Department is monitoring

The recommendations made in the Promoting Better Practice report, which was critical of the Gosford Council's handling of the Peninsula Leisure Centre project, are now subject to monitoring by the Department of Local Government.

The department will monitor the situation to establish whether council is taking action to properly implement the recommendations, according to the department's executive support manager Ms Anne Guzman.

"The first review progress report has only recently fallen due, so it is premature to comment on council's progress.

"And it should be noted that council is given time to implement the recommendations, and monitoring may continue for over a year," Ms Guzman said.

Ms Guzman said: "The report is now a public document and is available on the department's website."

Press statement, September 14 Anne Guzman, Department of Local Government