THURSDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2025
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ISSUE #513
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Zonta’s yarn bomb sends a powerful message
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Out&About
P19 Don’t miss the Artastic Art exhibition
Business
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Zonta Central Coast’s yarn bomb sends a powerful message
State’s conservation plan a con, say protesters
Residents rallied prior to the November 18 Council meeting
Residents rallied outside the Hely St Council chambers in Wyong on Tuesday night, November 18, to encourage Central Coast Council to reject the State Government’s draft Strategic Conservation Plan. The residents called the plan a “con” and two spoke at the public forum prior to the Council meeting to explain why. Resident Lisa Bellamy said the plan effectively grants a 30-year licence to bulldoze bushland, with five-year reviews which are far too slow to protect species that weren’t detected or were poorly surveyed. The “wildlife corridors” are
fragmented, narrow and scientifically unworkable, she said. “Even the Plan itself admits it will cause serious and irreversible impacts,” Ms Bellamy said. “This is not strategic. “It is not conservation; it is clearing dressed up as planning. “I am asking you, on behalf of the people who love this place, to stand with your community and oppose this plan. “Tell the State Government that the Central Coast is not a resource to be mined to meet rushed, questionable housing targets. Continued page 10
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Sport
P30 Drobot and Littlehales shine at nationals PUZZLES PAGE 18