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Council’s plans for Gosford Waterfront an opportunity we cannot allow to get side-tracked
Posted by Edgar Adams
on 10 October 2022
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...
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Manufacturers show they are the future for the Central Coast
Posted by Edgar Adams
on 9 September 2022
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...
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Census highlights a divided community
Posted by Edgar Adams
on 8 August 2022
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...
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Good news for Gosford
Posted by Edgar Adams
on 5 July 2022
Reading CCBR this month has to give us some hope for the future.
And so to the events of the last month!
With an election in the offing Premier Perrottet, accompanied by Treasurer Matt Kean, and Cities Minister Rob Stokes came to Gosford on Saturday of the June long week end to announce $500 million toward construction of a fast rail line between Sydney and Newcastle and, by the way, $18 million as the State’s contribution toward a new Gosford Campus for the University of Newcastle (s...
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A poisoned challis for Labor?
Posted by Edgar Adams
on 1 June 2022
The May 2022 Federal Election will go down as a watershed moment in Australian political history, not because there has been a change in government but because we will now have a government influenced by the largest number of independents all with an idea that their ideas will save Australia and the World.
The Teals – financed by a squllionaire who inherited his wealth from a corporate raider – all coming from a privileged upbringing and little knowledge if any of the world prior...
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