Featured
07 November 2017
TRAILER DOUBLES AS CAMPER
Inventor's traffic jam moment
ILIANA STILLITANO
ENGINEER Mark Nelsen was inspired by his two passions – big boy’s toys and camping – when he devised a novel invention.
05 November 2017
NEW COUNCIL FACES CHALLENGES
Developers wary of planning controls
DALLAS SHERRINGHAM
MAYOR Jane Smith is the most important player in the history of Central Coast local government as she takes on the challenges of the new “super council”.
28 October 2017
SURF LIFE SAVERS SUPPORT
Boost for beach safety
DALLAS SHERRINMGHAM
IT has been estimated more than 50,000 people have been saved from drowning on the Central Coast since the advent of surf life saving clubs.
28 October 2017
REGION NEEDS TO BE SMARTER
Next-gen university support
UNIVERSITY education is lagging on the Central Coast with less than half our residents having a qualification compared to our Sydney cousins.
18 October 2017
LICENCE TO BE INSOLVENT
But only while in the safe harbour
ANGELA HAYNES
THERE is welcomed legislation, designed to assist company directors to feel safer in restructuring a company when it comes to matters of insolvent trading.
11 October 2017
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
Redundancy deemed adverse action
KERRYN TREDWELL and AMANDA SYME
MANAGING redundancies is never easy, but if an employee is pregnant or on parental leave when the redundancy arises, it can become a legal minefield.
11 October 2017
FRUITFUL FIRST HARVEST
Festival returning in 2018
AGRICULTURE is still big business on the Central Coast, especially in the plateau and mountains region west of Somersby.
04 October 2017
ISSUE HURTING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Let’s guard against the phoenix
EMMA MCBRIDE
LAST year I met a local family with a small plastering business.
01 October 2017
NEW ERA FOR COAST TOURISM
Time to become a smart destination
Special feature by Dallas Sherringham, Access News Associate Editor*
TOURISM is set to become a multibillion dollar business on the Central Coast and surrounds thanks to exciting new plans unveiled this month.
01 October 2017
NEW BOARDWALK AT POPULAR SPOT
Impressive new facility for public
SALTWATER Creek Reserve south of Long Jetty will become even more popular with families enjoying a day out this summer, thanks to a new boardwalk.