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Dobell reclaimed by Labor

A breakdown of the two candidate preferred votes of Dobell

Democratic Member for Dobell. abor’s Ms Emma McBride secured the seat of Dobell and returned Commission, Dobell had Christian “I spent this campaign Party with 2,128 votes a 79.96 per cent turnout the electorate to its Labor roots after ousting incumbent Liberal out listening to our and 2.59 per cent. and a 5.71 per cent MP Ms Karen McNamara at the polls on July 2.

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With 89,339 votes counted, a 7.62 per cent swing vote placed Ms McBride firmly ahead of Ms McNamara with 55.6 per cent of the vote to 44.4 per cent on a two party preferred basis as of 4.30pm on July 4.

Ms McBride, who lost the 2013 election to Ms McNamara by 1000 votes, dedicated her victory to her father, former Member for the Entrance and Minister for Gaming and Racing, Mr Grant McBride and said she would endeavour to reflect his approach to politics in her own.

“In the 2013 election I was a candidate for 28 days.

“This time around, I was able to spend six months out listening to our community and talking to families on the Coast about what they wanted to see in their local representative.

“Labor made strong commitments to funding our healthcare and hospitals as well as delivering needs based funding for our schools.

“I am excited to be part of a team who are committed to improving health and educational

outcomes for our community.

“My father was a well-respected local representative for our community and fought hard to get the funding and outcomes the Central Coast deserved during his time as the State Member for The Entrance.

“I saw from a young age what it takes to work hard to represent your community.

“He always put the community first and that's what I would like to do as well,” Ms McBride said.

According to the Australian Electoral

informal vote.

First preference count voting for Dobell placed Ms McBride and the Australian Labor Party ahead with 37,082 votes and 44.02 per cent of the vote.

Second was Ms McNamara and the Liberals with 31,343 and 37.21 per cent.

Third place surprised many with Mr Carter Edwards of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation receiving 7,169 and 8.51 per cent, followed by Ms Abigail Boyd and the Greens with 4,654 and 5.52 per cent and Mr Robert Ervin of the

Dobell has traditionally been a Labor stronghold on the Central Coast, with Labor’s Mr Michael Lee holding the seat for 17 years, from Dobell’s first election in 1984 to 2001.

While, Ms McBride was celebrating her win on July 2, Ms NcNamara refused to concede defeat and was relying on the then (July, 2) 21,000 prepoll and postal votes yet to be counted.

Ms McBride said she would continue the listening tour that was a core aspect of her campaign as one of her first official acts as

community who had been let down by the Turnbull Government “I want to continue that conversation with the people in Dobell and make sure I am able to be the best representative for our community,” Ms McBride said.

Ms McNamara did not respond to questions about the result.

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Public meeting called over Coast’s major environmental and public health issue

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Council’s first property decision angers residents

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he new Central Coast Council’s administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, has agreed, at the council’s first public meeting on May 25, to sell land in Orchard Rd, Kangy Angy to the NSW Government to build a multi-million dollar train maintenance facility.

Some of the exposed waste at the Mangrove Mountain landfill

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public meeting will be held at Gosford Leagues Club on June 16 to alert Gosford and Wyong residents to the risks associated with the Mangrove Mountain landfill.

The Mountain Districts Association community group has called the meeting as part of its campaign for a public inquiry into the operation and regulation of the “huge leaky waste dump that has the potential to poison the water supply to over 300,000 residents of the Central Coast.”

The group’s primary aim is to see the dump closed and the site cleaned up, “rather than put the community at even greater risk by allowing substantially more waste to be dumped on the site over the next 10 years.

“We have absolutely no confidence that EPA and Council oversight will be any better than it has been over the past 15 years,” said Mountain Districts Association spokesperson Dr Stephen Goodwin.

“Successive dump operators ran amok and broke all the rules and guidelines without any substantial penalty,” Dr Goodwin said.

“This gross mismanagement continues to this day.

“Everyone except the community up here has turned a blind eye,” he said.

“It beggars belief that an environmentally unsafe waste landfill of this size could be permitted to continue operating,” Dr Goodwin said.

“The EPA and the minister for the environment might like to say otherwise, but they have no data to back up their assertions of no harm.

“Occasional selective water sampling is not proof of no impact.

“Everyone knows leachate entering the drinking water is a health issue.

“Would you knowingly drink the stuff?” he said.

“Worse, despite being warned, the NSW premier, continues to ignore the call to shut it down, clean it up and repatriate the site, and hold a commission

of inquiry into what went wrong,” he said.

The public meeting at the Central Coast Leagues Club on Thursday, June 16 from 7:00pm aims to alert Gosford and Wyong residents to the risks and what needs to be done about it, Dr Goodwin said.

“The appointment of new Central Coast Council administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, gives the community an opportunity to provide a detailed briefing of the facts and to seek action and support for appropriate measures,” Dr Goodwin said.

“Mountain Districts Association will be seeking a meeting with Mr Reynolds at the earliest opportunity.

“He has also been invited to the public meeting.

“This will give him a firsthand opportunity to hear the facts and the community’s opposition to the dump.

“There needs to be a Commission of Inquiry into

Area excavated in 2012 destined to be lined and filled with more waste

the activities of Mangrove Mountain Landfill.

“It is the only way all of the facts can come out into the open.

“While we know a lot about what has gone on, we also know that there is a lot of other damning information not in the public domain for reasons of confidentiality, that needs to come out.

“This must have an opportunity to be made public and a commission of inquiry is the only way this can happen.

“The EPA and the former Gosford Council are both guilty of failing to meet their statutory obligations with regards to the Landfill.

“They have sat and watched the pile of waste grow to mountainous proportions way beyond what council approved.

“They have turned their backs while illegal waste was dumped there so that we now have a major environmental problem.

“This is the Central Coast’s major environmental and public health issue,” he said.

According to Dr Goodwin, despite EPA initial assertions that it did, the mountain of waste does not have an impervious lining underneath it capable of capturing all of the toxic leachate flowing from it and diverting it into a holding pond for proper treatment and disposal.

“Most of the leachate is going straight down into the groundwater aquifers and into the catchment for the Ourimbah Creek system that supplies drinking water to Central Coast residents.

“On top of this, even if the waste mound was lined, the current leachate pond of 100,000 litres is only three per cent of the correct design capacity for a pile of waste this size.

“And it will get far worse.

“A six million litre leachate pond is planned to be sited on the golf course.

“How will this huge volume of toxic liquid be continually accessed, emptied and treated?” Dr Goodwin said.

Dr Goodwin said he believed the Mountain Districts Association had

uncovered legal grounds for a new DA process in its investigations.

“The law is the law and this cannot be ignored,” Dr Goodwin said.

The group also wants questions answered about whether former Gosford councillors were fully advised of critical information relating to the landfill.

“As a result, councillors may not have been in a position to make a fully informed decision on how council might proceed in dealing with this matter during the period when council was in the Land and Environment Court with the Landfill Operators.

“This would appear to contravene the former Gosford Council’s code of conduct and is a major public concern that demands investigation.”

The community meeting will commence at 7:00pm.

Media release, May 30, 2016 Stephen Goodwin, Mountain Districts Association

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Kangy Angy residents have been fighting the land sale and the proposed development since they learned about it in September.

Transport for NSW has also announced the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) and concept plan for the facility will be on public exhibition from June 6 to July 4.

Ms Michelle Nicholson from the Kangy Angy Residents Action Group said Transport for NSW representatives met with residents on Friday, May 27 “to fulfil their obligations to engage in community consultation.

“When we raised our concerns about the flooding the project director said it was ‘their risk’.

“We believe this is not their risk to take, as they are also risking our tax payer dollars, the endangered species, and worsening the flooding in our area,” Ms Nicholson said.

The land was identified by the former Wyong Council as an alternative site to land at Warnervale for Transport for NSW to

Flooding of the Kangy Angy access road near the proposed train maintenance site on June 4 and 5

use as the maintenance and stabling facility for its new intercity fleet.

Documents obtained under the Government Information Public Access (GIPA) Act indicate that Transport for NSW wanted their facility to be built on land at Warnervale but Wyong Council discouraged that location as it interfered with the former council’s plan to develop Wyong as a business and education precinct.

In September, Transport for NSW named the flood-prone Kangy Angy land as the preferred location to establish the new Fleet Management Facility.

In making his first planning decision in the position of administrator with the newly-formed Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds said:

“It is likely the State Government would have moved to compulsorily acquire this land if council had not agreed to sell it.

“This decision guarantees the best outcome for council and residents.”

Mr Reynolds said the new facility would have the potential to create hundreds of local construction jobs and ongoing employment.

“The decision I had to make was about the land transfer,” Mr Reynolds said at a media conference after the meeting.

“There is a separate question about whether the facility should be developed and that is part of a planning process,” he said.

In responding to comments from residents that as an appointee of

the NSW Government, Mr Reynolds was simply doing its bidding, he said: “The decision was would I agree to sell the land.

“I am independent of government influence, I am not here to do the government’s bidding, I am here to serve the council,” Mr Reynolds said.

“Business goes on.

“We have to deal with business as usual and the state government said if we don’t sell it, it will be compulsorily acquired,” he said.

Central Coast Council CEO, Mr Rob Noble: “You could align the decision about the Kangy Angy land with the Sword of Damocles that came down with the immediate sacking of all councillors.

“We have had a sword held over our heads,” Mr Noble said.

“Council has been forced into a situation of agreeing to sell or forced to accept terms that may not be beneficial to the community.

“It is really sad when potential impacts arise on the people of that area,” he said.

Mr Noble said he would defend the decision to keep the sale price of the land confidential until the deal was finalised.

“The price will eventually become public but … commercial in confidence is a really important element of business deals when money is involved,” Mr Noble said.

“We are shocked by the decision made by the administrator,” Kangy Angy Residents Action Group spokesperson, Ms Michelle Nicholson said following the council

meeting.

“Resident, Mr Neil Bolte and Community Environment Network representative, Mr Mike Campbell, were both given reasonable time to voice the Kangy Angy residents’ concerns about the transfer of the land,” Ms Nicholson said.

“Tonight’s decision by Central Coast Council’s new administrator to offload flood prone, environmentally sensitive land to Transport for NSW to build a $300 million train facility is irresponsible and is detrimental to the Kangy Angy and Ourimbah area.

“Let’s hope the reckless decision tonight is not a sign of things to come from the new amalgamated council.

“Residents will continue to fight the proposed development that is being built in a ridiculous location.

“The facility would have no access in, would be built by filling in a wetland and wasting our tax payer dollars.

“Transport’s consultants put forward eight preferred sites and Kangy Angy was not one of them.

“Transport for NSW need to rethink their illconceived plan.”

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Peninsula residents wanting to buy local seafood from local retailers may soon not be able to do so, as changes to commercial fishing in NSW cut in, according to a Patonga fisherman from a family with more than 40 years in the industry.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, has said the changes would support local fishers and ensure the supply of locally caught, high quality seafood continued into the future.

However, fisherman Mr Dane Van Der Neut said the opposite was true and he believed the changes could be the death knell for local operators.

He said at least four of six operators in Patonga were under threat.

Mr Van Der Neut said he had been fishing for a living for 10 years and his father had been working in the industry out of Patonga for over 40 years.

“He spent the past three decades fighting for his job through consecutive governments,” he said.

Mr Van Der Neut said the latest NSW Government reform package was about corporatising the industry and targeting export markets.

Mr MacDonald said the key changes would see the NSW Government investing in fishing businesses and providing local fishers with the tools to better manage their business and ensure what is caught continues to be done so sustainably.

“The changes will provide more certainty and support for fishers to invest in their businesses, and cement the future of the commercial fishing industry for years to come,” he said.

Mr Van Der Neut, who fishes Hawkesbury River squid and Broken Bay school prawns, said estuary prawn trawl fishers have been given until July 2017 to raise their minimum shareholding to 200 or they will not be able to access their fisheries.

“There is no guarantee that those shares will be available.

“We have been given no guarantee of any access at all because, in 2019, a committee will

Patonga commercial fisherman Mr Dane Van Der Neut on Broken Bay

be established to determine how many boats should be left fishing,” he said.

“There are different issues with different governments,” he said.

“Labor Governments are predominantly green, whereas the Liberal and National Governments are more about corporatising, removing the smaller operators who support the local communities and turning them into larger businesses, moving them into larger ports and starting to work on export deals.”

According to Mr Van Der Neut, the latest NSW Government reforms “were asked for by a minority group in the industry who wanted to link their shares to the amount they could catch.

“Some of that minority group had good intentions, they wanted to buy more shares and run more traps or more nets.

“Ultimately what happened is the process got hijacked by a smaller minority group who had been buying up shares for years.”

He said the industry was now split between active fishers and “latent endorsements” who may hold a certain class of shares (such as for crab pots) but are not actively fishing.

He said the NSW Government has used the catch history of active fishermen to come up with its caps on kilos allowed to be caught per

day.

“Then they’ve redistributed the efforts of those active fishers in a Communist way over all the shares in a share class so now the active fisher’s shares have a lot less value,” he said.

Mr Van Der Neut uses the example of a five-member family who operated as a combine.

Their combined catch in the last year was 25 tonne of mud crabs.

Under the new rules their quota has been capped at 1400kg per fisher or a combined quote of seven tonne which means their business is no longer sustainable.

If that family is forced to sell its shares and exit the industry, there’s nothing stopping someone with a latent endorsement from buying up their shares and then profiting from the demise of the active fishers.

“At this point of time, we import 87 per cent of the fish products we eat but I will be shocked if in 10 years’ time you will be able to purchase locally caught seafood.

“This sort of reform has already happened in the lobster industry in NSW where you already have catch shares linked to a quota.

“I have already read reports from places like Columbia and smaller fishers are forced out of the industry through increased prices and after that it gets consolidated.

“When governments start to talk about sustainability we are talking

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about the amount of fish we take out of the ocean.

“That is the worst type of management we can do.

“The public does not understand that every time you have a shower, wash up, wash clothes that have micro plastics in them, that all goes in the drain and into fish habitat so while we are restricting what we can take out of the water we are still impacting on fish productivity.

“Commercial fishing is one of the only user groups of the marine environment that have a fishery management strategy underpinned by environmental impact studies.

“We’ve got all that.

“We also have the tick of sustainability.

“The only thing we don’t have the tick for is export which is a good thing from my point of view because it keeps seafood in the local community.”

According to Mr Van Der Neut around six commercial fishers are still operating out of Patonga and most are sole traders.

“My dad got shares a long time ago because he was in business pre-dating any reform.

“With most businesses you can make an educated gamble on the business, on what you are buying, there are no guarantees out of this.

“It is just a gamble that we will be buying more or less guaranteed access until 2019 and in 2019

we may have to do it all over again and the difference will be the Government in 2019 won’t need new regulations to make the changes, they will already be in place.”

“My belief is it is all about export and I feel what is happening is other countries overseas want our product to be on their tables and I don’t blame them because we have the best seafood.

“But the consumer is going to lose if they don’t wake up and do something about it.

“Commercial fishermen per electorate are in minute numbers so we don’t stand a chance politically so we need to tell the consumers to tell their MPs to look after our seafood.

“In 2017 we won’t know how many commercial fishers will be endorsed because we don’t know how many shares are available.

“There are only two fishers in Patonga as we speak with enough shares.

“So if the shares are available we might see those existing fishers continue, that is of course if they can access the funds to buy those shares because what this will do is increase the share price beyond our range.”

According to Mr MacDonald, the new program will give fishers the option to grow their business or choose to exit the industry “through a range of supportive measures including: low-rate loans; grants for retraining or for independent business advice; subsidies for buyers and sellers of shares; or fixed payments of $20,000 for fishing business buyouts.”

The NSW Government has also extended its cap on management fees.

Assistance is also available for fishing cooperatives.

The NSW Government will also invest $400,000 as part of a campaign to promote NSW caught seafood as sustainable and fresh and work with industry to implement an origin- labelling scheme for cooked seafood across the state.

Media release, 31 May 2016 Hannah Eves, office of Scot MacDonald Interview, 7 Jun 2016 Dane Van Der Neut, Woy Woy Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Development approval of Australian Taxation Office building deferred

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he Joint R e g i o n a l Planning Panel (JRPP) deferred its decision on whether or not to approve the development of the Australian Taxation Office building on part of the former Gosford Public School site.

The JRPP, including its two new delegates for the Central Coast Council, Mr Bob Ward and Mr Ken Greenwald, held its public meeting in the former Gosford Council’s chambers in Mann St Gosford on Thursday, June 9.

Eleven people addressed the panel, most to express their opposition to the development.

Mr David Abrahams, former chair of Regional Development Australia Central Coast, said: “The people in this room are Gosford’s champions, they are no rabble to be dismissed.”

He said hundreds of residents had been involved in two processes to articulate a vision for the waterfront (Our City Our Future) “and I think we

The Doma design for the ATO building right of the historic Arts School building looking from the corner of Mann St and Georgiana Tce that the building was to be located at the “front door of Gosford and the Central Coast.

“What is located on that site has clearly got to

“This is a loss of crown land by stealth to private ownership” nailed it”.

According to Mr Abrahams, the Central Coast Regional Development Corporation then chose to set aside the documents that articulated that vision and focused on selling the land of the former Gosford Public School on behalf of the state government.

He said Gosford Council’s executive had also set aside the documents that articulated the community’s shared vision for the waterfront.

Mr Jack Lloyd of Umina said his concerns were

be a building that gives something to the character of the city and has to be incorporated into the planning of the city,” Mr Lloyd said.

Mr Lloyd also questioned whether the allocated 106 car spaces were enough.

“The 106 car spaces is nothing like the provision allowed in other cities for mixed developments, it is way short of the parking provision that is normally made.

Ms Joy Cooper called the proposed development an “ugly box of building.

“This building will not link the CBD to the waterfront … it will create an area of isolated and lonely street frontage.”

She said the building could be reduced in floor space to comply with parking requirements.

Another speaker, Ms Power, said that as a resident of Gosford, she was interested in its future and had read as widely as she could.

“All documents for the school removal clearly show the site as intended for a cultural and performing arts precinct,” she said.

This is a loss of crown land by stealth to private ownership.

“In reality this site is iconic and a local significant site at the very least,” she said.

Mr Kevin Armstrong, representing Crown Land Our Land, Gosford, said an ATO building on any other

location in the Gosford CBD would have had the same impact on employment to the area.

He called the proposed extension of Baker St: “Something that is not at all certain at this current time”.

Mr Armstrong said ownership of the site remained “somewhat in doubt”.

spoke as a representative of the Gosford Waterfront Alliance Inc. As an architect, Ms Teraz outlined areas where the development application did not meet the requirements of the Development Control Plan and considerations of the risk ground water could pose to the building’s basement and structure.

“How did the site undergo the process of going from being a state significant site to having no master plan at all?”

“The best information I can find is that it was dedicated and supposedly removed in the 1970s using the Just Terms in Compensation Act that didn’t come into place until 1990s,” he said.

Ms Angelique Teraz

She questioned how the development’s disruption to ground water would be managed and its impact on surrounding properties.

“How did the site undergo the process of going from being a state significant site to having no master plan at

all?” she asked.

She said Gosford Waterfront Alliance Inc. called for “an entire analysis to retain delivery of an active mixed use precinct, to promote the waterfront and Gosford as a destination that would include a regional performing arts centre, regional park and public wharf facilities.”

A barrister, Mr Matthew Fraser, who principally practiced in the NSW Land and Environment Court, spoke against the DA on the basis that it underdeveloped the site.

“What struck me, when I read the assessment report, was that there was 24 metres of undeveloped air space,” Mr Fraser said.

He said that air space could be used for additional development or to make up the car parking shortfall.

According to Mr Fraser, one of the objectives of the current B4 mixed use zoning for the site was to enliven the Gosford waterfront.

“I suggest to the panel that that objective is not met by this development, throwing away air space when this site has uninterrupted views of waterfront.

“I suggest it would be of great difficulty for you to conclude this development was in line with the objectives of the zone.”

Mr Fraser said extending Baker St for overflow parking was not in the public’s interest.

“It does not behove a public department, in endorsing a proposal by a private developer, to endorse non-compliance, when you could have compliance so easily by better design of the development,” he said.

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Wyong rates to increase by 6.9 per cent he former Wyong Council determined at one of its last meetings to take the final year of its special rate variation (SRV) out of its draft 2016-17 operational plan, but the new Central Coast Council has decided to continue to charge the SRV in 2016-17.

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In essence, this decision by the new council means that Wyong rates will increase by up to 6.9 per cent instead of 3 per cent in 2016-17.

Road upgrades (general) In June 2013, the NSW Improving your local parks and Independent Pricing and environment program funding $3million Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) determined $491,200 Blackspot funding council’s application for EDSAAC Grandstand $1,060,000 $2million a special rate variation.

Better Beach access for the disabled $2million The IPART $1.5million Wyong Hospital Upgrade determination at the M1 Productivity Package $195million* time said: “We have CCTV cameras $205,000 determined that Wyong Hospital equipment $100,000 Council may increase $2.2million Kamira funding its general income … resulting in a cumulative $300,000 (over increase of 30.59 per cent Central Coast Community Legal Centre three years) over the next four years, Berkeley Vale Oval $75,000 or 17.6 per cent above the $3million Tuggerah Lakes Estuary rate peg.

Bateau Bay PCYC $50,000 “These annual up to $60million Roads rescue Package increases incorporate Footpaths $2.5million the rate peg to which Totals: $269,610,000 $21,171,200 the council would * Already in Federal Budget from 2013 otherwise be entitled,” the determination said. oth major parties, Liberal and Labor, have been making promises At the time, that rate to spend money on key projects for Dobell throughout the election peg was projected to sit campaign. around 3 per cent, in line with official inflation To make it easier for -O-Meter will also give general information about forecasts.

Based on IPART’s voters to see the totals readers a list of what to the Dobell electorate, the pledged and what they look out for in the future location of polling booths projections, that annual are for, Wyong Regional to keep track of how as well as the latest and increase in general Chronicle has put together many promises have been final information from all income for the 2016-17 a list of pledges made by kept by the winning party. the parties as they relate financial year would be both major parties since Our major election to Dobell begins on page over $5 million.

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of Wyong Council, councillors determined that they wished to give a dividend back to the community by not collecting the SRV in its final year.

That would have resulted in rates in the former Wyong local government area increasing by the IPART rate peg of 3 per cent only, and not by the SRV. According to the minutes from the April 27 meeting of Wyong Council, councillors moved to remove the final year of the special rate variation of 6.9 per cent from its draft strategic plan and replace it with a rate increase capped at 3 per cent.

During the debate over whether to collect the SRV or not, some councillors argued that the decision should have been sent to the Office of Local Government to ensure a decision not to collect the SRV would be in line with the merger guidelines that decisions of the former Wyong Council were subject to in the period before the merger.

According to the minutes, instead of

seeking advice from the Office of Local Government, councillors noted that they considered the merger guidelines and formed the view they did not apply and stated its reasons why.

However, since the formation of the Central Coast Council and dissolution of the former Wyong council, the decision regarding the special rate variation has been reversed.

In a media conference following the Central Coast Council’s June 8 ordinary meeting, CEO Mr Rob Noble said: “That was an expression of intent by the former Wyong Council.

“It hadn’t actually been adopted by virtue of the fact the former Wyong Council never did adopt its operational plan for 2016-17,” he said.

“So the new operational plan incorporates the proposed original SRV. “It will be on public exhibition (but not advertised in this newspaper) and we will wait for the public’s feedback on that,” he said.

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Anne Charlton, Labor candidate for Robertson

Federal member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has promised Peninsula rail commuters free wifi at Woy Woy train station and continuous mobile coverage all the way to Sydney if she is re-elected and the Coalition Government is returned.

Peninsula Election Promises 2016

Road upgrades Stage 2 of Ettalong Foreshore Project Satellite Primary Care facility Scoping study Woy Woy to M1 link Umina youth programs and PCYC Blackspot Funding Killcare

Candidates Anne Charlton Lucy Wicks Liberal Labor $60 million* $2.75 million $2.5 million $2 million $500,000 $1.2 million** $60 million#

Wi Fi at train stations and continuous mobile coverage for commute to Sydney Footnotes:

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*Funding to be shared between Robertson and Dobell but predominantly Robertson ** Unspecified share of funding for Umina from statewide allocation # Unspecified share of funding for Peninsula from statewide allocation ^ To be shared between all Central Coast train stations from Woy Woy to Wyong and all mobile blackspots along rail corridor

Election promises tabulated Both Liberal and Labor Parties have been making promises to spend money on key projects for the Peninsula during the election campaign.

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“We will invest to upgrade and build telecommunications infrastructure to improve the lives of one in four of the adult workforce who commute long distances by train each day,” Ms Wicks said.

More than 30 kilometres of rail between Wyong and Hornsby are black spots where commuters currently face little or no mobile data coverage, according to Ms Wicks.

The Coalition would invest $12 million to provide continuous intrain mobile coverage along the rail corridor between Wyong and Sydney as well as wifi at each train station.

“This will improve the lives of thousands of Peninsula residents who leave home before dawn each day and return after dark,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

“It will make work time more productive, enhance leisure time and help families and friends connect,” Mr Turnbull said.

“And it’s happening because local Member Lucy Wicks, after spending hundreds of hours talking to commuters, told me this was one of the most practical things we could do for families on the Central

Coast,” he said.

The Federal Minister for Communications, Mr Mitch Fifield, said the Coalition understood that reliable mobile coverage was crucial for productivity.

“The Coalition understands the importance of reliable mobile coverage so commuters can get work done and stay in touch with family or the office,” Mr Fifield said.

Ms Wicks said the commitment was a game-changer which would directly benefit thousands of people every day.

“This is a major, innovative commitment from the Turnbull Government which will mean more of our hard-working commuters can stay connected for longer on the daily commute, which can be a four to five hour round trip to Sydney or Newcastle,” Mrs Wicks said.

The $12 million commitment was expected to leverage an additional $4 million investment from the NSW Government, Ms Wicks said.

There would be an expression of interest process for mobile network providers to bid for the funding.

“A re-elected Turnbull Coalition will work with the NSW Government to provide in-kind assistance to deliver the wifi and improved mobile coverage, facilitating access to land along the rail corridor and helping facilitate planning approvals for new infrastructure,” Ms Wicks said.

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Labor promises major infrastructure upgrades The Peninsula could see major infrastructure upgrades if Labor was elected to government, according to Labor’s Candidate for Robertson, Ms Anne Charlton.

Ms Charlton has announced a $60 million roads package.

She said the Peninsula would get the most benefit from the Roads Rescue Package, with more than 40 roads in Woy Woy,

Umina, Ettalong and Booker Bay funded under a Labor Government compared with the Liberal’s commitment of $2.75 million for just three roads: one in Umina and two in Booker Bay. “This announcement is proof of Labor’s commitment to not only improving infrastructure on the Peninsula but also creating jobs to drive the economy for the next generation,” Ms Charlton said.

“In three years, all the Liberals have done is cut the ribbon on

roads that Labor funded.

“Lucy Wicks has not listened to the concerns of locals about the state of their roads and only came up with $2.75 million for Peninsula roads,” she added.

According to Ms Charlton, the commitment by Labor recognised the neglect of important issues that the people of the Peninsula have endured at the hands of successive Liberal representatives at local, state and federal levels.

“Labor will fix what has now

become a patchwork of badly maintained roads,” Ms Charlton said.

“This significant investment will keep motorists, cyclists and pedestrians safe.

“The flood-prone Peninsula is beset by a backlog of legacy roadworks further exacerbating safety problems and congestion in the area.

“These issues must be fixed and only Labor will take action on the Peninsula to grow jobs and the

economy, to improve the efficient movement of small business, to meet tourist expectations, boost the local economy, and keep our pedestrians moving safely around our beautiful suburbs.

“Only Labor is listening to the people of Robertson to make investments that put people first,” Ms Charlton concluded.

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Scope feasibility of straightening railway line between Coast

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oth major parties, Liberal and Labor, have been making promises to spend money on key projects for Robertson throughout the election campaign.

To make it easier for voters to see the totals pledged and what they are for, Coast Community News has put together a spend-o-meter to illustrate the value of pledges made by both major parties since the election was called eight weeks ago.

The Robertson spend-o-meter will also give readers a list of what to look out for in the future to keep track of how many promises have been kept by the winning party.

Our major election coverage, including candidate profiles, general information about the Robertson electorate, the location of polling booths as well as the latest and final information from all the parties as they relate to Robertson begins on page 10.

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he 2016-17 NSW Budget has invested in health facilities, schools, transport and roads to ensure the Central Coast remains a great place to live and work, according to parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald.

Mr MacDonald said the Central Coast was a growing region and the NSW Government was committed to ensuring it received its fair share of quality infrastructure and services to support its growth.

Key highlights from the 2016-17 NSW Budget included: $118.1 million to continue the Gosford Hospital redevelopment and $15 million to commence the Gosford Hospital Car Park; and, completion of the upgrade to Point Clare Public School, with $7 million allocated.

“This budget demonstrates the NSW Government’s commitment to delivering the best patient care on the Central Coast, with a huge $133 million towards the $348 million redevelopment of Gosford Hospital – the biggest budget investment in regional health infrastructure across the State,” said member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch.

Other infrastructure projects funded in the 2016-17 Budget include: $5.9 million for local road upgrades and improvements; $1.5 million

to continue planning the upgrade of the intersection of Empire Bay Dve and Scenic Rd and Cochrane St, Kincumber; $500,000 to plan a future upgrade to Terrigal Dve between Chetwynd Rd and Duffy’s Rd; $400,000 design of traffic lights on Terrigal Dve and Tarragal Glen Ave, Erina (current roundabout at Erina Fair/McDonalds), to improve local connections and support active transport; and, $500,000 drainage upgrade on Central Coast Hwy at Wamberal.

However, according to the shadow minister for the

Central Coast, Mr David Harris, crucial projects on the Central Coast have been ignored in the NSW Government’s latest budget.

Mr Harris and member for Gosford, Ms Kathy Smith, have criticised the budget’s lack of funding for key Central Coast infrastructure.

“Mike Baird has shown the Central Coast is not a priority for his government by failing to fund upgrades to local schools, TAFEs and train stations,” Mr Harris said.

According to Mr Harris: “The NSW Government continues to over promise and under deliver when it comes to providing for the families on the Central Coast, despite the rivers of stamp duty gold flowing into

treasury coffers from the property boom.

“The Budget fails to address elective surgery waiting lists or cut waiting times in Central Coast emergency departments,” Mr Harris said.

“In the January to March 2016 quarterly reporting period, 830 patients waited longer than seven and a half hours in the Gosford Hospital emergency department.

“There was no mention of funding for the most rundown schools on the Coast including: Kincumber High School with a maintenance backlog of $1.38 million; Erina High with $1.35 million; and Henry Kendall High with $1.11 million.

“There is not a single cent for Hunter TAFE Central Coast campuses in this year’s budget,” Mr Harris said.

“The Baird Government has broken its 2015 election promise of $12 million in funding for the development of the Gosford Regional Performing Arts Centre,” Mr Harris said.

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abor’s Ms Emma McBride secured the seat of Dobell and returned Commission, Dobell had Christian Democratic Member for Dobell.

“I spent this campaign the electorate to its Labor roots after ousting incumbent Liberal a 79.96 per cent turnout Party with 2,128 votes out listening to our and a 5.71 per cent and 2.59 per cent.

MP Ms Karen McNamara at the polls on July 2.

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With 89,339 votes counted, a 7.62 per cent swing vote placed Ms McBride firmly ahead of Ms McNamara with 55.6 per cent of the vote to 44.4 per cent on a two party preferred basis as of 4.30pm on July 4.

Ms McBride, who lost the 2013 election to Ms McNamara by 1000 votes, dedicated her victory to her father, former Member for the Entrance and Minister for Gaming and Racing, Mr Grant McBride and said she would endeavour to reflect his approach to politics in her own.

“In the 2013 election I was a candidate for 28 days.

“This time around, I was able to spend six months out listening to our community and talking to families on the Coast about what they wanted to see in their local representative.

“Labor made strong commitments to funding our healthcare and hospitals as well as delivering needs based funding for our schools.

“I am excited to be part of a team who are committed to improving health and educational

outcomes for our community.

“My father was a well-respected local representative for our community and fought hard to get the funding and outcomes the Central Coast deserved during his time as the State Member for The Entrance.

“I saw from a young age what it takes to work hard to represent your community.

“He always put the community first and that's what I would like to do as well,” Ms McBride said.

According to the Australian Electoral

informal vote.

First preference count voting for Dobell placed Ms McBride and the Australian Labor Party ahead with 37,082 votes and 44.02 per cent of the vote.

Second was Ms McNamara and the Liberals with 31,343 and 37.21 per cent.

Third place surprised many with Mr Carter Edwards of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation receiving 7,169 and 8.51 per cent, followed by Ms Abigail Boyd and the Greens with 4,654 and 5.52 per cent and Mr Robert Ervin of the

Dobell has traditionally been a Labor stronghold on the Central Coast, with Labor’s Mr Michael Lee holding the seat for 17 years, from Dobell’s first election in 1984 to 2001.

While, Ms McBride was celebrating her win on July 2, Ms NcNamara refused to concede defeat and was relying on the then (July, 2) 21,000 prepoll and postal votes yet to be counted.

Ms McBride said she would continue the listening tour that was a core aspect of her campaign as one of her first official acts as

community who had been let down by the Turnbull Government “I want to continue that conversation with the people in Dobell and make sure I am able to be the best representative for our community,” Ms McBride said.

Ms McNamara did not respond to questions about the result.

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Rate freeze redefined as rates increase by 6.9% y o n g ratepayers will soon receive their 2016-17 rate notices following the adoption of the Central Coast Council’s first operational plan by administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds.

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First quarterly instalments will be due on August 31 and the annual rate increase is 6.9 per cent.

The NSW Government has required the council, which was formed as the result of the state government merger of Wyong and Gosford Councils, to apply the rating structure, categories and subcategories of the former councils in the 2016-17 year.

Prior to the NSW Government announcing the dissolution of Wyong Council and the creation of the new Central Coast Council, it had regularly used the term “rate freeze” to assure communities in

Examples of 'typical' rates and charges for 2016-17 from the Central Coast Council's new operational plan

areas targeted for local government mergers that they would not be subject to rates hikes as a result.

Opponents to council amalgamations have argued the term rate freeze was misleading as it was never the intention

of the state government to freeze rates at premerger levels.

The Central Coast Council’s 2016-17 operational plan now refers to this as the NSW Government’s “committed four-year rate path freeze for

merged councils”.

Accordingly, rates in the former Wyong local government area have been increased by 6.9 per cent, including the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) rate peg of 1.8 per cent.

The 6.9 per cent increase is due to the new council’s decision to stick with the final year of the Wyong Council’s IPART-approved special rate variation (SRV) – part of the rates path of the former council.

The SRV was granted

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Rate freeze redefined as rates increase by 6.9% From P3 Mr Reynolds has since resolved to continue with the SRV for 2016-17.

“This increase will be applied to council’s total rate revenue in 2016-17 in respect of land within the former Wyong LGA,” said a report from the Central Coast Council’s CEO, Mr Rob Noble, on the adoption of the 201617 operational plan and the making and fixing of rates.

“The additional income (above the rate peg) has been, and will continue to be, used to improve the condition of existing assets,” the operational plan said.

“For rating purposes, council is required to use the latest available land values, as provided to council by the NSW Valuer General,” Mr Noble’s report said.

Land in the Wyong LGA was revalued by the state government in 2014 and those valuations

have been used when calculating 2016-17 rates in the Wyong LGA. In addition to land rates, residents also pay a waste management charge, a stormwater management charge and water, sewerage and drainage service charges.

The capped total amount of rates that the NSW Government allows council to charge is effectively shared between ratepayers according to the individual value of each property.

Applicable rates are classified by land type: farmland, residential, mining or business.

In 2016-17, rates in the former Wyong LGA will be calculated using what the state government calls its minimum rating structure.

The minimum residential rate has been set at $300.

An ad valorem (charge based on the value of real

estate) amount of 38 cents ($0.381415 to be precise) per dollar value of land will be used to calculate residential rates above that minimum.

If a ratepayer’s unimproved land value is less than $50,000, they will pay the base rate of $300.

The ordinary residential rate for land valued at around the mid range of $210,000 will be $1,202.

Land valued at $750,000 would cost the ratepayer $4,509 in ordinary rates for 201617.

The Central Coast Council has forecast that it will earn $71.13 million from residential rates in the former Wyong LGA based on that charging method.

Central Coast Council have used an example of land valued at $190,000 to show what a typical rate payer might be charged in 2016-17.

Pacific highway upgrade left out of state budget

yong Regional Chamber of Commerce President, Mr Ron Stevens, said that despite Wyong’s thriving CBD, it has missed out on funding for council’s pacific highway upgrades through the town ordinary centre again.

In the example, residential rates would cost $1,142.

The domestic waste management charge for a standard three bin service with six bulk collections would be an additional $514.

The stormwater management charge for 2016-17 will be $25 and Wyong Water charges for the year would total $2,457.

The typical ratepayer’s total rates and charges for the year would be $2,457 or quarterly instalments of $614.

The Wyong Water charges are made up of: a $165 water service charge; $483 sewer service charge; and drainage service charge of $128.

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“The announcement by the NSW State Government in last week’s budget that the Pacific Highway upgrade through Wyong Town Centre did not receive funding to start the project delivers a major blow to Wyong town businesses, and the business community is gutted,” Mr Stevens said.

According to Mr Stevens, who has served as a Councillor for the former Wyong Shire Council, the project has been in the planning stage for the past 15 years and that expectations were that it was close to fruition.

“We thought that the project was progressing well, with the NSW Government allocating $1.5 million in this financial year that was allowing detailed design to be completed with the view to be shovel ready.

“The fact that the Government is close to having no debt makes the lack of funding allocation harder to accept.

”The proposed upgrade will provide opportunities for growth and development for businesses in the Wyong area by reducing congestion.

“If you are one of the 30,000 vehicles a day using the stretch of the Pacific Highway through the town of Wyong, you will know how frustrating it is to sit in the tailback from Tuggerah,” Mr Stevens said.

Mr Stevens is calling on the treasurer, Ms Gladys Berejiklian MP, to reconsider the decision.

“The Art House is open, new CCTV is complete, shop tenancy is up, Wyong CBD’s future is looking bright, and yet, we missed out on funding yet again.

“The funding for this projects is long overdue and we need the dates for construction announced,” Mr Stevens concluded.

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Ourimbah boarding house environment court conference adjourned Land and Environment Court Section 34 conciliation conference was be held behind the Ourimbah shops in Glen Rd on Friday, June 24 to examine an appeal against a decision by the former Wyong Council to refuse modifications to a DA for a boarding house.

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The Glen Rd, Ourimbah boarding house was given conditional consent by the Joint Regional Planning Panel in 2015 after strong community opposition to the development.

The developer appealed to the Land and Environment Court because of a deemed refusal by the then Wyong Council of a Section 96 modification request.

The developer wanted

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to use the Section 96 modification to change the JRPP’s conditional

consent.

Mr Brian Davies, representing Ourimbah

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that the JRPP did not approve.

“He also wants to remove the requirement to provide a new Plan of Management,” Mr Davies said.

“One bizarre condition is to remove laundry tubs,” he said.

“He believes it is safer for everyone to buy a plastic bucket and do their washing in their rooms.

“Section 96(2) says a consent authority can consider a modification request if it is satisfied that the development to which the consent as modified relates is substantially the same development as the development for which consent was originally granted and before that consent as originally granted was modified.

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“This raises the question of whether it is even a valid request”, he said.

The conciliation conference on June 24 included a site inspection by the Land and Environment Court commissioner, and a public session where select residents were allowed to speak.

The hearing, held at the proposed boarding house site in Glen Rd, was adjourned until September

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12 to allow the developer to submit updated plans.

“This is not what we expected,” said Mr Allan Benson, spokesman for the ‘Stop Glen Road Development Action Group’.

“We had anticipated that this hearing would result in the matter being referred for a full Land and Environment Court hearing,’ Mr Benson said.

“We will be urgently seeking clarification from Central Coast Council of the implications of this adjournment,” he said.

More than 80 concerned local residents attended the on-site meeting to support the speakers presenting submissions to the Land and Environment Court

commissioner, Mr John Maston.

Local residents, Mr Greg McGill, Mr Allan Benson, Mr Brian Davies, Ms Amanda Hills and Mr Wayne Morris all made submissions.

Each speaker addressed separate points in the developer’s Section 96 application, including the validity of the application, and defended the measures put in place by the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) to preserve tallowwood trees on the site.

Mr Benson said the speakers representing the community also address the need for updated arboriculture, landscaping and structural engineering

reports, as required by the JRRP. They opposed the “watering down of conditions imposed on operational issues with the boarding house”.

“The speakers all stressed that the boarding house development does not comply with the Character Test for Ourimbah because of the bulk and scale of the building with the inclusion of the west wing,” Mr Benson said.

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A number of resident and neighbourhood groups have formed to oppose the Council’s proposed selloff of public lands in Gosford.

This process commenced in 2015 with the former Gosford Council supporting the reclassification of over 30 lots of public land to then be sold - many of these have environmental values or are parks or public spaces used by local communities.

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Over 200 people attended a public meeting in February and over 1500 signatures have been submitted through petitions raising concerns about the process.

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Council budget looks healthy with over $550 million operating income projected he Central Coast Council adopted its first annual budget and Vale.

The real costs of the operational plan at its meeting on June 29.

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Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said the new council was set to deliver over $540 million in essential services and $183 million on infrastructure for the Coast’s growing community.

The budget allows for $555.9 million in operating income, 64 per cent of which will be provided from rates and annual charges.

In round figures, that means ratepayers (residential and business) will contribute $355.77 million to the new council’s income for 2016-17 and about half of that will come from the former Wyong LGA. Such numbers illustrate that the Central Coast now has one of the biggest councils

in Australia with an operating budget of $723 million and an asset base of over $11 billion.

Mr Reynolds said community infrastructure was a key focus of the new operational plan with 80.6 per cent of the budget to be spent on: water and sewerage assets ($226.6 million); road and drainage ($156.1 million); waste management and commercial enterprises ($115.1 million); open space and recreation ($59.6 million); and, waterways and environment projects ($26.2 million).

Construction of the Mardi to Warnervale trunk main will cost $4 million, according to Mr Reynolds.

The $156 million

investment in roads and drainage would include planned upgrades for Berkeley Vale, Buff Point, San Remo and Wyongah in the Coast’s north.

The council plans to spend $24 million on recreational facilities, $15.4 million of which will be spent in the former Wyong LGA: $7.5 million on the Tuggerah Regional Sport and Recreation Complex; $ 4.9 million on a new Colongra Bay Sports Complex; and $3 million on the Magenta Shared Pathway.

The northern areas of the Central Coast will also share in $2 million budgeted to upgrade 25 play spaces across the Coast including a district level playground at Kurraba Oval, Berkeley

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amalgamation remain unknown.

“As the costs of the merger are not yet known, we are preparing an estimate,” said the introduction to the Central Coast Council’s first operational plan.

It is expecting capital grants and contributions of $42.4 million to give it an overall projected operating result of $57.5 million.

Capital expenditure for the 2016-17 financial year has been projected at $182.9 million.

A breakdown of

Income estimates for the former Wyong Council were also based on the assumption that IPART would approve a rate peg of 2.25 per cent in 2017-18 and 2 per cent for each of the following three years.

“The estimated costs of the merger will be incorporated in a quarterly budget adjustment for 201617”, part 2 (financial information) of council’s 2016-17 operational plan said.

The new council projects it will leave a net operating result of $15 million.

consolidated income includes: $159.7 million from rates; $192.5 million from charges; $122.2 million from user charges and fees; $8.8 million from interest and investment revenue; and, $14.8 million from other revenues.

Grants and contributions provided for operating purposes

have been projected to total $49.5 million and the council is expecting to make an $8.4 million net gain from the disposal of assets.

Drilling down into the budget for the area drawn from the former Wyong LGA, the operational plan sets out evidence of the former council’s financial sustainability when measured against ratios prescribed by the NSW Government that dismissed it for being “unfit”.

One area that remains problematic is the financial performance of Wyong Water.

“In 2013-14, a four-year pricing determination was awarded by IPART that is less than what is required to recover costs,” the operational plan said.

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News From P7 IPART allowed a revenue increase of only 1.7 per cent but, according to council, costs increased between three and four per cent.

Lower usage levels put further pressure on Wyong Water revenues.

“This has left council with reduced income to deliver our water and sewerage services, in turn impacting the operating result of Wyong Water.”

The latest budget has estimated a Wyong Water deficit, before capital grants and contributions, of $1.3 million.

“Operating deficits in Wyong Water impact the overall consolidated operating result,” the operational plan said.

Council has reviewed its water and sewerage services and identified actions to generate “significant savings”, but the operational plan included the following warning to rate payers: “There are limits to such strategies before services are impacted”.

The former Wyong Council’s debt levels in proportion to total assets are very low, at 5.5 per

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cent.

The bulk of that debt, concentrated in Wyong Water, was set up when interest rates were substantially higher and the loans were established at fixed rates for between 10 and 20 years.

Loans cannot be renegotiated at this stage because council would have to pay significant break costs to get out of those fixed rate arrangements and that will remain the case until at least 2019.

The former Wyong Council’s weighted average cost of borrowing is 6.95 per cent, which is significantly higher than current borrowing rates and significantly lower than it can currently earn on investments.

The good news is, due to Wyong Council having no “exotic” or high-risk investments, the value of its investment portfolio, at $118 million, is robust and not in any doubt, according to the plan.

Wyong Council had been attempting, in recent years, to underpin its financial sustainability by investing in commercial enterprises with fees

and charges that are not regulated.

“Over the past year, council has focused on the development of commercial businesses and maximising return on investment,” the plan said.

The plan does acknowledge that such enterprises are subject to supply and demand pressures.

Income estimates for the former Wyong Council were also based on the assumption that IPART would approve a rate peg of 2.25 per cent in 2017-18 and 2 per cent for each of the following three years.

If that rate peg varied by one per cent, council has calculated that would result in a $831,000 change in revenue.

The biggest risk to council’s income estimates would appear to be a change in interest rates.

A one per cent interest rate change would result in a $1.5 million change in revenue.

According to modelling included in the budget, even if waste levy costs increased by

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10 per cent and water usage income fell by 5 per cent, the former Wyong Council would still be in a position to produce positive net operating results through to 2025-26.

“Our new executive team are currently working on a new vision and priorities for council and we will also be seeking community input,” Mr Reynolds said.

Core themes in the operational plan were community, environment, economy and civic leadership.

Priorities in the community (society and culture) area for the north of the new LGA include a positive aging action plan, a review of youth services, a new regional cultural development framework in partnership with Regional Development Australia and implementation of parts of a tourism

strategy.

A quantitative assessment of The Entrance Channel will be undertaken as part of the council’s environmental programs in the north and the Lakes Festival will run for its second year.

The operational plan also commits to the finalisation of the coastal zone management plan for the former Wyong Council area.

Other highlights for the northern part of the new Central Coast local government area will include a review of Town Centre Management agreements and a new Smart Hub. As part of its operational plan, council intends to complete a masterplan for the incremental development of Warnervale Airport, initially based on general aviation uses followed by passenger services by December.

The plan also commits to a review of Development Control Plan chapters relating to development within rural areas, Warnervale South and to public Art by June 30, 2017.

Reviews will be undertaken during the next 12 months to bring the operational plan into greater alignment with the forward programs of the new council and that means actions, projects and programs set out in the 2016-17 plan may change as a result.

Media release, Jun 28, 2016 Central Coast Council media Agenda item 2.2, Jun 29, 2016 Central Coast Council extraordinary meeting Operational plan final, Jul 1, 2016 Operational Plan Part 2, financial information 2015-16 Central Coast Council Jackie Pearson, journalist

Law Society admonishes former mayor he name of former Wyong mayor, Doug Eaton OAM, has been added to the register of the NSW Office of the Legal Services Commissioner.

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The Register of Disciplinary Action lists Mr Doug Eaton, who was admitted to the legal profession in 1979, for having breached Rule 36 of the Revised Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 1995.

The breach related to a conflict of interest as a result of Mr Eaton “acting for a client in a dealing between that

client and a local council of which the practitioner is a member”.

Mr Eaton’s inclusion on the Register of Disciplinary Action was the result of a finding by the Council of the Law Society of NSW. The Law Society found a “reasonable likelihood of a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct”.

As a result of the finding, Mr Eaton received a public reprimand, which the Law Society defined as “an admonishment of his actions”.

The finding was made on June 6, 2016.

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News Group fears Glenning Valley bushland is under threat July 5, 2016 - P9 9

embers of the ‘Say No to Glenning Valley Development Group’ have expressed their outrage at the Central Coast Council’s decision to allow all former Wyong councillors to be members of the new Local Representation Committee.

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“The Central Coast community is gravely concerned by the continuous destruction of our natural bushlands, including the many species of native animals that are losing their homes due to unsustainable developments,” said group spokesperson, Ms Kylie Boyle.

“Glenning Valley bushland was a protected area and it should remain so.

“Local residents are calling on council to be an advocate and support its community rather than greedy developers.

“We want this area of Glenning Valley to be protected and be included as part of the Coastal Open Space System,” she said.

“The Coastal Open Space System was set up to preserve the bushland and the character of Gosford Shire and it should be now extended into the Wyong Shire.

“Gosford Council prided itself on being the only council to actively purchase identified high nature conservation valued land.

“With the newlyamalgamated Central Coast Council, this should continue, and be available for the entire Central Coast.

“Glenning Valley is a significant conservation land that contains an endangered ecological community, wetlands, and threatened and vulnerable species of flora and fauna, including habitat for critically endangered species such as the swift parrot.”

Glenning Valley is not the only Coastal area under threat from unsustainable developments, according to Ms Boyle.

“Other issues include the Old Farm redevelopment at Mardi, a development being built in a flood zone and Mangrove Mountain Landfill, perhaps one the most critical issues for the Coast as it has potential to impact our drinking water.

“Geoffrey Rd, Chittaway Point, is another development where approximately 200 houses are due to be built, impacting on our local infrastructure.

“The train maintenance

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facility at Kangy Angy will affect 42 hectares of E2/E3 zoned flood-prone land.

“Enough is enough; this has to stop and it has to stop now.

“The community have even more concerns now that the council has established a Local Representation Committee and to appoint former council members who were sacked during the amalgamation.

“How can the community trust its council when all we see is destruction and aggressive polices that destroy the Coast and its natural habitats, and now we have no say in who is even representing us?

“Wyong Shire was known for having the most aggressive tree policy of any council in NSW and it is changing the identity of the Coast by removing habitat.”

Ms Boyle said the ‘Say No to Glenning Valley Development Group’ had asked all candidates in the July 2 federal election how they would ensure the area is developed sustainably as a result of population growth and housing demand.

“Disappointingly this question was not even discussed by the federal members.

“We have no trust in our local council and federal candidates ignored our concerns.

“We are gravely concerned about the future of the Coast and its beautiful bushlands.

“True sustainable development is a grand vision for positive change, a new beginning.

“For this change to occur however, we need to transform our thinking and re-develop our decision making processes.

“We as a community need to stand together, as it appears that our councils and federal members have forgotten about the community that actually sustains their existence,” Ms Boyle said.

Media release, Jun 27, 2016 Kylie Boyle, Say No to Glenning Valley Development Group

Other Regional News - In brief Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262, & 2263.

Given the arrival of new Central Coast Council, following is a summary of news articles published in the

most recent edition of each of our sister Central Coast publications.

The full articles and more, as well as all previously published editions, can be seen on line on our website

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

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Peninsula News focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2256 & 2257.

Election promises tabulated

Wicks promises continuous mobile coverage on our trains

Labor promises major infrastructure upgrades

Both Liberal and Labor Parties have been making promises to spend money on key projects for the Peninsula during the election campaign.

Federal member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, has promised Peninsula rail commuters free wifi at Woy Woy train station and

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Indigenous events at libraries

Facilitator appointed for land sale meetings

NSW Budget ignores level crossing safety, says Smith

Umina and Woy Woy Libraries will hold events as part of the Central Coast Council’s celebrations for Naidoc Week from July 3 to 10.

Mr Gary Warnes has been appointed as independent facilitator to conduct public meetings about the reclassification of community land owned by Central Coast Council at 83 to 85 Brisbane

The absence of funding for the Rawson Rd level crossing in the NSW State Budget is a “road safety concern”, according to Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith.

Cafe donates outdoor furniture to the public

Rotary donates more than $35,700 in a year

Investment report endorsed

A Umina cafe has donated its outdoor furniture for public use after being asked by the Central Coast Council to remove it under new council

The Rotary Club of Umina Beach has announced that it has made donations of over $35,700 during the past year.

The first consolidated investment report for the Central Coast Council, for the month of May, was endorsed by administrator, Mr Ian

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Robertson Spend-O-Metre

Performing Arts Centre funding no longer in state budget

Final decision on Tax Office imminent but appears rushed

Both major parties, Liberal and Labor, have been making promises to spend money on key projects for Robertson throughout the election campaign.

The 2016-17 NSW Budget has invested in health facilities, schools, transport and roads to ensure the Central Coast remains a great place to live and work, according to

The Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) will reconvene in Gosford on Thursday, June 30, to decide the fate of the development application from Doma to construct an

EPA confirms independent review of landfill operations

Coastal legislation has failed before being proclaimed

Robertson voters to cast their votes

A community meeting to raise awareness about the landfi ll at Mangrove Mountain was attended by over 250 people on June 16.

Legislation labelled as innovative and rushed through Parliament by the NSW Government just days before the June 4 and 5 major storm has been tested and

The federal electoral division of Robertson covers an area of 980 square kilometres with a population projected by the Australian Bureau Statistics at 147,142.

Labor promise a Commonwealth Institute of Higher Education

Prime Minister promises continuous in-train mobile coverage

Candidates have their say

re-elected Coalition According to Labor’s A Candidate for Robertson, Ms Government would provide Anne Charlton, an elected continuous mobile coverage Shorten Labor Government on trains between the Central will make Gosford home Coast and Hornsby, as well to a new jobs-focused as Wi-Fi at each train station.

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Art House needs different marketing hile the new Wyong Art House is a sight to behold and praise to all involved, may I say that the continuing darkness of the building every night does not bode well for its future.

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There seems to be management employed in there at present who have never heard that an empty house is money lost.

Seeing as this is the principle it’s going to be run on and maybe going the way of the marvellous Oasis Centre (built to be knocked down), may I offer the following.

Give every ratepayer in the new Central Coast Super Council area six free tickets, valid for a year.

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Then Th let l t managementt earn their money by calling for performances by every Tom Dick and Harry, every music group, brass band and busker.

Engage the local high schools or TAFE to allow students to arrange the shows as work experience.

Of course, no performer gets paid directly.

They can sell

merchandise to get some cash or provide hats to be passed around.

Bring back Wyong’s marvellous Drama Group, give them free reign.

Get the end of school concerts, the dance groups.

All free.

Better to be a buzzing centre of light than a dark windswept corner.

Email, Jun 27, 2016 Tony Redmond, Wyong

Suspected armed robbers arrested wo men, one from Long Jetty and one from Kanwal, have been charged as part of the investigation into aggravated break-ins at supermarkets.

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Strike Force Perspex was established by detectives from the State Crime Command’s Property Crime Squad to investigate a number of break-ins at supermarkets on the Central Coast on June 9.

As a result of inquiries, strike force investigators, with the assistance of the Public Order and Riot Squad and the Dog Unit, executed a search warrant at a home unit on Kitchener Rd, Long Jetty, on June 28.

During the search,

officers located and seized a knife, mobile phones, break in implements, identification documents and clothing.

A 26 year old man was arrested at the home and taken to Wyong Police Station, where he was charged with three counts of aggravated break, enter, and steal and commit serious indictable offence in company; take and drive conveyance without consent of owner,

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conspiracy to commit armed robbery with offensive weapon, and larceny.

He appeared at Wyong Local Court on June 29, where he was formally refused bail to reappear at the same court on August 16.

A 22 year old man was later arrested at a home on Hughes Ave, Kanwal.

He was taken to Wyong Police Station and charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery with offensive weapon, and warrants.

He was refused bail to appear at Wyong Local Court on June 30.

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Airport is not viable, desirable or necessary

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write in opposition to Warnervale Airport and its development being included in Council’s 2016-17 Operational Plan.

I believe a confidential Wyong Council Airport Business Paper of October 2015 contained very little factual information and misled councillors by putting Warnervale Airport as a viable proposition, when it is nothing of the sort.

In fact, all the evidence available on the public record points to an airport that is doomed to failure, at a cost over five times that put to the councillors.

The proposed Warnervale Airport development is inconsistent with the stated aims and guiding principles of the new council’s Operational Plan.

The airport can only damage the environment and as it will not succeed, it will deprive the Central Coast of at least 626 direct industrial jobs as the runway and facilities will sterilise the prime industrial development site that is the current Aeroplane Landing Area.

The total lack of community consultation and council’s confidential consideration and decision making regarding the airport also contradicts the guiding principles in the Operational Plan.

The flight path from Warnervale Airport is directly over the proposed up-market old Mardi dairy development only 4.3 km off the end of an 1800m runway on the current alignment.

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There Th iis no need d to t expand Warnervale Airport beyond the old 950m runway, as that length caters for virtually all general aviation aircraft including the Grumman G-111 Albatross which requires less than 600m of runway.

General Aviation is in severe decline and there is no demand for these services, with movements at Bankstown a mere 32 per cent of those in the 80s.

This is contrary to the claims of general aviation demand made by Council staff in the 28 October Airport Business Papers.

Dr Peter Cook, chief executive officer of Newcastle Airport, has written to Hunter and Central Coast parliamentary secretary Scot McDonald saying: “Newcastle Airport strongly identifies the Central Coast as being within its core catchment and is working hard to support this community.”

Why risk the viability of our very own Regional Airport at Newcastle

by wasting over $250 million building a Warnervale Airport in direct competition with Newcastle, thereby ensuring that neither airport is viable?

I understand from the joint Wyong-Gosford Council meeting earlier this year that Wyong Council staff said a Warnervale Airport would not go into the SEPP 14 Porters Creek Wetland.

If this is correct, then an 1800 metre runway would have to go north over Sparks Rd. On the existing alignment, that would entail taking out a large portion of Mountain Rd and the businesses operating there, as the rapidly rising topography interferes with CASA OLS requirements.

A 150 metre long by four-lane wide vehicle tunnel would be required to take Sparks Rd under the runway.

Should Council be successful in repealing the Warnervale Airport Restrictions Act, Council will then have to prepare an EIS. Council will then have to push the airport through a planning process and probably the Land and Environment Court in the face of likely intense community, political and commercial opposition.

I am not afraid of handing over to council, free of charge, the incontrovertible facts showing council’s airport is not viable, desirable or necessary.

Email Jul 1, 2016 Laurie Eyes, Wyong Creek

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etectives have laid additional charges as part of the investigation into the murder of a woman on the Central Coast in April.

About 10.30am on April 24, emergency services were called to Snapper Point in the Munmorah State Conservation Area, following the discovery of a woman’s body in water inside the blow hole.

Strike Force Elise was established by investigators from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad and Tuggerah Lakes Local Area Command to investigate

the circumstances surrounding the woman’s murder.

The woman was formally identified as Mengmei Leng, a 25 year old international student from China.

On April 29, a 27 year old man was arrested and charged with murder.

Following further inquiries, detectives laid an additional 27 charges when the man appeared

at Burwood Local Court on June 29.

He was charged with detain for advantage, five counts of commit act of indecency, 17 counts of film person’s private parts without consent, two counts of film person in private act without consent and two counts of install device to film.

The man remains in the custody of Corrective Services NSW. Media release, Jun 29, 2016 NSW Police Media

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter lands in Mardi

Injured girl airlifted to hospital 15 year old girl was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital after falling from the horse she was riding on June 27.

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The Westpac Rescue Helicopter arrived at a Mardi property to airlift the girl, suffering from pelvic injuries.

The girl was also

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The NSW Police Force Community Portal, which went live on June 15, gives members of the public the option to report lost property, theft and intentional damage, including graffiti, online via a secure, efficient and convenient platform.

Use of the portal, which is linked to a Service NSW account, also allows people who report non-urgent crime to make and receive updates on their cases.

Lost property, intentional damage and theft resulted in 600,000 police reports in 2014-15 across NSW. To use the portal, community members must simply create a MyServiceNSW account on the Service NSW website, which they will then be able to connect with the NSW Police Force, to successfully complete a report.

“Modern technology means we have created a

new platform for police incident reporting for the Brisbane Water LAC,” Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch said.

“This resource is about recognising the changing needs of the community we serve and the ever-increasing role technology plays in their day-to-day lives.

“The Brisbane Water LAC has already been using technology with great effect via social media and this is another step in assisting the community on the Central Coast,” he added.

NSW Police Commissioner, Mr Andrew Scipione, said the Community Portal would not replace the ability for people to report these types of crimes to police in person or on the phone, but it adds a convenient online reporting tool.

“Lodging a report via

the Community Portal can be completed in a matter of minutes, it’s incredibly efficient and you’ll be notified once your report has been received.

“The portal also facilitates two-way communication between officers, PoliceLink and the community, so members of the public can be kept informed should their report require further investigation,” Commissioner Scipione said.

NSW Police said: “This system is userfriendly and with step-bystep instructions, we’re confident that anyone can lodge a report quickly and easily from anywhere with Internet access.

“The tool would be extremely useful for people on the Central Coast and the report can also be used for insurance purposes.”

Media release, Jun 19, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

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Media release, Jun 27, 2016 Barry Walton, WRHS Ops Media Team

Man arrested over Buff Point shooting

New community crime-reporting portal arliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald MLC, urged Wyong residents to make use of a new community crime-reporting portal offering a quick and secure way to report crime on the Central Coast.

to John Hunter in a stable condition.

olice and emergency services were called to Tirriki Cl, Buff Point, following reports of a shooting on July 2.

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Shortly after police arrived, a 21 year old man presented at Wyong Hospital with a gunshot wound to his chest.

He was later airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition.

Officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Local Area Command

established a crime scene and commenced investigations.

A 20 year old man was arrested at the scene.

He was taken to Wyong Police Station for further questioning.

Initial investigations

suggest an altercation took place between two groups of people outside a home before the man was shot.

Anyone with information or witnesses who have not yet spoken to police, are urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Media release, Jul 2, 2016 NSW Police Media

Accident causes highway closure at Charmhaven two vehicle accident in Charmhaven closed the Central Coast Highway in both directions on July 3.

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Northbound motorists were diverted on to Wallarah Rd, Lake Haven Dr, to re-join the Pacific Highway.

Heavy vehicles were advised to divert onto Sparks Rd, the Pacific

Motorway and the Doyalson Link Rd to rejoin the Pacific Highway.

Southbound motorists were diverted in to

Mataram Rd, Hiawatha Rd and Sparks Rd. The incident was classed as a minor incident by a NSW Police Media spokesperson.

Website, Jul 4, 2016 M1 Traffic.com

Health

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Dingo pups highlight the importance of dingoes to the environment

Camp Breakaway calls for help

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he Australian Reptile Park, Somersby, has welcomed the arrival of five dingo puppies, bred in captivity over the autumn months, born to resident dingoes Adina and Fred.

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With a dingo breeding cycle generally expected to yield two or three pups, Adina and Fred exceeded all expectations by producing five healthy pups, comprising of three boys and two girls.

The five pups are fully reliant on their mother Adina for the next three weeks as they venture out of their den at Australian Reptile Park, timed for visitors during the July school holidays.

As an active supporter of wildlife conservation, Australian Reptile Park bred the dingoes to educate Australians about the importance of the species within the ecosystem, to protect them from extinction, and also to dispel the myth that the dingo is a dangerous pest.

“The dingo plays a very important role in the

Australian eco-system,” General Manager of the Australian Reptile Park, Mr Tim Faulkner said.

“Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate on earth due to habitat distribution, agriculture, and most importantly, feral foxes and cats feeding on mammals that are in the critical weight range of five kilos or less.

“Dingoes are being blasted, baited, tracked, shot and hunted in the wild because of their perceived damage to agriculture.

“However, killing dingoes removes them from the critical weight eco-system, allowing feral foxes and cats to continuously increase the rate of mammal extinction.

“If dingoes continue to be hunted, Australia will

see another endangered species disappear, just like the Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial which shared a similar role in the environment as the dingo,” Mr Faulkner said.

The Tasmanian Tiger disappeared from Australian soil on September 7, 1936, a date now known as the annual National Threatened Species Day. During July school holidays, Australian Reptile Park will be celebrating the birth of the five dingo puppies with daily interaction for visitors.

The enclosed den will also be open and visible for guests to admire the pups roaming with parents Adina and Fred.

Media release, Jul 3, 2016 Lizzie Doyle, PR Marketing

Rotary club to hear about addiction recovery services

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ooralong Transformation Centre’s Assistant Manager, Ms Lyndel Taylor, will speak at the Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley, at their first meeting of the new financial year, on July 6.

The Centre, which is operated by the Salvation Army, offers addiction recovery services to people afflicted with alcohol, drug or gambling problems.

The Centre offers support services to addicts and their families, such as group discussions, one on

one sessions, alcohol and drug education, active therapy and vocational training.

“The Centre is an abstinence based, drugfree environment and programmes provide a holistic treatment service that will help achieve physical, mental,

emotional, social and spiritual well-being,” Ms Taylor said.

Ms Taylor will be on hand to discuss the Centre’s work and its impact on the community.

Media release, Jul 4, 2016 The Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley

amp Breakaway, San Remo, has put out a call for volunteers to support their camps for children with disabilities and high medical needs.

“All of the camps held at Camp Breakaway are special,” said Camp Breakaway’s general manager, Mr Terry Hayes.

“If you speak to our volunteers and staff who run the camps for children, they will tell you how extra special these camps are.

“During the year we will run up to eight camps for children with disabilities and high medical needs as well camps for young carers and siblings who have a family member with a disability,” he continued.

The camps provide respite for both the child with a disability and their families.

“For the child with a disability, staying at

Camp Breakaway is more like a holiday.

“They arrive with a smile on their face, and leave with an even bigger one,” Mr Hayes said.

Located on 25 landscaped acres, Camp Breakaway provides accommodation, meals, activities and entertainment at their camps, all combining for one great break from the camper’s normal lives.

“I have had the opportunity to see firsthand the difference our volunteers make in the lives of children with a disability.

“What they do is both remarkable and inspiring.

“If you are a person who has some time to give, a special

place in your heart for children, and want to do something worthwhile, Camp Breakaway has a volunteer program and role that will suit you, from managing a camp to washing dishes.

“With many camps already scheduled and more being planned, we are seeking more people to volunteer to help us help others.

“We provide training, as well as meals and accommodation, when you participate in a camp.

“A police check and a working with children clearance are required,” Mr Hayes concluded.

Media release, Jun 22, 2016 Terry Hayes, Camp Breakaway

Nareen Terrace extended

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niting have invested $10 million to extend the Nareen Terrace Village in Hamlyn Terrace.

The investment, which aims to keep up with the growing demand on the Coast for high quality accommodation for over 55s, has already sparked the community’s interest, according to Uniting’s Ms Helen Wood.

“The development has created quite a buzz around town with potential residents already dropping in to

the neighbourhood,” Ms Wood said.

“For some, making the move into retirement living can be one of the toughest to make.

“But I’m sure if you speak to any of our residents, they’ll tell you it was one of the best decisions they had ever made.

“That’s why we’re inviting everyone to

take a look around to get to know us and our community,” she continued.

The Uniting Nareen Terrace Village extension includes two, two plus study and three bedroom villas, offering affordable accommodation for over 55s to enjoy a Central Coast lifestyle.

Media release, Jun 22, 2016 Alison Thyer, Uniting

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Feature

Perfect weather at Whale Dreamers Festival

he eleventh annual Whale Dreamers Festival was held at Norah Head Lighthouse on July 3.

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Thousands of attendees were drawn to the iconic headland to experience what the festival had on offer, including: whale sightings, conservation displays, live music and guest speakers.

Created by four local women to celebrate whales, their environment and the community; Ms Colette Baron, Ms Roberta DixonValk, Ms Nikki Freeburn and Ms Jeannie Lawson are still enthusiastic 11 years on and now, with support from Greater Toukley Vision and the Central Coast Council, the Whale Dreamers Festival is more popular than ever.

Ms Freeburn attributes the success of the festival to the community the event reflects.

“We’ve maintained the energy of how it started.

“Nothing has changed, it’s not commercialised, and, it’s free to the public,” Ms Freeburn said.

Ms Lawson said the Festival was so significant to the community because it highlights the need for protection and conservation

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of our oceans.

“This is a day to really celebrate the oceans and everything that lives in them,” Ms Lawson said.

The festival coincides with the peak of the whale migration season, which sees the Australian coastline thrive with activity as whales migrate to breed in tropical waters.

Onlookers were treated to several humpback sightings, along with a pod of dolphins.

While these whale sightings remained the focus of the day, a commitment to marine conservation was the overall purpose of the Whale Dreamers.

According to Ms Lawson, the message was clear: “The whales come up and down our coast every year.

“Everyone loves the whales.

“If we don’t look after the oceans we will have no whales,” she said.

“I see whales as the poster boy for the sea.

“You’ve got that saying for the koalas, ‘no tree no me,’ but for the whales

it’s, ‘no sea no me’,” Ms Lawson said.

Ms Freeburn said the community can further support whale conservation by thinking more broadly about environmental issues.

“What happens a hundred miles inland is still going to impact the oceans,” Ms Freeburn said.

As the bulk of marine conservation efforts have derived from non-profit organisations such as Sea Shepherd, Ms Freeburn said that more action is needed at a federal level.

“There’s got to be public awareness and I think that’s a huge responsibility for the government,” she said.

According to Ms Lawson, it is this awareness that organisers of the Whale Dreamers Festival view as so essential to environmental protection.

“It’s not marine debris that will kill the planet, it’s apathy,” Ms Lawson concluded.

Interview, Jul 3, 2016 Nikki Freeburn and Jeannie Lawson, Whale Dreamers Festival Organisers Elizabeth Campbell, journalist

Education

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Meghan has a school-based Little Coast Kids has mechanical apprenticeship three new trainees

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s part of Central Coast Council’s Little Coast Kids commitment to provide dedicated childcare educators, three new trainees started work in June.

The trainees were selected through an innovative recruitment process in partnership with Training Services NSW and TAFE Ourimbah, delivering career opportunities for the local community.

Council’s Section Manager, Care and Education, Ms Beth Burgess, said the selection of trainees helps ensure the provision of the best

Meghan Britton with Peter Smith

16-year-old Wadalba student, Ms Meghan Britton, has taken on a school-based mechanical apprenticeship with Booth’s Motor Group at Tuggerah.

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With women representing less than one per cent of workers in the mechanical trade in NSW, Meghan is embracing her pursuit of a career in a traditionally male-dominated industry.

This has been made a possibility through a Memorandum of Understanding between Central Coast Group Training and the Wallarah 2 Coal Project, who continue to provide funding and support for apprentices seeking placement in the electrical, automotive and engineering trades.

Partnering with businesses in the Wyong area, Central Coast Group Training has organised the placement of two new school-based apprentices and one new full time apprentice in 2016 under the agreement with Wallarah 2.

Ms Britton is one of the new school based

apprentices supported

by Wallarah 2 and is enjoying her first few months in the mechanical trade.

“I’m the only female in the mechanical area of Booth’s, but that’s alright.

“I keep the workshop really clean and help with general servicing of vehicles.

“I like assisting with the pre-delivery of Hyundai i30s, setting up the satellite navigation and keyless entry systems.

“I complete up to seven car services or presale setups in a day.”

Meghan is the youngest of eight sisters.

“The biggest challenge is not having enough muscle.

“Cracking bolts is a bit difficult, but the boys help me out when I need it,” she said.

Service manager at Booth’s and Meghan’s supervisor, Mr Alan

Milliner, said it’s been great having Meghan as an apprentice in the workshop.

“Meghan is always keen to learn and takes her responsibilities seriously.

“Advances in technology mean workshops don’t necessarily have to be the domain of men anymore,” said Mr Milliner.

As a school-based apprentice, Meghan spends three days a week at school, with the other two days spent at TAFE and Booth’s.

By the time she graduates from high school, she will only have two years left of her mechanical apprenticeship.

The automotive industry has been recognised as having a skills shortage for more than a decade.

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childcare possible.

“Ten candidates went through four weeks of training provided

by TAFE, which also included eight days of work experience at one of Council’s four Little Coast Kids Centres,” Mrs Burgess said.

“This process allows us to get an idea of each applicant’s level of commitment and see how well they interact with the

children and other staff,” she continued.

The successful applicants, Ms Amanda Bailey, Ms Stephanie Fisher and Ms Rebecca McGuire-Read, will be placed at either the Wyong or Kanwal Little Coast Kids Centres.

Media release, Jun 22, 2016 Angela Walsh, Central Coast Council

Amanda succeeds despite several setbacks s Amanda Gilyeat, 20, a student of The Change Academy of Wyong, has made it to the next round of the NSW Training Awards, and is hoping to win Vocational Student of the Year.

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Ms Gilyeat’s mother and sister were both diagnosed with cancer leading to Ms Gilyeat caring for them through their treatment.

“Cancer turned my world upside down when I was eight and my mother told me she had breast cancer, and then again when I was 12, when my sister was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,” she said.

Whilst caring for her sister and mother, Ms Gilyeat donated lymphocytes to her sister.

Her sister has just passed her fourth year in remission, however their mother passed away in 2014 after an 11 year battle.

“I joined CanTeen in 2009, when I needed as much support as I could get,” Ms Gilyeat explained.

“I held many leadership positions and through my commitment and dedication to the organisation and my ability to show compassion to young people, they all told me I should be a youth worker, so I listened.”

Ms Gilyeat enrolled at The Change Academy in 2014 in a Diploma of Youth Work.

“I have always had a passion for supporting people and as soon as I heard about youth work, I knew it was exactly what I wanted to do,” she said.

“I found a career and a course that I was able to put all of my personal skills into and that would develop me as a person and as a professional.”

As well as her studies and role with CanTeen, Ms Gilyeat also volunteers at the Salvation Army

Oasis Youth Centre and the Rotary Club, and has been offered a permanent position with Youth Connections, working with young people living with disability.

“I’ve found my place in youth work and the human services sector, and plan to work here for many years to come,” she said.

“My strongest pursuit is to provide support to young people and show them that they are not alone and also to provide a voice to the voiceless.

“I know with all my achievements that my friends, family and The Change Academy are extremely proud of me and I know I’m making my mother proud as well,” she said.

Media release, May 16, 2016 Suzanne Ross, Evocca

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$17,000 grant for Better Futures Hub

Education

Grant to sculptor enables mentoring

he Better Futures Hub, Wyong, has received $17,000 from the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation to run their new children’s literacy project, ‘Sing a Rainbow’.

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‘Sing a Rainbow’ is a weekly program that helps improve children’s participation in literacy and increase parents’ engagement with literacy activities with their children at home.

The program is a collaboration between Better Futures Hub and The Song Room, a national not for profit organisation.

Better Futures Hub

operations manager, Ms Liz McMinn, said the program would run for six months and will engage a minimum of 20 families.

“We are excited to work with The Song Room to deliver activities which will combine literacy, songs, instruments, music, puppetry and dramatic play to improve vocabularies and encourage creative

expression in children,” Ms McMinn said.

“Thanks to the generosity of Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation, we will also offer a transport service to assist those families who struggle to access public or private transport to make the most of our program,” Ms McMinn concluded.

Media release, Jun 27, 2016 Sam Gannon, Enigma From left to right Peter Smith, Krys Henry and Col Henry Photo: Noel Fisher

Grandparents’ Day at Budgewoi randparents’ Day was held at Budgewoi Public School for students in years 1 and 2 on Friday, June 24.

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The students loved hearing stories about their grandparents’ toys and life when they were young.

The grandparents also enjoyed listening to songs and reading a digital e-book with their grandchildren.

Newsletter, Jun 27, 2016 Kerry Moore, Budgewoi Public School

College to hold Open Day he Central Coast Community College will host its open day at the University of Newcastle’s Ourimbah campus on Friday, July 8.

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The college’s second semester offers training in accounting, aged care, beauty services, information technology, business and

management, and work health and safety.

Those interested are invited to attend the open day to speak with the trainers about the various

courses on offer and enjoy a free manicure or mini-massage.

Media release, Jun 29, 2016 Michelle Trimble, Central Coast Community College

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he Wallarah 2 Community Foundation has enabled the mentoring of local school students and emerging artists through the provision of a grant to local sculptor, Mr Col Henry, the force behind the region’s Sculpture on the Greens.

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Sculpture on the Greens has been a successful exhibition, run each year for the past four years, and provides an opportunity for emerging artists to exhibit their work on a national scale, which was most recently held at Kooindah Waters, Wyong in April and May. Through the Wallarah 2 Community Foundation, Mr Henry was able to continue his mentorship program which saw him mentor two local emerging artists, assisting them to create an art piece, which was unveiled at the recent Sculpture on the Greens exhibition.

As part of this mentorship program, Col and his wife Krys Henry have been running workshops within local schools to promote skills in the arts, particularly three-dimensional drawing.

Mr Henry, who heads the not-for-profit Sculpture on the Greens, explained that it not only aims to bring a major

world class exhibition to the community, but it is also an opportunity to teach the younger generations about the importance of art.

“Our mentorship program, launched in 2014, enables us to teach emerging artists and younger members of our community about the skills required to develop as a successful artist,” said Mr Henry.

The 2016 Wallarah 2 Community Foundation provided a grant of $3,000 to the mentorship program, which also enabled Col Henry to sponsor two local artists, Catherine Stanley and Melissa Baldwin, who both exhibited their pieces at Sculpture on the Greens.

“Catherine worked on a piece titled, Embracing Space which used fibreglass resin and felt fibre to represent the connection and importance of space and feminine forms,” Mr Henry said.

“In stark contrast, I also mentored Melissa whose piece, coined Lucky, used resin fibreglass to represent a greyhound that symbolised society’s response to animal cruelty, particularly in the racing industry,” he added.

The Wallarah 2 grant funding has also enabled the continuation of the school mentorship program.

Mr Peter Smith, environment and community manager for Wallarah 2 said, “Sculpture on the Greens has put arts and culture on the events calendar in Wyong and we are delighted to continue our association by supporting the arts in our community.

“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to play a role in helping to support local artists develop their skills and we are delighted to hear of the success of the school workshops”, Mr Smith said.

Media release, Jun 8, 2016 Katey Small, Brilliant Logic

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Out&About

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Annual Knit in Day will be held at Toukley

Business award winners celebrated inners of the Wyong Regional Chamber of Commerce 2016 Annual Business Awards were announced at a gala celebration attended by over 140 guests at Mercure Kooindah Waters on June 27.

W he 2016 Annual Knit in Day will be held at Toukley Senior 4,200 wraps.

During 2016s Knit in Citizens Centre Memorial Hall on August 5.

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Knitters and crocheters across the Coast are busy making 25cm squares for the day.

When there are 28 squares, they will be sewn together, four squares wide and seven squares long, to create a finished

wrap.

Groups from the Hawkesbury River to the southern end of Lake Macquarie meet regularly through the year to help those in need.

Finished wraps are then distributed across

Australia and around the world to the needy, ill and displaced, and to those receiving Humanitarian Aid. Since February this year, organisations which support the Wrap with Love Inc. have distributed

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Day, squares donated to the cause will be sewn up.

The squares are knitted in garter stitch or can be crocheted, in eight ply yarn, but the size must be 25cm, as this keeps the finished wraps uniform for packing and transporting to their destination.

Drop off points for anyone wishing to donate squares are: Gosford Uniting Church, or the Libraries at The Entrance, Bateau Bay, Lake Haven, Tuggerah and Toukley.

Donations can be made until July 29.

Email, May 20, 2016 Diana Johnson, Wrap with Love Inc.

Winners were selected from over 36 finalists and received awards for a range of individual and business excellence for key business aspects.

Ms Laurinda Pericleous of Nurses Now, took out the Business Leader 2016 and the Excellence in Business Ethics awards.

Employer of Choice 2016 and Business of the Year awards went to Mecure Kooindah Waters, Central Coast.

Servers Australia took out the Excellence in Business employing 20 plus.

Ms Samantha Irving from the Community First Credit Union received the Excellence in Business Innovation award.

Oddball Marketing’s Mr Michael Sandys received the Excellence in Small Business award.

The Young Business

Executive award went to Dr Katy Gregory of Landin Realty.

The Young Entrepreneur award went to Servers Australia’s Mr Jared Hirst.

The Wyong Regional Chamber of Commerce President, Mr Ron Stevens, said it was fantastic to see the calibre of the innovative and progressive business community in the region.

“It is inspiring and rewarding to hear the stories of each of the finalists and award winners.

“For them, it is a very significant achievement to be there and receive the accolades they deserve,” Mr Stevens said.

“The quality and diversity of the entries across each of the awards was exceptional which made the judges’ job so much harder.

“It is fantastic to see so many passionate and motivated professionals locally who are building a solid future for the Central Coast,” he concluded.

Wyong Regional Chamber of Commerce also recognises either a business or individual who has made a significant contribution to the Wyong Shire Community in memory of Kevin Faulks.

This year’s awardee was Ms Jenny Abourizk of the Northlakes Toukley Rotary.

Media release, Jun 27, 2016 Mary-Anne Beckers, Wyong Regional Chamber of Commerce

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Out&About

One of the world’s worst invasive species found in wetland he Redeared Slider Turtle, one of the world’s worst invasive species, has been caught in the Hamlyn Terrace Wetland, during a routine water quality monitoring session, on June 29.

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Council’s Waterways Operations Supervisor, Mr Matthew Barnett, said the Waterways Operations Team is always on the lookout for pest species in our waterways.

“My team was testing the water for nutrients and completing other water quality diagnostics when they saw a turtle basking in shallow water on the fringe of the constructed wetland,” Mr Barnett said.

“On closer inspection, they saw it was a Redeared Slider by the red distinctive marks on

The red eared slider turtle has been found on the Central Coast

either side of its head.

“We are always on the lookout for pests in our waterways such as European Carp, Mallard Duck and Mosquito Fish as part of our monitoring, so that’s why we spotted the turtle.

“Constructed wetlands are the natural filters of the catchment area and assist in cleansing the water before it enters Tuggerah Lakes or our natural wetlands, such as the unique Porters Creek wetland.

“We often come across species in our wetlands that have been released as unwanted pets or garden plants.

“This can happen from emptying fish tanks into the stormwater system,” Mr Barnett said.

Council’s Noxious Weeds and Pest Species Officer, Mr Paul Marynissen, said the community needs to be made aware of the implications of dumping unwanted pets.

“It’s a common occurrence.

“People think they can empty a fish tank into the local waterways, without realising the effects the weeds and pests have on our local environment,” Mr Marynissen said.

“While it may look cute and attractive, this Red-Eared Slider Turtle is nothing like Raphael the ninja turtle.

“Yes it’s a turtle with a temper, and people often only discover this after they have been bitten.

“They can inflict a nasty bite and are known to be a carrier of Salmonella.

“It’s also a longlived species and breeds prolifically,” he said.

The Red-eared Slider Turtle is listed on the illegal pet trade and are illegal to possess or sell without a permit.

“This turtle is considered one of the worst invasive species in the world and competes with our natives for food and habitat, even eating the young of our local turtles,” Mr Marynissen added.

“This is the second one we have caught in this catchment and we are concerned there could be more out there competing with our local turtles/ tortoises for food and space.

“If you spot one of these turtles in our waterways, please call Council straight away to report it,” Mr Marynissen concluded.

Media release, Jun 30, 2016 Central Coast Council Media

The Entrance CENTRAL COAST

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Sunday 10th July 2016 Memorial Park The Entrance Central Coast NSW

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For more information or accommodation contact The Entrance Town Centre Management on 02 4333 5377 or visit www.theentrance.org.au

Not for Profit Organisations Arts & Culture Central Coast Potters Society Classes, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions and social events. Annual exhibitions in May and December.

Open Day in Sept 4324 5343 info@ccpotters.org

Wyong Drama Group A friendly group, presenting 3 major productions a year.

Monthly meetings 1st Tues. 7.30pm Grove Community Centre 1300 665 600

Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre Indoor bowls, mahjong, walking for pleasure, slimmers support, hand and foot Bolivia cards, Toy library and community garden 4388 5801 manager@bvnc.org.au www.bvnc.org.au

Central Coast Community Legal Centre Non-profit org in Wyong providing free legal advice.

Intake times for legal advice Tue & Wed10am12pm, Thur 2-4pm 4353 4988 admin_cclc@clc.net.au

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Animal Care Central Coast Cat Care $20 Desexing Special Cats only No Pedigrees 4388 6448 4325 3163

Community Groups ARPRA ARPRA is the peak body representing residents living in Residential Land Lease Communities in NSW. We are a non-profit org providing advice and advocacy and training 4358 8246 arpranorthlakes@outlook.com.au

Bateau Bay Men’s Shed Environment for mature aged men to repair items, share and learn skills and socialise 9am to 1.30pm Tue to Thur 1 Bay Village Road, Bateau Bay 0435 807 633 bateaubayshed@gmail.com

Bateau Bay Neighbourhood Centre Financial Counselling, Tool Library, Computer Hub and Computer Lessons, Private Art Therapy Sessions, Homework Help, Self Esteem Group, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group, EAPA-Energy Accounts Payment Assistance, Early Links Outreach Worker, Tax Help, Holiday activities for kids and young people, Community Garden, Events, Referral Services, Op Shop and Food Store.

Community BBQ on first Thurs 4332 7450 http://bbnc.org.au

Central Coast 50+ Singles Social Group Invites Ladies & Gents for dinner, dancing - BBQs & Socialising each w/e.

Monthly programme for all areas of the coast 4396 3640 0437 699 366 50pssg@gmail.com

Central Coast Social Group Social contact, entertainment events, new friendships, for 30’s-60’s Live music, house parties, dinners, BBQs, picnics, trips away etc.

Monthly Meet & Chat 0422 243 101 email cco30s@live.com.au

Gambling Solutions Gambling help counsellors providing free confidential professional service to gamblers, family and friends Woy Woy, Kincumber, Gosford and The Entrance 4344 7992

Lake Munmorah Senior Citizens Club Computer Classes, dancing, exercise, pilates, yoga, craft, carpet bowls and Tai Chi. 4358 8390 Long Jetty Senior Citizens Club Computer classes, line dancing, tai chi and zumba gold - M-F, 9am to 3pm for full list of activities 4332 5522 Long Jetty Over 50s Club Indoor bowls, computers, exercises, yoga, linedancing, tai chi and more 9am to 3pm 4332 5522 Mingaletta Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Corporation Meeting place and referral hub for education, health, well-being and cultural programs through

consultative services and community programs Mon-Fri 9am 4pm 4342 7515

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380 Terrigal Drive, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon 4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

admin@mingaletta.com.au

Volunteering Central Coast Refer potential volunteers to community organisations and provide support to volunteers and community organisations.

Training for volunteers and managers of volunteers Information Sessions held regularly across the Coast 4329 7122 recruit@volcc.org.au

Wrap with Love Knitting blankets for cold humanity.

Donations of 8ply yarn gratefully received Long Jetty: 4333 4353 Toukley 4399 3351 Wyong Neighbourhood Centre Supporting disadvantaged vulnerable and isolated members of our community offering a range of community services, events, projects, workshops, arts programs and an open community garden.

4353 1750 Wyong Toastmasters Club Vibrant, progressive group.

Conquer your fears of public speaking in a supportive learn-by-doing environment.

10.30am - 1st, 3rd and 5th Friday Wyong RSL Anzac Ave Wyong 4328 8297 j pp @ joppa@theorchards.com.au

Garden Clubs Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Club 3rd Sat 1 to 3.30pm Plants for Sale, Raffles, afternoon tea Charmhaven Community Centre 0401 544 052 4399 2420

Health Groups Better Hearing Australia Central Coast Hearing loss management Support and educational group providing practical experience and confidence Learn the benefits to hearing aids 4321 0275 www.centralcoast.betterhearing australia.org.au

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Gosford) Meet last Fri Terrigal Uniting Church

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Wyong) Meet last Mon Toukley RSL Club, Holmes Ave Toukley 10.00am to 12 noon 4356 9300 www.pcfa.org.au

GROW Support Groups Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and to improve mental health and well-being.

Anonymous, free and open to all. Weekly meetings at Bateau Bay and Wyong 1800 558 268 www.grow.org.au

ParaQuad Specialist healthcare products delivered to your door. Wound care and respiratory and nutrition requirements Professional Clinic Support available 1300 886 601 www.brightsky.com.au g y

Music Soundwaves Men’s acapella 4 part harmony chorus - all ages 7pm Mon Central Coast Leagues Club John 0413 276 698 jbthomson51@gmail.com

Tuggerah Lakes Showband Play brass instruments, meet every Tues & Thurs.

Play at community events Park Road The Entrance (north end) 0407 406 669

Political Groups Australian 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

NSW Labor Party The Entrance Day Branch Monthly meetings to discuss and debate policy as well as campaign for local labor candidates and Members of Parliament.

2nd Mon 2pm The Entrance Leagues Club 4332 2907 Politics in the Pub Central Coast Discussion of important political, social, economic, educational and philosophy

issues in a non partisan manner. The Grange Hotel 4th Thur (ex Dec)

Warnervale Branch - NSW Labor Party To support and promote NSW Labor within the Warnervale area.

1st Tue 7pm Hamlyn Terrace Community Centre 0419 128 497 @g warnervale.labor@gmail.com

Probus Clubs Bateau Bay Ladies Probus Club Warm welcome, friendship and interesting speakers.

4th Mon, RSL Hall, Killarney Vale 4332 6625 Toowoon Bay Probus Club Morning tea, guest speakers talking on topics relevant to Seniors, as well as regular exciting social events. 4th Thur 10am.

Anglican Church Hall, Cnr Brooke Ave & Eastern Rd., Bateau Bay 4334 3979 Tuggerah Combined Probus Club Inc Meet new friends and enjoy social events.

2nd Thur., 10:30am, guest speakers.

Social outings 3rd Thur.

Woodbury Park Community Hall, Mardi 4351 0450

Service Groups Inner Wheel Club Wyong Women’s club with the common interest of giving back to the community while developing lasting friendships.

7.00 pm 3rd Wed Wyong Uniting Church 4393 2755 iiw.au.wyong@gmail.com

The Rotary Club of the Entrance Inc. A small, friendly and effective club supporting many local organisations, and international Rotary Activities.

Meetings 6.30 pm Tues Mingara Recreation Club 4367 6540 rotarytheentrance@gmail.com

Torchbearers for Legacy Toukley Raising funds for Brisbane Waters Legacy. Harry Moore Golf Day, Garage markets and street stalls.

2nd Mon 9.30am Norah Head Legacy 0414 701 489 hartas@bigpond.net.au

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Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes Volunteers wanted, challenging conditions, interrupted meals, early starts, breathtaking Tuggerah Lakes views.

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Bridge Club Social bridge Tues, 9.45am-1pm The Greens The Entrance (with or without a partner) Len 4332 6989 David 4392 0606 Tuggerah Lakes U3A Long Jetty - Discussions, play reading, cryptic crosswords, talks, readers group, Mahjong Toukley - Creative writing, French conversation Berkeley Vale - Music Appreciation Chittaway Bay - Movies 4390 2451

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

Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service Free telephone advice and advocacy for all tenants as well as residents in residential parks 4353 5515 cctaas@hotmail.com

National Parks Association Central Coast Twice weekly bush walks, varying distances and grades of difficulty.

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Central Coast Soaring Club Inc Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Instruction FREE to members.

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

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Mingara Indoor Bowls Club Daily competition (singles, pairs & triples) Winner’s Prize Strongly social. Sun 9.30am- Noon.

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Empowering women of all ages in the areas of work, education, well-being and friendship.

Monthly dinner meetings, two course meal and speaker.

Community transport avail.

Chris Levis 0438 989 199 bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com www.bpw.com.au/central-coast

Northern Women’s Health Centre Family law advice, counselling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues.

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Wyong Regional Chronicle - July 5, 2016 - P19 W 9

Intercepts against run of play seal Ourimbah’s doom urimbah were defeated by Gosford in Round 12 of the Central Coast Rugby Union Competition at the Gosford Showground on July 2.

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The tightly contested match was a physical onslaught which swung in Gosford’s favour towards the end.

Ourimbah opened the scoring in the first minute when their No.8 Jarrod Grange kicked a penalty goal.

Gosford were quick to respond with a good team try when Sam Underwood crossed wide out.

A solid conversion from near touch by centre Tim Hill saw Gosford jump to an early 7 to 3 points lead.

The first 40 minutes saw a floating match with both sides prepared to throw the ball around, turning the first half into an exciting display of rugby.

Gosford went further ahead midway through the first half when a forward surge saw prop Steve Lauti cross for his team’s second try.

The conversion saw Ourimbah trailing with 3

points to 14.

This remained the score until the half time break.

Both teams had some very good players in that first 40 minutes.

The start of the second half saw Ourimbah straight onto the attack.

They continually attacked the Gosford line and certainly had their chances.

Dropped passes saw a few tries go begging.

Good defence by Gosford was very handy, but Ourimbah would rue their chances during this period.

They did cross for one try to reduce the lead to 14 points to 8 and at that stage, at the 15 minute mark, the game was certainly up for grabs.

Gosford kicked a penalty goal at this stage to increase their lead by 17 points to 8, and with 20 minutes to go both teams knew they had a chance to win.

However, Gosford cemented the victory with two length of the field intercepts, both against the run of play.

Replacement winger Jarrod Christensen took both intercepts, racing 80 metres to score both tries under the posts.

It was a heartbreaking way to end the match for the visitors, but a win to Gosford sees them sneak into the Top Four.

The result certainly does open up the race for the Top Four with 6 teams in the race for the important semi-final spots Ourimbah had some very good performers on the day.

The pick of these were prop Brett Cunningham, hooker Clint Guyatt, No.8 Jarrod Grange, and flanker Tom Sheean.

Media release, Jul 3, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

Lakes swamped by Terrigal going down by 59 points here were mixed results throughout Round 12 of the Central Coast Rugby Union Competition, with most teams facing only a narrow margin between them and the semi-finals.

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Round 12 resulted in some very heated matches on July 2, with The Lakes being defeated

by Terrigal, The Entrance going down to Avoca Beach and Warnervale edging out Hornsby.

The Lakes were devastated by Terrigal at Slade Park going down 59 to nil.

Terrigal had complete control throughout the match and were able to cross for a total of nine tries.

The Lakes trailed nil to 24 by halftime and things did not improve in the second half with Terrigal securing another 35 points by the end of

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Watercolours for beginners, Lakes Anglican Church, Kanwal 6:00pm to 8:00pm

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Monday, Aug 1 Scottish and Irish family history workshop at 6 Ranken Crt, Alison Rd Wyong. From 9:45am

Sunday, Aug 28 Toukley Presbyterian Church P.W.A concert, Cnr Hargraves St and Victoria Ave from 2:00pm

Saturday, Nov 12 Wyong Lakes Festival at McKenzie’s Reserve Budgewoi, Canton beahc foreshore, Colongra Bay reserve and Long Jetty foreshore until Nov 20

Despite Hornsby’s solid efforts, Warnervale were able to lock down the score with a further 17 points in the second half, and ultimately snatch the win from Hornsby, who failed to retaliate on the scoreboard.

In the President’s Cup, The Entrance battled Avoca Beach at Heazlett Park but were never able to gain control of the ball.

In what proved an entertaining clash Avoca beat out The Entrance 29 points to 5.

Media release, Jul 3, 2016 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

Magpies dive bomb Warners Bay

The Wyong Diary Tuesday, Jul 5

the match.

The Lakes could not answer Terrigal’s attack and the loss sees them sit eighth in the ladder.

Warnervale clashed with Hornsby for an extremely close match of rugby, just edging them out with a 22 to 20 point win at Woongarrah Oval.

Hornsby had built an early lead and were playing the best they had all season, securing a 20 to nil lead for most of the first half.

Warnervale sneaked in a try right on the half time break to bring the score 20 to 5, and that one try was enough for Warnervale to get going.

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ound 12 of the Black Diamond Cup saw wins to Killarney Vale, Wyong Lakes, and The Entrance Bateau Bay on July 2.

In first division, Wyong Lakes belted Warners Bay 103 to 26, whilst second division saw The Entrance Bateau Bay beat Wyong Lakes to remain in second place on the ladder.

Real standout performances came from the women’s Round 12 action, with Wyong Lakes remaining undefeated.

A very solid Wyong Lakes Magpies defensive display led to an excellent 64 point victory over the Lake Macquarie Dockers.

Final scores were Wyong Lakes 67 to Lake Macquarie 3.

Michelle Bolton kicked four goals for the

Magpies, with fellow forward Kirstyn Pearce adding three goals and ruck Rebecca Ives two.

The Magpies’ best players were centre halfback Emily Bohan, Ives, Liz Ardill, rover Leah Tagilala, Hayley Taylor and follower Alexandra Pearce.

Killarney Vale women’s team recorded their first win of the season, over the Singleton Roosters, with a 135 point victory.

The Roosters were gallant but eventually no match for the Bombers, going down 142 to 7.

Ashleigh Flack had a day out in front of goals,

kicking 7.6 in a terrific display.

Flack was aided and abetted by the lively Tonicah Eslick, who kicked three goals.

Natasha Gregory and Georgia Butler also added two goals each for the Bombers.

Killarney Vale were best served by centre half-back Monique Maddalena, ruck-rover Butler, Flack, Bethany Wood, Captain Suzanne Jeffree and Kaitlin Pennie.

Media release, Jul 3, 2016 Garry Burkinshaw, Black Diamond AFL

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Wyong Regional Chronicle - July 5, 2016 - P21 W 1

Umbro are the new kit sponsors for the Mariners

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Compliance officers visit major construction sites

he Central Coast Mariners announced that Umbro have signed on as the Club’s official kit supplier.

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The iconic football apparel, footwear and equipment brand that are also responsible for the kits of Everton (England), West Ham United (England) and FC Nantes (France), will supply the Central Coast Mariners official team wear until at least the end of the Hyundai A-League 2017/18 season.

The Central Coast Mariners Hyundai

A-League squad donned Umbro training apparel for the first time on June 20.

Umbro Australia Brand Manager, Mr David McColl, said the partnership is one that both parties are looking forward to over the coming seasons.

“Umbro Australia will provide the Mariners with award winning, UK designed, football kits

with small details unique to the Central Coast,” Mr McColl said.

Umbro and the Central Coast Mariners are working closely on the suite of official club merchandise and playing strips for the upcoming season.

Media release, Jun 20, 2016 Tyson Scott, Central Coast Mariners Media

Mixed results for Budgewoi in league tournament wo under 10 Budgewoi Public School rugby league teams attended a gala day held on June 23.

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The first team was scheduled to play three games throughout the day, and whether it was the cold or the early start, the team members were a bit sluggish in their first game and unfortunately lost to Kariong in a close encounter.

Their second game was against Woy Woy and Budgewoi came out with a much more determined attitude, enabling them

to control the game and finish with a win.

The final game of the group stage was against Our Lady of the Rosary, The Entrance, and Budgewoi were once again able to control most of the game and finished strongly to come up with their second win of the day.

The school’s great results in the last two games meant that the

Senior school team struggles at gala day udgewoi Public School’s Senior Rugby League team took part in a gala day at Lake Munmorah on Thursday, June 16.

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In the first game, they played against Bateau Bay Public School and unfortunately didn’t get away with a win.

They managed a win in their second game against Point Clare Public School and lost narrowly in their

team finished top of group and progressed through to the semi-final where Budgewoi came up against Toukley, and while everyone put in a 100 per cent effort, unfortunately Toukley were too good on the day.

The school’s second team was scheduled to play two games and unfortunately they lost both of their games against Tuggerawong and Wadalba and therefore did not progress to the semi-finals.

The team tried really hard and was very competitive in both games, only losing by small margins each time.

Newsletter, Jun 27, 2016 Mr Johnson, Budgewoi Public School

final game against Woy Woy Public School.

The team was coached by teachers Mr Andrew Buckman and Mr Bryce Lucas.

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ajor construction works at Warnervale Airport and at the site of the former Blue Tongue Brewery in Warnervale were inspected by compliance officers from the NSW Department of Planning and Environment during May.

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On June 30, the department released its May Compliance Report, which included the two sites as part of 60 major project inspections across NSW, to make sure approval conditions were being met.

According to the report, no enforcement activities were launched as a result of the two inspections in the former Wyong local government area.

Compliance officers will now review the results of these inspections.

A department spokesperson said the compliance team works closely with the community and local council on the Coast.

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“The Department can issue the highest

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“Companies can also be prosecuted in court for breaching conditions, with the most severe breaches attracting fines of up to $5 million.

“Community members are encouraged to contact the compliance officers with concerns about major projects in their neighbourhood.”

Media release, Jun 30, 2016 Sacha Vukic, Planning NSW

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Sport Senegalese internationals Mariners to face Green complete first training session Gully in first FFA Cup match P22 P2 22 - Wyong Regional Chronicle - July 5, 2016

he Central Coast Mariners will play Victorian team Green Gully in the FFA Cup round of 32.

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The draw for the 16 matches that make up the round of 32 was completed on Thursday, June 30.

It will be one of four matches that sees a member federation club up against an A-League outfit.

Matches will be held Jacques Fatty and Michael Tavares training at the Mariners' Centre of Excellence on July 1

i c k a e l Tavares and Jacques Fatty have completed their first training session as members of the Central Coast Mariners 2016-17 A-League squad.

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The Frenchborn, Senegalese internationals, arrived on the Central Coast days before undertaking their first pre-season training session at the Mariners Centre of Excellence in Tuggerah.

“I am happy to be here with my team mates,” Jacques Fatty said after the session.

“I don’t want to talk too much on the camera, I will do my talking on the pitch,” Fatty said.

“So far I’m very impressed with what that Mariners have created here, it’s incredible, and I’m happy to be here.

“I’ve played in leagues in France and Turkey, I have experience, so my job here is to lead the young players and of course help the team do better than last season.

“Last season the team was young, that’s why I’m here with ‘Mikey’ (his cousin, Mickael Tavares) and for sure this season will be much better,” he said.

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Mickael Tavares added: “It’s been very good, you can already feel here that the atmosphere is very positive, so I am very happy to be here.

“Even after our first training session you can see that there is a lot of quality so I am excited to start this season.

“Everyone here is friendly, it feels like a family, but for me, football is the same everywhere you go, so nothing changes.

“I came here with the objective to make the play-off first of all, we are going to work hard for it, so then we will see what comes next.

“I think I will have a bit more freedom on the park here.

“I came here to perform as well and I am very confident heading into a new season”, Tavares said.

Audio transcript, Jul 1, 2016 Tyson Scott, Central Coast Mariners

over three weeks with four matches per night (on either a Tuesday or Wednesday) and the Mariners will play away to Green Gully.

The Green Gully Soccer Club was founded in 1964 and has won the Victorian Premier League Grand Final four times

between 2003 and 2011 and joined the National Premier League Victoria in 2014.

Media release, Jun 30, 2016 Football Federation Australia Website, Jul 1, 2016 Green Gully SC

Matt Dawson selected for the Kookaburras Killarney Vale hockey player will make his Olympic debut as part of the 2016 Australian Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, the Kookaburras.

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22 year old Matt Dawson, son of former Australian cricketer Trish Dawson, was selected for the squad in June.

He began playing hockey at age 8, and has been preparing for a professional career in the sport ever since.

Dawson has been a member of the Australian U21 team, the Burras, at the 2013 Junior World Cup in Delhi, placed first in the 2015 Oceanic Cup in New Zealand, and received his first Australian jersey from Olympic gold medallist Rob Hammond.

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Sport

Five national medals for judo stars

Caroline Hain secured two silver medals

Daniel Villani brought home a gold medal

our members of the Kangy Angy KIDO Mingara Judo Academy competed in the Australian Judo Titles held in Geelong, Vic, and brought home five medals.

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The best ‘Judoka’ in Junior and Senior divisions, representatives from all States, as well as members of the Rio Australian Olympic Team, competed over the four day event.

Danny Vojnikovich and Angelina Yokoyama brought home Bronze medals, Caroline Hain secured two Silver medals and Daniel Villani brought home a Gold medal.

Villani has had a big 2016, attaining an undefeated record in all events entered for his age and weight divisions including three State Titles (QLD, NSW and ACT), Oceania Champion, AIS and National Championship.

Danny Vojnikovich with bronze

Villani, who is 14 years old, competed in the Under 18s Cadet Division.

Hain competed in the Junior and Senior Women’s Divisions and was competing to defend her National Title.

In both of her finals, Hain dominated early, but got caught out by soft scoring for the final minutes of her bouts.

Hain has been selected by the NSC as a member of the team for the 2016 Junior development European Tour, kicking off in July.

Yokoyama performed exceptionally in the Junior Women’s event but was unfortunately hindered by a cold.

Yokoyama relied heavily on her strong groundwork to secure the Bronze.

Vojnikovich started well in the Senior Boys Under 50kg Division, beating his opponent from the ACT, before being matched in a

Angelina Yokoyama with bronze

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Local fishing operators may close with law changes Peninsula residents wanting to buy local seafood from local retailers may soon not be able to do so, as changes to commercial fishing in NSW cut in, according to a Patonga fisherman from a family with more than 40 years in the industry.

we may have to do it all over again and the difference will be the Government in 2019 won’t need new regulations to make the changes, they will already be in place.”

“My belief is it is all about export and I feel what is happening is other countries overseas want our product to be on their tables and I don’t blame them because we have the best seafood.

“But the consumer is going to lose if they don’t wake up and do something about it.

“Commercial fishermen per electorate are in minute numbers so we don’t stand a chance politically so we need to tell the consumers to tell their MPs to look after our seafood.

“In 2017 we won’t know how many commercial fishers will be endorsed because we don’t know how many shares are available.

“There are only two fishers in Patonga as we speak with enough shares.

“So if the shares are available we might see those existing fishers continue, that is of course if they can access the funds to buy those shares because what this will do is increase the share price beyond our range.”

According to Mr MacDonald, the new program will give fishers the option to grow their business or choose to exit the industry “through a range of supportive measures including: low-rate loans; grants for retraining or for independent business advice; subsidies for buyers and sellers of shares; or fixed payments of $20,000 for fishing business buyouts.”

The NSW Government has also extended its cap on management fees.

Assistance is also available for fishing cooperatives.

The NSW Government will also invest $400,000 as part of a campaign to promote NSW caught seafood as sustainable and fresh and work with industry to implement an origin- labelling scheme for cooked seafood across the state.

Gosford Council no longer exists.

The change took place on Thursday, May 12, with a proclaimation by NSW Governor Parliamentary Secretary General David Hurley. for the Central Coast, Mr Scot The new council will be run MacDonald, has said the changes under administration by Mr Ian would support local fishers and Reynolds. ensure the supply of locally caught, The interim general manager high quality seafood continued into s Mr Rob Noble, acting CEO of the future.

Wyong Council.

However, fisherman Mr Dane Gosford Council chief Mr Paul Van Der Neut said the opposite 16 May 2016 Edition 394 Phone 4325 7369 Fax 4321 0940 30 May Anderson has been named his was true and he believed the 2016 deputy. changes could be the death knell The Peninsula will become part for local operators. of the Gosford West Ward which He said at least four of six will remain unrepresented until Commerce president Mr operators in Patonga were under The Woy Woy rail underpass protect their rail bridge and track. elections in September next year. threat.

Sydney Trains, not Gosford Matthew Wales said the closure near Shoalhaven Dr could be Progress on the Woy Woy rail $115 million.

The Gosford West Ward covers Mr Van Der Neut said he had Patonga commercial fisherman Mr Dane Van Der Neut on Broken Bay closed for up to six months, Council, are responsible for of the underpass was causing “At this stage, no one has come he area from the northern side of been fishing for a living for 10 years underpass project appears repairing and replacing the congestion, particularly during according to a statement about the amount of fish we take be established to determine how day. he Hawkesbury River in the south and his father had been working in stanchion so that the underpass morning and evening peaks, to have come to halt, with up with any answers as to where from Gosford Council.

“Then they’ve redistributed the out of the ocean. many boats should be left fishing,” the industry out of Patonga for over o Buckety in the north-west. can be reopened, according to the because all the traffic that used cost estimates more than the additional funds are going to efforts of those active fishers in a “That is the worst type of he said.

On the morning of Friday, April come from in order for this project 40 years.

It includes communities as statement. the underpass via Hillview St doubling, because State “There are different issues with Communist way over all the shares management we can do.

8, a large truck became wedged to proceed,” Mr Wales said.

“He spent the past three diverse as Mangrove Mountain, “Council understands that the and Dunban Rd was now being in a share class so now the active “The public does not understand different governments,” he said.

Rail has refused to accept meetings willhisbejobaudio recorded The Peninsula will have a “You can’t blame Gosford under one of the height restriction damage to the stanchion was redirected through the Rawson Rd decades fighting for through Gunderman, Peats Ridge and the Governments are fisher’s shares have a lot less that every time you have a shower, Gosford Council’s plans for Council as they had no part in the stanchions at the Woy Woy rail and thegovernments,” public will beheable “Labor to Minister The Peninsula su is n now under un unde voice on the Central Coast consecutive Gosford CBD. for Local Government significant,” Gosford Council chief roundabout. wash up, wash clothes that have predominantly green, whereas the value,” he said. track closures during the estimating process and didn’t even underpass. to determinewho “anywill matter said. access those recordings using the ew Centra Cebelieved the C Coast Council during the next 16 Thediscretion three councillors Mr Paul Anderson said.

Mrthe Walesnew said heCentral Mr Van Der Neut uses the micro plastics in them, that all goes Liberal and National Governments The stanchions on either side Information or thing requiringthedetermination” construction process.

Mr Government Van Der Neut said the Public rate the project on their forward Council. eventually represent Gosford months through a committee “Council is working with Sydney Rawson Rd roundabout should of the underpass prevent oversize Act (GIPA). reform are more about corporatising, example of a five-member family in the drain and into fish habitat so by be therequired administrator.

Peninsula Chamber of plan of works,” Mr Wales said. latest Access NSW Government West referred Ward will to live Trains to get the underpass be a high priority to be upgraded structure, according to while we are restricting what we removing the smaller operators who operated as a combine. is also moving In turn, a wide range of matters package Mr wasReynolds about corporatising Commerce president Mr Matthew “They literally got handed an vehicles that have attempted to reopened as soon as possible. n the Ward. and exists. mayts. need to be replaced with council administrator Mr Ian Their combined catch in the last can take out of the water we are who support the local communities can be referred to the NSW ahead with the creation of a Loca the industry and targeting export Wales has revealed that the inadequate bucket of money and use the underpass from hitting the Areas to the north of the Rip “However, at this stage, Council traffic lights.

Peninsula Chamber of completed serve no useful still impacting on fish productivity. and Reynolds.

Office of Local Government for Representation Committee that wi turning them into larger year was 25 tonne of mud crabs. markets.

Chamber has learned that the were told to design and implement actual rail bridge and potentially has been advised by Sydney onMedia Thursday, May 12, 2016 w with a statement, 28 Apr Bridge will be included in the Under the new rules their quota “Commercial fishing is one of Commerce has claimed that purpose unless the rail underpass businesses, moving them into Mr Reynolds said all the determination, according to the damaging the rail track above. made up of councillors Mr be MacDonald saidformer the key proclaimation byy N NSWCouncil Governor Gov overnor or project has been handed back to the project Paul Anderson, Gosford Gosford East Ward as the southern Trains that the underpass could be larger ports and starting to work on has been capped at 1400kg per the only user groups of the marine committees of the former Gosford the rail underpass project is constructed. proclamation.

The stanchion are owned and fromwould Wyong as Interview, 28 Apr 2016 changes see and the Gosford NSW General David Hur Hurley.

H The Peninsula (dark purple) purple is now part of the Gosford West Ward of the new Transport NSW after the Council “Projects of this size and shore of Brisbane Water is the “The Peninsula could end up closed for up to six months.” fisher or a combined quote of environment that have a fishery export no longer existed and had been “grossly overAfter the initial period the new Central another investing way ofin fiensuring a deals.”

Matthew Wales, Peninsula ntral Coast Council. The Gosford West Ward boundaries are shown in purple, the Peninsula marked in dark Council purple Government shing unsuccessfully tried to come up magnitude need to be fully maintained by Sydney Trains to Bright sashes were wrapped around special trees in the Brisbane Ave Reserve at Umina for International Day of the Forrest and Tree with a very expensive road to boundary for Gosford West.

Peninsula Chamber of According to Mr Van Der Neut, seven tonne which means their management strategy underpinned he had asked for a report from council will, in accordance with designed and woefully Chamber of Commerce communities within the new LGA businesses and providing local under nder administration administratio

by Mr Ian with a design for the rail bridge that designed, quantified, estimated nowhere unless someone comes ThetheGosford West Ward by environmental impact studies. the latest NSW Government business is no longer sustainable.

CEO Mr Rob Noble by June 8 to Local Government Act, beis,ablegovernment under-budgeted”. rnment has been scant,” he I went to school 2017-18 wasn’t Reynoldss.

Reynolds. fishershave witha voice. the tools to better would satisfy State Rail. and approved before they ever up with the money to bail out the geographically, the largest of thesuch If that family is forced to sell its “We’ve got all that. “were asked for by a determine what the new council’s to make changes to matters “When this project was first project. three years away from 2016,” he said.

“I have already spoken reforms with manage their business and ensure “Our understanding is that the receive funding otherwise you ve wards that will make up the “We also have the tick of group in the industry who shares and exit the industry, there’s committee structure will be. as how the new mayor is elected, “I received an email from the said. mooted by the former Member for the councillors one,”minority M is Mr Rob ob Noble, acting a CE CEO of what all is caught continues bar to be “With that sort of money we option prepared by Cardno’s for have no idea what the logistical new Central Council. wanted to link their shares to the nothing stopping someone with a sustainability.

From left community service director Glen Scorer, Julie lie Aitchison, Wyong Council’s committees changesCoast to wards or changes tomayor,” Gosford Mr Chris Holstein during could have kerbed, gutter and or,” he said.

“Ra Reynolds said.

“Rate equalisation is going to Wyong yong g Council Council.

Co done so sustainably.

Gosford Under the numbers.

Local Government ane JohnsonCouncil involved three problems are in implementing the Robyn Carr, Kylie-Ann Scott and Rotary president Shane latent endorsement from buying up “The only thing we don’t have amount they could catch. councillor have also been dissolved, Mr the March 2011 NSW election, the drained the whole Peninsula. he proclamation said that it be a ve “The best way to more keep them The very provocative thing when it “The changes will provide lengthy outages to the Main scheme.

Council Joint Amalgamations) “Some of that minority group their shares and then profiting from the tick for is export which is a Regional Regionaldidn’tt apply to rates in the 2016- happe Reynolds said.

Chamber raised questions over Anderson derson has been en named nam his h involved is to give a seat a happens,” he said. certainty and support for them fishers processes.

“Instead we get a very expensive Northern Rail Line which proved “Clearly the project was Proclamation 2016, Gosford good thing from my point of view had good intentions, they wanted the demise of the active fishers.

Planning Panel appointments have17 rating “There were stacks and stacks the original estimated cost of $30 lead-in road with no underpass. deputy deputy. ep p y the table,” he said. ting year but it did not specify The proclamation said the rating to invest in their businesses, unacceptable to State Rail, poorly conceived and grossly City Council ceased to exist and “At this point of time, we import because it keeps seafood in the to buy more shares and run more been scrapped. million and the completion date of of committees across the north Mr Noble saidof the hree-year rate freeze, as structu a three-year structure is to be reviewed within and cement the future the NSW “On top of the cost blowout, especially when State Rail have no underfunded with the result that we 87 per cent of the fish products local community.”

Gosford The with Wyong Shire Council traps or more nets. proclamation gives the 2015,” said Peninsula Chamber the project is already 12 months and the south of the new LGA,” Mr which of the e Gosford ord West Ward W w whicch Government provided the commercial fishing had industry for ised by the NSW Government the firrst term of the new council promised planned outages in the foreseeable now have a partly completed road areas Local were Government amalgamated to form According to Mr Van Der Neut “Ultimately what happened we eat but I will be shocked if in Minister power president, Mr Matthew Wales.

Reynolds said. will ill remain unrepresented unrepresent u epresented u until unti ntil with a template terms behind schedule with little or no years administrator to come,” he said. prior to Gosford councillors making followi following the first election of the future. with little prospect of additional he Central is the process got hijacked by a 10 years’ time you will be able to around six commercial fishers are to hireCoast and fiCouncil. re administrators up “Not unsurprisingly, we find prospect of it being completed According to a register of the year.. elections ons in September b next ne year yea Mr ofVan Der Neut, fishes reference for who the establishmen their decision about whether counci council.

“Closing the line on three funds being made available in still operating out of Patonga and Elected reported smaller minority group who had purchase locally caught seafood. until thecouncillors September 2017 election. the cost has now blown out to a before 2018. committees of the former Gosford Hawkesbury and of the River Localsquid Representation ote in favour of, or against, Mr Ian Reynolds has been held. to vote separate occasions has obvious the foreseeable future for the “This sort of reform has already most are sole traders. been buying up shares for years.” different In interpretations ofadministrator whether turn, it gives the staggering Council, the council had 29 side the e area rea from the northern nor si of of occasion. $115 million which is Residents who live around campaign.

“The Peninsula once again gets Broken Bay school prawns, Committee and that Mrsaid Reynolds gamation. appoin amalgamation. appointed as the administrator of huge implications which could underpass.

“My dad got shares a long time He said the industry was now happened in the lobster industry power to hire four times more than the the raw end of the stick albeit a hey has had the been stood asideandor fire committees. south the he e Hawkesbury R River in tthe sout sou uth Reserves in Pozieres St, Umina, Bright coloured sashes were nearly estuary prawn trawl to fishers the reserve at 195 and was expected makehave a decision newly-formed Central Coast cause major commuter service “The Chamber is calling on original estimates,” Wales said. split between active fishers and in NSW where you already have ago because he was in business the general manager and deputy Mrr Doyle said he was part of a the ne sacked.

Wyong Council had a different to Buckety uckety in the no north-west.

St Umina, Mr Mackenzie Ave very expensive one.” been given 2017 to raise abou at theuntil nextJuly council meeting Council.

196 Brisbane Ave, Umina, wrapped around special trees Abion and freight train disruptions,” he Gosford Council, State Rail and pre-dating any reform.

“It’s one election general manager, should the needjoint delegation that met with NSW Counc “latent endorsements” who may catch shares linked to a quota.

Former Gosford deputy mayor, structure with 12 committees, five Cr Bowles called the Chamber’s Woy Woything andto make Jumbuck Cres their minimum to 200 the termsshareholding for the committee. ier Mr Mike Baird and Local Mr Reynolds is a local councillors. wrapped trees in the in reserves on the Peninsula to promises continued.

“I have already read reports but to not deliver on time the NSW State Government to “With most businesses you can ariseDoyle, and within of theirPremier hold a certain class of shares Mr Craig saidthe he terms believed diverse as Mangrove Mangrov gr Mountain, Mountain Mou groups, two working parties and 12 mark the community’s opposition Reserve in Woy Woy are also criticisms unhelpful and accused Media release, 31 May 2016 or they will not be able to access All former councillors have been rnment Minister Mr Paul govern Government government consultant based in reserve in sashes to mark or on budget is quite another.

“We now understand that State urgently come up with a strategy to employment contracts. (such as for crab pots) but are not from places like Columbia and make an educated gamble on the all councillors, including the Gunderman, derman, Peats Rid Ridge and a the th he Hannah Eves, office of external bodies or groups. to plans by Gosford Council to under threat of being reclassified it of neglecting the needs of Woy their figiven sheries. written notice that theyactively wi Castle Hill.

Toole late last year.

“The Chamber is now very Woy’s business owners. smaller fishers are forced out of the business, on what you are buying, Staff members Rail have come up with a method resolve the design issues and find fishing. the International Day of reclassify and potentially sell from ormer Gosford mayor,transferred Mr Lawriefrom Scot MacDonald Gosford CBD CB CBD. The register of Gosford Council community land to operational “There is no to guarantee be invited express that interest He in said the NSW Government industry through increased prices there are no guarantees out of this.

He established Ian Reynolds concerned that the project could be Gosford Council to the Central “It wasn’t until I eyeballed the of pipe jacking under the rail line the funding to complete the rail Interview, 7 Jun 2016 McKinna, had been sacked. the Forest and the Tree on several reserves.

“I don’t think the process committees lists the names of land which could result in their those being sharespart will of bethe available. committee. has used the catch history of active and after that it gets consolidated. ter face-to-face and received and A Minister Associates in 2012 after mothballed because the additional is helped when you have Coasteven Council transferred “It is just a gamble that we will Dane Van Der Neut, Woy Woy without causing major disruptions, underpass,” Mr Wales concluded.

“I can’t say were I received a Gosford eventually t lly rrepresent the Gosfor Gosf sford Sunday, March 20. representatives, who sale.haven’t been budgeted for,” Trees in the Jumbuck Cres funds “We However, have been no would Mr given Reynolds ple of assurances that I voted workin a couple working in the government sector “until it is amended or community replaced Reporter: Jackie Pearson the Mr same “When governments start to talk be buying more or less guaranteed Media release, 27 Apr 2016 fishermen to come up with its caps left: Central Coast Council administrator Mr Ian Reynolds and chief executive officer Mr Rob Noble discuss their plans ans this comes at a huge cost Woy Woy Sea Scouts.

West Ward will be required We req quired to t lilive ve bluey under in the mail,” Doyleemployment said.

Pearso Their action was part of the Reserve in Woy Woy were also Email, 21 Mar 2016 organisations like the Peninsula Three local volunteers were Julie Aitchison for her enthusiastic but appear to have been Reporter: included Jackie on From guarantee of any access all not comment on theat number malgamation,” he said. for 30 years. for amalgamation,” he said. in accordance with the Local Matthew Wales, Peninsula contract of employment. for the new local government area with media on okilos allowed to be caught per about sustainability we are talking access until 2019 and in 2019 hasbudget coordinated Mshas Scott blown the out to in the Wa Ward. a “The information we have Amie Raz and Sue Chidgey, Chamber of Commerce coming recognised for outstanding efforts in gaining a heritage grant, which A tree in Jumbuck Cres Reserve at Woy Woy was decorated Save Central Coast Reserves dressed in red sashes for the the vast majority of the former because, in 2019, a committee will Chamber of Commerce ne of those assurances was Sinc “One Since 1994 he has held a Government Act”.

However, Mr Coast Holstein’s willMinister be noand onus going to look like,” he said. and other bodies, and ensure that Central Coast Council meetings ngs positions available.

The Woy Woy rail underpass has been closed on many occasions Save Central Reserves out against it,” she said.

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Central Coastt Council. The Gosford West Ward boundaries are shown in purple, the Peninsula marked in dark purple C the proclamation. at most levels of leadership and participating young members in meant all meetings would be and the former councillors wi boundary undary for Gosford West.

We Office: 120c Erina Street, Gosford committee, the Tuggerah Lakes urgently review those committees the Central Coast.”

Each volunteer received a organisation with Umina Surf the past two years.

Commerce is having a go again,” would argue the chamber has Anything commenced but not and other groups, and to identify “We are now the Central Coast, held in Wyong and I think that is still have their contacts within the The e Gosford f West Ward is, i estuary.

Community Service Award. has went to school 2017-18 wasn’t government governm n h ha as been scant,” he I said Cr Bowles local and state government with community,” Mr Reynolds said.

Media release, 14 Apr 2016 completed by Gosford Council Lifesaving Club. ignored Woy Woy for years. for improved we are all part of a big new thing,” inappropriate so I changed the geographically, aphically, the largest lar es of o the the It is uncertain which, if any, opportunities The club’s community service She said the removal of the three years away from 2016,” he responsibility for urban planning, may or may not be completed by sa said. said aid d th “The purpose of the committee Ms Kylie-Ann Scott was Geoff Melville, Rotary Club of Umina “I am not going to say process rules so we can meet in Gosford five e w wards that will make up the ord of the committees of the former engagement with the community Mr Reynolds said.

Woy Woy level crossing had been has been perfect or the costing director Mr Glen Scorer cited Ms recognised as group leader of First said.

“II received receive re ved an email from the sa public infrastructure and financing, the new council. is to get feedback,” he said. new Central Coast Council. ne Council Coun of the Central Coast.

“Part of my role is to make sure and Wyong,” Mr Reynolds said.

Gosford Council will be kept. identified as a major and necessary perfect, I am not going to say we “Rate equalisation is going to public mayor,”” he ssaid.

Interviews, 26 May 2016 policy development, The codes, plans, strategies Under the the Local L all Government G Gove Gover “That review must carefully the council reaches out to the “I don’t expect people to come me “We need data first,” Mr Noble Ian Reynolds, Central Coast Counci infrastructure project by both the shouldn’t be further down the track The proclamation said that it be a very provocative thing when it rezonings and land development and policies of the new council Amalgamations) (Council consider the current legal status of whole Central Coast,” he said. from Patonga to Wyong, for Rob Noble, Central Coast Counci said. council and the NSW Government with the project but I struggle when happens,” he said. didn’t apply to rates in the 2016- ha processes. are to be, as far as practicable, a 2016, Proclamation Gosford In addition to getting committees instance, unless they want to come me Central Coast Council agenda for 20 years.

“Ian will get the list of committees those committees and bodies, the The proclamation said the rating 17 rating year but it did not specify The new council will be composite of the corresponding the main critic shows a disregard City Council ceased to exist and ge item 3.5, 25 May 2016 “It is not unusual when you’ve for that area of the Peninsula. and review it with senior staff but potential legal consequences of up and running, Mr Reynolds said to speak and I would encourage structure is to be reviewed within run under administration until codes, plans, strategies and a three-year rate freeze, as st Gosford with Wyong Shire Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson got assets affected by different the first term of the new council September 2017, when the first polices of each of the former promised by the NSW Government th right now we don’t know what it is any alteration to the constitution or he had already changed the NSW that,” he said.

“The residents want it, the areas were amalgamated to form ncil membership of those committees Government’s decision to have all All Central Coast Council levels of government for there to businesses need it so shouldn’t we Marches and services will be following the first election of the local government election for the councils. prior to Gosford councillors making fo Traffic on Brisbane Water A service at Empire Bay will the Central Coast Council. be back and forth between those be pushing to make it a reality and council. their decision about whether co new local government area will be The code of conduct for a new held around the Peninsula to take place at 11am at the War Drive will also be stopped at Elected councillors reported levels especially when a project is not nail the coffin shut?”

Mr Ian Reynolds has been held. to vote in favour of, or against, council is to be the model code The Boulevarde to allow march different interpretations of whether commemorate Anzac Day on Memorial. between major steps,” Cr Bowles appointed as the administrator of amalgamation. ap The number of councillors to be in the Act (within the meaning A number of road closures will participants to cross to the opposite Cr Bowles said she had every Monday, April 25. they had been stood aside or said. the newly-formed Central Coast elected at that time will be 15 and of section 440 of the Act) until a Mr Doyle said he was part of a th id off th d side the road. confidence Gosford mayor Cr sacked.

The dawn service march starts also occur.

Mr Wales said: “We want to Lawrie McKinna and Council chief joint delegation that met with NSW Council. the first mayor will be elected by code of conduct is adopted by the There will be minor traffic delays At Empire Bay, Kendall Rd from Former Gosford deputy mayor, know who prepared the original Mr Paul Anderson were “pushing from Woy Woy Station at 5:15am on Railway St and Brickwharf Rd Shelly Beach Rd to Sorrento Rd Premier Mr Mike Baird and Local Mr Reynolds is a local councillors. council in accordance with the Act. Mr Craig Doyle, said he believed estimates and why they were so as hard as they can to have this heading to Memorial Park in Brick from 5:15am to allow for the dawn will be closed for the duration of Government Minister Mr Paul government consultant based in Local Government (Council The code of meeting practice all councillors, including the Wharf Rd, Woy Woy. grossly underestimated.

Amalgamations) Proclamation Toole late last year.

Castle Hill. to be adopted by the new the Anzac service at 11am. infrastructure project realised.” former Gosford mayor, Mr Lawrie The main march from service from the station.

2016, 12 May 2016 “We also want to know why the “It wasn’t until I eyeballed the He established Ian Reynolds Central Coast Council is to be Media alert, 12 Apr 2016 Media release, 14 Apr 2016 Blackwall Rd at Woy Woy will McKinna, had been sacked.

Deepwater Plaza to Memorial Interview, 12 May 2016 project was allowed to proceed Paul Anderson, Gosford Council said in a statement issued on May to high vehicles as well as crash “The safety of our customers Matthew Wales, Peninsula Minister face-to-face and received and Associates in 2012 after the Wyong Shire Council code The Woy Woy rail underpass to complete.

“I can’t even say I received a Park in Brick Wharf Rd, Woy Woy, be closed to all traffic between Craig Doyle, Gosford Council without fully understanding the real Chamber of Commerce The department still has not 13. beams on either side of the bridge, and people is our number one a couple of assurances that I voted working in the government sector “until it is amended or replaced will be open to traffic by the bluey in the mail,” Mr Doyle said.

Reporter: Jackie Pearson begins at 10am with a service to Victoria Rd and Brisbane Water Interview, 14 Apr 2016 cost of the works. for amalgamation,” he said. for 30 years.

“This cost will be for the new designed to protect the bridge from priority.” in accordance with the Local Dve for the Anzac Day march at end of August, according confirmed the cost of the repairs to “The information we have follow at 10:30am.

Gabby Bowles, Gosford Council “The works that have been Media statement, 13 May 2016 “One of those assurances was Since 1994 he has held a Government Act”. bridge protection, which will potential vehicle collision,” the 10am. received from the Minister and the to the latest update from the underpass: Scott Gillespie, Transport for NSW a three-year rates freeze and when range of senior executive roles in “We will confirm the costs within include clearance frames on both statement said.

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frustrating bout with the SA competitor.

Coaching Director, Mr Peter Acciari, said Vojnikovich’s keenness became his downfall in the bout when Vojnikovich failed to take the time to set up tightly controlled technique throws.

According to Mr Acciari, the match which ended in defeat, was particularly frustrating to Vojnikovich, whose SA opponent played very passively and was not penalised for it.

Despite his disappointment, Vojnikovich was able to refocus in the repechage rounds and was able to secure the Bronze, his first national medal.

“All players proudly represented NSW, learned some important lessons and will improve after extensively reviewing their performances,” Mr Acciari said.

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