The Australian Conservation Foundation and the Australian Energy Foundation have formed a partnership to encourage local sports clubs to switch to clean energy. From our grassroots local clubs to the roaring stadiums of the finals, Australian sport is a uniting force of passion and pride for many in our communities, […]
0
0
The Central Coast community’s pushback against the proposed sale of community assets is gathering momentum. By Jackie Pearson Many small groups are joining forces to oppose some of the land sales included in Tranche 3 of Central Coast Council’s disposal of assets to pay off its debts. Yesterday locals gathered […]
0
0
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s recent announcement on the Central Coast that his government will spend a total of $539 million on five hydrogen hubs and carbon capture projects will not be sufficient to handle the climate emergency. Climate Future Chair, Mr Richard Weller, said “We do need a hydrogen industry […]
0
0
The journey from fence-sitting journalist to focusing on ESG has taken a while and I am now very comfortable with the title activist writer. By Jackie Pearson I remember returning to my hometown for a year in 1998 and working on the local Rural Press paper. The editorial training was […]
0
0
The aim of The Point is to examine what is happening in our community from an environmental, social justice and governance standpoint. That means we usually won’t accept paid advertising on this site. We are a news site but we have an openly progressive view of the world and that […]
0
0
The financial failings of Central Coast Council are well and truly on the agenda of the NSW Legislative Assembly this week but will the debate be factual and useful? By Jackie Pearson The NSW Legislative Assembly’s business paper for Tuesday, 4 May includes a Notice of Motion from Mr Adam […]
0
0
Central Coast Council’s new Chief Executive Officer, Mr David Farmer, gives his first interview on the Coast to The Point. By Jackie Pearson I’m warned before walking in to my 2:30pm Friday interview with Central Coast Council’s new CEO that it has been a big week and David Farmer is […]
0
0
It must be the NSW Government – NOT the Central Coast community – that pays for the failed amalgamation of Gosford and Wyong Councils, according to Labor’s Central Coast Local Government Committee (the Coast’s peak body on matters of local government). “Around $1 billion in funding has been ripped from […]
0
0
Central Coast Council’s flood update on March 23 gave a vivid description of what it’s like to live in one of the most climate-change affected regions on the east Coast of Australia. The council’s workers had been “on the ground managing road closures, responding to water and sewer interruptions and […]
0
0
The NSW Premier tasked the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC) to create a Central Coast Strategy “that will identify priorities to capitalise on the region’s significant potential” last year but what will it deliver? By Jackie Pearson It is unclear why this was considered a necessary step by the Premier given […]
0
0
