Tag: warnervale
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PLANS TO SUPPORT GROWING DEMAND AT WARNERVALE
Warnervale is the fastest growing area on the Central Coast and the local council’s trying to get ahead of a predicted population boom over the next 15 years. It’s drawing up a plan to upgrade roads and drainage as well as build a new community hub, which will include a town library. It’s hoped the…
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LESS CALLOUTS BUT LESS FUNDRAISING FOR RESCUE SQUAD
Central Coast roads have been eerily quiet and there have been fewer crashes during the lockdown. One of our key emergency services says while it’s relieved it’s receiving hardly any calls…fundraising has dried up.
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NEW WARNERVALE PUBLIC SCHOOL ON TRACK FOR COMPLETION
Warnervale’s newest primary school is gradually taking shape, and it’s on track to welcome around 500 students by term one next year. Work began on Porters Creek Public School in August last year and the finished product is expected to cost up to $32-million. More than 200 people have been employed in construction. (VISION ONLY)
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FLYING SKY HIGH AT WARNERVALE
All eyes were on the skies at Warnervale today, as the Central Coast airport put on its first show in decades. Pilot Paul Bennett wowed the crowd with his jaw-dropping aerobatic theatrics.
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AERO CLUB GRANTED ANOTHER FOUR DECADES AT WARNERVALE
The Central Coast Aero Club has been teaching people how to fly for almost 50 years and now it’s been granted another four decades. The club has signed a lease to stay at its site…accommodating an influx of new members.
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ACTION UNDERWAY TO TRIM TREES NEAR AIRPORT
The Central Coast Aero Club is optimistic following the Council Administrator’s decision to trim trees near Warnervale Airport. It’s a safety issue that’s taken more than a decade to solve – but finally action is underway.
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TREE HEIGHTS STOP NIGHT FLIGHTS AT WARNERVALE
Night flights will be suspended at Central Coast Airport until trees, near the runway, are trimmed. Council is in the process of figuring out how reduce their height, in line with environmental laws. The local aeroclub says it won’t be able to train new pilots to do twilight takeoffs until the trees are cut. (VISION…
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WOOLWORTHS DISTRIBUTION STAFF RETURN TO WORK AT WARNERVALE
More than 500 staff returned to work at the Woolworths distribution centre in Warnervale today. An indefinite lockout has ended after negotiations with the United Workers Union picked up. A final deal is yet to be locked in, with an improved rate of pay, provisions to convert casual positions into permanent, and paid domestic violence…
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WOOLWORTHS STAFF LOCKED OUT INDEFINITELY AS NEGOTIATIONS DETERIORATE
A pay dispute between Woolworths and its Warnervale distribution staff has taken yet another turn. Workers have once again been locked out without pay, and it’s unclear when negotiations will get back underway.
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LOCKOUT TURNED STRIKE CONTINUES FOR WOOLIES DISTRIBUTION WORKERS
A strike at the Woolworths distribution centre at Warnervale has entered its seventh day, as workers seek greater wage parity with colleagues in Sydney. United Workers Union members rejected a 3 per cent rise in pay each year across the board this morning, before heading back into negotiations. “It’s not just about wages and classification…