he has responded

by providing $3,600,” Crouch said. “A defibrillator is a resuscitation device that quite literally makes the difference between life and death when someone experiences cardiac arrest. “Many sports clubs and community groups have their own defibrillator and it is so important for this equipment to also be accessible at Davistown Progress Hall.” Davistown Progress Association President, Jenny

McCulla, welcomed the news. “A number of locals will be trained to use it and are going to be available 24/7 so that the defibrillator can be used in an emergency situation,” McCulla said. The hall is also sporting a new roof after extensive damage which resulted from severe storms early in February. Source: Media release, Feb 20 Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

Live Well Festival to emphasise the importance of a healthy lifestyle

Central Coast Council’s second annual Live Well Festival promises to be bigger and better than last year’s inaugural event, as it throws the spotlight on the benefits and importance of a healthy lifestyle. This year there will be an extended program, with the inclusion of a week of activities leading into the main event day on Sunday, April 5. Council Section Manager Place Activation, Cobey Linsley, said the event was not only a fantastic opportunity for businesses in the health industry to come together and network, but also a chance for

people to embrace the healthy lifestyle of the Central Coast. “Our main event day program will focus on four key health HUBS – Eat, Move, Think and Love Your Earth,” Linsley said. “Each HUB will be represented by local businesses and guest speakers who will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience. “Speakers will be delivering health focused talks and we expect community members to walk away inspired and equipped with great new information to make positive changes to their lifestyle.” The main event will be held on the Gosford Waterfront and Central Coast Stadium.

Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said she was delighted that the Central Coast had rolled out the welcome mat for the Live Well initiative, which runs into World Health Day. “As a Council, we aim to educate and inspire our community members and visitors to our region to be their best selves,” Cr Matthews said. “Our extended and enhanced Live Well Festival is all about promoting health and wellbeing and making the most of our fantastic lifestyle here on the Coast.” Source: Media release, Mar 2 Central Coast Council

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[s] 11:00 Today Extra - Saturday [s] 2:00 ISU Grand Prix Of Figure 8:00 Which Car (PG) [s] 12:00 My Way [s] Skating: Four Continents 8:30 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] 12:30 It’s All Greek To Me [s] (Seoul, South Korea) 11:00 Formula 1 Australian Grand 1:00 Destination WA [s] 3:30 Travel Man: Paris (PG) Prix *Live* [s] 1:30 Movie: “The Adventurer: Curse 4:00 The Crystal Maze (PG) 6:30 10 News First [s] Of The Midas Box” (PG) (’13) 7:30 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 5:00 Great British Railway Stars: Aneurin Barnard Journeys (PG) 3:30 Big Pacific: Voracious (PG) [s] 8:30 Ambulance UK (M) [s] 5:30 Great Continental Railway 9:30 999: What’s Your 4:30 The Garden Gurus [s] Journeys (PG) Emergency?: He Just Came 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] Back From Iraq So He’s Crazy 6:30 SBS World News 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 7:30 Celebrity Mastermind (PG) Like (MA15+) [s] 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] 7:00 Taronga - Who’s Who In The 10:30 Blue Bloods: Higher Standards 8:30 Country Music: I Can’t Stop (M s) [s] – Jamie and Frank Loving You (1953-1963) (PG) Zoo: Waru (PG) [s] argue over the treatment of 9:30 Movie: “Charlie Wilson’s War” 8:00 Movie: “Zookeeper” (PG) (’11) cops after rowdy teens pour (M d,l,n) (’07) Stars: Tom Stars: Kevin James water on two rookies, Danny Hanks, Julia Roberts 10:00 Movie: “Yes Man” (M s,l) (’08) investigates a man who prays 11:20 Cycling: Paris-Nice: Stage 6 Stars: Jim Carrey, Zooey on the elderly, Erin is forced to Nice To Valdeblore La Deschanel, Bradley Cooper admit her wrongdoings. Colmiane 12:00 Movie: “Begin Again” (M l) (’13) 11:30 Bull: Look Back In Anger/ 1:10 The Two Escobars (MA15+) Stars: Keira Knightley Thanksgiving (M v) [s] (In Spanish/ English) 2:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Home Shopping 3:10 24 Hours In Emergency (M) 5:30 Wesley Impact [s] 6:00 Religious Programs [s] 5:00 CGTN English News 6:00 Harry (PG) [s] 7:30 Fishing Australia [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 8:00 Farm To Fork [s] 5:30 Worldwatch 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 1:00 Speedweek 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 8:30 Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] 3:00 Rick Stein’s German Bite 1:00 AFL: NSW State Cup: Eels v 11:00 Formula 1: Rolex Australian Grand Prix F1- Australia - Day 3 4:00 Rick Stein Tastes The Blues Bulldogs *Live* From *Live* From Albert Park, 5:00 Great British Railway Campbelltown Stadium [s] Melbourne [s] Journeys (PG) [s] 3:00 NRL: Manly Sea Eagles v 5:35 Hitler Youth (PG) Melbourne Storm *Live* From 6:00 10 News First [s] (In English/ German) Lottoland Stadium, Sydney [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Dancing With The Stars (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] [s] – We will start with our sassy 7:35 Secrets Of Our Cities (PG) 7:00 Married At First Sight (M) [s] six and by the end of tonight’s 8:30 North America With Simon 8:30 60 Minutes (PG) [s] cracking dancing exposé we will Reeve 9:30 Murder On The Internet: be left with the fancy footwork 9:40 The Jeff Bezos Empire: The Kayleigh Haywood (M) [s] from our five beloved stars. Rise And Reign Of Amazon (M) 10:30 See No Evil: 9:30 The Graham Norton Show (M) 10:40 Cocaine - Living With The The Last Shop (M) [s] Cartels (M) 11:30 Manifest: Estimated Time Of 10:30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem (M) [s] – Hughesy, Peter Helliar, (In English/ Spanish) Departure (M v) [s] Joel Creasey, Em Rusciano and 11:30 Cycling: Paris-Nice: Stage 8 12:20 Cold Case: Bullet (M) [s] Nikki Britton tackle the first Nice To Nice 1:10 The Garden Gurus [s] world problems we just can’t 1:10 Agatha Christie’s Criminal 1:35 South Aussie With Cosi (PG) 2:00 Home Shopping seem to solve. Games: Murder Is Easy (M v) 2:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 11:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] (In French) 3:00 Home Shopping 12:30 Home Shopping 2:50 Nazi Megastructures: 4:00 The Baron (PG) [s] 4:30 CBS - This Morning [s] Pacific Megaships (PG)

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News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] Grand Designs (PG) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] A Very English Scandal (M) Escape From The City [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] Grand Designs [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] – Australia’s leading nightly public affairs program, bringing you exclusive investigations and real stories. Australian Story [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] Q&A [s] ABC Late News [s] Louis Theroux - Behind Bars (M l) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] Compass (PG) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “With This Ring” (M d,s) (’15) Stars: Gabrielle Union 2:00 The Daily Edition [s] 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 My Kitchen Rules: The Rivals (PG) [s] 9:00 9-1-1: Athena Begins (M v) [s] – When a murder weapon from a case in the early ’90s resurfaces, flashbacks to 1989 show how Athena joined the LAPD and became the police officer she is today. 10:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 God Friended Me: Raspberry Pie (M) [s] 12:00 Proven Innocent: In Defense Of Madeline Scott (Part 2) (M) 1:00 Home Shopping

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Married At First Sight (M l,s) [s] – The grooms travel back to their wives home to see what life together might be like outside the experiment. 9:00 Botched: Magical Mystery Breasts (M mp,n,l) [s] 10:00 100% Footy (M) [s] 11:00 Lethal Weapon: El Gringo Loco (MA15+) [s] 11:50 In Defence Of: Waco - Clive Doyle (M) [s] 12:40 It’s All Greek to Me (PG) [s] 1:05 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor - All Stars (PG) [s] 2:40 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Survivor - All Stars (PG) [s] 9:00 Hughesy, We Have A Problem (M) [s] 10:00 Just For Laughs (MA15+) [s] 10:30 Akmal Presents The Comedy Festival Sampler (MA15+) [s]] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 2:00 Eight Days That Made Rome: Hannibal’s Last Stand (M v) 3:00 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 3:35 Princess Diana’s Wicked Stepmother (PG) 4:30 The Supervet (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Planet Expedition: Suriname Lost World (PG) 8:30 Michael Mosley’s Placebo Experiment (PG) 9:40 Michael Mosley - Medical Mavericks: Diet And Disease (M) 10:40 SBS World News Late 11:10 Football: The World Game 11:40 The Last Wave (MA15+) (In French) 12:35 Sunshine: Shadow Man (M l) 1:35 Borgen (M) (In Danish)

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] Grand Designs (PG) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] Love On The Spectrum (PG) Escape From The City [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] Grand Designs (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Foreign Correspondent [s] Revelation: The Children Have Been Used By The Devil (MA15+) [s] Rick Stein’s Road To Mexico: Yucatán (PG) [s] ABC Late News [s] Q&A [s] rage (MA15+) [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] Compass: Ike’s Conversion [s] The Drum [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Forgotten Evil” (M v) (’17) Stars: Masiela Lusha, Kyle McKeever, Jeff Marchelletta 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 My Kitchen Rules: The Rivals (PG) [s] 9:00 The Good Doctor: Heartbreak (M) [s] – Claire and Shaun treat a patient with a rare form of dwarfism. Meanwhile, Morgan, Audrey and Alex treat a young man who had both arms torn off in a previous farming accident. 10:00 Gold Digger (M s,l) [s] 11:10 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:40 Temptation Island USA: Final Bonfire (Part 1) (MA15+) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Kevin Can Wait: Civil Ceremony (PG) [s] 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] – The brides’ homestays continue then fallout from the week away hits the dinner party. 9:00 Paramedics (M mp,l) [s] 10:00 Kings Cross ER (PG) [s] 11:00 Chicago Med: Lesser Of Two Evils (M mp) [s] 11:50 Cold Case: Free Love (M) [s] 12:40 Surfing Australia TV [s] 1:05 The Hold Down (PG) [s] 1:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 2:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor - All Stars (PG) [s] 2:40 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Survivor - All Stars (PG) [s] – During tribal council, one tribe member is implored for their vote by both sides, giving them the power of the game. 8:30 NCIS: Hail And Farewell (M) [s] 9:30 NCIS: Judge, Jury (M v) [s] 10:30 The Project (PG) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Eight Days That Made Rome: The Spartacus Revolt (M v) 2:55 Journey Through Armenia: Birth Of A New Era (PG) (In English/ Armenian) 3:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Luke Nguyen (PG) 4:30 Secrets Of The Queen’s Children (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Australian Railway Journeys: Ninilchik To Wasilla (PG) 8:35 Insight: Keeping Weight Off (M) 9:35 Dateline (PG) 10:05 The Feed 10:35 SBS World News Late 11:05 The Twelve (M) (In Flemish) 12:00 The Good Fight: (M l) 3:00 24 Hours In Emergency (M)

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] Back Roads (PG) [s] Grand Designs [s] ABC News At Noon [s] National Press Club Address The Breakfast Couch [s] Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (M) Antiques Roadshow [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] Grand Designs [s] Program To Be Advised The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] You Can’t Ask That (M) [s] Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) Planet America (PG) [s] ABC Late News [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “High School Lover” (M d,s,v) (’17) Stars: James Franco, Vince Jolivette, Lana Condor, Paulina Singer, François Arnaud, Tyler Alvarez 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) [s] 8:30 The Front Bar (M) [s] – Join Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher as they share a laugh about the AFL world and catch up with stars of yesteryear and today. 9:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:00 First Dates Australia (M) [s] 11:10 Autopsy USA: James Dean (M) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Kevin Can Wait: Business Unusual (PG) [s] 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] – The remaining couples decide whether or not to go to final vows and make a decision with their partner on life outside the experiment. 9:00 Doctor Doctor (M) [s] 10:00 New Amsterdam: Good Soldiers (M mp) [s] 11:00 Lethal Weapon (MA15+) [s] 11:50 Westside (MA15+) [s] 12:40 Killision Course [s] 1:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

6:00 Headline News [s] 5:00 CGTN English News 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Australian Survivor - All 1:00 PBS Newshour Stars (PG) [s] 2:00 Eight Days That Made Rome: 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] Crossing The Rubicon (M v) 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 2:55 Dateline 3:30 Everyday Gourmet With 3:30 Insight (M) Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 Secrets Of The Queen’s 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] Children (PG) 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:30 Letters And Numbers (PG) [s] 6:00 Mastermind Australia 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 SBS World News 6:00 WIN News [s] 7:30 Tony Robinson’s History Of 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] Britain: Tudors 7:30 Australian Survivor - All 8:30 Dublin Murders (MA15+) Stars (PG) [s] – After missing 9:35 Project Blue Book: out on the immunity challenge The Men In Black (M) win, a hunt for an idol ensues. 10:30 SBS World News Late 8:30 Bull: Behind The Ivy (M v) [s] 11:00 Homeland: 9:30 Bull: Child Of Mine (M v) [s] Two Minutes (MA15+) 10:30 The Project [s] 12:00 Movie: “Double Lover” (MA15+) 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] (’17) Stars: Marine Vacth, 12:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] Jérémie Renier (In French) 1:30 Home Shopping 2:05 Roots (MA15+) 4:30 CBS - This Morning [s] 3:55 24 Hours In Emergency (M)

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Doctor Doctor (M) [s] 2:00 Kevin Can Wait: Kevin Goes Nuts (PG) [s] 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 NRL: Canterbury Bulldogs v North Queensland Cowboys *Live* From ANZ Stadium, Sydney [s] – Join our expert commentary team. 9:45 Golden Point (M) [s] 10:45 Taken: Quarry (M v,d) [s] 11:45 Jury Speaks: OJ Simpson (MA15+) [s] 12:40 My Way [s] 1:05 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 8:30 Gogglebox (M) [s] . 9:30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem (M) [s] 10:30 Blue Bloods: Friends In High Places (M v) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:30 The Project (PG) [s] 1:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS - This Morning [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] News Breakfast [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] 12:00 Movie: “Amish Witches: The Grand Designs [s] True Story Of Holmes County” ABC News At Noon [s] (M h,v) (’16) Stars: Chase Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) Conner, Michelle Young Miss Fisher’s Murder 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] Mysteries (M v) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] Escape From The City [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] Grand Designs [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] The Drum [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] Sammy J [s] 7:30 Home And Away (PG) [s] ABC News [s] 8:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7.30 [s] 8:30 Program To Be Advised The Heights (PG) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) 10:55 The Latest Seven News [s] – Latest news, sport and weather Would I Lie To You? (PG) [s] from Australia. Agatha Christie’s The ABC 11:25 Autopsy USA: Bruce Lee Murders (M l,v) [s] (M v) [s] – For more than forty ABC Late News [s] years controversy has surThe Business [s] rounded Bruce Lee’s death, Informer: Ruby Tuesday (M l,v) with many theories as to what Louis Theroux - Behind Bars might have caused his death. (M l,n) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

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5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Over The Black Dot 3:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Stoke-On-Trent To Winsford (PG) 3:30 The People’s Royal Wedding 1947 4:25 Royals At War (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Kennedys: A Fatal Ambition (PG) 8:30 Secrets Of Britain: Secrets Of Underground London (PG) 9:35 24 Hours In Emergency (PG) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Deep State: The New Normal (M l,s,v) 12:00 Fargo: The Law Of Non Contradiction (M d) 1:00 The Young Pope (M s) 4:05 24 Hours In Emergency (M)

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‘To The Point’ free lecture series returns Green Point Christian College’s informative To The Point lecture series will return in April. Designed to inform, inspire and connect the Green Point community with some of Australia’s brightest minds, the series brings in expert speakers to present on a range of topics in the hopes of fostering, or in some cases reigniting, a lifelong love of learning and discovery. The College has arranged for University of Sydney Historian, Dr James Dunk, to take the floor as the first speaker of 2020. “Dr Dunk is a Historian of medicine and colonialism. “His research is at the juncture between political, cultural, and intellectual history, exploring the ways that mental illness reveals the history of societies,” said College Principal, Phillip Nash. Dr Dunk will be talking about the history of suicide and mental illness in the Sydney Colony in the 1820’s, and will then go into a more theoretical and philosophical exploration

New space at Gosford Public School

Gosford Public School has a new outdoor learning area.

The new space was unveiled on February 27 and was made possible thanks to the school’s Parents and Citizens Association, which utilised the Chapman Trust to implement the project. Principal, Brad Lewis, said the new space would allow the school to expand its learning opportunities and believes that it will become a valuable asset for teachers and students alike.

Dr James Dunk will be the first To The Point speaker of 2020

of the difficulties associated with writing histories of mental illness. Nash said this will be a great event for community members interested in history, but will be most useful to students of History Extension, as well as teachers who are seeking to broaden their knowledge of Australian colonial history. Dr Dunk’s presentation will commence from 7:30pm on

April 7, and will run for approximately an hour. It will be followed by a Q&A session and discussion. The lecture series is open to all members of the public and is free to attend, but does require interested parties to register with the beforehand. Source: Website, Mar 5 Phillip Nash, Green Point Christian College

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Source: Website, Feb 27 Brad Lewis, Gosford Public School

The new outdoor learning area

Big picnic to celebrate two big Days Valley View Public School will hold a big picnic on March 20, to celebrate both the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence and Harmony Day. Assistant Principal, Chad Wootton, said students would

be encouraged to wear something orange to school on that day. “This is the colour that traditionally represents Harmony Day,” he said. “Out next whole school assembly will be at 2pm on this

day and there will be a focus on the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, and Harmony Day.” Source: Email, March 4, Cad Wootton, Valley View Public School

Parish and School to celebrate two milestones St Patrick’s East Gosford Parish and Catholic Primary School are preparing to celebrate two milestones. The community is preparing to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Parish and the 60th anniversary of the school, and will be holding two major events in honour of the occasions.

To provide improved services to the community, Kariong Library is being relocated to The Hill Youth Centre, 98 Mitchell Drive, Kariong. In order to make this change Kariong Library branch will be temporarily closed from Tuesday 17 March, reopening in its new location on Tuesday 31 March. The returns chute will remain open 24/7 while the library is being moved to a new location. Nearest branch locations are Woy Woy, Umina and Gosford. As always our extensive range of free online resources and services will continue to be available 24/7 via centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/elibrary We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience during this time. The Entrance l Toukley l Tuggerah l Umina l Woy Woy

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The first will be a celebratory Mass at St Patrick’s Church on March 15. The Mass will be led by new Broken Bay Diocesan Bishop, Anthony Randazzo, and will be followed by a mini fete, sausage sizzle and community gathering. Students from the school

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attend. On March 17, the school community will celebrate the school’s 60th anniversary with a whole school Mass, followed by an afternoon of Obstacool, an inflatable obstacle course. Walsh said a generous member of the school community had donated funds to cover the booking cost which meant all proceeds from the day would go to the school’s Parents and Friends Association to put towards school betterment projects. Source: Newsletter, Feb 28 Cheryl Walsh, St Patrick’s Primary School

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A guarantee on Gosford TAFE demanded Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, is demanding a guarantee on the future of Gosford TAFE, with the State Government refusing to rule out privatisation, cutting courses, closing campuses and increasing fees across the TAFE network. Tesch was on site on March 12, with Shadow Minister for Skills and TAFE, Jihad Dib, launching a petition to save and rebuild Gosford TAFE, which they say is at risk of “becoming the next item in Gladys Berejiklian’s selloff”. “For more than 70 years, Gosford TAFE has been an educational hub for local students to upskill and gain qualifications,” Tesch said. “Since the Liberals came to power, courses have been reduced, class hours have

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, and Shadow Minister for Skills and TAFE, Jihad Dib, launch the petition to save Gosford TAFE

been cut, and Coasties have been forced up and down the train line to courses that were

previously available locally. “Gosford TAFE is such an important local institution.

“Our TAFE teachers and staff are working harder than ever, but they can only do so much.

“TAFE is in need of serious help, especially as Central Coast youth unemployment figures continue to rise.” Shadow Minister Dib said investing in TAFE was critical to combat skill shortages in NSW. “Real and meaningful investment in education and training is more important than ever, but the Berejiklian Government doesn’t believe in TAFE,” he said. “We’ve got a situation now where we’ve got 175,000 fewer students and 5,000 fewer staff in TAFE, leading to less courses being offered.” But Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said between 2017 and 2019, enrolments had increased by 4 per cent at the Gosford, Wyong and Ourimbah TAFE campuses. “Enrolment increases were particularly strong in areas of

high skills demand,” he said. “This includes Certificate II in Construction, Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician, Certificate III and IV in Community Services and Diploma of Nursing. “The NSW Government is also offering 100,000 fee-free apprenticeships to people across the state. “This makes it easier for employers to hire apprentices and encourages more people to take up apprenticeships. “Between 2017 and 2019, staff numbers increased by 8.5 per cent at the Gosford, Wyong and OurimbahTAFE campuses.” Source: Media releases, Mar 12 Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, and Shadow Minister for Skills and TAFE, Jihad Dib Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch

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per year under a program to be delivered by apprenticeship services agency Busy At Work,” Wicks said. She said the Coast was one of 10 regional locations to be provided with a share of 400 scholarships under the Commonwealth Scholarship Program for Young Australians, which commenced on March 1. “Through this program, we are investing $8.2M in young Australians to complete vocational education and training (VET) courses that train them for jobs that are in

demand in their region,” Wicks said. “Participants will be given the opportunity to complete a VET course from Certificate III to Advanced Diploma level, and participate in a 20 businessday paid internship with a local business. “This program is more good news for our young people on the back of a drop in the local youth unemployment rate.” Wicks said the scholarship program accompanies the 2019-20 Budget announcement of an Industry Training Hub for the region.

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“When the Liberals came to power, there were 4,709 apprenticeships on the Central Coast and now the Central Coast has 3,569 – a drop of almost 25 per cent.” But Wicks said the Government was committed to ensuring that every young Australian can find work and is providing intensive and targeted support to help them “transition into meaningful employment”. “Young apprentices on the Central Coast will benefit from a new government funded scholarship worth up to $5,000

McBride said new Education Department data showed about 1,140 apprentices and traineeships had been lost to the Coast under Liberal leadership, and around 140,000 nationwide. “It’s hurting our economy and denying Australians jobs,” McBride said. “As a result, we have shortages of bricklayers,

plumbers, hairdressers, bakers, electricians, mechanics, panel beaters, and other critical tradespeople. “We have so many local businesses on the Coast that want to grow and hire more staff, but they are being let down by the Liberals’ failure on training. “On the Central Coast, we have a long term youth unemployment rate stuck at around 12 per cent. “We need to give young people employment opportunities through apprenticeships.

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Two community groups receive a share of $16,600 Two community groups working to make the Central Coast a better place, have each received a share of $16,600, courtesy of Freemasons on the Central Coast, Central Coast Bulldogs and the Rotary Club of Gosford North. Central Coast Kids in Need (CCKIN) and Save Our Kids From Suicide (SOKS) each received $8,300 following a successful fundraiser coordinated by the three organisations, which was held at Wyong Leagues Club in November, 2019. The funds, which include a $6,000 donation from the NSW and ACT Freemason Grand Charity, were presented during a special ceremony at Wallarah Bay Recreation Club on March 6. Freemasons’ Director of Publicity and Communications, Simon Pierce, said the recipients were two well known local charities that both provide an enormous contribution to the welfare of youth and families on the Central Coast.

Gosford North Rotary about the work the SOKS program and Lifeline were providing to youth on the Central Coast in preventative suicide education. “The Committee was extremely grateful to Wyong Leagues Club for providing the venue and assistance with artwork and programming. “In a postscript to the event, a young boy from the Coast who is receiving treatment for cancer donated a signed Socceroos’ Jersey as an auction item for the event. “As it happened the Wyong Leagues Club made the successful bid of $500 for the Jersey. “As the ultimate act of generosity, the Club had the Jersey framed and donated it back to the young boy,” Pierce said. Following its success, the Committee has agreed to host another event at the Wyong Leagues Club on September 12.

Members of the Fundraising Committee with CCKIN and SOKS representatives

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provided by generous donors,” Pierce said. “During the evening, guests heard from a young couple who had received assistance from CCKIN following the premature

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Three pioneering lifesavers a part of SLS NSW Colour Party In celebration of International Women’s Day an inspiring group of women pioneers in the surf life saving movement came together at Surf Life Saving NSW’s State Championships on March 8. Together they formed a Colour Party and proudly led the official March Past for the Championships. Among them were three local women, Terrigal Surf Club’s Cathy Cole, Umina’s Kerry Armstrong-Smith and Ocean Beach’s Robyn Carr. They marched to recognise the contribution women have made to the Surf Life Saving movement throughout its 113year history. The first female surf lifesavers began patrolling in 1980, when Surf Life Saving Australia awarded women completing training with their Bronze Medallions. While 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of women’s formal participation as active surf lifesavers, the involvement of

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women in Surf Life Saving began well before 1980. Women have had an active role in the movement since its inception, including those who served as surf lifesavers during WWII and were awarded their Bronze Medallions retrospectively just a couple of

years ago. The All Female Colour Party was the first of many activities planned to celebrate the achievements of women during the 40th anniversary year. A passionate surf lifesaver, Cathy Cole was instrumental in

researching and locating Terrigal’s wartime female lifesavers. Then in 2017 she coordinated the First Female Lifesavers recognition event, where women who were wartime lifesavers were presented with their Bronze Medallions by the

Governor General. “Celebrating 40 years of women in Surf Life Saving, it was wonderful to share it with a group of women that have contributed so much,” said Cole. “It’s so fabulous to see

women so totally involved now in every aspect of Surf Life Saving and welcomed and appreciated. “This hasn’t always been the case but certainly is now,” she said. March Pasts are a traditional event at surf sports carnivals. Teams march in formation on the sand, carrying traditional surf life saving ‘rescue reels’ accompanied by a bagpipe band. Colour Parties form part of the March Past event, their history stemming from the military tradition where servicepeople and volunteers marched carrying flags. It comes after Surf Life Saving NSW recently launched an initiative to identify pioneering women in the Surf Life Saving movement who drove change and paved the way for all women to become active surf lifesavers. Source: Media release, Mar 8 SLS NSW Media

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Free Heartfulness The Central Coast Volunteer Meditation and Relaxation, Support Group: Raising Narara Ecovillage, money for Guide Dogs Kariong Social Dance: welcome to all, 7:30am fundraising stalls, Workshops To Resume, Bunnings, West Gosford Kariong Progress Hall

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Avoca Beachside Markets, Ticketed, 26/03 - 28/03, SUNDAY, MAR 29 Community WEDNESDAY, APR 1 Heazlett Park Foreshore, 7:30pm sessions Environment Network: 9am - 2pm Central Coast Economic Information Sesssions The Central Coast Volunteer Breakfast, & Nocturnal Support Group: Mingara Recreation Club, TUESDAY, MAR 24 Bushwalks, - see if Raising money for Ticketed, 7am you’re eligble for FREE Guide Dogs Road Safety – property management, fundraising stalls, On the Road 65Plus, The Italian Tenors, THURSDAY, APR 2 Scout hall Mcmasters Wyoming Shopping Centre Mingara Recreation The Ettalong Diggers beach, 6:30pm Club, Free - Bookings 8:30pm Ultimate Gamer Tournament Ballroom, Ticketed, essential, 10:15am 3:30pm, 4343 0111 (12-24yrs), 4349 4756 www.ettalongdiggers.com 4350 5387 Umina SLSC, www.cen.org.au/events

Entry is free, The Central Coast Fairhaven ReCreate Climate Action Plan 4:30pm - 7:30pm Collective: In Conversation Harmony Day Lunch presents: The Gilded Community Workshops, The Central Coast Bush Series with Ash Pollard, - Please bring a small Menagerie - support people Hamlyn Terrace FRIDAY, MAR 27 The Bon Pavilion Gosford, Dance & Music plate of food to share, living with disability on Community Centre, Ticketed, 6:30pm the Central Coast,Gosford Association: Dancing Kariong Neighbourhood Bouddi Eco Network: 6pm - 8pm, For Pleasure, Hospital, 3/03 - 30/04 Centre, all welcome, Community screening of have you say online or East Gosford Progress THURSDAY, MAR 19 12:30pm - 1:30pm film 2040, register your interest Greedy Guts Markets, Hall, Ticketed, 4340 1724 Killcare SLSC, Ticketed, Gosford Red Hatters: yourvoiceourcoast.com Florida Beach Bar, 7:30pm - 11pm admin@knc.net.au 6pm - 9pm Fundraising for Drought 5pm - 9pm 4344 6484 Aid and Bushfires, WEDNESDAY, MAR 25 www.ccbdma.org SATURDAY, MAR 21 SATURDAY, MAR 28 Kibble Mall Stall SATURDAY, MAR 14 Celebrating South Africa, The Central Coast Volunteer The Entrance Lake House, Support Group: Raising free - open to all, money for Guide Dogs 11am - 9pm Fundraising stalls, Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy

Bands for the Brigades, Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club and Golf Course, Ticketed, 2pm The Bavarian Tuggerah’s first birthday, The Bavarian Tuggerah, 4pm - 7:30pm

Central Coast Festival of Women: Women in Art Whole Day Workshop 2 Serendipity, The Entrance Community Centre, Ticketed, 9:30am - 3pm 0411 062 895 corinne@tlas.org.au Humungus Plant Sale & Market stalls, Anglican Church The Entrance, 8am - 1pm Provincial Championships Race Day, The Entertainment Grounds, Ticketed, 12pm

Securing your water supply: Mardi To Warnervale Pipeline Drop-In Session, Watanobbi Community Centre, 2pm - 4pm yourvoiceourcoast.com/ M2WP

SUNDAY, MAR 15

Rowley’s Shave For The Leukaemia Foundation, Halekulani Bowling Club, 3pm 55th anniversary of the Parish Celebratory Mass, St Patrick’s Church

FRIDAY, MAR 20

Evergreen Lifecare: cheese & wine open day, 9 Yallambee Avenue West Gosford, 3pm - 6pm To register call 4329 2300 or email

Your Life, Your Death, Your Choice Free Seminar & Afternoon Tea, Ettalong Diggers, 1:30pm - 4pm for further info & to RSVP 0455 213 111

20th Birthday Party Mount Ettalong Celebrations, Reserve Masterplan Central Coast Stadium, Have your say, Free entry, Umina Surf Life Saving 10am - 2pm Club, 5pm - 7pm www.centralcoaststadium. com.au

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FRIDAY, APR 3 Tuggerah Lakes U3A presents: A Creative Writers Readings & Social Day - by our Creative Writers group followed by a Morning Tea, The Entrance/Long Jetty RSL Hall, 10am – 12pm

Group: Wyong & Districts Community Anglican Church Records SATURDAY, APR 4 Central Coast Environment Network: Central Coast Festival 1838 - 1987, Mariners vs Information Sesssions of Women: St James Anglican Church The Central Coast branch Newcastle Jets, & Nocturnal Zonta Birthing Kits Wyong, RSVP required, of the Disabled Surfers Central Coast Stadium, Bushwalks, 10am 12pm Packing Day, Association: ‘Smiles on info@evergreenlifecare. Ticketed, 5pm see if you’re eligble for Central Coast Grammar Dials” Surf Event, org.au www.a-league.com.au TUESDAY, MAR 31 FREE property School Erina, Toowoon Bay, management, The Endangered Registration essential, Free - booking’s Tuggerah Lakes U3A Central Coast Bushfire Narara Ecovillage, Voting closes for 9:30am presents a Talk on: Species Pub required, Relief Concert, 6:30pm 8:30pm 2020 Customer ‘Historical Political Rock Show, 8am - 12:30pm Laycock Street Community 4349 4756 Let’s Talk About Assassinations’, satisfaction survey: zontatickets.com.au/ Woy Woy Leagues, Theatre, Ticketed, www.cen.org.au/events Menopause, The Entrance/Long Jetty pools, leisure centres, event/11009 Ticketed, 7:30pm 7:30pm Woy Woy Yoga Space, RSL Hall, 10am – 12pm arts centres and 4342 3366 Ticketed, 4pm Learn more about STARS of the community facilities, www.eastsgroup.com.au hearing with an Central Coast Mariners Central Coast 2020, www.yourvoiceourcoast. Laycock Street Theatre, implantable hearing vs Melbourne City FC, SUNDAY, MAR 22 com/llcustomersatisfaction Travis Collins - Weekend Throwdown Tour, Ticketed, 6:30pm system - FREE Central Coast Stadium, Central Coast Leagues Club Grace Under Pressure: information session, Ticketed, 7.30pm Parkview Room, Big Apache presents An Alternative Facts www.a-league.com.au 3/40 Mann St, Gosford, Troubadour Folk Club: Ticketed, 8pm Ain’t That Swell, production - hidden 10:30am, to register Hallett-Flood Central Coast Leagues Craig Morrison and Friends. stories of health 1300 581 391 or (Blue Mts) Aurora by Circus Oz - A Club, Ticketed, 3pm professionals in their own The Rhythm Hut Gosford, email info@ridbc.org.au unique brand of quirky and Peppercorns (WA), words, The Art House Ticketed, 7:30pm Gatsby High Tea, energetic circus stunts, St Lukes Hall Woy Woy, Studio Wyong, Ticketed, Black Dog Ride THURSDAY, MAR 26 86-88 Mann The Art House Wyong, Tickets at door, 7pm 1 Dayer 2020 - for 31/03 - 8pm, Friday Night Football With Ticketed, 4/04 - 8pm, Street, Gosford, depression and 4342 6716 01/04 - 10am & 8pm Fletch & Hindy, Monty Python’s 5/04 3pm Tickets to be suicide prevention, Central Coast Leagues SPAMALOT EDSACC Oval (North), purchased prior, 2pm Club, Free, 6pm A One Eyed Man Theatre 7:30am 0468 408 455 production, The Art House Wyong,

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Have your say on leisure and lifestyle facilities Central Coast Council wants to know how you find its leisure and lifestyle facilities across the region. Community members can share their insights on Council’s leisure centres and pools, theatres and galleries and all Council owned facilities by completing simple online or hard copy surveys. Council Director, Connected Communities, Julie Vaughan, said Council was seeking to discover what is working well and areas for improvement. “Our numerous facilities across the Coast are well utilised by our community and we want to find out what we should keep doing and ideas for how the customer experience could be enhanced,” Vaughan said. “The last surveys were completed in 2018, and we’ve addressed much of the community feedback provided, including a range of capital upgrades, improved programs and services. “For 2020, we have added a community facilities survey, which will give locals the chance to provide feedback on

a range of facilities including community halls, community centres, youth centres, senior centres, sporting complexes and tennis facilities.” Feedback from surveys will be used to guide funding and resourcing decisions and to shape a number of key decisions including construction projects, programs offered and marketing. Mayor, Lisa Matthews, said Council was committed to ensuring its cultural venues, assets and facilities are the best that they can possibly be. “We have so many fantastic leisure and lifestyle facilities across the Coast and these surveys are an opportunity for us to check in with the community to identify strengths and opportunities, and shape plans for the future,” Cr Matthews said. Community members have until March 31 to complete the surveys which are available at yourvoiceourcoast.com/ llcustomersatisfaction Source: Media release, Mar 11 Central Coast Council

All welcome to Harmony Day Lunch The Kariong Neighbourhood Centre will host a Harmony Day Lunch on March 20 and the Central Coast community is welcome to attend. Harmony Day, now known as Harmony Week after its 20th anniversary in 2019, is a time of respect, inclusiveness and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or

linguistic background. It is a time to celebrate Australian multiculturalism, and the successful integration of migrants into Australian society. Centre Administrator, Nguyen Nguyen, said the lunch was the Centre’s way of participating in this special movement. “The lunch will run from 12:30 to 1:30pm and we ask all guests to bring a small plate of

food to share. “If you choose to, you are welcome to wear traditional dress to share and celebrate your culture with others. “All are welcome, including children and families,” Nguyen said. Source: Media release, Mar 9 Nguyen Ngyuen, Kariong Neighbourhood Centre

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Creative workspace for print making, screen printing, textile and fibre arts. Introductory classes & workshops Thurs 10am-4pm 0414 220 855 www.themakersstudio.org.au

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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

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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

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

PENINSULA LIGHTHOUSE 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/

AL - ANON FAMILY GROUPS HEALTH

We offer hope and friendship for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Al-anon family groups meet weekly, please contact 1300 252 666 al-anon.org.au

HISTORY GROUPS 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

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TEMPO TERRIFIC CONCERT BAND

Plays popular music for community events. Adult members play wind, brass and percussion 0405 619 980 www.tempoterrific.com

POLITICAL PARTIES CENTRAL COAST GREENS Local, state wide, national and international issues and campaigns Council and parliamentary representation 3rd Thur

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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

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Develop confidence by improving your speaking skills. 1st & 3rd Mon 7.15-9.30pm Ourimbah RSL 4362 7227

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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

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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

For anyone interested in early history. Don’t need to be a First Fleeter. GOSFORD 50+ LEISURE Point Clare Community Hall INNER WHEEL CLUBS AND LEARNING CENTRE WOMEN’S GROUPS 2nd Sat 10:30am Women working together to Mon-Fri www.pcfa.org.au 4392 1926 4311 6254 make a difference and improve Chess, darts, handicraft, WOMEN’S HEALTH lives while making new friends. indoor bowls, knitting, line CENTRES DYING WITH DIGNITY Social outings and community dancing, origami, painting, Counselling, therapeutic and involvment. Campaigning to give those pencil drawing, scrabble, social groups, workshops, Wyong 3rd Wed 6.30pm scrapbooking, sit & sew, table suffering unrelievable terminal BRISBANE WATER BRASS domestic violence and abuse Terrigal 3rd Mon 12 noon Brass Band entertainment to incurable illness the choice tennis, Ukulele issues. All services provided by to receive legal medical help to for the community playing all Gosford North 2nd Wed 7pm 4304 7065 women for women 0417 480 549 types of popular music die. Erina Fair. 4324 2533 0407 008 555 Wed 8pm -10pm 02 4369 8053 GOSFORD-NARARA www.cccwhc.com.au 0419 274 012 j2@heelstone.com.au NEIGHBOURHOOD

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BOOK REVIEW

CCN American Dirt Author: Jeanine Cummins Publisher: Tinder Press

When I think of Acapulco I think of sun, beaches, resorts and the Love Boat (for those old enough to remember that show). What I don’t think of is one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico, if not the world, where gangs and drug cartels have taken over and driven tourists away. This is the Acapulco that Lydia Quixano Pérez and her son, Luca live in. Lydia owns a bookshop and she toys with an emotional affair with a customer, Javier Crespo Fuentes. Lydia’s husband, Sebastian is an investigative journalist, one of the deadliest professions in Mexico. Sebastian has been working on an assignment to unmask “The Owl”, leader of a ruthless drug cartel, the Los Jardineros cartel. He has received death threats telling him that if he didn’t stop writing about the cartel his whole family would be killed. He didn’t stop. Lydia and Luca are upstairs when bullets start flying through the room house.

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They hide in the shower while the rest of their family and friends, outside celebrating a 15th birthday party with a barbeque, are brutally murdered. The cartel killing party stops to survey their crime, they stop to eat chicken. When the police finally arrive, they are no comfort to Lydia – the cartel owns the police, they own the medical examiners, they own the town. As it turns out, Javier is actually La Lechuza, head of the Los Jardineros cartel, which has just taken over, squashing their biggest rival. Lydia and Luca must escape

Acapulco – she must travel through Mexico north to America. She knows that the news of her survival will soon reach La Lechuza. She also knows that the cartel has tentacles throughout the country and that she cannot trust anyone. And so begins their tension-filled journey as migrants, people she had previously never understood, people that “would leave their homes, their cultures, their families, even their languages, and venture into tremendous peril, risking their very lives, all for the chance to get to the dream of some faraway country that doesn’t even want them.”

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in a particularly scathing review. Cummins says in her afterword that she is “acutely aware that the people coming to our southern border are not one faceless brown mass, but singular individuals, with stories and backgrounds and reasons for coming that are unique.” American Dirt is her attempt to tell one of those stories, but it has been described by many as being aimed solely at providing the propulsive, shock-violence designed for film (the rights have already been optioned by the company that produced The Mule). I’m not Mexican, so I’m not wellplaced to enter this debate. I enjoyed the book. I found the transition of Lydia from a mere observer of the evening news of lost, traumatized migrants (as almost a different species), to becoming one herself with the responsibility of her child and sole remaining loved one, to be highly engaging. For all its sins, including its graphic violence, it shocked me into feeling more deeply attuned to the atrocities faced by so many and their scary and perilous plight from Central and South America in search of safety. Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

MOVIE REVIEW

The Invisible Man Director: Leigh Whannel The Invisible Man, an AustralianAmerican co-production written and produced by Melbourne-born Leigh Whannell has already made quite an impact at the box office, grossing over $100 million. It is a psychological thriller, based loosely on an H.G. Wells novel first published in 1897 (A Grotesque Romance) and based on the genre of villians referred to as “classic monsters” (often technology-assisted) like Frankenstein. Older film versions have told the story from the perspective of the Invisible Man as a warning against hubris and grandiosity. Whannel’s version however, presents the story from the perspective of a female victim, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) and, watching it on International Women’s Day against a backdrop of a worldwide push to end violence against women, it takes on a whole new perspective. Cecilia is desperate to escape the clutches of her at once fabulously wealthy and destructively abusive husband Adrian (Oliver JacksonCohen). Adrian is also an optics engineer, a leader in the field of surveillance technologies.

They meet Soledad and Rebecca, two young girls that have escaped violence of Guatemala. But there are many others who do not want to help. “This path is only for people who have no choice, no other option, only violence and misery behind you,” a priest warns them early on their journey. “Many will be maimed or injured. Many will die. Many, many of you will be kidnapped, tortured, trafficked or ransomed … every single one of you will be robbed.” American Dirt is a kind of Odyssey, with the United States as Ithaca. It has also become a very controversial book. On one hand it has topped of the bestseller list, become an Oprah Book Club pick, drawn rapturous praise from celebrity authors and even been compared to Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. On the other hand, author Jeanine Cummins has been widely criticized by Latino writers for being unrealistic, promoting Latino stereotypes and exploiting the migrant experience for the benefit of white readers. David Bowles, a writer and professor of Mexican American heritage calls the book “harmful, appropriating, inaccurate, trauma-porn melodrama”

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The pair live in a remote, modern, cliff-top home in San Francisco, surrounded by high concrete walls and extensive security. Adrian controls everything about Cecilia — where she goes, who she talks to, what she wears, what she

eats. Cecilia drugs Adrian and flees in the middle of the night with the help of her sister, Emily (Harriet Dyer) and takes refuge with Emily’s ex-husband James (Aldis Hodge) and his teenage daughter Sydney (Storm Reid).

She frets that Adrian will find her until, a few weeks later, she learns that Adrian has committed suicide. It seems her nightmare may be over, but Cecilia is not convinced Adrian is really dead, especially when she senses an invisible force stalking her. A series of unexplained experiences occur that drive a wedge between Cecilia and those she loves. She tries to convince everyone that Adrian is behind it all. Naturally, no one believes her. They see her behaviour as simply a case of emotional instability, a concoction of stress, exhaustion and relief. But as the acts against her companions turn violent, suspicions grow that Cecilia’s instability has turned to a dangerous insanity. When she is committed to a mental asylum for a brutal murder, Cecilia decides to fight back. The Invisible Man is an absorbing film, that draws back the sheets from a nagging social issue – the invisible nature of domestic violence, physical and mental. How is it possible that an abusive male partner can imprison a woman against her will in a terrifying relationship, yet the rest of the world remain oblivious? The direction is clever, with a solid build-up of suspense with lots of tense

moments peering at a chair, a curtain, and empty space, looking for the faintest hint of a human form. The camera work sometimes becomes its won character, creeping silently around the housing, peering down hallways and into nooks. The character of Adrian is presented as intelligent and outwardly charming in a Jekyll and Hyde form, with his abusive side initially faceless and hidden. And it subjects us to the relentless, emotional anxiety of a woman, a victim of abuse, who is “not believed” and the unavoidable solution which is that the victim essentially has to become what they behold in their abuser. But it is Moss’s strong performance that holds the film together. The star of The Handmaid’s Tale has a talent for looking manic, with bulging dark-eyed and a signature defiantmanic-smile. The brief role of Tom, Adrian’s brother, is also very convincingly played by New Zealander Michael Dorman. There’s some innovative sound mixing – a throbbing electronic (“Jaws”-like) sound – which (to me) felt a little overdone and lifted me out of the zone brielfy, but I can live with that. I can see why – it’s a good film that plays to deep, current societal issues and well worth seeing. Ross Barry

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SPAR Niagara Park Shopping Centre

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POINT CLARE Acorn Garden Centre 229 Brisbane Water Dr Fairhaven Services Brisbane Water Dr Fare Cravin’ café 209 Brisbane Water Dr BaptistCare Orana Aged Care Centre 193/201 Brisbane Water Dr ALDI 53-59 Brisbane Water Dr This Little Piggy Eat & Drink 7/51 Brisbane Water Drive & Talinga Ave

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Wamberal Surgery 662 The Entrance Rd Pharmacist Advice 658 The Entrance Rd Wamberal Gardens Retirement Village 1 Spencer St Breakers Country Club 64 Dover Rd

WOY WOY Ms Liesl Tesch MP Office 20 Blackwall Rd Peninsula Plaza Blackwall Rd Deepwater Plaza Railway St Peninsula Leisure Centre 243 Blackwall Rd

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Award-winning a cappella singing group to perform

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Woy Woy Philosophers Society Missive #12: Do I exist? “I think I’ve had an epiphany Joffa.”

Coastal A Capella

Coastal A Cappella, the Coast’s homegrown awardwinning a cappella singing group, is preparing to compete in the a cappella national championships in May. Prior to that, they’ll be performing a special showcase of their competition repertoire and favourite numbers on April 5. The 40-member group will present A Cappella in the Valley at Narara Valley High School They’ll also be joined by some young up and coming singers from the Coast for a fun afternoon of entertainment. “Sometimes it’s difficult to contain their enthusiasm,” said Music Director, Linda Wareham. “We’re part of Sweet Adelines Australia, a music education organization, and there’s always something new to learn, and they love it. “We perform on the Coast regularly, which is one of their

favourite things to do,” Wareham said. In May, Coastal A Cappella travels to Hobart to compete with around 20 other choirs at nationals. In the past, they’ve won Best Small Chorus as well as a host of other medals, and were the inaugural winners of Short+Sweet Sydney. They also regularly compete at the Sydney Eisteddfod. Sweet Adelines recently celebrated 30 years in Australia and all choruses learned Helen Reddy’s iconic ‘I Am Woman’ number for a combined video. Coastal A Cappella chose to do their rendition outside Somersby’s Australian Reptile Park, with the full video available on YouTube. A Cappella in the Valley will commence at 2:30pm with doors opening from 2pm. Source: Media release, March 5 Jennie Harrison, Coastal A Cappella

Dancing For Pleasure The Central Coast Bush Dance and Music Association will hold a Dancing For Pleasure session at the East Gosford Progress Hall on March 14. Presented by Bill Propert, the Association invites Central Coast residents to come along on the night to explore the social side of dancing, with a selection of social and set dances making up the evening’s program.

Just some of the popular dances on the card include the Arkansas Traveller, the Blackwattle Reel, the Citronella Morning and the Duke of Kent’s Waltz. The evening commences from 7:30pm. A $12 admission fee applies. Source: Media release, Mar 9 Robyn Northwood, Central Coast Bush Dance and Music Association Inc.

It wasn’t that unusual for Thommo to have an epiphany – sometimes he could have up to three a day. But there was something different about this one - I could tell by the way his left eye was twitching. “What is it?” we all asked. We had gathered for the opening of the new WWPS clubhouse toilet block. It was a beautiful toilet block, five floors in total with all manner of modern facilities on each one. We didn’t yet have a clubhouse, or any legal right to the nature reserve we’d built the toilet block on, or indeed any other registered members of the WWPS. But we did have the good sense to get Bridget McKenzie on our board and, well, one thing led to another and here we were cutting the ribbon. No one was more surprised than Johnno who couldn’t find a “philosophy” option on the grant form and so ticked “sport” instead. “Well,” continued Thommo, cracking open a cold craftie. “It was like this. Late last night I was sitting inside my pyramid in the lounge room, cross-legged, meditating on Descartes’ Discourse on the Method.” “Do you mean Rene Descartes, the sixteenth century French philosopher, father of the Golden Age?” “That’s the one. Well, my neighbour had just shone his headlights through the window, temporarily blinding me and, then, when I tried to get up, my legs had fallen asleep and I couldn’t feel them.” “What did you do?” “Well, there I was, flat out on the floor, not able to see my legs … or feel them. All I could do was think. And I started to wonder: Did I even have legs? And then I started to wonder some more: Did I even exist? Or did my mind just think I existed?” “Exactly, like in ‘The Matrix’,” said Robbo. “It’s what I’ve been trying to tell you guys.” “You need to stop taking those blue pills Robbo,” said Johnno. “Don’t be too hasty,” said I. “Plato said the mind and soul are separable from one’s physical body. Maybe it was one of them out-of-body experiences?” “That’s what I thought too,” continued Thommo. “But then, it came to me … what if they’re not? What if all this soul business is just a ruse? What if our minds are just part of the corporeal substance of our bodies? What if all our knowledge comes only from what we’ve seen and heard and made logical sense of.” “Of course they’re separable,” insisted Robbo, “How else would Polyjuice Potion work?” “Exactly,” added Johnno, “and if they weren’t, that would mean just anybody could think as deeply and clearly as us.” We laughed heartily at that one – imagine people from Terrigal thinking they were smarter than us folk from Woy Woy. “But they can’t be separable,” said Thommo eventually. “You see, for two things to be truly separable, each one must be able to exist without the other. Now, we now your mind can exist without your body, otherwise Obi wan Kenobi could not have told Luke to use the force to blow up the Death Star. But there’s no way your body can’t exist without your mind.” “How do you explain Mark Latham then?” said Robbo. We thought that might stump Thommo, but no. “It’s not that Mark Latham doesn’t have a mind, it’s just that explodes a lot. Too many fights with taxi drivers.”

“But if that’s true Thommo, and all knowledge comes from a person’s sense and their rational thought, then it follows that all human beings have the same potential for greatness. That would be some kind of Renaissance indeed,” mused Johnno. “Yes, I suppose it does, except Englishmen of course.” “Well Mr Rationalism, how then do you explain “passion”?” “Yes, I thought about that too,” replied Thommo “That’s quite a long epiphany you had Thommo.” “Its quite scientific really … you see electrical signals pass from the ear and the eye to the pineal gland, but on their way to our brains, they have to pass through a big cave full of animal spirits. You know, where each animal spirit represents a basic passion – wonder, love, hatred, desire, sadness, etc.” We all nodded – it began to make perfect sense now. I knew for sure I had the spirit of a lion inside my brain cave every time I went out to Mumbo Jumbos in Terrigal. “There’s one more thing,” said Thommo. “I was left with a few short words in my mind … I think it might be the answer to all of these questions on existence and consciousness.” We waited for anticipation. “Yes?” “I think …” “Yes?” “I think, therefore …” “Yes?” “I think, therefore I am.” There was a long silence. “Therefore you are what?” asked Robbo. “Therefore you are not asleep?” I suggested. “Therefore you are from Woy Woy?” asked Johhno. “I dunno,” said Thommo. “I lost my train of thought just at that moment when Parko turned his lights off.” “I think I need to take a slash,” said Boof, who always liked to chime late in a conversation. “Therefore, I am heading up to level five to the flash dunnies.” Joffa

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New theatre program for young people

Three new exhibitions at Gosford Regional Gallery

Regional Youth Support Services (RYSS) has launched a new theatre program for young people on the Coast.

Gosford Regional Gallery will feature three exhibitions in March, all focused on showcasing the work of up-and-coming artists. Central Coast residents are invited to explore the work of finalists for Emerging, The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize and A Central Vision 2020. Council Team Leader, Art Galleries, Tim Braham, said the three exhibitions included diverse works using a range of mediums. “Emerging is an exhibition of the incredible contemporary work of the four finalists vying for a prestigious $5,000 prize,” Braham said. “The works of this year’s finalists span digital media, textiles, sculpture and conceptual art, and explore a host of challenging social and political issues. “We are also hosting the works of the finalists for another prestigious prize, The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize.

Presented by RYSS’ Youth Arts Warehouse in Gosford, the Write, Act, Belong program has been designed to inspire creativity and self-expression in young people, whilst giving

them a masterclass in storytelling and theatre production, with assistance from NIDA trained industry professionals. Write, Act, Belong runs for eight weeks and is open to all young people aged 12 to 21. Source: Media release, Mar 4 RYSS

2019 Moran Contemporary Photography Prize winning piece, ‘Endangered’ by Tamara Dean

“If you love contemporary photography, don’t miss this opportunity to explore the work of the 30 finalists,” Braham continued. “This year’s entrants for the sought after $50,000 photographic prize have explored the theme, living in Australia, the places, people and lifestyle that make our

lovable country quintessentially Australian,” he said. “Fostering local talent is important to us at the Gallery, and across this month, we’ll also be featuring A Central Vision 2020, a partnership with the Department of Education which showcases the best work from local public high school students,” Braham said.

A Central Vision 2020 will run at the Gallery until April 5. Emerging 2020 and The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize will both open on March 28 and run until May 10 with opening night events from 6pm on March 27.

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Blue Genies win Brisbane Water Zone Swimming Carnival

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Wamberal are Tuggerah Lakes’ Zone Swimming champions

Gosford High School has taken out first place in the Brisbane Water Zone Swimming Carnival. Held at Woy Woy’s Peninsula Leisure Centre on March 5, Principal, Michael Smith, said the school’s strong contingent of athletes proved that Gosford High’s reputation for excellence in the pool was well deserved. “Our swim team performed exceptionally well. “Rumours had been whispered around the zone that Gosford’s era of dominance in the water was possibly hanging on by a thread, however, that perceived weakness only served to steel the focus of our swimmers. “An outstanding display of enthusiasm and teamwork saw the Blue Genies fill almost every possible lane, and the incredible training that our

swimmers have completed was rewarded with some excellent results. “Our opposition schools put up a fantastic fight to push our athletes to the limit, but the Genies finished the carnival in first place. “Congratulations to our great swim team and thank you to our Team Manager, Miss Stockwell, for maintaining a

well-oiled swimming machine,” Smith said. Several members of the team will now move on to the Sydney North Zone Carnival, to be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre later in March. Source: Website, Mar 5 Michael Smith, Gosford High School

Inflatable Challenge action The annual Copacabana Inflatable Challenge was held in sunny conditions on February 29. Around a couple dozen locals took to the 1m swells at Copacabana Beach, armed with nothing but some inflatable pool toys and a prayer, as they battled it out to see who could catch the sickest wave or record the funniest wipe out. Local photographer, Nate Spare, captured all the action on the day. Source: Website, Mar 1 Copacabana Inflatable Challenge 2020 Photos, Mar 1 Nate Spare Photography

The Senior Boys’ Relay Team

Wamberal Public School has been crowned the Tuggerah Lakes (TL) Zone Swimming Carnival champion. Held at Mingara Aquatic Centre on March 3, the Zone Carnival saw the top swimmers from each school in the TL Zone hit the pool to vie for regional honours and a shot at the next

level of the competition, the Sydney North Zone Carnival. Principal, Paul Miller, said Wamberal’s swim team did exceptionally well to claim first place at the carnival. “Congratulations toWamberal students on their outstanding achievements and behaviour at the zone carnival. “Wamberal were proudly

announced as the winning school, with our Senior Boys’ Relay Team setting a new record which had been held since1995. “Well done to all students, your school is very proud,” Miller said. Source: Newsletter, Mar 4 Paul Miller, Wamberal Public School

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Women in football festival planned for Central Coast

Women’s football teams from around the country are being urged to plan for an end of season trip to the Central Coast by taking part in a Women’s Football Festival at Tuggerah, from October 2-4, with the theme of “Here to Play”. The Festival will incorporate the first Women’s Football Awards supported by the NSW Government. It has been put together by Women in Football, a national member based association aimed at advancing and celebrating the role of women in football. A spokesperson said that the idea behind the Festival is to bring women who play, coach or referee football, who are volunteers, ‘soccer mums’, or who just enjoy the game, together to celebrate the many faceted contribution of women to the game. “It is a way of women making connections, building new bridges, making new friends, exchanging experiences and, ultimately, helping to have a

positive impact on the role of women in football. The football tournament is a round robin mini tournament that is open to teams from clubs, a region or a state, or ‘made-up’ teams of individuals who would like to take part but are not with a team. “We all enjoy the Matildas and the W-League, and seeing our own kids play, but this is a weekend for us.”

Former Mariners Women’s team

Women in Football are working hard to encourage more and improved media on women’s football, whether that be in the mainstream or non-traditional media and regardless of whether it’s print or broadcast. The tournament will be hosted at the Central Coast Regional Sporting Complex in Tuggerah while the Awards dinner will be held at the

Mingara Recreation Club. Separately, in a national football census released on March 11 by FFA, the number of females playing the most popular club based participation sport in the country rose by 11% to 156,893, which is approximately 22 per cent of all outdoor participants, which includes players, coaches and other volunteers.

On the Central Coast, the Mariners advised that 12,158 people in total participated in their school and community based programs in 2019. In schools based programs, there were 6,634 participants, including 3,938 females or almost 60 per cent. FFA Head of Football Development, Sarah Walsh, said that the increase in female participation came as

no surprise, given the work being done by the national and state governing bodies. “FFA is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in football, and we have seen a number of female football initiatives in the past year that have proved very popular,” Walsh said. “Northern NSW Football successfully rolled out Kickon for Women, while Football Victoria established the innovative VicHealth Soccer Mums’ program.” “Football NSW successfully kicked-off their Girls United program targeted at females of all ages from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) backgrounds.” Walsh said FFA were aiming for 50:50 gender parity by 2027, and hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023 in Australia and New Zealand. Source: Women in Football website Media release, March 11 Football federation Australia Reporter: Ross Barry

Strong start for Crusaders From P40 That focus was evident on the weekend, as the players showed a deep level of teamwork and trust with a series of deft passes and goal assists. In the men’s game, the Crusaders also chalked up an 80-60 win over the Bruins, built upon a strong defensive performance. The team was buoyed prior to

the game by a ceremony to unveil the 2019 Championship Flag, following their epic victory in last year’s final. Ollie Robilliard, Mitchell Rueter and Matt Johnson were all in fine form, while Callum Jenkins was in the thick of things once again, scoring 20 points and taking 11 rebounds. It was Jenkins, of course, who tipped in the winning goal with one second to spare in last year’s final.

The team’s head coach and former Sydney Kings player, Julian Khazzouh, was also happy with his side’s win. “It was little bit scrappy, but we’ll take it”. “Anytime you bring in a new coach with a new system, it takes a little bit of time to wrap your head around it and the guys have really bought into that,” he said. Khazzouh was particularly impressed with his side’s work

in defence. “Defence will be the backbone of our team this coming season and to keep our opponents to 60 points in our first game is a good start,” Khazzouh said. “The exciting part for the coaching staff is that we still have so much room for improvement on both ends of the floor and we will strive to get better each week.” Reporter: Ross Barry

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The Kincumber-Avoca Griffins have secured a spot in the 2020 Final of the Coast’s first grade twoday cricket competition with a resounding win over minor premiers, Lisarow Ourimbah, at Bill Sohier Park. Griffins captain, Dan Heuston, made a big call, winning the toss and sending LisarowOurimbah in to bat first on a slow wicket and slow outfield. For a while, it looked like the decision may have backfired as the Magpies carved their way to 30 runs without loss at the first drinks break. Matt Jones and Blair Lyndsay threatened to build a partnership with some patient stroke play. But enter Dylan Robertson, the Griffin’s lanky left-arm offspinner. In a marathon spell of 3 overs, Robertson tormented the life out of the Lisarow batsmen, finding a good length and getting the ball to bite off the wicket. Eventually, the wickets started to tumble, first Shepheard for 9 and then Blair

Lyndsay for 30, and then the tail, with the Magpies scrambling to be all out for 115. Robertson eventually finished with 6 wickets for just 16 runs. Steve McCabe then led Kincumber Avoca’s run chase with an aggressive knock of 56, combing with skipper, Dan Heuston, to get the Griffin’s over the line and into the Final in two weeks. It’s not exactly the best time for a form slump for LisarowOurimbah, who’ve now lost their last two games after looking invincible for much of the year. In the other semi-final, Northern Power’s charge to the final came to end, when they were comfortably beaten by Narara-Wyoming at Gavenlock Oval. Zac Abel and Chris Archer put on a 58 run stand, but it was not enough in the end. Kierin Lawson did the damage for Narara, taking 4 wickets for just 13 runs off 20 overs, before Peter Cross and Mark McLachlan put on a 70-odd run second wicket stand, to steer the Lions to 3-102 and a spot in next week’s preliminary

final. Cross finished undefeated on 62 off just 72 balls. Narara Wyoming will now play Lisarow-Ourimbah next week for the remaining spot in the final. In the Women’s T20, Southern Spirit smashed 102 runs off just 10 overs to beat Warnervale Blue in the preliminary final. After winning the toss and sending Warnervale in to bat, Spirit captured three early wickets, including the dangerous, Piper Hooke, to restrict Warnervale to 5-100 over their allotted 20 overs. Sally Oman, returning from her 4 match “pink shirt” suspension, took 2-14 for Spirit. In reply, Southern Spirit pair, Nicole Cattley and Chelsea Campbell, then put on an aggressive batting masterclass to steer their team to victory in just 10 overs. Cattley finished unbeaten on 53 and Campbell on 37. Spirit will now take on Northern Power Orange in this weekend’s season final. Reporter: Ross Barry

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SERVICES DIRECTORY

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Organisations

Dylan Robertson bowls to Blair Lyndsay

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Dept. of Housing Gosford 4323 5211 Regional Youth Support Services 4323 2374 Coast Shelter 4324 7239 Neleh House 4340 1052 Elandra Women and Children’s Refuge 4396 4263 Kara Women and Children’s Refuge 4323 1709 Coimba Mens Refuge 4324 7239 Rumbalara Youth Refuge 4325 7555 Wyong Youth Refuge 4351 1922 Youth Angle 4341 8830 Woy Woy Youth Cottage 4341 9027 Maya Young Womens Refuge 4323 1636 Pacific Link Com Housing 4324 7617 Rumbalara Youth Refuge 4325 7555 Youth Angle • Woy Woy 4341 8830 Temporary Accommodation 1800 152 152

Animal Rescue

Wildlife Arc 4325 0666 Wires 1300 094 737

Counselling

Mensline - talk with a bloke 1300 789 978 Lifecare Family Services 1300 130 225 CatholicCare: 4356 2600 Relationship Australia: 1300 364 277 Interrelate: 1800 449 118

Emergency

Police Assistance Line 131 444 Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 Woy Woy Police Station 4323 5599 Energy Australia 13 13 88 Gas Emergency 131 909 Gosford City Council 4325 8222 Marine Rescue - Central Coast 4325 7929 SES - Storm and Flood Emergency 132 500

Crisis Services and Helplines

Lifeline - 24 hr. 13 11 14 Suicide Helpline 1800 191 919 Kids Helpline 1800 551 800 Parents Helpline 13 20 55 Indigenous Call Centre 136 380 Family Relationship Advice Line 1800 050 321

Family Drug Support 1300 368 186 G-line - Gambling Helpline 1800 633 635 Credit Helpline 1800 808 488 Child Support Agency 13 12 72 Australian Injury Helpline 1800 223 363 Veteran Affairs Net work 1300 551 918 Mens Domestic Violence 1800 000 599 Sexual Assault Resource 1800 199 888 Gay and Lesbian Counselling 1800 184 527 Gay and Lesbian Support 1800 249 377 Youth Sexuality Network 4320 2856 Vietnam Veterans 1800 011 046 Victims Support Services 1800 633 063 Translation and Interpreting Service 13 14 50

Family and Relationships

Parents Helpline 132 055 Central Coast Family Support Service 4340 1099 Horizons (For men with children) 4351 5008 Interrelate - Family Relationships 1300 736 966 Uniting Care Burnside Gosford 1800 067 967

Health

Gosford Hospital 4320 2111 Cancer Hotline 131 120 Mental Health info Service 1300 794 991 Sexual Health @ Gosford Hospital 4320 2114 Beyond Blue (Depression) 1300 22 4636

Problems, Habits & Addiction

G-Line Telephone Counsel 1800 633 635 Gamblers Anonymous 9726 6625 Alcoholics Anonymous 4323 3890 Narcotics Anonymous 4325 0524 Quitline 131 848

Phone services:

Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 Beyondblue 1300 224 636 Domestic Violence Line 1800 656 463 Lifeline 13 11 14 Kids Help Line 1800 551 800 Griefline 1300 845 745 Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467

Welfare Services

Donnison St. Restaurant 4325 3510 Central Coast Family Support Services 4340 1585 Horizons Family Services 4351 5008 Meals on Wheels Gosford 4363 7111 Woy Woy 4341 6699 Department of Community Services Gosford - 4336 2400 The Salvation Army 4325 5733 Samaritans Emergency Relief 4393 2450 St Vincent De Paul Society HELPLINE 4323 6081

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Double Gold for Jemma Smith Umina’s Ironwoman, Jemma Smith, has taken out two gold medals at the 2020 NSW Surf Lifesaving Championships at Blacksmiths Beach, Swansea, this weekend (7-8 March).

Jemma Smith powered through the Women’s Open Ski Photo: NSW Surf Lifesaving

Avoca Beach U15 girls’ board relay team Photo: NSW Surf Lifesaving

FORT DENISON

Times are in local standard time (UTC +10:00) or daylight savings time (UTC +11:00) when in effect.

0558 0.31 1207 1.69 1815 0.36

0018 0.70 0645 1.61 1329 0.50 1930 1.34

FRI

SAT

TIDE CHART

0034 1.75 0127 1.71 0225 1.65 0657 0.38 0801 0.47 0915 0.54 SUN MON 1300 1.52 1400 1.36 1510 1.24 1900 0.48 1949 0.60 2049 0.70 0110 0.64 0153 0.58 0231 0.54 0731 1.63 0811 1.66 0846 1.66 SUN MON 1406 0.47 1439 0.44 1509 0.43 2008 1.41 2042 1.47 2114 1.51

TUE

It was only fitting on International Women’s Day, that Smith produced one of the best performances of the Championships to win the Women’s Open Ski Race. After getting off to a crisp start in light surf conditions, Smith powered away from her rivals in her signature pink ski to cruise to victory. “It’s certainly great conditions out there today, very challenging, but I managed to get a pretty clean start … and that set me up for the rest of the race,” Smith said after the event. “Some of these races have been really tight on the shore today, so I was just praying that I’d pick up a nice little wave to bring me to shore and I did, which was really nice,” she said. Smith also won the Open Champion Lifesaver, which involves both a written exam and live rescues. In the iconic Ironwoman event, Smith then came a close third behind teenager, Emily Doyle, from Newport, and Naomi Scott from Manly. Doyle is one of the youngest

ironwomen to win the event. “I kept my head together and just worked with Jemma and Naomi in the swim, and we all got the same wave. “I just put my head down and I didn’t care if I was going to pass out without breathing, I really wanted that win,” Doyle said. Over 6,000 competitors of all ages from across NSW competed at the Championships, along with 600 volunteer officials and 15,000 spectators. Newport SLSC won the final Open Championships event, making it seven championship titles in a row and an unparalleled achievement. Earlier in the tournament, the Avoca Beach U15 girls’ board relay team also claimed a gold medal. After a tight tussle with rivals Newport in the first two legs of the relay, rising star Mia Cracknell powered ahead in the final stages of the race to claim victory. “We didn’t really have any expectations coming into the final”, Mia said after the race, “it was just so good being an under 14, it was the best thing ever.” Terrigal Surf Club’s, Jayden Redfern, and Umina Surf Club’s, Ebony Rayner, also took out gold in the U15 Champion Lifesaver Event. Reporter: Ross Barry

LAT 33° 51’ S - LONG 151° 14’ E - TIME ZONE - 1000

Times and Heights(m) of high and low waters

0332 1.59 0444 1.57 0551 1.58 1031 0.58 1144 0.57 1243 0.54 WED THU 1631 1.19 1748 1.21 1846 1.27 2200 0.75 2315 0.75 0306 0.50 0342 0.49 0417 0.48 0920 1.66 0953 1.63 1027 1.59 WED THU 1538 0.42 1606 0.44 1634 0.46 2144 1.56 2215 1.59 2246 1.61

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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Where to from here?

Beleaguered Mariners’ Coach, Alen Stajcic

The Central Coast Mariners suffered their eighth successive loss on Sunday (March 8), losing 1-3 to Wellington Phoenix at Central Coast Stadium. The return of Milan Djuric to the starting eleven alongside Daniel De Silva and Lewis Miller did little to elevate the Mariners’ form. Wellington had just two opportunities in the first half hour and made both count, exposing some very lacklustre defence from the Mariners. The first came from the in-

form fullback, Liberato Cacace, latching on to a through-ball from Ulises Davilla, while the second came from UK import, Gary Hooper, who found himself with space to spare in the box before dinking the ball over Mariners’ keeper, Mark Birighitti, into an open net. Cacace’s goal was the 19 year old’s third goal of the season in his 50th game for the New Zealand club. Wellington’s final goal came in the 77th minute from substitute, Josh Sotirio, who also managed to slip easily in

Chris Arnold and Liberato Cacace

behind the Mariners’ back three. A late goal from Jair provided some consolation to the crowd of just 3,773 long suffering fans, who otherwise had very little to cheer about. Apart from a wayward header from Chris Harold, the Phoenix keeper was rarely troubled. The win sees Wellington, who were coming of a bye last week, jump ahead of Perth Glory into third place on the A-League ladder. The Mariners, on the other hand, are now five points adrift

from the nearest team on the bottom, with a second consecutive wooden spoon now looking increasingly inevitable. After eight consecutive losses, it is getting harder for Mariners Coach, Alen Stajcic, to attribute the losses each week to bad luck and near misses. The Mariners’ defence has conceded 46 goals in 20 games, or 2.3 goals a game. Former Socceroo, Robbie Slater, said the club had fallen to a new low point, while Mark Bosnich declared “questions

must be asked” about the future of Coach, Alen Stajcic. Others have begun to point the finger at the club owners for a lack of resources and inability to retain talented players at the club. Stajcic remains adamant that the Mariners have been competitive and that the focus has been on developing the club’s young players for the future. “It’s been five or six years of dwelling at the bottom … but I think we’ve finally hit a turning point this year where we are

competitive. “I know the fans don’t want to wait years, but it is a stage of the cycle where we’ve really invested in these young players and we’re trying to restore a good foundation for the club to build on, and that’s really important because there’s really no other way out of it.” Stajcic said. Attention for the Mariners now turns to their clash on Friday night (March 13), when they take on the Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium. Reporter: Ross Barry

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Double Gold for Jemma

Umina’s Ironwoman, Jemma Smith, has taken out two gold medals at the 2020 NSW Surf Lifesaving Championships at Blacksmiths Beach, Swansea, this weekend (7-8 March). See page 38

Griffins first through to final

The Kincumber-Avoca Griffins have secured a spot in the 2020 Final of the Coast’s first grade twoday cricket competition with a resounding win. See page 37

Where to from here? Mariners

Strong start for Crusaders The Central Coast Crusaders got their 2020 Waratah Basketball League season off to a strong start with comfortable wins in both the women’s and men’s matches against the Bankstown Bruins, at Breakers Indoor Stadium

on Saturday (March 8). In the women’s match, the Crusaders poured on 24 points in the opening quarter to take control of the match and were never really troubled after that, eventually running out 81-57 winners. The performance was marked

by some crisp passing, with 20 goal-assists for the match. The players also smothered the Bruins attack for much of the game, forcing 30 turnovers. There were strong performances across the court including from American college import, Jessica Kuster,

and local star, Darneka Rowe, among many others. Two of the team’s development players, Abby Cracknell and Bronte Moore also had a big impact. Women’s team coach, Jared Scoines, said he was very happy with the performance

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The Central Coast Mariners suffered their eighth successive loss on Sunday (March 8), losing 1-3 to Wellington Phoenix at Central Coast Stadium. See page 39

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