Tag: state politics
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CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO CENTRAL COAST COUNCIL’S PROBLEMS
There are calls for the Central Coast’s 13 suspended councillors to be sacked, before September’s election. The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has written to the Local Government Minister also requesting an inquiry into how the council wracked up half a billion dollars’ debt. Councillors did not pick up on the unlawful use of restricted funds,…
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CENTRAL COAST SHOOTINGS LEAD TO GUN CONTROL QUESTIONS
Police manhunts on the Central Coast have ended in gun-wielding fugitives dying of gunshot wounds, twice in the space of a week. The incidents have prompted calls for a crackdown on firearms, with the Greens warning ownership is on the rise.
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INQUIRY INTO WARNERVALE AIRPORT RESTRICTIONS ACT REPEAL
A bill to remove restrictions on Warnervale Airport will be the subject of a parliamentary inquiry. Legislation to stop a takeoff and landing cap of 88 movements a day passed the state’s lower house this week. It is yet to head to the upper house. Online submissions will be taken for the next week, seeking…
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GOSFORD NURSES NOT RULING OUT STRIKE OVER LOW WAGE GROWTH
Central Coast nurses and midwives rallied at Gosford Hospital today, angered by a proposed 0.3 per cent wage rise. The union argues frontline workers deserve more from the state government, while the government says it’s balancing jobs with the health response to the pandemic. STATEMENT FROM NSW TREASURER, DOMINIC PERROTTET: “We need to invest…
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LABOR CALLS FOR OLD WARNERVALE AIRPORT REVIEW DETAILS TO BE RELEASED
A review into Warnervale Airport’s restrictions will be finalised later this month – amid fears a take off and landing cap has been imposed. But, Labor is questioning why the full details of a 2017 probe have never been released.
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COMMERCIAL FISHERS SAY THEY’RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH SHARES REFORM
Central Coast commercial fishers fear for the industry’s future – struggling since the introduction of a new share market system governing when and how much they catch. The state opposition is now calling for the release of a report into the effects of reforms, before a regulatory review gets underway.
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TAFE PRIVATISATION DEBATE FIRES UP AGAIN ON CENTRAL COAST
As a state-wide review gets underway into TAFE, there are fears the Central Coast’s institution could be privatised. Labor says the educator must be rebuilt to ensure the region’s future workforce.
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CENTRAL COAST REGAINS PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY
The Central Coast will again have the ear of the Premier, seeking its fair share of funding. Gladys Berejiklian has backflipped on a decision to axe parliamentary secretaries in the regions – electing Central Coast representative Adam Crouch.
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KOALA NUMBERS IN FOCUS AT STATE INQUIRY
Habitat loss and the threat of climate change were highlighted today as a state government inquiry into declining koala populations began in Sydney. It’s feared the species could be extinct by 2050. Among those making submissions, a Port Stephens group, which indicated numbers in the region are now a quarter of those seen three decades…
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COUNCIL SEES RED OVER “LAST MINUTE” LEVY INCREASE FOR FIRIES’ COMPENSATION
Central Coast Council has become embroiled in yet another funding stoush with the state government. In order to help out first responders struck down with serious illness, Council may be forced to forego roads and sewerage upgrades.