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We’re on our own – its all about Western Sydney

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald of 9th February highlights where the Liberal and Labor Party’s priorities are, and they are not on the Central Coast. The article by Alexandra Smith says that ‘most evenings in the up-for-grab seats...
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Will a change of state government be good for the Central Coast?

Welcome to the first issue of CCBR for 2023. As we move into the New Year and try to crystal ball how it will turn out there are some positive factors – but not enough to get the Central Coast...
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2022 – AN EVENTFUL YEAR?

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...
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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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Council’s plans for Gosford Waterfront an opportunity we cannot allow to get side-tracked

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...
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Manufacturers show they are the future for the Central Coast

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...
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Census highlights a divided community

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...
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Good news for Gosford

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...
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A poisoned challis for Labor?

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...
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For business, is there any alternative to a Morrison Federal Government?

As we move toward the climax of another Federal Election business owners need to think seriously about their future under a union controlled Labor Government. As always the unions will finance most of the ALP’s campaign and of course that...
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