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Land banking contributes to housing crisis
Across the whole Central Coast there are 48,000 dwellings that have been approved and 20,000 in Gosford that have been approved and no one is building them.
More public land on chopping block
“If Rik Hart doesn’t know the history of this community’s fight to have a performing arts centre in Gosford then he needs to do his homework before rubber stamping the staff recommendation to reclassify blocks of Mann St community land to operational land so they can be sold,” Mr Waters said.
Virtual urgent care for children before end of year
With the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) revealing the Central Coast is the second worse Local Health District in NSW for emergency treatment wait times, this program will work to ensure children seeking treatment are kept out of the long emergency waits while still receiving primary healthcare services from their homes.
Reid puts spotlight on women’s health
If you are a woman and you have a heart attack you are twice as likely to die as a man and if you are a man you are twice as likely to be admitted to ICU. These are facts
Zara Matthews is one to watch
For her efforts Zara was awarded the Fred Hollow’s NSW Junior Ambassador for 2019.
Migration review fails to address key issues
Refugees and people seeking asylum are currently denied the fundamental human rights everyone should have
More positive moves to free Assange
This would set a dangerous precedent for all global citizens, journalists, publishers, media organizations and the freedom of the press.
Parklands preschool given 20-year lease
The fee-free service is one of only three community-based preschools left in the southern end of the Central Coast.
Local Senator and MPs didn’t sign Assange letter
The authors of the open letter, who were Labor, Coalition, Greens and cross-bench MPs urged the US Attorney General, Merrick Garland, to drop efforts to extradite Mr Assange, who is an Australian citizen.