Coast Community News

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Digital news service daily with a weekly print edition.

Circulating in the Central Coast of NSW.

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A locally owned and based public interest news service that publishes across multiple platforms; in print, online, on radio, on mobile, social media, audio/video and subscription services.

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Festival of Rugby showcases community sport

Coast Community News
Community
Round 7 of the Central Coast Rugby Union season delivered one of the most memorable weekends in recent memory, with the inaugural Festival of Rugby taking centre stage at Tuggerah Sports Complex on May 30. Despite wet weather causing widespread sporting disruptions across the region, CCRU stood alone as the only major sporting competition on the Central Coast to complete its full schedule.

Eric’s a winner as Carp to Croc wraps up

Coast Community News
Community
The Australian Reptile Park's crocodiles and alligators were the big winners as Central Coast Council's 2026 Carp to Croc fishing event wrapped up recently. The community came together to help tackle one of Australia's most damaging invasive species.

Peak volunteering organisation at risk

Coast Community News
Community
In the wake of National Volunteer Week, Volunteering Central Coast says proposed Commonwealth funding changes could dismantle the local volunteer support infrastructure that has enabled volunteering on the Central Coast for more than 40 years. Established in 1985, Volunteering Central Coast currently supports more than 60 local community organisations and promotes about 170 volunteer roles, many of which require multiple volunteers to meet community need.

Abbey returns to high school with strong message

Coast Community News
Athletics
2026 Winter Olympics aerial skier Abbey Willcox returned to her graduating high school Henry Kendall to inspire students by sharing stories of her professional athlete journey so far, and the importance of never giving up.
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Children’s book series was inspired by Kariong

Coast Community News
History & heritage
Long before Bottersnikes and Gumbles became a beloved Australian children's book series and animated television show, the strange little bush creatures first came to life among the rocks and scrub of Kariong.

Older renters face bleak future

Coast Community News
Aging
Central Coast renters aged 55-69 are facing a bleak future, according to a recent survey conducted by not-for-profit housing provider Home in Place ... The findings highlight how exposed people are when they reach retirement age without owning a home in a system that assumes they will.
older renter

Rough sleepers continue to cause concern

Coast Community News
Community
Denice Barnes. Central Coast Councillor Doug Eaton has called on the State Government to help with the growing problem of people camping illegally at public parks and reserves. His call comes as Toukley and Norah Head residents continue to raise concerns over people camped illegally at Wallarah Point Peace Park at Gorokan...

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About Coast Community News

We love and live for the Central Coast

We’re all for the Central Coast – we live here, we work here, we spend our time and our dollars here. We listen, we volunteer and we’re involved in the local community. We’re locally owned and we employ locals. That’s why over 200,000 coasties support us.

Editorial Email: editorial@centralcoastnews.net
Sales Email: sales@centralcoastnew.net
Website: coastcommunitynews.com.au
Social: Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – Youtube

Central Coast Newspapers is a locally owned and based public interest news service that publishes across multiple platforms; in print, online, on radio, on mobile, social media, audio/video and subscription services.

CCN is a locally owned business that employs local staff. who live on the Central Coast.
We are members of the Local and Independent News Association – LINA.

Digital

The amalgamated digital news service coastcommunitynews.com.au has a 284,000 regular users and 1,900,000 google search page views (July 2023) – the combined associated social media assets have a monthly reach of 120,000 people including – YouTube – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram (July 2023). The combined push notifications of email and web push subscription list of 84,000 (July 2022).

Print

CCN publishes and distributes and amalgamated weekly masthead Coast Community News, with a total print run of over 27,000 papers each week, with 60,000 + readers each week. (Each paper is read by on average 2.2 people) plus digital flip book readers.

Contributions are welcome and are preferred in email form, ideally with any relevant photographs attached. Contributions must include the contributor’s name, address and phone number. This is not for publication but name and suburb will be published and anonymous contributions will not be included.

Journalists: Terry Collins, Sue Murray, Denice Barnes, Merilyn Vale
Print Graphic Design: Brad Yee
Head of Distribution: Anthony Wagstaff
Manager and Digital Editor: David Abrahams
Email: editorial@centralcoastnews.net

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