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02 Nov 2020
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Peninsula News goes it alone
Council is suspended for three months
Diggers announces financial recovery
Ettalong Diggers reports $2.2M drop in profits
Plans available for three-storey Ettalong development
New application for Mrs Wilson's Shop
Construction certificate issued for nursing home
Work may commence on Umina shopfront
Woy Woy lanes may be declared alcohol-free
Work proceeds on shopping centre carpark
Management program to include local coastal zones
ACF branch calls for long-term beach management
Beach quality on the improve, says report
Council adopts land transaction policy
Marquart resigns from council
Woy Woy tip could be major 'energy from waste' site
New waste education facility for Woy Woy tip
MP joins bicycle road safety campaign
A 87-year-old man dies after crash, 91-year-old charged
Rugs donated for Clown Doctors
Meals on Wheels chief speaks to Rotary club
Two groups receive share of $1000 donation
Lions club plans its regular sale of Christmas cakes
Association changes safety plan to allow people in hall
Ettalong Diggers directors positions are filled
Ettalong business expands despite pandemic
James wins Pride of Workmanship award
Kiosk windows smashed by bottles and rocks
Ferries diverted
October's rainfall exceeds 160mm
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Author distributes Spanish flu book locally
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Double standards on kerb and guttering
What was Government's role in Council downturn?
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Covid 'net effect' costs aged care provider $1M to June
Upgrades are focus of aged care provider annual report
Driver airlifted to Sydney after Umina accident
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New school crossing supervisor for Woy Woy
Enjoying ducklings at a distance
Students make parachutes
Class placement requests open until November 20
Ready for School program is ready to run
A focus on road, sun and water safety
Learning about snails
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Bridge club to hold Melbourne Cup Pairs
Peninsula Ducks field their own softball teams
Gordon Ferguson receives Paul Harris Fellow
Semi-finals in Umina mixed pairs championships

What was Government's role in Council downturn?

There will be many opinions claiming to pinpoint the reasons for the Central Coast Council's financial crisis.

Its origins pre-date the failed administration of Gosford Council pre-amalgamation and related matters such as attempts to constrain councillors' freedom of speech and their right to acquire detail direct from Council staff members.

The State Government was behind these moves.

The State Government has its hands dirty in this fiasco in other ways.

The Central Coast Regional Plan was released without essential detail about the infrastructure required - the destitute cousin of development.

There are questions about the regional plan that will never be answered by Government Ministers and agencies, making it impossible for those dedicated councillors to carry out their duties responsibly and with the best advice possible.

It has now removed all development control from councillors, the representatives of our community, while council staff retain seemingly unfettered powers.

The greatest fiasco in this mess is the amalgamation of two local government areas that were in management distress.

Perhaps an even greater fiasco awaits.

If an administrator is appointed and has freedom to question council staff in a way that councillors did not, the public will demand to know why this privilege was not available to councillors?

It must be asked: What was the State Government's role in the Council's downturn?





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