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 […]
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Up for the challenge?
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 […]
Paradise lost? State Government must pay for amalgamation failure
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 […]
Will GSC deliver an even greater vision for the Central Coast?
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 […]
Public inquiry into Central Coast Council just got less likely
The NSW Government has refused to allow the earlier debate of a petition signed by more than 20,000 Central Coast residents demanding a public inquiry into the Central Coast Council’s financial affairs. By Jackie Pearson Shadow Minister for the Central Coast and state Member for Wyong, Mr David Harris MP, […]
Opinion: don’t get sold another local government lemon
The sacking of Wyong and Gosford Councils to make way for the mega Central Coast Council has been a failure but settling for less elected representation will not make it better. By Jackie Pearson The current Central Coast Council administrator’s legacy will be an opportunity to vote in a referendum […]
Look out Scomo – now you’ve pi$$ed off grandma
We will need to keep marching for justice until justice is done. It was a good day for women and girls yesterday. I was working but my husband attended the March4Justice in Gosford. He said women thanked him as he walked home. He told them it was the least he […]
Premier didn’t answer $100 million question
NSW Premier, Ms Gladys Berejiklian, failed to address a couple of important questions when she visited the Central Coast on Friday, February 26. By Jackie Pearson Prior to her arrival on the Coast last Friday, to announce a substantial upgrade for Brooke Avenue Public School, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the […]
Will the community get all the facts about Council’s finances?
Central Coast Council Administrator, Mr Dick Persson AM, wants everyone on the Central Coast to read and understand his 30-day report and progress report but will they tell you everything you need to know about Central Coast Council’s ongoing financial viability or lack thereof? Jackie Pearson, Executive Producer of thepoint.net.au […]
Three good reasons to red card the VAR
Diary of a football mum episode 1: The Pearson family has always had its doubts about the VAR so the Central Coast Mariners’ game away to Adelaide on Friday, 19 February fuelled our contempt. By Jackie Pearson The Central Coast Mariners are at the top of the A-League table. Allow […]