Distortion of the facts

It has taken almost a month for the public to get access to the full 25-page Coroner's Somersby Inquest findings, a public document since September 18.

People have come to me because they were looking for a copy.

The State Coroners website did not put the findings up until October 10 and the bleating by our Mayor on ABC Central Coast on Friday, October 3, that the findings were "out there" was a distortion of the facts.

Council had not, in fact, had the report on its website until the previous afternoon, October 2.

Even then, they were buried in a file named General Manager, with no indication it contained the inquest findings.

The council's home page link "Somersby Inquest Findings" did not link to the findings, but a media statement.

The impression given by council was that it had gone out of its way not to display its copy of the Coroners findings, disadvantaging ratepayers who wished to read it.

Edward James, Umina