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A voluntary change to accounting practices adopted by the first Central Coast Council Administrator in 2016 was disastrous for the new council and must be examined as part of the Public Inquiry being conducted by Roslyn McCulloch. Chair of the Community Environment Network (CEN), Mr Gary Chestnut, said the group […]
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A new report by Jubilee Australia has found that Australia’s export credit agency has given around 80 times more financing to fossil fuels than to renewables. And that trend could continue, as Trade Minister Tehan on 24 June announced forthcoming changes to legislation which could give EFA even more ways […]
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO, has written an opinion piece for The Australian for NAIDOC Week. Commissioner Oscar spoke about this year’s theme, ‘Heal Country!,’ and the need for a national response to supporting First Nations communities to live on country. “At the beginning […]
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The Central Coast community needs to get organised and campaign for Central Coast Council to be de-amalgamated according to Greens Spokesperson for Local Government and Member of the Legislative Council, Mr David Shoebridge. By Jackie Pearson Speaking at a public meeting at the Narara Community Centre on Thursday, May 28, […]
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The West Street, Umina Beach carpark has been announced as included in the proposed Central Coast Council sell-offs and State Member for Gosford, Ms Liesl Tesch says the community is not happy. The community and local businesses are furious about the proposal labelling it another blow after an already tumultuous […]
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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 […]
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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