What do we then have announced but a 380 house development at Doyalson with no regard to services or transport and the proposal that 80% of the houses built will be unaffordable with only 20% affordable.
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Cultural revival – what the critics say
Access to, and participation in cultural events is a social justice issue, for creative industry workers, and for the public. Australians living outside of capital cities, with lower levels of education, and lower household incomes attend cultural activities at a lower rate than their counterparts. Socioeconomic factors inhibit access to the arts, and thus, to the coinciding benefits the arts can provide to health, social cohesion, and community building.
Help starts at home
“We work alongside parents in their own homes. Every family has different needs, so the support they receive is tailored to their unique situation. We respond through a combination of home visits, group work, parenting education, and social events,” Michelle added.
100 days of Hoenig in hiding – where’s Ronny?
“Government members want to see councillors and mayors re-empowered—powers those opposite took from them over 12 years—to determine where the wastage is. I can tell the House one thing: This Government will fight for the ratepayers of this State. It will fight to ensure economic efficiency by empowering elected people in this State to run their councils and their cities, not by removing their authority and giving it to bureaucrats as members opposite have done.” – Ron Hoenig, Minister for Local Government
Winter and the hope it brings – theme for first poets’ breakfast
Inspired by the multiple poetry meetings and events in NSW such as ‘Poetica’ in Sydney (produced by Miriam Hechtman), the Gosford Poets and the annual Words on Waves Festival in the Central Coast and many more, Poets’ breakfast in Kincumber begins
Cities commission ditched but housing targets remain
“The previous Government left us with a planning system that included too many agencies reporting to too many ministers. It was a system that, put simply, wasn’t delivering enough housing for people in NSW.”
Poet’s breakfast at Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre
It’s really just a group of different people getting together to share poetry and creative writing in a happy and common space, to share a morning together, and to hopefully inspire each other to create more or simply enjoy more.
Green is the gold standard for Somersby company
“You walk into a place that’s dull or it is even nice, they’ve done all this work and you bring the plants in and the plants just lift it and you can see people’s happiness changes, and they have smiles on their faces. It really makes a difference.”
Greens MLC wants action on landfill
It is unbelievable that nobody in any position of authority is championing this and they should be.
Local action to save Assange
Central Coast residents wishing to join the campaign to stop the extradition to the US of Australian journalist and WikiLeaks publisher, Julian Assange, can now join the Central Coast for Julian Assange group. By Jacquelene Pearson A new Central Coast for Julian Assange facebook page has been set up following […]