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McConaghy Boats delivers 56-foot SY Vasara

North Gosford boat builder, McConaghy Boats has announced the delivery of their latest build to its owner in San Francisco. Vasara, a 56-foot full-custom yacht has been designed and built to ISO Ocean Category A and the offshore Category 1...
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State Opposition Commits to Gosford Waterfront redevelopment

NSW Opposition Leader, Chris Minns was in Gosford on Saturday 22nd to announce that when in Government they would provide the $8.5 million funding that Central Coast Council requires to progress to Stage 2 for the Infrastructure Investment Framework that...
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Feds commit to $17.2 million Food Manufacturing and Innovation Hub in Budget.

Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC), the Central Coast’s lead manufacturing industry body, was pleased to see that $17.2M had been allocated to the region, for its Food Manufacturing and Innovation hub in the Federal Budget. A strategic business case for...
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Coast hung out to dry –

With a State Election due in March 2023 CCBR is reviewing the support that Central Coast has received over the twelve years that the Liberals have been running this state. Not much is the short answer. Apart from $600 million...
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CENTRAL COAST ECONOMIC REPORT

Coast economy in decline With more data becoming available from the 2021 Census as well as economic data for the Financial Year 2021-22 this is showing a clearer picture of the state of the regional economy. Gross Regional Product has...
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New owner for Vales Point Power Station

The days when the Central Coast was a significant electricity generation region for NSW may be returning. Two recent announcements concerning the Vales Point and Munmorah power stations have highlighted their continuing value as centres of electricity generation and distribution....
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Mirait wins major contract as part of $80 million project

Tuggerah based Mirait Technologies Australia has won the contract to provide design and construction services for the first competitive fibre backbone between Perth and Port Hedland West Australia. To be built by one of Australia’s largest fibre and solutions providers,...
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Waratah Super Battery powers up at Munmorah

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest network battery will be built at the site of the old Lake Munmorah Power Station. Treasurer and Minister for Energy Matt Kean announced the decision in early October saying that the Waratah Super Battery will act...
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Housing industry Summit discusses housing crisis

Housing affordability options for Central Coast workers and the crisis that some 30% of local residents now face was the focus of some 150 local community and business leaders as well as local politicians at the Central Coast Housing Summit...
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Manufacturers Expo highlights depth of Coast’s manufacturing industries

Held at the end of August the inaugural Central Coast Industry Festival’s highly successful Workshops programme (reported on in CCBR August) was succeeded by an equally successful three-day Expo at which some of the region’s leading manufacturers exhibited their products....
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