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  Yes, well in many cases it really has been. In April the Central Coast became part of a Six Cities Mega region, taking in all the three Sydney regions plus Wollongong and Newcastle. The idea being that such a mega region could look something like San Francisco’s Bay Area, the Netherlands’ Randstad, or the Pearl River Delta. Announced by Premier Perrottet, the idea is certainly visionary. However, one must ask, how will the Central Coast fare in this new world? After ...

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 for Gosford Hospital, a $20 million contribution to the $72 million University of Newcastle Central Coast Medical School and Research Institute, $200 million on a new Wyong Hospital, $16 million for the new Warnervale Primary School, $640 million on major roads, $42 mi...

It is an ill wind that blows no good, someone once said. And maybe the collapse of the first Central Coast Council may have a silver lining to it. The announcement, in late September that Council would progress the work they have obviously been working on for some time with the redevelopment of the Gosford Waterfront is an opportunity that cannot be allowed to get side-tracked like some many in the past. Gosford’s waterfront is not only a major project for the city’s renewal bu...

Over the last few weeks of August and into early September the Central Coast has had the good fortune to view the influence of a unique industry group, Central Coast Industry Connect. The manufacturing sector across the region employs almost 9,000 people and comprises some of Australia’s leading manufacturers. There are some who think and say that manufacturing in Australia has no future. Well the Central Coast Industry Festival is proof that they are wrong. CCIC was set up ten years...

The ABS has just released the first tranche of data from the 2021 Census., more will be released in October but in the meantime we can get a good look at what the Central Coast looks like in terms of demographics. CCBR has started work on analysing this data looking at the population increase, how old we are, how much we earn and what is costs to pay off or  rent a home. On Page 6 you will see a brief Community Profile of Gosford, Terrigal and the main growth areas to the north: Hamlyn...