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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 drives our perspective. We aim to be the counter balance to the noisy conservative media that dominates Australian news.
Our core beliefs are sustainability, social equity, and stronger democracy. A diversity of voices in the media is essential to achieve a fair, sustainable and truly democratic society. These times are, sadly, the farthest away from those pillars we have seen society for decades and, basically, The Point is an attempt to harness research and fact-based reporting through digital media to at least stimulate debate about the direction we are heading in.
It starts with community which is why, at this stage, The Point’s content is focused on the NSW Central Coast. It is where we are based so it makes sense to build a foundation locally before we take on the big bad world.
What’s taking place on the Central Coast now is a bit of a microcosm for what is taking place globally.
The impacts of the global climate emergency are real, here and now. The Coast is battered by rising temperatures, stronger storms, coastal erosion, floods and fire. The emergency is being ignored by those with the power to make sensible decisions or papered over with vacuous proposals for hydrogen hubs and sea walls to protect wealthy landowners.
Our local government is broken, starved of funding and bereft of representation. The Central Coast community have been the guinea pigs in a State Government experiment to bureaucratise local government that has failed abysmally. Those responsible are reinventing the situation and deflecting the blame. The answer is constitutional change at the macro, national level and a whole new approach to funding at the micro level. Australian communities will not be sustainable unless local government is reformed.
Central Coast’s moves towards meaningful reconciliation with First Nations peoples have been broken by the misnaming of our land council, followed by a takeover and pushing out of the true traditional custodians, a fresh wave of state government sanctioned colonialism, once again, that no one is prepared to fix.
This region’s biodiversity and incredibly rich cultural and environmental heritage are being destroyed, hectare by hectare, for the benefit of the few at the cost of the many in the name of affordable housing and job creation.
Our infrastructure is in decline, schools and hospitals under stress and hidden poverty is on the rise. Sandwiched between two of Australia’s biggest cities we are part of Greater Sydney when it’s convenient and deemed regional for expediency (and to minimise funding) at other times.
Do you agree?
If you agree with this view of contemporary society, including what’s going on locally, you should enjoy reading The Point. Now for the really pointy bit: we need your help. A free and courageous media, prepared to present an alternative view to the conservative mainstream media, can only exist with financial assistance.
We do not usually take advertising but we do accept sponsorship. Our approach is unique and bespoke. Our aim is to use our skills to assist those who share our point of view in a cooperative and collaborative way. Your enterprise gets our communications expertise, we get your financial support and, hopefully, we contribute, in a small but powerful way, to making the Central Coast and then the world, a better place.
Find out more
To find out more about our sponsorship agreements call Jackie on 0402 402 295 or send us an email.
Thank you for reading The Point
