While ratepayers across the Central Coast continue to argue the case against rate increases and property sales no one appears to have been listening to outgoing Administrator Dick Persson AM or the new Administrator Rik Hart in trying to understand the dire situation that the Council was driven to over the past two years. That ratepayers continue to campaign against an increase of 15%, which IPART has approved but for only three years is an indicator of the irresponsible attitudes of poli...

The Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Assistant Minister for Electoral Matters and Assistance Minister to the Minister for the Public Service, the Hon Ben Morton MP, visited the Central Coast on the 14th May, and was special guest of the Gosford Erina Business Chamber where he gave an overview of the Federal Budget. Mr Morton made the point that at the start of COVID the effective unemployment rate peaked at 15%. "More Australians are in work today than before C...

A new private hospital will be built at West Gosford following the State Government giving approval on 14th May that could see construction start towards the end of next year. Northside Private Hospital will form part of a larger Northside Medical Precinct located on the former Ausgrid depot on corner of Racecourse Road and Faunce Street, West Gosford and within one kilometre of the Gosford Hospital with an area of 3.1 hectares. AA Crown Holdings Director, Marcelo Ramirez said that the ...

Another hospital for Gosford Hospitals are big business and private hospitals are even bigger business.  So the announcement that the DA for a private hospital at West Gosford as a State Significant development has been approved is a big deal for Gosford (see page 7). The former Ausgrid Depot was acquired by local developers Commercialhq and the Gibbens Group in 2019. Soon after that they were approached by Wollongong based hospital developer AA Crown Holdings with a deal to bu...

Its one of the best known brands in Australia and it all started on the Central Coast at Lisarow 50 years ago. Sara Lee came to the Central Coast in 1971 locating their Australian head office and production facility at Lisarow where it remains today. In the last five years McCain have invested some $30 million in new technology and new plant to ensure its competitiveness in the marketplace. June will see a new bank of high tech ovens installed replacing those that were installed when ...