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Bill Leak Gallery opens at Ettalong Beach
3 July 2020
The works of one of Australia's most celebrated cartoonists and caricaturists have found a home in the Bill Leak Gallery which opened at Ettalong Beach last month. Bill Leak died of a heart attack in May 2017 aged 61 and his son Johannes has established the gallery as a memorial to his father who lived for many years at Wagstaffe.  In a career that spanned some 40 years he became well known for his wit and irreverent style towards politicians and others with a focus on pol...
Council adopts LSPS - with lots of modifications
3 July 2020
Having been pushed by the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces The Hon. Rob Stokes to get the Central Coast Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) lodged with the Department by 30th June, it took Central Coast Councillors until the 29th June to approve the document. Prevaricating on the issue of the Consolidated LEP and the LSPS it seems that the Minister is waking up to this Council. In March Council had asked for an extension of twelve months to get the LSPS completed. The Conso...
Council approves Doyalson RSL redevelopment
3 July 2020
Central Coast Council, at its 27 April meeting unanimously approved a rezoning for a major housing and recreation redevelopment at Doyalson to be undertaken by the Doylo Lifestyle Group as part of the expansion of the Doyalson-Wyee RSL Club. The Planning Proposal will now go to the Minister for Planning for determination. The proposed major housing and recreation redevelopment and expansion of the Club premises is on a 45 ha on site on the eastern side of the Pacific Highway north from ...
Councillors fudge on Airport again
3 July 2020
The issue of Warnervale Airport continues to blight the  Central Coast with the whole region desperately in need of employment. A Notice of Motion from Councillors Best and McLachlan at the Ordinary Council Meeting on 22 June 2020 saw a lengthy debate resulting in the motion being amended to suit the anti-airport councillors. The debate which was the last item on the Agenda required extra time to be debated. Clr Best, who has brought forward numerous motions since the election of...
Gosford Central nearing completion
3 July 2020
Sydney apartment developer, EQ Projects, is on track to complete their Gosford development by the end of August. Gosford Central at 277-279 Mann Street, Gosford is opposite Gosford Railway Station and comprises 57 units in total plus two ground floor commercial retail shops. The 13-level $30 million project was approved in 2014 during the time of last days of the McKenna / Anderson Gosford Council when it was approved as a 52- unit development. EQ Projects acquired the site afte...

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